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

"Hmm..." The pink-haired girl hesitated for two seconds, then quickly gave a thumbs up. "I like detectives."

"Eh?"

"I originally wanted to date you as an ordinary person, but now I'm coming clean and I'm not pretending anymore." Fujiwara Chika raised her chin, revealing a glimpse of her fair and slender neck. "I am the legendary love detective. As soon as a romance appears, I can arrive at the scene immediately and collect first-hand news information."

What does that have to do with detectives? They're clearly paparazzi!

"It's decided. I'll go to Akihabara with Haimeng this afternoon, and the first outfit I'll try on is Conan's." Fujiwara Chika said confidently, "I have a lot of confidence in the detective profession."

Trying to play the role of a Grim Reaper elementary school student right off the bat? You're going too far!

Amamiya Natsuki squinted: "There's something I should say, but shouldn't I..."

Fujiwara Chika quickly reached out her right hand and covered Amamiya Natsuki's mouth:

"Then don't say anything!"

"..."

Copy and paste complete.

"I saw the temporary skill."

Fujiwara Chika checked her game panel.

"Let's go downstairs." Natsuki Amamiya stood up. "Class is about to start."

A cool breeze swept in, carrying away the two girls' skirts and hair, and bringing a refreshing coolness.

"Mmm, this feels so good." Kitagawa Haimu squinted her eyes, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear that was being blown by the wind with her right hand, and turned to suggest, "The rooftop is much cooler than the classroom. Shall we have lunch on the rooftop again tomorrow?"

“I agree.” Amamiya Natsuki expressed her agreement, then turned to Fujiwara Chika and whispered, “I want to eat meatballs again tomorrow.”

Fujiwara Chika turned her face away: "There are no meatballs."

"Fish balls are fine too."

"Only coarse noodles are available."

"..."

The two afternoon classes passed quickly, and before we knew it, it was time to go home.

Amamiya Natsuki closed the book and walked to the silly young lady's side: "Shall we set off now?"

"Let's go." Kaguya Shinomiya stood up, picked up her schoolbag with both hands, and said, "The driver has something to do today, so we'll take the tram."

“It’s been exactly half an hour.” Amamiya Natsuki walked beside Kaguya. “Since we’re just killing time anyway, how about we flip a coin?”

"veto."

Kaguya Shinomiya flatly refused.

If so many unfortunate things can happen in an empty classroom, how much more unfortunate things must happen when you're out and about?

"Let's look for 5:30. If we can't find it, we'll consider flipping a coin." Kaguya Shinomiya had already decided, "We can find a safe place then."

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly said:

"Speaking of safe occasions, I have a suggestion."

"what?"

Kaguya Shinomiya looked up at him.

"Remember the snow-covered mountain lodge we cleared together?" Amamiya Natsuki said seriously. "There's no safer place than an iron cage."

The girl in the cage may seem to be bound and free, but it's only for half an hour. While hiding in the cage, apart from flying insects and the like, most bad luck can't touch her.

Amamiya Natsuki increasingly felt that the iron cage was the only magic weapon for 'passing the tribulation'.

Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."

This man actually wants to lock himself in a cage! What is he talking about?!

You can stay in the classroom alone and still get through your bad luck period without any danger to your life.

"I feel like I'm in danger." Kaguya Shinomiya sighed softly, a signature dark smile appearing on her pretty face. "Just to be on the safe side, Natsuki-san, you should turn yourself in."

"Forgive me for refusing."

"..."

The two chatted as they walked, and soon left the school and arrived at the tram stop.

Although the tram wasn't crowded in the afternoon, there were no empty seats left. After boarding, Amamiya Natsuki glanced around and walked towards a corner, with the silly young lady naturally following closely behind.

"Speaking of which, what did that cat look like?"

Amamiya Natsuki asked in a low voice.

“Miss Suzuki said it was a calico cat, with black, white and yellow fur, a black mouth, and a patch of yellow fur near its rear end,” Kaguya Shinomiya replied softly.

“A calico cat, that must be a female cat,” Natsuki Amamiya said casually.

"Hmm." Kaguya Shinomiya raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "That's the stray cat that Ms. Suzuki adopted. She named it Hood-nyan."

"Good heavens, it's Aunt Hood who loves cats."

"Sew a cat?"

Kaguya Shinomiya tilted her head curiously.

“That is a long-forgotten history…” Natsuki Amamiya’s tone suddenly lowered as she began to narrate, “When Hood was still a girl, there was a love-hate relationship with Bismarck. As time went by, Bismarck grew into a proud adult, while Hood remained ordinary and had no choice but to lie by stuffing a cat in her mouth.”

"..."

Without needing to be explicitly stated, Kaguya Shinomiya already knew what "sei-neko" meant.

Because there are people around me who do this—

That's right, it's Hayasaka Ai.

Kaguya Shinomiya had asked Ai Hayasaka to scrub her back many times, and she knew very well that Hayasaka's breast size was exactly the same as her own. However, every time before going out, Ai Hayasaka would stuff strange things into them.

But no matter what, you can't possibly stuff a cat inside, right? What if it gets scratched?

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted slightly downwards, moving a dozen centimeters down from the silly young lady's face: "Just like Fujiwara and..."

"And what?"

Kaguya Shinomiya tilted her head and looked over, a sweet smile on her face, the shadow of her bangs obscuring her eyes. "Life is a precious thing that only happens once. Once some words are spoken, they can never be taken back."

"How terrible!"

There was an elementary school student standing next to Natsuki Amamiya. Upon meeting Kaguya Shinomiya's destructive gaze, the student trembled and clutched his schoolbag, almost bursting into tears.

"Let's go quickly." Natsuki Amamiya grabbed Kaguya's hand. "If we don't leave now, they'll say we're bullying an elementary school student."

Just as she reached the corner, two elementary school students wearing little yellow hats looked up at her for a moment, then suddenly came up to Kaguya and respectfully greeted her:

"Big sister!"

"Ok?"

Kaguya Shinomiya raised her eyebrows slightly and looked down, feeling that the two elementary school students looked strangely familiar.

Natsuki Amamiya recognized him first and whispered:

"It's the elementary school student who challenged you at the arcade."

Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly realized.

No wonder she looked familiar; she was indeed one of the elementary school students I had bullied. But what was her nickname, "Big Sister"?

Why does she sound like a delinquent girl?

A primary school student asked respectfully:

"Hey sis, why haven't you been to the arcade lately?"

Another elementary school student clenched his right fist: "After being defeated by the big sister, I practiced my skills diligently and have been waiting for the next decisive battle."

I was just doing it to complete a task, and of course I won't go back after that.

The truth couldn't be told to the children, so Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her pink lips and said, "...I've been very busy lately and haven't had time."

The elementary school student turned to look at Natsuki Amamiya and quickly said:

"Busy dating your older brother?"

"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes widened, her pretty face turning bright red at a visible speed. "A...a date or something..."

“That’s right.” Another elementary school student produced evidence, “You were just holding hands.”

"..."

Kaguya Shinomiya quickly lost herself amidst the constant calls of "Big Sister," remaining dazed until the train arrived at its stop.

"See you tomorrow, boss."

Two elementary school students waved happily as they got off the tram.

"See you tomorrow……"

Kaguya Shinomiya answered instinctively.

Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly, "You actually agreed?"

"Huh?" Kaguya Shinomiya was taken aback. "What did I promise?"

"Those two elementary school students said they wanted to go to the arcade tomorrow, and you agreed."

"I didn't." Kaguya Shinomiya quickly regained her senses.

Amamiya Natsuki said, "You nodded."

“I…” Kaguya Shinomiya opened her eyes wide, recalling what had just happened, “That didn’t count because the train was swaying.”

"Then why don't you get off now?" Amamiya Natsuki pointed out the window. "And explain this to the elementary school students?"

"..."

"Never mind." Kaguya Shinomiya sighed and shook her head. "Since I promised, I can't break my promise. Let's go to the arcade after school tomorrow afternoon."

"As expected of the boss, you keep your word." Amamiya Natsuki gave a thumbs up, then said in a low voice, "In that case, shouldn't you fulfill your promise?"

"What will be delivered?"