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

Kaguya Shinomiya slightly twitched the corner of her mouth, glanced at her wife who was giving her a look of complaint, and pondered:

“The ghost can get out, but we can’t… Clearly, there’s something different about us, and that difference must be the reason.”

"The differences..."

Hayasaka Ai's gaze shifted slightly as she looked at Amamiya Natsuki, and she couldn't help but recall what had happened when they first met.

Did this man discover the key point right then and there?

“It’s not that easy to get out, which makes sense.” Amamiya Natsuki grabbed the ghost girl and rubbed against the invisible wall. Of course, the invisible wall didn’t exist for the ghost. “Looks like I need to catch a few more guys for research.”

With a game lasting five hours, it's impossible to complete it easily, so setting additional completion conditions is normal.

A prompt appears before your eyes.

[You've decided to capture more monsters for research; it's time to hunt!]

"Huh, research?"

The bespectacled girl, a random player, looked over in shock.

That's an extremely dangerous monster. You should stay as far away from it as possible, but they actually wanted to capture it and dissect it for research. The difference between people is just too great!

"Alright!" Kitagawa Kaimu rubbed his hands together, fidgeting with his fingers. "Who should we catch first?"

Amamiya Natsuki saw the spy maid: "What monster is closest to us?"

Hayasaka Ai retrieved the surveillance footage and quickly said:

There is a Kumamon on the second floor.

“This is it.” Natsuki Amamiya nodded, looking at the ghostly girl in his hand, and said in a low voice, “She’s useless now, let’s send her on her way…”

"Wait, wait a minute!" The ghost girl panicked immediately. "I surrender!"

Each household sweeps the snow from its own doorstep.

Sorry, I jumped it backwards!

Chapter 169 Is it wrong for capitalists to exploit the specter?

“…I surrender!”

The ghost girl's voice was aggrieved, "I used to be human, but I had a heart condition. I accidentally died while shopping at the mall that day. When I woke up, I became a ghost... You can't kill me to cover it up."

“Of course we wouldn’t kill someone to cover it up.” Natsuki Amamiya looked at the pink-haired girl. “But what law in the world states that eliminating ghosts is illegal?”

“Of course not. Eliminating ghosts is doing a service to the people.” Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips and raised her chin. “Unless you tell me how I can leave the mall.”

"I really don't know." The ghost girl looked even more aggrieved. "But I know the approximate locations of the other monsters in the mall. I can take you there. Besides the ones in the corridor, there are other monsters that don't like to move."

Kitagawa Kaimeng, still shaken by the memory of the two mannequins in the clothing store, remarked:

"What if it's a trap, and you're deliberately trying to deceive us?"

At that moment, a voice faintly sounded.

Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms over her chest, rested her chin on her left hand, and whispered:

"Someone died of a heart attack in the mall. Such an important event would definitely leave a record. As long as your face is drawn, it would be easy to find out your identity in reality... Even though you've become a ghost, you still have family and friends, right?"

The ghost girl trembled.

So, so scary!

She's so beautiful, yet she threatened someone's family the moment she opened her mouth. Her eyes were so cold!

Exploited by the boss he worked for in life, he becomes a ghost after death and is still exploited and oppressed. He is desperate and wishes this cruel world would just be destroyed soon!

Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath: "As expected of a capitalist's daughter."

ghost?

They were nothing more than objects to be exploited.

"Um..." Fujiwara Chika protested softly, "Kaguya-chan, Miss Ghost is already pitiful enough, don't threaten her with her family, okay?"

"What are you thinking!" Kaguya Shinomiya clenched her fists angrily and couldn't help but shout, "I mean, I'll sign an agreement with Miss Ghost, help out at the mall, and once the game is completed, I can transfer one million yen to Miss Ghost's family in a reasonable and natural way."

For capitalists, problems that can be solved with money are not problems at all.

Using family members to threaten the other party?

madness.

Exploitation and coercion will only lead to resistance. A qualified capitalist should think about how to make the other party work for him willingly.

In this world, self-interest is the most solid thing, followed by family ties.

When the two become one... even a ghost will submit to capital.

"I agree!" Miss Ghost's eyes sparkled, brightening the whole atmosphere. "It really is a million, you're not lying to me?"

Kaguya Shinomiya waved the tablet and wristwatch in her hand: "I prepared everything in advance, so please don't worry about the finances."

Hayasaka Ai: “…”

I was the one who made the preparations.

From 7:30 to 9:00, it took more than an hour of hard work to prepare and place the 'prop boxes' in every corner of the mall. Meanwhile, you were probably relaxing in a villa taking a bath!

At that moment, Natsuki Amamiya silently released Miss Ghost.

Miss Ghost, who's already obsessed with money, probably won't run away even if we let her go.

This is the fact.

"Please give me your orders!" Miss Ghost bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle, displaying the perfect corporate slave posture. "From now on, I'll do whatever you tell me to do!"

“It’s cooperation,” Kaguya Shinomiya corrected. “Then, it’s a pleasure to cooperate.”

What is exploitation and oppression?

Mutual benefit and win-win cooperation is the right way for capitalists to operate.

"Wait, they betrayed us so quickly." Kitagawa Kaimu put his right hand on his hip and his left hand over his forehead. "Is this what they mean by 'money can make the devil do the work'?"

"You're already a ghost, yet you still have to work so hard," Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but say. "What happened to the saying that ghosts don't bow down for a pittance?"

That's because they haven't experienced the real harsh realities of society.

Tao Yuanming was not born into poverty, but was a descendant of officials. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was no imperial examination system. For those who could become officials, talent and ability were not important; what mattered was their birth.

That's right, going back seven or eight generations, the Tao family has been full of officials!

Later, although Tao Yuanming resigned from his official post and went into seclusion, seemingly becoming a farmer, his uncles, elder brothers, and relatives were all officials, and he himself was a man of high reputation, so of course no one dared to bully him... It can be said that apart from the hardship of farming, Tao Yuanming was never truly beaten down by society, so of course he did not need to bow down to life.

Besides, the "five pecks of rice" didn't refer to rice itself, but rather to the Five Pecks of Rice Cult that was popular at the time. As a county magistrate, how could his income be limited to only five pecks of rice?

The deal was struck, both parties got what they wanted, and everyone was happy.

"Go to the second floor," Natsuki Amamiya said quickly. "Catch that bear and study it."

Miss Ghost volunteered: "Let me go ahead and scout the way."

"..."

After passing through the fire escape, we arrived at the second floor without any incident. Turning the corner, a life-sized bear appeared in front of us.

This teddy bear, missing an ear and with a faint red glow in its eyes, was wandering aimlessly. Upon seeing the group, it immediately rushed over.

Fujiwara Chika pointed a finger: "Zhang San, the outlaw!"

"...Zhang San is here."

Natsuki Amamiya stepped forward, dodging the teddy bear's claws, and grabbed it.

The combined attack against organized crime was successfully triggered, and a notification quickly appeared in front of me.

This is a teddy bear with dreams, trying to build a midnight harem.

[Triggering rule: The bear is so cute, why did you turn around and run away?]

Several girls gathered around and began to examine the area.

"One ear is missing, and the cotton inside is showing."

"It looks a bit shabby, and it's covered in dust."

"It seems she can't speak, unlike Miss Ghost."

"...It's a toy, I'm a ghost, of course we're different!"

After a thorough inspection, no reason why the teddy bear could move was found.

"Hmm?" Kaguya Shinomiya's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she suddenly said carefully, "There seems to be something inside the teddy bear's mouth."

Natsuki Amamiya pried open the teddy bear's mouth and found something with a slightly bluish-black tinge inside.

"what is this?"

"do not know."

"The size and shape look like... a coin?"

"Let's go down first."

"..."

Natsuki Amamiya dragged her teddy bear back to the lobby on the first floor, and pushed it forward in front of the cashier's gate.

The teddy bear easily passed through the invisible wall of air, shook its head and got up on the ground, then pounced on the crowd again.

Snapped.

Natsuki Amamiya reached out and grabbed the teddy bear.

"It seems there's no problem with it getting in and out." Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms, her brows furrowing slightly as she considered a possibility, "...Could the way to clear the level be that we have to wear mascot costumes and pretend to be monsters to get through?"

Chapter 170 Penguin Girl Kaguya-chan

"Don't wear it!"

Fujiwara Chika quickly stopped her.