[Although it might be overthinking, if this is the only thing that appears, then it cannot be denied that this fused world actually includes the possibility of other non-everyday worlds.]
[Although so far, the diary hasn't rewarded me with any supernatural abilities, the diary itself is a supernatural ability.]
[Forget it, this world might have more fused worlds than I imagined, but at least for now, I don't need to get involved.]
[Let's investigate the situation of this world later. For now, let's have a good rest and welcome my wonderful high school life!]
Qianshu Lian nodded, concluding his diary entry for the day.
Soon, feedback came from the diary.
[Today's diary entry completed!]
[Congratulations on obtaining — Black Shadow Troops]
A special mask landed in Qianshu Lian's hand, but he didn't focus on the power the mask brought.
He just unhesitatingly continued to write in the diary, even though no matter how much he wrote today, it was impossible to get another reward.
[If this diary doesn't have its own consciousness, then I must have met certain conditions during my interactions today, thus gaining the supernatural power I just mentioned.]
As soon as this sentence appeared on the diary's copy, all the girls who observed it immediately became serious.
Just now, they were still doubting whether there was supernatural power in this world, and now the diary directly gave supernatural power?
Could this be some novel plot? Does it exist to drive the plot? Does this mean Qianshu Lian will be able to come into contact with supernatural beings in the future?
[I remember the Black Shadow Troops are composed of nine legions, but this mask in my hand doesn't seem to be the mask of any legion commander. Could it be a fusion monster?]
[Never mind, let's try it first. I'll deal with the rest tomorrow. Anyway, no matter how much I write, there won't be any rewards today!]
Qianshu Lian's words ended there. No matter how much the girls hoped, there was no follow-up, but it made them unable to sleep.
So, supernatural power really exists in this world? And someone they knew also possessed supernatural power. They just didn't know what it was. It seemed they could only wait until tomorrow.
Cliffhangers are the worst!
No matter what the girls were thinking, Qianshu Lian, completely unaware of this, just wanted to try the ability this mask gave him.
Qianshu Lian put the somewhat strange mask, which didn't match any of the masks in his memory, onto his face.
He saw the mask on his face rapidly dissolve in the mirror, revealing his true face.
Immediately after, several ninja-like figures emerged from behind him, and then there was nothing else.
Qianshu Lian had thought that if he could obtain the power of the Black Shadow Troops, it must be because he had triggered or come into contact with something, or perhaps he had met certain conditions?
The events he encountered were enough for the diary to give him this power, to prevent him from encountering accidents and driving the plot or something.
However, after Qianshu Lian familiarized himself a bit and sent his Black Shadow Troops in all directions to investigate possible dangers, he found that there seemed to be no such dangers.
Although within his investigative range, murders, suicides, and various criminal acts were endless.
But overall, there were no supernatural criminal acts, at least not for the Black Shadow Troops who were completely hidden in the shadows, without exposure or any power fluctuations.
Unless the Black Shadow Troops actively stepped out, if someone could directly discover the existence of the Black Shadow Troops, Qianshu Lian wouldn't know how to greet them.
Thinking about it this way, he had been too careless before. How could he just casually send out the Black Shadow Troops? They moved through shadows, there was no change at all, and no one could possibly witness them.
A mass of black shadow connecting from one shadow to the location of other shadows—who could possibly see that? It didn't even pass through places without shadows.
"So, the world I can currently access is still an ordinary, normal world. Then why did it give me this thing? Is it bored?"
Qianshu Lian said these words with disdain, but he had no intention of putting the Black Shadow Troops aside.
I can choose not to use it, but I must have it.
Qianshu Lian even thought of countless ways for the Black Shadow Troops, who currently had no use, to make money.
If he weren't already too rich and the money he got came too easily, Qianshu Lian would really consider trying.
For example, letting them deliver food or packages. They don't even need insurance or wages.
Even a capitalist, if he were to hang himself, would never find such perfect employees. They don't even need to breathe, not even taking a breath of your oxygen.
The rats next door are crying with envy!
However, with this, Qianshu Lian could finally observe the situation of a certain Shinigami with peace of mind.
In the past, Qianshu Lian would deliberately avoid the Shinigami's location, because no one knew if getting close would cause someone around him to attack him for some random reason.
Even if that didn't happen, what if he encountered some indiscriminate killer or bomb maniac? It wasn't as if it hadn't happened before.
Mihua was still in turmoil even now. He heard that a murder had occurred in the new family that moved into his original home's location.
He finally understood the exact reason just now: it turned out to be because their family had cut off the tree branches from their next-door neighbor's house that had grown onto their property, which led to retaliatory action from the neighbor—
What kind of ridiculous reason is this?!
Were his former neighbors really that obsessive? Thankfully, the tree his neighbor planted back then wasn't yet bushy, and no branches had grown over.
Otherwise, he would have definitely gotten a 'family ruin' package back then, just like the family that lived on his original pillar not long ago.
Qianshu Lian shivered and quickly had the Black Shadow Troops investigate the mental state of his current neighbors.
It was quite good. Although they all had some stress due to work, it hadn't reached the point of completely breaking their inner string.
Now it seemed that the Black Shadow Troops had come at a very opportune time. They ensured he wouldn't encounter danger before he even realized such a possibility.
From now on, everyone who approached him must have a Black Shadow Troop following behind them until they were completely away from him, or until he had the ability to ignore harm from ordinary people.