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

"The fog outside is about to dissipate," Yukino Yukinoshita reminded her.

Upon hearing this, Natsuki Amamiya looked outside and indeed saw the fog beginning to dissipate little by little.

Before long, the gloomy sky reappeared.

"Natsuki-kun," Fujiwara Chika called out, "the doll doesn't seem to be moving."

Natsuki Amamiya looked down and saw the three dolls lying limply on the ground, completely still: "It's obviously still related to the fog."

"Can you untie the rope now?" Fujiwara Chika squatted down. "I'll untie it."

Shayou said softly, "I'll help."

“Me too,” Rikka raised her hand and said, “I want to help too.”

Natsuki Amamiya reminded him:

"Be careful, this is not an ordinary rope."

"You already said that," Fujiwara Chika waved her hand, indicating that there was no need to worry.

After a while.

"Hmph, I've untied it." Fujiwara Chika raised her chin, subconsciously putting her right hand on her hip, ready to gloat for a moment.

The moment he let go, the end of the rope suddenly sprang up and bound Fujiwara Chika.

"Eh eh eh?"

The girl's gasp rang out.

Then came a thud as he fell to the ground.

The three girls were squatting together. When Chika collapsed, it naturally affected Sayu and Rikka as well.

Amid the two girls' screams, the rope showed no mercy and quickly bound them up.

"Ahhh, help!"

"The rope, the rope hurts so much!"

"..."

Hearing the sound, Natsuki Amamiya looked over and saw the three girls lying on the ground. She discovered that they were all bound in the same terrible way as Haimeng.

Hey, isn't this blatant sexism?

Why is it that girls get tortoise shell bondage while boys only get regular bondage?

As her gaze swept over the three girls, Natsuki Amamiya subconsciously made a judgment.

Rikka... plain and unremarkable, vicious and ruthless, with the same figure as the young lady, not worth mentioning.

Secretary Qianhua needs no introduction, after all, she was ridiculed as a milk cow by the silly young lady.

Finally, it's Shayou.

The girl who entered the instance still wore a school uniform, but her figure was surprisingly good. With the rope binding her, her figure was clearly defined and no less impressive than that of Secretary Chika.

"stare--"

The silly young lady crossed her arms and looked over sharply.

“You guys go help,” Natsuki Amamiya said tactfully, turning around silently. “I’m going outside to enjoy the scenery.”

"..."

Stepping outside, Natsuki Amamiya let out a soft breath and surveyed her surroundings.

Players emerged one after another from the other houses nearby, their expressions filled with terror, and some even with grief.

The man who had been lectured by Natsuki Amamiya with an axe on the bus was taken aback when he saw Natsuki Amamiya standing alone at the door. Then, a gloating expression quickly appeared on his face.

Natsuki Amamiya noticed the gaze and looked over coldly.

The middle-aged man felt a chill and quickly lowered his head to look away.

A person who would grab an axe and start arguing at the slightest disagreement wouldn't dare utter a single word of nonsense, and would only dare to vent his grievances inside.

But a short while later, the man was shocked to see five girls walk out of the house, all of them in perfect order, not one missing.

Furthermore, three of the girls were flushed and staggering, as if they had just been humiliated...

hateful!

While others are desperately struggling to survive, you still have the nerve to do that kind of thing, and not a single person is missing. Is there no justice in this world?

As the fog dissipated, players gradually emerged from their houses and gathered at the village entrance.

After waiting a while longer, and seeing no one else approach, a player whispered:

"It seems we're the only ones left."

Amamiya Natsuki roughly counted that after the fog dissipated this time, four more players were absent, indicating that there were no more players left.

Not long after entering the instance, before even encountering the main character, half of the players had already disappeared.

"After the fog reappeared, strange things appeared inside the house..." A female player hugged her arms, her face still showing fear. "Those dolls came back to life."

Another player exclaimed angrily, "What happened to the promise that it would be safe to hide inside a house?"

One player sighed: "Think back carefully, the rules on the stone tablet only say that after dark, you should hide inside a house, but it doesn't say that it's definitely safe inside a house."

"hateful!"

Some players cursed loudly, while others looked desperate and gave up on themselves.

"We haven't found any clues yet, and so many people have already died. It won't be long before it's our turn."

At this moment, Fujiwara Chika stepped forward and said loudly:

"Listen up, everyone, we've got information about this instance..."

As a beacon of humanity, Fujiwara Chika's principle has always been to help each other. Naturally, she didn't hide anything this time and told the whole story about the demon bride, including the reason why the village was abandoned and the resentful fog that made people lose their way.

Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya didn't try to stop her. Chika's personality has always been like this, and she has a copy-paste effect; the more players around her, the stronger her overall power becomes.

However, most people were skeptical of Qianhua's information and did not believe it—the vast majority of players were lone wolves, indifferent and wary in dungeons, and did not believe that there was such a thing as a free lunch.

Fujiwara Chika sighed helplessly and turned to say:

"Natsuki-kun, it's up to you now."

"Ah."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly and stepped forward under the watchful eyes of the other players.

How can you gain the trust of others in a crisis-ridden environment?

The solution is simple.

All you need to do is demonstrate your strength.

One of the characteristics of the Japanese islanders is their strong will; as long as you are strong enough, others will naturally follow you.

In schools, those at the top of the class food chain can easily order others to run errands.

The same applies to instances.

Without saying a word, Amamiya Natsuki opened the skill panel and selected the state that was visible to everyone.

"Wow, so many skills!"

A group of passersby looked over in shock, and exclamations of surprise rang out one after another.

"impossible!"

"I only have one skill so far, how come he has so many skills?"

"..."

The game does not have a clear level system, but the difficulty of acquiring skills is obvious.

Most players nowadays only know one or two skills, but seeing Amamiya Natsuki's skill panel with dozens of skills confirms one thing—

The guy in front of me wasn't just good-looking; he was clearly a real leggy guy.

After demonstrating her strength and physique, the previously skeptical casual players no longer had any doubts and all believed the information provided by Fujiwara Chika.

"Leg Bro, what's next?"

"As you command."

"We'll do whatever you tell us to do."

All the casual players gathered around, incredibly enthusiastic.

Amamiya Natsuki said slowly and deliberately:

"The intelligence has been confirmed. As long as the dismembered body of the ghost bride is recovered, the fog surrounding the village will dissipate."

"The location has been marked on the map. Everyone, split up and proceed."

After a pause, Natsuki Amamiya continued:

"Before that, I can give you a free skill to paste."

This last sentence earned the unanimous gratitude of the casual players.

Being powerful is not enough; being powerful also means providing tangible protection to others, which is what truly earns people's trust.

Natsuki Amamiya always gives these random players skills like Shadow Transformation, a life-saving skill; you can never have too many.

at the same time.

Fujiwara Chika also took the opportunity to promote some witch's secret potions.

Of course, the witch's potion isn't given away for free; you have to trade it for other items, otherwise you'd really be a philanthropist.

Knowing that the witch's potion would allow them to see clearly through the fog, a group of random players immediately started a buying frenzy.

In the end, it was only after Kaguya Shinomiya stipulated that each person could only buy two bottles that the scramble stopped.

After receiving the potion, these casual players were shocked to see that its attributes indicated it was made by a player. This only strengthened their resolve to latch onto a powerful player.

After the skills were applied, everyone quickly got to work.

Amamiya Natsuki naturally acted together with Kaguya Chika, while the remaining random players did not intend to separate but instead banded together for mutual support. Each side chose a target and began their operation.