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

Since we can communicate, let's communicate first.

"Butler, my companion is still in the cage," Natsuki Amamiya said calmly. "Could you release her first?"

The puppet butler adjusted his bow tie, glanced at the caged pet princess, and his wooden eyes moved slightly:

“I’m sorry, as your butler, I can’t offer you any real help,” the puppet butler said in a low voice. “However, we can play a game.”

We were just talking about playing games, isn't your gaming addiction a bit too much?

"What game?" Natsuki Amamiya asked.

The puppet butler reached into its robes and pulled out a transparent glass bottle almost as tall as its body, shaped like a beer bottle.

"Dear guest, your childhood was not happy. Your parents were busy with work and never participated in your school activities. You moved around a lot when you were young, so you didn't make any friends."

“When you were eight years old, you caught a cold and had a fever. You survived by the last person in the room. From then on, you believed that there were only false feelings between people, that family and friendship were meaningless, and that loneliness was the true meaning of life.”

Natsuki Amamiya looked at the puppet butler with a blank expression.

“But recently, your life principles seem to have wavered. You’ve started to develop feelings for a certain girl, and the concepts of friendship and companionship have reappeared in your vocabulary.” The puppet butler glanced at the ice sculpture girl in the iron cage and continued in a hoarse voice, “…Then, please make your choice.”

Amamiya Natsuki glanced at Shinomiya Kaguya out of the corner of her eye and noticed that the ice sculpture-like young lady actually had a slight upturn at the corner of her lips.

Hey, what are you laughing at?

The girl you have a crush on doesn't necessarily have to be you; she could also be your best friend!

"The game is very simple."

The puppet butler placed the transparent glass bottle on the table, revealing a semi-transparent liquid inside and a small piece of wood floating on the surface.

"Please remove the wooden block from the bottle without touching it." The puppet butler took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his hands again. "Once you complete the game, I will tell you the correct way to open the iron cage."

Natsuki Amamiya looked at the glass bottle on the table and couldn't help but complain, "...Isn't this just the crow drinking water game? This game is too easy!"

A crow picks up a pebble and throws it into a bottle, causing the water level to rise continuously until it finally drinks the water. Even elementary school students know how to play this game.

"Then, please begin." The puppet butler spread his hands.

Amamiya Natsuki turned her head and scanned the room, finding that apart from the table, the cage, and a bunch of useless keys, there wasn't even a speck of dust on the floor.

Throwing stones is clearly not a viable method.

“There are no pebbles.” Natsuki Amamiya looked at the puppet butler and asked, “Would pouring other liquids into the bottle also raise the water level?”

"can."

The puppet butler expressed his approval.

"Other liquids..."

Kaguya Shinomiya quickly frowned, having already seen through the puppet butler's sinister intentions.

The room was completely empty; to fill the bottle, you would definitely need to...

next moment.

Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly opened her eyes wide in shock, seeing Natsuki Amamiya looking down at her pants, and couldn't help but exclaim:

"What are you thinking about!"

Chapter 97 Hand Sanitizer God of War

"...What are you thinking about!"

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but exclaim, her silly side once again taking over, "It's blood, not that kind of thing!"

“There are many types of bodily fluids,” Natsuki Amamiya said logically. “I think it’s feasible.”

In Fujiwara Chika's words, that kind of stuff can be used to drink in an emergency, and now it's just used to fill the bottle, which is perfectly fine.

Amamiya Natsuki placed her right hand on her belt and said seriously:

"I've always been curious whether you can take off your clothes in games, and now I can finally find out."

"Human, what's going on in your head?!" The puppet butler couldn't take it anymore and stepped forward angrily. "Don't touch my bottle!"

Amamiya Natsuki looked down and asked, "What if I get you dirty?"

"……what?"

The puppet butler looked up in surprise.

next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki simply reached out and grabbed the puppet butler's body.

"Useless human." The puppet butler completely disregarded him. "In this ancient castle, I can... wait, what's wrong with my body?"

The puppet butler was shocked to discover that his body had completely lost its ability to move.

Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said, "Zhang San, I've got you."

Previously in the lobby, Fujiwara Chika had changed the puppet butler's name to Zhang San. As long as the target is not switched, the name change effect will remain.

Therefore, Natsuki Amamiya is able to capture the puppet butler with 100% accuracy.

“Even if you catch me, it won’t do you any good.” The puppet butler quickly calmed down. “I am just a puppet. I don’t have the five senses of a human. Pain is meaningless to me.”

Natsuki Amamiya nodded in understanding:

"So I have no intention of using torture to extract a confession from Mr. Billy."

"Wait a minute." The puppet butler's yellow wooden eyes darted around in surprise. "How do you know my name?"

The prompt before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes was exceptionally clear.

As a puppet, the butler hates it when people say "Billy," because that's his name.

Maintaining cleanliness and paying attention to one's appearance are basic qualities of a puppet; Mr. Billy cannot tolerate any stains on his clothes.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness is not a disease!

Upon seeing the prompt, Natsuki Amamiya immediately realized that Billy the puppet was actually a germaphobe.

It's not surprising that he likes cleanliness; even raccoons wash their hands all day long, so it's perfectly acceptable for a puppet to have obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness.

“Mr. Billy always wears gloves, probably because he doesn’t want to get his hands dirty?” Natsuki Amamiya said.

"Human, what do you want to do?"

“It’s very simple.” Natsuki Amamiya took out a marker that could write a tally mark in one stroke, and casually tapped it on the table. A perfect tally mark appeared on the table. “The words written with this kind of oil-based marker are very difficult to erase. Mr. Billy, would you like to give it a try?”

“Human, these tricks are useless against me,” the puppet Billy said in a low voice.

"Then I'll start writing."

Natsuki Amamiya ripped off the white gloves from Billy's puppet hands, and a pale yellow wooden hand appeared in the air.

As the signal pen drew closer, the puppet butler's eyes darted around, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, it admitted defeat.

"Human, you've won. Take that pen out of my hand!"

Amamiya Natsuki shrugged and put away her signal pen: "It's a pity Mr. Billy doesn't have any hair, otherwise I'd love to give you a middle part."

Holding the puppet Billy, Natsuki Amamiya approached the cage and asked, "Where is the key to open the cage?"

“Actually, we don’t need a key,” Billy the puppet said in a deep voice. “You can open it anytime.”

Amamiya Natsuki said, "Explain it more clearly."

“I’m sorry, that’s all I can say. These are the rules,” said Puppet Billy. “Please take a close look at the iron cage, both of you.”

"What do you mean?"

Kaguya Shinomiya frowned slightly as she looked at the iron cage that confined her, the cold steel, and the firmly locked exit, making it impossible to see where it could be opened at any time.

Amamiya Natsuki was also observing carefully when suddenly her eyes twitched slightly: "...I think I've figured out how to open it."

"How to get out?"

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but look up, her expression puzzled, still unable to find a way out.

“The method is indeed very simple, and it doesn’t even require a key.” As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, she reached out and grabbed the iron cage, then forcefully lifted it upwards, causing the cage, which had been lying upside down on the ground, to be lifted up.

"It's not very heavy." Natsuki Amamiya looked down at the ice sculpture girl. "You can come out now."

Kaguya Shinomiya; "..."

The iron cage only has five sides, and it sits upside down on the ground like a box. You can just lift it up to get out. It's super easy and you don't need a key at all.

The silly girl puffed up her cheeks in anger, feeling utterly ashamed!

It's so simple, why didn't I realize it myself!

Kaguya Shinomiya bit her lower lip and silently crawled out from under the iron cage.

"Try the key." Natsuki Amamiya handed the bunch of keys she had just received to Kaguya.

To prevent the princess from escaping after becoming a slave, in addition to the iron cage, Kaguya Shinomiya's hands were also chained together, and she had a strange collar around her neck, all of which needed to be opened.

The silly girl silently took the key, tried it from beginning to end, and quickly said:

"No, it won't open."

Natsuki Amamiya looked at the puppet Billy, "Butler, how do we open the handcuffs?"

“You don’t need a key to unlock the handcuffs.” The puppet Billy’s eyes darted around. “In fact, the bunch of keys on the table is just for ‘fun’.”

To deliberately place the key in such an obvious place, giving people hope and then despairing them, is clearly a perverse sense of humor!

Amamiya Natsuki asked, "So, what's the method for unlocking it?"

The puppet Billy gives a hint:

"The forest ended at the source of the stream, where a mountain appeared. There was a small opening in the mountain, which seemed to emit light. So they abandoned the boat and entered through the opening. At first, it was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for a person to pass through. After walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious place."

"Eh, The Peach Blossom Spring?"

Kaguya Shinomiya reads a lot, so naturally she had read this article.

Natsuki Amamiya said expressionlessly, "Speak like a human."

“It’s very simple,” said the puppet Billy. “When you humans can’t get in or out because of the narrowness and dryness, what do you usually do?”

Natsuki Amamiya silently took out a marker: "Do you know how dangerous it is to tell dirty jokes?"