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

In addition, Kaguya-sama was always by the two girls' side, constantly reminding them.

"Kaguya, Yukino, remember not to look down, just keep your eyes on the tower crane in front of you."

"Hold still."

"Don't panic."

"Hook this rope on... Good, keep going like this, hold on tight, and keep your feet firmly planted."

The tower crane's boom is not short, it's several tens of meters long, and without any safety measures, it's completely suspended in the air. Just looking at it would make an ordinary person dizzy and weak, let alone walk on it or set up a safety rope.

Only players with exceptional skills and daring would dare to accept such a challenge.

For safety reasons, Kaguya and Yukino moved slowly, maintaining their balance on either side. Whenever a gust of wind blew by, Mrs. Kaguya would remind them, and the two girls would crouch down and firmly grasp the hanging arm to steady themselves.

It only took a few minutes to climb the 80-meter tower crane, but nearly 20 minutes to go back and forth on the crane's cantilever.

"came back."

Seeing the silly young lady finally return, Amamiya Natsuki breathed a sigh of relief, took half a step forward, and hugged Kaguya tightly.

"Well……"

Walking on an 80-meter-high tower crane, especially on a rainy night with wind and rain, even the Ice Sculpture Lady felt her heart racing and her limbs weak. Now, being held tightly in Amamiya Natsuki's arms and smelling Amamiya Natsuki's familiar scent, she finally couldn't resist and, disregarding other people's gazes, tightly hugged Amamiya Natsuki's neck.

After hugging for almost a minute, Kaguya Shinomiya finally let go, her pretty face flushed, and took a half step back.

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Yukino beside her, her eyes asking, "Should we...?"

"I'm sorry, there's absolutely no need for that." Yukino Yukinoshita crossed her arms, her face expressionless, and said in a cold voice, "You don't need to worry about me, you can hug me a little longer."

"It's...it's almost done." Kaguya Shinomiya stammered, "Let's let the president finish the challenge first."

"It's my turn."

Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, her gaze hardening, and then took out a black ribbon and blindfolded herself.

The challenge not only requires walking at a height without protection, but also requires Natsuki Amamiya to keep her eyes closed, so it is necessary to cover her eyes. If she accidentally opens her eyes, it could very likely lead to failure of the challenge.

“President…” Kaguya Shinomiya bit her lip, looking at Natsuki Amamiya, who was blindfolded and had one foot on the cantilever of a tower crane, and couldn’t help but say, “I’ll wait for you to come back.”

Actually, besides Kaguya-sama's insurance, the young lady initially planned to use the Love Amulet to activate the state of mutual listening to each other's feelings and comfort Amamiya Natsuki not to be nervous, but after careful consideration, it was ultimately rejected.

Having too many or too many thoughts in your mind can actually be distracting.

To complete the challenge of walking at heights, the most important qualities are courage, followed by calmness and focus.

"I'm starting."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly and stepped forward.

"Little Natsuki, step with your right foot... right there." Mrs. Kaguya floated beside her, accompanying her the whole time. "Take the next step only after you've stood firmly."

After being blindfolded, Natsuki Amamiya's five senses became clearer, and she could clearly feel the coolness of each raindrop falling on her body.

After taking a few steps forward, Mrs. Kaguya suddenly said:

"Little Natsuki, hold on tight, a breeze is blowing."

Amamiya Natsuki steadied herself and gripped the crane boom beneath her.

A cold wind, mixed with rain and mist, howled in, causing the entire tower crane boom to sway and even produce a creaking, metallic scraping sound.

Once the wind subsided, Mrs. Kaguya quickly offered a reminder:

"Alright, Xiaoxiashu, you can get up and keep walking."

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki straightened up and continued to move forward steadily. She had expected to be quite nervous after being blindfolded, but surprisingly, she felt unusually calm.

It's a pity that the chewing gum that keeps one absolutely calm was used up in the dungeon, otherwise, chewing a piece would keep me from blinking at all.

In this environment, Natsuki Amamiya continues her challenge of walking in the air, with only the sound of the wind, the rain, and Kaguya's voice in her ears.

After an unknown amount of time, Natsuki Amamiya finally reached the end of the cantilever, and then, at Mrs. Kaguya's prompting, began to turn back.

The eeriness behind the challenge must have followed some kind of rule. There was no ambush during Natsuki Amamiya's walk through Amamiya High School. There were only the sounds of wind, rain, swaying cranes, and the creaking of metal. With his eyes covered, every second seemed exceptionally long.

"...President!"

The return journey also took an unknown amount of time. It wasn't until she heard the young lady's relieved shout that Amamiya Natsuki realized she had completed the challenge.

next moment.

Suddenly someone hugged him, and a familiar fragrance filled his nostrils.

Amamiya Natsuki raised her hand to remove the black mask from her face and saw the young lady hugging her tightly, as well as Yukino standing behind Kaguya, looking over with her thin lips pursed. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Strangely enough, I was unusually calm when I was walking on the tower crane without any safety equipment, but now that I'm back, my heart is pounding uncontrollably, and even my back is sticky and wet, and I can't tell if it's rain or sweat.

Natsuki Amamiya reached out and hugged the young lady. The two embraced silently for a while until Kaguya couldn't take it anymore and pushed him away, blushing. Only then did Natsuki Amamiya pick up his phone, read the message, and say:

"The challenge is complete. The content is the same as Kaguya's. You can accept the final challenge in the next 24 hours... Let's go down."

Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lip, unsure of what to say, and could only bow and say, "...Thank you."

Kaguya Shinomiya nodded vigorously: "Go down right away!"

Unlike the order in which they arrived, the order in which they descended the tower crane was Kaguya first, Yukino second, and Amamiya Natsuki last. In this way, there was absolutely no need to worry about any wardrobe malfunctions.

Climbing the tower crane is much faster than climbing it. The challenge of walking on high altitudes has been successfully completed, and now I feel quite eager to go home.

Before long, the three of them had climbed halfway down.

As Amamiya Natsuki climbed down, she said:

"I suddenly feel hungry. Should I go downstairs and get something to eat?"

Kaguya Shinomiya quickly replied, "Yes, I'm a little hungry too."

Yukino Yukinoshita was silent for two seconds, then said softly, "...I'm hungry too."

Although they had just eaten, all three of them felt they could easily have another meal.

Kaguya Shinomiya's voice was clear and crisp:

"Let's go eat barbecue later..."

Before he could finish speaking, another gust of cold wind howled in.

The silly young lady felt a strand of hair blown into her eye, and a stinging pain shot through her. She instinctively raised her hand to wipe it, but her other hand suddenly slipped, and her body involuntarily leaned backward.

"Kaguya-chan!"

Suddenly, shouts of surprise came from the ground.

Hearing the sound, Amamiya Natsuki looked down and saw the young lady whose hands had accidentally slipped off the crane. Her heart stopped abruptly, as if someone had suddenly grabbed it.

"...Time stop!"

The whole world suddenly froze.

Falling raindrops.

Leaves in the wind and rain.

Yukino reached out to grab someone.

And the young lady falling from the sky, everything was frozen in time.

The time stop lasts only three seconds. During this time, as long as Natsuki Amamiya remains still, time will remain frozen, and thinking is not included in the time limit.

(Not enough time.)

(There's simply not enough time for me to get past Yukino and catch Kaguya, so...)

Several options flashed through Amamiya Natsuki's mind, and then she decisively chose the safest one—let go of her hands, jump forward, and freefall.

The stagnant time resumed its flow.

"Eh eh eh?"

Before Kaguya Shinomiya could even cry out, she saw Natsuki Amamiya plummeting past her at an even faster speed. Her eyes suddenly welled with tears, and she instinctively cried out:

"President!!!"

The silly young lady was completely dumbfounded, unable to understand why Amamiya Natsuki, who was clearly on top of her, would also fall down, and even fall below her.

Kaguya Shinomiya tried to reach out, but the two were already several meters apart, making it impossible for her to reach him.

next moment.

Suddenly, a grappling hook appeared in Amamiya Natsuki's hand. She threw it onto the tower crane, and the hook and the crane collided with a screeching metallic scraping sound. She crashed directly into the tower crane's ladder.

Immediately afterward, Amamiya Natsuki pushed off with her feet, as if swinging on a swing, and sprang up from the tower crane. She then stretched out her other arm and caught the young lady who had just fallen in front of her, pulling her into her arms.

boom.

The two of them crashed into the tower crane ladder.

"I caught you."

Amamiya Natsuki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"President..." The silly young lady's eyes were misty as she tightly hugged Amamiya Natsuki's neck, still not having reacted, "You, how could you just now..."

"I used time stop." Amamiya Natsuki briefly explained her actions, then her face hardened as she asked, "Why did you let go just now?"

It's one thing for an ordinary person, but with your strength, you shouldn't have fallen at all!

The silly young lady stammered, sounding unusually weak: "My hair got into my eyes from the wind, so I..."

Amamiya Natsuki said in a deep voice:

"I'll punish you when we get back."

"Punishment?"

"Shouldn't people be punished for doing wrong?"

"Um...it should be..."

A worried voice came from above: "Are you alright?"

Mrs. Kaguya floated down directly, her usually calm face now showing a mixture of worry and relief: "Little Kaguya, you just scared your mother to death."

Amamiya Natsuki retorted, "Sorry, you're a ghost now."