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

"Let's keep going." Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms. "Find Chika and Moeha as soon as possible."

When they first entered, Natsuki Amamiya contacted Chika with a red rope, and Chika quickly responded. Clearly, they were in the same space, but just couldn't meet.

In gaming terms, it's like being in different 'levels'.

Having confirmed this, Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya had already discussed their plan of action—they didn't need to know which level Chika was in; they just needed to push through each level one by one, and they would definitely find Chika and Moeha.

However, relying solely on foot to overcome the obstacles is too slow, so...

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the ghost driver beside her, took out a Momotaro rice ball, and smiled:

"Driver, it was my fault for being so rough with you earlier. This is an apology, please accept it."

The ghost driver's crimson eyes darted around suspiciously. After a moment's hesitation, he reached out his right hand and took the rice ball.

This stuff has a strange allure for evil spirits; in short, why not take it?

Gudong.

After eating the rice ball, the ghost driver's favorability rating was forcibly increased, and his gaze towards Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya-sama finally returned to normal, no longer as fierce as before.

Natsuki Amamiya didn't waste any words, holding up one finger and saying:

“Driver, we want to go to other ‘checkpoints’. Can you drive us there? We’ll give you a rice ball after we’re done.”

The ghost driver hesitated for a few seconds, then said fiercely:

"Two... rice balls..."

Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said:

"It's a deal, transaction."

Ghost driver: "..."

Chapter 632 Evil Spirit: Have I Met a Fellow Traveler?

The deal is done.

Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya board the ghost bus again, officially turning the bus into their private vehicle, while also asking the ghost driver for information about the other 'levels'.

Unfortunately, no useful information was obtained.

The evil spirits in the space behind the door possess a certain level of intelligence, but not much. Amamiya Natsuki estimated that the ghost driver was not even as smart as a Border Collie, basically only operating in its own territory and knowing very little about the situation in other areas.

Seeing that he could not obtain any useful information, Natsuki Amamiya stopped talking and waited quietly with Kaguya.

After a while.

The ghost bus slowly slowed down and came to a stop.

The ghost driver said in a hoarse voice:

"……arrive."

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look outside. In the distance, a blood moon hung in the sky, and beneath it stood an abandoned, dilapidated villa.

The ghost bus stopped at the edge of the rain curtain. Just one step away, the downpour abruptly stopped, forming a very clear dividing line on the ground, making the checkpoint seem particularly obvious.

"I wonder if Chika is inside..." Amamiya Natsuki sighed softly, stood up, and said, "Let's go check."

Now that we have no way to contact Qianhua, we can only use the most inefficient method to find her one step at a time.

Fortunately, Chika is not in any immediate danger. The two communicate with each other every minute using the red string on their fingers to ensure each other's safety.

As they were about to get off the bus, the ghost driver suddenly stretched out his withered arm and stopped Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya:

"I didn't get a rice ball..."

"I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it." Amamiya Natsuki slapped her forehead, took out a rice ball and handed it over, "A person should keep their word, so of course you won't be shortchanged."

The ghost driver's eyes flickered: "Two... rice balls..."

Hey, I didn't realize you, an evil spirit, could actually count.

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:

"Here's a rice ball for you. Don't move around here. We'll give you the other rice ball when we come out of the villa. We'll also give you an extra rice ball then. You've really hit the jackpot."

That's right.

Natsuki Amamiya not only uses the official vehicle for personal purposes, but also plans to lock it up.

The driver was a little confused: "It seems... we made a profit?"

"That `s a deal."

Amamiya Natsuki handed over the rice ball and stepped off the ghost bus with the young lady.

With one step, they crossed the dividing line of the torrential rain and officially entered the 'checkpoint' area of ​​the abandoned villa.

"Ms. Sakura said that the first place she appeared after entering the door was an abandoned villa." Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her pink lips slightly, examining the abandoned villa in front of her. "Could this be it?"

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

"It's highly likely. This strange tale about the door doesn't care about sustainable development; everything is about exploiting despair. Each level is probably being reused, since no human can leave alive anyway."

“According to Ms. Sakura, the mission in the abandoned villa is to survive for six hours until dawn,” Kaguya Shinomiya said softly. “During this time, evil spirits will relentlessly pursue the players… Let’s hurry, hopefully we can still save them in time.”

Those caught up in the Ghost Stories Gate are the unluckiest of the unluckiest. Although Kaguya Shinomiya doesn't want to save the world like Chika, she won't stand idly by if she can save others within her power—no one is alone, and those unlucky souls are all someone else's children or parents, and every life is precious.

If you are successful, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be alone.

Not to mention that the Gate of Despair requires the power of hope to destroy it.

Amamiya Natsuki quickened her pace and ran towards the abandoned villa with the young lady.

at the same time.

Inside an abandoned villa.

“The blood letter has appeared. It seems all the participants have arrived.” A middle-aged man in a trench coat said solemnly, “You newcomers, remember the contents of the blood letter. It is the key to your survival.”

Surrounding the middle-aged man were four or five people, both men and women, each with a fearful and uneasy expression on their faces. They were clearly newbies, and all they knew how to do was nod like chickens pecking at rice.

A young girl timidly raised her hand and asked:

"Excuse me... do we only need to stay for six hours before we can go home?"

"Just?" The middle-aged man in the trench coat suddenly turned his head, his eyes bloodshot, his expression hiding madness. "You think six hours is easy? You think you can just easily get through it?"

The girl was startled and quickly bowed and apologized.

"Yeah, sorry!"

“I already said, there’s definitely an evil spirit or monster inside this abandoned villa.” The middle-aged man’s expression was ferocious, and his voice was filled with despair. “We need to survive six hours of its or their slaughter, not for you to come on vacation!”

"Wait until you're the last one alive before you think about going home."

"..."

No one dared to speak.

These newbies had never experienced the terror of evil spirits before, but they could clearly see the despair on the middle-aged man's face. This was a 'veteran player,' yet he was so desperate... A shadow fell over everyone's hearts.

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice:

"That's all I have to say. Whether you survive or not is entirely up to you... Don't look at me. Even I have no confidence in surviving. This world is just that hopeless."

"However, generally speaking, evil spirits don't appear immediately to kill people. You can use this time to look for clues, which might increase your chances of survival..."

The words are not finished yet.

boom.

A soft sound came from the villa door.

All the unfortunate souls turned their heads and nervously looked towards the door.

"Did someone knock on the door just now?"

"Could it be a hallucination?"

“It wasn’t a hallucination, we all heard it.”

"Perhaps something accidentally bumped into the door?"

"..."

Bang bang bang.

The rhythmic knocking sounded again, shattering the unfortunate souls' illusions.

All the newbies looked at the middle-aged man in a panic.

The middle-aged man's expression was extremely grim, his gaze fixed on the door. He hadn't expected the evil spirit to appear so soon after the blood-red words appeared. He lowered his voice and said:

"Stay calm, don't panic. The evil spirit is probably knocking on the door to create psychological pressure; it won't actually break in..."

Before he could finish speaking, the door suddenly creaked open and was slowly pushed open from the outside by some creature.

Newbie: "..."

Middle-aged man: "..."

Looking out through the door, a blood-red moon hung high in the night sky, and two blurry figures with indistinct faces stood at the doorway.

"Split up and run!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the middle-aged man turned and ran.

"Evil... evil spirits are coming!"

The middle-aged man's escape immediately alerted the others. Seeing that even the 'veteran players' had run away, the newbies followed suit and turned to run as well. There's no way around it; humans are actually very obedient creatures, especially in dangerous environments, and it's difficult for them to have their own opinions.

"Wait a moment……"

Amamiya Natsuki raised her hand to call out to these people, but before she could finish speaking, the unlucky guys had already disappeared.

"Did we scare them?"

Amamiya Natsuki reluctantly withdrew her hand and looked at the young lady beside her.

“President, you can remove ‘seems’.” Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms. “It really did scare those people.”

Amamiya Natsuki sighed: