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

On the gloomy, dimly lit floor, there was a strange insect the size of a washbasin. Upon seeing the group appear, the insect immediately straightened up and made a terrifying hissing sound.

"A facehugger?!"

Fujiwara Chika was startled.

Facehuggers aren't that big, and those things should be found on spaceships, not in medieval castles.

Because of the dim light, Natsuki Amamiya couldn't see clearly, but this insect... does it look a bit like a river crab?

"Fuck!"

"What terrifying bugs!"

The other players, who had been chased to the second floor by the scarecrow, were also startled when they saw this scene. Without saying a word, they quickly chose the opposite direction from Amamiya Natsuki and ran deeper into the castle.

"Let's go up to the third floor," Kaguya Shinomiya reminded him, frowning.

Such a large insect makes one completely unwilling to approach it.

"Go upstairs."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and ran towards the third floor.

At this point, the players split into two teams. The other five players, Rikka, pulled the girl with long black hair and followed behind Amamiya Natsuki and the other two, running together to the third floor.

"Huh...huh..."

Fujiwara Chika clutched her chest, breathing softly. "You should be alright now, right?"

"Should we find a room to hide in?" Rikka suggested.

“No need,” Kaguya Shinomiya shook her head. “The scarecrow is very slow. We can stay in the middle of the corridor and deal with it no matter which direction it appears from.”

“Indeed, we shouldn’t have hidden in the room,” Yukino Yukinoshita agreed, “…provided that there are only two scarecrows and that puppet butler in the castle.”

Natsuki Amamiya looked out the window. The blizzard outside the castle showed no signs of stopping, and the sky remained gloomy and dark, as if it would continue to fall until the end of the world.

dong dong dong.

Heavy footsteps suddenly sounded.

Natsuki Amamiya looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall monster with an empty neck at the end of the corridor.

"Eh, Ghost Rider?" Fujiwara Chika blurted out.

Amamiya Natsuki said, "He looks like a headless knight no matter how you look at it."

Ghost Rider is a top-tier force in the Marvel Universe; Headless Horseman isn't even worthy of carrying his shoes!

Watching the headless knight approach, Natsuki Amamiya pondered:

"If it were the only one..."

Wow.

Before he could finish speaking, a door on the right side of the corridor was suddenly pushed open.

A woman dressed in a maid's dress came out. The hem of the maid's dress was very long, almost dragging on the ground. It was an extremely classic maid outfit.

"There are maids in the castle?" Amamiya Natsuki asked in surprise.

The maid slowly turned around, revealing a pair of dark, hollow eye sockets.

So here's the question.

It's quite normal for a vengeful maid to appear in a vengeful castle, right?

Two vengeful spirits appeared together, and the group couldn't use their combined anti-gangster attack. They silently retreated and headed in another direction of the corridor.

"How strange." Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but complain, "There was nothing there just now, how come so many vengeful spirits suddenly appeared?"

Amamiya Natsuki retorted, "You just said it was deserted."

Fujiwara Chika: "It's too lively now, it would be better if it were quiet."

"You two, stop talking now..."

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but exclaim, when out of the corner of her eye she suddenly caught sight of a dark shadow flying down the corridor. She tried to react, but it was too late.

Just then, Natsuki Amamiya reacted quickly, suddenly shifting half a step to the side and blocking Kaguya Shinomiya's path.

Snapped!

A splash of blood bloomed on Natsuki Amamiya's shoulder.

Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly opened her eyes wide, her heart clenching as if someone had grabbed it.

"Why doesn't it hurt at all?"

Amamiya Natsuki was surprised.

During this period, Miko stepped on her back to recharge her energy, which significantly improved Amamiya Natsuki's physical fitness. Just now, her body reacted too quickly, and her consciousness couldn't keep up.

"Someone is attacking!"

Fujiwara Chika quickly called out.

shhhhh!

From the darkness ahead, something else flew towards them. The group covered their heads and dodged, but the projectiles struck the walls of the castle, quickly exploding into pools of red blood.

Forced by circumstances, Amamiya Natsuki saw a door nearby, reached out and pushed it open to temporarily hide. Shinomiya Kaguya followed closely behind him, while Fujiwara Chika and the other two entered another room.

The door was closed temporarily.

Amamiya Natsuki breathed a sigh of relief, then felt her right hand being tightly gripped. Turning her head, she saw the Ice Sculpture Young Lady biting her lower lip tightly. "Quickly squat down."

"Ok?"

"Let me check how your shoulder is."

"It's nothing." Natsuki Amamiya reached up and wiped her shoulder, quickly revealing a sticky red liquid on her hand. "It looks like... ketchup?"

Chapter 95 The Slave Princess in Distress

"...ketchup?"

Kaguya Shinomiya was surprised. She curiously dipped her finger in the sauce and her eyes widened slightly. "It really is ketchup... Why would anyone use ketchup as a weapon?"

“To be precise, it should be a vengeful spirit,” Natsuki Amamiya corrected. “I’m also very curious about what kind of vengeful spirit uses ketchup as a weapon; wasting food is a very bad thing to do.”

"Don't talk about wasting food at a time like this," Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but chide, her pink lips slightly pursed. "...How is Fujiwara now?"

In the eyes of the Ice Sculpture Lady, apart from Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika, no one else matters.

"The three of them have hidden in the room in front," Natsuki Amamiya said in a low voice. "I'll check the situation outside first."

Amamiya Natsuki walked behind the door, first listening intently to the sounds outside. After confirming there was no noise, she quietly opened the door a crack and cautiously peered out.

The corridor was empty.

The headless knight and the vengeful maid from before have all vanished without a trace.

Amamiya Natsuki cautiously took half a step, placing one foot on the corridor, and was not attacked by the ketchup again.

"The vengeful spirits seem to have left. Just to be safe, shall we wait a little longer... Hmm?"

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly realized something halfway through her sentence.

Why has there been no sound behind me since just now?

Turning around quickly, Natsuki Amamiya found that there was no one behind her.

The gloomy, dimly lit room had become empty without anyone noticing; Kaguya Shinomiya had vanished without a trace.

So... where did they go?

[You look closely, and your future wife has mysteriously disappeared in a secret room...]

Hey, this kind of thing doesn't need any prompting at all!

Through analysis and reasoning, you have determined that there is no superpower of spatial teleportation in the game.

"I'm really not sure." Amamiya Natsuki pressed her finger to her brow, her gaze slowly sweeping across the entire room. "There's no spatial teleportation, so the person is still inside?"

"Have I been made invisible?"

"Or is there a secret room inside the room?"

"or……"

Amamiya Natsuki silently raised her head and looked up at the roof. Her mouth was sealed by spider silk, and only the teary-eyed, ice-sculpted young lady appeared in her eyes.

Well, not really.

The rooftop was empty; there was nothing there.

"Looks like it's not a horror story, but a mystery puzzle?" Amamiya Natsuki clenched her right fist and lightly tapped her left palm. "This is Fujiwara's favorite detective segment."

The room was not large, with only one window about the size of a human head, and a finger-thick iron bar welded to the window. Inside, there was only a bed, a chair, a simple wardrobe against the wall, and a portrait of a woman whose face was not clearly visible on the wall.

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the wardrobe, reached out and opened it. Sure enough, it was empty except for a faded blue uniform with the number 37921 on the left side of the chest.

There was a book next to the pillow on the bed. Amamiya Natsuki reached out and picked it up, only to find that it was a Bible. After opening it, she saw a line of text written on the title page.

“You know, some birds are destined not to be caged; every feather of theirs shines with the light of freedom.”

After careful recollection, you successfully recalled the source of this sentence.

“No need to recall carefully.” Natsuki Amamiya closed the book and walked to the portrait hanging on the wall. “To play a game like this is too much of a copyright infringement issue.”

By casually lifting the portrait, a passageway large enough for a person to crawl through appeared before Natsuki Amamiya.

"I hope there won't be any chocolate sauce inside after I climb out."

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the door. Fujiwara Chika hadn't come over yet, clearly she was also in trouble.

Climbing into the passage, Amamiya Natsuki followed it forward and soon saw a glimmer of light, followed by a downward exit.

"It should be a room on the second floor..."

Natsuki Amamiya pondered silently, then leaned closer to the exit and looked down. The room below was dimly lit, with a faint candle burning on the wall. She could only vaguely make out an iron cage in the corner of the room.

Through careful observation, you discovered that there was no danger below.

"very good."