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

"That vengeful spirit was too poor; he could only borrow one yuan."

Amamiya Natsuki sighed.

"You just mentioned hush money!"

Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but mutter a complaint under her breath.

"Time is running out, don't waste it on trivial matters." Amamiya Natsuki said without changing her expression, "We still need to borrow money."

"It's best to borrow more." Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her left arm over her chest and rested her chin on her right hand, calmly analyzing the situation. "Since this school has 'currency,' it should be usable elsewhere besides the cafeteria..."

"It would be best to borrow everyone in the cafeteria." Kaguya lowered her gaze, pursed her pink lips slightly, and her voice echoed with the timbre of the night, making her seem even more frightening than a vengeful spirit. "I've heard a saying that money can make the devil turn the millstone... As long as you become the one who controls capital, you can control everything."

"Kaguya is so scary!"

Fujiwara Chika crossed her arms over her chest.

Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement: "How terrifying."

Fujiwara Chika continued, "They even exploit vengeful spirits—evil capitalists!"

Natsuki Amamiya: "Evil capitalist."

You're only thinking about borrowing money to get by, but you're already planning to extort the entire cafeteria. You truly are an evil capitalist!

“Let’s split up,” Natsuki Amamiya said quickly. “Fujiwara and Shinomiya will go together, and I’ll go alone.”

Extorting vengeful spirits isn't illegal, so there's no reason to refuse.

Natsuki Amamiya strongly agrees with the saying "money makes the world go round." If you have enough money, you might actually be able to roam freely in the haunted school.

Even if that doesn't work, you can use the 'sprinkling money' skill at crucial moments to create an escape opportunity.

In short, the more the better.

"Kaguya-chan, are we really going to blackmail someone?" Fujiwara Chika asked in a low voice.

“It’s hush money,” Kaguya Shinomiya corrected.

"It's all the same thing," Fujiwara Chika muttered under her breath. "We're going to become the school's villains."

"..."

Ignoring the two girls' whispers, Natsuki Amamiya walked over to another vengeful student in the corner.

This vengeful spirit is a male with bloodshot eyes and a face covered in crisscrossing wounds. He has only one arm, and black mist or something similar is flowing from the wounds, making him look quite terrifying.

"Me? Hush money. Pay up."

Amamiya Natsuki sat down next to the boy, her expression normal, and extended her right hand.

Before yesterday, I definitely wouldn't have been so calm, but after seeing countless evil spirits, I've unconsciously become accustomed to it.

Although the male vengeful spirit in front of them was frightening, at least it still maintained a human form. Many of the twisted things in reality don't even have a human form. Compared to the giant vengeful infant in the morning, the male vengeful spirit in front of them was even somewhat handsome.

"..."

The male ghost didn't speak. Suddenly, its head snapped to a ninety-degree angle, its cold, scarlet eyes glaring at them. Its mouth opened, revealing its jagged, ferocious teeth.

"What are you looking at?"

Amamiya Natsuki pointed under the table, "Isn't that the food you threw away?"

"How dare you litter in the cafeteria? Have you forgotten the head chef's rules?"

Upon hearing the name of the head chef, the male vengeful spirit shifted slightly, a hint of hesitation clearly appearing on his face.

However, this male vengeful spirit was clearly harder to fool. After a brief hesitation, the chilling aura emanating from him suddenly intensified, and his voice became icy, as if capable of freezing a person to death.

"You're lying to me, it's impossible for a human to know the head chef's name..."

Amamiya Natsuki interrupted him directly.

"Oin..."

The vengeful spirit boy hurriedly stopped what he was doing.

How can it be?

This outsider actually knows the head chef's real name?

Danger, danger, danger.

If he were to actually call the head chef out of the kitchen, he would definitely be dragged in and used as reserve ingredients!

"I'm sorry, please forgive me."

The vengeful spirit boy's expression changed, and he quickly bowed his head and apologized.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

The same applies to vengeful spirits.

Apologizing only makes you lose face; not apologizing will turn you into food supplies.

"Me? Hush money. Pay up."

Natsuki Amamiya extends her right hand.

"..."

The vengeful spirit boy silently took out three bone coins from his pocket and handed them over.

He handed over three coins right away; that's quite generous.

"Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut and I guarantee it with my character."

Amamiya Natsuki put the coins away with satisfaction.

The vengeful spirit was trembling with rage, and blood trickled from the corners of his eyes.

Even vengeful spirits resort to blackmail; you, a human, have absolutely no integrity!

Amamiya Natsuki stood up, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the vengeful girl not far away, who was peeking over with her hair up and a smug look on her face.

You poor wretch with only one dollar to your name, how dare you laugh at others!

It seems that not only humans, but also vengeful spirits have the attribute of being amused; when other vengeful spirits are unlucky, they can become happy.

Seeing Amamiya Natsuki looking over, the vengeful spirit girl quickly let down her hair and sat down with her head down.

Amamiya Natsuki stopped bullying her and continued searching for his next target.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the sky.

The "fox borrowing the tiger's might" tactic was quite effective; the pig-headed head chef was forever a god, and Amamiya Natsuki kept demanding hush money, and no vengeful student dared to refuse.

"What's the deal with those three players?"

"They actually asked a vengeful spirit for money?"

"Could it be that they're borrowing money?"

"Fool, vengeful spirits aren't benevolent people. Why would they lend money to humans? They must have found a hidden way to survive."

"..."

The other players in the cafeteria were all shocked, staring at them in disbelief.

unfair!

These three players obtained food so easily, even though they had to exchange their blood for it.

One player, eager to follow suit and demand hush money in the same way, failed to utter the Pig-Headed Butcher's real name and was quickly torn apart by the enraged vengeful spirit, his body dissipating into mist in the cafeteria.

Upon seeing this, the others calmed down.

at the same time.

"Amamiya-san, help me, help me, help me!"

Suddenly, Fujiwara Chika's cries for help reached her ears.

Natsuki Amamiya looked in the direction of the sound and saw that she and Kaguya Shinomiya were being held by the wrists by a female vengeful spirit, and their situation was extremely dangerous.

"I didn't secretly throw away the food, and I'm not afraid even if the head chef comes out." The female vengeful spirit was pale, with black eyes that showed no expression, and her voice was cold and eerie. "You actually extorted me, I'm going to eat you all."

Be careful when asking for hush money; after all, you're dealing with a tiger for its skin. These evil spirits are no pushovers, and you could easily become the unlucky one.

Clearly, Kaguya Shinomiya and Chika Fujiwara had very bad luck.

"Snapped."

Amamiya Natsuki walked over, raised her hand and lifted the plate, spilling the food out.

The female vengeful spirit looked up blankly.

“You’re wasting food now,” Natsuki Amamiya said calmly, pointing to the food on the table.

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened, and she blurted out:

"Hey, hey, hey, it's the framing from the Thirty-Six Stratagems!"

Chapter 12 Tears-filled Kaguya-chan

“Now we have the evidence.” Natsuki Amamiya pointed to the table. “This is the food you wasted.”

"You're accusing me! It was you who spilled the food!"

The vengeful spirit girl couldn't help but retort.

"Please don't joke around," Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. "We are just pitiful, weak, and helpless humans. How dare we overturn your plate? Who do you think the head chef would believe?"

"Shameless!!"

The vengeful spirit girl with pitch-black eyes trembled with rage, and tears almost welled up in her eyes.

What's wrong with this world?

When he couldn't get hush money, he actually tried to frame someone to harm him. This guy is even more terrifying than a vengeful spirit!

Human anger lasts only three seconds; if it doesn't erupt within three seconds, it won't go berserk.

The same must be true of vengeful spirits.

Although the vengeful spirit girl was trembling with anger, she did not go berserk, clearly having chickened out.