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

Amamiya Natsuki jumped down with peace of mind, landing steadily on the ground, and then began to observe the room's surroundings.

next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki stared in shock at the iron cage in the corner.

Inside the square black iron cage, the Ice Sculpture Young Lady knelt on the ground in a duck-sitting position, her hands bound by iron chains, and there was even a strange black collar around her neck.

What the hell?

How did she suddenly become a princess in distress?

Seeing Natsuki Amamiya jump down, Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes lit up. "I'm here."

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the iron cage, squatted down, looked at the ice sculpture of the young lady inside, and couldn't help but laugh, "How did you end up in the cage?"

"Don't laugh!"

The young lady, dressed in ice sculptures, blushed deeply, feeling incredibly shy.

Amamiya Natsuki nodded: "I'll try my best to hold back."

“It was a shadow.” Kaguya Shinomiya bit her lower lip, her eyes misty. “Just now, my shadow suddenly moved, lost control of its body, lifted the painting, and crawled into the passage.”

The ice sculpture girl said in a wronged voice, "After I came down, the shadow controlled my body and then I went into the iron cage."

"So..." Natsuki Amamiya pondered, "you locked yourself in?"

Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."

Seeing the ice sculpture-like girl biting her lower lip and turning her head away, unwilling to speak, Amamiya Natsuki laughed again.

No.

Sure enough, it looked like I should take a picture with my phone.

A caged princess is something you could never see in real life.

Kaguya Shinomiya gently gritted her teeth, "...Schadenfreude!"

"Feel sorry."

Natsuki Amamiya sincerely apologized and said she would do it again next time.

Taking pleasure in others' misfortunes is human nature.

"Open the cage quickly and let me out." Kaguya Shinomiya's eyes widened, and she was almost unable to control her silly side.

humiliation!

A disgrace for life!

Even though both of them were in the room, why was it that only he was controlled by the shadow and locked himself in a cage?

This is not fair!

"Where are the keys?"

Natsuki Amamiya checked the iron lock on the cage; it was thick and heavy, and obviously brute force wouldn't be enough to open it.

"I don't know." Kaguya Shinomiya shook her head. "There seem to be a lot of keys on that table. Can you check if you have any?"

"Ah."

Amamiya Natsuki stood up and looked at the wooden table next to the iron cage.

There were indeed many keys on the table, but something else caught Natsuki Amamiya's eye even more.

A black leather whip...

Amamiya Natsuki stretched out her right hand and picked up an object next to the whip. It was about the size of a car key, with a silver-white metal shape, and its style was completely different from the other things on the table.

"what is this?"

Amamiya Natsuki picked up the 'key' and looked it over with great curiosity.

Upon seeing the 'key' in Amamiya Natsuki's hand, Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes widened rapidly.

That's... a strange prop from a comic book?

Although I have never seen the actual product, the design and style are exactly the same.

Why would it appear in a game?

"Wait, wait a minute... don't press..."

Chapter 96 What is meant by "The Crow Drinks Water"?

"what is this?"

Looking at the silver object, about the size of a car key, in her hand, Amamiya Natsuki was very curious and subconsciously pressed it.

then……

Amamiya Natsuki felt a slight dizziness. After regaining her senses, she looked in surprise at the silly young lady in the iron cage, whose pretty face was inexplicably flushed.

Why is your face suddenly so red?

Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously.

"I don't know." Kaguya Shinomiya shook her head subconsciously, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes. "Just now, I think... I forgot something, but I can't remember."

[You have just been attacked by a special attack: King Crimson]

A notification suddenly appeared in front of Natsuki Amamiya's eyes.

Your memory of what just happened has been erased.

The attack originated from a higher-dimensional being known as the 'Reviewer,' and cannot be exempted from, refused, or resisted.

"I think I know why..."

After reading the hint, Natsuki Amamiya had only one feeling: utterly terrifying.

"What is it?"

Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but ask.

"In short, it's a terrifying existence, I can't say, I can't say." Amamiya Natsuki put away the key, her expression serious. "Just pretend nothing happened."

"By the way, did you just say not to press it?" Amamiya Natsuki asked.

The ice sculpture girl looked confused: "I think I mentioned it."

“Tell me earlier next time,” Natsuki Amamiya said. “That was really dangerous just now.”

"Although I don't know what you're talking about, I just feel inexplicably annoyed."

"What a coincidence, me too."

"..."

The Crimson King!

"So..." Natsuki Amamiya held up the silver metal remote control in her hand and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

"……do not know."

Kaguya Shinomiya turned her pretty face away in embarrassment.

“To be honest,” Amamiya Natsuki squinted, “even if Fujiwara were here, he wouldn’t be fooled by you.”

"Not always."

"In your eyes, is Fujiwara's intelligence about the same as that of a zoo gorilla?!"

"..."

Kaguya Shinomiya took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down: "...I've just seen similar things before."

To be precise, I saw it in a comic book.

Hayasaka gave herself a manga book with similar content: a female manga artist and her boyfriend went on a research trip to find inspiration... The manga and reality subtly overlapped.

"So it really is a remote control?" Amamiya Natsuki mused. "Controlling the collar around your neck?"

"should be."

Looking at the few remaining unidentified buttons on the key, Natsuki Amamiya's guilty conscience suddenly stirred.

"stare--"

Kaguya Shinomiya squinted at him, her tone warning, "Natsuki-kun, please stop your dangerous thoughts."

What if I can't stop?

"Then you'd better turn yourself in."

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki regretfully stopped her impulsive actions. Given this ice-cold young lady's proud personality, an accidental press might be forgiven, but if she continued to toy with her, she would really have no choice but to turn herself in.

Only a fool would sacrifice a lifetime of freedom for a few minutes of pleasure.

Holding the key on the table, Natsuki Amamiya knelt down in front of the iron cage and began trying to unlock it.

After a while.

"The key is wrong."

Amamiya Natsuki frowned.

We tried every key, but unfortunately none of them could open the iron cage.

"Are there any other keys?" Kaguya Shinomiya frowned slightly.

"No."

Amamiya Natsuki shook her head.

next moment.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and the puppet butler, dressed in a suit, rode in from outside.

"Esteemed guests, time is running out." The puppet butler rode over on a unicycle, wearing white gloves. He even took a handkerchief from his suit pocket, carefully wiped his hands, and bowed slightly. "Please join me for the meal."

Amamiya Natsuki didn't hide. The room was only so big, and apart from the iron cage and a table, there was nowhere to hide. Moreover, the puppet butler had obviously already discovered the two of them.