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

“Very good.” Amamiya Natsuki smiled, took out a fishing rod and handed it to him. “Now is the time for you to train.”

Fishing rods don't need to be handmade; some people have gotten them from daily blind boxes.

With the idea of ​​being prepared, Natsuki Amamiya had purchased several fishing rods, which are now proving useful.

The boy with the wood-chopping knife took the fishing rod blankly: "Excuse me, doctor... what does cultivation have to do with fishing?"

“Your mind isn’t at peace yet,” Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. “Fishing can empty your mind, allow you to see your true self, and thus find the powerful strength deep within you.”

"When your grandfather went fishing, he probably sat there for the whole day, right?"

"Only those with a strong enough mind can endure mosquito bites and sit for an entire day."

"I see." The boy with the woodcutter's knife suddenly understood, gratefully taking the fishing rod. "The doctor is teaching me to temper my heart and confront myself... I'll go fishing right away!"

"Doctor, I want one too."

The headless JK silently extended her hand.

"Of course you'll get one." Amamiya Natsuki took out another fishing rod. "Aoi, good luck."

Watching the two walk to the lake to fish, Fujiwara Chika was a little puzzled and whispered in her ear:

"Is fishing really that enjoyable? Why don't I feel any joy when I'm fishing?"

Kitagawa Kaimu nodded upon hearing this: "That sounds impressive. Does Natsuki usually enjoy fishing?"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

I don't like it at all.

"Eh?"

"Actually, I was lying."

"A lie? A lie?"

"We don't know what's in the lake yet, so we naturally need to send others to explore."

Kitagawa Kaimu said speechlessly, "Isn't that just a lab rat?"

Fujiwara Chika: "Natsuki-kun, that's so mean!"

Compared to Haimeng and Chika, the silly young lady greatly admired Amamiya Natsuki's behavior.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

What should you do if you encounter unknown dangers?

Of course, we should let others go up and clear the mines first. Everyone is just trying to get what they need, and there's nothing shameful about it.

"You need bait to fish, right?" Hayasaka Ai changed the subject, saying, "How about we go dig for earthworms?"

“This isn’t the real world, there probably won’t be any earthworms in the soil.” Natsuki Amamiya shook her head and looked at Haimu. “Take out the things we prepared earlier.”

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Kaimu quickly took out a lunchbox.

"What's inside?"

Fujiwara Chika looked over curiously.

"It's leftover ingredients from the restaurant, I don't know what it is..."

As Kitagawa Kaimu explained, he opened the lunchbox, which contained an unidentified dark red meat that faintly smelled of decay.

"It smells awful." Fujiwara Chika covered her nose and took a half step back.

“The stinkier the food, the more fish like to eat it.” Amamiya Natsuki took the lunchbox, turned around, took two steps, came to the lakeside, and handed it to the headless JK and the boy with the machete, “This is the bait I prepared.”

"As for the bait used for groundbaiting..."

Natsuki Amamiya took out another lunchbox, opened it, and found a culinary abomination made primarily of chives, along with other odds and ends.

The allure of bizarre cuisine goes without saying, and if there were actually fish in the artificial lake, it would definitely attract them.

After all, I'm not a professional angler, so I can only use what's available and find flexible employment.

Wow.

The culinary disaster was spilled into the lake. Amamiya Natsuki took two steps back and came to Kaguya and the others' side, patiently waiting.

"It's so quiet," Fujiwara Chika whispered. "Is there any fish inside?"

“Generally speaking, where there is water, there are fish,” said Natsuki Amamiya. “In such a large body of water, the possibility of not having fish is very low.”

Kitagawa Kaimu asked curiously, "What if there really isn't one?"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"If we really don't have any, then we'll have no choice but to become robbers."

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika looked bewildered. "Become a bandit?"

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Kaguya and said:

"Ask Kaguya."

The silly young lady lifted a strand of hair behind her ear, her voice echoing in the darkness: "There's more than one restaurant inside the hospital."

"I understand." Kitagawa Kaimu nodded suddenly, slapping her forehead. "We can go to other restaurants and steal their ingredients."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"However, robbery is a very dangerous act, so it's best to avoid it if possible."

Fujiwara Chika raised her hand again: "It seems like the restaurants in the hospital are all in pretty much the same situation. What if the other restaurants don't have any food either?"

Amamiya Natsuki said helplessly:

"Don't jinx it."

If other restaurants run out of food, then the only option left is the darkest one—the previous chefs and managers, all of them obese and weighing three or four hundred pounds, are no different from fat pigs and could easily become Paimon's reserve food.

At that moment, a ripple suddenly appeared on the water's surface, breaking the tranquility of the lake.

"I caught a fish!"

The boy with the machete shouted in surprise, quickly attracting everyone's attention.

Hearing the sound, Natsuki Amamiya looked over and saw the fishing rod in the hands of the boy with the woodcutter's knife suddenly bend and deform, the fishing line taut and straight, and undercurrents surging on the surface of the water. Clearly, the thing underwater was incredibly strong, causing the boy with the woodcutter's knife to stagger.

"Go for it, Kobayashi-kun!" Natsuki Amamiya cheered from the side. "Think about your seniors and juniors, your girlfriend in class, don't lose to a fish."

The boy with the woodcutter's knife turned red as he forcefully pulled up the fishing rod, causing blood to gush from the wound on his head due to excessive force.

After a fierce competition, the fish underwater was finally defeated.

Wow.

Water splashes.

A monster about the length of an arm was successfully fished ashore and struggled and thrashed about on the grassy lakeside.

Upon closer inspection, Amamiya Natsuki realized that the fish was oddly shaped, with an enormous mouth and a ring of protruding serrations... In short, it was clearly not a normal fish.

"So ugly!"

Kitagawa Kaimu, with her right hand on her hip, gave a disdainful evaluation.

Hayasaka Ai remarked:

"It looks somewhat like an anglerfish, ugly in a unique way."

"Don't be disgusted by it, everyone." Fujiwara Chika stuck out her pink tongue and licked her lips. "Although monkfish is ugly, it's super delicious. I know a restaurant where we can all go eat it together after we clear the dungeon."

"At a time like this, forget about eating," Natsuki Amamiya complained. "Hurry up and knock that fish unconscious."

Fujiwara Chika asked, puzzled, "Eh, why am I being asked to go?"

“Didn’t you just say you wanted to go fishing?” Natsuki Amamiya said. “This is a good opportunity to practice beforehand.”

"..."

As they were talking, there was another splash, and the headless JK had successfully caught a fish.

Natsuki Amamiya looked down and, wow, this fish was even more bizarre, with a mouth full of protruding fangs and eyes that even grew on top of its head.

Kitagawa Kaimu remarked:

"What an ugly fish! Could the lake be full of fish like this?"

“The possibility is very high,” said Natsuki Amamiya. “They might even be considered good-looking.”

boom.

The headless JK was ruthless and taciturn. She took out her kitchen knife and stabbed it into the spine of the strange fish, rendering it immobile. Then, she silently put away the knife and continued fishing.

“I’ll give it a try too.” Natsuki Amamiya quickly made a decision. “Fishing with two people is too inefficient. I’ll give it a try and see how strong this strange fish is.”

"Makes sense."

We started fishing as soon as we decided to.

Amamiya Natsuki took out a spare fishing rod and sat down by the lake.

Others, curious, approached and gathered around to watch.

Before long, Natsuki Amamiya saw the buoy on the water suddenly disappear, followed by a sudden surge of force coming from the fishing line.

Anyone who has ever fished knows that fish are actually very strong underwater; Amamiya Natsuki almost lost her grip.

"Natsuki, how are you feeling?"

Kitagawa Kaimu quickly inquired.

"What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand." Amamiya Natsuki steadied her steps. "You can try it yourself."

"Let me try."

Kitagawa Kaimu walked over with great interest, gripped the fishing rod with both hands, and then said, "You can let go now."

"You've held firm."

Amamiya Natsuki released her hand.

next second.

Kitagawa Kaimu felt a tremendous force suddenly strike the fishing rod, causing him to stagger forward half a step involuntarily.