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

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Anyway, the senior is prettier."

"..."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Amamiya Natsuki felt a cold gaze fall upon her.

Turning my head, I saw the silly young lady with her arms crossed, tilting her head and looking at me.

“However, there are always people better than you, and there’s always something beyond your understanding.” Amamiya Natsuki changed the subject and said seriously, “Kaguya-san’s dancing is actually even more beautiful.”

Kaguya Shinomiya said expressionlessly, "I can't dance. Go tell that to your senior."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"But Kaguya is prettier."

Zian Yan: "..."

Pooh!

Shameless!

The dance ended quickly, and the red dancing shoes automatically slipped off Karen's feet. She walked with a clattering sound to Amamiya Natsuki.

Amamiya Natsuki bent down and picked up the red dancing shoes, and the game appraisal quickly appeared before her eyes.

[Item: Red Dancing Shoes]

[Quest complete, can be taken out of the current instance]

[Ability 1: Witch's Dance Steps. After putting on the red dancing shoes, your agility and charm attributes will be additionally increased. You can actively activate this ability. The red dancing shoes will control your body for a short period of time, allowing you to dodge upcoming attacks.]

[Ability 2: Do you want to dance too? You can designate a target and force the red dancing shoes onto that person, making them dance.]

[Note 1: Don't expect a pair of dance shoes to dodge bullets]

[Note 2: The red ballet shoes are for women only and should not be worn by those with athlete's foot.]

After reading the item description, Natsuki Amamiya found that these red dancing shoes were quite good, as they could both enhance her own abilities and harm others.

Unfortunately, this thing is obsessive about cleanliness and also discriminates against men. Men can neither use it nor be harmed by it, which greatly reduces its practicality.

"let's go."

Amamiya Natsuki quickly put the red dancing shoes away, deciding to deal with the distribution later.

Before leaving, Natsuki Amamiya left the cake she had brought with her, which she had used to coerce and entice Karen, fulfilling her promise.

The group then returned to the cursed castle. The mermaid princess's ghost had dissipated, making it an ideal base. When they returned, the flames in the fireplace were still burning.

The other players had already returned and greeted Amamiya Natsuki and her group.

“The map is complete,” a random player said, pulling out a hand-drawn map. He introduced himself as a cartoonist with impressive drawing skills, and the map was exceptionally clear. “Based on the description, we have identified several locations where the glass slipper was lost.”

Cinderella always went out to have fun in the middle of the night in a pumpkin carriage, so she didn't know the way and only remembered some specific details, so she had to spend time and effort to find it.

Another random player said:

"I'm sorry, Natsuki-sama, we haven't encountered any other players."

"It's better that we didn't encounter any," Natsuki Amamiya comforted her. "Perhaps there are no other players in the instance."

Of course, there are many possibilities, such as not being in the royal city, missing the opportunity, or... already being eliminated.

The death rate in dungeons is not low; just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean that no unlucky players have died.

It's just that everyone tacitly agreed not to bring it up.

After a short rest at noon and detailed discussions, it was finally decided to carry out Fujiwara Chika's diplomatic operation.

"Tricked our way through the gate, fooled the queen, stole the magic mirror... Yes, we are the despicable outsiders!"

Chapter 382 The Queen's Conquest Operation

After finalizing the details of the operation, Natsuki Amamiya looked at another random player with mushrooms growing on his head and waved to him:

"Hirata, come sit down, I'll help you take the mushrooms off the ground."

The boy named Hirata was the same player who, like the silly young lady, had a mushroom on his head but hadn't matured yet.

He is thin and introverted, and rarely speaks.

Seeing Amamiya Natsuki beckoning to him, he quickly stood up and bowed respectfully, saying:

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, Natsuki-kun."

"No need to be so polite, we should all help each other out." Fujiwara Chika asked curiously from the side, "What did Hirata do this morning? Why did the mushroom on his head suddenly ripen?"

"that……"

Hirata hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice:

"When I was on the move this morning, I accidentally stepped on...that kind of thing on the road."

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively stepped back.

"It's already been cleaned up!" Hirata said hastily, his face flushed. "I was very angry at the time and couldn't control my anger... After venting, I suddenly felt calm down."

Zian Yan crossed her left arm over her chest and rested her chin on her right hand as she analyzed:

"Hirata-kun doesn't talk much. He must have been suppressing his anger, which is why the mushrooms didn't ripen. It seems that if he wants the mushrooms to ripen, he has to satisfy his own desires."

“That’s right, that must be it.” Fujiwara Chika put her right hand on her hip and said in a clear voice, “I ate bread last night, and that’s why the mushrooms ripened…wait a minute!”

Fujiwara Chika suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Shinomiya Kaguya in shock:

"In other words, Kaguya-chan has to..."

"I don't need anything!"

Kaguya Shinomiya decisively interrupted, her wine-red eyes narrowing as she unleashed a death beam at the Secretary.

Based on the current reasoning, in order for the mushroom above to mature, one must do something that satisfies one's own desires.

So, the Slug mushroom is naturally going to do lewd things.

I wouldn't even be able to talk about something like that, let alone do it!

"I will not say anymore."

Fujiwara Chika covered her mouth with both hands and quickly shook her head.

The fact that she, a girl, has a black mushroom growing on her head has not been publicized and is currently unknown to most casual players.

Hayasaka Ai crossed her arms and calmly said:

"The behavior of satisfying emotions is actually like drinking poison to quench thirst. Once something happens once in the world, it will definitely happen again."

Satisfying evil desires can make a mushroom mature, but once mature, the desire will rise even higher, eventually creating a vicious cycle.

Zian Yan pursed her pink lips and said softly:

"Thank goodness Natsuki-kun is here. If there were still mushrooms on his head, he would be suffering terribly right now."

The words fell.

Koyasu suddenly blinked, her gaze involuntarily drifting towards Amamiya Natsuki.

Then his gaze shifted slightly upwards, looking at the mushroom on Amamiya Natsuki's head.

(The mushroom on the junior's head is still there, while everyone else's mushrooms have been picked. Only the junior is silently enduring everything alone... He must be feeling incredibly miserable right now, right?)

Thinking of this, Senior Sister Yanzi couldn't help but bite her lower lip.

"Okay."

While everyone was talking, Natsuki Amamiya had already picked the mushroom off the random player's head.

Hirata touched his empty head and quickly got up to express his gratitude.

Amamiya Natsuki waved her hand and said:

"I'm going out to wash my face."

"..."

Watching Amamiya Natsuki's lonely figure walk away quietly, a strong sense of responsibility suddenly welled up in Yanzi's heart.

Taking a deep breath, Zi An Yan clenched her fists, glanced around discreetly, and seeing that no one was paying attention to her, quietly followed.

Step out of the castle hall.

A gust of cold wind blew in my face.

Natsuki Amamiya let out a soft breath and walked to a room in the corner. Due to years of disrepair, the room's windows had disappeared, and snow kept pouring in, accumulating in a thick layer on the windowsill.

Being inside the dungeon, Amamiya Natsuki didn't care much about etiquette. She grabbed a handful of snow and wiped her face for a quick clean. Suddenly, she remembered that Fujiwara Chika had eaten snowballs before. Out of curiosity, she casually made a snowball and put it in her mouth.

This scene was witnessed by Senior Sister Yanzi, who had been following them.

(Natsuki-kun is eating a snowball?)

Zian Yan paused slightly, her eyes widening.

(Why would someone eat that kind of thing for no reason? They're not a child... They must have been suffering terribly and had no choice but to torture themselves with snowballs, right?)

After figuring out the cause and effect, Senior Sister Yanzi's gaze finally hardened.

(Although I can't purify Natsuki-kun, I can at least offer what I can to help... I can't turn a blind eye to this!)

"Senior?"

Hearing the noise, Natsuki Amamiya turned to look at Tsubame Koyasu at the door, wiped her mouth, and said:

"Why are you here?"

"I... came to find you." Zi'an Yan walked up to Amamiya Natsuki. The senior was 1.6 meters tall, and when she tilted her head back and straightened her chest, she could just reach the tip of Amamiya Natsuki's nose. Her wine-red eyes were firm, like a nurse about to rush to the battlefield to save the wounded. She bit her lip and said, "Natsuki-kun must have had a hard time enduring the inability to pick the mushrooms, right?"

Upon hearing this, Natsuki Amamiya said:

"I'm okay for now, just feeling a bit unwell."

If you feel uncomfortable, then you feel really uncomfortable.

Boys are creatures who often say one thing but mean another.