Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki and the others prepared for an afternoon instance set in a movie theater, discussed their available abilities, and went to class before assembling at the Kitagawa family home. Miko invited Natsuki to lunch the next day, and the group gathered with Zhuzhu, ready to prepare for the instance.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya discussed preparing props and communication devices for the movie-theater instance, while Fujiwara Chika and Kitagawa Marin talked about an old horror movie.
• The group assigned abilities and discussed Kaguya's Shadow Walker tests before the bell sent them back to class.
• After school, Miko asked Amamiya Natsuki to come for lunch the next day, and he promised to return early.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Kaguya, Chika, and Marin traveled to the Kitagawa family home and met Zhuzhu along the way.
• Kitagawa Marin welcomed everyone home and asked Natsuki to get drinks while she and Zhuzhu changed.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions gathered at a movie theater and entered a new horror game instance. After the game began, Natsuki found himself alone with Lord Zhuzhu, and they prepared to regroup with the others.

• Amamiya Natsuki and his companions changed into their role-playing outfits and headed to the movie theater, where Hayasaka Ai was waiting in disguise.
• The group chose a nearly empty screening and entered the game area, with Amamiya Natsuki explaining that the game’s terms protected players’ identities from the authorities.
• The game loaded, transporting Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu to a dim, unfamiliar room.
• Amamiya Natsuki used their agreed code phrase to confirm Lord Zhuzhu’s identity, and they realized the others had been separated.

Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu began filming a documentary in the haunted house, where Natsuki captured its vengeful spirit with the Sweep away evil Combination Skill. As they questioned the spirit, an unseen narrator began recounting Natsuki’s actions and embarrassing personal traits.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu read their matching Main Quests and discovered they had appeared inside the haunted house.
• Amamiya Natsuki grabbed the vengeful spirit’s hand while warning Lord Zhuzhu not to run.
• Amamiya Natsuki used the Sweep away evil Combination Skill to restrain the spirit, whom he called Outlaw Zhang San.
• Amamiya Natsuki shone a flashlight on the captive spirit, then covered her head with a paper bag when she stayed silent.
• An unseen narrator described Natsuki’s single life and mocked his capture of the vengeful spirit, prompting Lord Zhuzhu to give him a strange look.

Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu searched the Haunted House for clues after capturing its Vengeful Spirit, while Natsuki revealed that Narrator-kun’s new ability might expose them to supernatural beings. When the apartment’s exit opened onto the town, Natsuki spotted a second sunset and stopped Zhuzhu from stepping into what he suspected was a trap.

• Amamiya Natsuki explained that Narrator-kun had activated Unlimited Narration, which made him the protagonist during narration and could raise the Ghost Story File’s rating.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu searched the apartment, finding signs that the Vengeful Spirit had lived alone and that a struggle might have taken place in the bathroom.
• Lord Zhuzhu opened the front door, which led to a hallway overlooking Ghost Story Town, and urged Natsuki to leave.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed that the sun outside the door was in the opposite direction from the sun they had seen through the balcony, deduced that the doorway view was likely a trap, and told Zhuzhu to step back.
• Lord Zhuzhu carefully shut the door and returned to Amamiya Natsuki’s side.

Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu searched for the key to the last room and discovered that their bodies were lying inside. Amamiya Natsuki suspected the haunted apartment had separated their bodies from their souls, leaving them to investigate what had happened.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Lord Zhuzhu to search the Vengeful Spirit for the key, and they found ash and charcoal in her mouth.
• The Vengeful Spirit spoke the word “Door,” prompting Amamiya Natsuki to turn over the bedroom sign and find a key stuck to its back.
• Amamiya Natsuki used the key to open the bedroom and found two people on the bed who looked exactly like him and Lord Zhuzhu.
• Amamiya Natsuki suggested their bodies and souls had been separated and pointed out clues that the apartment had been lived in, including a teacup, shoes, and a toothbrush.

Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu escaped the Haunted House illusion and completed its ghost story, but the game required only one of them to submit the videotape. Natsuki gave it to Zhuzhu to test what would happen after submission, then set out to find Fujiwara Chika and the others.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu woke in the empty apartment, left it, and received confirmation that they had completed the Haunted House Ghost Story.
• A videotape appeared, and the game warned that it had to be held for more than ten minutes before submission and that only one Lead Actor could submit it.
• Lord Zhuzhu offered to let Natsuki submit the videotape, but he handed it to her so she could test whether submitting it would remove her from the game.
• Natsuki and Zhuzhu left the apartment building and found the surrounding town deserted and dilapidated.
• Natsuki used the Red string to check on Esteemed Secretary and confirmed she was safe, then decided to find Fujiwara Chika to replenish their Chika Energy.

Amamiya Natsuki used a staged betrayal of Lord Zhuzhu to lure Narrator-kun away from revealing Secretary Fujiwara’s hiding place. After explaining the ruse and making peace with Lord Zhuzhu, he prepared to use the origami airplane to find Fujiwara Chika.

• Amamiya Natsuki explained that the origami airplane could guide him to Esteemed Secretary and prepared to throw it.
• Narrator-kun began narrating a food critic’s search for a hidden guest, and Amamiya Natsuki guessed it might expose Secretary Fujiwara.
• Amamiya Natsuki slapped Lord Zhuzhu and pretended to threaten her, redirecting Narrator-kun’s narration toward them.
• Lord Zhuzhu played along, and Narrator-kun revealed that the Videotape could not be destroyed.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained the plan to Lord Zhuzhu, who forgave him for Classmate Chika’s sake.
• Amamiya Natsuki brought out the origami airplane again and prepared to move.

Amamiya Natsuki and Zhuzhu followed the origami airplane to a restaurant, completing their Main Quest by submitting the supernatural videotape. They discovered the airplane waterlogged in the fish tank, and Zhuzhu realized Classmate Chika might be inside it as Amamiya grabbed the strange fish.

• Amamiya Natsuki carried Zhuzhu after the origami airplane when she became too exhausted to run.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Zhuzhu reached the restaurant, where Zhuzhu submitted the videotape and completed the Main Quest.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Zhuzhu entered the restaurant and noticed a koi and an ugly, anglerfish-like creature in the fish tank.
• Zhuzhu recognized their waterlogged origami airplane and concluded that Classmate Chika might be inside the fish tank.
• Amamiya Natsuki grabbed the strange fish as the Old Shop Manager addressed him in a low voice.

Amamiya Natsuki used a Dark Chef's Certificate to apply for a head chef position and cooked a series of dishes from a strange fish for the Two-Faced Woman. After she praised his food and invited him home, he refused and declared that he was a lolicon.

• Amamiya Natsuki introduced himself as Aruo, claimed he and his companion Komatsu had prepared Dark Ingredients, and asked Old Shop Manager to hire him as a chef.
• Amamiya Natsuki equipped the Dark Chef's Certificate, and Old Shop Manager offered him a Special Appointed Chef position if he earned the customers' approval.
• The Two-Faced Woman challenged Amamiya Natsuki to cook for her, and he brought Lord Zhuzhu into the kitchen to help with his apron.
• Amamiya Natsuki expertly prepared the strange fish into several dishes and instructed the Two-Faced Woman to taste them in order.
• The Two-Faced Woman was overwhelmed by the meal, praised its flavor, and invited Amamiya Natsuki home to cook for her in exchange for adult pleasures.
• Amamiya Natsuki took Lord Zhuzhu's hand, refused the invitation, and said he was a lolicon.

Amamiya Natsuki earned a large tip from Miss Sakurako’s meal and used the opportunity to secure information about his missing companions. He bought Fujiwara Chika from the restaurant, and she returned to human form after they left.

• Miss Sakurako tipped Amamiya Natsuki over ten thousand yen, and the manager appointed him Special Appointed Chef.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Miss Sakurako about his separated companions, and she agreed to tell him where they were.
• Amamiya Natsuki proposed a customer-referral commission to Miss Sakurako and the manager, then ordered Lord Zhuzhu to clean the table.
• Amamiya Natsuki spent his tip to buy the koi that was Fujiwara Chika.
• After Amamiya Natsuki carried the koi outside, Fujiwara Chika returned to human form, and he caught her in his arms.

Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu rescued Fujiwara Chika from a restaurant where she had turned into a koi after escaping without paying. After Chika found her clothes, the three considered how to locate the missing Kaguya, Marin, and Hanamori in the dangerous town.

• Amamiya Natsuki explained that he had recognized Chika in the fish tank but needed to buy her from the shopkeeper, and he gave her his jacket to cover herself.
• Fujiwara Chika recounted entering the restaurant, encountering a supernatural being, escaping through a window, and turning into a koi; Natsuki concluded that the restaurant transformed customers who left without paying into ingredients.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Chika, and Lord Zhuzhu found Chika's clothes behind the restaurant, and Chika dressed and pinned on her Jet-black bow.
• Fujiwara Chika asked about Kaguya, Marin, and Hanamori, and Amamiya Natsuki warned that searching at random would be dangerous and unlikely to find them.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions gathered information in town and planned to distribute maps to help find Kaguya, Marin, and other players. Their work was interrupted when Miss Sakurako brought the Slit-Mouthed Woman into the restaurant, where she asked Zhuzhu whether she was pretty.

• Amamiya Natsuki asked the manager if Fujiwara Chika could work at the restaurant, but the manager said one server was enough, so Amamiya gave Chika money to buy food.
• Fujiwara Chika gathered information from the restaurant’s customers and drew a map of the town’s important locations.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Fujiwara Chika to make more maps so they could post them with warnings and a secret code to help Kaguya, Marin, and other players find them.
• Miss Sakurako brought a masked woman in a trench coat into the restaurant, and Zhuzhu recognized her as the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman asked Zhuzhu whether she thought she was pretty, and Amamiya Natsuki told Zhuzhu to stay calm before complaining to the manager.

Amamiya Natsuki defused the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s threat by claiming Lord Zhuzhu was an Echo Princess, then prepared Dark Cuisine from the woman’s ingredient. The dish overwhelmed the Slit-Mouthed Woman, and the chapter ended with someone clinging to Amamiya Natsuki’s arm.

• The Old Shop Manager told Amamiya Natsuki that he had to satisfy the restaurant’s supernatural customers.
• Amamiya Natsuki pretended Lord Zhuzhu was an Echo Princess who could only say “Welcome!” to appease the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman put away her scissors and gave Amamiya Natsuki a small beast to cook after Miss Sakurako offered her a chance to settle things after the meal.
• Amamiya Natsuki prepared glowing ribs and instructed the Slit-Mouthed Woman to eat them piece by piece.
• The Dark Cuisine overwhelmed the Slit-Mouthed Woman, who collapsed onto the table, while Lord Zhuzhu and Fujiwara Chika watched in shock.
• Someone clung to Amamiya Natsuki’s arm, and he turned to see a pair of sparkling pink eyes.

After Miss Sakurako told Amamiya Natsuki about a black-haired girl who might be Kaguya, he set out with Fujiwara Chika and Zhuzhu to investigate. Along the way, he proposed a delivery service for the restaurant and helped distribute maps around Ghost Story Town before the group reached the Hoshino house.

• Miss Slit-Mouthed Woman paid Amamiya Natsuki after tasting Miss Sakurako’s dish, and Miss Sakurako offered to take him home before revealing that someone had seen a black-haired girl.
• Amamiya Natsuki decided the girl might be Kaguya and left the restaurant with Fujiwara Chika and Zhuzhu to investigate.
• Amamiya Natsuki proposed restaurant delivery to Old Shop Manager, who agreed to try the service.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the two girls posted maps, arrows, and player contact information around the dark streets of Ghost Story Town.
• The group reached a neglected house with the Hoshino name on its mailbox and noticed that a light was still on inside.

Amamiya Natsuki, Fujiwara Chika, and Lord Zhuzhu entered the neighbor's house to search for Kaguya, but an unknown force took control of their bodies. They discovered the seated girl was Lord Zhuzhu's classmate Komie-san, and Natsuki recognized clues about the supernatural being before beginning to plan an escape using the only thing they could still move: their mouths.

• Amamiya Natsuki, Fujiwara Chika, and Lord Zhuzhu entered the neighbor's house and were forced to wash their hands and follow the wife's instructions.
• The three lost control of their bodies as soon as they entered the house, preventing them from ambushing the neighbor's wife.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others found a long-haired girl at the dinner table and realized she was not Kaguya.
• Lord Zhuzhu recognized the girl as the popular beauty Komie-san, but Komie-san did not recognize her or remember her school.
• Amamiya Natsuki examined the family photograph and concluded that he understood what kind of supernatural being the neighbor's wife was.
• Amamiya Natsuki realized only their mouths remained under their control and began thinking of a way to escape.

Amamiya Natsuki used a fabricated confession about his imaginary little sister to distract Neighbor Wife and break her control over the family. After the group escaped her attack, they began searching the house for other players.

• Neighbor Wife tried to make everyone eat her food, but Amamiya Natsuki stopped the meal by calling her Mom and confessing.
• Amamiya Natsuki invented an increasingly outrageous story about kissing and impregnating his imaginary little sister, making Neighbor Wife furious.
• Neighbor Wife grabbed Amamiya Natsuki, and Fujiwara Chika used her skill to make Neighbor Wife answer the call of Zhang San, freezing her and revealing her family rule.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed that grabbing Neighbor Wife let them move again and asked Fujiwara Chika and Lord Zhuzhu to search the house for other players.
• Fujiwara Chika and Lord Zhuzhu began searching the house.

Amamiya Natsuki forced Neighbor Wife to reveal where she had hidden her money, but discovered that she was still altering the others’ memories. He led Neighbor Wife and the confused girls toward the door, wary that Komie-san had forgotten her own name.

• Amamiya Natsuki threatened Neighbor Wife and Komie-san until Neighbor Wife revealed that the money was hidden in a box in the upstairs bedroom.
• Fujiwara Chika and Lord Zhuzhu returned, retrieved the money, and began forgetting why they had come to the house.
• Amamiya Natsuki realized Neighbor Wife was still altering memories and sent Lord Zhuzhu outside.
• Fujiwara Chika approached Amamiya Natsuki under her altered memories, but fled after he tried to kiss her.
• Amamiya Natsuki led Neighbor Wife toward the door while Komie-san nervously stood up, unable to remember her own name.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others escaped a housebound Supernatural being that had altered their memories, then met Komie-san, a shy classmate with a paper-based communication skill. The group returned toward the restaurant to plan their next move, while Amamiya Natsuki began investigating Komie-san’s ability.

• Amamiya Natsuki led the girls out of the house, where Neighbor Wife vanished back inside and their altered memories returned.
• A Videotape appeared after the filming ended, and Amamiya Natsuki gave it to Fujiwara Chika with Komie-san’s agreement.
• Lord Zhuzhu invited Komie-san to join the group, and the four walked back toward the restaurant after running out of leads to find Kaguya.
• Komie-san used her notebook to reveal that she had seen a tattooed man, then demonstrated that her writing synchronized onto other sheets of paper.
• Amamiya Natsuki helped Komie-san open her skill panel, which identified her ability as Paper Medium and explained its limits.

Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika acted out a threatening scene to manipulate the Narrator, but Komie-san mistook it for real danger and intervened. After learning it was only an act, Komie-san apologized for hitting Amamiya Natsuki.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Komie-san to stay with Lord Zhuzhu and used her message-copying skill to help the group communicate.
• When the Narrator spoke again, Amamiya Natsuki asked Fujiwara Chika to play along and pretended to threaten her over the Supernatural videotape.
• Komie-san misunderstood the act, rolled up her notebook, and struck Amamiya Natsuki on the head while trying to protect Fujiwara Chika.
• Fujiwara Chika stopped Amamiya Natsuki from frightening Komie-san, and Lord Zhuzhu and Fujiwara explained that they had only been acting.
• Komie-san realized her mistake, retrieved her notebook, and wrote an apology to Amamiya Natsuki.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others reached a convenience store to print maps, where its inhuman Old Lady demanded teeth or hair as payment. The group faced the store’s threat with Natsuki insisting that the Old Lady herself should pay for using the printer.

• Komie-san became dizzy and weak after writing too much, so Amamiya Natsuki told her to rest and Fujiwara Chika and Lord Zhuzhu supported her.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Fujiwara Chika and Lord Zhuzhu to take turns holding the Supernatural videotape so they could test it when Narrator-kun appeared again.
• The group safely reached the Convenience store and asked the Old Lady to print a hundred copies of their revised map.
• After printing the maps, the Old Lady demanded ten thousand yen or payment in teeth, and threatened Komie-san by offering to take her hair.
• Amamiya Natsuki argued that the Old Lady should pay because she had used the printer.