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

Haimeng: "Thank you for your hard work, Kaguya-sensei."

"..."

"That's enough, you guys." The silly young lady raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, couldn't help but roll her eyes at Amamiya Natsuki, who was leading the commotion, and then said, "Are we going over after school, or what?"

"Of course it's over now," Fujiwara Chika said decisively. "Who knows if that monster will run around everywhere? Better safe than sorry. We can only feel at ease if we eliminate it as soon as possible."

“That’s right.” Kitagawa Kaimu put her hands on her hips and nodded in agreement. “The contagiousness of that nightmare curse is just as terrible as the zombie virus. What’s a day off from school? We’re saving the world.”

"Um..." Zi'an Yan coughed lightly twice, "I don't need to skip class, asking for leave is fine, right?"

“That’s settled.” Natsuki Amamiya stood up. “We’ll meet at the school gate later.”

As the top student in her grade, Amamiya Natsuki could easily ask for leave. She could just make up a reason and get the teacher's approval—this was one of the privileges of top students.

After requesting leave, Natsuki Amamiya left the office, went to the corridor, took out her phone, and sent a message to Miko.

"Natsuki, what's wrong?"

Upon receiving the message, Jianzi quickly emerged from the classroom next door.

“Here’s the situation…” Natsuki Amamiya explained the student council’s affairs in a low voice, “Go ask your teacher for leave and go to the shopping mall together. I’ll tutor you when we get home tonight.”

Whether the senior student goes or not is up to her; after all, she hasn't mastered the skills yet, and going would just be to make up the numbers. But seeing Zi is different.

Despite being an ordinary person, he can see all sorts of evil spirits, making him a genuine 'superpowered individual'. His innate abilities have even been certified by the game, especially his advanced spiritual vision, which allows him to see through various illusions. It's definitely worth bringing him along.

Thorough preparation before doing anything has always been Natsuki Amamiya's guiding principle.

Seeing that Zi had finished listening, she pursed her pink lips in embarrassment and whispered:

"I don't think it will be easy for me to ask for leave. I haven't rested properly in the past few days, and I've been spacing out and feeling sleepy in class. The teacher has already called me out for it. If I don't have a valid reason, the teacher definitely won't agree."

“That makes sense…” Natsuki Amamiya pondered for two seconds and gave a reason, “Just say that you’ve been feeling sleepy, easily fatigued, experiencing chest tightness and pain, elevated basal body temperature, vomiting and nausea lately, and that you need to go to the hospital for a full checkup.”

Seeing that Zi was getting increasingly confused, and when she heard about nausea and vomiting, she finally realized what was going on. Her pretty face flushed red, and she couldn't help but glare at Amamiya Natsuki: "These symptoms you're describing are clearly signs of pregnancy!"

“The teacher won’t just stand by and watch their student get pregnant,” Natsuki Amamiya whispered. “So they’ll definitely approve your leave for a checkup.”

Seeing her clench her teeth, her pretty face flushed, she shyly uttered two words from between her lips:

"...Shameless!"

She glared at Amamiya Natsuki with a huff, then turned around, her black hair carrying the sweet scent of gardenias, and walked towards her office.

After a while.

When the God of War returned, his eyes held an unusually resentful look.

"What's the reason for your leave?" Natsuki Amamiya asked curiously.

"I don't want to talk to you." Seeing Zi's stern face, she said irritably, "Go away."

The school gate wasn't a good place to meet, so Natsuki Amamiya and Miko walked out of the school and headed straight for the tram station.

Before long, everyone took leave one after another, took the tram, and headed to the shopping center.

Speechless all the way.

"We've arrived at the shopping center."

Natsuki Amamiya stepped off the tram and looked up at the shopping center in front of her.

The sky is clear and the sun is shining.

The LED screen in the shopping mall is displaying posters of various anime girls, which are particularly eye-catching.

The group entered the shopping mall and headed straight for the escape room on the top floor.

The top floor mainly houses a gym, a movie theater, an escape room, and so on. It was only a little past eight in the morning, and the top floor was deserted with hardly any guests.

"call……"

When they arrived at the escape room venue, a receptionist in a uniform was yawning sleepily. Seeing Natsuki Amamiya and her group walking straight towards them, she quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes, straightened up, gave a professional smile, and bowed.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Natsuki Amamiya got straight to the point:

"We want to play an escape room game."

"Huh?" The receptionist was taken aback. She thought the group had come to ask for directions or had left something behind, but it turned out they were here to play an escape room. Fortunately, she was very professional and didn't show any strange expression. Instead, she smiled and introduced the theme of the venue, "Our escape room is called 'The Shibuya Labyrinth Murder Case.' It's only been out for a month, and the current perfect completion rate is less than one hundred people..."

After patiently listening to the receptionist's business presentation, Natsuki Amamiya took out her wallet and said directly:

"Buy the tickets, pay for them together."

The people who came together were Natsuki Amamiya, Kaguya, Chika, Umi, the senior, and Miko. Ai Hayasaka's identity was still not exposed, so she couldn't come. Shushu and Komi were at another school.

In addition, there's Mrs. Kaguya who the receptionist can't see, the yandere young lady, Sadako, the human-faced dog, and the maid loli.

To put it simply, the strongest squad has assembled.

"...Please wait a moment."

The receptionist's gaze swept over the group of girls, her expression slightly strange.

strangeness.

too weird.

Who comes to play escape room games at 8 a.m., especially a strange combination of one boy and five girls?

They're all wearing high school uniforms. It's a school day today, so why aren't they in school?

Could it be that he skipped class to come here?

When did escape rooms in your own home become so tempting?

"and many more--"

The receptionist's expression suddenly changed slightly as she considered a possibility.

Could these students have known that no one was around in the morning, so they wanted to do *that*?

I've heard that high school students these days are really brave and like to seek thrills in all sorts of places, like rooftops or the stands on the sports field...

Probably!

Otherwise, there's no reason for him to skip class and come play escape room games!

As for why it was a combination of one boy and five girls... As a working professional, the receptionist was well aware of the importance of looks and money. Even if a rich and good-looking guy is a pervert, many girls will still like him.

But...didn't they know there were surveillance cameras inside the escape room?

How to do?

Should we notify them?

Or……

The receptionist quietly brought her legs together, blushing as she looked at the monitor screen.

Let me watch for a while; maybe I've misunderstood...

Amamiya Natsuki had no idea where the receptionist's mind was wandering, and even if she did, she wouldn't care.

There was only one goal in coming here: to find the eerie, faceless woman who was invading reality. It wasn't about playing a multiplayer game, and there was no live stream for her to see.

Upon entering the escape room venue, a network of interconnected man-made tunnels immediately comes into view.

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika looked left and right, curiously saying, "It looks a lot like the real Shibuya underground station."

"The Murder in Shibuya" is naturally not set in Shibuya above ground, as shopping malls don't have enough space to set up scenes. The main location chosen is Shibuya Station, which is located underground, with the theme of its extensive network of tunnels and trams.

Based on the previous introduction, this scene mainly focuses on deduction and puzzle-solving, with few supernatural elements... Obviously, this is not the case.

After the eerie invasion, this place has become a true haunted land.

"Everyone, work in pairs," Natsuki Amamiya said in a deep voice. "Look for clues and be careful."

"receive."

"clear."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Miko: "Did you make any unusual discoveries?"

“No.” Jianzi looked around carefully and said in a low voice, “I didn’t even see any evil spirits.”

Amamiya Natsuki looked down at the human-faced dog again: "Quickly use your invincible sense of smell to find the strange thing."

"Damn it!" the human-faced dog cursed angrily. "It's been a week already, with so many people coming and going every day, how could there still be any smell left!"

"Stop nagging." Amamiya Natsuki raised her foot as if to kick. "You're completely useless. You won't be eating anything tonight."

"..."

The human-faced dog cursed, but its body was quite obedient. It began sniffing around in the tunnel looking for clues, but unfortunately, it still found nothing.

Natsuki Amamiya pulled Sadako over again: "Have you sensed any of your kind?"

Miss Sadako shook her head, her black hair swaying.

Amamiya Natsuki sighed. There was no shortcut; she could only search little by little.

The mysterious faceless woman wasn't found; instead, the puzzles in the locked room were quickly solved one by one—for a highly intelligent girl like Kaguya, the puzzles in the locked room were no challenge at all.

Especially when the two Kaguya-samas are together, their comparisons and competitions lead to the resolution of many mysteries.

"Wait a minute, these high school students are amazing! At this rate, they'll be beating the game soon!" The receptionist stared in disbelief, "You guys skipped school so early in the morning just to play games?"

"The culprit's identity has been confirmed, and we're about to clear the level." Kaguya Shinomiya frowned slightly, not happy at all.

Clearing the secret room is pointless; the important thing is that we still haven't found the mysterious faceless woman.

At this moment, Natsuki Amamiya pondered and suggested:

"Perhaps we could clear mines with our own bodies?"

The girls all looked over: "What do you mean?"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

“Some of you will put on the pure white wedding dress skin card and use the color of the wedding dress to locate and shrink the location of the monster.”

“That makes sense.” Fujiwara Chika’s eyes lit up. “The pure white wedding dress can be immune to negative status effects, and the nightmare curse is definitely a negative status effect. Once the wedding dress turns black, it proves that we are getting close to the supernatural.”

Mrs. Kaguya, standing nearby, asked with a smile, "Which of you will wear a wedding dress?"