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

"I am here."

In the corner, a woman wearing black-rimmed glasses waved.

She is the female player who was trapped in the dwarf hut with Hayasaka in the fairy tale instance. She was timid and submissive in the instance, but in reality, she is quite intelligent and beautiful.

"Good morning, Ms. Yamashita," Natsuki Amamiya greeted him with a nod.

"Natsuki-kun, and Hanamori, good morning..."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Natsuki Amamiya ordered three coffees. Once the waiter left, everyone quickly got down to business.

"Yamashita-nee, I already said everything I needed to say in the message yesterday," Hayasaka Ai said directly. "I want to copy your skills."

"Of course, no problem." The two had already discussed it last night, otherwise Ms. Yamashita wouldn't be here.

"I'm just curious," Miss Yamashita pushed up her glasses and asked curiously, "with so many powerful skills, why does Hanamori want to copy my skills?"

"It feels so weak, it's completely useless."

Upon hearing this, Natsuki Amamiya turned to look at the spy maid beside her, already understanding the situation.

The ability to disguise oneself as anyone might seem useless to ordinary people—tasteless yet too valuable to discard—but for the spy maid, it's clearly a divine skill…

Chapter 467 I Want to Be Komi's Dog

“Copying powerful skills has a high failure rate, so it’s natural to be more cautious,” Hayasaka Ai explained with a smile. “Coincidentally, I’m very interested in Yamashita-san’s skills.”

Disguising oneself as anyone's appearance, although it has a time limit and one cannot be harmed during that time, seems like a useless skill. But in Hayasaka Ai's eyes, this skill is clearly a weakened version of Mystique.

In short, I really want it.

Besides, skills aren't something a person can only learn one of. There's no rush to learn other skills later when there's an opportunity.

Hayasaka Ai knows exactly what she wants.

The coffee was served quickly.

Ms. Yamashita didn't press for further details. She picked up her coffee, took a small sip, and then said:

"Um, how can I cooperate with you?"

Hayasaka Ai said:

"Don't move, leave it to me."

"..."

The process of copying skills by rubbing scrolls is not complicated. The person being copied just needs to stay still and cooperate obediently. However, there is still a possibility that the copying will fail.

Just to be on the safe side, Hayasaka Ai decisively tossed a coin, giving herself a "lucky charm" buff, and then unfurled the scroll.

Amamiya Natsuki reminded him from the side:

"Miss Yamashita, please keep your hands on the scroll and don't move."

"I see."

Miss Yamashita nodded slightly, extended her right hand, and placed it on the blank scroll.

next moment.

Strands of light emanated from the surface of the scroll and connected with Ms. Yamashita's right hand.

The sudden strange phenomenon made Ms. Yamashita look nervous, but fortunately nothing else happened, and she gradually relaxed.

"Sister Yamashita, does it hurt?"

Hayasaka Ai asked with concern from the side.

“It doesn’t hurt.” Miss Yamashita shook her head. “Aside from feeling a little cold, I don’t feel anything else.”

"That's good."

Hayasaka Ai let out a sigh of relief, then subtly turned her head and winked at Amamiya Natsuki.

Natsuki Amamiya nodded, indicating that she understood.

It's essential to collect experimental data; we might even be able to obtain skill copy scrolls in the future.

After a while.

The light on the scroll quietly disappeared.

Natsuki Amamiya reached out and touched the scroll, and the game quickly displayed a confirmation message that the copy had been successfully copied.

“It’s ready now,” Natsuki Amamiya nodded.

Hayasaka Ai put away the scroll, bowed and thanked her, saying, "I am very grateful for the trouble I have caused you, Yamashita-nee."

Regardless, since we've asked others to come and help, we must make sure the count is accurate.

“It’s alright, I’m off today.” Ms. Yamashita shook her head, picked up her coffee cup, took another sip, and looked up at Natsuki Amamiya. “…I’ll have to trouble you again, Natsuki-kun.”

"Ok?"

Amamiya Natsuki paused, puzzled, and put down her coffee.

I just came here for coffee, how did it get involved with me?

“A malevolent spirit has recently appeared in Yamashita-nee’s house. It’s been lingering there and won’t leave, which is really affecting her daily life,” Hayasaka Ai explained from the side. “So, I’m asking you, senpai, to put a spell on Yamashita-nee to ward off the malevolent spirit.”

Amamiya Natsuki's lips twitched slightly. No wonder you insisted on having someone accompany you even though it's such a short distance. Your concern for the safety of the transaction is just a pretense; you're really planning to sell them off!

The spy maid leaned closer and whispered in my ear, her breath warm and sweet: "Thank you for your hard work, senior. When we get back, I'll do whatever you ask me to do."

You're getting more and more impressive by issuing empty promises without any concrete details!

Amamiya Natsuki sighed, walked over and sat down next to Yamashita-san, and helped her paste the evil spirits away.

Five minutes passed in a flash.

After the pasting was completed, the two talked for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

Speechless all the way.

The two quickly returned to the hot spring hotel.

Amamiya Natsuki turned to the spy maid and said:

"You just said you'd do anything I asked? I happen to be very interested in mixed-gender hot springs. Come to my room, let's soak in the hot spring together."

"It's broad daylight now, senpai, don't keep thinking about lewd things." Hayasaka Ai covered her chest and took a half step back. "Girls will hate you if you do that."

Amamiya Natsuki remained unmoved and said:

"So, you really do want to back out?"

"Please let me finish, senpai." Hayasaka Ai's lips suddenly curled up slightly, revealing a pleasant smile. "However... since I promised you, senpai, I will definitely keep my word. I'll go back to my room to prepare. Please wait for my message, senpai."

"Then I'll wait."

"..."

After parting ways with Hayasaka in the hotel lobby, Amamiya Natsuki was heading back to her room when she suddenly ran into Zhu Zhu and Komi.

"Zhu Zhu, where are you going?"

Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously.

"Let's go to the rest area and read a book." Zhu Zhu put her right hand on her hip, tilted her small face up, her figure somewhere between an elementary school student and a middle school student. She was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and skirt, and her thin arms and legs looked quite cute. "It's boring to stay in the room all the time."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

"Soaking in hot springs can be a bit boring, we can..."

"Pooh!"

Zhu Zhu spat lightly and glared at her fiercely, "Don't even think about us soaking in the hot springs with you."

"You've misunderstood," Natsuki Amamiya said innocently. "I meant, how about we play mahjong together?"

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the quail-like girl: "Does Komi-kun know how to play mahjong?"

"..."

Komi shook his head.

Amamiya Natsuki said, "It's okay, Zhu Zhu and I can teach you."

“We’re going to read books now,” Zhu Zhu said, turning away. “If you want to play mahjong, go find someone else to play with.”

Amamiya Natsuki followed the two girls and they walked together toward the rest area.

"What are you doing here?"

Zhu Zhu crossed her arms and glanced over.

Amamiya Natsuki lowered her head and said, "I just passed by the rest area and saw that the bookshelf was a bit high, and I was worried you wouldn't be able to reach it..."

"Xinei!"

"..."

The three of them talked as they walked to the rest area... It was mainly Amamiya Natsuki and Zhu Zhu who were chatting, while Komi became his usual taciturn self, sparing with words.

"The rest area is quite large," Zhu Zhu observed the surroundings curiously. "But there aren't many customers."

Amamiya Natsuki said quietly:

"Who in their right mind comes to a hotel to read a book?"

Zhu Zhu: "...Don't speak."

As a high-end hot spring hotel, the lounge area is quite luxurious, with unlimited cold drinks and desserts, as well as complimentary fruits and snacks. Soothing light music plays in the air, and rows of bookshelves are filled with all kinds of books. There are even dedicated billiards and table tennis areas.

The three walked up to the bookshelf and each looked for a book that interested them.

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze swept across the bookshelf, noticing the wide variety of books, all of which were the latest editions.

A manga with a white-haired older sister on the cover quickly caught Natsuki Amamiya's attention.

"The King of Heroes, reincarnated to exhaust the martial arts, and then became the world's strongest apprentice knight..." Zhu Zhu leaned over and read the title in one breath, then couldn't help but complain, "The title is way too long!"

"I don't know when it started, but it seems like the longer the name, the stronger the fighting power." Zhu Zhu crossed her arms and couldn't help but say, "I tossed and turned all night, and I could only make out a few words... Industry is doomed."

“Clickbait titles aren’t a new thing.” Amamiya Natsuki shrugged. “When Robinson Crusoe was first published, the cover only had the title, without any background illustrations, because the title was so long that the entire book’s content was summarized in the title.”