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

"I……"

Kaguya Shinomiya took a light breath, her eyelashes fluttering as she turned her pretty face away, trying to brush it off, when a soft exclamation drew their attention.

"Kaguya-chan, look what I found!"

Fujiwara Chika waved to the two of them.

"What is it?" Kaguya Shinomiya walked over.

“Look,” Fujiwara Chika held up the book, “the name is really weird.”

Amamiya Natsuki looked over curiously, and was immediately shocked when she saw the title of the book.

Postpartum care for sows?

This book shouldn't even be in the castle!

at the same time.

Others also discovered various strange books, such as "108 Ways for an ADC to Die", "100 Days to Make a Rich Tokyo Woman Fall in Love with Me", "A Brief History of Time", "I Became a River Crab", "Miss Su Trying to Survive in the Cycle World", and so on.

In short, it has all kinds of books, which doesn't match the castle at all.

Natsuki Amamiya tried to open the book "Loyal Dog Boyfriend" in her hand, only to find that the handwriting inside was extremely blurry and impossible to read.

The prompt appeared again.

Upon closer inspection, you realize there's something strange about this book.

"No need to remind me, anyone can see that there's something strange about this book."

Amamiya Natsuki muttered under her breath, then picked up other books and found that some of them had blurry text, while others had clear words, but only fragments.

"Natsuki-kun, hurry up and get out of here!" Fujiwara Chika called out, holding her books.

"Ah."

Amamiya Natsuki agreed, picked up a stack of books, and then left the library with the other players, returning to the main hall.

“The fireplace is there.”

"Hurry up and go start a fire."

"It's freezing cold, I can feel my teeth chattering."

"..."

A group of players came to the fireplace, shivering as they put down the books they were holding, and then looked at each other.

"You can start a fire now."

"Hurry up and start a fire, it's freezing!"

Why haven't you started a fire yet?

"..."

The air suddenly fell silent, and no one spoke.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but ask, "...Um, does nobody have any fire-starting tools?"

Amamiya Natsuki was the first to speak: "I didn't."

Kaguya Shinomiya: "Neither do I."

"Me, me, me." Rikka Takanashi raised her hand, and seeing everyone looking at her, she said weakly, "I don't have any either."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "I'm sorry."

"..."

Before long, everyone realized a very serious problem.

There were no tools to start a fire.

Lighters and matches are things that can't be brought from the real world into the game world. They may seem insignificant in normal times, but when you really need them, you can't do without them.

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly remembered a saying: Life is unpredictable, the large intestine...

If you're wrong, try again.

Such are the ups and downs of life.

"The countdown is still a long way off, are we going to freeze to death?"

One of the female players sounded somewhat desperate.

"Don't be discouraged," Fujiwara Chika comforted her. "We can try... making fire by friction?"

Don't be ridiculous! Making fire by rubbing sticks together sounds simple, but it's actually incredibly difficult. Ordinary people can't even make a fire; they'll just end up with blisters all over their hands!

“That’s a great suggestion.” Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement. “I’ll leave this task to you.”

Fujiwara Chika blinked: "Natsuki-kun seems to be saying the opposite of what she means."

"I do not have."

“You didn’t even look me in the eye when you spoke.”

"..."

The proposal to start a fire by friction was quickly rejected. Now everyone was shivering from the cold, their hands and feet were stiff, and there were no suitable tools at hand. Even Bear Grylls couldn't make a fire, let alone ordinary people.

“Actually, there’s another way,” Yukino Yukinoshita said calmly, crossing her arms over her chest. “We can all lean back against each other for warmth.”

"Eh?"

“Just like the penguins in Antarctica,” Kaguya Shinomiya continued, her voice clear and pleasant. “In Antarctica, winter temperatures can drop to minus thirty or forty degrees Celsius. Hundreds or even thousands of penguins gather together, and the heat they radiate helps them withstand the cold.”

"I understand."

Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up, and she quickly stretched out her arms to hug Shinomiya Kaguya, their faces close together: "Is this how you keep warm?"

"Let me go." Kaguya Shinomiya tilted her head, feeling somewhat uncomfortable with such intimate physical contact. "It's enough to keep warm by leaning against you."

"No, hugging is much more effective for keeping warm."

"Yukino-senpai." Takanashi Rikka's ahoge (cowlick) swayed slightly as she looked at the long-haired girl. "Warm yourself up."

"..."

The temperature inside the castle was dropping lower and lower. Now, not only the wooden doors, but even the walls were beginning to show pale white frost marks. Everyone was shivering, their hands and feet were ice cold.

In this situation, it is very necessary to stick together and support each other.

Of course, female players team up with other female players, and male players team up with other male players.

There were three sofas in front of the fireplace. Several girls squeezed onto one sofa, with Fujiwara Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya sitting in the middle and the other girls sitting on either side.

Amamiya Natsuki sat with two other male players, trying to keep each other warm.

Are you cold?

"I asked in a low voice," said the tall male player, Qingye.

Amamiya Natsuki said quietly, "I'm thinking about which pose looks cooler."

"What do you mean?" Kiyono asked, puzzled.

Natsuki Amamiya: "Even if I turn into an ice sculpture, I'll still be a cool ice sculpture."

"Hey, stop complaining at a time like this." The male player named Izumi coughed twice, covering his mouth. "So, sticking together for warmth really doesn't work, does it?"

"Maybe we're outnumbered?" Natsuki Amamiya rubbed her chin. "Why don't you go ask those girls over there if they can surround us?"

"You're overthinking it. Those girls definitely wouldn't agree!"

"..."

In terms of actual experience, huddling together for warmth is barely effective.

Natsuki Amamiya glanced silently at her game inventory, wondering if there was anything she could use.

"Ok?"

A badge suddenly came into Natsuki Amamiya's view.

The exclusive badge you get after completing "Midnight Subway," the Light of Life, is, in Kitagawa Kaimu's words, simply a matter of getting your skin a little whiter and your body temperature a little higher.

"You'll know after you try it."

Amamiya Natsuki curiously took out the badge and chose to wear it. Soon, she felt a warm current flowing into her body from the badge, and her limbs, which had been frozen stiff, quickly felt comfortable.

"It actually worked!"

Amamiya Natsuki was slightly surprised, not expecting it to actually come in handy.

"Hey, why is your body suddenly warm?" The boy, Qingye, turned his head to look at him curiously.

"It's really not as cold as it was before." The boy, Izumi, was equally surprised.

Natsuki Amamiya didn't hide anything and showed the badge's effect: "...It's a bound item, so I can't lend it to anyone."

“Natsuki-kun.” Fujiwara Chika’s eyes lit up. “It’s time for you to offer yourself.”

{PS: First update}

Chapter 92 Human-shaped Hand Warmer

“Let me try.” Fujiwara Chika volunteered, stood up and came to Amamiya Natsuki. “Natsuki-san, get up, get up.”

Amamiya Natsuki reluctantly stood up.

"Hey~"

The pink-haired girl quickly stretched out her arms and hugged Amamiya Natsuki's arm without any hesitation.

Seeing this, Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but bite her lower lip.

Hold it in.

It's ok.

It was just a hug, wouldn't asking him to speak be tantamount to admitting that he cares a lot?

Hahaha... As a girl, you don't even care about physical contact with boys, and you can even laugh so happily. Don't you know how to spell the word "reserved"?