Chapter Summaries

At the Haunted House, the group found the clown who had seen Ryoko and demanded a balloon before revealing her location. Amamiya Natsuki paid for one with money earned from cooking for supernatural beings, and discovered it was a useful game item that raised its recipient’s favorability.

• Amamiya Natsuki, Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, Kitagawa Marin, Kobayashi, and Lord Zhuzhu entered the Haunted House and encountered a clown selling balloons.
• The clown said it had seen Ryoko and would reveal her location if someone bought a balloon.
• Kobayashi offered to buy a balloon, but the clown demanded 10,000 Yen or an eye as payment.
• Amamiya Natsuki showed off his money, explained that his Dark Cuisine business had earned him generous tips, and bought a pink balloon.
• Amamiya Natsuki appraised the balloon and learned it could greatly increase a supernatural target’s favorability, though the effect faded over time.

Amamiya Natsuki bought Buggy the Clown’s balloons, then rallied the player teams to enter the employee dormitory and find Ryoko. The group confronted the Penguin Monster, which had chased Kobayashi, and prepared to subdue it.

• Amamiya Natsuki bought all of Buggy the Clown’s remaining balloons, which had useful game-certified effects.
• Buggy the Clown revealed that Ryoko was in the employee dormitory and demanded one of Amamiya Natsuki’s kidneys to retrieve her.
• Amamiya Natsuki rejected the deal and used a firework to summon the other player teams.
• More than twenty players gathered, and Amamiya Natsuki led them noisily into the dormitory despite calling the plan stealth.
• Kobayashi identified the Penguin Monster as one of her pursuers, and Amamiya Natsuki accused it of several crimes before it turned hostile.

Amamiya Natsuki and the players raided the Staff dormitory, arrested the monsters, and rescued Ryoko. After Ryoko reunited with Kobayashi and vented her anger on a Doll monster, Natsuki declared the rescue complete and led everyone toward the zoo entrance.

• Amamiya Natsuki used Sweep Away Evil to arrest the Penguin Monster, and the players searched the dormitory and captured the other monsters while rescuing a kidnapped player.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others found the injured, unclothed Ryoko, and Fujiwara Chika and Kitagawa Marin sent him outside while Kobayashi went to comfort her friend.
• Kobayashi gave Ryoko her clothes and explained that she had found her people, then helped her join the players gathered in the living room.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Ryoko who had hurt her and told her she could hit them back, so she beat the immobilized Doll monster until its head and body separated.
• Ryoko thanked Amamiya Natsuki after the beating, and he announced that the rescue was complete as they prepared to leave.

Amamiya Natsuki extorted supplies from the clown supernatural being, then returned to school with the players and fed Hanako Dark Cuisine. After Komie-san completed Copy Paste, the Companion Play Service opened, with Shinomiya Kaguya handling payments and Natsuki providing the service.

• Amamiya Natsuki extorted goods from the clown supernatural being before leaving the zoo with the group.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned to the restaurant with the players, but no other players arrived before it closed.
• Amamiya Natsuki warned the group that Dark Cuisine could cause strange side effects, and Fujiwara Chika gave up on eating more after hearing it might cause bladder control problems.
• The group reached school, where Fujiwara Chika fed Dark Cuisine to Hanako and Amamiya Natsuki asked Komie-san to complete Copy Paste.
• Shinomiya Kaguya began handling transactions while Amamiya Natsuki provided the Companion Play Service, and the first player received a Supernatural videotape.

After the game, Amamiya Natsuki secretly fed Dark Cuisine to Mrs. Kaguya in the bathroom, while Shinomiya Kaguya mistook their suggestive conversation for an affair. Komie-san cleared up the misunderstanding, leaving Shinomiya Kaguya calm but Amamiya Natsuki deeply uneasy.

• Amamiya Natsuki received drinks and attention from Fujiwara Chika and Kitagawa Marin, making Shinomiya Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai jealous.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave Mrs. Kaguya the Dark Cuisine he had prepared and fed it to her in the bathroom.
• Komie-san overheard Mrs. Kaguya moaning and fled after Amamiya Natsuki invited her to try the food.
• Shinomiya Kaguya heard their suggestive remarks and imagined Amamiya Natsuki was being intimate with her mother.
• Komie-san wrote that they were only eating Dark Cuisine, and Shinomiya Kaguya looked into the bathroom and found Amamiya Natsuki feeding Mrs. Kaguya.
• Shinomiya Kaguya smiled calmly at the sight, leaving Amamiya Natsuki worried by her reaction.

Amamiya Natsuki explained Mrs. Kaguya’s Guardian Spirit identity to Komie-san, then helped Hayasaka Ai test Kobayashi’s bracelet and discovered that fixing Hayasaka’s hair increased its charge. Mrs. Kaguya emerged satisfied and offered Natsuki any reward he wanted.

• Shinomiya Kaguya accepted that Mrs. Kaguya had eaten Dark Cuisine after Amamiya Natsuki explained what had happened.
• Komie-san told Natsuki she had cleared up Kaguya’s misunderstanding, and he explained that Sister Aya was Mrs. Kaguya’s Guardian Spirit.
• Hayasaka Ai teased Natsuki and tried on Kobayashi’s bracelet, which had a Heartbeat Value meter and a Weapon Transformation button.
• Natsuki tucked Hayasaka’s loose hair behind her ear, and the bracelet’s charge increased.
• Mrs. Kaguya came out and offered Natsuki any reward he wanted, and he asked whether she meant anything at all.

After the players completed the survival instance, Amamiya Natsuki and his friends returned to the movie theater and went their separate ways. Natsuki spotted Komie-san following them and learned she had also been in the same screening, while Zhuzhu offered to have him protect Komie-san’s home from evil spirits.

• Mrs. Kaguya said Shinomiya Kaguya would fulfill Natsuki’s request, and Kaguya reluctantly agreed he could ask for something after the instance ended.
• The players completed the forty-eight-hour survival quest and were teleported back to the movie theater.
• Natsuki and his friends left the theater, declined Kaguya’s offer of a ride, and headed toward the tram station.
• Natsuki noticed Komie-san hiding nearby, and she revealed she had been in the same screening and followed them outside.
• Zhuzhu asked Komie-san whether evil spirits were in her home and offered Natsuki’s help with an Evil Spirit Repellent.

Amamiya Natsuki joined Kitagawa Marin, Lord Zhuzhu, and Komie-san for dinner, where he applied Evil Spirit Repellent to Komie-san. After a warning appeared when he passed a boy and twin girls, the group went to Marin’s house, where Zhuzhu blushed and scolded Natsuki for looking at her skirt.

• Lord Zhuzhu persuaded Komie-san to join the group for dinner, and Amamiya Natsuki applied Evil Spirit Repellent to her at the restaurant.
• The four ate Volcano Beef Bowls, and Kitagawa Marin teased Natsuki about his Dark Cuisine.
• Amamiya Natsuki passed a boy and two identical-looking girls on the stairs and saw a danger warning appear.
• Komie-san boarded the tram, while Kitagawa Marin persuaded Natsuki to go with her and Lord Zhuzhu to her house.
• At Marin’s house, Zhuzhu prepared to bathe, then blushed and scolded Natsuki after he looked toward her skirt.

Kitagawa Marin and Amamiya Natsuki watched a strange TV story and worried that Marin’s father might have been chosen as a player in the game. As Marin hunted a mosquito, Lord Zhuzhu misinterpreted the slapping sounds from the living room and stayed hidden in the bathroom, convinced the two were behaving indecently.

• Kitagawa Marin offered Lord Zhuzhu a popsicle, then brought cola and a popsicle to Amamiya Natsuki while airing out the room.
• Kitagawa Marin and Amamiya Natsuki watched an episode of World's Strange Tales about a woman who could speak with her deceased father through a dark phone screen.
• Kitagawa Marin worried that her father might have been chosen as a game player after recalling Kurosawa and her father's tired voice on their recent call.
• Kitagawa Marin swatted at a mosquito in the living room while Lord Zhuzhu, still in the bathroom, mistook the slaps for sounds of intimacy and hid behind the door.
• Lord Zhuzhu imagined that Marin and Natsuki might want her to join them, then felt relieved when the sounds stopped.

Lord Zhuzhu misinterpreted Kitagawa Marin and Amamiya Natsuki swatting a mosquito as an intimate encounter, then felt embarrassed when she learned the truth. After slipping on spilled cream and landing across Amamiya Natsuki’s lap, Zhuzhu spent the evening with them before she and Amamiya left for home.

• Lord Zhuzhu overheard Kitagawa Marin and Amamiya Natsuki talking about a popsicle and blood and mistakenly thought they were being intimate.
• Kitagawa Marin explained that they had only been swatting a mosquito, and Zhuzhu realized she had misunderstood.
• Zhuzhu slipped on spilled cream and fell across Amamiya Natsuki’s lap, and he smacked her before Kitagawa Marin returned.
• Kitagawa Marin and Amamiya Natsuki cleaned the floor, apologized to Zhuzhu, and shared ice cream with her.
• Zhuzhu changed and left for home, and Amamiya Natsuki soon followed after saying goodbye to Kitagawa Marin.

After returning from the game instance, Amamiya Natsuki told Miko what had happened and shared a playful, intimate evening with her and Mrs. Kaguya. The night ended with Miko agreeing to help Mrs. Kaguya use her phone upstairs.

• Amamiya Natsuki arrived home, messaged Miko, and took a bath before she came over in her pajamas to check whether he was hurt.
• Amamiya Natsuki recounted the game instance to Miko and fed her a lychee, prompting her to ask why he was so good at it.
• Mrs. Kaguya explained that Amamiya Natsuki had practiced feeding her, making Miko jealous despite her denials.
• Mrs. Kaguya showed them news about Japan's falling birthrate and a police report about a large party, which embarrassed and disgusted Miko.
• Mrs. Kaguya asked Miko to help her use her phone, and Miko agreed to go upstairs to Amamiya Natsuki's room.

Amamiya Natsuki and Miko eliminated a peeping evil spirit, shared an awkward kiss, and returned to their separate homes the next morning. Hayasaka Ai visited Natsuki and learned he had earned a title that made him irresistible to other people's wives and girlfriends.

• Miko spotted an evil spirit peeking through the bedroom window, and Amamiya Natsuki burned it away with his Evil Spirit Repellent Aura.
• Amamiya Natsuki kissed Miko, who blushed and fled downstairs before keeping her futon at a distance from his for the night.
• Miko woke at six and hurried home before Mrs. Kaguya could catch her, while Amamiya Natsuki stayed behind.
• Hayasaka Ai visited Amamiya Natsuki with homemade dessert and asked about his rewards from the dungeon.
• Amamiya Natsuki showed Hayasaka Ai his Warrior of Love title, and she decided she would never let him meet her mother.

Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai tested his new title and the charging bracelet, but discovered the title could not be copied and feeding Hayasaka did not increase its charge. They tried recreating an earlier intimate moment, and Hayasaka began to suspect the bracelet only charged when her heart truly fluttered.

• Amamiya Natsuki tested whether his title could be copied to Hayasaka Ai and found that it could not.
• Hayasaka Ai asked for the bracelet, and Amamiya Natsuki gave it to her so she could try to charge it.
• Hayasaka coaxed Amamiya into feeding her daifuku, but the bracelet's charge did not rise.
• Amamiya fixed Hayasaka's hair as he had before, but the bracelet still did not charge.
• Hayasaka wondered whether the bracelet needed her heart to flutter for its Heartbeat Value to increase.

Hayasaka Ai charged her watch after a moment of closeness with Amamiya Natsuki, unlocking its gun form, and tested the weapon on him when Miko arrived. The chapter left Amamiya posing thoughtfully and claiming to ponder the universe, time, and life and death.

• Hayasaka Ai's heartbeat raced when Amamiya Natsuki moved close, and her watch charged fully, unlocking Form Change.
• Hayasaka Ai transformed the watch into a pink Witch's Gun just as Miko arrived with groceries to make lunch.
• Amamiya Natsuki suggested using Roulette Wheel to choose who would test the gun, but Miko refused and he volunteered.
• Hayasaka Ai fired a Colorful Meteor at Amamiya Natsuki's thigh, and he felt no pain or injury.
• Hayasaka Ai teased Miko about worrying for Amamiya Natsuki, making Miko blush, while Amamiya adopted a thinking pose and spoke about the universe, time, and life and death.

After the gun left Amamiya Natsuki in an unnervingly detached Sage Time, Hayasaka Ai tried to snap him out of it with increasingly bold seduction, but he remained unmoved. The chapter ended as Miko called the dog to the kitchen and it crashed into Natsuki, toppling him forward.

• Miko worried that Natsuki’s motionless Sage Time might last forever, while Hayasaka assured her it would pass.
• After Miko went to cook, Hayasaka tried talking to and teasing Natsuki, but he calmly ignored her advances.
• Hayasaka offered Natsuki her stockings and then lifted her skirt, but he showed no interest and accused her of slandering him.
• Miko called the dog from the kitchen, and it bumped into Natsuki and Hayasaka as it rushed past.
• The dog’s collision broke Natsuki’s balance, and he pitched forward.

Hayasaka Ai fled after an embarrassing encounter with Amamiya Natsuki, and later Natsuki went to meet Fujiwara Chika. On the way, he intervened when an aggressive dog threatened Fujiwara Moeha and Pess, but its owner unexpectedly admitted fault after seeing him.

• Hayasaka Ai kept Amamiya Natsuki hidden from Miko, then hurried home before dinner after their intimate contact left her flustered.
• Miko went to work, while Amamiya Natsuki helped Kyosuke with homework and played a co-op game with him.
• Fujiwara Chika messaged Amamiya Natsuki after using up her skill, and they arranged to meet on Commercial street.
• Amamiya Natsuki found Fujiwara Moeha and Pess facing an aggressive dog, so he struck a wall with his baseball bat to scare it quiet.
• The dog's owner argued with Fujiwara Moeha, but changed her stance and admitted fault after seeing Amamiya Natsuki.

Amamiya Natsuki helped Fujiwara Moeha escape an older woman who was pursuing him under the influence of his Warrior of Love title, then reunited with Fujiwara Chika. After spending the evening eating with Chika, he expected a quiet weekend, but Lord Zhuzhu messaged him the next morning.

• The older woman apologized to Fujiwara Moeha and tried to get Amamiya Natsuki's contact information, but Moeha pulled him away when she realized the woman's intentions.
• Moeha recognized Amamiya Natsuki from Shuin Academy and hurried him away from the woman, then encountered her older sister Chika across the street.
• Moeha went home with Fujiwara Chika, and Chika later met Amamiya Natsuki and questioned him about his encounter with her sister.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika walked along the Commercial street, ate together until nine, and then went home separately.
• The next morning, Lord Zhuzhu messaged Amamiya Natsuki to ask if he was free.

Amamiya Natsuki hosted Zhuzhu and Komie-san so he could apply Evil Spirit Repellent charms to Komie-san. When Kitagawa Marin arrived to visit, Zhuzhu and Komie-san hid upstairs, leaving Natsuki to greet her at the door.

• Zhuzhu brought Komie-san to Natsuki’s home for another round of Evil Spirit Repellent.
• Komie-san petted Natsuki’s dog, and Natsuki teased Zhuzhu into politely asking him to open her drink can.
• Natsuki began putting charms on Komie-san after she washed her hands.
• When Kitagawa Marin rang the doorbell, Zhuzhu and Komie-san hurried upstairs to hide.
• Natsuki opened the door and greeted Kitagawa Marin.

Kitagawa Marin visited Amamiya Natsuki, while Lord Zhuzhu and Komie-san hid in his room. After accidentally reading an explicit manga, the embarrassed girls came downstairs, where Natsuki reapplied Komie-san’s Evil Spirit Repellent before she hurried away.

• Kitagawa Marin came to Amamiya Natsuki’s home and suggested playing games before doing homework.
• Lord Zhuzhu and Komie-san hid in Natsuki’s room while he kept their presence secret from Marin.
• Zhuzhu chose a manga for them to read, and they discovered it turned from a gentle story into an explicit one.
• Natsuki told the girls Marin was at the supermarket and that they could leave his room.
• Natsuki reapplied the Evil Spirit Repellent to Komie-san’s hand, and she thanked him and hurried away.

Amamiya Natsuki and his friends gathered at school, played games, and used their arrangement with Yurikawa Hana to obtain a heartwarming skill. They discussed the Coin of Fate and agreed to take turns testing its luck-charging pattern, with Kaguya set to flip it after school.

• Amamiya Natsuki tried to punish Lord Zhuzhu for snapping at him, but she fled with Komie-san.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Miko, and Yurikawa Hana walked to school together and met Fujiwara Chika at the gate.
• The group played Werewolf in the Game Club, and Yurikawa Hana lost again and accepted her punishment, allowing them to acquire the heartwarming skill.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that the Coin of Fate absorbed a person's luck before returning it, and that Miko's ability could reveal when it was ready to land heads.
• Fujiwara Chika, Kitagawa Marin, and Shinomiya Kaguya agreed to record their coin flips and take turns, with Kaguya scheduled to go first after school.