Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki’s group posted flyers around town and encountered Shinomiya Kaguya in a bunny-girl outfit. Kaguya reunited with them but revealed that Marin was still trapped inside a supernatural being.

• Amamiya Natsuki explained that the game’s food and videotape rules encouraged players to compete over resources, then helped Fujiwara Chika, Lord Zhuzhu, and Komie-san post flyers around town.
• Amamiya Natsuki stole the videotape from Komie-san to trick the narrator into publicizing their actions, and the group restrained her as part of the ruse.
• Lord Zhuzhu noticed someone approaching, and the group saw a bunny girl who looked like Shinomiya Kaguya.
• Fujiwara Chika tested the bunny girl with a secret signal and personal questions, confirmed she was Kaguya, and recounted the group’s adventures since they had split up.
• Shinomiya Kaguya explained that a Costume Change Card had given her the bunny outfit and said she had escaped using her skill while Marin remained inside a supernatural being.

Shinomiya Kaguya told the group how she escaped a resetting inn instance, where Marin remained trapped with other players. Amamiya Natsuki prepared to return to rescue her after copying Komie-san’s Paper Art skill.

• Shinomiya Kaguya explained that the inn repeatedly reset and that one player lost her memories, while Amamiya Natsuki confirmed he was the repeatedly backstabbed Hero in the narration.
• Shinomiya Kaguya said she escaped using a Shadow Skill before the fourth reset and found the map Amamiya Natsuki had left at an intersection; Marin remained behind because her Sweep away evil skill could not get them out.
• Amamiya Natsuki realized they had targeted the wrong person and asked Komie-san to let him copy her skill, while Fujiwara Chika reassured the nervous girl.
• Komie-san agreed to let Amamiya Natsuki copy her Paper Art skill after Shinomiya Kaguya recognized its usefulness for communicating within the instance.
• After copying the skill, Amamiya Natsuki took Komie-san’s hand, noticed her trembling and sweating, and told her to keep moving.

Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika entered a haunted inn to investigate its strange residents and search for Marin. They discovered that certain phrases triggered the staff’s guest-serving instincts, then encountered a female player who kept repeating that men must die.

• Amamiya Natsuki sent Lord Zhuzhu and Komie-san to wait outside and handle Narrator-kun while he entered the inn with Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika tried questioning the eyeless Old Lady at the counter, but she responded only when they asked for a room.
• Shinomiya Kaguya discovered that asking an employee to show them to their room also triggered her work instinct.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others headed through the inn to find Marin and passed elderly guests and a young couple.
• A female player grabbed Amamiya Natsuki from behind and repeated that men must die, so Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika pulled her away.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions found Kitagawa Marin unconscious and realized a supernatural dream was trapping people at the inn. Amamiya entered the dream to confront whatever was causing it, and awoke beneath a moon in a tranquil cherry-blossom courtyard.

• Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika found Miss Tanaka acting under instinct and brought her along to find Haimeng.
• The group discovered Kitagawa Marin standing in a corner, unconscious and repeating that Little Shizuku-sama was cute.
• Amamiya Natsuki used a prompt to deduce that the inn's supernatural story involved people being drawn into dreams when they became drowsy.
• Fujiwara Chika became drowsy and fell under the spell, prompting Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya to deliberately wait until they grew sleepy too.
• Amamiya Natsuki entered the Dream World and found himself in a moonlit courtyard beneath a flowering cherry tree.

Amamiya Natsuki realized that he and Shinomiya Kaguya, Marin, and Chika had been drawn into a Nightmare World where their perceptions were distorted. After using Miko's Advanced Spirit Vision to recover his memories, he approached Kaguya and claimed he could make her accept his confession in three sentences.

• Amamiya Natsuki woke at a hot spring inn with hazy memories and encountered Shinomiya Kaguya in a Bunny Girl outfit.
• Amamiya Natsuki saw mysterious prompts in his mirror and activated Miko's Advanced Spirit Vision, breaking the Cognitive Distortion and remembering the Nightmare World.
• Amamiya Natsuki realized Kaguya, Marin, Chika, and everyone at the inn were caught in the Nightmare World, and hurried back to find Kaguya beneath the cherry tree.
• Shinomiya Kaguya mistook Amamiya Natsuki's approach for a confession and coldly told him to leave.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Shinomiya Kaguya that he needed only three sentences to make her accept his confession.

Amamiya Natsuki tried to convince Shinomiya Kaguya that they were trapped in a nightmare by exposing flaws in her memories and sharing personal information. As he prepared to use his final trump card, he distracted her with the moon, leaving his attempt to wake her unfinished.

• Amamiya Natsuki showed Shinomiya Kaguya her reflection in a mirror, revealing that she was wearing a bunny girl uniform despite not realizing it.
• Amamiya Natsuki quizzed Shinomiya Kaguya about her recent past, and her inability to answer at first made her question whether her memories were real.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Shinomiya Kaguya that they were trapped in a nightmare and needed to find its core, but she demanded decisive evidence.
• Amamiya Natsuki cited private details about Shinomiya Kaguya and her maid Hasaka, but Shinomiya Kaguya remained unconvinced.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Shinomiya Kaguya to lean closer, then looked up at the sky and drew her attention to the bright silver moon.

Amamiya Natsuki kissed Shinomiya Kaguya to break her free from Nightmare’s Restraint, and she returned to normal just as she was about to punish him. They identified the inn’s supernatural story as a dangerous multiplayer nightmare and began searching for Marin and Chika, leaving off as they checked rooms along the corridor.

• Amamiya Natsuki kissed the Ice Sculpture version of Shinomiya Kaguya, then surrendered when she struck him with an elbow.
• Shinomiya Kaguya returned to normal, and Amamiya Natsuki explained that the kiss had been meant to free her from Nightmare’s Restraint.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya discussed the nightmare and agreed to find Marin and Chika before searching for its core.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya split up along the corridor and began knocking on doors to find Marin.
• Amamiya Natsuki checked several rooms and reached the fourth, where he reacted with surprise.

Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya found Kitagawa Marin in the second layer of the Nightmare World and reenacted a scene from Succubus Girl’s Fall to restore her memories. Marin remembered them but remained trapped in the dungeon, and she asked where Chika-chan was.

• Amamiya Natsuki avoided Echo Princess’s advances and followed Shinomiya Kaguya to Kitagawa Marin’s room.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya tied up, blindfolded, and gagged Marin to recreate the Little Shizuku scene that would wake her.
• Amamiya Natsuki removed Marin’s gag, and she recognized him and Shinomiya Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that they were in the second layer of the Nightmare World and that Marin’s perception had been distorted.
• Marin asked where Chika-chan was.

After the nightmare restarted, Amamiya Natsuki realized Marin and Kaguya had lost their memories while he retained his own. He found Marin in her room and restrained her, planning to use her help to save the world.

• Amamiya Natsuki found Chika in the dining hall, but the dream suddenly restarted and returned him to the inn lobby alone.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed the moon had shifted and concluded that time had restarted, while Kaguya and Marin had forgotten what happened before.
• Amamiya Natsuki went to Marin’s room and found her soaking in the hot spring, unaware of their previous encounter.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Marin the world was in danger and asked for her help, then grabbed and restrained her when she tried to escape.

Amamiya Natsuki freed Kitagawa Marin after the Dream World restarted and took her to find Fujiwara Chika. He prepared glowing fried rice to try to awaken Chika’s memories, but gave the dish to Marin instead, leaving Chika protesting.

• Amamiya Natsuki untied Kitagawa Marin and explained that the Dream World had restarted, while Marin teased and bit him in thanks for rescuing her.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Marin searched the courtyard for Kaguya, then went to the cafeteria and found Fujiwara Chika, who did not recognize Marin.
• Amamiya Natsuki decided that Chika needed a different way to recover her memories and asked whether she believed food could glow.
• Amamiya Natsuki cooked glowing Supreme Seafood and Shrimp Fried Rice using the cafeteria’s dark ingredients.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave the fried rice to Marin rather than Chika, and Marin eagerly prepared to eat it as Chika complained.

Amamiya Natsuki and Kitagawa Marin tricked Fujiwara Chika with a lost bite of glowing egg fried rice before sharing a portion with her. The group reunited with Shinomiya Kaguya beneath the cherry tree, and Marin asked how they could wake her.

• Kitagawa Marin ate Amamiya Natsuki's egg fried rice while Fujiwara Chika watched eagerly, but he dropped the last bite on purpose to shock Chika.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave Fujiwara Chika half a portion of egg fried rice, and she ate it blissfully before joining him and Kitagawa Marin to look for Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Kitagawa Marin, and Fujiwara Chika found Shinomiya Kaguya reading beneath the cherry tree in her Bunny Girl Uniform.
• Fujiwara Chika hugged Shinomiya Kaguya, who pushed her away because her clothes were wet and told her to bathe and change.
• Kitagawa Marin asked Amamiya Natsuki how they could wake Shinomiya Kaguya.

Amamiya Natsuki reunited with Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, and Kitagawa Marin in the Nightmare World and explained the time restart and their danger. With another restart due soon and his copied ability temporary, they had to find and destroy the Nightmare Core, though he did not know who or where it was.

• Amamiya Natsuki used their synchronized conversation and a surprise kiss to make Shinomiya Kaguya remember the previous time restart.
• Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, and Kitagawa Marin confronted Amamiya Natsuki about kissing Kaguya, and he claimed it did not count because it happened in a dream.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that the Nightmare World restarted about once an hour and that the next restart would happen in half an hour.
• Amamiya Natsuki warned that his temporary copied ability could expire, leaving them trapped in the Nightmare World if they did not destroy the Nightmare in time.
• Kitagawa Marin asked where the Nightmare Core was, but Amamiya Natsuki admitted he knew neither its location nor the identity of the person at its center.

With Miko's Pupil Power fading and only half an hour remaining, Amamiya Natsuki used a charged Lucky Coin and Divination Eraser to track the Nightmare Core to the inn's women's hot spring. He entered with Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika to investigate the three bathers, while Kitagawa Marin stayed behind to watch the entrance.

• Shinomiya Kaguya proposed searching everyone in the inn, and Amamiya Natsuki revealed that the Mysterious Coin stored luck before guaranteeing its lucky effect.
• Amamiya Natsuki used the coin's luck boost to divine directions with Shinomiya Kaguya's Divination Eraser, leading the group to the women's hot spring.
• After their lucky period ended, Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, and Kitagawa Marin entered the bath and found three possible Nightmare Core hosts: an old woman, a middle-aged lady, and a young woman.
• Amamiya Natsuki joined Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika inside to inspect the bathers, while Kitagawa Marin remained outside to warn them if anyone approached.

Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya searched the hot spring for the person tied to the nightmare before the dream reset. They eliminated one suspect, but confronted another woman as time ran short.

• Fujiwara Chika lured a short-haired girl away from the hot spring while Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya hid nearby.
• Kaguya warned that the dream would reset soon and said she would be in the sauna room if it happened again; she shared two personal secrets with Natsuki so he could earn her trust.
• Natsuki used his ability to determine that the short-haired girl had nothing to do with the nightmare.
• Natsuki and Kaguya went to the hot spring and surprised a woman climbing out of the pool.
• Kaguya threatened an older woman at the hot spring to keep her from shouting while Natsuki addressed the startled woman.

Amamiya Natsuki began the third loop and went to the sauna to trick Shinomiya Kaguya into leaving her booth. After persuading her that he was a time-traveling operative, he grabbed her wrist, leaving her caught in his scheme.

• Amamiya Natsuki confirmed that the Nightmare had restarted and began the third loop.
• Amamiya Natsuki went to the Sauna Room, determined to let Kaguya go first as he had promised.
• Amamiya Natsuki posed as a bodyguard and then claimed to be a Future Person to persuade Shinomiya Kaguya to open her booth.
• Amamiya Natsuki used secrets about Kaguya’s childhood and a supposed pill that showed the future to win her trust.
• Amamiya Natsuki grabbed Shinomiya Kaguya’s wrist when she reached for the pill, and she realized he had tricked her.

Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya recovered their memories of the earlier reboots and worked to stop Miss Nakagawa from going to the hot spring. They brought her to the dining hall, where they encountered Fujiwara Chika, and Marin asked Natsuki whether they should wake her.

• Kaguya realized that she had told Natsuki the secrets about Fluffy Ball and the dolls before the reboot, then stopped resisting as he kissed her.
• After breaking away, Natsuki told Kaguya to intercept Miss Nakagawa while he went to find Marin.
• Natsuki tied up Marin again, then left with her and met Kaguya and Miss Nakagawa in the hallway.
• Natsuki persuaded Miss Nakagawa to join a cooking discussion in the dining hall, with help from Marin and the short-haired girl.
• At the dining hall, Kaguya reunited with Fujiwara Chika, and Marin quietly asked Natsuki whether they should wake Chika.

Amamiya Natsuki held a cooking contest with Miss Nakagawa and used his glowing egg fried rice to overwhelm her with pleasure. He confessed and asked her out, and she accepted just before the Dream World rebooted.

• Amamiya Natsuki paid the chef to lend them the kitchen and started a twenty-minute Food Battle with Miss Nakagawa.
• Amamiya Natsuki made glowing egg fried rice that delighted Fujiwara Chika, Kitagawa Marin, Kaguya, and the other judges.
• Miss Nakagawa tasted the fried rice and was overwhelmed by its effects.
• Amamiya Natsuki confessed his feelings to Miss Nakagawa and asked her to go out with him, while the glasses boy objected.
• Miss Nakagawa accepted after her niece encouraged her, and the Dream World suddenly rebooted.

Amamiya Natsuki and Kitagawa Marin devised a plan to make the boy with glasses despair and collapse the Dream World. After Marin helped him copy her Charm Spell, they used it on Miss Nakagawa, and the boy witnessed her declaring her love for Natsuki.

• Amamiya Natsuki reunited with Shinomiya Kaguya, and they agreed to separate the boy with glasses from Miss Nakagawa and wake Kitagawa Marin.
• Kitagawa Marin proposed using the Minotaur Tactic, then suggested charming Miss Nakagawa into making the boy despair.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Kitagawa Marin kissed, allowing him to copy Marin's Charm Spell.
• Amamiya Natsuki charmed Miss Nakagawa in the cafeteria while Marin relayed the plan to Kaguya.
• The boy with glasses, whose name was Kazuya, arrived and heard Miss Nakagawa say she loved Natsuki and wanted to stay by his side.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others escaped Ghost Story Inn after the Nightmare World collapsed, and their completed Videotape earned a major rating boost. Outside the inn, Lord Zhuzhu reunited with Natsuki after waiting four hours, overwhelmed that he had finally come out.

• The Nightmare World shattered, and Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, Kitagawa Marin, and Fujiwara Chika woke in the ruined inn.
• Natsuki untied Marin and Chika, then led the group through the inn and out into Ghost Story Town.
• A Videotape appeared, and the Game announced that their filming was complete and that Miyaba Old Bros on the judging panel would boost its rating.
• Natsuki called for Lord Zhuzhu, who ran into his arms and tearfully asked why he had taken so long to come out.
• The group learned that Zhuzhu had waited outside the inn for four hours while the nightmare restarted.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others escaped the inn after resolving its supernatural nightmare and rescued the forgotten Miss Tanaka. They returned to the restaurant, where a new group of gloomy diners stared at them.

• Amamiya Natsuki and the others realized they had forgotten Miss Tanaka and returned to the inn to find her.
• The inn staff, now awakened as dead-conscious spirits, let the group search the building for Miss Tanaka.
• Kitagawa Marin reunited with Miss Tanaka, and Amamiya Natsuki reminded her that they had met during a sewer-clogging incident.
• The group left the inn freely after Kitagawa Marin explained that its supernatural story had been resolved.
• Amamiya Natsuki led everyone back to the restaurant, where several gloomy diners turned to stare at him.