Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki learned from Miss Sakurako that Hanamori was at the school while he served Dark Cuisine at the restaurant. After closing, he traded money for items with two players and rescued the player trapped in the fish tank before leaving.

• Amamiya Natsuki served Dark Cuisine to the restaurant’s supernatural guests and learned from Miss Sakurako that the girl with twin braids and glasses was at the school.
• Amamiya Natsuki teased Fujiwara Chika about meeting him on the school rooftop the next day, and she reminded him they still had to find Hanamori.
• Amamiya Natsuki collected his pay and confirmed he would return to work at ten the next morning.
• Amamiya Natsuki traded money for strange items with two players so they could pay their restaurant bills.
• Amamiya Natsuki scooped the player trapped in the fish tank out with a net, paid for him, and left the restaurant.

Amamiya Natsuki rescued Fujiwara Chika from her goldfish curse, gathered three players who had followed their flyers, and led the group toward the school to find Hayasaka Ai. He met the Slit-Mouthed Woman along the way and learned that seven supernatural beings guarded the school, leaving the group to continue toward their lair.

• Amamiya Natsuki and the others helped Fujiwara Chika return to human form, then questioned three players who had found the restaurant through their flyers.
• The three players explained that a supernatural being had driven them into the restaurant, and they joined Amamiya Natsuki's group on its way to the school.
• Shinomiya Kaguya spotted a figure ahead, and Amamiya Natsuki recognized it as the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• Amamiya Natsuki greeted the Slit-Mouthed Woman as an old friend and arranged to meet her for breakfast the next morning.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman said seven supernatural beings were inside the school and began explaining the Campus Seven Mysteries before Amamiya Natsuki continued toward the school.

Amamiya Natsuki and his group entered Musashino Elementary School to investigate its Seven Mysteries and confronted Grudge Spirit Hanako in a restroom. After proving Hanako was Mrs. Hoshino’s daughter, Natsuki invoked his relationship with her mother and threatened her, leaving Hanako captured by Fujiwara Chika’s skill.

• Amamiya Natsuki led the group into the abandoned elementary school and followed Miss Slit-Mouthed Woman’s directions to Hanako’s restroom.
• Amamiya Natsuki recognized Hanako as Mrs. Hoshino’s daughter, and Komie-san drew a portrait that convinced Hanako they knew her mother.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Hanako to help them, then claimed he had been intimate with her mother and threatened Mrs. Hoshino’s safety to provoke her.
• Hanako attacked Amamiya Natsuki, but Fujiwara Chika used her skill to make Hanako say, “Zhang San is here,” and Natsuki grabbed her wrist.

Amamiya Natsuki coerced Grudge Spirit Hanako into cooperating by threatening her mother and then winning her over with dark cuisine. Hanako revealed that Hayasaka Ai had stepped on the school’s Thirteenth Step, leaving her fate unknown.

• Amamiya Natsuki threatened Hanako that he would go after Mrs. Hoshino unless Hanako helped him, and Hanako reluctantly agreed to cooperate.
• Fujiwara Chika and Kitagawa Marin offered Hanako dark cuisine, which she loved and eagerly asked for more.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Hanako about the people who had entered the school, and she said four had appeared and were probably dead.
• Hanako recognized Amamiya Natsuki’s sketch of Hayasaka Ai and said Ai had escaped her in the restroom before running upstairs.
• Hanako explained that Ai had stepped on the Thirteenth Step, a supernatural staircase whose victims disappeared and never returned.

Amamiya Natsuki tested whether Hanako could enter the Thirteenth Staircase, then entered its otherworldly space alone to search for Hanamori. He confirmed that messages could pass between worlds through Komie-san’s notebook and set off into the school.

• Hanako tried stepping on the Thirteenth Staircase, but it vanished and reappeared on the second floor.
• Amamiya Natsuki decided to enter the staircase alone while the others waited outside and used Paper Media to communicate with him.
• Amamiya Natsuki entered the staircase and found himself in a deserted version of the school at dusk, with the others gone.
• Amamiya Natsuki exchanged messages with Komie-san through the notebook and told the group he was safe for now.
• Amamiya Natsuki put away the notebook and headed downstairs to search for Hanamori.

Amamiya Natsuki searched the Otherworldly school for the Spy Maid and questioned a frightened Wraith Student named Mitsuki in a restroom. He continued into a classroom, where he found a bloodied boy scrubbing hateful words from a desk.

• Amamiya Natsuki followed sobbing into a dark restroom and searched its stalls for whoever was crying.
• Amamiya Natsuki found the Wraith Student hiding in the last stall and learned her name was Mitsuki and she was thirteen.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Mitsuki whether she had seen the Spy Maid, but she could provide no useful information.
• Amamiya Natsuki left the restroom and followed the sound of desks and chairs clashing to a classroom.
• Amamiya Natsuki found a boy scrubbing insults from a desk with bloody hands and asked whether it hurt.

Amamiya Natsuki found Hayasaka Ai trapped in the Thirteenth Staircase’s Otherworldly space and explained how she had ended up there. The two were reunited in an office, where Natsuki began a written conversation with Hanamori.

• Amamiya Natsuki discovered that pain he caused a vengeful spirit was synchronized with his own, then called out for Hanamori.
• Hayasaka Ai, trapped at the school after being chased by Ghost Story Hanako, heard Natsuki and left her hiding place to find him.
• Hayasaka Ai stopped Natsuki from approaching a vengeful spirit, then led him into an office.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that Hayasaka Ai had entered the Otherworldly space created by the Thirteenth Staircase after stepping on it while fleeing Hanako.
• Hayasaka Ai learned that everyone else had reunited and eaten together while she remained trapped alone.
• Amamiya Natsuki took out a notebook and began a written conversation, noting that Hanamori had been found.

Amamiya Natsuki took Hayasaka Ai’s pain curse onto himself, freeing her from its effects while enduring the pain. After teasing each other, they set out to find the Thirteenth Staircase, with Natsuki still exchanging messages with Komie-san.

• Hayasaka Ai explained that the Vengeful Spirits caused pain when they spotted someone, even without touching them.
• Amamiya Natsuki used Touch of Fate to steal Hayasaka Ai’s Pain Curse and began suffering from it himself.
• Hayasaka Ai thanked Natsuki and flirted with him as the curse’s pain faded from her body.
• Natsuki asked Hayasaka to do a 360-degree backflip instead of requesting a kiss, then stood up to leave.
• Hayasaka asked whether they were going to find the Thirteenth Staircase, and Natsuki confirmed they were.

Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai confirmed that the Thirteenth Staircase could take people out of the Otherworldly space. Hayasaka escaped, but Amamiya remained behind as the others prepared to locate the shifting staircase again.

• Amamiya Natsuki followed the notebook’s directions with Hayasaka Ai, avoiding Vengeful Spirits on their way to the Thirteenth Staircase.
• Amamiya called to the crying spirit Mizuki in the restroom, then reached the staircase with Hayasaka.
• Hayasaka stepped onto the Thirteenth Staircase and vanished, confirming that it served as an exit while its location shifted.
• Hayasaka emerged before Shinomiya Kaguya, Kitagawa Marin, Esteemed Secretary, and the others, and reported that Amamiya was still inside.
• Ghost Story Hanako revealed the staircase’s new location, and the group headed to the fourth-floor east hallway with Komie-san to find it.

Amamiya Natsuki returned from rescuing Hayasaka Ai, and the players considered whether his Otherworldly space could provide Supernatural videotapes for the Main Quest. Before testing the idea, he copied Komie-san’s skill by holding her hand, leaving her flustered and trying to pull away.

• Amamiya Natsuki returned safely to the Thirteenth Staircase, where a videotape appeared at his feet.
• Kitagawa Marin gave Hayasaka Ai food that Amamiya Natsuki had packed for her.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya considered whether videotapes appeared whenever someone left an Otherworldly space, and he decided to test the theory.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Komie-san to hold his hand so he could copy her skill before it ran out.
• Amamiya Natsuki threatened to hug Komie-san unless she held out her hand, then copied her skill as she blushed and tried to pull away.

Amamiya Natsuki waited with Komie-san in the hallway until Hanako appeared and startled her. After Komie-san found her voice to stop Hanako from lifting her skirt, Lord Zhuzhu arrived and offered to take Komie-san’s place as Amamiya Natsuki’s target.

• Amamiya Natsuki held Komie-san’s hand and waited with her in the quiet hallway.
• Hanako appeared upside down from the ceiling, and Amamiya Natsuki teased her by claiming she was wearing panties.
• Hanako tried to lift her skirt to check, and Komie-san nervously spoke up to stop her.
• Fujiwara Chika and Lord Zhuzhu came out of the classroom, and Lord Zhuzhu accused Amamiya Natsuki of bullying Komie-san.
• Lord Zhuzhu offered to take Komie-san’s place, and Amamiya Natsuki accepted while teasing her about what she was thinking.

Amamiya Natsuki and Kitagawa Marin entered the Otherworldly space to record a Supernatural videotape and encountered a Vengeful Spirit Elementary School Student. Natsuki explained that the spirit had been bullied and that Marin’s pain faded when she wrote on the desk because the spirit mistook her for a bully.

• Amamiya Natsuki finished copying a skill, and he and the others followed Hanako to the Thirteenth Staircase.
• Natsuki entered the Otherworldly space first, found the staircase’s new location, and sent Marin a message that it was safe to enter.
• Natsuki led Marin to a Vengeful Spirit Elementary School Student, and Marin tried speaking to the spirit before leaving the classroom.
• Marin felt searing pain in her palm, but it faded after she wrote on the spirit’s desk as Natsuki instructed.
• Natsuki explained that the spirit had likely been bullied and that the Kick the Cat Effect caused it to pass its pain to Marin.

Amamiya Natsuki and Kitagawa Marin tested how the restroom wraith affected visitors and discovered that Marin’s warmth returned when she comforted Mizuki. They left Mizuki behind after she stayed silent and appeared unable to leave the Otherworldly space.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Kitagawa Marin about Mizuki, the crying fifth-grade wraith in the first-floor restroom, and Marin volunteered to investigate her.
• Kitagawa Marin entered the restroom, saw Mizuki’s frightening white eyes, and fled outside feeling intensely cold.
• Amamiya Natsuki inferred that Marin’s coldness reflected Mizuki’s drenched body and that the curse’s effects varied between wraiths.
• Kitagawa Marin returned with Amamiya Natsuki and hugged Mizuki, after which Marin said she no longer felt as cold.
• Kitagawa Marin invited Mizuki to leave with them, but Mizuki stayed silent, and Amamiya Natsuki concluded she probably could not leave the Otherworldly space.

Amamiya Natsuki and Kitagawa Marin confirmed that the Thirteenth Staircase reliably produced a Supernatural videotape, then the group rested in the classroom. At dawn, Natsuki spoke with Shinomiya Kaguya, whose thoughts spiraled into panic about pregnancy after their hands touched and she heard someone’s sleep talk.

• Kitagawa Marin returned from the Thirteenth Staircase with a Supernatural videotape, confirming the route worked, and Amamiya Natsuki soon completed the verification as well.
• Fujiwara Chika suggested the group rest, and the players agreed to take turns keeping watch in pairs before sleeping in the cleaned classroom.
• Amamiya Natsuki woke near dawn and found Shinomiya Kaguya keeping watch alone while Kitagawa Marin slept through her shift.
• Natsuki and Kaguya discussed the hot spring inn and its trapped guests, then he tossed her a piece of candy.
• Natsuki and Kaguya reached for the fallen candy at the same time, and their fingers touched; after overhearing someone’s sleep talk about pregnancy, Kaguya panicked and blurted out, “C-Child...”

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions joked with Shinomiya Kaguya and Kitagawa Marin before launching the Didi Companion Play Service for players without a Videotape. The service offered clearly priced assistance in exchange for Game items, and players began signing up.

• Amamiya Natsuki teased Shinomiya Kaguya about how babies were made, and Ghost Story Hanako flustered her with censored words until Kaguya gave Hanako candy.
• Kitagawa Marin woke up worried that Amamiya Natsuki had suffered an injury, then learned he had only been joking about Hanako stealing his candy.
• Kitagawa Marin bit Amamiya Natsuki on the neck after realizing he had deliberately scared her.
• Amamiya Natsuki posted the service list he had prepared with Shinomiya Kaguya and officially opened the Didi Companion Play Service.
• The players without a Videotape began buying the service with Game items, and Amamiya Natsuki offered installment payments.

Amamiya Natsuki ran a safe escort service for players exploring the Otherworldly space, guiding them to interact with vengeful spirits and escape their curses. His business continued smoothly, though Mizuki-chan grew overwhelmed by the steady stream of visitors.

• Miss Tanaka chose the companionship service, and Hanako revealed the staircase’s location.
• Amamiya Natsuki entered the Otherworldly space, guided Miss Tanaka to Mizuki-chan in the restroom, and helped her leave after she encountered the spirit.
• Other players also purchased the companionship service, while Amamiya Natsuki periodically returned to copy Komie-san’s skill.
• Amamiya Natsuki held Komie-san’s hand while copying her skill, and Lord Zhuzhu warned him not to bully her.
• Hanako, Komie-san, and Amamiya Natsuki continued coordinating the service, while Mizuki-chan received a steady stream of visitors.

After completing the school quest, Amamiya Natsuki and the others helped Komie-san obtain a videotape and set out to find other players. When Narrator-kun revealed that someone was in danger, Lord Zhuzhu prepared to sacrifice herself to draw his attention.

• Amamiya Natsuki let Hayasaka Ai and Komie-san enter the Otherworldly space, and both returned safely with videotapes.
• Fujiwara Chika proposed helping other players, and the group agreed to print flyers and charge a service fee.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu went to the restaurant while Shinomiya Kaguya and the others took Komie-san to distribute flyers.
• Narrator-kun announced that a player was being tormented, and Amamiya Natsuki urged Lord Zhuzhu to act.
• Lord Zhuzhu closed her eyes and chose to sacrifice herself to save the endangered player.

Amamiya Natsuki and Lord Zhuzhu worked at the restaurant while players gathered outside, drawn by the Companion Play Service flyers. By dusk, most of the group had assembled, and Marin called Natsuki over from the nearby park after his shift.

• Amamiya Natsuki spanked Lord Zhuzhu to trick the Narrator-kun into believing they had saved a player's life, then brought her to the restaurant.
• Lord Zhuzhu cleaned tables and swept leaves before serving the Slit-Mouthed Woman, who ate Natsuki's Dark Cuisine and left the restaurant satisfied.
• Kitagawa Marin and the others brought Ojima to meet Natsuki, who told her the Companion Play Service would have to wait until night.
• Fujiwara Chika said the group had distributed two hundred flyers, and six more players arrived by dusk, bringing the gathering to seven or eight players.
• After finishing a customer's Dark Cuisine and earning a five-star review, Natsuki left the restaurant and joined Marin and the others at a nearby run-down park.

Amamiya Natsuki agreed to help Kobayashi rescue her friend Ryoko and gathered more than twenty players into a formidable-looking group. They reached an old amusement park, where Natsuki confronted a Vengeful Spirit at the ticket booth and asked the price of admission.

• Kobayashi explained that Ryoko had sacrificed herself so she could escape a Supernatural being, and offered Natsuki supplies and anything else in exchange for a rescue.
• Natsuki refused Kobayashi’s offer to give herself as payment, then agreed to help rescue Ryoko and went to inform the manager.
• Natsuki returned with Zhuzhu and joined more than twenty players who had gathered to take part in the rescue.
• The group traveled through town, causing a suspicious creature to flee, and reached the old amusement park where Ryoko had been trapped.
• Natsuki shone his flashlight into the ticket booth, startling the Vengeful Spirit inside, then asked how much a ticket cost.

Amamiya Natsuki and the players entered the amusement park to find Kobayashi’s missing friend, Ryoko. After finding the place where the girls were attacked but not the missing girl or the mascots, they divided into teams to search the park.

• Fujiwara Chika bought tickets for the players, and Amamiya Natsuki led the group into the amusement park with Kobayashi.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Kobayashi where she and Ryoko had been attacked, and Shinomiya Kaguya suggested they follow the wall to the gap Kobayashi had used to enter.
• Kobayashi led the group to the collapsed wall and then to a plaza where she and Ryoko had encountered living mascot monsters, but Ryoko and the monsters were gone.
• Fujiwara Chika encouraged Kobayashi, and Amamiya Natsuki proposed finding staff or systematically searching the amusement park.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave the players the Temporary Skill “Sweep Away Evil,” and Fujiwara Chika organized them into teams to search the park’s four sections.