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

After a while.

A glass of milk appeared out of nowhere.

"Thank you."

The girl thanked him profusely with delight, quickly finished her milk, and then, under the watchful gaze of the vengeful spirit's blood-red eyes, timidly took her leave.

Other players began entering the ward one after another and trading with Kaguya Shinomiya, receiving a lot of random blind box items.

For example, an unconventional marker.

[Item: A proper marker]

[Description: This pen has been used by someone to write tally characters for many years and has acquired special powers. Holding it, you can write tally characters in one stroke.]

[Note: How many strokes are there in the character "正"? With enough practice, you can write it in one stroke.]

In addition, there is a strange red rope, with each person's fingers tied together. When one person moves their finger, the other person's finger will move accordingly.

A special master key that can open everything except locks.

Travel Frog is a consumable item. You send a frog on a trip, and it will send you back local specialties, most likely insects.

The Hilichurl mask, when worn when sick, will play strange songs in your ears: "The big Hilichurl is sick, the second Hilichurl looks after him, the third Hilichurl gathers herbs, the fourth Hilichurl brews..." In short, it has all sorts of props.

The transactions continued, and both parties were satisfied. Only Miss Wraith, with tears in her eyes, ate the chives in despair.

"I feel like we've gone a bit too far," Fujiwara Chika said softly.

Fujiwara was always kind-hearted, and even she felt compassion for the tearful, seemingly broken vengeful spirit.

“That is indeed a bit excessive.” Amamiya Natsuki nodded, and quickly came up with a solution. “Here’s what we’ll do: go and tear a strip of cloth from the bed sheet.”

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika asked, puzzled. "What do you need the strips of cloth for?"

“We’ll bind Miss Wraith’s eyes,” Natsuki Amamiya said seriously. “I saw a news story on Twitter before, about a farmer who put VR glasses on his cows to simulate a pasture under blue skies and white clouds, and the cows’ milk production increased by 20 percent.”

Seeing the beast girl glaring at him, Natsuki Amamiya said sincerely, "There are no VR glasses available right now, so we can only use strips of cloth as a substitute. Please bear with it and imagine a barbecue feast in your mind."

The beast-girl vengeful spirit's eyes welled up with tears. She swallowed the leeks in her mouth, her voice trembling, "This isn't fair! You can't treat vengeful spirits like this..."

at the same time.

Another player timidly stepped forward. He was a newbie who had only participated in the game once. He had already used up all the items he had obtained and was now empty-handed. He wanted to beg for food.

"Sorry, can not."

Kaguya Shinomiya coldly refused.

Businessmen are not philanthropists, much less saints.

If someone gets milk just by asking for it, what will the players who used items to get food think?

"However, you can exchange food in other ways." Looking at the dejected and desperate girl, Kaguya Shinomiya changed the subject and said, "You can exchange the information you gather, the anomalies you notice, or fulfilling our small requests for food."

There is no doubt that fame is also a kind of power.

To become a capitalist in a horror game, secretly developing your character won't work; you need to make a name for yourself.

“Information…” The girl’s eyes lit up and she quickly said, “I know some information that is related to reality. Can I exchange it for food?”

"Okay, but please don't use false information to deceive people, the consequences will be severe."

“It’s true.” The girl said excitedly, “I met an old woman before, and she told me that most vengeful spirits in reality are people who have died. However, there are exceptions. Some people with strong beliefs and kind hearts do not become evil spirits after death, but become white guardian spirits or something similar.”

Chapter 50 Vengeful Spirit Investigation Form

“Earthbound spirits are rare. They are white, luminous humanoids, and it is said that they can only stay in the places they cherished in their previous life.”

The girl's voice was timid as she continued to share the information: "I have a very good friend whose mother passed away a long time ago. A while ago, I went to her house and saw that her mother had become a bound spirit, almost exactly the same as when she was alive. I could even hear her talking."

"My aunt said that my friend is always staying at home alone and is very lonely. She hopes that I can take her out to play more often... I didn't dare to answer and pretended not to see her."

"I wonder what will happen if my aunt finds out I can see her."

It turned out to be the case.

Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly.

It turns out that Jianzi's father's situation was that of a bound spirit, which explains why he was completely different from other wandering evil spirits.

Unfortunately, we don't know the specifics of the earthbound spirits, so pretending not to see them is the best option.

"……dad."

A soft whisper suddenly reached my ears.

Natsuki Amamiya looked in the direction of the sound and saw Rikka, a chuunibyou girl, with slightly reddened eyes and a hazy mist rising in them.

The beast-girl vengeful spirit exclaimed in surprise, "She actually called you 'Dad'?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Natsuki Amamiya said speechlessly. "It's obviously not calling me."

"That's not necessarily true," the vengeful spirit scoffed. "Don't think I don't know, you human men love having women call you 'Daddy,' and there's even a business called 'Daddy Live'..."

You even know about your father's life! You're such a progressive and trend-setting vengeful spirit!

Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously, "How do you know so much?"

“A human appeared in my hospital room before. I was bored, so I asked her to tell me stories to cheer me up.” The vengeful spirit had now made it an instinct. She chewed on some chives and mumbled, “That cowardly human said she was an author and was writing a light novel. I can’t quite remember the title, but it was something like ‘Seizing the Weakness of a High School Girl and Forcing Her to Play Dog-Walking Game.’”

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

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Such a terrible name wouldn't even pass the approval process!

at the same time.

"Rikka, what's wrong?"

Fujiwara Chika inquired with concern.

"I want to go home." Takanashi Rikka rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, and the ahoge on her head drooped. "Dad must be alone in our hometown, waiting for my sister and me to come home."

Fujiwara Chika blinked, reached out and gently stroked Rikka's head, her voice tender: "Rikka-chan, don't cry. If you care so much, go home and visit her, but please be careful."

"Mom... the earthbound spirit..."

Upon hearing this information, Kaguya Shinomiya silently pressed her right hand to her chest, her long eyelashes casting shadows on her pretty face.

"Um...excuse me, could I have some food?"

The girl asked cautiously.

Kaguya Shinomiya let out a soft breath and turned her head to say, "Amamiya-kun."

"receive."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded.

The deal is done, and the next step is naturally milking the cows.

The beast-girl vengeful spirit leaned back on the hospital bed, chewing on chives as she viciously declared, "Eighteen times now, eighteen people in total. You haven't given me a single minute of rest. I've remembered all of you humans!"

"Yes, yes," Natsuki Amamiya replied dismissively. "So, should I put blindfolds on you or not?"

"I'm going to eat you!"

"..."

After drinking a glass of milk, her hunger was quickly relieved. The player girl thanked him gratefully and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute." Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her arms, her tone cool. "There's one more thing."

"Eh?"

"Describe your fellow patients in the same ward as you. The more detailed the information, the better."

The female player asked in surprise, "What do you want to do?"

"Better safe than sorry." Kaguya Shinomiya turned her head slightly and looked at Chika Fujiwara. "Fujiwara."

"Coming."

Fujiwara Chika began her duties as secretary ahead of time, approaching the girl and handing her a piece of paper: "Please begin."

The girl looked down and found that it was actually a hand-drawn survey form, including the ward number, the identity of the vengeful spirit in the same ward, what the vengeful spirit demanded, speculations about the vengeful spirit, etc. It was so disorienting to look at.

Where's the horror game I was promised?

Everyone is living in fear and struggling to survive, so why are you in the mood to make a survey?

"Please hurry," Fujiwara Chika kindly reminded her, "The corridor is about to darken again."

"sorry."

The female player instinctively bowed and apologized, then took the pen, sat down at the table, and began filling out the survey with complex and subtle thoughts.

After a while.

"I've filled it out."

The player handed over the form with both hands and quickly said goodbye and left.

Darkness descends.

The door closed, and the transaction finally came to an end.

"Finally, I don't have to eat chives anymore." The beast girl vengeful spirit lay on her back on the hospital bed, her face full of despair, like a toy about to break. "I almost threw up."

Don't worry, you definitely won't be able to vomit it up.

According to the law of conservation of energy, the leeks you ate have now all been converted into energy.

Just to be on the safe side, Natsuki Amamiya remained sitting beside the beast girl spirit, keeping watch over her. On the surface, she seemed completely obedient and even lay down and gave up, but she was still a spirit after all, and he had to be careful.

If you were bitten by those serrated teeth, your bones would probably be crushed.

"So, what do we do next?"

The second girl to choose to cling to someone's leg, Asuka, raised her right hand and asked in a low voice.

"Integrate intelligence, analyze clues, and extract key elements." Kaguya Shinomiya quickly glanced at the survey form in her hand without looking up. "Intelligence is the most valuable thing. It's meaningless to close the door and speculate. Analyzing and integrating big data is the correct way to do the mission."