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

Noticing Zhu Zhu's gaze, the female evil spirit suddenly turned her head, her dark eye sockets looking over.

Zhu Zhu quickly turned her face away, but she was too late. The female evil spirit floated over, tilting her head so that it almost fell off her shoulder, and a hollow voice echoed eerily.

"You... can you see me?"

"The sunset is beautiful tonight." Zhu Zhu said, tugging at Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve and giving her a meaningful look.

"Quickly send it back to heaven!"

"Solve it yourself."

"what?"

"Zhu Zhu begged me."

"…Sinai!"

Only after the female evil spirit turned away in disappointment did Natsuki Amamiya whisper:

"It's better to rely on yourself than on others. If you have evil spirits to expel, just drive them away... The road back is so long, you don't want to be powerless to fight back when you encounter evil spirits, do you?"

Zhu Zhu: "..."

"No wonder you didn't apply the skill to me when you were applying it to Shoko before." Zhu Zhu clenched her little fists, looked up at me angrily, "So it was all premeditated."

“It’s just eating ramen, what kind of premeditation is this?” Amamiya Natsuki said matter-of-factly. “I know a ramen shop where the tonkotsu ramen is really good. It would be a shame not to try it.”

Zhu Zhu followed, saying, "We just ate fruit and cake. Eating ramen now will make you fat, right?"

"A little bit chubby feels better to the touch."

"what?!"

"I misspoke. I meant that you need to eat more to grow taller."

"Xinei!"

"..."

The two boarded the tram and headed to the ramen shop together.

As she entered the noodle shop, she happened to see a boy and two girls who looked exactly alike coming out. As they passed each other, Amamiya Natsuki felt that they looked somewhat familiar and couldn't help but take another look.

Zhu Zhu looked up, her little face expressionless: "Should we ask for other people's contact information?"

“Of course not.” Amamiya Natsuki looked away. “You look familiar. I think I saw you when I visited your school before.”

Zhu Zhu snorted: "They are definitely from our school. Those two girls aren't twins, they're quintuplets. There's one in our class, and she's a very popular girl..."

After finishing their ramen, the two paid the bill and left.

"It's already past seven." Zhu Zhu glanced at the time. "Give me the evil spirit repelling sticker. I need to go home."

"Right away." Amamiya Natsuki changed the subject abruptly, "There are people coming and going on the shopping street, and Zhu Zhu wouldn't want me to hold her hand in front of everyone, would she?"

Zhu Zhu squinted, already sensing that Amamiya Natsuki had ill intentions: "...What do you want?"

"The park is just ahead," Natsuki Amamiya said casually. "Let's go over and rest for a bit, and I'll give you some skills while we're at it."

"Pooh!"

Zhu Zhu opened her beautiful eyes wide, and her fair, jade-like face quickly flushed red.

Resting is just an excuse; what they really want to do is bully people!

Last time, I was dizzy in the park and that's why I got scammed. I won't make the same mistake again!

for sure!

A few minutes later.

"We've arrived at the park." Amamiya Natsuki led Zhu Zhu into the park. "There are quite a few people taking a walk in the evening... There's no one here, let's go sit for a while."

"Wait, wait a minute..." Zhu Zhu finally came to her senses, raising her little face in confusion, "How did we get to the park?"

“Of course we walk over,” Natsuki Amamiya said softly. “Have you forgotten?”

"..."

Zhu Zhu blinked, and the memory from just now quickly became clear.

After being grabbed by the hand in front of the ramen shop, I couldn't break free. Then, feeling dizzy, I don't know how I ended up in the park.

Since we're already here... sitting for a while won't hurt...

Amamiya Natsuki led the blushing Zhu Zhu to a corner of the park and sat down, then pulled the middle school girl onto her lap.

Zhu Zhu struggled for a moment, then looked up with her big, watery eyes and asked, "You only said you wanted to rest?"

“I meant to sit for a while,” Natsuki Amamiya corrected. “The chair isn’t clean, but sitting on me is cleaner.”

"Pooh!"

Amamiya Natsuki put her arm around Zhu Zhu and changed the subject: "Hai Meng told me there's a comic convention next month, do you want to go?"

"I'm not participating." Zhu Zhu shook her head. "Cosplaying is just a hobby. If I get recognized, it will cause trouble in my life. I've never participated in any anime conventions before."

Natsuki Amamiya nodded to indicate that she understood.

"I know."

After all, she has the physique of a middle school girl, fair-skinned, young, and thin. However, Zhu Zhu really dislikes being mistaken for a middle school student, so it's easy to imagine that she would be furious at the anime convention.

"That look in my eyes is infuriating." Zhu Zhu tilted her little face up and said angrily, "You're probably thinking that people will mistake me for a middle school student, right?"

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Amamiya Natsuki's expression turned serious. "What I really think is that I like Zhu Zhu."

"Idiot Natsuki, what are you saying..."

"I like Zhu Zhu."

"You...you still dare to say that..."

"Then I won't say anything more." Natsuki Amamiya lowered her head. "I'm going to kiss you."

Zhu Zhu's face flushed crimson, and she retorted angrily, "No kissing!"

It's one thing to kiss, but to tell them beforehand is clearly intentional!

Amamiya Natsuki naturally wouldn't stop and continued to bully Zhu Zhu, but just as she touched her, she was suddenly hit hard on the nose with a headbutt.

"Really angry?"

Amamiya Natsuki covered her nose and said in surprise.

"Wait, wait a minute..." Zhu Zhu's face flushed red, and she covered her pink lips with her hand. "I've eaten ramen... but I haven't brushed my teeth yet."

"I do not mind."

"No way, there are so many scallions in the ramen." Zhu Zhu was adamant. "No kissing today!"

Amamiya Natsuki: "..."

You won't let me kiss you after eating scallions? Just how much do you care about your image?

The two continued chatting for a while, until eight o'clock, before leaving the park together and going their separate ways at the tram stop to go home.

It was already nine o'clock at night.

After taking a shower, Natsuki Amamiya sat on the sofa, picked up her phone, and saw many unread messages.

Skipping over all the messy private messages, Natsuki Amamiya opened the team chat room.

Chika: "I just tried the witch's secret potion, and it worked very well. Apart from the unpleasant taste, I didn't experience any side effects."

Hai Meng: "It really tastes bad, but I didn't experience any side effects."

Senior student: "Just close your eyes and drink it all in one go. I've drunk Chinese medicine before, and the taste is similar... I haven't encountered any side effects, so it seems the chances of side effects are not high."

Fujiwara Chika: "Where are Natsuki-san and Kaguya-chan? You two, please speak."

Amamiya Natsuki put down her water glass and replied to the message: "Thanks for the invitation. I just came out of the shower. The potion works very well, and there are no side effects so far."

After making the witch's potion in the afternoon, everyone discussed it briefly and decided to try it out themselves—although it had game certification, it was still an unregistered product, so it was necessary to experience it for ourselves.

On the way back, Amamiya Natsuki drank the witch's secret potion. It tasted very bitter and had an indescribable strange flavor, but the effect was very good. Her night vision was indeed greatly improved, and she could see clearly in many dark corners without streetlights.

It seems the chances of side effects occurring are low; no one has been affected, so it's perfectly safe to sell in large quantities...

Tsubame Koyasu: "That's strange, Kaguya-san hasn't said a word the whole time."

Chika Fujiwara: "She must have been busy with something else and didn't check her phone."

Amamiya Natsuki looked closely and indeed didn't see any message from Kaguya. Just as she was wondering whether to send a message to ask, Kaguya-sama's exclamation suddenly rang out from beside her.

"Hey hey hey, Kaguya's in danger! She's yelling for help!"

"what's the situation?"

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow and looked over.

Mrs. Kaguya handed over her phone, saying nervously, "Little Kaguya messaged me saying that the medicine is causing side effects, and she doesn't know what to do."

Amamiya Natsuki asked in a deep voice, "What are the side effects?"

“Kaguya didn’t say.” Mrs. Kaguya’s expression was serious as she made a phone call. “I’ll find out.”

After a while.

Mrs. Kaguya put down her phone, floated over, and asked inexplicably cheerfully, "Little Natsuki, guess what the aftereffects are?"

"I couldn't have guessed." Amamiya Natsuki relaxed and leaned back on the sofa. "But judging from your expression, the aftereffects aren't too serious."

“You answered wrong, it’s actually very serious.” Mrs. Kaguya held up one finger. “If this can’t be resolved, you won’t be able to go out in public anymore.”

"Hmm..." Amamiya Natsuki pondered for two seconds, "Kaguya-san has grown a full beard?"

"..."

Mrs. Kaguya held up her phone: "Natsuki, repeat what you just said."

What a load of rubbish! If that rich girl heard her talking about her behind her back, she'd probably get her legs broken!

"So, what exactly are the aftereffects?" Natsuki Amamiya asked curiously.

Mrs. Kaguya's gaze shifted downwards, landing on Natsuki Amamiya's lower body, and she lowered her voice, saying:

"Something has grown on Kaguya's body."