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

Unfortunately, Natsuki Amamiya was already a seasoned veteran, and this frightening scene was child's play for her. She walked into the classroom without changing her expression and handed the blood-stained shirt to the first faceless man sitting at the door.

"..."

The faceless man sat quietly in his seat, without reacting at all.

"Not you, next one."

Amamiya Natsuki stepped toward the next Faceless Man student.

"Not at all."

"continue."

After quickly touring the classroom, Amamiya Natsuki naturally didn't miss the female teacher on the podium. He waved his blood-stained shirt in front of her, but unfortunately, there was still no reaction.

Before leaving, Natsuki Amamiya made sure to check the lockers in the classroom—these are usually located at the back side of the classroom and are mainly used to store cleaning tools, brooms, mops, etc. Some petite girls can easily hide inside, such as the short but fierce-looking Palm-Sized Tiger.

"Tsk, it's empty. The idea of ​​someone hiding in a locker only happens in comics."

Natsuki Amamiya left the classroom with regret and used the Love Amulet to communicate with Yukino Yukinoshita.

When we split up earlier, because of the time constraints, we didn't repeat the confession ceremony. Instead, Yukino Yukinoshita still held the amulet.

"Calling Hirano," Natsuki Amamiya silently said in her mind. "Class 1-A, inspection complete."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "...Hirano?"

Natsuki Amamiya: "Oops, I accidentally blurted out what was on my mind."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Giving someone a nickname based on the size of their breasts, you scumbag, you really make me angry."

Natsuki Amamiya: "So, harboring resentment in one's mind is not a crime."

As she spoke, the image of Hirano involuntarily appeared in Amamiya Natsuki's mind.

Previously, she appeared as Yukino's leg accessory at the zoo, and the two shared vision, making many scenes exceptionally clear.

For example, Yukino Yukinoshita is not a person with great ambitions, because on her flawless white skin, there is only a small mole near her collarbone...

"Dirty!"

When two people hold each other's love charms, they have absolutely no privacy, and their thoughts and ideas will appear in the other person's mind.

"Dirty!"

"You still claim you didn't see it, but you clearly saw it perfectly clearly!"

Yukino Yukinoshita said in an embarrassed and annoyed voice, "Delete my memory of what just happened!"

Natsuki Amamiya: "I'm sorry, please don't force me to do something I don't want to do."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Physical amnesia, how about that?"

Natsuki Amamiya: "You've seen my body before..."

next second.

A certain scene appeared in Amamiya Natsuki's mind, and without a doubt, Hirano-kun also remembered it vividly and saw it clearly.

The period of listening to each other's innermost thoughts suddenly ended.

Amamiya Natsuki let out a soft breath and continued the investigation.

Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Natsuki Amamiya, Kaguya, and Yukino met at the entrance of the teaching building.

"President, we've searched all the classrooms, including the lockers, storage rooms, and restrooms." Kaguya Shinomiya frowned slightly. "We found nothing."

Amamiya Natsuki said gently:

"The teaching building is only a small part of the school. There are still many places to search. Fortunately, these faceless people don't move, so we just need to use the process of elimination to solve the problem."

Yukino Yukinoshita crossed her arms and said in a cool voice:

"Where to go next?"

Amamiya Natsuki pondered:

"Let's go check out the playground first, then the library, the gymnasium, the main building, and the health clinic."

Without resting, the three headed straight for the playground.

Come to the playground.

“So many people.” Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly as she carefully observed the No-Face on the playground. She said softly, “There are old people, children, office workers… people of all ages and backgrounds. But the people in the school building are all students.”

Amamiya Natsuki pondered:

"The entity that is the source of the strange thing may have originated from the school, or even been a student in the school. Whatever it is, it must have a close relationship with the school. Therefore, no one in the entire school was spared. The people on the playground should be like your sister, who were randomly selected by the strange thing and then failed the challenge."

Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her pink lips and suggested:

"Should we all line up in a single file and proceed together for screening?"

"Ah."

The investigation has begun.

Looking at the faceless man who was motionless, eerily quiet, on the playground, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly felt that the scene was somewhat familiar, and a sense of déjà vu quietly emerged before her eyes.

strangeness.

It feels like I've seen or experienced this somewhere before; the sense of déjà vu is incredibly strong...

Amamiya Natsuki thought for a moment, then quickly remembered and couldn't help but turn to look at the silly young lady.

"It's the 'Statues' game from the Haunted High School."

The young lady happened to look up and gaze at her.

Eyes facing each other.

it is more than words.

Both of them recalled the "Statues" game they had just been chosen by.

It happened a long time ago, but it feels like it happened just yesterday, vivid and clear in my mind.

Unfortunately, now is not the time to kiss the young lady; finding the true form of the strange entity is the most important thing.

Twenty minutes later.

The three of them had already screened everyone on the entire playground.

"No."

“These people have absolutely no reaction to the color red.”

"Clearly, they are not the supernatural."

Amamiya Natsuki said calmly, "At least we've ruled out one wrong answer... Next, let's go to the gymnasium."

"Ah."

The three headed straight for the stadium, split up, and continued their search.

Unfortunately, there was still no success.

"Then there's the library... no."

"Go check on the infirmary again."

"..."

Time ticked by, and only twenty minutes remained until the protection period ended.

Twenty minutes later, the three will be eroded by the Curse of Oblivion. Their memories, personalities, and everything else will inevitably begin to be forgotten until they become one of the Faceless Men.

"We've searched the entire school, but it's nowhere to be found." Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, becoming increasingly anxious as time ran out. "Where could that strange creature be?"

Amamiya Natsuki squinted at the No-Face on the playground.

In fact, he had initially considered killing all the masked people in the school, but then a prompt appeared in front of him. These guys were, after all, people, not ants, and he couldn't just crush them. Besides, there were several thousand people in the school; killing a chicken wouldn't be as easy as killing a chicken.

There are only twenty minutes left. Even if we line up and let him kill us, it's too late.

Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms and whispered:

"We forgot to search the school rooftop."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Go up and have a look."

"Ah."

The three headed straight for the teaching building, going uphill until they reached the school rooftop.

Unlike in comics, most school rooftops in reality are locked to prevent accidents from happening to students.

Yukino Yukinoshita said softly:

"When we came to the top floor before, the door was locked, so Kaguya and I couldn't go up."

"You guys step back a little."

Natsuki Amamiya took an axe from her game inventory and easily broke the door lock.

The three of them pushed open the door and went up to the rooftop to begin their search.

However... the rooftop was completely empty, with no living beings present.

Kaguya Shinomiya frowned and said, "We've searched the entire school, but we still can't find it."

In just over an hour, the three of them had thoroughly searched the entire school, including classrooms, activity rooms, restrooms, and sports storage areas—leaving no place unchecked—but they found nothing.

Yukino Yukinoshita lowered her gaze slightly and offered a guess: "...Could that strange entity be moving in the shadows, hiding in the places we've investigated?"

"……possible."

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but furrow her brows.

With only ten minutes left, if, as Yukino Yukinoshita guessed, the entity can move freely around the school and hide everywhere, it will be impossible to catch it.

At this moment, Natsuki Amamiya spoke in a deep voice:

"There's another area in the school that we haven't checked."