Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender

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Besides that, there was a strange red string, with each party tying it to their fingers. When one person moved their finger, the other's would follow.

A special universal key, which could open anything except locks.

The Travel Frog, a consumable item. You send a frog out on a trip, and it sends you back local specialties. There's a high chance it'll be insects.

The Qiuqiu people's mask. When you're sick and wear this mask, you'll hear a strange song in your ears: "Big Qiuqiu is sick, Second Qiuqiu checks, Third Qiuqiu gathers herbs, Fourth Qiuqiu brews..." In short, there were all sorts of items.

The trade continued, and both parties were very satisfied. Only the vengeful spirit lady was teary-eyed, despairingly eating chives.

"I feel like we're being a bit too much," Fujiwara Chika said softly.

Fujiwara, who had always been kind-hearted, felt sympathy when she saw the teary-eyed, seemingly about-to-break vengeful spirit.

"It is indeed a bit much," Amamiya Natsuki nodded, quickly thinking of a solution. "Here's what you do, go tear a strip of cloth from the bedsheet."

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika was confused. "What do you need a cloth strip for?"

"We'll tie it over the vengeful spirit lady's eyes," Amamiya Natsuki said seriously. "I saw a news report on Twitter before about a farmer who put VR glasses on his cows, simulating pastures under blue skies and white clouds, and the cows' milk production increased by twenty percent."

Seeing the beast-girl vengeful spirit glare at him, Amamiya Natsuki said sincerely, "We don't have VR glasses now, so we'll have to use a cloth strip as a substitute. Make do with it, and you can imagine a barbecue feast in your mind."

Tears welled up even more in the beast-girl vengeful spirit's eyes. She swallowed the chives in her mouth and said with a trembling voice, "Don't do this, you can't bully a vengeful spirit like this..."

Meanwhile.

Another player hesitantly stepped forward. It was a newbie who had only participated in one game. The item they had drawn had already been used, and they were now empty-handed, wanting to beg for food.

"Sorry, that's not possible."

Shinomiya Kaguya refused coldly.

A merchant is not a philanthropist, nor a Saint Mother.

If she gave out milk just because someone asked, what would the players who exchanged items for food earlier think?

"However, you can exchange for food in other ways," Shinomiya Kaguya said, changing her tone as she looked at the dejected, despairing girl. "Information you've gathered, anomalies you've noticed, or completing a small request from us can all be exchanged for food."

There was no need to doubt it, fame was also a form of power.

If she wanted to become a capitalist in a horror game, secretly developing would not work. Now, she needed to build a reputation.

"Information..." The girl's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "I have a piece of information related to reality, can I exchange it for food?"

"Yes, please don't deceive us with false information, the consequences are very serious."

"It's true." The girl said excitedly, "I met an old lady before, and she told me that most vengeful spirits in reality are humans who have died. But there are exceptions; some people with strong convictions and kind hearts don't become evil spirits after death, but rather become beings like white guardian spirits."

Chapter 50: Vengeful Spirit Survey Form

"Earthbound spirits are rare; they are white, glowing humanoid figures, and it's said they can only remain in places they cherished in life."

The girl continued timidly, "I have a very good friend whose mother passed away early. I went to her house to play a while ago and saw her mother had become an earthbound spirit, almost exactly like she was in life. I could even hear Auntie talking."

"Auntie said my friend usually stays home alone and is very lonely, and she hopes I can take her out to play more... I didn't dare to answer and pretended not to see her."

"I don't know what will happen if Auntie discovers I can see her."

So that's how it is.

Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly.

So Miko's father was an earthbound spirit, no wonder he was completely different from other wandering evil spirits.

It's a pity that the specific situation of earthbound spirits is unknown; pretending not to see them is the best option.

"...Dad."

A soft cry suddenly sounded in his ear.

Amamiya Natsuki looked in the direction of the sound and saw the chuunibyou girl Rikka's eyes were slightly red, with a misty haze forming in her eyes.

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

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

"That's not necessarily true," the vengeful spirit lady snorted. "Don't think I don't know; you human males like to have women call you Daddy. There's even an industry called 'Daddy live'..."

She even knows about Daddy live, you're truly a progressive vengeful spirit, keeping up with the times!

Amamiya Natsuki was curious, "How do you know so much?"

"A human appeared in my ward before. I was very bored at the time, so I had her tell me stories to pass the time," the vengeful spirit lady said, her speech muffled as she chewed on chives, a habit she had developed. "That cowardly human said she was an author writing a light novel. I don't remember the name clearly, but it was something like 'Catching the Weakness of a Daddy Live High School Girl and Forcing Her to Play a Dog-Walking Game'."

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Cao Mengde waves his sleeve.jpg.

Such a terrible name, it wouldn't pass censorship, right!

Meanwhile.

"Rikka, what's wrong?"

Fujiwara Chika asked with concern.

"I want to go home." Takanashi Rikka wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, the ahoge on her head drooping. "Dad must be waiting for my sister and me to come home all by himself."

Fujiwara Chika blinked, reached out, and gently stroked Rikka's head. Her voice was soft, "Don't cry, Rikka-chan. If you're worried, then go home and see. But be sure to stay safe."

"Mom... Earthbound spirit..."

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

"Um... could I please have some food?"

The young girl asked cautiously.

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

"Got it."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded.

The transaction was complete, and the next step was naturally the milking work.

The beast-girl vengeful spirit sat propped up on the hospital bed, chewing on chives and growling ferociously, "Eighteen times, eighteen people in total. You haven't let me rest for even a minute. I've got all of you humans marked!"

"Yes, yes." Amamiya Natsuki's tone was perfunctory. "So, do you want me to tie a blindfold on you or not?"

"I'm going to eat you!"

"..."

After a cup of milk, the hunger status was quickly resolved. The player girl thanked them gratefully and was about to leave.

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

"Huh?"

"Describe your 'wardmate' in the same room. The more detailed the information, the better."

The player girl was surprised. "What do you want to do?"

"Better safe than sorry." Shinomiya Kaguya turned her head slightly to look at Fujiwara Chika. "Fujiwara."

"Coming."

Fujiwara Chika, taking on her role as secretary, stepped forward and handed the girl a piece of paper. "Please begin."

The player girl looked down and saw a hand-drawn survey form. It asked for the room number, the identity of the vengeful spirit in the same room, what the vengeful spirit demanded, her guesses about the vengeful spirit, and so on... It made her feel dazed.

What happened to the horror game?

Everyone is on edge, struggling to survive, and you guys have the mood to make survey forms?

"Please hurry," Fujiwara Chika reminded her kindly. "The hallway is about to get dark again."

"I'm sorry."

The player girl instinctively bowed in apology, then took the pen and sat down at the table, starting to fill out the survey form with complex and subtle feelings.

A moment later.

"I've finished."

She handed over the form with both hands, and the player girl quickly took her leave.

Darkness descended.

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 back on the hospital bed with a look of utter despair, like a toy about to break. "I almost threw up."

Don't worry, you won't be able to throw up.

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

To be safe, Amamiya Natsuki remained by the beast-girl vengeful spirit's side, keeping watch. On the surface, he seemed completely obedient and even resigned to his fate, but it was a vengeful spirit after all, and caution was necessary.

A bite from those serrated teeth would probably shatter bone.

"Um, what do we do next?"

The second young girl who chose to cling to a strong ally, Asuka, raised her right hand and asked softly.

"Integrate the information, analyze the clues, and extract the elements." Shinomiya Kaguya quickly scanned the survey forms in her hands, not looking up. "Information is the most precious thing. Speculating blindly behind closed doors is meaningless. Large-scale data analysis and integration is the correct way to complete missions."

In fact, all the players who had come to trade for food before had filled out survey forms. It didn't involve personal privacy, so there was no reason to refuse. Many of them were even quite cooperative, hoping Amamiya Natsuki and the others would visit them.

"Cough, cough... That makes a lot of sense."

Kujo Asuka coughed guiltily. Although she didn't understand what was being said, it sounded very impressive.

As expected of a big shot, I made the right choice to cling to a strong ally!

Shinomiya Kaguya read at a very fast pace and soon finished all the survey forms. She then handed them to Fujiwara Chika. "Everyone read them, and then share your respective opinions."

Decision-makers need to be decisive.

But before that, they need to widely solicit opinions from all sides.

"We still have to share our opinions?"

Kujo Asuka's mood became even more complicated. Why is this like a leadership meeting discussing work?

The art style of the horror game is getting weirder and weirder!

A moment later.

"Amamiya-classmate, here you go." Fujiwara, the secretary, handed over a stack of survey forms. "I've finished reading them."

Amamiya Natsuki took the survey forms and carefully browsed through them.

The first survey form's cohabiting wardmate was a succubus.

Dark skin.

Fangs.

A pair of demonic wings on its back, and a tail.

Wearing very revealing clothing.

Its eyes were terrifying red vertical pupils.

Finally, there was a sentence left by the unlucky player:

"--I feel like it wants to eat me, but I'm a girl!"

Chapter 51: This Time It's Completely Drained

"I'm done reading," Amamiya Natsuki put down the survey form in his hand. "This game is indeed very dangerous."

"Shameless! Hypocritical!"

The beast-girl vengeful spirit gnashed her teeth in anger. "You humans just love to lie!"

"Hm?"