Chapter 7: I like you the most

"Isumi, you are hiding something from me, aren't you?"

Seeing Isumi's appearance at this moment, no matter how little Nagi Sanzenin paid attention, she knew that Isumi must be hiding something from her.

"Hmm..."

Nagi's questioning made Isumi Saginomiya even more conflicted.

"Nagi..."

"But forget it."

Just when Isumi was about to confess, Nagi Sanzenin, who had just been preparing to question, chose to give up directly.

"Since you don't want to say it, forget it; anyway, as long as I know that Isumi and I are in the same situation, it's fine."

Nagi Sanzenin is not a person who likes to get to the bottom of things, especially when the object of getting to the bottom is her most trusted and best friend; there is no need to continue to struggle.

Some things, she will definitely know bit by bit in the future.

"Nagi..."

Isumi Saginomiya looked at Nagi at this moment, and a ripple rose in her heart, and her soft and glutinous voice was also ready.

"Since you have already come into contact with these things, you will inevitably run into them in the future. Rather than continuing to hide it from you, perhaps telling you would be better."

Hiding is equivalent to the unknown, and once you run into the unknown in the future and don't know how to deal with it at all, it's even worse.

"Nagi, there is special power in this world, and there are also evil spirits with special power."

"Evil spirits... things like ghosts?"

"Hmm, Nagi is very afraid of that kind of thing, so I have never said it."

"...So that's how it is."

Indeed, what Nagi Sanzenin is most afraid of is things like ghosts.

Even now that it is mentioned, Nagi Sanzenin feels her legs trembling when she thinks of those invisible and untouchable ghosts.

However, she looked at Isumi in front of her and pressed her hands on her shoulders.

"What about yourself?"

"Me?"

Isumi Saginomiya looked at Nagi with a confused face.

"Aren't you the same age as me? I am afraid of those ghosts, don't you fear them?"

"..."

Isumi Saginomiya was silent for a moment, but still nodded slightly.

"I am also very afraid, and I didn't even know what to do when I first faced them. After contact, I gradually mastered how to use the power, but in the process of exorcism, I would also run into some people who were afraid when they saw my power."

"At that time, I knew that people would be afraid of unknown power; as long as it is something they cannot master, that fear will always exist."

"So, that's why you didn't want me to know?"

Nagi Sanzenin took a deep breath and pinched Isumi's face hard with both hands.

"Isumi, I will never have fear of you. You with that kind of power are not a monster to be feared, but a knight, a knight who will always jump out to help when people are in trouble."

"This is the punishment for not believing in me; you must tell me in time when you encounter such things in the future. We are the best of friends."

"Hmm, I will say it next time, Nagi."

Meeting Nagi's sincere eyes, the stone in Isumi Saginomiya's heart was put down.

Not caring at all about being pinched by Nagi, she stepped forward and hugged Nagi.

"Nagi, I like you the most."

"Why are you saying such things suddenly? But, I like you the most too, Isumi."

Nagi Sanzenin, who was suddenly confessed to, also had a red face, but facing Isumi, she didn't say anything awkward and admitted that the person she liked the most was Isumi.

The shackles that originally existed between the two were broken by the sudden power.

The two who expressed their attitudes were still the best of friends.

"Ha, Nagi and Miss Isumi are still as close as ever."

Maria couldn't help but sigh when she saw the relationship between the two.

Since she started taking care of Nagi, the relationship between Nagi and Isumi has always been very good.

Nagi likes to tell people she is familiar with some anime plots she likes, and sometimes she draws some manga herself.

Although for Maria, the plot and art style of Nagi's manga are a bit surreal, only Isumi can easily accept the stories and art style in Nagi's manga, and even always discusses them with Nagi.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why the two can become good friends.

Today, this reason seems to have one more.

After expressing her personal feelings, Nagi Sanzenin was a little unaccustomed to this atmosphere and quickly changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, Isumi, what do you think is going on with this diary?"

"I don't know."

Isumi Saginomiya shook her head helplessly.

"This kind of thing is very strange; according to what Nagi said, just reading the diary can give you a chance to draw a prize, and you can also get this strange power; the input and output are completely unequal."

Too little input, too much output.

This situation is really quite incomprehensible.

Isn't this just pure getting something for nothing?

"It's not just the diary that is strange, even the person who writes the diary is very strange."

"That gentleman wrote his name out completely without any defense, just to let those who see it investigate. And those who can investigate that gentleman's information can investigate what he has been doing recently, and triggering probing is inevitable."

"Why that gentleman wants to write his name out is also a problem."

In Isumi Saginomiya's view, even if he didn't specify his identity, it would be fine; hiding his identity might bring even greater benefits.

"Indeed."

Nagi Sanzenin also reacted; this is indeed a big problem.

"Completely exposing his information is simply putting himself in danger. Normally, he should hide his information and expose his information after making himself stronger bit by bit. When that time really comes, that person should not have any realistic threats."

"Once someone sees the benefits of the diary and directly controls the person involved, that person will be in great danger."

Nagi Sanzenin, who has often faced things like kidnapping since childhood, has known since childhood how strong the malice in people's hearts is.

For money, people can do anything.

So now, for more magical power, how many people will do things that go against human nature?

I'm afraid there will be even more.

"That person should be very clear about this."

"And, this noon, that person also deliberately reminded me, who saw the diary content, about the lucky draw; this is clearly intentional."

"So, is he fishing?"

PS: Hmm, exposing his name at the beginning is a loophole, I decided to use some settings to fill the loophole, Fuyin is super easy to persuade.