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

The two shadow cats in the abandoned factory are actually mother and daughter.

Since there is parental love involved, the rest will be much easier...

"Madam, you don't want our daughter to get hurt, do you?"

The others were immediately shocked when they heard Natsuki Amamiya say those words so casually.

Meow meow meow?

What do you mean?

Is she using her daughter to threaten the mother?

Shikimori forced a smile, then hesitated, saying, "...Something about this just doesn't feel right."

Pansy pushed up her glasses and said in a subtle tone, "Each word is ordinary, but when we read them together, I don't know why, it just feels a little off."

"It's absolutely terrible," the spiky-haired boy muttered, squinting. "Using their daughter to threaten their wives—if we switched roles, wouldn't we be the villains?"

Faced with the complaints from three random players, Natsuki Amamiya remained noncommittal, turned to Kaguya, and asked:

"Hood Meow, what do you think?"

“It’s not excessive.” Kaguya Shinomiya said calmly and rationally. “When you feel soft-hearted, you can think about the experience of being tackled just now.”

To achieve the goal, the means justify the means.

To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself.

Let alone just a monster, even if it were a monster disguised as a human, Kaguya Shinomiya would only hesitate for a moment at most, and would be decisive when necessary.

Upon hearing this, the spiky-haired boy looked down at the still-bleeding gauze on his right hand, recalling the near-death experience of being dragged away, and immediately said:

"That makes sense. Today we'll show that cat lady how cruel we are!"

"Very good, that's ambitious." Amamiya Natsuki gave a thumbs up and looked at the shadowy cat at the edge of the lamplight. "Madam, did you hear that?"

“If you don’t come out and surrender, Yamazaki-kun will do something unforgivable to your daughter.”

"Hey, who would make this?!" The spiky-haired boy was so angry his liver hurt, he couldn't help but shout, "It's a cat, okay?!"

From the three giant monitor lizard warriors of India to the sixty-year-old man in Malaysia, and even motorcycle and car exhaust pipe warriors, humanity never stops pursuing the bizarre.

“Madam, did you hear that?” Natsuki Amamiya looked at the cat-like woman at the edge of the light and shadow. “Yamazaki-kun said that even if your daughter were a cat, he wouldn’t show any mercy.”

"I didn't say that!" the spiky-haired boy squinted. "Besides, how can you be sure it's a female cat? What if it's a male cat?"

Pansy pushed up her glasses: "A cat made of shadows may not have a biological gender."

“I have a cat at home,” Shikimori said, holding his bamboo sword. “Generally speaking, cats with three different colors of fur are female, except for orange cats, of course.”

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow and looked at the three of them, surprised:

"I was just trying to ease the tension, why did you all take it so seriously?"

"..."

The three of them opened their mouths, but were speechless.

“The solution is simple.” After the joke, Natsuki Amamiya quickly got to the point. “If we remove the wooden board from the cardboard box, the cat that we’ve trapped in the shadow of the box will definitely try to jump out and escape.”

"What we need to do is to hit the cat back the moment it jumps out."

"……clear."

When it comes to life and death, no one will be merciful. The key is that the thing wasn't even a real cat; it was just an indescribable shadow.

“Let’s begin.” Natsuki Amamiya’s gaze shifted to Pansy. “Class monitor, remove the wooden board from the cardboard box.”

The girl with the braided pigtails nodded: "Leave it to me."

Without realizing it, I had quietly accepted the role of class monitor.

Amamiya Natsuki then looked at Kaguya and Shikimori: "Is everything ready?"

"Ready."

Both girls nodded.

Amamiya Natsuki called out in a deep voice, "...Class monitor."

Pansy understood and quickly pulled away the wooden board that was pressing down on the wooden box.

The shadow on the wall changed accordingly, and a cat in shadow form leaped out, precisely in the direction where Natsuki Amamiya was.

Without hesitation, Natsuki Amamiya swung his baseball bat and struck.

boom!

A subtle sound of hitting the target seemed to ring in my ears.

Although the baseball bat is swung into the air, it provides a real feedback of the feeling of hitting a real object.

The shadow cat failed to escape and fell back into the cardboard box.

It's clear that the shadow attack can indeed cause damage, but the damage is obviously not high. In just two seconds, the shadow cat leaps out of the cardboard box again.

whoosh-

This time it's Shikimori.

The pink-haired girl pursed her pink lips, tightened her pretty face, and looked serious. She gripped the bamboo sword tightly with both hands and swung it down.

On the wall, the shadow of the bamboo sword slashed down from mid-air, knocking the shadow cat back into the cardboard box once again.

After being attacked twice, the faint sound of a cat's mournful cry could be heard in the air.

Mrs. Cat, who had been lingering on the edge of light and shadow, finally couldn't sit still any longer and pounced towards the shadows of the three people.

Kaguya Shinomiya frowned slightly, quickly placing the wooden board in front of the flashlight. A thick wooden shadow was immediately projected onto the wall, blocking Mrs. Cat's sudden attack like a wall.

Click!

A crack appeared silently on the wooden board, bending noticeably inward.

"Give."

The boy with the spiky hair quickly handed over a new wooden board.

Five players work together to do something unforgivable to the daughter in front of Mrs. Cat.

As you can see, the cat in the trap is moving slower and slower, and the frequency is getting lower and lower. Meanwhile, the faint, mournful cries in the air are becoming clearer.

Hearing her daughter's pitiful cries, Mrs. Cat finally lost her mind and composure. Instead of launching a probing attack, she began to frantically scratch at the shadow of the wooden board.

"It's now!"

Kaguya Shinomiya held her breath, quickly picked up the cardboard box she had just made, calculated the position and angle in her mind, and placed the box in front of the flashlight.

The shadow of the cardboard box precisely covered the cat, and then it began to tremble violently.

"Quickly, reinforce the cardboard box."

"Don't let that cat get out."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they quickly stepped forward to reinforce the cardboard box.

After a moment, the cardboard box finally stabilized and remained stationary.

"call……"

Pansy let out a soft sigh and raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead: "Is it over?"

Shikimori remained vigilant: "I wonder if there will be a third cat."

"have nothing left."

Amamiya Natsuki spoke with certainty.

The prompt before me is quite clear.

[A family should be together! My daughter and wife were both successfully captured. The oyako-don (chicken and egg rice bowl) was delicious!]

The others were skeptical, but Kaguya Shinomiya had no doubt: "If there was a third cat, it would have definitely appeared after such a commotion."

"Let's go."

Natsuki Amamiya dusted off her hands, opened the door, and calmly stepped into the brightly lit corridor.

Kaguya Shinomiya followed closely behind.

The other three players cautiously followed.

The journey was smooth.

Everything was peaceful and nothing unexpected happened.

Upon exiting the abandoned factory, all players simultaneously received a game notification.

[Dungeon cleared...]

Chapter 216 Kaguya-san's Date

[Dungeon cleared, rewards being distributed... Please check back later]

Only after receiving the official notification from the game did the three random players finally relax.

"Phew~" Shikimori let out a soft breath. The pink bun on her head was still in place, making her look quite cute. "It's finally over."

"It's unbelievable that it only took an hour to clear customs."

The girl with braided hair spoke with surprise, and subconsciously pushed up her glasses.

Horror games are not casual games. The first few times I played, I had to work hard to complete the game before the time limit.

This is the first time I've left the game halfway through the day without any problems, like today.

so……

Pansy's gaze shifted to Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya.

These two are definitely not newbies!

"It was a pleasure working with you all," Natsuki Amamiya said with a smile. "I hope we can work together again next time."

"If possible, I hope we never run into each other in the game again," Pansy muttered under her breath.