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

"I should have just sneaked in and appeared in front of them instead of knocking."

"That behavior is even scarier!" Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but complain, then said, "It seems there were six people in total just now, all of them ran deep into the villa. We need to find them as soon as possible, lest they encounter evil spirits... Chairman, let's split up."

Amamiya Natsuki hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement:

"Then let's split up and be careful. Call for backup if there's any danger."

The evil spirits and monsters behind the Gate of Despair are actually quite weak. If they were all at the level of the passengers on the Ghost Bus, Kaguya Shinomiya could easily deal with them.

Kaguya Shinomiya looked up and said:

"To be on the safe side, let's use the protective charm to communicate."

"Ahem..." Natsuki Amamiya coughed lightly, took out black clay, poured his mind into it, and shaped the clay into his own image. Then, he used his mind to control the doll to jump onto Kaguya's shoulder. "A clone is safer. It can help you observe from 360 degrees without blind spots. You don't have to worry about being attacked from behind."

I dare not use a love charm.

I absolutely dare not use it.

After activating the amulet, the two can hear each other's thoughts, and the thoughts are presented in the form of images. However, humans cannot control their own thoughts. If an indescribable scene between Haimeng and Hayasaka accidentally appears in their minds, it is hard to imagine what might happen!

A hint of doubt flashed in Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes. She pursed her pink lips slightly and silently thought to herself:

"The president... seems to be hiding something from me?"

The thought flashed through her mind, but Kaguya Shinomiya quickly suppressed her doubts. With important matters at hand, she let out a soft breath and said:

"Then let's put it that way and get started."

"Okay... Let's break it down into two parts, you take care of the left side, and I'll search the right side."

Natsuki Amamiya nodded, and she and Kaguya parted ways to search for the unlucky fellows who were running around everywhere.

Tons tons tons.

Natsuki Amamiya tilted her head back and drank a bottle of witch's potion, activating her night vision ability. Then she entered the second-floor corridor and began searching for someone.

This abandoned villa has been in disrepair for many years and is dilapidated, with dust covering the ground.

Looking down, Natsuki Amamiya could clearly see the messy footprints on the ground.

(Although the footprints are messy, judging from their size and outline, there should be two people. In other words, there are two unlucky guys hiding on the second floor...)

Natsuki Amamiya walked along the dusty footprints in the corridor, and soon stopped in front of a door.

(The footprints turned into a pair... a messy pattern appeared on the ground. Did someone slip and fall?)

(Excluding the possibility that someone carried the fallen person while they ran, the person who fell and was left alone most likely hid in a nearby room.)

Amamiya Natsuki shifted her gaze, sweeping across the doors on both sides of the corridor before finally settling on the door on the right side of the corridor.

The villa was in disrepair and covered in dust, including the two doorknobs.

At this moment, the doorknob on the left is covered in dust, while the doorknob on the right is much cleaner... It's clear where the unfortunate lone wolf is hiding.

dong dong dong.

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the door on the right and knocked.

"..."

There was complete silence behind the door; there was no response.

Even so, Natsuki Amamiya still politely said:

"I'm in."

The villa was in disrepair and the door lock had stopped working. Amamiya Natsuki casually turned the lock and opened it before stepping into the room.

The room was equally dilapidated, with broken and tattered items scattered everywhere, and a dusty full-length mirror placed behind the door.

Natsuki Amamiya stood in the doorway, her gaze sweeping over the worn-out wardrobe and bed. After a moment's hesitation, she spoke:

"Don't be afraid, I am human, not an evil spirit."

It's unclear what's wrong with the unfortunate person hiding in the room. If they have a heart condition, suddenly approaching them might scare them into a serious injury.

at the same time.

In the dull, dark closet, a little girl in pajamas covered her mouth tightly with both hands, her eyes brimming with tears, too afraid to make a sound, or even to breathe.

fraud!

It's definitely a scam!

The middle-aged man said that the blood-written words would only appear after everyone had arrived, and the voice of the person speaking outside was not anyone else's voice... It must be an evil spirit!

“I know you’re in the room. Come out first,” Amamiya Natsuki called out. “Don’t be afraid, I’m really not a bad person.”

"..."

They're still lying.

The middle-aged man once said that you can't believe a single word the evil spirit says, because if you go out, you'll be killed immediately!

Well, it seems that ordinary persuasion won't work unless we present compelling human evidence.

Amamiya Natsuki paused for a moment, then said:

"Then let me tell you a headline... Just the day before yesterday, the most expensive ice cream in history, worth 16.3 billion, was born."

"Eh?"

The girl hiding in the closet was startled, then slowly opened her eyes wide.

The most expensive ice cream in history... This was news a couple of days ago. How did the evil spirit know about it?

Could it be that the guy outside really isn't an evil spirit?

Natsuki Amamiya continued:

"The Japanese feminist movement has suffered a major defeat. As we all know, at least half of the current molestation cases are fake. The truth is that women are extorting money at no cost. The male victims either have to pay money to settle the matter or lose their jobs and have their lives ruined. However, the law stipulates that fighting only results in one to fifteen days of detention. Therefore, recently there have been many news reports on Twitter about men and women fighting on public transportation."

"obscene?"

"No, we were just fighting."

The girl in the closet: "..."

Amamiya Natsuki sighed and said:

"Are you in the closet? I don't want to scare you by just opening the door, but time is limited, and I still need to find the others. If you don't come out soon, I'll have to resort to violence."

"It's out..."

A weak voice came from inside the wardrobe.

The girl in the closet felt completely confused, but after much deliberation, she ultimately chose to believe Natsuki Amamiya.

Not only does it know the news on Twitter, but it can also analyze the reasons and truths behind it, so the person speaking outside is most likely not an evil spirit.

Secondly... since I've already made it clear that I'm hiding in the closet, continuing to hide would only be self-deception and pointless.

at the same time.

The full-length mirror behind Natsuki Amamiya.

A question mark slowly appeared above the head of an evil spirit with bloodshot eyes and an aura of malice.

Did I... meet someone in the same field?

"call……"

The girl in the wardrobe took a deep breath, covered her chest with one hand, and carefully pushed open the wardrobe door with the other.

A blood moon cast its pale light through the window.

Upon seeing Amamiya Natsuki clearly, the girl in the pajamas suddenly opened her eyes wide, her face showing fear.

"Carry, carry, carry..."

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Natsuki Amamiya grabbed out of thin air the moment the girl in the pajamas spoke, suddenly pulling out a blood-stained fire axe. Then, he twisted his waist and exerted force, the axe leaving a blur as it slashed behind him.

laugh--

The sound of an axe piercing flesh rang out immediately.

This was followed by a terrifying scream that was so piercing it could shatter eardrums.

Seeing the terrifying evil spirit covered in blood, Natsuki Amamiya drew her axe, intending to finish it off, but the evil spirit suddenly turned into darkness and disappeared into the mirror.

"Pity."

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly, then sheathed her axe, while simultaneously conveying to Kaguya through her clone that the opponent could launch a sneak attack through the mirror.

The intelligence has been delivered.

Amamiya Natsuki focused her mind and looked at the trembling girl in the closet: "That evil spirit won't appear for now, come out."

The girl's eyes were brimming with tears, and she dared not speak, only shaking her head repeatedly.

To her, the stranger who chops down evil spirits with an axe is just as terrifying as the evil spirits themselves.

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze fell on the girl's small face, and he suddenly said:

"Hmm... Hanamaru-kun?"

That's right.

The little girl hiding in the closet was Moeha's classmate from the next class. Amamiya Natsuki had seen her before on the coffee shop's security camera footage, and she remembered her very clearly.

It seems Ms. Sakura was right; the curse of the Gate of Despair can be contagious to those who are curious. Moeha entered, and this little middle school student was quite normal after entering the gate.

"Huh?" The girl trembling in the closet was startled, her eyes widening in surprise. "W-Why do you know my name?"

"..."

Natsuki Amamiya didn't say anything, but took half a step back and took out a small desk lamp from her game backpack.

The soft light instantly dispelled the darkness in the room.

With the light source, the girl in the pajamas finally saw Amamiya Natsuki's face clearly, her mouth agape in disbelief: "Eh? Senpai?!"

As the student council president, Natsuki Amamiya was quite well-known at school, and many people knew him.

“It’s me.” Natsuki Amamiya explained gently, “Moyo and Chika went missing. They called me and said they went through this door, so I came in to find them. As for your identity, I saw you and Moyo when I checked the café’s security footage, so I recognized you.”

The junior high school girl immediately tensed up and said worriedly: