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

“Her body has a temperature,” Shayou said first. “It feels about the same as our body temperature.”

Yukinoshita placed her right hand on the elementary school student's chest and continued:

"He has a heartbeat, but it's very slow, only about forty beats per minute."

"Vision and hearing are normal... there are no problems with the five senses."

"Finally, there's the blood test."

The blood test was naturally performed by Natsuki Amamiya herself. She took out a scalpel, made a cut on the elementary school student's finger, and bright red liquid immediately flowed out of the wound.

Natsuki Amamiya and Sayu remained calm. Even though Haruno was a newbie player entering the dungeon for the first time, she merely raised an eyebrow and had no objection to Natsuki Amamiya's act of performing surgery.

As for the elementary school student who was tied up... he remained indifferent from beginning to end, and didn't even blink when his finger was cut.

"There is blood in the body."

"The color is normal."

"Without professional testing tools, the composition of the blood is unclear...etc."

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze sharpened as she looked at the wound on the elementary school student's finger.

Shayou opened her eyes wide in surprise:

"The wound healed so quickly?"

Under the watchful eyes of the three people, the wound on the elementary school student's finger was healing at an astonishing speed, returning to normal in less than a minute.

Natsuki Amamiya looked at Sayu and Haruno: "Is there any creature in nature that can heal itself so quickly?"

“No.” Haruno shook her head. “Although Sakurako-chan looks exactly like a human, she is obviously not a real human.”

“Sakurako, right?” Natsuki Amamiya stood in front of the elementary school student, looking down at her. “If you don’t want to cry, tell me the truth honestly.”

Faced with kidnapping and threats, a real elementary school student would surely be crying by now, but the elementary school student in front of them remained calm, with indifferent eyes, as if there was no fear at all. They simply tilted their head, looking at Amamiya Natsuki, and finally uttered two words:

"hehe."

Amamiya Natsuki: "..."

It got hard.

The fist hardened.

No wonder people say that brats are infuriating; that contemptuous look paired with that "heh heh" instantly makes you furious.

Natsuki Amamiya remained expressionless, gripping her scalpel tightly: "Since you won't cooperate, then you won't see the sun tomorrow."

"Natsuki-kun, don't be in such a hurry." Yang stopped her, held up a finger, and smiled. "I've heard that there was an ancient form of torture called 'sheep torture.' Before the interrogation, honey was smeared on the soles of the prisoner's feet, and then a goat was brought in. As everyone knows, goats love to lick sweets, and once they see honey, they will keep licking the soles of people's feet, eventually making the prisoner laugh until they convulse and tears stream down their face. Sakurako doesn't seem to be afraid of being hurt, so sheep torture seems more effective for her."

Shayu looked over in shock: "...Yono-nee is so scary."

Even the elementary school students, who had maintained a cold expression, couldn't help but cast surprised glances at them: "Humans really are a kind of perverted creature."

Yang Nai spoke gently, offering her advice:

"If you don't want to experience it, then tell me the truth, and I promise I'll make Natsuki let you leave."

The elementary school student's expression returned to indifference: "There are no sheep on the island."

“There are no sheep, but there must be ants on the island, right?” Yukino Haruno’s voice was gentle. “If we covered you in honey and threw you into an anthill, something terrible would definitely happen.”

Shayou covered her mouth in shock.

very scary.

Yukino's older sister is absolutely terrifying!

Unfortunately, psychological tactics were completely ineffective.

“You can try it.” The elementary school student tilted his head, his tone completely flat. “Let’s see if I can speak.”

This elementary school student is not human and has a strong indifference to pain and death; ordinary methods of torture are completely ineffective.

Generally speaking, in situations like this, one should approach it from an emotional perspective, just like when one assaulted Yukino in front of Haruno, using the sword of kinship to kill her and destroy her heart. Unfortunately, this thing is not human, so it probably doesn't have parental feelings.

"In that case, we have no choice but to rely on technology and ruthless techniques."

Natsuki Amamiya put away her scalpel and took out an ordinary-looking small mirror.

This is the Truth Mirror that Yukino Yukinoshita borrowed from Rikka before coming from Chiba Prefecture.

“You must be very curious about our identities, right?” Natsuki Amamiya squatted down in front of the elementary school student and said softly, “How about we play the quiz game again? Of course, if you encounter a question you don’t want to answer, you can say ‘I refuse to answer.’”

The elementary school student clone's eyes flickered as it looked at Amamiya Natsuki. Although it was unafraid of pain and death, it clearly possessed a sense of curiosity.

"can."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"To show your sincerity, you should ask first."

The elementary school student tilted his head and asked, "You're not human?"

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said:

"I'm sorry, we are genuine human beings."

"Liar." The elementary school student said coldly, "Humans can't suddenly grow from small to large and appear out of thin air."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"The world is so big that there are bound to be some things that we cannot understand, but from a biological perspective, we are indeed human beings."

The elementary school student paused for a moment, then said, "It's your turn."

Amamiya Natsuki held up the truth mirror: "How many people have you killed?"

The elementary school student looked in the glasses and said, "One."

The mirror didn't react, which clearly meant it was telling the truth.

“It’s my turn,” the elementary school student continued. “What is your purpose in coming to the island?”

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:

"I'm a detective who does things out of interest. I just happened to encounter an unnatural death, so I wanted to investigate the cause and effect... Why did you let Sakura drown?"

The elementary school student calmly said:

"If I killed her, I could use her identity to make my moves. But we ran into a patrolman on the beach and didn't have time to dispose of the body."

The two played a question-and-answer game, while Haruno and Sayu were on the sidelines taking notes.

After a while.

Natsuki Amamiya, holding up the Truth Mirror, asked seemingly casually:

"Is your true form actually your shadow on the ground?"

"No..." The elementary school student's gaze sharpened, as if he wanted to deny it, but the next second his eyes widened, and he felt his mouth move uncontrollably, blurting out, "It's a shadow!"

“I see.” Shayou suddenly realized, “No wonder you weren’t afraid of us hurting you at all; it turns out your shadow is your true form.”

Amamiya Natsuki said slowly:

"You don't care about harming your body, but what about harming your shadow?"

"..."

The elementary school student pursed his lips tightly and remained silent, clearly having already noticed the strangeness of the mirror.

However, Natsuki Amamiya didn't care, because a corresponding prompt had already appeared before his eyes:

[A thrilling interrogation!]

[Use a question-and-answer game to lower the female imp's guard, and then strike decisively in that moment of relaxation to obtain her most important secret.]

This hint was a bit unconventional, but Natsuki Amamiya didn't pay it any mind, because the information that followed was quite useful.

After careful interrogation, you discovered that as long as you inflict enough damage on the shadow, you can kill it.

"Very good, the weakness has been identified."

Amamiya Natsuki was quite satisfied and was about to speak when a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

"Who's knocking?"

The three of them turned to look at the door.

This is an abandoned cabin in the forest, which must have been abandoned for a long time. Why would someone suddenly knock on the door?

However, the next second, a familiar voice rang out from outside the door: "Natsuki-kun, it's me, open the door quickly."

"It's Chika-chan's voice." Sayu breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the door. "I'll go open it."

"Wait a moment."

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly reached out and grabbed Sayu.

"Huh?" Shayou looked over, puzzled. "What's wrong?"

"I'll go open the door." Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly and pulled Sayu behind her.

Sha You was taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening and lowered her voice to say:

"Does Lady Natsuki suspect that the person knocking on the door is suspicious?"

"I don't know." Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said in a low voice, "But it's never wrong to stay vigilant."

Compared to Sayu, Yukino Yukinoshita, although a new player, was clearly more cautious. Without asking a single question, she retreated behind everyone.

"President, open the door quickly!" The knocking sounded again, and Fujiwara Chika called out from outside the door, "It's so hot outside."

"coming."

Amamiya Natsuki responded and walked towards the door.

crunch.

The door was gently opened a crack.

Bright sunshine rushed in along with a fresh, moist sea breeze.

In the sunlight at the entrance, there was a pink-haired girl with a jet-black bow pinned to her forehead; it was none other than Fujiwara Chika.

After confirming the visitor's identity, Amamiya Natsuki opened the door completely and asked curiously: