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

Kaguya Shinomiya frowned slightly as she looked around. She noticed that more and more frost had accumulated in the castle.

“There’s no way to prove it.” Kaguya Shinomiya shook her head. “If this world is similar to the ‘brain in a vat,’ then there’s no way to prove it.”

The so-called "brain in a vat" means that all human perceptions are derived from brain signals, so it is impossible to prove whether the world we live in is reality or a dream.

Sight, hearing, and touch can all be aggregates of information from the subconscious mind in dreams.

Natsuki Amamiya had even thought that the various 'hints' he saw might be products of dreams, until he figured out a way to prove it.

Well known.

Everything in a dream is a combination of knowledge that the brain has previously received.

In other words, you won't see a person or thing you've never seen before in your dreams.

So……

Yukino Yukinoshita stood silently in the corner, observing from the shadows, until her gaze swept over the second floor, at which point the girl's movements suddenly froze.

"Did it appear?"

Natsuki Amamiya, who had been watching Yukino Yukinoshita closely, stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"Ah."

Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip, her pretty face turning slightly pale, and gave a soft reply.

Following the gaze of the girl with long, straight black hair, Amamiya Natsuki looked up at the second floor.

At the junction of the second and first floors, where Jack stood in Titanic, a woman appeared out of nowhere.

The woman was wearing a black evening gown, had a very good figure, and sported a neat and tidy short haircut. She also wore a mask on her face.

The mask is quite peculiar, half of it is an angel and the other half is a demon.

Amamiya Natsuki narrowed her eyes slightly and gazed over there.

A prompt appeared quickly in front of me.

You've discovered the 'Masked Witch'. What kind of expression does she have beneath the mask?

The joy of a witch is something ordinary people can't experience, provided you can pique her interest.

[Difficulty Level: High]

[Unlockable Achievement: Sisters' Rice Bowl]

"Sisters' Rice Bowl..."

Natsuki Amamiya, seeing the 'Sisters' Rice Bowl's' unserious hint, had already guessed the other party's identity.

This achievement can only be unlocked by sisters.

Then without a doubt...

"Is she your sister?"

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Yukino Yukinoshita, her tone certain.

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened slightly, a clear expression of surprise on her face: "How did you know?"

"It does not matter."

Amamiya Natsuki withdrew her gaze.

The important thing is that the verification is complete.

Previously in the library, Natsuki Amamiya made a request to Yukino: the fantasy items should not feature characters from ordinary literary works, preferably things that only she knows about, and she should not tell anyone else, not even him.

Humans cannot create things they have never encountered before in their dreams.

This is the first time Amamiya Natsuki has encountered Yukinoshita in the game, and it's even more impossible that she has ever known or interacted with Yukinoshita's older sister.

The 'masked witch' before us is someone whose true identity is known only to Yukino Yukinoshita.

The prompts clearly revealed the other party's identity, and upon closer examination, the constantly appearing prompts were confirmed to be genuine, not false.

Once the real butterfly was caught, the truth of the world was finally revealed.

"It's time to go."

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly spoke up.

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika looked over, puzzled. "Where are you going, Natsuki-san?"

The other players also turned to look.

Amamiya Natsuki walked and said:

"Go to the mountainside, the place where we first woke up."

"Why go there?" Fujiwara Chika followed, pondering and analyzing, "...Is something left halfway up the mountain?"

Amamiya Natsuki nodded: "Correct answer, you guessed it right away."

"So perfunctory." The pink-haired girl puffed out her chubby cheeks. "Her expression was incredibly perfunctory."

You know I'm just giving you a perfunctory answer, yet you still ask. Everyone comes into this world empty-handed; what could possibly be left halfway up a mountain?

Despite her words, the pink-haired girl remained close to Amamiya Natsuki without the slightest hesitation or doubt.

The "anti-gang crime" team must, of course, be inseparable.

Needless to say, Kaguya Shinomiya would naturally act together, advancing and retreating together.

Yukino Yukinoshita quietly followed, her expression thoughtful.

Rikka Takanashi needs no introduction; just find the right person to cling to and stick close to them, and you're good to go.

The other four random players looked at each other, and although they followed, their expressions were clearly hesitant.

"Excuse me, why do you want to leave?"

A female player who happened to be passing by asked hesitantly.

Amamiya Natsuki said in a steady voice:

"If you want an explanation, I'll tell you slowly after the game is over."

"Eh?"

The female player blinked, then nodded quickly, like a chick pecking at rice: "I...I understand."

We'll talk about it after the game is over... It seems the boy in front of me has already found a way to beat the game.

Since that's the case, don't ask any questions, just follow along obediently.

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the castle gate, pushed it open, and a biting wind, carrying snowflakes, howled into the castle.

"It's so cold."

"The snow has never stopped."

"It feels like it's going down even harder."

"..."

All the players were shivering in the blizzard.

As Amamiya Natsuki stepped out of the castle, her right foot sank into the snow, and a biting chill swept over her.

"Look, everyone!" a cry of surprise suddenly rang out. "The countdown is dropping much faster!"

Everyone hurriedly checked their mission panels and could see that the death countdown was rapidly decreasing at 'twice the speed'.

Seeing this, some people immediately had second thoughts.

"How about we go back to the castle?"

"It's really too scary outside."

Amamiya Natsuki took a couple of steps, feeling the snow was above her ankles, making walking quite difficult. After a moment's hesitation, she suddenly said:

"Back to the castle."

"Ok?"

Kaguya Shinomiya looked over in surprise.

Amamiya Natsuki isn't the type to change her mind easily or act on a whim. She's only been gone a short time, so her decision to go back now must mean she has a plan.

What does he want to do?

As Natsuki Amamiya retreated back into the castle, the other players followed her in.

"Humans, what are you doing back here again?"

Miss Werewolf was quite surprised to see Amamiya Natsuki return before she even went upstairs.

Natsuki Amamiya said sincerely:

"I'm very sorry for what I did to Miss Werewolf earlier."

Miss Werewolf raised her chin and gave a haughty snort: "Hmph, good to know."

Natsuki Amamiya continued:

"A verbal apology cannot make up for my regret, so before I leave, I would like to give Miss Werewolf a gift."

"Gift?"

The werewolf girl's ears twitched slightly, and she couldn't help but ask, "What gift?"

Perhaps realizing her tone was too urgent, the werewolf quickly turned her head and haughtily snorted:

"Human, offer me one of your arms as a gift, and I'll consider forgiving you."

Natsuki Amamiya hid her right hand behind her back and, under Kaguya Shinomiya's shocked gaze, stepped to the werewolf lady's side and said seriously:

"Bend down and I'll put the gift on your head."

(PS: I don't know what's wrong, but the kidney stone keeps hurting every day or two. When it hurts, I can't concentrate on writing at all. For example, right now, I feel a dull pain in my right ribs, which is super annoying. And to make matters worse, I have an exam at the end of the month... I just hope I can hold on until the end of the month. If I don't update, it's because the pain is back. I'm so sorry.)

Chapter 108 You actually want me to be a sled dog?

"Human, what gift are you going to give me?"