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

Surprisingly, behind the door was not a terrifying and horrifying den of demons, but an ordinary office.

The room was brightly lit and spacious. There was a large desk by the window, and behind the desk sat a middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance, who remained motionless.

"Dean, I have something to report to you."

Natsuki Amamiya walked into the office while speaking.

Hayasaka Ai and Fujiwara Chika followed them in, then turned and closed the door.

"what's the situation?"

The middle-aged man looked up, his voice low, but for some reason, his eyes were rather empty, and his voice was somewhat dull and mechanical.

"We are currently holding a patient support event and would like to request some funding from you..."

As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, she moved closer to the dean.

As Amamiya Natsuki entered attack range, Fujiwara Chika quickly pointed and said:

"Zhang San, the outlaw, it's you!"

Amamiya Natsuki lunged forward and grabbed the middle-aged man's shoulder.

"Isn't this a bit too easy?"

Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly, gripping the magic gun, sensing that something was amiss.

Most of the patients, nurses, and doctors in the hospital are ordinary vengeful spirits, while the more powerful ones are supernatural beings, such as Sadako. The hospital director, by all accounts, should be a very powerful being.

So now it's been brought under control so easily?

The combined tactics used to crack down on organized crime are indeed impressive, but they feel a bit too easy.

"Success." Fujiwara Chika relaxed, her voice clear and crisp. "Next, have him order the release of Chizuru-nee's mother, and the role mission will be complete, right?"

Amamiya Natsuki said in a deep voice, "Something's not right."

"Hey, what's wrong?"

“The dean hasn’t said a single word since he entered the room.”

"..."

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Chika immediately realized: "Combating organized crime only renders people immobile and unable to control their mouths... something's definitely not right!"

Hayasaka Ai said warily, "This dean is definitely suspicious."

The middle-aged man remained silent, his gaze vacant.

Amamiya Natsuki squinted, carefully observing the dean in front of her. A prompt quickly appeared before her eyes:

[After careful observation, you discovered a pitiful vengeful spirit whose battery was about to run out...]

Hey, where's the headmaster? What's this pathetic vengeful spirit with its battery dead?

next moment.

Under the watchful eyes of Amamiya Natsuki and the other two, the middle-aged man's body suddenly became blurry and distorted, as if he had turned into a mosaic. Then, he suddenly collapsed into specks of light and disappeared, leaving only his clothes lying on the ground.

Fujiwara Chika was startled: "Eh? Where's such a big dean?"

Hayasaka Ai frowned, looking around warily: "Could it be a fake dean?"

The two girls were still confused, but Amamiya Natsuki felt a strange force take control of her body and involuntarily sat down in the chair.

Notifications kept popping up in front of me.

[A hospital cannot be without a director for a single day; you have been "chosen" to become the new director.]

"Hey, Natsuki-kun?"

"Senior, what are you doing?"

Amamiya Natsuki's unusual behavior quickly caught the attention of the two girls.

Under the watchful eyes of the two girls, Amamiya Natsuki sat down in a chair, interlaced her fingers, propped her chin up, and struck the exact same pose as the dean had just done.

"what happened?"

Hayasaka Ai and Fujiwara Chika rushed forward to try to pull Amamiya Natsuki up, but she seemed to have become one with the chair and couldn't be moved at all.

next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly disappeared, leaving only her clothes lying on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Secretary Qianhua's eyes widened instantly, and then a misty fog suddenly welled up in her eyes.

"How, how could..."

Hayasaka Ai also trembled, clenching her fists in disbelief, "Senpai?"

Why would such a large, living person disappear into thin air, just like the previous dean?

Is it some kind of special rule, or an unseen attack?

At that moment, Hayasaka Aisa realized that his heart was suddenly hurting so badly that he couldn't breathe.

Fortunately, just a few seconds later, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air on the floor next to them.

It was Natsuki Amamiya.

"Natsuki-kun?"

Fujiwara Chika blinked her teary eyes, and when she saw Amamiya Natsuki clearly, her eyes lit up. Regardless of the fact that Amamiya Natsuki was not wearing any clothes at the moment, she rushed over and hugged Amamiya Natsuki's neck.

Hayasaka Ai instinctively took two steps forward, but upon seeing this scene, she stopped, secretly relieved, and couldn't help but call out:

"Idiot senior, no wonder you suddenly disappeared, you used a skill, didn't you?"

"That's too much! You made Chika-chan cry, you dog-style punishment!"

Natsuki Amamiya looked down at Chika and saw a pair of teary, deep blue eyes: "You really cried."

When she first entered the game instance, this Chika Secretary didn't cry at all, but now she's actually shedding beans. Amamiya Natsuki's feelings are complicated.

"So, Natsuki-san was deliberately trying to scare people just now?"

Fujiwara Chika took a half step back, her pink cheeks puffing up visibly, indicating that she was very angry.

"No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Amamiya Natsuki denied it three times in a row, covered her body, and quickly said, "I was just restrained by the hospital."

"Hey, what do you mean?"

“The hospital in the instance is not an inanimate object, but some kind of incomprehensible idealistic existence.” Amamiya Natsuki explained with a serious expression, “I was just chosen by the hospital to become the new director.”

"Is that really so?" Fujiwara Chika asked skeptically. "Then why did you suddenly turn into a shadow and run away?"

“Because it feels terrible.” Natsuki Amamiya smiled bitterly. “The hospital only needs someone in the position of director, not a director who can give orders and boss people around at will.”

"I understand." Hayasaka Ai nodded. "He's just a pure tool."

Natsuki Amamiya continued:

"After becoming the dean, not only was my body controlled, but my mind also became muddled and I couldn't stay clear-headed. Just to be safe, I slipped into the shadows and escaped from that chair."

"So that's how it is." Fujiwara Chika breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but complain, "No wonder everyone said the dean was super mysterious and never left his office. Turns out he was just a tool."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at the pink-haired secretary: "Chika-sama, you've forgiven me?"

Fujiwara Chika glanced over: "I won't forgive."

Amamiya Natsuki raised her hands as if to say, "Then I might as well go all out."

"...Hurry up and put your clothes on!"

Hayasaka Ai ignored their interaction and pressed her thumb to her lips: "So, you're saying you can't use your position as dean to issue orders?"

“There’s nothing we can do if we can’t do it,” said Chika Fujiwara. “Let’s go back to the restaurant and discuss it further.”

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said, "We can't go back."

"Eh?"

“A hospital cannot be without a director for even a day,” Natsuki Amamiya said. “Someone must sit in the chair and continue to serve as the acting director, otherwise no one can leave.”

Hayasaka Ayase raised an eyebrow, turned around and walked to the office door. She grasped the doorknob and turned it, but the door did not respond at all. She frowned and said, "The door really can't be opened."

"This is the second floor, how about going out the window?"

As she spoke, Fujiwara Chika walked to the window, reached out and pulled back the curtains, only to find a layer of black mist swirling around the window. She tried to push the window open, but it wouldn't budge.

Hayasaka Ai said:

"We just opened the door from the outside."

“That’s right.” Fujiwara Chika’s eyes lit up. “We can just have Kaguya-chan and the others come over and open the door from the outside, right?”

Hayasaka Ai came over and said:

"Senior, please contact Shoko quickly."

“We definitely need to call for help.” Amamiya Natsuki nodded, took out her notebook, and prepared to communicate by writing.

Just to be on the safe side, all the skills of the girls were copied, and Komi was no exception.

Because written communication has a word limit, Natsuki Amamiya didn't waste any words, concisely explaining the situation before closing her notebook:

"Okay."

Next comes the waiting time.

The three of them walked around the office but found nothing else.

“Oh, right,” Fujiwara Chika suddenly said, “As long as you sit in that chair, you can become a ‘tool’ dean, regardless of gender, boys or girls can become deans, right?”

“It’s worth verifying.” Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at her. “Secretary Chika, it’s you.”

"I don't want to," Fujiwara Chika said, crossing her arms. "If I sit down, I won't be able to get up, will I?"

Amamiya Natsuki said, "Your shadow skills are still active, you can get up."

Fujiwara Chika pouted and said, "Won't that expose you?"

You've dared to go braless under your skirt in school, what are you afraid of flashing?

“Since Chika is unwilling,” Amamiya Natsuki turned her gaze to Hayasaka Ai beside her, “Hanamori, only you can verify it.”

Hayasaka Ai tilted her head and looked over, her right hand propped up by her ear: "What did you say, senpai? I didn't hear you clearly. Please say it again."