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

"It was a four-handed attack."

In a flash, Natsuki Amamiya figured out the cause and effect.

Without a doubt, this explosion was a trap set by Four Hands. As for the purpose, it was obviously the same as Kaguya said: to trick her into revealing her time-stop skill.

"...Time stop!"

Even knowing it was a trap, Amamiya Natsuki did not hesitate and decisively activated time stop.

The smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

Flying pebbles.

Girls in mid-air.

Everything in the cave suddenly froze.

The abyss below was pitch black, at least a hundred meters deep. If you were thrown in like that, even a player would have no chance of survival.

Therefore, time stop must be enabled.

Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, grabbed the young lady closest to him, threw her aside, then hugged Chika and rolled on the spot, finally shoving Hayasaka who was not far away.

Three seconds passed in the blink of an eye.

Time flows again.

Exclamations and the sound of explosions rang out again.

"Ah...eh?"

"Miss?"

"I'm fine, where's the president?"

"..."

A grappling hook suddenly shot out from the darkness, snapping onto the rock with a crack.

With one hand holding Yukino and the other gripping the grappling hook, Natsuki Amamiya swayed above the dark abyss.

"call……"

Upon seeing her surroundings, Yukino Yukinoshita was initially startled, but quickly breathed a sigh of relief.

The explosion had just occurred right beneath her feet. When the passageway collapsed, Yukino Yukinoshita, having nowhere to stand, plummeted downwards—scenes in movies where bridges collapse and the protagonist uses the momentum to leap away and escape are simply impossible in reality.

While suspended in mid-air, Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't figured out what to do when, in the next instant, she was caught in Natsuki Amamiya's arms.

There is no doubt that Natsuki Amamiya used the time-stop skill.

"President?"

"Yukino-chan?"

Chika and Hayasaka's shouts came from above.

“We’re down here.” Natsuki Amamiya held Yukino in one arm and gripped the grappling hook in the other, looking up as she said, “Pull us up.”

There's no way you can pull two people up with just one hand.

"President, please wait a moment." Fujiwara Chika breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "The passageway is blocked. Let's find a way to get around it."

Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her pink lips, stretched out an arm to hug Natsuki Amamiya's neck, and whispered:

"I should be able to climb up."

"It's better not to move around too much," Natsuki Amamiya said, shaking her head. "The grappling hook isn't very secure."

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita thought for a moment and then fell silent.

Moving around could indeed cause the grappling hook to detach, so it's better to wait quietly for rescue.

But after a short while, Yukino Yukinoshita frowned, feeling some discomfort in her lower abdomen. A hint of embarrassment and annoyance quickly welled up in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth, saying:

"Mr. Bug, what are you thinking about?"

Below them was a bottomless abyss, and they could all fall in at any moment. The situation was clearly so dangerous, so what was the boy thinking?

“It’s a cell phone,” Natsuki Amamiya said without changing her expression. “What you’re feeling is a cell phone.”

"Ah."

Yukino Yukinoshita said expressionlessly, "Insect-kun is really shameless."

You actually claim it's a cell phone? Even a primary school student wouldn't believe your nonsense!

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow and said:

"Say that again, and believe me, I'll lose my temper!"

Yukino Yukinoshita's pretty face immediately hardened; she was a typical person who responded better to gentle persuasion than force, and said:

"What does Mr. Bug want to do?"

Amamiya Natsuki whispered:

"Who do you think blew up the passage?"

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly and quickly said:

"Four hands?"

“It’s most likely him,” said Natsuki Amamiya. “But blowing up the tunnel was too simple. If I were the fourth person, I would definitely have a backup plan. So we’ll probably have to move on to the next loop.”

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lip. Although she was unwilling to accept it, it was likely to become a reality.

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted downwards, landing on the second young lady's moist, pink lips, and he whispered:

"After time restarts, all memories will be reset, so..."

"So what?"

Noticing Natsuki Amamiya's gaze, Yukino Yukinoshita immediately became alert.

“So…” Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, “Yukino-kun, it’s time to fulfill your reward for saving your sister back then.”

"you……"

Without giving the second young lady a chance to hesitate, Amamiya Natsuki decisively kissed her lips.

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened, not expecting to be ambushed. Feeling the slippery texture on her tongue, a hint of embarrassment and anger quickly welled up in her eyes, but she suppressed it again.

Moving around now will only cause both of them to fall.

If time were to restart, all memories from this playthrough would be erased, including the debt of gratitude for saving my sister…

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she finally closed her eyes with a blush on her pretty face.

"I want a kiss too."

A calm voice suddenly rang in Yukino's ears.

Yukino Yukinoshita shuddered, quickly snapping out of her daze. Turning her head, she saw Hiruko-no-Kami with white hair and red eyes floating in mid-air.

"Bo Dao?"

Amamiya Natsuki licked her lips. "I forgot you can fly."

Seeing Amamiya Natsuki's actions, the second young lady was extremely embarrassed and annoyed, and took a deep breath and said:

"Bo Dao, take us up there."

Hiruko-gami tilted her head and glanced at Yukino, without reacting at all.

Aside from Natsuki Amamiya, Hiruko-gami completely disregarded the words of everyone else.

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Nami, from now on Yukino will be your mother. You must listen to Yukino's mother."

mom, Mom, Mom?

Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened, and she pinched Natsuki Amamiya's waist in anger.

And Hiruko-sama actually shouted it:

"Yukino, Mom."

For Hiruko-gami, there was no concept of shame as in humans.

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

"Boinai, take us up there," Natsuki Amamiya said, knowing when to stop.

"Ah."

Hiruko-shin agreed and lifted it up with both hands.

Amamiya Natsuki soon felt her body suddenly lighten and float upwards.

"Hehehe..."

However, before it could float onto the tunnel, a low, sinister laugh rang out.

"It's four-handed!"

Natsuki Amamiya and Yukino both became more vigilant.

"You bastards..." At the other end of the passage, four hands gripped black spears and suddenly hurled them, "Give me back Bodao!"

Before the words were even finished, the black spear had already transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot towards them.

Before the time stop had cooled down, Natsuki Amamiya decisively took out a shield from her game inventory to block the attack, while tightly holding Yukino with her other hand.

then……

puff!

The sound of a spear piercing through a body rang out.

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze sharpened as she turned to look at Hiruko, whose body was pierced by a spear. She instantly realized that the target of the Four Hands attack was not herself or Yukino, but Hiruko from the very beginning.

After Hiruko is severely injured, time will restart. Once time restarts, Cao Cao's effects will disappear.

puff!