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

Kaguya Shinomiya didn't react for a moment.

Natsuki Amamiya said, "The punishment order from the King's Game this morning."

"You...you actually..." Kaguya Shinomiya took a half step back, her pretty face flushed crimson, both ashamed and angry, "...confess!!"

That kind of thing should be consensual, not a punishment!

Speechless all the way.

After half an hour.

Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya got off the train and arrived at an old residential area.

“Ms. Suzuki came to Tokyo from Hokkaido for work and rented this apartment. The apartment has been re-rented by the building manager,” Kaguya Shinomiya said softly. “The people who investigated before said that the cat climbed out of the window and did not starve to death. Someone in the neighborhood saw it.”

"It would be best if we could find someone." Natsuki Amamiya nodded. "Miss Hood might not want to be adopted again. We'll see."

"Ah."

The two carried the leaflets and searched along the way. Before long, they arrived at an abandoned factory.

“There are stray cats inside.” Natsuki Amamiya looked inside. “I wonder if Miss Hood is there.”

Kaguya Shinomiya narrowed her eyes slightly: "There shouldn't be..."

next moment.

The game notification sounded simultaneously in both of their ears.

[Random Dungeon: Cat and Mouse Game]

Chapter 206 This teammate is full of talent

[Instance: Cat and Mouse Game]

[Type: Randomly Triggered Dungeon]

[Countdown begins: 5 minutes]

Players are advised to prepare for teleportation, manage their time wisely, and enjoy a healthy gaming experience.

The hint is very short, only showing the basic game name; the specific mission details will only be revealed after entering the game.

Amamiya Natsuki turned to Kaguya: "Did you receive the notification?"

"received."

Kaguya Shinomiya remained calm and nodded slightly.

If you're the only one triggering the dungeon, you might feel a bit nervous and scared.

Now that I'm with Natsuki Amamiya, I'm not afraid at all.

“Based on previous patterns, triggered instances are usually triggered by locations or objects.” Kaguya Shinomiya looked up at the abandoned factory in front of her. “Therefore, the reason we triggered the instance is most likely because of this abandoned factory.”

"The game is even set in an abandoned factory."

“Very likely.” Natsuki Amamiya nodded and extended her right hand to Kaguya. “Cat and mouse game… The most famous one is a European and American movie, a story of a conman and a policeman chasing each other.”

"For example, a psychopathic killer is hiding in a factory, and the player is a rat, playing a survival game inside."

Kaguya Shinomiya then extended her hand.

Hands clasped together.

The girl's skin was delicate and silky, warm and slightly cool, and felt exceptionally comfortable to hold in my hand.

Before entering the game, it's necessary to copy and paste the skills in advance.

"It's a pity that the preparation time was too short to summon Chika." Amamiya Natsuki sighed.

I only have one "Sweep Away Organized Crime" combo skill left, and I feel completely insecure.

Kaguya Shinomiya gently bit her lower lip, her desire to master the skill growing stronger.

Decided!

After completing the game, you need to flip a coin once a day until you draw a skill!

“Let’s take a walk around the factory first and see the environment and layout,” Kaguya Shinomiya suggested. “Let’s gather as much information as possible.”

Amamiya Natsuki nodded: "It's up to you."

Kaguya Shinomiya blushed slightly and couldn't help but scold him playfully, "...Don't pinch my fingers!"

"I'm trying to help you relieve your tension and anxiety."

"I don't have those feelings at all!"

"..."

The five-minute countdown to preparation ended in the blink of an eye.

Natsuki Amamiya stood quietly in a deserted alley corner, waiting for the game to teleport.

"I don't know if we were teleported to a random location, or if we were together after teleporting."

Kaguya Shinomiya sounded slightly nervous.

In the midnight mall monster party, a person is trapped in an endless stairwell, going up and down endlessly. Such a terrible start, I never want to experience it again.

Amamiya Natsuki gently squeezed Kaguya's fingers: "At times like this, you should set a reverse flag."

"Eh?"

"For example..."

next second.

The two figures disappeared in an instant.

The game teleportation was completely seamless, as if she had simply closed her eyes for a moment. When Amamiya Natsuki opened her eyes again, she was greeted by a dilapidated and empty room.

The light was exceptionally dim, and the air was filled with dust and a musty smell. Some old cardboard boxes were piled up in the corner, indicating that they had entered the interior of the abandoned factory.

The skin felt smooth and warm to the touch.

Amamiya Natsuki turned her head and met the bright, delighted eyes of the silly young lady.

"Looks like the flag worked."

This time, the two didn't teleport to different places; they were right together, their hands still clasped together.

"Damn it, I didn't expect to be forced to eat dog food even after entering a horror game."

A plaintive voice rang out from the corner.

There are more than just Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya in the current instance; there are three other players visible in the room.

Two women and one man.

The five people stood at four corners.

The guy who was complaining about eating dog food was a boy, standing at the three o'clock position. He was of medium height and build, neither fat nor thin, and looked to be a high school student. His hair was messy, a typical hedgehog style, and his right hand was wrapped in a white bandage... He exuded the aura of a protagonist and deserved special attention. His right hand was quite something; I wondered if a dark dragon was sealed inside.

At the nine o'clock position stood a quiet girl, who appeared to be a high school student as well. She wore black-rimmed glasses, had two black braids, and was carrying a book in her arms. She was a bookworm... Her taste was that of a literary girl, making one wonder if her surname was Yu Chuan.

The other person pushed up their glasses, as if they wanted to say that famous quote: "I'm not omniscient, I just happen to know."

Finally, there's the twelve o'clock direction.

A tall, straight-backed girl with waist-length pink hair is quite handsome. She has a firm gaze and an innate leadership quality that makes people want to follow her. She also holds the Sword in the Stone, the king's sword, in her hand.

"It's not a sword in the stone at all," the girl with long, straight pink hair couldn't help but retort. "It's just an ordinary bamboo sword."

“Impossible.” Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, “How could an ordinary bamboo sword be brought into the game?”

What is the most important thing about a game?

It's about balance.

Aside from items produced in the game, nothing else can be brought into the game, otherwise it would seriously affect the game balance.

In reality, ordinary people have virtually no chance of coming into contact with firearms, but it's different for wealthy people—

The happiness of the rich is something ordinary people can't experience.

Take Kaguya Shinomiya for example. Obtaining lethal weapons is just a matter of minutes. When she enters the same instance as other players, the game will crash.

An ordinary player is holding a real fruit knife and a homemade flatbread shield, while Kaguya Shinomiya pulls a Gatling gun out of her backpack from under her skirt and transforms into a Gatling gun bodhisattva. How can anyone else play when everyone else is doing this?

Firearms may be ineffective against vengeful spirits, but they are extremely effective against players; no one dares to resist, nor is there any power to do so.

At that point, Kaguya Shinomiya could simply stand behind everyone with a Gatling gun and send out the other players one by one to test the rules for clearing the game, which would obviously undermine the fairness and experience of the game.

If the game specifically targets Lady Gatling for this reason, then the developers are undermining the game's fairness.

Therefore, from the very beginning, apart from the clothes you wear, you cannot bring any other real-world items into the game.

The girl with long, straight pink hair explained:

"This is a bamboo sword I got from a blind box. It can cause some damage to vengeful spirits, but that's all."

"Hey, what are you rambling on about?" Another male player, who seemed to have a toothache, held up his bandaged right hand. "I just hurt my hand, what are you talking about sealing a dark dragon? Are you a chuunibyou?"

"And you two too," the male player couldn't help but complain. "You're still holding hands when you enter the game, and you still can't let go. Are you here on vacation? Don't you know that in horror games, the people who are most likely to die are clingy couples like you?"

"Love, lovers..."

Kaguya Shinomiya, who had been looking aloof, blushed quickly after hearing the term "lovers," and her gaze drifted away.

It was just holding hands, there was nothing sticky or indecent about it, this is slandering someone's innocence!

Chapter 207 Shadow Cat

"Um, this player was actually trying to ease the tension, right?"

The girl with braided hair and glasses, who hadn't spoken until now, said softly.

"As expected of the class monitor," Natsuki Amamiya said admiringly. "He truly knows everything."

The girl with glasses said calmly, "I was only a class monitor in elementary school, and my surname isn't Yu Chuan."

"Tsk, utterly tasteless."