Chapter 23: Impossible! Absolutely Impossible!

Nagi Sanzenin, who had already returned to her family villa, also saw the updated content of the diary at this moment.

Especially the scene of Gao Zhongsheng shrinking into an ordinary child made her feel a bit of tingling on her scalp.

"Yi Cheng, under normal circumstances, could a Gao Zhongsheng turn into a small child?"

"Hmm... even a mischievous evil spirit would find it difficult to do such a thing. Even if a medium or an exorcist had their power drained, they would only fall into a coma or lose stamina; they would not shrink in size. Unless it were a transformation technique, but that is a very high-level spell, and ordinary evil spirits do not possess it."

Uzumaki Izumi, who was asked, seriously gave an explanation.

"Then, can ordinary medicine do it?"

"???"

Little Nagi's question left Uzumaki Izumi a bit confused.

"Little Nagi, do you mean ordinary medicine? Not medicine mixed with special attributes?"

"Is there such medicine?"

"Among the medicines I know, there is a very high-level one that can cause the body to shrink in a short time. However, such medicine generally does not appear on the market; most of it is owned internally by certain families."

This answer resolved the doubts in Nagi Sanzenin's heart.

"It seems to be a very low-probability event."

Shinichi Kudo turned into a small child; a high school detective turned into the appearance of an elementary school student, all because of a medicine created by an organization?

Such a situation, strung together, is hard to imagine.

Even now that she knows the truth, she also finds it hard to imagine this is the real situation.

"Maria, bring over the photos of the child taken by the bodyguards just now. Also, did the bodyguards take any photos of Shinichi Kudo today?"

Maria did not understand, but she still went to display all the footage captured by the bodyguards today.

Among them, the photo of Shinichi Kudo was taken as a background figure while he was being surveilled.

As for the photo of that child, it was readily available.

After taking the photos from Maria's hands and observing them carefully, Nagi Sanzenin immediately understood.

"As I thought, that child is really Shinichi Kudo!"

"!?"

The sudden conclusion left both Uzumaki Izumi and Maria looking shocked.

Continuing to look at the two photos, the two finally realized it.

"It's the clothes!"

Uzumaki Izumi was very certain.

"Yes, the clothes in both photos are the same style."

Looking with a professional eye, Maria saw that the clothes Shinichi Kudo wore today were the same as those on the child lying on the ground.

"Hmm~ The story should be that Shinichi Kudo saw something, was hit on the head with a blunt object, and was also forced to drink some special poison, causing symptoms of body shrinkage?"

"Correct."

"Sigh..."

Having received Little Nagi's confirmation, Maria let out a sigh.

"A story that should only appear in novels or movies has actually come into reality."

Although she agreed with Maria's words, Nagi Sanzenin still reminded Maria.

"Maria, in that person's words, we are originally characters in a story, and our story has been merged and reflected into reality."

"... Ah, no matter how I listen to it, I feel this world is getting stranger and stranger."

Hearing Little Nagi's complaint, Maria only felt her headache getting worse and worse.

With the situation having developed to this point, she realized that in the future, she would not be able to give up her work as a maid.

Given the world she has come to know, she also cannot rest easy leaving Little Nagi to grow up independently.

"Maria, when we knew about the existence of evil spirits, the world has already been strange."

"... That is correct."

Regarding the abnormalities of this world, Maria was completely resigned.

In the past, not discovering or knowing about them was probably just because they were well hidden; not knowing does not equal them not truly existing.

"Little Nagi, are there other updated contents in the diary?"

"Yes, it is about him exposing his own name."

This topic sparked interest in both Maria and Uzumaki Izumi.

"He said he made this decision without any reason."

"..."

The two paused in thought for a moment, and almost in unison spoke the same words.

"Impossible!"

Just like in the villa of the Kaguya Sigong family, Aya Hayasaka also made the same reaction at this moment.

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Whatever action a person takes requires a certain reason; the fact that that person made a self-exposure must have a certain reason."

"I think so too."

Kaguya Sigong also agreed with this.

"At first I thought what he wanted to do was fishing, but now it looks very much like a probe."

"A probe?"

Aya Hayasaka looked at Young Lady Kaguya Sigong in confusion.

"It is not a probe against us, but a probe against the diary."

Ayano Hayasaka paused slightly, then immediately understood.

"Is it a lottery draw?"

"I suppose it must be."

Kaguya Sigong could almost be certain that the person's manner was a test of the diary; that person was testing whether the diary's lottery draw had any connection to the diary's contents.

This made a feeling of "pity" arise in her heart.

"If he has figured it out this time, then he should have already obtained power similar to, or even surpassing, what I have obtained."

"However, if he was truly just testing this time, then this means he did not obtain power beyond reason before."

"If I had struck against him yesterday, perhaps I could have truly succeeded."

Pity, she herself was also a person with deep suspicions.

This was a negative effect caused by her upbringing all along.

This "doubt" this time also caused her to miss the greatest benefit.

"Young Lady Kaguya, I think it is better not to have such a great interest-based relationship with that person."

"He is the true host of the diary; if the diary still has a protection mechanism for the host, the one who suffers will be you yourself."

Kaguya Sigong fell silent for a moment.

"... That is true."