The Heroines Can Read My Secret Diary

If not for Kogoro’s list, Hakuto really wouldn’t have imagined that the entire Japan had been penetrated to such an extent.

Kogoro’s list included police officers and various civilian personnel—hundreds of people who had already been corrupted by the Restoration Society.

It seemed Japan was in need of a major overhaul. Hakuto also hadn’t expected Japan to have already rotted to this extent.

He handed the list to Natsuki, leaving the follow-up matters for her to handle. Hakuto hadn’t forgotten that Natsuki was the true Governor of Japan.

Upon seeing the names on the list, Natsuki also fell into silence. It wasn’t just Hakuto who was shocked; Natsuki also couldn’t accept it.

As the Governor of Japan, she had failed to discover that Japan had rotted to this extent. This could already be considered Natsuki’s dereliction of duty!

“I will give you a satisfactory answer regarding this matter!”

Natsuki made a solemn promise to Hakuto. Hakuto nodded in response, saying nothing. He trusted that Natsuki could handle this matter.

If she couldn’t handle it properly, then she might as well go home and plant some vegetables.

After handing things over to Natsuki, Hakuto found himself with nothing much to do. However, he suddenly remembered that when he had left with Kogoro earlier, he seemed to have seen Eri.

Hakuto could almost foresee just how angry Eri must be.

“This is troublesome now!”

Ran hadn’t done anything wrong, yet Hakuto had dragged her into this. So it would be strange if Eri wasn’t angry. But Hakuto didn’t plan to comfort her or anything. He would just leave it alone for a while.

What mattered to Hakuto was Eri, not Ran. He didn’t really care whether Ran lived or died. But after all, Ran was still Eri’s daughter.

Speaking of which, if Hakuto, as the stepfather, and Ran, as the stepdaughter, were to… that would be a perfect example of “father’s love is like a mountain”!

But he was just thinking about it. Hakuto didn’t actually have any interest in that regard.

However, even though Hakuto didn’t want to deal with this matter, Eri took the initiative to call him first, wanting to have a proper talk.

Since she had already called, what else could Hakuto do? He had to talk.

So Hakuto went to Eri’s house. Eri was sitting on the sofa waiting for him. Upon seeing Hakuto, she got straight to the point: “Ran hasn’t done anything wrong. I don’t want you to implicate Ran because of Kogoro’s actions.”

“That depends on the situation. If there’s no need, I won’t implicate Ran. I probably won’t have anything to do with her from now on anyway. Now that Kogoro has fallen into my hands, I have no reason to target Ran further.”

“I want your guarantee!”

Hakuto shook his head, somewhat amused. “I can’t give you any guarantee!”

Listening to their conversation, Mrs. Yukiko fell into silence. She hadn’t expected such a dynamic between Hakuto and Eri. Mrs. Yukiko couldn’t even imagine how Eri could tolerate Hakuto.

Or rather, why did Eri have such a high level of tolerance for Hakuto? More accurately, in her interactions with Hakuto, her status was completely like that of Hakuto’s appendage.

Mrs. Yukiko couldn’t understand why Eri, with her strong-willed personality, would go to such lengths.

“The only guarantee I can give you is that I’ll try my best not to involve Ran further. As for anything else, I can’t promise you anything.”

Eri knew that this was the maximum assurance Hakuto could give her. As for anything else, she shouldn’t even think about it. Her expression was somewhat unpleasant, but in the end, she didn’t say anything more. If she kept pushing, Hakuto wouldn’t give her any further guarantees.

“Alright, I know this is probably very hard for you to accept, but I don’t want to lie to you either. This is the only extent to which I can promise you. So… calm down for a while.”

After saying this, Hakuto got up and left. Eri remained silent, sitting on the sofa without a word. Watching Eri like this, Mrs. Yukiko felt, for some reason, a sense of relief.

When one is unfortunate, one hopes that others will be equally unfortunate.

Now that Mrs. Yukiko saw that Eri was just as unfortunate as she was, her mood finally improved.

Although Mrs. Yukiko thought this behavior was despicable, it did make her feel better.

At this moment, Eri didn’t have time to care about what Mrs. Yukiko was thinking. What Eri was thinking about now was how to get Ran out of danger.

Soon, with the help of chat group members, Eri came up with an idea: send Ran away, to the Great Ming.

Ran hadn’t woken up yet. Eri directly took her and left. By the time Ran woke up again, she was already in the Great Ming.

Eri entrusted Ran to Bai Yuekui.

“Then I’ll leave Ran in your care from now on.”

Bai Yuekui nodded, glanced at Ran, and said, “Don’t worry, I know what to do. You don’t need to worry about Hakuto either. As long as Ran doesn’t make any mistakes, I guarantee nothing will happen to her here.”

Eri looked at Ran with complicated emotions, nodded, and then left. As for Ran, to avoid troublesome issues, Eri asked someone in the chat group to modify her memories, replacing and altering all memories related to Shinichi and Kogoro.

Bai Yuekui glanced at Eri and sighed helplessly. Hakuto was really causing trouble. But Bai Yuekui couldn’t say anything to Hakuto.

After all, the choices Hakuto made were the most appropriate ones. Even if they seemed somewhat heartless, no one could criticize Hakuto because his approach was the most correct, maximizing the reduction of unnecessary sacrifices.

Otherwise…

Bai Yuekui looked at Ran and said, “Come on, come back with me.”

Hakuto naturally also learned that Eri had sent Ran away. But he didn’t care. So what if Eri left? So what if Ran left? Hakuto wasn’t too concerned about such things. If he really wanted to catch Ran, it would be as simple as opening a door.

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