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

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze involuntarily shifted downwards.

It's just studying, and you're actually willing to sacrifice your own body?

"stare--"

Yotsuya Miko: "Wipe your drool, you perverted Natsuki."

"I understand." Amamiya Natsuki quickly looked away and said seriously, "I'm free when I have time."

"Many thanks!"

"..."

Before we knew it, it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

Amamiya Natsuki let out a long sigh.

The old saying goes, "Big breasts, no brains," and today Natsuki Amamiya realized that it's actually quite true.

For example, Kaguya Shinomiya is a famous genius girl in school, the top student in her grade, with an extremely high IQ. Unfortunately, she traded her breasts for them, so her chest is flat and unremarkable, on par with elementary school students.

Fujiwara Chika was very well-developed, but she didn't seem very intelligent.

The same is true of Yurikawa-ka in front of us.

"It's getting dark." Yurikawa Hana stretched, raising her hands above her head, revealing the perfect curves of her chest, though she seemed oblivious to it. "Miko, Amamiya-san, I'm going home."

Amamiya Natsuki stood up: "I'm going back too."

"I'll see you off."

Yotsuya Miko followed them downstairs, and on the way they met Miko's younger brother.

Jianzi's mother was still at work and had not returned home.

After greeting Miko, Amamiya Natsuki led the dog out of Miko's house.

"See you tomorrow."

Yurikawa waved goodbye, gripped the straps of her schoolbag with both hands, and walked briskly towards the tram station.

The setting sun was fiery red.

As the afterglow of the setting sun painted the entire street red, the girl's silhouette stretched long in the sunset, looking quite beautiful.

It would be even better if there were no wandering vengeful spirits.

"..."

The air quickly quieted down.

After a short silence.

Yotsuya Miko pursed her pink lips, looked up at Amamiya Natsuki, and whispered:

When did Natsuki see those...things?

“When I took the dog for a walk last night.”

Natsuki Amamiya did not hide anything and recounted the strange events she had encountered.

The game didn't warn that it had to be kept secret and that you couldn't tell anyone else. Besides, there were dozens of players in just one Ghost Academy, and who knows how many people in the real world are game players. It's perfectly fine to tell Miko.

"Escape game?" Shinomiya Miko was surprised, raised her hand to cover her eyes, and said in a distressed tone, "I have never encountered the game you mentioned. It was just a week ago that my eyes suddenly became able to see those terrifying things, and I almost went crazy."

Seeing and hearing vengeful spirits, yet having to pretend nothing's wrong, unable to run away, unable to scream, unable to do anything that might expose her... Yotsuya Miko feels every day is torture.

But now it's different.

A ray of hope has appeared in my life again!

Miko Yotsuya grabbed Natsuki Amamiya's right hand, her eyes sparkling: "So, those vengeful spirits really can be destroyed, right?"

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Natsuki Amamiya briefly explains the effect of the Evil Aura Dispelling Aura.

"Come on, come home with me." Shinomiya Miko's eyes lit up as she pulled Amamiya Natsuki towards home, "Let's take care of those guys hiding in the house first."

Amamiya Natsuki asked, "What should we do, Uncle?"

The radius of the evil energy's dispersal effect is five meters. It's unknown what effect it will have on Jianzi's father, so caution is necessary.

“Hmm…” Jianzi hesitated for two seconds, then quickly said, “I’ll keep an eye on Dad. You go and exorcise the demon. Use your cell phone to contact him.”

"can."

Natsuki Amamiya returns to Miko's house and begins her exorcism mission.

Kitchen, living room, bathroom... In short, I would wander around everywhere, and if I saw any vengeful spirits, I would activate my aura.

There aren't many vengeful spirits, but each one is uglier than the last, and seeing one suddenly can be quite frightening.

After finishing his exorcism, Natsuki Amamiya bid farewell and went home.

"I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight!"

At 11 p.m., Yotsuya Miko happily set her phone alarm and prepared to go to sleep when she suddenly glanced at the curtains out of the corner of her eye.

Behind the curtains, a twisted black shadow had appeared out of nowhere...

Yotsuya Miko silently bit her lower lip, her eyes welling up with a misty haze.

"The monsters are 'respawning' way too fast."

"Does that mean I have no choice but to go to Natsuki's house... and live together?"

Silent all night.

the next day.

After a simple meal of bread and a glass of milk, Natsuki Amamiya went out to school.

"Good morning, Amamiya-san."

Fujiwara Chika waved and called out, her voice clear and melodious.

"morning."

Amamiya Natsuki agreed and her gaze fell on Shinomiya Kaguya, who clearly hadn't had a good rest.

"Kaguya-chan, your dark circles are even worse." Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "Did you stay up late again last night?"

Kaguya Shinomiya bit her lower lip slightly, her face still showing a cool and composed expression: "I didn't stay up all night."

I simply dare not sleep.

How can you possibly sleep if there's a terrifying monster standing by your bed, staring at you the whole time?

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Stop talking, let's open the blind box."

We made a pact yesterday afternoon after school to come to the classroom together this morning to open blind boxes, just in case something unexpected happens, since no one knows if we'll get a vengeful spirit.

"I'll go first."

Fujiwara Chika raised her right hand, became the first to buy today's blind box, and then opened it directly.

"Eh, the blind box contains a skill card..." Fujiwara Chika showed off the card's attributes, her tone disappointed, "After learning it, you can change someone's name to 'Outlaw'..."

"Useless skill, thumbs down!"

Chapter 26 Kaguya-sama, Please Don't Blink

[Skill: Outlaw]

[Skill Details: You can change the name of an enemy unit to "Zhang San, the Outlaw"]

[Note: Zhang San, the outlaw, if I call your name, will you dare to answer?]

After witnessing the skill that Fujiwara Chika unleashed, Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya both fell silent.

This skill... does seem rather useless.

I have absolutely no idea what it's for.

"One should find joy even in hardship," Natsuki Amamiya comforted her. "Think about that pack of tissues from yesterday, doesn't that cheer you up?"

"I'm even more unhappy now!" Fujiwara Chika covered her ears with her hands, her voice low and menacing. "Amamiya-san reminds me of even worse memories."

"I'm so sorry."

"If you're not sincere, then please bow deeply when you apologize."

"..."

Next up was Natsuki Amamiya's turn to open the blind boxes.

After getting up in the morning, he looked at the clues for the blind box, but unfortunately he couldn't tell what was inside. He only got a vague clue that it contained healing items.

Open the blind box.

Accompanied by a faint light invisible to ordinary people, a strip of band-aids appeared in Natsuki Amamiya's hand.

The item's attributes quickly appeared in front of the three of them.

[Item: Special Band-Aid]

[Manufacturing Company: Confidential]

[How to use: Apply to the area of ​​pain. It can stop bleeding, relieve pain, and effectively increase the speed of health recovery.]

【Friendly Reminder: This product is exclusively endorsed by Ms. Shinobu Oshino. Please make sure you are purchasing from her reputable source.】

“Shinobu Oshino…” Fujiwara Chika blinked and murmured to herself, “Strange, I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere before.”

"No, you haven't heard of it."

Natsuki Amamiya, expressionless, quickly stuffed the band-aid into her backpack.

“I’m sure I’ve heard of it,” Fujiwara Chika said firmly. “I just can’t remember it right now… Let me search it on my phone.”

Amamiya Natsuki said earnestly, "I advise you not to."

“I refuse.” Fujiwara Chika raised her chin, took her phone out of her bag, unlocked the screen with ease, and clenched her left fist. “Once a girl’s curiosity is piqued, it will never be extinguished.”