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

Because if you blink, something terrible can happen, especially when you're alone. If you blink too many times, you might just die.

Fujiwara Chika hesitated and said:

"With so many of us watching it together, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

“Of course not,” Natsuki Amamiya said in a deep voice. “Don’t forget, our goal is to eliminate ghost stories. We can’t waste all our time staring at them.”

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned and said:

"Should we split up?"

Hayasaka Ai gently shook her head and said:

"We don't know yet if it's the only weeping angel in the hotel... but in American TV shows, weeping angels are social creatures."

"..."

The others bit their lips and remained silent.

One weeping angel is fine, but what if there's a whole group of weeping angels... crisis! A major crisis!

Chapter 714 The Ice Sculpture Kaguya, the God of War Returns

"I'm sorry, it was all my fault for jinxing things. I should have known better than to say such things..."

Fujiwara Chika's voice was filled with guilt and self-reproach.

"Of course it has nothing to do with you." Amamiya Natsuki reached out and patted Chika's head. "It's just a coincidence."

Senior Sister Yanzi whispered:

"Can we just destroy that statue?"

“It’s highly unlikely.” Amamiya Natsuki shook her head. “Although that thing is just a fake of the Weeping Angel, it still has some of the abilities and cannot be easily destroyed.”

Hayasaka Ai said in a serious tone:

"It's clearly written on the notice board that only the hotel's public areas need to follow the rules, so we might be able to go into the hotel room to avoid the rules."

Zhu Zhu hesitated and said:

"But once you enter the room, you'll be pulled into a nightmare, right?"

"Choose the lesser of two evils." Yukino Yukinoshita voted in agreement. "With Natsuki-kun around, one can wake up from a nightmare, but what might happen if caught by the Weeping Angel is anyone's guess."

Kaguya Shinomiya said softly:

"There is another option: now use the coin to find the location of the hotel ghost story."

Amamiya Natsuki took out a coin and handed it over: "Kaguya-sama is right."

"..."

After a brief discussion, the group unanimously decided to take a proactive approach and directly search for the source of the ghost story, rather than staying in the living room and staring blankly at the Weeping Angel.

The coin of destiny was given to Chika, who, despite being suspected of being a jinx, usually had very good luck.

"...It's done."

Zhu Zhu quickly created a special die with 'up, down, left, right' written on it to guide 'fate'.

"Then I'll flip a coin."

Fujiwara Chika took a deep breath, tossed the coin in her hand, and it landed heads up, activating the 'lucky charm' buff. Then she rolled the dice, using luck to skip class through unorthodox means.

"It's upstairs... Let's go upstairs!"

Without wasting any time, everyone quickly went upstairs.

Just to be on the safe side, we still used the fire escape.

"You go first," Natsuki Amamiya said calmly, glancing at the weeping angel as she spoke.

Kaguya Shinomiya said softly:

"I'll stay behind with the president."

The situation was urgent, and no one was going to be coy. Everyone quickly sprang into action, heading towards the fire escape and running upstairs.

However, due to the limitations of the spatial layout, people will inevitably lose sight of the Weeping Angel when passing through places like corridors and corners.

As soon as Natsuki Amamiya entered the fire escape, she saw the Weeping Angel appear at the entrance of the building with ghostly speed, leaning out halfway, seemingly observing everyone's every move, and lowering half of her hands that were covering her cheeks.

Once everyone had reached the second floor, the Weeping Angel also arrived on the second floor, only a few meters away from the players.

“That won’t do.” Natsuki Amamiya frowned slightly and quickly said, “Chika, you two follow the instructions to find the room where the ghost story is located. Kaguya and I will stay here to keep an eye on it. After we find the room, we’ll use the ‘Steal’ trick to lead us there.”

Fujiwara Chika said with a worried tone:

"Aren't there two of you missing?"

“Two people are enough.” Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms. “One person keeps an eye on it while the other rests. It’s actually quite safe.”

"……I see!"

Fujiwara Chika bit her lip and continued rolling the dice.

"It's upstairs... still upstairs, let's keep going up!"

Without much talk, Zhu Zhu and the others followed. On the other hand, the adopted daughter saw that Amamiya Natsuki was standing still and didn't know what had happened. She stretched out her little hand and called for her father.

"Dad will be here soon," the senior student quickly reassured her. "Don't worry, Xiao Kui, we'll go ahead first."

"..."

As everyone left, the corridor fell silent, leaving only Natsuki Amamiya and Kaguya facing off against the Weeping Angel.

Amamiya Natsuki whispered to Kaguya:

"Tell me when you need to blink."

“Not for now.” Kaguya Shinomiya opened her beautiful eyes wide and stared intently at the weeping angel. “Does the student council president want to rest for a bit?”

Amamiya Natsuki nodded: "My eyes are indeed a little sore."

Blinking is a biological instinct of humans, independent of human will. Even Zhang Fei, who was depicted as sleeping with his eyes open in the novel, would still blink when he slept with his eyes open.

“I suddenly remembered some fun missions I did before.” Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the young lady. “I think one of them was ‘Staring at the Sun,’ right?”

"The president has a very good memory." Kaguya Shinomiya gently pursed her pink lips, her voice softening. "It's been so long, but it feels like it just happened yesterday."

The initial fun tasks involved opening blind boxes, but no one has opened any since, so many people probably don't remember them.

“That was the first time I’d ever gone ten minutes without blinking, so it left a deep impression on me,” Natsuki Amamiya said with a smile. “Of course, there’s another reason as well.”

Ten minutes without blinking sounds like a fantasy, but it's actually possible. The current world record for the longest time without blinking is a full forty minutes.

Kaguya Shinomiya stared at the weeping angel and asked curiously:

What is another reason?

Natsuki Amamiya said in a serious tone:

"And also, it was the first time I'd been so close to my beloved Kaguya-sama... I'll never forget it, I'll never forget it."

By now, Kaguya already knew about his scumbag nature and chose to turn a blind eye. As long as he didn't act all lovey-dovey with other girls in front of the young lady, he probably wouldn't get stabbed.

Kaguya Shinomiya's pretty face quickly flushed red, and she bit her lip, saying:

"The president is a liar. He never liked me back then, did he?"

“I had feelings for someone back then,” Natsuki Amamiya said softly. “But back then, my feelings were simple; it was a pure appreciation of beautiful things, like seeing cute kittens or puppies on the street. Now, my feelings are the desire to be with Kaguya forever.”

Kaguya Shinomiya's blush deepened, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said in a shy voice:

"My eyes... my eyes hurt so much! Chairman, please replace me immediately!"

“Yes, yes.” Amamiya Natsuki looked at the Weeping Angel and took over from the young lady. “I’ll keep an eye on it. You can take a rest.”

"call……"

Kaguya Shinomiya exhaled softly, her pretty face flushed as she looked away, her right hand pressed against her chest, where she could clearly feel her heart pounding rapidly.

Hold on!

Don't be happy!

Stay calm!

Since the president is so skilled, he must have said similar things to many other people, right?

Unfortunately, my heart was still pounding and wouldn't calm down at all.

Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her lips, feeling disappointed in her own performance.

He's clearly a scumbag student council president, having illicit affairs with so many girls behind my back, even saying he wants them all. He's absolutely despicable. I should beat him up and never see him again, but... I can't do it.

It's absolutely impossible.

I miss the president terribly if I don't see him for even a day, and I dream about him almost every night when I go to sleep... In short, I really hate him!

After speaking quietly with the young lady for a while, Amamiya Natsuki soon felt her little finger begin to tremble rhythmically; it was Chika sending a signal with the red string.

"We have news from Chika," Natsuki Amamiya reminded them. "Get ready, we're leaving."

"Ah."

Kaguya Shinomiya took a deep breath and quickly calmed down. While looking at the weeping angel, she used her transformation spell to turn Natsuki Amamiya into a sheep. Then, she transformed into a leg accessory, and the two of them disappeared into the corridor in an instant.

Light and shadow intersect.

The perspective shifts.

Amamiya Natsuki only felt her vision slightly distorted before she found herself standing in front of Chika and her senior.

"President, you've arrived."

"This is the fifth floor. We've been rolling dice all the way here, so this should be it."

"Hey everyone, look at the end of the corridor!"

"The weeping angel has caught up!"

"It's so fast!"

"..."