Kaguya-sama Wants Me to Surrender

Meanwhile.

A flood of prompts appeared before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes.

[You have encountered the progenitor of all shadows—the Ebisu God]

[An abnormal creature that has survived for hundreds of years. Its current state is injured. You realize you cannot fight it head-on and decide to avoid its sharp edge for now.]

[After careful observation, you discover that it possesses the ability to Restart time]

[After thinking carefully, you realize that last round, you successfully killed Four Hands, causing the Ebisu God to go berserk and time to restart once. It is now the Second Round.]

"Restart time?"

Amamiya Natsuki was shocked. He suddenly understood why the potions in his backpack had inexplicably disappeared. They had already lived through one summer, and during the summer festival before, everyone had successfully killed the monster Four Hands. But Four Hands seemed especially important to the Ebisu God, so she had directly restarted time—or, rather, the instance.

All his questions were answered.

Why had almost all the tourists aboard the cruise ship that docked at noon been copied? Because the Ebisu God was searching among them for "players."

Why had Four Hands been so certain that they were after him when he appeared just now?

Why had the potions in his backpack disappeared without a trace...

Because they were already in the Second Round.

"Your Identity..."

The Ebisu God floated in midair. Her red eyes held no trace of human feeling, only endless indifference. Her gaze passed over Amamiya Natsuki without stopping, then lingered on Kaguya, Yukino, Hayasaka, Chika, and the other girls. Then, for the first time, she spoke:

"It's you."

Her voice was childish, yet cold beyond measure, utterly devoid of emotion.

After saying this, the Ebisu God extended her right hand toward the girls and clenched it in midair.

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