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

However... it's better to have more people than to be all alone hiding under the bed. The dirt isn't the main problem; the psychological pressure is just too much, and the fear could crush her.

Natsuki Amamiya glanced discreetly at the mirror in the room, where she could vaguely see the figure of an evil female spirit reflected in the mirror.

The evil spirit clearly remembered being slashed earlier. It remained hidden in the mirror, its eyes filled with venom as it stared at Natsuki Amamiya, ready to devour her.

"Since there's nothing else, let's go out first." Amamiya Natsuki said in a cold tone, "As for my identity, we'll talk about it later."

The woman hesitated, "You..."

Amamiya Natsuki said calmly:

"If you're not comfortable with that, you can act alone. I have no objection. Just don't regret it."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the woman immediately shut her mouth and obediently walked to the middle school girl's side.

Many people are like this.

Being overly enthusiastic in helping might arouse suspicion that the other party has ulterior motives; in such cases, it's best to remain indifferent.

"Let's go, let's meet up with everyone first."

Natsuki Amamiya deliberately lagged behind to leave the room, exposing his back to the evil spirit. Unfortunately, the evil spirit did not launch an attack until he left the room.

Pity.

It learned its lesson after just one axe blow; its intelligence is probably at the level of a Border Collie.

"Let's go back to the lobby on the first floor first."

Amamiya Natsuki stepped down.

He had just contacted Kaguya through his clone and quickly learned that the young lady was more efficient and had already found three new rookies. After a brief discussion, they decided to meet up in the lobby on the first floor.

The woman in her pajamas followed Hanamaru, her face full of guilt, and whispered an apology:

"I'm so sorry about what happened earlier... My daughter was just born, I can't leave her behind, I have to get back alive..."

"Ah, it's okay." The junior high school girl quickly shook her head upon hearing this. Although she was still a little bothered, her values, which she had developed since childhood, made her subconsciously choose to forgive the other person. She whispered, "I accidentally fell down. It's not your fault."

"I'm so sorry!"

"..."

Natsuki Amamiya listened to the conversation between the two people behind her without any emotional reaction.

No one knew whether the female office worker had a daughter, and Natsuki Amamiya didn't care whether what the other person said was true or false, whether it was a sincere apology or just something she was saying on purpose. She was just a passerby, and after leaving this place, she probably wouldn't meet her again in this lifetime, so she didn't take it to heart at all.

After a while.

Natsuki Amamiya, accompanied by two women, one adult and one child, arrived first in the lobby.

Not long after, Kaguya Shinomiya arrived with three other random players.

"Eh, Kaguya-senpai?"

The middle school girl opened her eyes wide and looked at Kaguya Shinomiya in surprise.

Natsuki Amamiya is just the student council president, while Kaguya is one of the three most beautiful girls in the high school, and her fame even surpasses that of Natsuki Amamiya. Basically, everyone knows her.

"Hanamaru-kun." Kaguya Shinomiya nodded gently and said softly, "It's good that you're alright."

The junior high school girl was flattered and said:

How did Kaguya-senpai know my name?

“I saw it on the surveillance footage earlier…” Kaguya Shinomiya explained briefly, then looked at Natsuki Amamiya, “President, there’s still one middle-aged man we haven’t found.”

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

"You take care of them, I'll go find him."

Kaguya Shinomiya agreed:

"give it to me."

If it were Shoko, who has communication difficulties, managing five rookies would be quite difficult, but the young lady has no problem at all. Not to mention that these people are already easily frightened, even if there are any troublemakers, Kaguya Shinomiya can easily handle them.

Natsuki Amamiya added:

"That evil spirit can appear through mirrors, but it's very likely that it can appear through more than just mirrors. Any reflective surface could be a possibility. Be careful."

A newbie cautiously said:

"Um, do evil spirits really exist?"

“Of course!” The first girl from junior high school stood up. “I saw it with my own eyes. The evil spirit crawled out of the mirror, but was chopped down by the senior with an axe. Who knew that its body would turn into black mist and crawl back into the mirror.”

Another man, his face ashen, said:

“I saw it too. There was definitely an evil spirit. It flashed by in the mirror.”

A woman hesitated and said:

"I didn't see any evil spirits... Could it be a real prank?"

Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms and said in a cold tone:

"The only person we need to protect is Hanamaru. If you suspect it's a prank, you can leave now. We won't stop you."

"..."

The woman immediately fell silent.

I woke up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain in my heart and saw a strange door on the wall. I went through the door and found myself in an abandoned, unfamiliar villa... Everyone knew that the probability of it being a prank was extremely low.

Kaguya Shinomiya wouldn't tolerate these people either; if they caused trouble, she would simply make them leave.

Explanation?

Not at all.

The other party will fill in the blanks in their own mind and then naturally stay, since sticking together for survival is a human instinct.

By this time, Natsuki Amamiya had already gone up to the second floor. She had found all five newbies, but the last one, the middle-aged man, was nowhere to be found for the time being.

As a seasoned player, the middle-aged man was quite cautious. Natsuki Amamiya followed the tracks on the ground and arrived at a room in the corner, only to find it completely empty and devoid of any information.

"Has it been attacked by evil spirits?"

Just as I was wondering whether to call out to Mrs. Kaguya, a terrified scream suddenly rang out from next door.

Next room.

A middle-aged man stood in front of a mirror, his face filled with terror and despair, as a female evil spirit grabbed his shoulder and dragged him into the mirror.

When an ordinary person is touched by an evil spirit, they will feel a chill quickly spread throughout their body, followed by a loss of all reaction and no power to resist.

The middle-aged man could only watch helplessly as he was dragged into the mirror, as if he were being devoured bit by bit by a giant python from his legs to his back, and the despair in his heart was about to overflow.

boom!

The door was suddenly kicked open.

Immediately afterwards, Natsuki Amamiya appeared in the room.

Before the middle-aged man could react to what was happening, he saw a look of terror on the face of the female evil spirit whose upper body was sticking out of the mirror. Then, the suffocation and coldness that had been spreading throughout his body suddenly dissipated, followed by a crisp sound.

Wow!

The mirror shattered into countless pieces, and the female evil spirit vanished without a trace.

"Tsk, it escaped again."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at the middle-aged man who was lying on the ground covered in sweat and blood, and took out a flashlight to illuminate the scene: "Get up, let's meet on the first floor first."

The middle-aged man, still shaken, sat up with rapid breathing:

"Who are you?"

Natsuki Amamiya said in a serious tone:

“I am an exorcist who specializes in dealing with ghost stories. Everyone else has been found, but you are the one who has been hiding the deepest.”

Middle-aged man: "..."

After a while.

Amamiya Natsuki led the middle-aged man back to the lobby on the first floor.

"Hey, what's wrong, uncle?"

Someone asked in surprise.

Natsuki Amamiya casually remarked:

"He was attacked by an evil spirit. Luckily, I arrived in time, or he would have been gone."

Seeing the middle-aged man covered in blood, his skin torn and his body in a particularly pitiful state, the few newbies who had initially had some doubts now had all their suspicions vanished.

Little did they know that the feelings of middle-aged men are even more complicated.

One, two, three, four, five... All five rookies were unharmed, except for being covered in dust and looking a bit disheveled; no one was injured.

Now, he was covered in wounds and had just teetered on the brink of death. The contrast between the two made him want to cry but had no tears left.

“I was the one who knocked on the door just now. Evil spirits don’t knock politely on your door.” Amamiya Natsuki glanced at the middle-aged man and added, “If you don’t lead the way and run, we’ll all be saved from trouble.”

"Don't say anymore, senior." The junior high school girl couldn't bear it and whispered, "Uncle is about to cry."

Middle-aged man: "..."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya and said softly:

"The evil spirit in the villa is quite intelligent. I was about to drag it into the mirror when it saw me enter the room, so it decisively let go and hid back inside."

Upon hearing this, Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her pink lips and whispered:

"We don't have that much time..."

The evil spirit in the mirror will be afraid. In other words, as long as Natsuki Amamiya is there, it should not dare to show itself and can easily get through the six hours until the end of the level.

But Chika and Moeha don't know the situation yet, so they can't afford to waste six hours in the villa.

and so……

"The only way is to deal with that evil spirit." Kaguya Shinomiya took a deep breath, her gaze quickly hardening, and said softly, "I'll go to the bathroom alone, let that evil spirit drag me into the mirror, and then deal with it in the mirror space."