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

A faint white light flashed across the lamb's body, and Natsuki Amamiya appeared out of thin air.

That's right.

It was Fujiwara Chika's sheep-transformation technique.

"Natsuki, are you alright?"

Having completed the game first and returned home, Kitagawa Kaimu rushed forward and asked with concern.

"Something's wrong. I'm dizzy, my heart is racing, and I'm having trouble breathing..."

Amamiya Natsuki propped herself up on the sofa and suddenly felt the evening breeze was very cold, and her legs were icy cold.

"Eh?"

Kitagawa Kaimu's gaze shifted downwards, and after staring blankly for two seconds, her pretty face quickly flushed red, and she hurriedly covered her cheeks with her hands:

"You, you, you, hurry up and put your clothes on!"

It's too late to put it on now, and when you cover your eyes, don't open your fingers!

Amamiya Natsuki turned to the side: "Give me your clothes first."

"Here you go." Kitagawa Kaimu reached out and tossed over the neatly folded clothes from the sofa, exclaiming, "You can't wear clothes when you transform? What's the difference between that and running naked? The Sheep Transformation Technique is just awful!"

"So, it would be strange if you were already a sheep, wearing clothes?" Amamiya Natsuki said. "Didn't you say before that you wanted to experience what it would be like to become Pleasant Goat?"

"No, I don't want to anymore!"

Kitagawa Kaimu shook his head decisively.

The thought of being naked is incredibly shameful, even for a sheep!

Aside from being startled at first, the blonde girl wasn't actually that shy—having played so many adult visual novels, she'd seen it all, even if she hadn't experienced it herself.

As she spoke, she secretly glanced over from the corner of her eye, her fingers parted slightly. Her brows furrowed, and she turned away, saying:

How did you get your back injured?

"I'm sorry." Mrs. Kaguya clasped her hands to her chest, her tone apologetic. "When Natsuki jumped from the third floor just now, I was worried I wouldn't be able to catch her, so I used a little too much force."

Kitagawa Kaimu pursed her pink lips, turned around and walked to Amamiya Natsuki's side, carefully examining the bruises on Amamiya Natsuki's back.

Amamiya Natsuki waved her hand to shoo them away: "I'm not dressed yet."

"Just put on the shorts." Kitagawa Kaimu put her right hand on her hip. "...Anyway, I already saw everything."

"Does it hurt?"

Kitagawa Kaimu reached out and gently touched the bruises on Amamiya Natsuki's back.

"A little, but it's worth it."

Natsuki Amamiya opened her hand, and a beautifully edged purple card floated in her palm.

Chapter 179 Rule Card: Midnight Nightmare

"Wow, this card is so pretty."

Kitagawa Kaimu opened his eyes wide and looked over curiously.

The lantern had somehow transformed into a card, larger than a regular playing card, and looked somewhat like a Clow Card.

Under the bright white light, the edges of the card shimmered with a beautiful, deep purple, making it exceptionally pretty. On the front was a Halloween pumpkin head wearing a cloak, holding a lantern in its hand, which was even swaying slightly inside the card.

Natsuki Amamiya sets the card's attribute to exhibition mode.

[Rule Card: Midnight Nightmare]

[Quality: Magnificent Purple/Epic]

[Attribute: Unique. This item is unique, cannot be enhanced, destroyed, or transferred. While you possess this rule card, no other 'Midnight Theater' rule card will appear through any other means until the holder dies.]

"understood."

There was a lot of content, but Natsuki Amamiya immediately grasped the true essence of the sentence.

"Huh?" Kitagawa Haimu blinked and muttered to himself, "...Why does it feel a bit like a Devil Fruit from One Piece?"

It is unique, and no two rule cards will appear the same. It is dropped upon death... Except for not being able to eat it, it is extremely similar to a Devil Fruit in other aspects.

Amamiya Natsuki continued reading.

[Ability 1: Midnight Theater. Every midnight, you can open your own theater and put on a performance.]

[Ability 2: Rule Exclusion. When you use Midnight Theater, other rules will be excluded.]

[WARNING: You obtained this rule card through theft. Some of its permissions are currently locked. You cannot use the theater performance ability at this time. Please explore the way to unlock it yourself.]

[Note: Only rules can override rules]

"It's still a partially sealed item."

With a flick of her finger, Natsuki Amamiya made the card spin in her palm.

"That's outrageous! Natsuki risked so much danger to get it!" Kitagawa Kaimu crossed her arms, indignant. "When it comes to players, does stealing a book count as stealing?"

"I didn't steal it."

Natsuki Amamiya shook her head in denial.

"Eh?"

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:

"I obtained these cards honestly and legally. How can something that's been stolen be considered stolen?"

Kitagawa Uimeng: "..."

Hey.

My phone started vibrating repeatedly.

Natsuki Amamiya picked up her phone; she had already received many new messages.

Players from Midnight Mall have already joined the player support group and are discussing the sudden crash of the dungeon.

The others sent messages individually.

Kaguya Shinomiya: "What happened next? Were you injured?"

"Hanamori" Hayasaka Ai: "Senpai, are you alright?"

Miko: "I saw a shadow moving at the window. Natsuki, are you back?"

Clearly, Jianzi hadn't slept and had been keeping watch until now.

Amamiya Natsuki opened the window and waved to the long-haired girl next door, saying, "You're back, not one of you is missing."

Seeing that Zi was relieved, she said, "That's good."

In the middle of the night, talking across distances could easily disturb others, so Natsuki Amamiya continued sending messages.

"I want to eat potato curry beef brisket."

"Make it tomorrow at noon."

"And scallion ice cream."

"So what is that thing?"

"..."

After saying a few words, Jianzi covered her mouth and yawned, rubbing her eyes and waving her hand to indicate, "I'm going to sleep now, I have to get up to make breakfast tomorrow."

As Amamiya Natsuki closed the window, her little finger suddenly twitched, followed by a video call invitation popping up.

Accept the video invitation.

A pink-haired goofball suddenly appeared in the phone.

"Natsuki-kun, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" Fujiwara Chika leaned closer to the phone, her large, bright pink eyes sparkling beautifully. "Why did the dungeon suddenly crash?"

"Something happened."

"Eh?"

Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice, "I'm incredibly thirsty right now, I'm going to die..."

"Pooh!"

Fujiwara Chika spat lightly and quickly covered her pink lips with her hand.

Don't expect me to feed you water; the same thing won't happen a second time... this is the third time!

"Where's Haimeng-chan?" Fujiwara Chika asked guiltily in a low voice. "Why haven't I seen her?"

"I'm going to take a shower."

"I want to take a shower too. I'm so sweaty and uncomfortable," Fujiwara Chika muttered. "I went to the bathroom just now, but there was an evil spirit in the bathroom. It was so disgusting that I couldn't take a bath at all."

"You can close your eyes and pretend you can't see it."

"No, that's disgusting."

"..."

The two talked for a while until Kitagawa Kaimu came out of the shower, and Fujiwara Chika yawned, ending the video chat.

"Natsuki, you can go take a shower now."

Kitagawa Kaimu walked over wearing a white bathrobe, with a pink towel wrapped around her head, and her body smelled strongly of shampoo and shower gel.

"Ah."

Amamiya Natsuki agreed, grabbed her change of clothes, and headed towards the bathroom.

The Midnight Mall instance is entered via physical teleportation. After running around for several hours, a good bath is definitely needed to relieve fatigue.

"Xiao Natsuki, shall I help you scrub your back?" Mrs. Kaguya sat on the sofa, resting her chin on her hands, her voice sweet, "Thank you for your hard work today."

Amamiya Natsuki turned her head and looked at Kaguya-sama, whose body had become transparent, with a look of disdain: "You still have the energy to scrub my back?"

"Hmm~ it seems there aren't any left."

"Then go play on your phone."