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

"Hiruko's known ability is 'time restart,' and we are currently in the third cycle of time..."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Hai Meng couldn't help but gasp softly.

Even the usually rational and calm Kaguya and Yukino stared wide-eyed in disbelief, their first reaction being that it was impossible.

However, the information that Amamiya Natsuki is now revealing, along with the mysteriously disappeared items from her backpack, are silently proving that everything is not just empty talk. Many things have indeed happened, but they were simply unaware of them.

Amamiya Natsuki raised her right hand and gently tapped her head to relieve the aftereffects of the mask. Her voice was hoarse and low as she continued:

"Let me finish... The situation in the first loop is unclear... The specific details of the second loop are..."

"The reason the maid's potion disappeared is that we used it. After killing the four-armed monster, Hiruko will go berserk and restart time, and Hiruko's memories will not be erased... Furthermore, Hiruko should not know that I have memories from the previous playthrough..."

"Besides, the timing of the restart is a bit off; it wasn't the moment we disembarked..."

After spending a full twenty minutes recounting her experiences from the previous playthrough, Amamiya Natsuki looked at Komi and said in a hoarse voice:

"Shoko, have you written everything down?"

Upon hearing this, Komi nodded quickly.

“Shadow Glass has become much more talkative,” Amamiya Natsuki remarked, extending her right hand and saying, “Give me the pen.”

Komi quickly handed over the notebook and pencil.

Natsuki Amamiya took a deep breath, enduring her headache, and sketched the four hands of the middle-aged man after the mud had been dispersed in her notebook. Although Natsuki Amamiya was not a manga artist teacher, she had no problem with ordinary sketching, having started taking art classes in elementary school.

After a while.

A middle-aged man appears on the paper.

Amamiya Natsuki didn't stop, and after briefly describing Hiruko-gami's appearance, she finally let out a long sigh of relief, her voice weary as she said:

"And that's all."

Kitagawa Kaimu felt a pang of heartache and took out a tissue to wipe the sweat from Amamiya Natsuki's forehead: "Natsuki, hurry up and take off that mask."

"Hmm... After I take off the mask, my memories of last timeline will likely disappear, so I must keep the notes safe..."

Amamiya Natsuki raised her hand and removed the mask from her face. In that instant, all memories from the previous game vanished.

"My head hurts so much..." Natsuki Amamiya groaned softly, then saw the girls forming a circle around him, and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Kitagawa Kaimu stood on tiptoe and wiped the cold sweat from Amamiya Natsuki's forehead: "Natsuki's memory has indeed disappeared."

"Memory loss..." Amamiya Natsuki asked, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says," Fujiwara Chika retorted. "A huge coconut just fell from the tree and hit the student council president on the head with a thud, and then the president lost his memory."

"impossible."

Natsuki Amamiya subconsciously denied it.

How could someone with the ability to stop time still suffer amnesia after being hit by a falling coconut?

It sounds very unreliable.

Kitagawa Kaimu blinked and chimed in from the side:

"Natsuki, you really did get hit on the head by a coconut."

Zhu Zhu: "That's right, I can testify."

Shayu: "Um... Haimeng-chan is right."

Senior: "Ahem, junior, your head must be hurting a lot, right?"

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki touched her head, which was indeed quite painful. She felt dizzy and even broke out in a cold sweat, which made her hesitate.

Did I really get hit on the head by a coconut and lose my memory?

Kaguya Shinomiya, standing to the side, pursed her pink lips, still struggling with her thoughts: "The president still didn't say why her panties from last timeline disappeared!"

Chapter 600 Hayasaka Ai: It doesn't matter, I'll take action.

“Stop joking around. Natsuki just said something really important.” Kitagawa Kaimu said seriously, “Shoko, show Natsuki your notebook.”

"Uh-huh."

Komi nodded quickly and handed over the notebook she was holding with both hands.

Despite her headache, Natsuki Amamiya looked at her notebook and quickly developed an incredulous expression.

"Time restart? Is this the third time loop?"

Click.

Chika Fujiwara raises her phone to take a picture.

"Saved successfully!" Fujiwara Chika looked up at her pretty face. "When we heard the president say these things just now, our expressions were exactly the same as the president's right now."

Amamiya Natsuki rubbed her temples: "My mind is completely blank. I only remember that we got off the ship together and walked here to discuss the mission details."

"I just recorded a video." Yukinoshita Haruno held up her phone and said softly, "Natsuki-kun, watch it first, and I'll delete it right away after you're done watching."

Natsuki Amamiya looked at her masked self in the video, and combined that with the contents of her notebook, she finally made up her mind.

I did return with memories of the second timeline, but after removing the mask, those memories were reset to zero.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Amamiya Natsuki's expression suddenly turned serious. "You're all conspiring to lie to me. I must have been hit on the head by a coconut."

"President, stop joking around."

"Sorry, I got hit on the head by a coconut."

"President, now is the time to get down to business."

"Sorry……"

"President," the young lady said, crossing her arms and scolding him, "Stop joking."

"Hi."

"..."

The joke is over.

Everyone's expressions quickly turned serious.

“Although it’s incredible, it’s highly likely that we’re in the third time loop now.” Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her pink lips and said softly, “The guild master just said that he also doesn’t have the memory of the first time loop, but we can make inferences… We obviously succeeded in killing the four-armed one, which is why Hiruko God restarted time.”

“That’s right.” Yukino Yukinoshita crossed her right arm over her chest and nodded slightly. “The hunt should have been quite successful. Or perhaps Hiruko didn’t appear at the time and didn’t even know who we were. That’s why she copied all the members on the ship to find the hunters. Then she accidentally discovered the players’ existence and appeared at the end of the second playthrough to try to copy the players in order to break the memory fog.”

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

“We have no memory of the first timeline and do not know that Hiruko God once restarted time. In other words, there is no difference between us in the first timeline and us in the second timeline. Naturally, the action plan we made was exactly the same. So at night, we walked into the trap halfway up the mountain and fell into the trap of the shadows.”

“Not only that.” Natsuki Amamiya said with a serious expression, “Hiruko-gami has the memories of all the loops. She has already obtained information about the players in the second loop. In other words, everyone’s identities have been exposed. Putting ourselves in their shoes, the danger should naturally be eliminated as soon as possible… Therefore, the Shadows are very likely on their way to surround us.”

Upon hearing this, the girls couldn't help but show nervous expressions.

The power and speed of shadows far surpass those of humans. They can not only transform into the appearance of anyone, but also into objects, just like ninjas in comics. It is no exaggeration to describe them as elusive and unpredictable.

In short, it’s just one sentence.

Danger.

Quite dangerous.

If there are only one or two shadows, it's manageable; the player's skill level is sufficient to handle it.

But since Hiruko knows the player's abilities and level of danger, he certainly wouldn't send out mobs one by one to get killed. A group attack tactic is the most likely scenario, and Hiruko himself might even take action.

“We also have an advantage now.” Kaguya Shinomiya said, her pink lips parting slightly to bolster morale, “The information the president brought back from the second playthrough is our biggest advantage.”

Yukino Yukinoshita said softly:

"Furthermore, Hiruko is most likely unaware that we have information about a second cycle."

“Let’s leave here first to avoid being surrounded by shadows,” Natsuki Amamiya said in a deep voice. “Also, we can’t use our current identities.”

Without hesitation, everyone quickly left the beach.

After a while.

A dozen or so people of different ages and personalities appeared near the beach. Some were wearing suits and glasses, some were housewives, and there was an old man with white hair wearing a straw hat. What they all had in common was that they had indifferent expressions and their faces were almost expressionless.

"The target is not there."

"The other party has already left."

"...Continue the pursuit."

Amamiya Natsuki and her group had arrived in the deserted forest. The girls were gathered together, watching a live stream on their phones. Before leaving, Haimeng had hidden her phone in a tree and turned on the live stream, so people could be clearly seen gathered under the tree.

"Are these guys... all shadow clones?" Fujiwara Chika blinked and whispered, "They look no different from humans."

Yukino Yukinoshita said softly:

"Record the screen first and save it to remember what these shadow creatures look like; we might need it later."

Amamiya Natsuki then turned to look at Zhu Zhu and reminded her:

"Zhu Zhu, you're a great artist. Draw all the shadows that appeared in the scene just now in Shoko's notebook. If there's another playthrough, we can get the information in advance."

Zhu Zhu nodded seriously: "Leave it to me."

After a pause, Natsuki Amamiya continued:

Does anyone have a spare laptop?

The notebook mentioned here refers to the notebook obtained from game blind boxes. Only this type of notebook can be stored in the game inventory. If time is reset again, this is the only way to preserve information.

"Natsuki-sama, I have a notebook." Sayu's voice was clear and crisp as she quickly took out a notebook from her game inventory. "Here you go."

The senior student continued:

"Junior, I have a notebook too."

Yukino Yukinoshita said softly:

“I have three notebooks.”