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

"Lord Gongsi, I'll be going now."

boom.

As the shrine maiden left, Hayasaka Ai turned and closed the door.

Seeing this, Si Shou frowned slightly and said:

"If you have anything to say, you can say it openly and honestly..."

Before he could finish speaking, Fujiwara Chika pointed and decisively launched her anti-gangster combo: "Zhang San, the outlaw, it's you!"

"Ok?"

Four Hands was taken aback at first, then a look of shock appeared on his face. He was about to get up, but the next second, Natsuki Amamiya appeared beside him.

Snapped.

With his right hand resting on the shoulders of the four hands, Natsuki Amamiya deactivated his transformation skill and then said:

"Mr. Four Hands, we meet again."

"Impossible!" Four Hands exclaimed incredulously, "How could you have memories of last week's timeline?!"

“The world is a vast and wondrous place,” Natsuki Amamiya shrugged. “There are supernatural creatures like Hiruko, and shadows that can reincarnate endlessly. You could be much more accepting of such things.”

Four Hands quickly calmed down and said calmly:

"The victor is king, the loser is villain. Since you found me first, then kill me. But before you die, can you tell me why you have memories of last week's timeline?"

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head decisively: "Of course not."

Killing the four-armed human in front of me is easy, but I don't know if Hiruko will restart time again. Only an idiot would leak the information.

"Something feels off." Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms and said softly, "Someone who has been reincarnated over three hundred years ago through that method should be quite afraid of death. Why would he tell us to kill him?"

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded slightly and said:

“Something is definitely not right; he’s too calm.”

Four Hands said expressionlessly:

"You've already killed me twice. The first time, you didn't even say a word before you killed me. It was obvious that I was your target. So, even if I cry and beg for mercy, it won't make a difference, right?"

Upon hearing this, Natsuki Amamiya narrowed her eyes slightly, and a prompt quickly appeared before her.

[Through careful observation, you've discovered the secret behind Four Arms' fearlessness... The Impure World Reincarnation doesn't stipulate that one can only be reborn into one body.]

"This hint..."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Chika and blinked gently.

Fujiwara Chika understood, took out the Mirror of Truth, held it up in front of Yōshū, and asked:

"Mr. Four Hands, are you really not afraid of death?"

Four Hands said in a low voice:

"Not afraid."

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly asked:

How many clones do you have?

This four-armed creature possessed remarkable mental fortitude. Faced with Natsuki Amamiya's sudden question, it did not reveal any unusual expression on its face. Unfortunately, it was unaware of the Truth Mirror's abilities.

"No... I have two clones!"

Unable to contain himself, he blurted out the biggest secret, and Four Hands could no longer remain calm: "It's the power of this mirror?"

“That’s right.” Fujiwara Chika said, her right hand on her hip. “As long as you look in the magic mirror, no one can lie.”

Kaguya Shinomiya said softly:

"No wonder he was so confident; it turns out he has a clone."

“If there are two clones, then there should also be a main body.” Hayasaka Ai rested her chin on her right hand and analyzed, “It sounds a bit like a combination of Nagato and Pain.”

However, according to the information provided by Natsuki Amamiya for the second playthrough, the group successfully completed the mission of killing the four-armed creature. In other words, whether it was the clone or the main body, killing either one would count as completing the dungeon mission.

"Hehehe...hahahaha..."

Four Hands suddenly burst into laughter.

Hayasaka Ai frowned and looked at her: "What are you laughing at?"

"Transformation abilities, binding abilities, time-stopping abilities, even a mirror has the magic to make people tell the truth—players are truly a wondrous existence." Four Hands' laughter subsided. "But if you fail to complete your mission, you'll be left behind forever, right? Let me guess, your missions are probably similar—perhaps to protect some human being?"

Amamiya Natsuki frowned, and in a flash, she understood why the man in front of her knew so much.

“They must have captured other players,” Fujiwara Chika exclaimed softly, realizing the same thing. “They must have gotten the information from other players.”

Other players are highly unlikely to know about the time restart. It's already the third playthrough. During the second playthrough, the identities of most random players were already known. It's very possible that these guys were captured as soon as the third playthrough started and then revealed everything. It's even possible that Hiruko-sama broke through the fog of players' memories.

"Such an interesting existence, yet I cannot be one of you." The four-armed man laughed maniacally. "In that case, I will make all of you players stay and accompany me until the world ends!"

Chapter 604 Hayasaka-chan's Maid Service

"what are you laughing at?"

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Hehehe...of course..." Four Hands raised his head, his smile twisted. "I wanted to see your expressions of despair. Without a traitor by your side, you wouldn't actually notice the intrusion of the shadows, would you?"

The words have not yet fallen.

next second.

A man dressed in a shrine uniform suddenly appeared out of thin air on the ground; he was undoubtedly the Shadow lurking within the shrine.

The moment the shadow appeared, it thrust the dagger in its hand like a venomous snake toward Amamiya Natsuki's back.

Since entering the house, Amamiya Natsuki had never let her guard down. At this moment, she reacted extremely quickly, kicking out and instantly sending the shadow flying.

Little did he know that the shadow was just feigning an attack; its target was not him at all. It rolled on the spot and came directly to Four Hands' side, reversing the dagger in its hand and plunging it directly into Four Hands' heart.

"Ok?"

Amamiya Natsuki instantly understood that the four-armed creature wanted to restart time again and did not want to fall into their hands.

Seeing the morbidly confident smile on Four Hands' face, Amamiya Natsuki's mind raced, and she made a decision in an instant.

"Time to stop!"

Time suddenly stopped at the shrine.

The dagger was only one centimeter away from the four hands' hearts.

Without hesitation, Amamiya Natsuki stepped forward and struck the shadow on the ground, while simultaneously taking out a magic rope to bind its four hands together.

Three seconds passed in the blink of an eye.

Time resumes its flow.

The shadowy man's body trembled violently, the dagger fell to the ground, and his entire body twisted rapidly, turning into a black trace and disappearing.

"That was dangerous." Fujiwara Chika breathed a sigh of relief, clutching her chest. "He almost succeeded."

In this playthrough, without the shadowy Chika by her side, she couldn't detect the shadowy attack. The battle just now was incredibly swift, happening in the blink of an eye. The girls didn't even have time to react before their hands were bound by magical ropes.

"Is this the power to stop time?" Shigetsu looked down at the ropes binding him, his sneer still lingering. "Even Hiruko-gami couldn't use this power indefinitely, so you should be able to as well, right?"

"Then... let's do it again."

next second.

The dagger that had fallen to the ground suddenly twisted and transformed into a shadowy woman. With lightning speed, she pulled a pistol from under the table, aimed at Hayasaka who was closest to her, and fired a shot.

boom!

The smell of gunpowder instantly filled the entire room.

Amamiya Natsuki's pupils contracted. Time Stop had already been used up, and there was no way to stop time again. Unfortunately, Hayasaka didn't have the Shadow skill applied to him yet...

"Flying Curse!"

Amamiya Natsuki decisively reached out and grabbed the shadow, using her skill to deflect the opponent's gun, while instinctively lunging forward to block Hayasaka.

“President?!”

A sudden cry of surprise rang out.

"S-Senior, how are you?"

Hayasaka Ai snapped out of her daze and looked at Amamiya Natsuki, who was hugging her. She hurriedly asked her questions while groping Amamiya Natsuki's body. Soon, she felt a wet and slippery touch on her hands. Her heart skipped a beat, and she saw that her hands were already stained with blood.

Upon seeing the bright red liquid on her hand, the spy maid's eyes instantly welled up with mist.

at the same time.

The shadow woman regained her footing and was about to continue shooting when Yukino Yukinoshita's pretty face turned frosty. She rushed to the shadow woman's side, kicked out with a high kick, first knocking the weapon out of the woman's hand, and then kicking the shadow woman's head.

As a karate expert, the second young lady's fighting ability is actually quite good.

The pistol flew out.

The shadow woman didn't linger in the fight; she rolled over and came to Four Hands' side.

"So you guys aren't as strong as I thought. You bleed when you're injured too." Four Hands shook his head regretfully and sighed, "It's a pity I sent out all my shadows to find you, otherwise the game could have ended here."

"Kill you!!"

Upon seeing Amamiya Natsuki get shot, the young lady's eyes turned red, and she went berserk.

"Haven't you killed me three times already?" Four-Handed's voice was deep. "Well then, see you next time, if you ever have another time."

The words fell.

The woman beside Four Hands decisively brandished her dagger, stabbing Four Hands in the heart and killing him. Then, she vanished into the shadows and fled.

"President, how are you?" Fujiwara Chika's tears fell in a stream as she tightly covered Amamiya Natsuki's back wound with both hands. "Don't scare me."

Amamiya Natsuki's eyes were closed, her face was pale, and she was silent.

Seeing Natsuki Amamiya on the ground, the young lady clenched her fists tightly and bit her lip, saying:

Why didn't time restart?