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

"Um..." the petite girl whispered, "Could it be that our deduction was wrong, and he's not in the room?"

Amamiya Natsuki frowned and said:

"There is another possibility."

Hayasaka Ai looked up at her, her tone grave: "The key was taken by someone else first."

"Huh?" Kitagawa Kaimu was taken aback, but quickly realized, "It was taken by someone... Could it be the Ghost Captain?"

"The possibility cannot be ruled out."

This thing isn't something only players can see and touch; it's originally an item on the ship, so it's entirely possible that the ghost captain took it.

However, this would make it extremely difficult to retrieve the key fragments from the ghost captain, raising the difficulty level to hellish.

"Don't panic, panicking won't help." Amamiya Natsuki said calmly, "The most important thing right now is to confirm whether the key is on the Ghost Captain."

"..."

The group then turned around and searched for the ghost captain. Before long, they found him.

“Found it,” Hayasaka Ai whispered. “It just entered the sixth room from the front.”

Amamiya Natsuki turned her head and said:

Who among you has better eyesight?

The ghost ship is dimly lit, so getting too close is dangerous, while being too far away makes it difficult to see clearly. To see if the ghost captain has a key, you need good eyesight and keen observation skills.

“I can’t,” Kitagawa Kaimu shook her head. “The light is too dim; I can’t see very clearly.”

The petite girl looked apologetic: "I'm sorry, I'm nearsighted."

"Let me do it."

Hayasaka Ai stepped forward calmly. As a spy, her eyesight and observation skills were naturally excellent.

Who dares to stand against me with a sword drawn?

Of course it's me.

Hayasaka-sama.

Chapter 130 The Blind God of War

"Then I'll leave it to you." Amamiya Natsuki took off her hamster cloak and handed it to Hayasaka. "Here you go."

"Ah."

Hayasaka Ai accepted the cloak without hesitation.

“We’ve already verified that as long as we break eye contact, you won’t be able to control your body, so…” Natsuki Amamiya turned around and found a rope, “just in case, I’ll use the rope to hold you.”

"I understand the logic..." Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but retort, "Why are you looking at my neck?"

It's one thing to tie it around your waist, but do you really want to tie it around your neck?

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Natsuki Amamiya denied the allegations three times.

Tie the rope around Hayasaka Ai's waist, the spy maid secretly made a ready gesture, and then activated stealth mode.

Once the rope is taut, the group will pull together to bring Hayasaka Ai back.

Fortunately, no accidents occurred during the journey.

Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that Hayasaka Ai's stealth skills are exceptionally high, and when combined with the hamster cloak, they create a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts.

After a while.

The spy maid has quietly returned.

"I see clearly." Hayasaka Ai breathed a sigh of relief. "The last piece of the coral key is on the Ghost Captain's waist."

As expected, the worst-case scenario occurred.

"The key is actually on the Ghost Captain." Kitagawa Kaimu bit her lower lip. "Unless someone can turn invisible, there's no way they can get it."

Physical contact will result in death.

Eye contact will be controlled.

Trying to get close to the ghost captain without anyone noticing and steal the key from him is practically impossible.

Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly, pondering a solution.

No.

I can't think of a solution.

If it were any longer, the ghost captain would need to rest, and we could find an opportunity to stealthily steal things. Right now, I really can't think of a way.

At that moment, Natsuki Amamiya's calm voice suddenly rang out:

"I figured out a way."

"Eh?"

The three girls all looked over.

"Natsuki-kun, is there any way to get the key?" Kitagawa Kaimu asked hurriedly.

“People are most likely to let their guard down when they have victory in their grasp, so…” Natsuki Amamiya gently pressed her finger against the bridge of her nose, “I thought of the blind man tactic.”

Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but cover her forehead: "I've never heard of such a strange tactic before!"

Amamiya Natsuki smiled: "Now you've heard."

"..."

Without wasting any time, Natsuki Amamiya whispered the solution she had come up with.

After hearing this, the three girls had different expressions.

Hayasaka Ai pondered, "...It does sound like there's a possibility of success."

Kitagawa Kaimu bit her lower lip and reached out to grab Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve: "Doing that is too dangerous."

The petite girl stared wide-eyed in surprise: "This boy is so brave... When others encounter monsters, they try to stay as far away as possible, but he knowingly went into danger."

“Doing nothing is the most dangerous choice,” Natsuki Amamiya said softly. “Don’t forget, two players have already become ghost crew members. The longer this goes on, the greater the chance of being caught… Let’s find a room and get our things ready.”

"..."

After a while.

Ready.

Wearing a hamster cloak, Hayasaka Ai scouted ahead and soon found the ghost captain on the second floor.

"Target found."

Amamiya Natsuki asked, "Where are the other two players, Ghosts?"

“They’ve already lured them away,” Kitagawa Kaimu replied quietly.

“Then…” Natsuki Amamiya took a deep breath, “let’s begin.”

"..."

David Jones, captain of the Flying Henanman.

Hobbies: Smoking, drinking, and getting perms.

Originally, it had sunk to the bottom of the sea forever along with the flying Henan Man, but suddenly regained consciousness under the influence of an unknown force, and corresponding instructions appeared in its mind.

Play hide-and-seek, find the bugs hiding on the boat, and then eliminate them.

It must be said that the game was quite interesting for a vengeful spirit that had been sleeping for hundreds of years.

It's precisely because it's fun that we should enjoy it a little longer.

The voice in its head clearly told it that once the game was over, it would fall into a deep sleep again.

So there's no need to rush.

Enjoy the game, find the fun, and turn all the bugs into your crew before the hide-and-seek time ends.

"There's still more than half the time left, I hope we can have some fun..."

David Jones walked out of the empty room with a leisurely pace.

next moment.

The ghost captain suddenly turned his head and looked at the boy who was trying to slip away down the corridor.

"It's the same bug that escaped before."

Eyes facing each other.

Amamiya Natsuki's body tensed abruptly, and then she walked stiffly towards the ghost captain step by step.

uninteresting.

There's no fun in playing with prey that comes to you on its own.

But since she was already there, David Jones naturally wouldn't let her prey, who had walked right into her trap, slip away. She stretched out her right hand, ready to transform Amamiya Natsuki into a ghost crew member as she approached.

It wasn't until Natsuki Amamiya walked right up to him that the Ghost Captain finally realized something was wrong.

"This bug... how come it doesn't show any fear or despair?"

You should know that the first two insects it caught each had expressions of fear, helplessness, and despair, which was incredibly satisfying.

Isn't this human being afraid?

Or is it facial paralysis?

A fleeting doubt crossed my mind.

Seeing Amamiya Natsuki walk up to him, the Ghost Captain stretched out his right hand, preparing to grab Amamiya Natsuki's head and pull out the ghost. Amamiya Natsuki then knelt down in response.

next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki slammed her right hand, which was gripping the ground, and a cloud of smoke billowed out, quickly obscuring the corridor.