Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender

It was clearly impossible to solve in a short while.

Could we learn Morse code in the future and use red string to pass messages?

While contemplating the extended uses of the red string, the little finger moved slightly again.

"You're here again?"

"Hehe."

The girl with a butterfly clip in her bangs tilted her pretty face up, a smug smile playing on her lips.

Third time's the charm, now I'll show you what it means to know when to stop!

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly twitched his little finger.

Then the two of them quietly played a finger game for half the day.

"The hallway lit up."

Amamiya Natsuki and the other two returned to the hallway, heading straight for the nurse's station.

The nurse sat behind the duty desk, motionless. Her face, covered in bloodstained gauze, silently stared down the hallway, clearly still slacking off.

The three of them searched for the key in front of the nurse. Fujiwara Chika even tidied up the messy duty desk.

"No key found."

"Could it be on the nurse?"

"Very likely."

"Then there's nothing we can do..." Fujiwara Chika pointed, "Outlaw Zhang San, if I call you, do you dare to answer?"

A hoarse voice came from the nurse, who had been like a statue. She then grabbed a blood-stained, oversized syringe. Clearly angered by the interruption of her slacking, she moved.

Snap.

Amamiya Natsuki grabbed the nurse's shoulder: "Zhang San, you're under arrest."

The nurse immediately stopped moving.

"Kaguya-chan, let's look for the key together."

The two girls worked together and quickly found a key in the nurse's pocket.

Then the trouble began.

As soon as Amamiya Natsuki released his hand, the nurse immediately resumed her actions. Holding an oversized syringe and staggering with wobbly steps, she chased after the three of them.

The "Sweep Away Pornography and Illegal Publications" combo seemed strong, but it could only deal with a single target. Its true effect was to restrict the movement of vengeful spirits, not eliminate them.

It was manageable before, but now with a vengeful spirit lady following them, the problem was immediately exposed.

They still didn't know what the situation was in the last ward. They definitely couldn't bring the nurse with them; it would be terrible if they were attacked from both front and back.

"Kaguya-chan, want to try your weapon?"

Fujiwara Chika suddenly made a suggestion.

"I'll try it."

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly, agreeing. She hadn't used the exclusive weapon obtained from the Hundred Man Kill mission before.

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya curiously. He saw the bow and arrow model suddenly grow larger, transforming into a real longbow.

Immediately, a faint glow flashed on Shinomiya Kaguya's body, and her school uniform surprisingly turned into a red and white miko outfit.

Her black hair cascaded down to her waist.

The miko outfit fluttered without any wind.

Shinomiya Kaguya seemed to transform into a true miko. With a standard and elegant posture, she drew the bowstring. An arrow materialized out of thin air and shot out.

Under the expectant gaze of the three, the arrow struck the nurse directly in the body, then with a snap, it simply dissipated.

The nurse yelped in surprise and quickly touched her chest.

There was no wound where the arrow hit, not even a tear in her clothes.

"..."

The air suddenly fell silent.

They knew the ADC's damage was weak, but this was too weak! An arrow shot out, and it didn't even scratch the other person's clothes!

"The pose was cool," Amamiya Natsuki commented silently. "Let's go back to the room and hide."

As long as they returned to the ward, with Miss Sadako's social anxiety, she would definitely hide and refuse to come out. Naturally, they wouldn't have to worry about being attacked from both front and back.

Unexpectedly, the nurse suddenly spoke: "Do it again."

"Huh?"

"Hurry up, shoot me again."

A hint of excitement and anticipation suddenly appeared in the nurse's voice.

Fujiwara Chika blinked and whispered, "Nurse... is she a masochist?"

Highly possible.

Even vengeful spirits probably don't like being shot at.

Shinomiya Kaguya bit her lower lip slightly, drew her bow, and let another arrow fly.

Amamiya Natsuki thought it would be another scratch attack, but to his surprise, after the arrow hit, the nurse was quickly sealed by a light and disappeared.

"Huh? What's going on?" Fujiwara Chika yelped in surprise. "Did Kaguya-chan land a critical hit?"

"Is there a possibility," Amamiya Natsuki guessed, "that the nurse was just too lazy and deliberately let herself be sealed by Kaguya-classmate to avoid duty?"

"..."

The three arrived in front of the last hospital room.

"I'll open the door."

Amamiya Natsuki took the key, and the door indeed opened successfully.

As the Sin Buster, he naturally had to be at the forefront. Fujiwara Chika and Kaguya were both squishy ADCs who could be instantly killed if they weren't careful.

"Natsuki-classmate, be careful," Fujiwara Chika urged nervously.

Kaguya also whispered, "Be careful."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly and pushed the door open, entering the room.

In the dim hospital room, only a scrawny little girl lay on the bed. On the table beside her were several books. Amamiya Natsuki saw the manga Warmth of Monday and a book titled Embrace Life Even With ALS.

A tablet lay near the girl's hand, its faint light illuminating the room.

Amamiya Natsuki cautiously took two steps forward and looked at the tablet. It displayed a page of a hand-drawn comic, depicting a hallway and rooms. Inside each small room were Q-version familiar avatars.

Beside it was a sentence: "I really want to see the hydrangeas of the rainy season again."

The next moment.

The tablet's faint light suddenly went out, and the hallway and room plunged into darkness simultaneously.

Amamiya Natsuki gently touched the tablet, waking it from sleep mode. The hallway instantly regained its light, and he placed the paper hydrangea into the girl's hand.

A game prompt sound followed.

"Player has cleared the game. Game over."

(ps: I'm feeling unwell, so only one update today.)

Chapter 57: Miko, I Need Your Help to Cultivate

[Player Evil of This World, Cancer of the Earth, Budding Capital has cleared the game]

[All players, please prepare. The game will shut down in ten seconds]

"Huh?"

Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened in surprise. "How did it end so quickly?"

Shinomiya Kaguya's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, her gaze fixed on the hospital bed.

"Actually, it's very simple..."

Ten seconds passed in the blink of an eye. Before Amamiya Natsuki could finish speaking, the world before him froze abruptly.

The next second.

The eerie, dim hospital room transformed into a bright, sunlit classroom. The three of them were still in the classroom, as if everything that had just happened was merely a dream.

The game's preparation time was only ten seconds, which was too short to even mentally prepare.

Amamiya Natsuki and the other two could only remain in the classroom and couldn't even go to the Game Club.

There were unlucky players who complained about being summoned by the game while bathing, wearing nothing but underwear, and almost being mistaken for perverts.

Therefore, preparing weapons in advance was difficult. Everyone had school and life to attend to; they couldn't carry an arsenal around at all times. Except for items obtained from blind boxes, all real-world items could not be stored in the game inventory, just like the red string and collar from before.

Furthermore, it seemed that only consciousness or souls entered the game, with the body remaining in the real world. Otherwise, it would be a complete transformation.

"We're back."

Amamiya Natsuki pressed his fingers to his temples and turned to look out the window.

The sun was shining brightly outside.

Members of various sports clubs were on the sports field, sweating and radiating youth.

It was just a shame that a few evil spirits were training alongside them on the field.

"Natsuki-classmate, what exactly happened just now? Why did the game end so suddenly?"

Fujiwara Chika clasped her hands in front of her chest, her face filled with curiosity. "What about the boss battle you promised?"

Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers and turned to look at the girl with the bow tie:

"You want to know?"

Fujiwara Chika's eyes were full of anticipation. "I super want to know."

Amamiya Natsuki leaned back against the chair behind him. "I'm not telling you."

"…Natsuki-classmate is bullying me!"

"……"

Opening the in-game mail, Amamiya Natsuki checked the game clear rewards.

First, the basic clear reward: ten game coins.

Players who laze around could only get basic rewards, just enough to open one blind box.

Next were the side quests. Each vengeful spirit in the hospital rooms could initiate a side quest. Due to time constraints, Amamiya Natsuki only completed the ones with Miss Sadako, the Beast-girl vengeful spirit, the Mirror vengeful spirit, and Harley Quinn's Old Maid game. For the other vengeful spirits, he simply and brutally carried out the anti-pornography and illegal publications campaign, not receiving any rewards. In total, he obtained eighty game coins.

Following that was the hidden quest [Hydrangea's Wish], rewarding fifty game coins.

Finally, there was the game's hidden worldview, [The Light of the Tablet]. For the girl Sakurai, who suffered from ALS, the hospital was only the fourth floor.

The girl lay alone in the ward, with only her last finger still able to move. Whenever the tablet screen went black, she would use her finger to light it up again, letting the faint light illuminate the room once more.

[You have unlocked the hidden worldview, you have received a special reward]

[You have successfully unlocked the Guardian Spirit slot. From now on, you can bind Guardian Spirits]

[After successful binding, you can command your Guardian Spirit to fight for you]

[Note: Guardian Spirit types include Evil Spirits, Vengeful Spirits, Earthbound Spirits, and Heroic Spirits. Before binding, you must obtain their consent]

Hey, hey, is this note really okay?

Evil Spirits and Vengeful Spirits are one thing, but what's with the Heroic Spirits at the end?

So, this world actually has Heroic Spirits?