In the Future Diary dimension, Yukiteru looked calmly at the group chat before him and quickly accepted reality.
Things like gods, battle royale games, and predicting the future had already happened around him.
What was so surprising about a group chat appearing out of nowhere?
[My Girlfriend Isn't a Yandere: This is a place similar to Line, right? You can type with your mind and talk to people you've never met.]
[Cat Burglar: Newbie's comprehension isn't bad. But to add, everyone in the group isn't just people you've never met, we're from different dimensions too.]
[True Love Is Agumon: Right. Only those recognized by the Group Owner Boss, who have the potential for darkness, can join this group. @My Girlfriend Isn't a Yandere, if you have any stories, feel free to share them.]
[The Archaeologist of Ohara: Got my small stool ready, waiting.]
'Darkening?'
Yukiteru let out a bitter laugh.
Looking at his scarred right hand, he sighed helplessly.
[My Girlfriend Isn't a Yandere: You've got the wrong person. I have no desire to turn dark, or rather, in a game like this, I don't even have the energy to turn dark.]
[My Girlfriend Isn't a Yandere: If Yuno didn't need my protection, if I didn't want to see the final outcome with her, I might have given up long ago.]
(A/N: This is the First World, where Yukiteru led Yuno to clear the game.)
He knew he wasn't a strong person.
Only by relying on and supporting each other with Yuno had they barely made it this far.
As for darkening...
That must be for people who have suffered immense trauma and emerged from it…
People with incredibly strong wills, incredibly firm goals, the cool, impressive types.
[Dark Group Owner: Yukiteru, you underestimate yourself. Ordinary people wouldn't be chosen by a god, let alone by me. You have the potential to turn dark, and once you do, you will become an immensely terrifying existence.]
Lying lazily on the sofa, Hattori typed.
He wasn't exaggerating.
In the original anime, the Amano Yukiteru of the Second World ultimately killed everyone and became the god.
In the sunless void, he endured endless loneliness.
A thousand years? Ten thousand years?
Time seemed blurred for a god.
But it was certain that Yukiteru endured it all.
Someone with a truly weak heart couldn't endure such prolonged, lonely torment for the sake of an obsession.
Yukiteru had potential, otherwise, he wouldn't have become the #1 diary holder candidate.
His only flaw was that he was too much of a saint.
In the First World, he chose a lovers' suicide.
In the Second World, he almost considered yielding to Yuno, letting her become the god.
Repeatedly giving in, repeatedly being kind, acted like a catalyst, causing Yuno's yandere love to grow wildly.
It was precisely because she knew that Yukiteru would definitely give the chance to become god to her, would definitely allow her to restart infinitely, that she became so unrestrained.
Faced with this situation, only 'Darkening' could suppress Yuno's 'Yandere'.
When Yukiteru became more domineering, more sinister, completely taking the dominant position in his relationship with Yuno, even the most yandere person would turn into an obedient kitten.
[My Girlfriend Isn't a Yandere: Heh, Group Owner, you're joking. I'm just a kid struggling to survive. Thinking about being a god or something is just for my Chuunibyo phase.]
Yukiteru smiled self-deprecatingly.
He lightly picked up a dart, hitting the bullseye.
He had no grand ambitions, just wanted to live a peaceful life and marry the person he loved.
But, even this small wish, under the Future Diary game, seemed increasingly out of reach.
[Dark Group Owner: Just want to survive? If that's the case, after watching this video, you'll have a one hundred percent certainty of that.]
[Dark Group Owner has sent a memory fragment.]
'One hundred percent certainty?'
Yukiteru's gaze froze. He gently clicked on the video.
All the strategies for clearing the First World game were laid out before his eyes.
Apart from the already eliminated #3 and #5, among the remaining players, #4, the Police Chief, possessed the Investigation Diary, allowing him to see the future of the cases he investigated.
His weakness was his son who had a heart condition. Threatening his son could easily resolve him.
#6, the Shrine Maiden, possessed the Clairvoyance Diary. She was herself a victim long oppressed by believers, her mind twisted. Just triggering her childhood trauma would make her lose judgment, leading to her elimination.
#7, #8, #9...
All the mysteries hidden in the darkness were unraveled...
The methods to kill all Future Diary's holders were frighteningly clear.
It's so simple that as long as Yukiteru acted, failure was impossible.
…
[My Girlfriend Isn't a Yandere: @Dark Group Owner, You are a Future Diary's holder too, right? You have a diary that surpasses all of ours! You are the predetermined god? No, then why are you telling me all this?]
Yukiteru's heart raced wildly, his mind a tangled mess.
He was excited… he could eliminate all enemies and become the god of causality.
He was worried… worried that Hattori's intel was false, leading him to his death.
These emotions surged together, assailing Yukiteru's fragile nerves.
[True Love Is Agumon: Uh, what is this new guy saying? Sounds weird.]
[The Archaeologist of Ohara: He must be facing some trouble in his dimension.]
[The Strongest Assassin of Xuanwu: Hey, idiot, don't use the rules of your dimension to measure the Group Owner's existence. Let me repeat, we are not in the same world. Whatever diaries or gods you're talking about have nothing to do with the Group Owner.]
'Who believes you!'
Yukiteru looked warily at the group chat, a dart clenched in his right hand.
After the Future Diary game started, the first lesson he learned was not to trust anyone easily.
[Dark Group Owner: Words are feeble. No matter how much I say, you won't believe me. Why don't you try it yourself? See if the scenes I showed you are real or not.]
Hattori typed with his mind, his expression calm and unreadable.
Yukiteru's darkening was a major project for him too.
The Future Diary dimension was a strange world.
Its main story occurred in a reality with almost no superpowers, well except for the Future Diaries.
But its power level was frighteningly high.
It involved timelines, causality, parallel universes, etc.
All these complex settings caused the complexity of exploring the truth of the Future Diary dimension to increase exponentially.
So, Hattori wasn't in a hurry.
The Future Diary game would only be the beginning of Yukiteru's path to darkening.
Exploring the truth of the God of Time and Space, Deus, uncovering the secrets behind the world, finding a way for both him and Yuno to survive together…
That would be the main storyline for the 'Darkened Yukiteru'.