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

Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened slightly as she quickly realized what was happening:

"There must be other players!"

It makes no sense that a large shopping mall covering tens of thousands of square meters would only have a few players, and that they would just happen to meet each other. It's too much of a coincidence.

Logically speaking, there must be other players hiding in the mall.

"Ok?"

Kaguya Shinomiya's delicate eyebrows twitched slightly as she looked towards Natsuki Amamiya.

Eyes facing each other.

The two instantly understood each other's thoughts.

"Natsuki, the other players probably don't know how to clear the game yet." Kitagawa Kaimu looked up at him. "Shall we help them out?"

Having never experienced betrayal by their own kind, they will naturally feel pity and sympathy for those who are in distress.

Providing assistance to others to the best of one's ability, provided that one's own safety is ensured, is perfectly acceptable.

Those who disregard the safety of their companions, insist on their own way, and are willing to sacrifice their own people to save strangers are the ones who are truly brain-dead fools.

and so……

“Of course we should help,” Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. “As fellow human beings, how can we stand idly by when we know that others are struggling to survive in the darkness?”

"If I just leave like this, my conscience will definitely ache."

“You’re saying one thing and meaning another.” Kitagawa Kaimu reached out and quietly poked Amamiya Natsuki’s waist with her finger. “You’re definitely not thinking these things.”

"You actually saw through me." Amamiya Natsuki sighed. "That's right, I have no conscience left."

"stamp--"

"..."

Now that we've decided to help other players, the first issue is communication.

With such a large shopping mall and monsters roaming around, other players will definitely be careful to hide their whereabouts. Searching for them one by one would be much less efficient and would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"...Broadcasting room!"

Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "I remember seeing a news story on Twitter before, where a father took his child to a shopping mall, and the child got lost. Someone found a mall security guard and said that the father was lost. Then, through the loudspeaker, the father was successfully found... We can also use the loudspeaker to notify other players."

"That's a good suggestion." Natsuki Amamiya nodded in agreement.

"Um..." the girl with glasses cautiously raised her hand and suggested, "The loudspeaker is so loud, won't it attract all the monsters?"

Do you know where the broadcasting booth is when you hear announcements in the mall?

"do not know."

"Coincidentally, the monster probably doesn't know either."

"..."

The discussion is complete.

The group quickly sprang into action.

Kaguya Shinomiya had memorized the layout of the shopping mall during her evening reconnaissance, and now, leading the way, the group quickly arrived at the broadcasting room.

"Hey, the door's locked." Fujiwara Chika looked at the lock on the door and tried to push it. "No, it won't open."

Hayasaka Ai's lips twitched slightly.

As a spy, such an ordinary lock would only take her ten seconds to unlock, but now that she was in disguise, she couldn't make a move.

"Pull—"

The silver-haired loli reached out and tugged at Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve.

Amamiya Natsuki lowered her head and looked at Aharen.

"..."

The silver-haired little girl tilted her head up and looked at the door lock.

Natsuki Amamiya understood and moved aside.

The silver-haired loli stepped forward expressionlessly, opened her right hand, revealing a black pin in her palm. She took the pin, inserted it into the lock, fiddled with it a couple of times, and the lock clicked open.

"Aharen-kun is amazing," Fujiwara Chika exclaimed softly.

The pin disappeared after it was used up. That thing was clearly a lock-picking tool from a game, so what was so special about it?

In any case, the broadcast room was successfully unlocked.

"No need for everyone to go in. You can stay outside and keep watch."

Natsuki Amamiya walked into the broadcasting room, turned on the broadcasting equipment, and brought the microphone closer.

next moment.

Natsuki Amamiya's voice echoed throughout the midnight shopping mall.

"Good evening, players."

"The Didi boosting service you need is officially launched. Players who need boosting services, please press 1. The meeting place is the east exit of the mall."

"We have mastered the correct way to pass the level and can help you pass it without any worries."

Please note that this is a paid service; payment must be made using in-game items.

"Didi's pick-up and drop-off service is now online. Players who are unable to move or are in a dangerous situation, please press 2 and we will provide worry-free one-stop pick-up and drop-off."

"The specific method is to find the nearest surveillance camera, prove your player identity, and then wait for us to arrive."

Finally, I wish you all a pleasant gaming experience.

"..."

Chapter 176 The Rise of the Capital Empire

After setting the broadcast content to play automatically in a loop, Natsuki Amamiya turned and walked out of the broadcasting room.

"How did it suddenly turn into a game boosting service?"

Kitagawa Kaimu asked curiously.

“For example,” Natsuki Amamiya held up one finger, “if you’re walking alone on a dangerous, unfamiliar street, and someone suddenly comes up to you and offers you free water and food, would you take it?”

“Of course not.” Kitagawa Kaimu put her hands on her hips. “Even a child knows not to eat food from strangers.”

"Ah, I see," Fujiwara Chika said suddenly, "If we offer help for free, people might suspect we have ulterior motives."

"Yes."

Turning 'unconditional help' into 'equivalent exchange' makes people feel more at ease accepting it.

Both parties get what they need and everyone is happy.

Hearing this, the bespectacled female player walked over and whispered:

“These are my props…”

From the girl with glasses' perspective, paying protection money in exchange for the chance to clear the game is actually a super worthwhile deal.

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly: "Put those things away."

"Eh?"

Amamiya Natsuki glanced at Kitagawa: "We're friends, we don't need these things."

Hai Meng was already in dire straits at the time. If it had been any later, the consequences would have been unpredictable. For that alone, we must thank them.

Kitagawa Kaimu looked up.

Stare into each other's eyes.

it is more than words.

"Here you go." Natsuki Amamiya took out the purple circulating coins she had just obtained and handed one to each of the bespectacled girl and the silver-haired loli, which was exactly the 'redemption money'. "If you're not in a hurry to clear the game, I hope you can stay and help me."

"No problem!" The girl with glasses clutched the coin that allowed her to pass the level and thanked him excitedly. "Just leave anything to me!"

The silver-haired loli, Apollo, raised her right hand: "Oh~~"

At Kaguya Shinomiya's suggestion, everyone split up to carry out their respective tasks.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others continued to contain monsters and search for circulating currency.

The girl with glasses and the silver-haired loli stayed at the cashier on the first floor to keep watch. If any players came looking for "Didi boosting," they would immediately use their phones to notify Amamiya Natsuki and the others to come back.

Now that both of them have received their 'redemption money' and met all the conditions for passing the level, they can quickly pass through the invisible wall even if they encounter danger, ensuring their own safety.

However, at Fujiwara Chika's suggestion, Amamiya Natsuki still attached a temporary "anti-gangster" combo to the two random girls to ensure that nothing went wrong.

"All done." Natsuki Amamiya looked at Hayasaka. "Where's the nearest monster?"

Hayasaka Ai looked at the tablet: "On the fourth floor, there's a dinosaur doll with a broken tail."

"That's it."

"..."

Needless to say, the dinosaur monster was quickly put on the little train and began to experience the fun of driving without a license.

"Natsuki-san," Fujiwara Chika said softly, taking out her phone, "Aharen and the others sent a message saying that some players have come to our door."

Kitagawa Kaimu, right hand on hip, said, "There are indeed other players in the mall."

Amamiya Natsuki said, "Let's go down."

"..."

The group returned downstairs.

The first player to purchase the "Didi boosting" service was a male, who appeared to be a college student. He was a lone wolf, all alone, and it was unclear what had happened to him before. He was pale, and there was a faint trace of blood on his chest.

Seeing Natsuki Amamiya and her group approach, the male player instinctively took a half-step back, wanting to run away, but he forced himself to hold back and said warily:

"Can you really help people clear the game?"

“We’ll exchange game items for ways to clear the game. It’s a fair trade, and we’re honest with everyone,” Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. “We’ve already offered this service in several games, and it’s currently 100% positive. After the transaction is complete, please don’t forget to give us a thumbs up and a positive review.”