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

Amamiya Natsuki said:

I'll take you to the station tomorrow morning.

Hayasaka Ai immediately became alert and said:

"What does the president want to do?"

"I'm not doing anything," Natsuki Amamiya said righteously. "It's too much trouble for you to carry all that luggage by yourself, so it's only natural for me to help, right?"

"Sorry, I don't need it at all." Hayasaka Ai looked at him with disdain. "If you need anything, you can go to Haimeng-kun."

Just take that statement with a grain of salt.

Amamiya Natsuki knew very well that Hayasaka was actually extremely jealous; otherwise, the mushrooms she often grew would be 'jealous mushrooms.' If she were to turn around and go on a date with Umi, she would definitely get pricked with paper dolls!

“I’m not going,” Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. “I love Ai the most.”

"Heh." Hayasaka Ai looked at him with disdain and pointed towards the door. "Get out. The young lady will be out of the bath soon."

Amamiya Natsuki shamelessly said:

"Give me a kiss, and I'll go out."

Boom!

Hayasaka Ai clenched her five slender fingers, raised her fist, and punched Amamiya Natsuki, gritting her teeth as she said:

"Perverted student council president! I've put up with you for far too long!"

"Wait, you're too strong." Amamiya Natsuki clutched her chest and backed away. "I'm leaving."

"Come back here." Hayasaka Ai grabbed him, a pleased smile on her face. "Let me beat you up and vent my anger."

"..."

Silent all night.

the next day.

After getting up and having breakfast, Hayasaka Ai picked up her suitcase and said goodbye, and Maid-chan temporarily went offline.

Time finally slowed down.

Hot summer.

The outdoor temperature was approaching forty degrees Celsius, and neither Natsuki Amamiya nor Kaguya wanted to go out. The two stayed at home reading and playing games, enjoying a few rare days of leisure. Every day, they only needed to go out in the evening to help Chizuru apply a healing skill.

These past few days, Senior Sister Yanzi has started her tutoring class life.

Hai Meng is shopping with her friends, enjoying her wonderful summer vacation.

Secretary Qianhua is under house arrest and is temporarily prohibited from going out or running around.

Zhu Zhu is just lounging around at home like a couch potato.

Shoko and her mother went to visit relatives.

Everyone is enjoying this rare moment of peace.

During this time, Yukinoshita Haruno mentioned that she couldn't rest alone and asked if she could stay at his place for a while. Amamiya Natsuki refused, saying that the most important thing in being a person is to keep one's word. She could stick to things, but not to be clingy.

"I am leaving."

As evening approached, Natsuki Amamiya changed her shoes in the entryway, preparing to go out.

The young lady, wearing an apron, stood at the kitchen doorway and said:

"come back earlier."

Amamiya Natsuki waved and walked out of the house to meet Chizuru-san in the sunset. She helped attach the healing skill. The skills produced in the game were obviously unscientific. With one healing spell every day, Chizuru's grandmother's health gradually improved.

After applying the skill, Natsuki Amamiya walked out of the ice cream shop, when suddenly a clear and bright voice rang out, like the song of a nightingale:

"Senior, senior~"

Hearing the sound, Natsuki Amamiya looked over and saw a pink-haired middle school girl with short pigtails waving happily in the sunset. She was wearing a white shirt, and the Squirtle on her chest had big, round eyes.

It was Chika's younger sister, Fujiwara Moeha.

"Senior~" Fujiwara Moeha jogged over and stopped in front of Amamiya Natsuki with a whoosh. The little bunny on her chest bounced around, and her eyes sparkled as she said, "I've discovered a new ghost story."

Chapter 626 Maid and Time Stop...

"Ghost stories?" Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly, "Just another set of online rumors, right?"

Ever since the No-Face Woman incident, Fujiwara Moeha has become exceptionally enthusiastic about all sorts of ghost stories, often sharing the ghost stories she has collected with Amamiya Natsuki—it's normal for a young girl of this age to like ghost stories, but as it turns out, they were all just various online rumors.

When Fujiwara Moeha brought up ghost stories again, Amamiya Natsuki had completely lost interest.

"No, that's not it!" Fujiwara Moeha raised her right hand and hurriedly assured them, "This time it's definitely a ghost story, no doubt about it!"

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

"Then tell me what happened this time."

"Mmm." Fujiwara Moeha nodded happily, tilting her little face up. Her eyes, the same color as Chika's, were as blue as the sky. She chattered, "This ghost story is a strange door."

Amamiya Natsuki, playing the straight man, said:

"What's so strange about it?"

“My classmate told me about it. The person who encountered the ghost story was her brother.” Fujiwara Moeha held up a finger and said excitedly, “My classmate’s brother is a NEET. He dropped out of school for some reason and lives alone in a rented apartment. He doesn’t have a good relationship with his parents, but he and his sister have a good relationship.”

"A few days ago, my classmate suddenly received a message from her brother saying that he had seen a strange door."

"It is said to be a red wooden door. One day, my classmate's older brother went out and saw the door on the wall in the hallway. He found it very strange and complained to my classmate about it. Later, my classmate's older brother suddenly disappeared."

"The last message I sent to my classmate before I disappeared was..." Fujiwara Moeha changed the subject, then asked expectantly, "Senior, senior, guess what it was?"

"Let me guess." Amamiya Natsuki rested her chin on her right hand, pondered for two seconds, and then said, "If you don't court death, you won't die?"

"Woo..."

Fujiwara Moeha's pink cheeks puffed up quickly, and she couldn't help but retort, "Of course it's not that!"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Anyway, your classmate's brother went through that door, right?"

“That’s true… but the message said that the door appeared in the house.” Fujiwara Moeha nodded. “We couldn’t contact him for the next few days, so my classmate was very worried. She went to her brother’s place and checked the surveillance footage. She found that after her brother entered the apartment, he never came out again. He just disappeared into thin air.”

Amamiya Natsuki pondered:

Is that door still inside the room?

“It’s gone.” Fujiwara Moeha shook her head and said, “My classmate said she searched for a long time but couldn’t find the door her brother described.”

After a pause, Fujiwara Moeha continued:

“I’ve read those ghost stories online before, but this one is different. It’s my classmate’s personal experience, so it’s definitely true.”

First it was your entire class, and now it's your classmate's older brother. You've encountered far too many strange tales!

However, since Moeha spoke so confidently, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't be sure if it was false; perhaps it really was a strange entity that had invaded from another world.

Fujiwara Moeha's eyes sparkled with anticipation as she said:

"Senior, when are we going to investigate?"

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said:

"We won't investigate."

"Eh?"

"Have you forgotten the woman in your dream we met before?" Amamiya Natsuki said seriously. "If it's a fabricated rumor, investigating it is a waste of time. If it's really a ghost story, we should stay away from it."

"Woo..."

Fujiwara Moeha grumbled, clearly dissatisfied with the answer.

"It's getting dark soon." Amamiya Natsuki patted Moeha's little head. "Hurry up and go home for dinner."

"Okay~" Fujiwara Moeha said dejectedly, "Senpai, I'm going home."

"..."

Watching Moeha board the tram, Amamiya Natsuki took out her phone and called Chika.

"President?" Secretary Qianhua's familiar voice rang in my ears, "Why are you calling me all of a sudden?"

Amamiya Natsuki said gently:

"I miss Fujiwara-mama."

Fujiwara Chika immediately raised her voice: "I told you not to call me that!"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"As the saying goes, a day apart feels like three autumns. It's been so many autumns since I last saw you. I miss Chika terribly."

Fujiwara Chika's voice sounded a little shy: "I don't believe it... The president and Kaguya-chan are together every day, they must be having so much fun that they don't have time to miss me."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"When is your stay-at-home order over? Come out on a date soon."

Fujiwara Chika said in a clear voice:

"Ugh, Mom's so mean, she's going to ground me for two more days."

Amamiya Natsuki asked, "Where does Chika want to go?"

Fujiwara Chika: "Of course it's shopping... Wait, I'm going to play with Kaguya-chan, not with you."

"..."

After chatting with Chika for a while, Natsuki Amamiya brought up the matter of meeting Moeha and told Chika to keep an eye on the movements of the little sister beast—middle school students of this grade have an exceptionally strong curiosity; they'll even take a second look at an ant nest, and might secretly investigate ghost stories on their own.

Just a reminder, just in case.

Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.

After being released from confinement, Fujiwara Chika was like a caged bird, eager to fly out and call Kaguya and Umi to go shopping at the mall.

Natsuki Amamiya had no interest in shopping. She stayed home alone, played games for a while, and then picked up her phone to send a message to Ai Hayasaka.