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

"I need to go to the restroom first."

Within a minute, Natsuki Amamiya came out.

"Humans, can we begin now?" Miss Evil urged impatiently.

"That's fine." Natsuki Amamiya nodded and prepared to sit down.

"Wait a minute." Fujiwara Chika pulled him aside, stood on tiptoe, and whispered in Amamiya Natsuki's ear, her tone somewhat worried, "Don't be stubborn. If you lose, your body will become uncontrollable."

"Don't worry," Natsuki Amamiya said in a low voice, "I cheated."

"Eh eh eh?"

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki quickly walked to the opposite side of the card table and sat down.

Fujiwara Chika and Takanashi knelt beside her, watching the battle with bated breath.

A deck of 54 playing cards is used. One Joker is removed, leaving one Joker. After a simple shuffle, the game begins quickly.

The rules for drawing the Joker are self-explanatory; it's simply a matter of two people taking turns drawing cards, discarding a pair as soon as they're drawn. The game is very fast, and in the blink of an eye, the final showdown begins.

"Human, you're doomed." The evil spirit girl smiled menacingly. Unlike how she toyed with Chika earlier, she didn't play tricks on people. Instead, she directly snatched a card from Amamiya Natsuki's hand. "This card table has a special ability. As long as one side is unwilling to end the game, the game will continue indefinitely. Let's see how many clothes you have."

"Take a look at the card you drew before you speak," Natsuki Amamiya reminded him.

Miss Evil looked down and her eyes widened in shock: "...How...how is this possible?!"

The card she drew was, surprisingly, the Joker.

"You've lost." Natsuki Amamiya threw her pair of cards onto the table. "Fulfill your bet."

"Huh? How did you win?" Fujiwara Chika looked over in disbelief.

Amamiya Natsuki's voice was low and somber: "When I was traveling in Skyrim, many people called me the God of Gamblers, until I was shot in the knee that year, which forced me to end my travels."

"Amazing!"

Rikka Takanashi's eyes have turned into starry eyes; she's filled with extraordinary admiration.

Miss Evil looked down at her body, her face showing hesitation.

For the game, she's dressed as Harley Quinn, with brightly colored pigtails, heavy smoky makeup, a tight-fitting shirt that reveals her midriff, and super short denim shorts—quite revealing indeed.

"for you."

Miss Evil handed over the blood-stained baseball bat.

Natsuki Amamiya took the prop: "Let's continue the game."

After a while.

Miss Evil lost the game again, and in a fit of impotent rage, cried out, "Impossible! How could you possibly beat me!"

“A loss is a loss.” Amamiya Natsuki remained unmoved. “Since it’s a game, you can’t win every time.”

"..."

The one minute allotted by the rule quickly passed, and Miss Evil could only question her existence while involuntarily taking off her shirt.

Natsuki Amamiya was very disappointed.

You're an evil spirit, and you're even wearing underwear? Thumbs down.

"Let's go again, I refuse to believe I'll lose again!"

Miss Evil clutched her chest and continued the challenge.

"Um, do evil spirits feel shy too?" Fujiwara Chika asked curiously.

"Of course I'm not shy."

"Please do not cover your body when you say this."

"..."

The game continues.

Miss Evil lost again, and this time she could only take off her denim shorts. In the blink of an eye, just like Fujiwara Chika, she was left with only her last relic.

"impossible!"

Miss Evil's chest heaved, still unable to accept the fact that she had lost: "Human, you definitely cheated."

“Cheating by skill is fine as long as I don’t get caught,” Natsuki Amamiya said without any fear. “Please tell me how I cheated.”

"...Human, I'll remember you!"

Miss Evil's body disappeared, transforming into a card that floated down from mid-air.

"what?"

Amamiya Natsuki curiously took it and found it was a summoning card that could summon the Harley Quinn ghost from earlier to help in the battle, but it could only be used once... This meant he had directly lost.

The method of cheating is actually very simple: the bat specimens on the wall are not ordinary objects, but part of an evil spirit that can peek through the wall, which is why Fujiwara Chika keeps losing.

As everyone knows, bats have very poor eyesight. After learning of this weakness, Natsuki Amamiya went to the bathroom and cheated by tapping her thumb, almost winning her panties in the process.

"The corridor is brighter now," Fujiwara Chika exclaimed softly. "Let's hurry, let's go find Kaguya-chan."

The three of them went down the corridor and knocked on the door of the next ward.

"Kaguya-chan, we've come to find you... Eh? Eh?"

Fujiwara Chika was the first to enter, and her eyes widened immediately. "Why are there three Kaguya-chans?"

Amamiya Natsuki stopped in her tracks, surprised to find that there were actually three Shinomiya Kaguyas in the ward, from their clothes to their appearance, and even their eyes were exactly the same.

A pale-faced Kaguya Shinomiya said, "I've been copied."

Second place, Kaguya Shinomiya: "They're all fake."

Third place, Kaguya Shinomiya: "Every now and then, another one appears; both of them are fake."

Not only can it imitate, but it can also replicate infinitely?

Upon hearing this, Natsuki Amamiya wanted to pull Fujiwara away first.

Let Kaguya Shinomiya be copied for a while. Once we have collected 500 Kaguya, we can send them to a construction site to work as bricklayers. They can earn enough to buy a house in half a month!

Chapter 42 Kaguya, Please Answer

“One, two, three…” Fujiwara Chika’s eyes widened, and she hurriedly tugged at Amamiya Natsuki next to her, “Look, there are three Kaguya-chans!”

“I saw it.” Natsuki Amamiya nodded.

Three Kaguyas are actually manageable, but if one and a half Kaguyas from the Fourth Palace appear, that would be truly terrifying!

Enter the ward.

Kaguya Shinomiya on the left: "I'm real."

Kaguya Shinomiya in the middle: "She's fake."

Kaguya Shinomiya on the right: "They're both lying."

"Don't worry, Kaguya-chan." Fujiwara Chika said seriously, clenching her fists. "I will definitely recognize you."

“I hope they are all real Kaguya-san.” Natsuki Amamiya’s gaze swept over the three Kaguyas, and she sighed. “Kaguya-san is an extremely talented girl. If we could gather five hundred Shinomiya Kaguyas, the entire human society could leap forward by five hundred years.”

“That makes sense…” Fujiwara Chika nodded subconsciously, then quickly came to her senses. “Yeah, right!”

“The monster isn’t imitating Kaguya-chan just for fun,” Fujiwara Chika couldn’t help but exclaim. “I once saw a movie where aliens imitated the heroine’s every move and eventually took her place… Kaguya-chan must be in great danger right now, we have to rescue her.”

"Yes Yes."

"..."

"How can we verify their identity...?"

Fujiwara Chika raised her hands, extended one finger to each side, and pressed her temples with one finger on each side, entering a state of deep thought.

"Um, I have a suggestion," Rikka Takanashi whispered. "Wraiths shouldn't have body temperature, right?"

“That makes sense.” Fujiwara Chika’s eyes lit up. “Natsuki, Takanashi, let’s check together and see who doesn’t have a temperature.”

Three against three.

There are three Kaguyas on the field, so each of them can check one.

Natsuki Amamiya walked up to Kaguya Shinomiya, who was in the very center.

They are identical in height, hairstyle, face, clothes, and even their cold expressions. It is impossible to tell them apart with the naked eye; they are triplets cut from the same mold.

“Kaguya-san, put your hand out,” Natsuki Amamiya said.

"Ah."

Kaguya Shinomiya remained calm and composed, extending her left hand.

Amamiya Natsuki gently held it, a faint warmth spreading through her, her skin delicate and smooth, like the finest mutton fat jade.

It must be said that the ice sculpture girl's hands are incredibly beautiful. Her skin is snow-white, her fingertips are slender and green, and she has never applied any nail polish. Her hands only have the healthiest pink color, which looks incredibly tempting.

Natsuki Amamiya openly pinched it, finding it soft, warm, and elastic, making it irresistible.

Pinch it again.

Sure enough, it couldn't be stopped.

"It's warm." Fujiwara Chika's voice was the first to ring out, "It's really Kaguya-chan."

Next up is Rikka Takanashi: "I can feel the temperature too."

Natsuki Amamiya concluded, "And me, I have the same problem."

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika was taken aback, her expression puzzled. "They're all warm, are they all really Kaguya-chan?"

“Obviously impossible,” Natsuki Amamiya said calmly. “The truth is clearly that two of them can simulate body temperature.”

Rikka, with a tuft of hair on her head swaying, suggested, "You could try breathing again."

"Makes sense."

After a while.