Kaguya-sama: Love Is War wants me to turn myself in.

Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for a few seconds before silently clinging to Natsuki Amamiya's back.

"gone back."

Amamiya Natsuki reached out and lifted the crab with one hand, then carried Yukino on her back and walked back.

Smelling the scent of Natsuki Amamiya, Yukino Yukinoshita felt her eyelids grow heavy and slowly close, a strange sense of peace settling over her.

Keep going like this... it doesn't seem so bad...

Unsure how long she had slept, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly felt someone gently pinch her cheek. She groggily opened her eyes and saw Natsuki Amamiya whispering:

"Wake up, we're back."

Yukino Yukinoshita blinked, looked at the cave not far away, and then came to her senses, whispering:

"Put me down."

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said:

"Don't let it go."

"Ok?"

Snow beneath the snow is like willow-leaf eyebrows slightly raised.

Amamiya Natsuki said confidently:

"I carried you back with great difficulty. Even if I didn't do anything special, I still put in a lot of effort. You should at least give me some reward, right?"

"A reward, right?"

Yukino Yukinoshita reached out her right hand and grabbed Natsuki Amamiya's ear. "Sorry, I didn't hear what you said."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Amamiya Natsuki pleaded pitifully, "Stop pulling on me."

Yukino Yukinoshita's lips curled up slightly: "Would you like a reward?"

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head: "No, my ears are going to fall off."

"Humph~"

Yukino Yukinoshita gave a soft hum before jumping off Natsuki Amamiya's back.

With her feet firmly on the ground, Yukino Yukinoshita quickly realized what she had just done, and her pretty face flushed red. No matter how you looked at it, that interaction seemed far too intimate.

strangeness.

too weird.

Why did you have to pull his ear when you could have just jumped down?

Obviously...

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, her eyelashes drooping slightly as she suppressed her complex emotions, regaining her cool expression, and whispered:

"Let's go back."

"Yukino, go back first," Natsuki Amamiya waved her hand and said, "I need to take a shower; my shoulder is covered in your drool."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

Chapter 731 Deep Sea Mermaid Senior

"Hey, Natsuki-kun is back!"

"And Yukino-chan too!"

"Phew~ I can finally relax."

"..."

Seeing Natsuki Amamiya and Yukino return from the direction of the cliff, the girls happily went to greet them.

"We're back. Today's exploration mission has been successfully completed."

As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, she smiled and raised her right hand, showing off the large crab she had caught in the mangrove forest.

"A super big crab!" Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up with excitement. "Natsuki-kun, you've found new food?"

“That’s right, there’s a mangrove forest on the other side of the island, teeming with crabs,” Natsuki Amamiya nodded. “Now we can finally have crab freedom.”

"Yukino, are you alright?" Haruno walked up to her younger sister, somewhat worried. "Why do you look so listless?"

"I'm fine." Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head gently. "I'm just a little tired. I'll be fine after a rest."

Natsuki Amamiya took out a hand-drawn island survey map:

"The survey mission is successfully completed. This is the approximate monster distribution on the island..."

Amamiya Natsuki briefly recounted today's survey trip. The girl listened intently with wide eyes, and some even exclaimed in surprise when she heard about encountering a massive army of mosquitoes that blotted out the sky in the muddy swamp.

I hate mosquitoes!

I absolutely hate mosquitoes!

"Even if mosquitoes become extinct, no one will be sad; they'll only be happy, right?"

When the girls heard that Natsuki Amamiya and Yukino had discovered a mangrove forest on the other side of the island, teeming with all sorts of crabs, they exclaimed again, but this time not in shock, but in delight.

Crabs are now considered a high-end delicacy on the dining table. According to Natsuki Amamiya, everyone can achieve crab freedom.

Compared to spiders or frogs, a crab feast is definitely the better choice.

"We don't know how they taste yet, so Yukino and I caught a few to let everyone try," Natsuki Amamiya said casually. "If these crabs taste good, we'll catch more tomorrow."

As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, she looked at Chika and said softly:

"It's a pity we didn't see any wild boars on the island; we guess we won't be able to eat them."

Fujiwara Chika squatted down, poking at the large crab on the ground with great interest, and said in a clear voice:

"With crabs around, wild boars are completely irrelevant."

“We also found fresh water,” Natsuki Amamiya added, “but it’s quite far away.”

Moreover, as everyone knows, freshwater in the wild, even if it looks clear, should never be drunk directly unless there is absolutely no other way.

"..."

Compared to Natsuki Amamiya and Yukino's exciting island adventure, Kaguya and her group, who were left on the beach, had a much simpler day.

First, we need to make beds, tables, and chairs... progress is currently at zero.

Carpentry requires considerable expertise; only a professional carpenter can build such a thing. Yang Nai had only watched survival videos, but she was still a long way from being a craftsman and couldn't make a bed at all. In the end, she only chopped up a few wooden stumps to use as chairs.

Then comes collecting the supplies that have drifted to the beach.

Shampoo.

towel.

slippers.

In short, they are all household odds and ends.

In addition, they even found several coconuts.

Finally, there are some fish, shrimp, and shellfish.

Before leaving, Natsuki Amamiya gave the breathing mask to Chika, which was obviously a trophy that the girls had salvaged from the sea.

"By the way, where is the senior?"

Natsuki Amamiya hadn't seen her senior for a while, so she asked.

"Senior Yanzi went to the sea to collect seashells," Hayasaka Ai explained.

Seawater is corrosive, and prolonged exposure can cause various health problems. Therefore, the girls wear breathing masks and take turns going into the sea to fish.

While it's called fishing, the main goal is to catch shrimp, crabs, and shellfish. Catching fish by hand in the sea is something most people simply can't do.

"The agreed-upon shift time is ten minutes," Kaguya Shinomiya said softly. "Senpai should be up soon."

Several more minutes passed, and still no sign of her senior surfacing. Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but worry, raising an eyebrow as she said:

"I'll go take a look in the sea."

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded and said:

"This is where the senior went into the water. Just to be on the safe side, I've decided that everyone's activities in the sea should be limited to this area in front of us."

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki took off her clothes, walked to the beach, and dived directly into the sea.

The seawater was icy cold.

Visibility was low, but that didn't hinder Natsuki Amamiya's actions.

Amamiya Natsuki squinted and searched the shallow sea area first, but found no trace of her senior.

"Did they go deeper in?"

As Amamiya Natsuki pondered, she searched for her senior's whereabouts based on the traces left on the ground.

Before long, Natsuki Amamiya noticed something pink floating on a rock not far away.

"This is... my senior's underwear?"

Amamiya Natsuki swam over for a closer look and was shocked to discover that the thing was a bra. He frowned and quickly swam deeper into the water.

Unable to shout in the sea, they could only search by sight. Fortunately, Natsuki Amamiya was lucky and soon spotted a shark circling the coral ahead. Hidden among the coral reefs was a mermaid girl wearing a breathing mask and completely naked...

Who else could it be but a senior student?

After confirming her senior's whereabouts, Natsuki Amamiya swam over without hesitation.

Senior Yanzi quickly spotted him, blowing out a string of bubbles, clearly very excited. She then hurriedly waved her hand, signaling Amamiya Natsuki not to go over.

Of course, Natsuki Amamiya couldn't just sit idly by. A cricket is just a shark; there's no need to call for help.

The shark also spotted Natsuki Amamiya. Faced with the food that had been delivered to its doorstep, it decisively opened its mouth wide, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs, and lunged at it.

Natsuki Amamiya remained completely unfazed.

The moment the shark charged, I decisively activated time stop, flipped the shark over in the sea so that its belly was facing up, and then clapped my hands and left.