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

"Hey, what's going on?"

Hearing the noise, Mrs. Kaguya, who was playing on her phone, walked over curiously and said in a resentful tone:

"Xiao Xiashu is so mean. She actually seduced someone behind my back, and it was even an elementary school student."

Natsuki Amamiya said expressionlessly:

"You'll say that to Kaguya-san tomorrow."

“Fine, I’ll say it.” Mrs. Kaguya put her right hand on her hip and raised her chin. “A mother is not afraid of her daughter.”

The little match girl... who should be called Alice now, stood timidly in front of the sofa, not daring to move, like a pet waiting for its owner's command.

"Don't be nervous," Natsuki Amamiya said thoughtfully. "Do you know why you became an employee?"

"I don't know." Alice shook her head and answered softly, "Alice heard a voice asking if she wanted to become an employee. After she agreed, she entered a very beautiful building."

After a pause, the ghostly loli timidly looked up and hesitated before saying:

"Master won't abandon Alice, will he?"

“Of course I want it,” Natsuki Amamiya said, waving her hand. “And it’ll be paid.”

The ghostly loli's eyes lit up immediately: "Thank you, Master!"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"As an employee, your attire and appearance are very important... Please change your clothes first."

The ill-fitting, tattered linen, not yet washed, made him look like a refugee. Even in a fairy tale world, ordinary people at the bottom of society still live in poverty.

"I understand, Master."

Alice nervously clutched the hem of her dress, speaking as she lifted it up.

and many more!

I'm asking you to change your clothes, not to take them off! You're so thin and frail, with arms and legs like sticks, who would be interested in you!

"Alice, come with me." Mrs. Kaguya extended her right hand and smiled. "I'll teach you how to change your clothes."

People come into this world naked and leave naked. When they become ghosts, they don't actually have any clothes on them—after all, clothes have no soul.

The clothes worn by Mrs. Kaguya and the ghost loli are actually subconscious products of the ghost's energy transformation, not physical objects. Once they are taken off, they will quickly disappear.

"Owner……"

The ghostly loli timidly looked at Natsuki Amamiya, waiting for instructions.

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

“Sister Aye is a senior, you should learn from her from now on.”

"Yes, Master."

"..."

Mrs. Kaguya pulled the ghost loli away and whispered behind the sofa, while Natsuki Amamiya continued reading the next part of the story.

The recruitment feature is now unlocked; you can actively recruit theater staff.

[Please note: Ordinary humans and players cannot become theater staff. You can recruit staff in the real world or in instances, but recruitment must be based on equality and voluntariness.]

During breaks, employees will be able to use the staff lounge.

Each time you open the Midnight Theater, you can actively write a rule that excludes all other rules within the theater.

[Once you activate the Midnight Theater, any target within a certain range will enter the theater and become an actor.]

[After each performance, you will receive varying amounts of in-game currency depending on the quality of your performance.]

[Note: Let's enjoy the whole night together!]

"Game currency?"

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze fell on the last part, and she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

I've never seen anyone receive game coins after a performance before.

It's important to know that so far, the only way to obtain game currency is as a reward for clearing dungeons. Unlike items, game currency cannot be traded, transferred, or stolen, thus preventing powerful players from robbing new players in the real world.

Thus concludes the narrative about the midnight theater.

Natsuki Amamiya mentally summarized all the contents.

First, the theater could only open at midnight and would remain open until dawn the next day.

Second, the theater can actively recruit employees, but only if they are willing. This applies to entities in the instance, but not to humans.

Third, you can proactively write down and formulate a rule.

Fourth, by bringing other people into the theater to perform, you can earn a certain amount of game coins.

"Let's try the midnight theater performance style now."

Amamiya Natsuki was in high spirits and showed no signs of sleepiness.

The end of the paper is so shallow that I know that this matter must be carried out.

Unless it's a one-time use skill card, players will practice to improve their proficiency with other skills once they obtain them.

Just like in competitive games, everyone can understand the text describing skills, but in actual combat, novice players will only get crushed by veteran players.

Snapped!

Natsuki Amamiya snapped her fingers lightly and silently recited in her heart:

"Open the theater."

next moment.

A message popped into Natsuki Amamiya's mind.

Please establish the rules for this midnight theater performance.

"Rules..."

Amamiya Natsuki pondered for a moment.

Simply put, rules are things that must be followed. For example, on trams and subways, you can't talk loudly or eat leek dumplings; these are all rules.

If I had to pick the rules that left the deepest impression on Natsuki Amamiya, it would undoubtedly be the Ghost School, which she hadn't been playing for long, especially the wooden dummy challenge on the playground.

After a two-second pause, Natsuki Amamiya quickly devised a rule.

"One, two, three, freeze! When the voice sounds, everyone still in action will be forced to take off their clothes."

[This rule meets the standards and has been successfully implemented.]

Immediately afterwards, another message appeared in front of Amamiya Natsuki's eyes:

[Please select the location to start the Midnight Theater. The currently recorded scenes are as follows.]

When Amamiya Natsuki clicked in, she found only two scenes: a familiar building, which was none other than her own house, and an unfamiliar stage theater.

"Choose the second one."

Amamiya Natsuki silently confirmed in her mind.

next moment.

A faint blue flame ignited in the pumpkin lantern and quickly spread outwards.

The flames spread and burned along the walls and the ground, but they did not destroy the house. Instead, they transformed the entire house into a magnificent theater that had never been seen before in just a few seconds.

Amamiya Natsuki looked around curiously and found that the theater was quite magnificent, but the lighting was dim and it looked inexplicably gloomy.

"Little Natsuki, where is this?"

Mrs. Kaguya asked curiously, with a ghostly loli beside her.

"It's that pumpkin lantern..."

Natsuki Amamiya explained what had just happened.

Mrs. Kaguya crossed her arms and pondered, "It sounds a bit like a haunted house."

“It does look somewhat like one, but a haunted house isn’t this realistic.” Amamiya Natsuki reached out and touched the wall beside her, feeling the real, cool touch return to her fingertips. Then she turned to look at the ghostly loli. “Alice, this is where you entered before, right?”

Under Mrs. Kaguya's tutelage, this ghostly loli had mastered the basic skills of a ghost. Her tattered clothes disappeared, transforming into a well-fitting maid outfit, complete with cat-ear hair accessories. Upon hearing this, she shook her head and whispered:

"No, not here... It was a very warm room with a bed and a table. Alice stayed there until she heard her master call her."

The ghost loli quickly explained:

Alice didn't soil the bed; she sat on the floor the whole time.

“Now that you’re a ghost, it’s even harder for you to dirty the bed.” Amamiya Natsuki reached out and patted the little girl’s head, finding that she could actually touch it. “The room you’re talking about should be the staff break room… Let’s go take a look.”

Today, the theater is only temporarily open. There is only one ghost, Alice, as a staff member, and no audience or actors. We came in just to check out the basic situation.

The ghostly loli nodded hurriedly: "Alice still remembers where the room is, I'll take you there now."

Just then, a tense voice suddenly rang out behind Amamiya Natsuki.

"Natsuki?"

Seeing that her son was wearing pajamas, he opened his eyes wide and nervously observed his surroundings.

Amamiya Natsuki finally remembered what she had forgotten.

Once the Midnight Theater is activated, anything within its range will be pulled in, unless Natsuki Amamiya specifically excludes it. Since Miko was sleeping in the living room, she was naturally pulled into the Midnight Theater as well.

“Komiko is here too.”

Mrs. Kaguya waved happily.

"Sister Aye..." Seeing Zi approach, she whispered, "Where is this place?"

Natsuki Amamiya explained the situation again, and then said:

"Since this is the first time it's been opened, we don't know the specifics yet, but we're planning to explore it."

"So that's how it is." Jianzi breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up at her reproachfully, "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Amamiya Natsuki looked innocent: "You were asleep. If I specifically woke you up to tell you, I'd get beaten up, wouldn't I?"

Jianzi: "..."