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

"Huh?" Zhu Zhu paused, then whispered, "The name sounds familiar..."

“It’s your classmate Komi from the next class.” Amamiya Natsuki looked at Zhu Zhu and explained, “Your true memories are currently blocked, so you don’t remember.”

Zhu Zhu had already heard her senior's account and explanation, but she still found it hard to believe and asked doubtfully:

"Um...you're not lying to us, are you?"

Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but retort:

"Although everything before my eyes proves that Natsuki-san wasn't lying, I still can't accept it... One second we were discussing where to go on our school trip, and the next we're trapped on a cruise ship that's capsized at sea. I can't accept it! I just can't accept it!"

“That’s right.” Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly, her eyes wary. “Perhaps it’s some kind of large-scale reality show that spares no expense?”

Yukino, Haruno, and the others who were rescued also cast suspicious glances at them, while only the Ice Sculpture Lady remained silent.

Natsuki Amamiya expressed her understanding in the face of the girls' doubts.

Similar questions have arisen many times during previous explorations.

What makes a person unique is not their body. Everyone has two eyes and a mouth, and there is nothing special about them. The mark of a unique individual is actually their memory and emotions.

If you can't even trust your own memories, then there's nothing in the world you can trust.

“No matter how I explain, you won’t completely believe me, and I don’t have a way to bring you all back to your senses for the time being,” Natsuki Amamiya said quickly. “So feel free to question and judge for yourselves.”

After a pause, Natsuki Amamiya continued:

"Now, let's all get moving and help find the glass."

Zhu Zhu hesitated and said:

"Didn't you search every floor?"

“I forgot something.” Natsuki Amamiya rubbed his temples and said helplessly, “Shoko has communication difficulties. Now that her memories have been blocked, the situation has returned to what it was before. Even if she hears someone calling her name, she doesn’t have the courage to respond.”

Fujiwara Chika blinked and said:

"It sounds a bit like social anxiety."

“Social anxiety is a fear of communicating with people, a desire to shut oneself off and stay away from everyone,” Natsuki Amamiya explained. “People with communication disorder still crave friends and want to interact with people, but they are just introverted and afraid to talk to others.”

"I understand." Fujiwara Chika put her right hand on her hip and nodded. "It's just that she's shy and introverted."

No wonder you did so poorly on the exam; your comprehension skills are just too bad!

Senior Sister Yanzi asked softly:

"Since Shoko isn't responding, how do we find her?"

Amamiya Natsuki had already devised a plan, and upon hearing this, she said:

“Shoko’s mother is Hideko. Just call out, ‘Aunt Hideko is calling you home for dinner.’ When you hear that, knock on the floor, the walls, or anything that can make a thumping sound.”

The girls: "..."

Knocking on the floor or wall produces very little noise, so everyone needs to help.

"Understood." Fujiwara Chika was the first to respond. Although some of her memories had been blocked, Chika's helpful nature remained unchanged. She raised her small fist and said, "Let's all do our best to find Shoko!"

Regardless of how much they questioned the veracity of Amamiya Natsuki's statements, they were not harmed in any way, so the girls all chose to help.

After a while.

"We've searched the whole place, but we haven't heard a sound."

"We haven't heard a response either."

"Natsuki-kun, could it be that you've remembered it wrong?"

"..."

The group regrouped, but no one heard Shoko's response; they didn't even hear the thumping sounds.

Amamiya Natsuki frowned, becoming increasingly agitated.

Shoko must have entered the room, but why hasn't she responded?

I've searched every floor...

At this moment, the ice sculpture young lady suddenly spoke, crossing her arms over her chest and whispering:

"We haven't searched the floor we're on yet."

"Ok?"

Amamiya Natsuki looked at the young lady and instantly realized that she had inadvertently made the mistake of overlooking the obvious.

Having found Kaguya and Senpai, she believed that there was no one else on the floor she had descended to. However, given Shoko's communication disorder, even if she heard him call her name, she could not give an effective response.

The group quickly arrived at the entrance of the stairwell and looked down.

The murky, icy water continued to rise relentlessly, eventually reaching chest height for an average person. Looking around, one could see all sorts of debris floating on the surface, creating a chaotic scene.

"You guys wait for me up here." Amamiya Natsuki wasted no time, decisively took off her shirt, and jumped into the water. "I'll go down and look around."

Pfft!

Natsuki Amamiya leaped into the water, her figure quickly disappearing into the darkness and the current.

As Amamiya Natsuki's figure disappeared into the darkness, the girls fell silent in unison.

After a brief silence, Yukino Yukinoshita spoke first, softly breaking the silence:

"It's still hard to believe, but it seems we really are involved in some incredible supernatural event."

Zhu Zhu hesitated and said:

"If our memories are truly false, then there's nothing in the world we can trust?"

Yukino frowned slightly and said softly:

"Perhaps it's all a fabricated lie... In any case, we should be vigilant and not easily believe everything he says."

The girls' attitudes were quite unanimous.

Unable to agree with every word Natsuki Amamiya said, yet unable to deny all the evidence before her, she felt utterly lost. Now that Natsuki Amamiya had left, she was even more at a loss.

"What if? What if Natsuki is telling the truth?" Senior Yanzi bit her lip lightly. "If we were really trapped on a capsized cruise ship, could we... survive?"

"..."

The air fell silent once again.

No one answered this question.

Because they didn't know how to answer, if the truth were true, all that lay before them was despair.

But in the eyes of the ice sculpture young lady, there was still a glimmer of 'hope'.

Having witnessed Natsuki Amamiya's superpowers and after drinking the Darkness Potion, Kaguya Shinomiya inexplicably felt that Natsuki Amamiya could completely lead everyone to escape from the cruise ship.

at the same time.

Standing in the cold, murky water that had already soaked to her chest, Natsuki Amamiya waded forward, shouting through a megaphone:

"Shoko, Aunt Hideko is calling you home for dinner!"

"Please answer if you hear me."

"Knock on anything you can around you to tell me your location."

"..."

Every few steps, Natsuki Amamiya would call out to make sure Shoko didn't miss it.

As she walked down the entire corridor without hearing any response, Natsuki Amamiya grew increasingly anxious, suspecting that Shoko might not be on this floor but on another floor, and that her lack of response might be due to being accidentally knocked unconscious.

dong dong dong...

Just then, a faint knocking sound reached Amamiya Natsuki's ears.

"Um?!"

Amamiya Natsuki's spirits immediately lifted, and she quickly followed the sound to the door of a room: "Shoko-san, are you in there? If you are, keep banging on things."

dong dong dong...

The timid knocking sound rang out again.

"finally found you."

Amamiya Natsuki finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help but want to complain.

The room where Shoko was located was right next to the room where she and Kaguya were, separated by only one door, and they kept missing each other like that.

So communication disorders really need to be treated in time, otherwise if you encounter danger one day, even the rescue team won't be able to save you!

"Shoko, stay away from the door." Amamiya Natsuki twisted the door and, finding it wouldn't open, decisively ordered, "I'm going in."

After silently counting to thirty, Natsuki Amamiya decisively threw a punch, violently smashing the door lock open with a single blow.

Push the door open and go out.

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze quickly swept across the room, and she immediately spotted a black-haired girl with long, straight hair standing against the wall in the corner, shivering from being in the water for too long. Who else could it be but Shoko?

"Found you." Natsuki Amamiya swam straight over to Shoko. "When I called your name through the megaphone earlier, you actually heard me, didn't you?"

The quail-like girl lowered her head, nervous and uneasy, and did not respond.

After her memories were blocked, she had no recollection of Amamiya Natsuki in her mind, so she naturally didn't dare to say a word to the strange man.

Amamiya Natsuki tightened her grip slightly, pulling Shoko into her arms, and said sternly:

"I've been looking for you for so long, shouldn't I pay some compensation?"

"Compensation?"

Komi looked up at him blankly.

“My act of saving you is considered an act of heroism. In criminal law, acts of heroism fall under the category of special forms of unjust enrichment, and the beneficiary should provide compensation.” Natsuki Amamiya looked at Shoko and earnestly explained the law. “So, whether from a moral or legal perspective, you should compensate me.”

Faced with Amamiya Natsuki's demand for compensation, Komi stammered and couldn't say a word. Her eyes were filled with panic, and she tried to reach for her wallet, but naturally, she couldn't find it.

Since you're not saying anything, I'll take that as a yes. I'll take the compensation myself.

As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, she lowered her head and kissed him directly.

Komi-kun stared blankly with her head down until Amamiya Natsuki kissed her cheek, at which point she reacted and immediately struggled and resisted, trying to break free.