A-Anyways! This diary gives me a foreboding feeling, but we gotta read it! It's the only source of information we have!

Yes. Hmm... It seems that the owner of this diary—who is also the owner of this apartment—was an idol.

What is an..."idol"? From what I heard from you, apparently I'm also this "idol" thing?

Hah? Don't ask me! You're really sounding like Amagi right now, y'know. Can't you just ask me questions I'd know the answer to?

Wouldn't you say that this is a rather difficult request, though?

Urgh... And here I thought I could finally take the reins by being the one leading you for once.

"Take the reins"? Do you happen to own a horse?

Oh, shut up!

Anyways, looks like the guy who lived here didn't really blow up very much as an idol.

The diary starts off with all these high-spirited declarations like, "Starting today, I'm an idol! I'm gonna work hard to become super popular!"

But it seems that this guy wasn't really good at being one, or just couldn't get any jobs.

He wanted to prove his worth, so he became an underground idol rather than going through ES.

But it's hard for anyone to become a hit idol if they're not under ES nowadays.

Is that so...? "ES"... I lost my memories, so I'm not familiar with it...

To put it briefly, ES—Ensemble Square—is an organization that's in charge of all of the idols here. Or rather, I guess you can say it's starting to be like that with SS going on.

"SS"... I don't know about that one either.

Just figure it out yourself. Well, we figured out that the guy who lives here is a failed idol that didn't make it big. And thanks to that, he started to crack more and more over time.

Here he mentions that he couldn't make his dreams come true; the harsh realities of the idol industry were totally paralyzing for him.

Uhh... Poor guy?

Yeah. From that point on, the content's so bad that I can't bear to read more.

He starts talking about his grudge against ES and the other idols in the industry, with statements like "Why am I so useless?" and such. His resentment grows with each page.

The last parts are just...insane.

The words "DIE DIE DIE DIE" are written all over here, alongside a drawing of a freaky monster and a stabbed body.

The most recent entry only has scribbled lines... After that, everything's just blank.

What the actual hell is this...? Just skimming through this gives me the most horrible feeling.

Like, is this guy alright? Did he commit s-suicide?! I kinda wanna call the cops right now...!

What if we find his body here...?! I never checked the other rooms because I'd feel bad, but still...!

......?!

Eep?!

W-What is it?! Was that the doorbell right now? Is someone here?

P-Police...? We're saved!

Great timing! Uhm, we found something weird in this apartme⁠—

Wait, Tomoya-kun.

Ack?! D-Don't grab me by the neck! Do you want me to die?!

Sorry, I wasn't aware of that... So if you grab someone by the neck, they will die. Understood.

Ugh... Seriously? What the hell did you stop me for? The police could help us⁠—

Wait. We're the trespassers here! We just walked into this apartment and ate all the food! A-Are we gonna get arrested?!

But we had no choice! If we explain this weird situation we're in, maybe the officer will understand and take us into custod⁠—

Before you do that, are you really sure that voice belongs to a police officer?

Huh...?

That voice sounds very similar to the monsters loitering around...

U-Um? So...you're saying that a monster took on the disguise of a police officer?

So that it can lure us out and eat us...?! That's the same exact shit I see in movies!

W-Wh-What should we do? This is absolutely INSANE!

Hmm... I could be mistaken, but we really should check beforehand.

For some reason, hearing that voice makes me want to run as far away as possible.⁠1

Huuuh?! T-That's dangerous!

We have to run, Tomoya-kun! Let's go out the other window! Hurry!

Urghh... What the actual HELL is going on?! This shit isn't normal at all...!