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

[Note: Warning color, odorant, and emetic have all been removed, leaving you with genuine paraquat that is colorless and odorless. It is an essential medicine for home, travel, murder, and robbery.]

Hayasaka Ai: “…”

Amamiya Natsuki: "..."

Good guy.

Really good guy.

While others are still resorting to coercion and bribery, you've gone straight to administering paraquat!

"Ahem." The head nurse player coughed twice and explained, "This is an item I obtained by accident. I've never used it before, and there's no other way now... I've been observing you two. You're the ones running that restaurant, aren't you?"

Amamiya Natsuki admitted, "That's right."

Fishing competitions, Pinduoduo's tricks, Hall of Fame games, etc., are like throwing a catfish into a stagnant pond; it's normal for people to be suspicious.

"So," Natsuki Amamiya looked at the head nurse player, "what do you want to do?"

The head nurse player whispered:

“Um… I tried to get close to those three opponents, but they were very difficult to get along with, let alone drink the things I offered them. However, they had dined at a restaurant before… I hope you can help me.”

So they were planning to poison the restaurant after all?

This isn't helping at all; it's committing a crime together!

"Speaking of which, I saw a news story yesterday..." Hayasaka Ai's lips twitched slightly as she couldn't help but complain, "A professor who taught at a university and had a doctorate put paraquat in his colleagues' drinking water, and now he's the one involved."

Amamiya Natsuki interlaced her fingers and said in a low voice:

"From a legal perspective, if poisoning is only targeted at a specific person, it constitutes intentional homicide. If paraquat is placed in a restaurant and harms unspecified other people, it constitutes the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means."

“Wraiths are not protected by law.” The head nurse player was a little guilty and quickly defended herself, “Besides, it’s not like we’re throwing paraquat at everyone. We just need to incapacitate those three opponents so they can’t participate in the election.”

Chapter 457 Head Nurse, You Need More Money

"In restaurant management, food safety is the most important thing; reputation has to come second." Amamiya Natsuki tapped the table lightly with one finger and said unhurriedly, "If you do this, it will be difficult for us."

Hayasaka Aika's Husband and Wife's Harmony:

“Running a restaurant is our job, so this is indeed a difficult situation for you.”

If it were Fujiwara Chika, who is considered a beacon of humanity, she would probably help with the mission without asking for anything in return. However, neither Amamiya Natsuki nor Hayasaka are particularly kind-hearted.

Asking someone for a favor and getting no benefit in return is simply unreasonable.

"...Please wait a moment."

The head nurse player clearly knew the 'rules' and didn't say anything like 'We're all players, why don't we help each other?' She quickly started the trading mode.

"If you two are willing to help complete the mission, I can offer you five million yen as a reward in real life..."

Game currency cannot be traded or transferred. Most transactions between players involve equipment and items, with the most common method being monetary transactions.

There's no life-or-death struggle between players. The dungeons are all PvE (Player vs. Player) in nature. If you get along well in a dungeon, it's perfectly normal to meet up in real life after you clear it.

However, the security of monetary transactions cannot be guaranteed. What does the promise made in the instance have to do with me in reality?

If you want payment, find the right person first.

The head nurse player was clearly aware of the drawbacks of monetary transactions. Before Amamiya Natsuki could speak, she took out several items and said:

"This is the 'collateral.' If you agree to the transaction, you can come to me to redeem your reward after clearing the dungeon."

Amamiya Natsuki casually picked up a card and began to examine it.

This card looks like a character card, with a nurse who is not clearly visible on it.

[Item: Trainee Nurse]

[Category: Skin Card]

[How to use: After equipping this skin card, you can silently say "use" to achieve an instant outfit change.]

[Skin Bonus 1: As a trainee nurse, your medical abilities receive an additional bonus. All your healing effects are increased by 20%, including items and skills.]

[Skin Bonus 2: Child's Night Crying - When equipped with the Trainee Nurse skin, you have a chance to intimidate child spirits.]

[Note: If the nurse's uniform is torn or otherwise injured, it can only be re-equipped after 24 hours.]

"It's a skin card?"

Looking at the card in her hand, Natsuki Amamiya's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

Skin cards are quite rare. So far, the only one I've ever had is a [Bunny Girl] skin card, which I traded from the silver-haired loli Apollo and is currently equipped by Kaguya Shinomiya.

Although no one has healing skills, and the skin bonus for the baby crying at night is only 'chance', the instant costume change effect alone makes it quite worthwhile to get.

"Senior, look."

Hayasaka Ai suddenly nudged Amamiya Natsuki's heel and handed her a scroll that looked somewhat like a ninjutsu scroll from Naruto.

Amamiya Natsuki reached out and took it, and the item appraisal screen quickly appeared before her eyes.

[Item: Blank Rubbing Scroll]

[Type: consumables]

Current usage count: once

[Effect: You can transfer skills onto scrolls. Once successfully transferred, others can permanently learn and master the skills.]

[Note: Unique skills, limited skills, and title skills cannot be imprinted. In addition, the higher the level of the skill, the lower the success rate of imprinting.]

The scroll's effect was quite powerful, but when he saw the final note, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but shake his head.

It looks impressive, but it's not very practical.

Apart from the two items mentioned above, the rest are quite common.

For example, steamed buns that can quickly replenish health and stamina, and medical bandages that can quickly stop bleeding, etc., are best left unmentioned.

The head nurse, observing the situation, said:

"If you two are interested in the props, you can trade directly, but in that case, there will be no real-world reward."

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Hayasaka and said calmly:

"Hua Shou, what do you say?"

“The head nurse is very sincere, but it’s still a little short.” Hayasaka Ai held up two fingers. “Give me two more of those rubbing scrolls.”

"I'm sorry," the head nurse shook her head, "that's an item I got from the last dungeon, and there's only one."

"Oh, what a pity."

Hayasaka Ai said it was a pity, but her eyes were sparkling.

This blank rubbing scroll is practically useless to the average player; it's a useless item that's neither useful nor worth discarding—only a fool would trade it if it were truly valuable.

But in Hayasaka Ai's eyes, this thing was extremely valuable.

Although the rubbing skill has a success rate limit, don't forget that the Fate Coin can greatly increase the luck value in a short period of time, so there is basically no possibility of rubbing failure or scroll failure.

“We’re taking a huge risk by poisoning the restaurant, so…” Hayasaka Ai sat up straight and entered negotiation mode, “we need to pay more.”

Private transactions are not like shopping in a mall, where bargaining is the default rule.

The props the other party pulled out at once were definitely not their final asking price.

Since that's the case, Hayasaka Ai decided to continue the tug-of-war.

After some haggling, the head nurse player brought out another valuable item, along with some other things, and the two sides finally reached a deal.

“We’ll handle the election and make sure you win and become the head of the nursing department,” Natsuki Amamiya said, her fingers interlaced. “Once the role is completed, the head nurse will trade the remaining items to you.”

“No problem.” The head nurse player nodded slightly. “However, just to be on the safe side… please provide the appropriate collateral.”

Since it was a private transaction, both parties were worried that the other would renege on the deal, so it was necessary for them to pledge each other as collateral. Otherwise, if Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka took the goods and didn't do the job, it would be infuriating.

"I'll pledge it."

Hayasaka Ai hesitated for a moment, then took out a very suitable prop.

The trading platform has been established. Once the secrets to wealth are unlocked, there are actually many valuable items in this Hayasaka game backpack.

"Eh, the cursed red dancing shoes?"

The head nurse player looked in surprise at a pair of red ballet shoes on the table.

“That’s right.” Hayasaka Ai smiled. “With Dancing Shoes, we can easily eliminate one competitor for you. If handled properly, we might even eliminate them all.”

Once you put on the cursed red dancing shoes, your body will dance involuntarily, unable to stop, and the consequences are predictable.

The head nurse player nodded in agreement: "That's it."

"Then, happy transaction."

"..."

The two parties reached a deal and prepared to leave the lounge.

"Give."

The head nurse player handed over paraquat, a colorless and odorless herbicide essential for home and travel.

Amamiya Natsuki didn't refuse, took the paraquat, put it away, and then said:

"The task is on us, but the way we complete it may be different from your plan... In any case, we will definitely help you win the election and become the head of the nursing department."

The head nurse bowed and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"..."

Chapter 458 Hayasaka Ai: Senpai, I want...

The deal is done.

The three of them went their separate ways.

Back in the lounge, with the headless high school girl still guarding the door, Amamiya Natsuki looked at her junior, Hayasaka, beside her and said:

"Tell me, what have you taken a fancy to?"