No diverter is present there at all. There’s a bunch of things going on here that could be causing this problem and I think it would be best to address all of them at once:
No diverter
No drip edge present along gutter, and I’ve seen water drip from soffit vents. It’s possible water is coming into the damaged area from where the soffit meets the wall
Vinyl siding was installed over original wood composite. It’s questionable whether the step flashing is effective given the setup
Gutter potentially too small - I have to clean it out like 6 times a year even with gutter guards over most of it
Good point on three rafter tail. I’ll look in the attic in that area to confirm.
Yeah there’s flashing above there and it’s possible this is the source of the leak.
I’m afraid what I’m going to have to do is take all the siding off above here to expose the flashing and inspect it and repair. Then to remove and fix the rot I’m gonna have to take everything apart to get into that area behind the soffit - remove the gutter, fascia, etc to gain proper access
iirc the only method of faster than light travel that doesn’t violate laws of physics involves warping spacetime. We can now detect ripples in spacetime, and scientists postulate that in the far future it might be possible to manipulate spacetime by warping it with technology not currently in existence.
Of course you could argue this method isn’t really faster than light travel, since you’re actually bending the distance between you and the destination.