Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki and Mizuhara Chizuru found Chizuru’s Character mission target, a dangerous woman held in the hospital, but could not safely remove her. Back at the restaurant, Kaguya proposed getting the Hospital Director to order the staff to release the woman.

• Amamiya Natsuki carried little Chizuru through the ward and warned her about the Bride, the Cat-faced Old Woman, the Man in Suit, and the escaped Hachishaku-sama.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Mizuhara Chizuru identified the Widow Maker as the mission target, then left the ward because security made a rescue too dangerous.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Mizuhara Chizuru returned to the restaurant and told the group they had found the target but could not get her out.
• Kitagawa Marin, Zhuzhu, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai suggested rescue plans, but the group rejected them as too risky or impractical.
• Shinomiya Kaguya suggested approaching someone higher in the hospital hierarchy, and Amamiya Natsuki realized the Hospital Director could order the staff to release the target.

The group at the restaurant agreed to gather information about the hospital director before acting, while keeping the busy kitchen and dining room running. Amamiya Natsuki later visited Miss Sadako and tried to make her accept a playful punishment before eating, but she refused both options.

• Shinomiya Kaguya and Amamiya Natsuki urged the group to learn about the hospital director before trying to use him to control the hospital’s other vassals.
• The group returned to work, and Mizuhara Chizuru volunteered to prepare fish in the kitchen while Zhuzhu confronted Amamiya Natsuki for trying to slack off.
• Amamiya Natsuki checked the restaurant, where Shinomiya Kaguya had arranged free food for an old security guard and hired guards to maintain order.
• Amamiya Natsuki entered a dark room and found Miss Sadako hiding in a closet.
• Amamiya Natsuki offered Miss Sadako a special dish but demanded that she either tie up her hair or call him Master as a punishment for losing hide-and-seek.
• Miss Sadako refused both punishments and protested that she had never made a bet with him.

Amamiya Natsuki interrogated the hospital’s staff to learn about its director, then led Hayasaka Ai and Fujiwara Chika to confront him. They found the director alone in his office and restrained him with surprising ease, leaving Hayasaka suspicious that something was wrong.

• Amamiya Natsuki interrogated the nurse, who said the hospital director was a man in his forties or fifties and that his office was in the administration building.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Hayasaka Ai, and Fujiwara Chika questioned Tsubame-senpai’s psychiatrist, who confirmed the director’s age and gender but said she knew nothing about his office or weakness.
• Amamiya Natsuki and his companions entered the director’s office and found him sitting behind his desk.
• Fujiwara Chika invoked Outlaw Zhang San, and Amamiya Natsuki grabbed the director’s shoulders without resistance.
• Hayasaka Ai wondered why the supposedly powerful hospital director had been so easy to restrain.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls discovered that the Hospital Director was a vanishing spirit and that the hospital had chosen Natsuki as its new acting director. After he escaped the chair and called for help, the others arrived, but the group still had to figure out how to leave the locked office.

• Amamiya Natsuki realized the silent Hospital Director was a vengeful spirit, and the man crumbled into light before the hospital chose Natsuki to replace him.
• Natsuki was controlled by the director’s chair and vanished, then escaped with his Shadow Skill; Fujiwara Chika cried with relief and Hayasaka Ai scolded him for frightening them.
• Natsuki explained that the hospital needed someone in the chair and locked the office until an acting director took the position, so he used Written conversation to contact Shoko.
• After the door remained locked, Natsuki sat in the chair again, allowing Hayasaka Ai to open it for Shinomiya Kaguya and the others.
• Natsuki escaped the chair once more and reappeared unclothed; the girls scolded him, and Kitagawa Marin and Shinomiya Kaguya explained that they had closed the restaurant to come help.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others tried to find a way to communicate with him while he was acting director, then used dice to choose who would test the Love Charms. Shinomiya Kaguya won the first round, but Komie-san’s roll left the final result unresolved.

• Shinomiya Kaguya suggested that someone might remind Amamiya Natsuki while he sat in the director’s chair, and Hayasaka Ai proposed testing the Love Charms for mind-to-mind communication.
• Fujiwara Chika and Kitagawa Marin insisted that everyone join a dice game to choose the test subject, while Mizuhara Chizuru and Yuko sat out at first.
• Zhuzhu rolled two, the lowest score, and Amamiya Natsuki quietly invited her to his room after they returned to the restaurant.
• Koyasu Tsubame rolled eleven, then Shinomiya Kaguya rolled twelve and took the lead; Mizuhara Chizuru and Yuko later rolled five and seven.
• Kitagawa Marin pointed out that Komie-san had not rolled, and Fujiwara Chika insisted she take a turn, leaving the final result unrevealed.

After Komie-san won the dice game, Amamiya Natsuki used the Love Charm to hear her inner thoughts and then became the Hospital Director. The others left to find the Intensive Care Unit’s person in charge, while Komie-san and Zhuzhu stayed with him in the office.

• Komie-san rolled two twelves and beat Shinomiya Kaguya, then accepted Amamiya Natsuki’s Love Charm confession and answered that she looked forward to getting along with him.
• Amamiya Natsuki discovered that he could hear Komie-san’s thoughts, and Tsubame-senpai urged him to become the Hospital Director.
• Amamiya Natsuki sat behind the desk, became unable to hear anyone but Komie-san, and learned that the others had gone to find the Intensive Care Unit’s person in charge.
• After the office door closed, Amamiya Natsuki told Komie-san he would get up, then teased her through their mind-to-mind conversation until she worried she would never get married.

Amamiya Natsuki and Komie-san tested the Love Charms’ telepathic connection, which exposed their embarrassing thoughts before they discovered that both had to hold their charms to stay linked. After Natsuki rested, Shinomiya Kaguya and the others returned with the Security Director, and Kaguya prepared to pass him a message through Komie-san.

• Komie-san relayed Zhuzhu’s warning to Amamiya Natsuki, who escaped his restraints and got dressed while their thoughts remained connected.
• Amamiya Natsuki teased Komie-san with his thoughts until she nearly fainted, then confessed aloud that he liked Zhuzhu.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Komie-san dropped their Love Charms and found that letting go severed the connection; Komie-san confirmed that both people had to hold their charms for telepathy to work.
• Amamiya Natsuki rested in the office while Zhuzhu waited for the others to return.
• Hayasaka Ai brought the Security Director into the office, and Shinomiya Kaguya asked Komie-san to repeat a message to Amamiya Natsuki.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions completed Chizuru’s mission and escaped the Hospital Director’s office, then returned to the cafeteria to rest and keep watch. During his shift with Zhuzhu, Natsuki pulled her onto his lap, and she demanded that he let go.

• Amamiya Natsuki used the Hospital Director’s authority to order the Security Director to release Chizuru’s mother, and the order worked.
• Shinomiya Kaguya waited with Natsuki and Komie-san for news, then tested the Love Charm but could not hear anyone’s Inner Voice.
• Fujiwara Chika, Hayasaka Ai, and Kitagawa Marin returned and reported that Chizuru’s Character mission had succeeded.
• The group made the Yakuza man who had tried to dine and dash the next Hospital Director, then returned to the cafeteria and suspended business to rest.
• The group arranged a two-person night watch, with Natsuki and Zhuzhu taking the first shift.
• Natsuki pulled Zhuzhu onto his lap while they kept watch, and she struggled and told him to let go.

Amamiya Natsuki teased Zhuzhu after she became flustered by his practice confession, then she encountered Miss Sadako in the restaurant bathroom. He escorted Miss Sadako out and took advantage of Zhuzhu’s Hachishaku-sama disguise before leaving to resume his overnight watch.

• Zhuzhu refused Amamiya Natsuki’s practice confession and went to the bathroom to calm down.
• Zhuzhu became trapped in a stall as a strange crawling sound approached, then disguised herself as Hachishaku-sama.
• Zhuzhu spotted Miss Sadako outside the stall and called Amamiya Natsuki for help.
• Amamiya Natsuki learned that Miss Sadako had left her room because she wanted to eat, then sent her to wait in the hallway.
• Amamiya Natsuki entered the stall and teased Zhuzhu while she remained transformed as Hachishaku-sama.
• Amamiya Natsuki left the bathroom and returned to his overnight watch.

Amamiya Natsuki, Zhuzhu, and Miss Sadako kept watch in the hallway and played Mahjong with Mrs. Kaguya until Shinomiya Kaguya found them. As they prepared to rest, Miss Sadako tugged at Amamiya Natsuki’s hem, leaving her request unfinished.

• Amamiya Natsuki teased Miss Sadako about her hair and urged Zhuzhu to touch it, helping her overcome her fear.
• Zhuzhu brought chairs, and Amamiya Natsuki threatened Miss Sadako with the Middle-part comb until she sat down.
• When Zhuzhu grew sleepy, Amamiya Natsuki brought out Mahjong and summoned Mrs. Kaguya to join them.
• Miss Sadako learned Mahjong and eagerly shuffled for another round after discovering how engrossing it was.
• Shinomiya Kaguya caught the group playing Mahjong, and Amamiya Natsuki put the game away so they could rest.
• Miss Sadako tugged on Amamiya Natsuki’s hem as he prepared to leave, then began to speak.

Amamiya Natsuki recruited Miss Sadako into the Midnight Theater by offering her daily Mahjong, then rested while Kaguya and the others helped him recharge. The chapter ended with the group leaving together for breakfast after Kaguya caught them in the middle of the recharge.

• Amamiya Natsuki recruited Miss Sadako by inviting her to play Mahjong as an employee of the Midnight Theater.
• After resting, Amamiya Natsuki asked Fujiwara Chika and Hayasaka Ai to help restore his energy by stepping on his back.
• Shinomiya Kaguya overheard their teasing conversation and mistakenly thought Amamiya Natsuki and the others were doing something intimate.
• Shinomiya Kaguya burst into the room, learned they were recharging Amamiya Natsuki, and stopped him from kissing Hayasaka Ai's feet.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, Fujiwara Chika, and Hayasaka Ai finished the recharge and went to eat breakfast.

Amamiya Natsuki treated patients at Vengeful Spirit Hospital, refusing to discharge Ishida after exposing that he still intended to gamble. He then discovered Hayasaka Ai was meeting with a fellow player, the Head Nurse, who asked for help completing her mission to win the election for Head of Nursing Department.

• Amamiya Natsuki refused Ishida's discharge request and prompted him to admit he would bet on Qatar, revealing that he had not overcome his gambling obsession.
• Amamiya Natsuki continued consulting patients, while Headless JK told him that Hayasaka Ai had been taken to the nurses' duty room after receiving bad reviews.
• Amamiya Natsuki recognized that the Head Nurse was a player and learned that her Character mission required her to win the Head of Nursing Department election.
• The Head Nurse explained that she could not beat the three other candidates fairly and planned to prevent them from participating in the election.

Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai negotiated a deal with the Head Nurse Player to help her win the Head of Nursing Department election, using paraquat and other items as part of the plan. Afterward, Hayasaka tried to persuade Amamiya to give her the Skill Imprint Scroll, ending by promising to do anything he wanted.

• The Head Nurse Player revealed she had colorless, odorless paraquat and asked Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai to help incapacitate her three election rivals.
• The Head Nurse Player offered items and real-world payment as collateral, and Hayasaka negotiated for a better deal.
• Amamiya and Hayasaka agreed to help the Head Nurse Player win the election, while Hayasaka offered the Cursed Red Dancing Shoes as collateral.
• The Head Nurse Player handed Amamiya the paraquat, and he promised they would ensure she won, though their approach might differ from her plan.
• Back in the lounge, Hayasaka asked Amamiya for the Skill Imprint Scroll and offered to compensate their teammates, then promised to do anything he wanted.

Amamiya Natsuki and his companions agreed to help the Head Nurse Player complete her character mission, and he went to fetch Komie-san to assist. The Love Charm still worked, but Komie-san was startled when Natsuki called her Shoko.

• Hayasaka Ai agreed to wear a maid outfit and serve Amamiya Natsuki for a day in exchange for the Skill Imprint scroll, but kept her desired skill secret.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai met the Head Nurse Player and brought her to the cafeteria, where the others discussed helping her complete her character mission.
• Fujiwara Chika gave the Head Nurse Player an apron and told her to wait in the cafeteria while the group handled her mission.
• Amamiya Natsuki went to the kitchen to ask Komie-san to join them, then tested the Love Charm with her.
• Komie-san confirmed she could hear Amamiya Natsuki through the charm and asked why he was calling her by her name.

Amamiya Natsuki helped settle the Head of Nursing Department candidates and learned that the Head Nurse Player had completed her Character mission. He accompanied Komie-san to finish her Cleaner Mission, where a blocked sink left her asking him for help.

• Amamiya Natsuki returned to the Hospital Director's office as the Hospital Director tool and hinted to the three remaining candidates that he had chosen someone else for Head of Nursing Department.
• The Head Nurse Player received a prompt that her Character mission was complete, and Komie-san confirmed the news through Zhuzhu.
• Amamiya Natsuki left with Komie-san to complete her Cleaner Mission while Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika returned to the restaurant.
• Amamiya Natsuki had the Headless JK clear the restrooms so Komie-san could clean, but she found a huge clump of hair and a round object blocking a sink.
• Komie-san asked Amamiya Natsuki for help, and he told her she should show some sincerity when asking.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls completed their missions in the Dark Hospital instance, including Kitagawa Marin’s succubus idol performance, and returned to reality. They decided to unwind at a hot spring, while Miko declined to join them.

• Amamiya Natsuki helped Komie-san finish cleaning the restrooms and negotiated three lap pillow vouchers from her.
• Kitagawa Marin, Koyasu Tsubame, and Hayasaka Ai performed at the dining hall, completing Marin’s idol mission with Marin’s Charm skill.
• Amamiya Natsuki gave the Headless JK an answer to her question and told the Cleaver Boy to master dogeza to help everyone live in harmony.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the girls submitted their missions and cleared the Dark Hospital instance, returning to the corridor after only three minutes in reality.
• Kitagawa Marin suggested that everyone relax in a hot spring, and Amamiya Natsuki invited Miko, who declined.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls arrived at a hot spring hotel, where several of them asked him to deal with evil spirits in their rooms. After helping Shinomiya Kaguya, he returned to find Kitagawa Marin in his bathroom, washing her hair and asking him to scrub her back.

• Hayasaka Ai drove Amamiya Natsuki and the girls to a hot spring hotel and revealed that she had booked him a single suite.
• Kitagawa Marin visited Amamiya Natsuki to ask him to exorcise an evil spirit from her room, then hid in his bathroom when someone knocked.
• Shinomiya Kaguya asked Amamiya Natsuki to check for an evil spirit in her room, where he found Fujiwara Chika waiting.
• Mrs. Kaguya teased Shinomiya Kaguya by suggesting that Amamiya Natsuki massage her to help her grow, leaving Kaguya flustered.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned to his room and found Kitagawa Marin washing her hair; after he handed her the shower head, she asked him to scrub her back.

Amamiya Natsuki dealt with an evil spirit in the women’s bathroom during a group sauna outing, then hid in a shower stall with Fujiwara Chika when other guests arrived. The chapter left Natsuki and Chika trapped together, uncomfortable from their sticky sweat.

• Amamiya Natsuki washed Kitagawa Marin’s back, and she returned to the room alone while he cooled off.
• Hayasaka Ai collected the coin from Amamiya Natsuki and agreed to honor her promise to serve as his maid for a day.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Fujiwara Chika, Koyasu Tsubame, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Mrs. Kaguya went to the sauna, but Chika and Natsuki soon left to shower.
• Fujiwara Chika called Amamiya Natsuki into the women’s bathroom, where he destroyed a long-necked Peeping Tom evil spirit.
• Amamiya Natsuki searched the bathroom at Chika’s request, then hid with her in a shower stall when a mother and her daughter entered.

Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika tried to finish bathing together in secret, but Shinomiya Kaguya and the others returned to the bathroom. After Chika slipped and fell inside the stall, Natsuki helped her up, and she stayed wary of him as they remained trapped together.

• Amamiya Natsuki rinsed off while Fujiwara Chika helped wash his back, then Chika began washing herself as he faced the wall.
• Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika heard Marin, Zhuzhu, Shoko-chan, and the others return, so they continued hiding in the stall.
• Shinomiya Kaguya entered the neighboring stall, and Chika tried to keep her from noticing Natsuki by making excuses and retrieving Kaguya's dropped soap.
• Fujiwara Chika slipped while reaching for the soap and grabbed Natsuki's towel, then passed the soap beneath the stall to Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki helped Chika to her feet, and she quickly backed away from him against the stall door.

After escaping the bathhouse, Amamiya Natsuki was visited late at night by Hayasaka Ai, who asked him to check whether her Lucky Coin was fully charged. Once repeated flips completed its charge, Hayasaka left, then abruptly returned to Amamiya’s room.

• Amamiya Natsuki slipped out of the bathhouse after Fujiwara Chika helped keep the others from discovering him.
• Amamiya Natsuki went to bed after reviewing his dungeon-related matters, but Hayasaka Ai woke him with a late-night message and entered his room.
• Hayasaka Ai asked Amamiya Natsuki to check her Lucky Coin, and he told her it still needed several more flips.
• Hayasaka Ai watched cow-hoof trimming videos with Amamiya Natsuki and continued her attempts to draw out her bad luck.
• After two more coin flips, Amamiya Natsuki received a notification that the Lucky Coin was fully charged, but Hayasaka said she still needed a Copy Scroll.
• Hayasaka Ai started to leave, then shut the door and turned back after realizing something.