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

The phone suddenly vibrated.

Yukino Yukinoshita paused, her heart racing. She looked down at her tightly gripped phone, then her eyes twitched slightly.

"Supermarket discounts are on! New and returning customers are welcome. Come and get a free egg..."

Yukino Yukinoshita deleted the ad without any expression.

Decided.

I will never shop at that supermarket again!

Yukino had very few contacts on her phone and no friends in real life. She waited until she got back to the hotel, but she didn't receive any messages on her phone.

"I'm going to take a shower and rest now." Amamiya Natsuki looked around, her gaze finally settling on Yukino Yukinoshita. "Let me know when you receive the challenge text."

"Ah."

Yukino nodded gently beneath the snow.

It's summer after all, and although the rain made it much cooler, I still sweated a bit after dinner, so I'll definitely take a shower before resting.

Just as Amamiya Natsuki took off her clothes and started taking a shower, she heard the clattering of wooden clogs coming from afar. Then, the curtain was flung open, and Fujiwara Chika burst in, saying:

"Natsuki-kun, come quick! Yukino-chan has received a challenge message."

Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly, "Shall we talk after you take a shower?"

Fujiwara Chika put her right hand on her hip: "It's not too late to wash after you've finished talking."

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki had no choice but to agree, changed her clothes, and walked out of the men's bath, only to be pulled into the women's bath by Chika.

All the girls were there, but none of them had taken their clothes off yet.

"What's the challenge?" Natsuki Amamiya asked Yukino. "It's not going to be a competitive eating contest, is it?"

“Not a competitive eater,” Kitagawa Kaimu said in a clear voice, “but still extremely dangerous.”

"Give."

Yukino Yukinoshita handed over the phone.

Amamiya Natsuki looked over curiously and quickly understood the challenge details.

"Extreme Challenge: King of Beasts"

You can't touch a tiger's backside?

I'm going to touch it anyway!

It's time to prove who the true king of beasts is.

"Challenge Requirements: You need to pluck one tail hair from each of the following five animals: elephant, tiger, lion, cheetah, and wolf. No harmful weapons are allowed. This challenge must be completed solo. You need to complete this challenge within 24 hours, otherwise the challenge will automatically fail."

"No harmful weapons allowed, you mean guns and bows and arrows, right?" The senior student crossed her arms and pondered, "If we have weapons, there's not much danger to speak of."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said, "A tranquilizer gun probably won't work either."

Fujiwara Chika followed up:

“We can go to the zoo. I just checked, and Chiba Zoo has everything except pandas, tigers, lions and the like.”

Shayou asked curiously:

"Well, I know about tigers and lions, but elephants don't have fur, right?"

“Elephants don’t have hair on their bodies, but they do have hair on their tails, about the size of a fan, which they use to scare away mosquitoes and flies.” Natsuki Amamiya looked at Zhu Zhu. “After all, hairless mammals are quite rare in nature.”

The example is right before our eyes: Lady Zhu Zhu's hair isn't the only thing that's pink.

Zhu Zhu blushed, covered her skirt with her hands, revealing her little tiger teeth, and glared at him with embarrassment and annoyance:

"Disgusting! Pervert! Hustler!"

"..."

After a brief discussion, everyone quickly set their sights on the zoo.

Forget about wild animals; the best place is a zoo, which has all five types of animals. The real danger is getting close enough to pluck their fur. While the wild animals in the zoo aren't as ferocious as wild animals, they won't be handled like cats.

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Yukino Yukinoshita: "The time limit is twenty-four hours. Do you decide to challenge today or tomorrow?"

Chapter 564 Yukino: I want to fight ten of them

"... maybe tomorrow."

Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for a moment, then quickly made her choice and said softly:

"Everyone has worked very hard today, let's rest first. We'll go to the zoo tomorrow and then move on to our main activity tomorrow night."

If possible, she would naturally want to rescue Yang Nai as soon as possible, not wanting to waste a single second.

But the situation did not allow it.

Having gone through the deep-sea challenge and high-altitude walking, both mentally and physically, I am exhausted. Going to the zoo in my current state would be very unsafe.

At times like these, reason must prevail over emotion; impulsiveness will not help.

Fujiwara Chika extended a slender finger and said in a clear, melodious voice:

"Then let's rest for now and go scout the location tomorrow. There are definitely a lot of surveillance cameras at the zoo. Before we take action, we need to take them all down."

“No need to remove it,” Amamiya Natsuki suggested. “Let Aya block the surveillance cameras; it’s simple and convenient.”

“That’s outrageous…” Mrs. Kaguya said resentfully, “You only remember me at times like this. I’m going on strike like my fellow French workers. We must improve employee benefits.”

"A strike?" Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at her, lowering his voice, "Madam, you don't want our daughter to be in danger, do you?"

"..."

The discussion is complete.

After deciding to complete the challenge the next night, Natsuki Amamiya wanted to stay and take a bath with the girls, but was then kicked out by them.

After taking a bath, I returned to my room and before I knew it, it was already 11 p.m.

Amamiya Natsuki yawned, feeling genuinely tired. She plugged in her phone to charge and checked her messages and news.

Fujiwara Moeha: "Senpai, are you free tomorrow? Let's hang out?"

Amamiya Natsuki: "Thanks for the invitation. I'm currently out of town and just lay down. I'm not free tomorrow."

When it's time to refuse, refuse decisively.

Chika's younger sister, a middle school student... can't even touch a single finger.

Chizuru Mizuhara: "The doctor examined Grandma again today, and the cancerous area has shrunk again... No matter how I thank you, I can't express my gratitude. When Natsuki-kun comes back from Chiba, please let me treat you to a meal."

Miss Chizuru now lives with her grandmother, and seeing her grandmother's health improving day by day, she expresses her gratitude every few days—it's genuine gratitude, a life-saving grace that she would repay with her own body.

Amamiya Natsuki was certain that if he asked, Chizuru would agree to have the baby for her grandmother's sake.

However, that kind of behavior would truly be taking advantage of someone's misfortune and seeking revenge, something that Amamiya Natsuki would disdain.

After giving a polite reply, saying that they would have dinner together sometime, Natsuki Amamiya then opened Miko's message.

Jianzi: "We've run out of raw materials. When are you coming back?"

Amamiya Natsuki: "...You didn't go out all day?"

Jianzi: "No, I went to the supermarket to buy groceries at noon and took the dog for a walk in the park in the evening."

Amamiya Natsuki: "Alright, it'll probably be another day or two before we can go back. Let's stop making anything for now once we've used up the raw materials. You should get some rest tomorrow."

Jianzi sent a resentful emoji: "There's no way to rest at all. There's a guy standing by my bed, staring at me the whole time. I can't sleep at all."

Natsuki Amamiya: "Then let's experience the joy of staying up all night again tonight."

"..."

After chatting with Miko for a while, Amamiya Natsuki felt sleepy, put down her phone, and prepared to go to sleep.

Just as I fell asleep, my phone suddenly vibrated, the vibration sound being particularly clear in the darkness.

I picked it up and saw it was a message from Chika Fujiwara.

"Natsuki-kun, come quick! An evil spirit has broken into the room!"

Reluctantly, Natsuki Amamiya got dressed and went to the next room.

The inn has a traditional style, with tatami mats in the rooms. Kaguya and the others are already dressed in their pajamas and have made their beds. They will sleep in a similar style to a group slept-in at night, so there's no need to worry about not having enough blankets.

“Natsuki, that’s it.” Kitagawa Kaimu pointed.

Amamiya Natsuki turned her head and saw a malevolent spirit shrouded in black mist standing at the bathroom door. It was almost out of human form, covered in eyes and mouths, and its arms had turned into tentacle-like things. It was indeed disgusting.

Seeing Kitagawa Kaimu pointing at it, the evil spirit immediately reacted, walking over while saying in a hollow voice:

"You... can you see me?"

Natsuki Amamiya said expressionlessly:

"visible."

Upon hearing the answer, the evil spirit seemed to have a berserk switch flipped; its eyes suddenly turned red, black energy surged from its body, and it lunged at Amamiya Natsuki.

"Evil spirits, begone!"

Natsuki Amamiya calmly activated her aura, and an invisible, transparent flame instantly ignited, purifying and dispelling the evil spirits.

"gone back."

Amamiya Natsuki waved her hand, turned around, and went back to her room to rest.

Just as I fell asleep, my phone vibrated again.

Natsuki Amamiya reluctantly picked up his phone. This time, it was a message from his senior: "Junior, another evil spirit has appeared in the room..."

"..."

Natsuki Amamiya silently got up, went next door to ward off the evil spirit, and then returned to her room.

I slept a few minutes longer this time, but was woken up again.

Hayasaka Ai: "Senpai, come quick! Another evil spirit has appeared."