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

After a while.

Natsuki Amamiya and her three companions arrived at the lowest level of the ghost ship.

The ghost captain walked forward, surrounded by two ghostly players who had become crew members. He was caught between a rock and a hard place, with no way to escape.

"Huff...huff...I can't run anymore..."

Kitagawa Kaimu rested her hands on her knees, breathing softly.

"My stamina is terrible," Natsuki Amamiya complained. "I should really work out when I get back."

"What?" Kitagawa Kaimu puffed out her cheeks. "You have more sweat on your forehead than I do."

“I’m carrying someone on my back, so of course it’s different.”

"..."

Watching the three people chatting and complaining, the Ghost Captain suddenly felt a strange sensation.

Why didn't these three insects show despair?

A bad feeling crept into my heart.

Without wasting words, the ghost captain strode over and said, "Human, the game is over."

"The game really should end."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and put the girl down from his back.

After letting go, the girl leaned against the wall and slumped down.

The ghost captain paused, looking over in disbelief.

"That face...!"

Natsuki Amamiya raised the 'Cursed Heart' in her hand and clenched it tightly: "Captain, game over."

The 'cursed heart' was crushed instantly.

next moment.

A game notification sound rang in the ears of all surviving players:

The ghost captain is dead.

【game over】

Chapter 134 Lightning-Fast Free Gift to Hayasaka Ai

"hateful……!"

Enraged to discover he had been tricked again, the ghost captain was caught off guard when the black, dog-headed Grim Reaper appeared out of nowhere, biting the ghost captain in the jaws of death. Then, the two monsters vanished together.

As the Ghost Captain was taken away by the Dog-Headed Reaper, the two player ghosts shuddered and regained their self-awareness.

The male ghost covered his forehead, his expression pained and somewhat bewildered.

Looking at her own body sitting against the wall, the girl realized the truth, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Feel sorry."

Natsuki Amamiya sighed softly and apologized in a low voice.

"sorry."

Kitagawa Kaimu and the petite girl bowed together in apology.

There were six people participating in this hide-and-seek game. Two were eliminated, leaving four people.

During the chase, if the ghost captain had only seen three people, he would have become wary, so he needed to gather four people.

So, in the room just now, Hayasaka Ai took off her clothes and switched identities with the first girl who was eliminated—

This is something only Hayasaka Ai could do.

Kitagawa Kaimu was too tall, and her petite, girlish figure made her look like a middle school student—neither of them suited her.

After their identities were switched, Hayasaka Ai hid in the room, lying in wait for her chance to strike.

Natsuki Amamiya and her three companions fled, drawing away the ghost captain.

The girl's eyes were blurry with tears. She shook her head, her lips moving as if she wanted to speak, but unfortunately, she could no longer make a sound.

The ten-second countdown to the return ended quickly.

next moment.

The world before my eyes suddenly froze.

Amamiya Natsuki felt her vision blur slightly, and she was back in the bustling midnight supermarket.

"Ahhh, I finally beat the game."

Kitagawa Kaimu grabbed Amamiya Natsuki's arm and breathed a long sigh of relief.

All told, the game of hide-and-seek on the ghost ship lasted less than an hour, but it felt like an entire day.

Amamiya Natsuki remarked:

"So, we were clearly in a supermarket, so why did we trigger the hide-and-seek game on the ghost ship?"

"Hmm..." Kitagawa Kaimu blinked, pointing to the sushi in the shopping cart, "Could it be because of the seafood sushi?"

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki looked down.

In the shopping cart she was pushing, there was a half-price seafood bento that Kitagawa Kaimu had just snapped up, and among it was a small octopus.

So, the game we just played was actually a seafood revenge story?

at the same time.

Hayasaka Ai covered her forehead, looking dazed, as she pondered three philosophical questions.

who am I?

Where am i?

Was everything that just happened an illusion or real?

If it's an illusion, it's too realistic; but if it's real...

"Hanamori-chan!"

A sweet and pleasant voice entered my ears.

Looking at the blonde girl who turned around and waved to her, Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but bite her lower lip.

Not an illusion.

"Flower Guardian" and such are clearly names he made up in the game.

What just happened was not a dream; I've now become the unlucky player in a horror game.

"Hanamori-chan, thank you so much just now." Kitagawa Kaimu walked up to Hayasaka Ai and whispered, "We were cornered just now, but thankfully you ended the game in time, that was close."

"The figurehead is not easy to get close to; it took me some time to climb over it..."

The two had a life-or-death bond, entrusting each other with their lives, and Kitagawa had come to regard Hayasaka Ai as an exceptionally close friend.

"Hanamori-chan, do you live nearby?"

Kitagawa Kaimu asked curiously.

"No." Hayasaka Ai raised her right hand, tucked a strand of hair that had fallen to her chest behind her crystal-clear ear, and said casually, "I just work nearby and came to the convenience store to buy something."

This is a lie.

I don't work, and I'm not at the convenience store to buy anything. My real goal is to investigate and monitor the two of you.

Of course, that's no longer necessary.

Kitagawa Kaimu took out her phone: "Hanamori-chan, I've already given you the group number for the player mutual aid group. Please join it."

"sorry to bother you."

Hayasaka Ai quietly switched to a backup account.

As a spy maid, it's normal for her to have multiple identities, right?

"Alright." Kitagawa Kaimu tapped the screen skillfully. "I've passed. If you need anything in the future, you can ask everyone in the mutual aid group."

"Grateful."

"..."

After talking for a while, Hayasaka Ai took her leave first.

Arriving at the cashier.

After paying, I walked out of the supermarket.

Looking at the neon lights flashing on the street, Hayasaka Ai let out a soft breath, took out her phone, entered the player mutual aid group, and silently browsed the group members.

Several familiar names and images came into view.

"Idiot Fujiwara, and the young lady, Kitagawa... they're all here after all."

Put away your phone.

As Hayasaka Ai was about to hail a taxi back to the villa, her pupils suddenly contracted when her gaze swept over a young man beside her.

On the young man's body, a slender ghostly figure was seen clinging, its bony arms tightly wrapped around the man's neck.

Its mouth contained shark-like serrated teeth, and its fingernails were as sharp as bayonets. It vaguely resembled a woman... Its horror surpassed even that of the Ghost Captain; it was as if an evil spirit from Junji Ito's manga had come to life.

Strangely, whether it was the man or any other passerby, they all remained expressionless and showed no reaction, as if they couldn't see the evil spirit at all.

"what?"

Hayasaka Ai slightly widened her eyes.

Hallucination?

Why do such things exist in reality?