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

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow and looked over.

"It hurts... my heart hurts so much..." Sakura Rinko's voice was filled with terror, "That door is going to appear again!"

Amamiya Natsuki turned her head to look around, her gaze quickly focusing on the wall of the apartment.

Suddenly, a red, old wooden door appeared on the wall that should have been empty, as if it had been soaked in blood.

at the same time.

At the same time, the game announcement rang in the ears of Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya—

Chapter 628 Midnight Ghost Bus

You have come into contact with the eerie 'Gate of Despair,' and you have been marked by a curse...

[Real-world guard mission triggered!]

[Mission Objective: Defeat the eerie Gate of Despair that has invaded this world]

[Successfully defeated, you will receive the following rewards—]

[2000 game coins]

[Ten Free Attribute Points]

[Three random skill scrolls]

[One skin card]

[A high-quality prop]

[One copy exemption card]

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya and said softly:

"It's actually good news."

Kaguya Shinomiya nodded slightly and said:

"That's definitely good news."

Having just heard the woman's description of the world beyond the door, the two initially thought it was a fellow player in the game, or a colossal being of the same level. It turns out it was just a bizarre tale of an invasion of the real world... It has to be said, it's indeed quite good news.

"O-Ouch, it hurts so much..." Ms. Sakura clutched her chest, her face pale, and looked frantically at Natsuki Amamiya and the other girl. "My heart hurts so much, I can't breathe... Please, please get rid of it quickly."

"President?" Kaguya Shinomiya looked up and whispered, "Should we just destroy this door?"

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said:

"Destroying it won't do any good."

The moment the door appeared, Natsuki Amamiya stared intently at it without blinking. At that moment, a prompt quietly appeared before her eyes:

(You attempted to destroy the Gate of Despair using physical means, but failed; the gate is not a physical object.)

(After careful consideration, you decide to enter this door to dispel despair with hope.)

"Chika is still inside," Natsuki Amamiya said softly. "We need to go in and find Chika and Moeha first."

Kaguya Shinomiya stepped forward, grasped Natsuki Amamiya's right hand, and calmly said:

"Then let's go in together."

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the woman whose face was contorted in pain, and said seriously:

“Miss Sakura, this door must be destroyed from the inside. We will go in with you.”

Ms. Sakura's expression immediately turned to despair: "R-Do we really have to go in?"

"Don't worry," Natsuki Amamiya said confidently. "We are professional exorcists from the community."

"Wait, wait a minute..." Sakura Rinko's eyes widened. "Aren't you the Paranormal Investigation Bureau?"

Amamiya Natsuki said without changing her expression:

"Ms. Sakura, you were hallucinating just now... If we go in through this door together, we shouldn't end up in different places, right?"

“No…” Sakura Rinko shook her head. “I heard that if doors appear at the same time, you will end up in the same location after entering them.”

"That's good." Amamiya Natsuki said gently, "Let's go in now."

Sakura Rinko was in excruciating heart pain and definitely wouldn't be able to hold on for long, while the others would need at least half an hour to get over.

In other words, it's too late to wait for Haimeng and the others; this time, only Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya can act together.

"First of all, I want to tell everyone..."

Amamiya Natsuki called Haimu, explained the current situation, and asked Haimu to relay the message to the others. Then, she turned to the young lady and said:

"are you ready?"

"Hmm." Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at her, took Natsuki Amamiya's right hand, and said softly, "President, let's go in."

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki took two steps forward, pushed open the red wooden door on the wall, and then stepped inside with Kaguya. Ms. Sakura followed closely behind. As the three figures disappeared from the apartment, the Door of Despair on the wall quietly faded and vanished without a trace.

Unlike the game, entering the Gate of Despair did not cause dizziness or a brief loss of consciousness; instead, it was just complete darkness and deathly silence.

Just to be on the safe side, Natsuki Amamiya held Kaguya's hand and stood still, not moving. Just as she was about to drink a bottle of witch's potion, she suddenly heard a rustling sound.

"Hmm... is that the sound of rain?"

As the sound rang out, the darkness before our eyes quietly dissipated, turning into a thick white mist.

The fog quickly thinned, and Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya's vision became clear.

rainy night.

A torrential downpour poured down from the sky, and muddy water had already appeared on the ground.

dark.

It was pitch black all around, a hopeless darkness devoid of any light.

Just a short distance ahead, there was a small bus stop. Under the rain shelter, a group of pedestrians, men and women, were standing, including a girl wearing dinosaur pajamas with a terrified expression.

"Are you a 'player' in the game of despair?"

Amamiya Natsuki narrowed her eyes slightly, then pulled Kaguya along and ran over.

Whether you're a player or not, you have to get there; you can't just stand in the rain.

Just as they reached the bottom of the platform, a middle-aged woman sighed, her gaze falling on Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya, and said with pity:

"Sigh, two more newcomers have arrived. What a pity."

Natsuki Amamiya glanced around discreetly, and not seeing Ms. Sakura, said:

"Sister, why do you say we're newcomers?"

The middle-aged woman was taken aback. After being called "sister," a smile flashed across her face, but it was fleeting, quickly replaced by numbness and despair. She whispered:

"Because only newcomers emerge from the mist... You two went through that red wooden door, didn't you?"

“That’s right.” Amamiya Natsuki took out a clean towel and handed it to Kaguya, letting the young lady quickly wipe herself dry. Then she asked, “Excuse me, where is this place?”

"This is a place of only death and despair." A man said with a sneer, walked up to Natsuki Amamiya, and unceremoniously held out his hand, "Hey, give me the towel."

The man was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and his exposed arms were covered in tattoos. In Japan, people with tattoos face various forms of discrimination, and many places of consumption prohibit tattooed people from entering. Therefore, very few ordinary people get tattoos; usually, only members of yakuza organizations get them.

Looking at his short buzz cut, fierce eyes, and the cautious attitude of those around him who dared not speak, this guy is most likely a member of the Yakuza in real life.

Amamiya Natsuki glanced at the other person and was about to speak when she suddenly saw a woman appear out of thin air, stagger a few steps, and then run frantically toward the bus stop.

The person who came was Sakura Rinko.

Upon seeing Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya, Ms. Sakura's face immediately lit up with surprise and delight.

"Thank God you didn't abandon me... Everyone, we're saved! They're staff from the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, official members. They came in here to eliminate ghost stories and save us."

There were five or six people standing below the bus stop, but most of them remained silent.

Only when they heard about Ms. Sakura did these people seem to come alive.

"The Paranormal Investigation Bureau?"

"There's even an official organization?"

"They're just high school students... Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"..."

At this moment, a young woman wearing a red tracksuit, with her hair in a ponytail and a cold expression, spoke up:

"They can't be officials, you've been scammed."

"You're talking nonsense!" Ms. Sakura immediately became agitated. "They're not ordinary high school students; they have special abilities. They must be government officials!"

The young woman did not argue; she simply crossed her arms and calmly said:

“My father is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The first thing I did after leaving this door was to ask him. There is no official organization or exorcist. The shrines, temples, exorcists, and yin-yang masters in the real world are all useless. On the contrary, there are more and more terrifying ghost stories in the world.”

"No way...you're lying to me..." Ms. Sakura took two steps back, as if a drowning person was grasping at the last straw, and looked at Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya. "You really are members of the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, you're not lying to me, you can't be lying to me, right?"

"Half true and half false, I suppose." Amamiya Natsuki hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth. Since they were already inside, whether they got out or not was not up to Ms. Sakura. "Actually, we just wanted to... I misspoke, we wanted to sneak in through your door to find someone."

Upon hearing this, Ms. Sakura staggered back half a step, the light in her eyes instantly vanishing, replaced by an expression of despair after all hope had been shattered.

"Fools, to think you could be fooled by high schoolers." The tattooed man sneered. "These two high schoolers are obviously those reckless young people who love ghost stories and won't learn their lesson until they're in their coffins... Hey kid, I'm going to teach you a lesson right now. This isn't a place for kids to play house; it's a real place of despair where people can die."

"The bloody message hasn't appeared yet, it should be in a few more minutes... I didn't realize your girlfriend was so cute. It's such a waste for her to die like this." The tattooed man grinned disgustingly, his gaze passing over Amamiya Natsuki and landing on Kaguya behind her. He stretched out his right hand and said, "Stupid high school students like you have no chance of surviving. Since you're all going to die anyway, lend me your girlfriend to play with..."

Before he could finish speaking, Amamiya Natsuki kicked out expressionlessly, striking the yakuza man squarely in the chest.

boom!

Under the astonished gazes of others, this tall, muscular yakuza man appeared to have been hit head-on by a truck. He was sent flying through the air for seven or eight meters before crashing to the ground with a thud. He then rolled several times before finally coming to a stop, his body soaked with water.

"vomit--"

After the yakuza man stopped, he couldn't even stand up. He knelt on the ground, clutching his stomach and vomiting incessantly, vomiting all over the floor.

Seeing this, everyone showed expressions of shock and subconsciously distanced themselves from Amamiya Natsuki.

Even Ms. Sakura, who was crying in despair and even had resentment in her eyes, stopped in shock and stared blankly at Natsuki Amamiya.