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

The shop was deathly silent; no one responded.

"Is anyone in the shop?" Fujiwara Chika asked again. "We are players."

"..."

There was still no response; all was silent.

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly and said:

"Since there's no one here, let's turn on all the lights. It doesn't matter if we attract monsters."

"Wait, wait a minute."

An unfamiliar voice finally rang out.

Behind the cashier, a girl stood up nervously: "Please don't turn on the lights...Are you really players?"

Natsuki Amamiya said in a low voice, "Sorry, we are not."

"..."

The air fell silent for a moment, and the girl behind the cashier smiled gently, seemingly relaxing.

"Looks like it really is a player. If it were a monster, it would have pounced on us immediately." The girl said as she walked out.

By the dim light of the phone, I could barely make out her face; she was a blonde girl wearing glasses whom I didn't recognize.

"It's not Haimeng-chan." Fujiwara Chika was somewhat disappointed.

"Aren't you afraid of encountering monsters with so many of you gathered together?" The strange girl raised her hands for safety and lowered her voice, "The more people there are, the more dangerous it is... Wait, what's that? A cell phone? And a tablet?"

Upon seeing what Hayasaka Ai was holding, the girl with glasses' eyes lit up and she quickly walked over: "You guys can actually bring your phones into the game?"

"There are even security cameras... Is this the mall's surveillance video?"

The girl with glasses stared wide-eyed, completely shocked. "You can actually play like that?!"

"That's amazing." The unfamiliar girl bowed deeply, her tone sincere. "Please tell me your secret!"

"There's no secret." Fujiwara Chika slightly raised her chin and smugly hummed, "It's actually very simple, you just need to prepare in advance."

Hayasaka Ai slightly twitched the corner of her mouth.

What are you so smug about?

I put in a lot of time and effort to prepare everything myself, so of course it's easy for you to just talk about it!

"Prepare in advance..."

After hearing Fujiwara Chika's explanation, the girl with glasses couldn't help but question the meaning of life.

I received the game notification around 4 PM, so what preparations did I make?

Ah, I remembered it.

I bought a cake that I usually can't afford to eat, and ate it all by myself. Then, I gritted my teeth and had a beef buffet that night. After that, I adjusted my mindset, paid attention to rest, and made sure my physical and mental condition was good... Now it seems that other people's preparations are real preparations, while my own preparations were just loneliness.

Boss!

Veteran player!

They even have access to surveillance video; these people are definitely not ordinary players!

The bespectacled girl, who had originally planned to continue acting alone and survive until the end of the game, made a decision in an instant.

You must hold your thighs!

After figuring it out, the girl with glasses immediately became warmer: "Are you here to find someone?"

"I'm probably the only one hiding in this shop, but I saw another player before."

Amamiya Natsuki pulled out the silver-haired loli beside her: "Is it her?"

"There's even a primary school student?" The girl with glasses was surprised and shook her head. "It wasn't her. Although I couldn't see her face clearly, she was quite tall and a girl."

Amamiya Natsuki decisively said:

“Take us there to have a look.”

To date, Kitagawa has still not been contacted, which clearly indicates that something has happened.

"Got it." The girl with glasses readily agreed. "I love being a guide."

Chapter 165 The Dressing Doll Falls into Darkness

The team size increases by one.

Led by the girl with glasses, the group cautiously arrived at a clothing store.

"This is the shop," the girl with glasses whispered. "When I passed by earlier, I clearly saw figures moving around inside."

"be careful."

Natsuki Amamiya whispered a few words of advice before pushing open the door and entering.

The shop was dimly lit and silent.

After entering, Fujiwara Chika lowered her voice and whispered:

"Hai Meng-chan?"

"..."

No one responded.

"They might have left," the woman with glasses quickly said. "I assure you I'm not mistaken."

Just as Amamiya Natsuki was about to speak, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark figure silently approaching out of the corner of her eye. Her pupils constricted, and she swiftly reached out and pulled Fujiwara Chika into her arms.

"careful!"

The dark figure missed its target on its first pounce, but instead of persisting, it quickly switched targets and pounced on the others, causing chaos in the ensuing battle.

"Hey, what is that?"

"Player... no, it should be monster!"

Natsuki Amamiya quickly took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and the monster was immediately revealed.

"It's a mannequin?"

Under the lights, the moving monster was actually a mannequin used to display clothes, except that it was missing an arm and was not wearing any clothes.

The plastic body reflected a pale white light under the lamp, silent and eerily unsettling.

In the chaos, the spy maid was particularly unlucky, bumping into the arms of a mannequin and being firmly held. Her expression remained calm, though her speech quickened:

"I can't move my body."

Amamiya Natsuki quickly replied:

"Chihua!"

“I know.” Fujiwara Chika pointed a finger. “Zhang San, you outlaw, if I call your name, do you dare to answer?”

The mannequin's head suddenly turned, and a shrill voice rang out:

"...Zhang San is here."

Amamiya Natsuki strode forward, grabbed the mannequin, and pulled Hayasaka Ai away from the mannequin.

"Something else is coming," the girl with glasses quickly reminded her.

Shining the phone light over, another headless plastic mannequin wobbled and reached out to grab something.

Amamiya Natsuki's expression was serious: "Hanamori, freeze it."

Hayasaka Ai nodded upon hearing this, and mimicking Fujiwara Chika's earlier action, she pointed and said, "Zhang San, the outlaw."

"...Zhang San is here!"

This time it was Fujiwara Chika's turn to step forward, grabbing the mannequin's wrist and successfully triggering the combo attack.

'Copy and paste' can only paste one skill. Fujiwara Chika already has the ability to 'name', and the ability pasted onto her is to capture Zhang San. Hayasaka Ai's temporary skill just happens to be 'name', which is double the fun.

"Get out first."

Natsuki Amamiya hugged the mannequin and backed away.

The group quickly left the clothing store.

"These mannequins seem to be able to turn people into plastic dummies."

Hayasaka Ai frowned and extended her right hand.

Under the cold moonlight, the right wrist that had just been grabbed had turned the color of plastic.

Fortunately, the plastic feel is gradually fading away over time.

"very scary."

Seeing this, Fujiwara Chika was startled.

It can actually turn a person into a plastic dummy. In comparison, the shark mascot costume is not so dangerous... No, dying of thirst is just as terrifying.

Natsuki Amamiya looked down at the mannequin, and a prompt quickly appeared in front of her.

【The Heartless Doll】

[The Inviolable Rule: Breathing]

[When you're going in and out of the doll seven times, try to hold your breath and don't breathe, otherwise the doll will turn you into a doll.]

“Rules…” Natsuki Amamiya murmured, “The toy train has rules, the mascot costume has rules, and the plastic mannequin has rules. As long as you don’t break the rules, it seems there won’t be any danger.”

Amamiya Natsuki turned to Hayasaka Ai: "Hanamori, check the surveillance footage and see where the little train is."

"Ah."

Hayasaka Ai agreed, opened her tablet, checked the surveillance footage, and quickly said, "Fourth floor, east side."

"Let's go there."

"..."

As Amamiya Natsuki and the other two girls left, the other two girls quickly followed.