Chapter Summaries

Komie-san was shoved by an unseen force, while Yukinoshita Yukino received a challenge requiring her to force herself on a boy in exchange for a chance to ask about Haruno. With time running out, she kissed Amamiya Natsuki on the cheek, but the challenge remained incomplete, so she prepared to try again.

• Komie-san fell after a strange force shoved her from behind, leading Hayasaka Ai to conclude that the entity had attacked her directly rather than manipulating her luck.
• Yukinoshita Yukino received a challenge to force herself on a boy, with the reward of asking one question, and decided to complete it to learn what happened to Haruno.
• Shinomiya Kaguya agreed to let Yukinoshita Yukino and Amamiya Natsuki use a bedroom, despite feeling unhappy about it.
• Amamiya Natsuki objected to being forced into the challenge, but the others pushed him and Yukinoshita Yukino into the room.
• Yukinoshita Yukino kissed Amamiya Natsuki on the cheek, but her phone showed that the challenge was still active, so she told him to close his eyes again.

Yukinoshita Yukino completed a kissing challenge to learn that her sister Haruno was still alive, while Shinomiya Kaguya received a challenge to grope a man on a tram. The group surrounded Amamiya Natsuki to help Kaguya, and Kitagawa Marin demonstrated just as the chapter ended.

• Yukinoshita Yukino kissed Amamiya Natsuki to complete her challenge, then learned from the eerie figure that Haruno was alive.
• Yukinoshita Yukino resolved to keep facing challenges until she rescued her sister, and Glasses Girl Kousaka was relieved that Kobayashi-kun and the others might also be alive.
• Shinomiya Kaguya received a challenge to squeeze an opposite-sex passenger's breasts on a tram and chose to complete it with Amamiya Natsuki.
• The group boarded a tram and surrounded Amamiya Natsuki so Kaguya could attempt the challenge without being seen.
• Kitagawa Marin reached out and squeezed Amamiya Natsuki to demonstrate, while Shinomiya Kaguya hesitated.

The group received a challenge to secretly photograph three girls’ underwear, with failure threatening Amamiya Natsuki’s eyesight. Yukinoshita Yukino volunteered, and the others drew cards to choose two more participants; Shinomiya Kaguya drew the lowest card, leaving the final selection unresolved.

• Amamiya Natsuki received the fourth challenge, which required photographing three girls’ underwear within an hour or losing sight in one eye.
• Yukinoshita Yukino volunteered to help, and Kitagawa Marin proposed drawing cards to select two more girls.
• Amamiya Natsuki said Komie-san could not participate while wearing tights and told her she would need to remove them.
• The girls drew cards, and Shinomiya Kaguya drew the two of hearts, the lowest card.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others continued the supernatural challenges, but most of the group quit when the tasks became immoral or illegal. The entity then gave Natsuki a life-threatening crane challenge, and the group agreed to seek help and locate a suitable construction site before attempting it.

• Koyasu Tsubame secretly drew the Three of Hearts to spare Komie-san from humiliation, while Natsuki revealed he had already completed their challenge using his time-stop skill.
• Kitagawa Marin quit after receiving a challenge that required her to use every toothpick in a restaurant and put them back, and the increasingly awful tasks left only Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Hayasaka persevering.
• Natsuki received an Extreme Challenge to walk blindfolded and without safety equipment along a tower crane over fifty meters high within twenty-four hours, and the group recognized the supernatural entity was escalating its threats.
• The others urged Natsuki to give up, but he said Sister Aya could prepare equipment nearby and argued that completing the challenge might let them confront the entity directly.
• Natsuki searched online for active construction sites in Chiba Prefecture and suggested the group split up to check whether their cranes were tall enough.

At the construction site, Shinomiya Kaguya received a challenge to swim for an hour at a beach where jellyfish appeared, and she decided to attempt it with Amamiya Natsuki and the others. On the crowded train to the shopping mall, Natsuki teased Fujiwara Chika and Koyasu Tsubame, leaving Tsubame flustered as the train continued toward its stop.

• Amamiya Natsuki and the others inspected an eighty-meter tower crane for his challenge while Shinomiya Kaguya received a challenge to swim for an hour at a beach where jellyfish were common.
• Shinomiya Kaguya resolved to take the challenge, and Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika offered to accompany her before the group headed to the mall to buy swimsuits.
• Fujiwara Chika recognized a pencil-drawn Peppa Pig on the train from their earlier ride and reminisced about the group teasing Natsuki.
• Amamiya Natsuki used his time-stopping ability to sneak up on Fujiwara Chika, who escaped beside Shinomiya Kaguya when passengers got off.
• Koyasu Tsubame warned Natsuki to be careful, but he confronted her about pinching him earlier and left her blushing and apologizing.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls reached a remote, dangerous beach for their challenge and changed into swimsuits. As Fujiwara Chika arrived in her swimsuit, she asked Natsuki how she looked as a Hero.

• Amamiya Natsuki met Yukinoshita Yukino at the mall, where she explained that Yuihama-classmate was in her club and attracted evil spirits because of her strong life energy.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the girls traveled to the isolated beach marked with warnings against swimming.
• Kitagawa Marin revealed she and the other girls had changed into swimsuits at the store, then showed off her swimsuit to Amamiya Natsuki.
• Kitagawa Marin teased Amamiya Natsuki about visiting a nude beach, and he suggested they could come to the beach alone at night, making her blush and run off.
• Fujiwara Chika arrived in her swimsuit and asked Amamiya Natsuki how she looked as a Hero.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls prepared a beach area infested with jellyfish and sea nettles for Shinomiya Kaguya’s deep-sea challenge. As the others cleared the water, Natsuki began applying questionable ointment to Kaguya, leaving her embarrassed by his teasing.

• Fujiwara Chika got angry when Amamiya Natsuki hinted that her waist had changed, and he tried to placate her by saying he liked her.
• The girls arrived at the beach, where Natsuki noticed their swimsuits and asked where Hanamori was; Shinomiya Kaguya said Hanamori had gone to the Convenience store.
• The group collected jellyfish and sea nettles with nets and prepared ointment and a first-aid kit to make Kaguya’s challenge safer.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned in his swim trunks and offered to apply the ointment to Kaguya while Mrs. Kaguya went to play.
• Natsuki untied Kaguya’s swimsuit straps and rubbed the clear ointment onto her back, teasing her as she reacted with embarrassment.

Amamiya Natsuki guarded Shinomiya Kaguya as she completed her challenge of swimming in jellyfish-infested waters, while Mrs. Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai helped watch for danger. As sunset faded and the waves strengthened, ten minutes remained and more stinging creatures drifted in.

• Amamiya Natsuki finished applying ointment to Shinomiya Kaguya and accompanied her into the sea to begin the challenge.
• Amamiya Natsuki invited Shinomiya Kaguya to visit the beach with him during summer vacation, and Mrs. Kaguya teased her about the date.
• Mrs. Kaguya spotted a jellyfish, and Amamiya Natsuki caught it and passed it to Hayasaka Ai to take ashore.
• Amamiya Natsuki caught three jellyfish and two sea nettles as the sun set and the wind and waves grew stronger.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Hayasaka Ai to throw down a life ring and stay ashore while he handled any more stinging creatures.

Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya survived the final minutes of the Extreme Challenge after a wave swept away Kaguya’s swimsuit, leaving them stranded in an awkward embrace. Once the challenge ended, Kaguya changed clothes and learned that one final, extremely difficult challenge remained; the group went to another beach to swim while deciding what to do next.

• Hayasaka Ai paddled back to shore as Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya waited out the Extreme Challenge together.
• A wave swept away Kaguya’s swimsuit, and Natsuki held her close through the waves until the challenge ended.
• Natsuki carried Kaguya ashore and went to fetch clothes while Mrs. Kaguya teased her about what she had seen.
• Fujiwara Chika brought Kaguya clothes, and Kaguya changed before rejoining the group.
• Kaguya’s phone revealed a final, extremely difficult challenge and gave her twenty-four hours to decide whether to continue.
• Fujiwara Chika, Kitagawa Marin, Sayu, and the senior agreed to swim at another beach, and the group arrived there after dark as the wind and waves strengthened.

Amamiya Natsuki treated Hayasaka Ai’s jellyfish sting, and the two shared an intimate moment on the beach. That night, despite the rain, the group headed to the construction site to begin the tower-crane challenge.

• Amamiya Natsuki sat with Hayasaka Ai and teased her about repaying him for protecting Kaguya.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed a jellyfish sting on Hayasaka Ai’s thigh and used Hand of Healing to ease the pain.
• Amamiya Natsuki pushed his teasing too far, but Hayasaka Ai pulled him back and shared ice cream with him.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others bathed, ate dinner, and learned that rain had begun falling outside.
• Amamiya Natsuki led the group to the dark construction site, where they saw the eighty-meter tower crane looming above them.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls climbed an eighty-meter tower crane for an extreme challenge, and he banished the evil spirit in its cab. Kaguya and Yukino began crossing the crane’s jib with safety ropes while Natsuki stayed nearby to guide and protect them.

• Amamiya Natsuki entered the construction site with the girls and agreed to climb the tower crane with Shinomiya Kaguya and Yukinoshita Yukino.
• The girls hugged Amamiya Natsuki and urged him to return safely before he and the two young women climbed the crane.
• Shinomiya Kaguya noticed an evil spirit in the crane cab, and Amamiya Natsuki used his Evil Spirit Repellent Aura to send it away.
• At the top, Yukinoshita Yukino and Shinomiya Kaguya clung to Amamiya Natsuki when a cold gust shook the crane.
• Amamiya Natsuki checked Kaguya’s and Yukino’s safety ropes, then guided them as they stepped onto the crane’s jib.

Amamiya Natsuki completed the blindfolded crane-walking challenge, but Shinomiya Kaguya nearly fell while climbing down. He used Time stop and a grappling hook to catch her, and the group returned safely to the ground.

• Amamiya Natsuki crossed the crane jib blindfolded with Mrs. Kaguya guiding him, completing the challenge and embracing Shinomiya Kaguya afterward.
• As the group climbed down, a gust blew hair into Shinomiya Kaguya's eye, making her lose her grip and fall.
• Amamiya Natsuki used Time stop, jumped after Kaguya, and caught her with a grappling hook and a swing from the crane ladder.
• Amamiya Natsuki carried Kaguya down while Yukinoshita Yukino waited, and the three reached the ground safely.
• Fujiwara Chika hugged Kaguya and checked that she was all right while the other girls gathered around them.

After escaping the construction site and returning to the inn, Amamiya Natsuki met Koyasu Tsubame outside the baths and pulled her into the men's bath to tease her. He asked her on a private date, then kissed her, leaving their relationship poised to become more intimate.

• Amamiya Natsuki, Sayu, and the others fled the construction site when security guards approached, leaving their safety ropes tied to the tower crane.
• The group returned to the inn in the rain and took separate baths, while Amamiya Natsuki later went to the vending machine for Meiji Milk.
• Amamiya Natsuki encountered Koyasu Tsubame in the hallway and led her into the empty men's bath to blindfold and tease her.
• Amamiya Natsuki asked Koyasu Tsubame to go on a private date, and she hesitated but began considering the invitation.
• Amamiya Natsuki kissed Koyasu Tsubame, who then called out when his hand went too far.

Yukinoshita Yukino received an Extreme Challenge requiring her to pluck a hair from five dangerous animals, and the group planned to attempt it at Chiba Zoo the following night. The chapter ended with Amamiya Natsuki turning down Fujiwara Moeha’s invitation while preparing to sleep.

• At the Late-night Cafeteria, Hayasaka Ai learned that her challenge required her to eat ten kilograms of food in an hour, and the group urged her to give up.
• Yukinoshita Yukino received no challenge message until the group returned to the inn, where Fujiwara Chika summoned Amamiya Natsuki to read it.
• Amamiya Natsuki learned that Yukino had to pluck a hair from an elephant, tiger, lion, cheetah, and wolf within twenty-four hours without weapons designed to harm them.
• Yukinoshita Yukino chose to rest and visit Chiba Zoo the next day, while Amamiya Natsuki suggested asking Sister Aya to block the zoo’s security cameras.
• Amamiya Natsuki received Fujiwara Moeha’s invitation to go out and declined because he was out of town and busy the next day.

While staying at the inn, Amamiya Natsuki repeatedly banished evil spirits that appeared in the girls’ room and eventually slept there. A nighttime bathroom mishap left him hiding in the shower with Zhuzhu, where his teasing turned into a private advance.

• Amamiya Natsuki politely accepted Mizuhara Chizuru’s offer of a meal and told Miko he would be away for another day or two.
• Fujiwara Chika, Kitagawa Marin, and Hayasaka Ai each summoned Amamiya Natsuki to banish an evil spirit from their room.
• Amamiya Natsuki moved his bedding into the girls’ room, where everyone agreed he could stay for the night.
• Zhuzhu walked into the bathroom while Amamiya Natsuki was there, then panicked when someone else approached.
• Amamiya Natsuki froze time and moved Zhuzhu into the shower, where he held her until the footsteps passed.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Zhuzhu he liked her and asked her to help him, prompting her to protest before he promised to prove he was not biased.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others visited the zoo to scout animals and plan how Yukinoshita Yukino could complete her challenge that night. Yukino continued preparing to face the dangerous animals so she could save her older sister, while the group reached the gorilla enclosure.

• The group split up to scout the zoo's cameras and possible entry points before buying tickets and entering.
• Kitagawa Marin guided Komie-san through security, then stayed close as Komie-san nervously watched over her.
• At the wolf enclosure, Amamiya Natsuki warned Yukinoshita Yukino that there were ten wolves, and Yukino photographed the area to prepare for the challenge.
• The group toured several enclosures, and Yukino scouted the tiger habitat after finding three tigers, including a white one.
• At the gorilla enclosure, a child asked why one gorilla had almost no fur, and her teacher explained that it was sick.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others prepared to collect fur from five kinds of ferocious animals for their challenge, using Natsuki as a Leg accessory to share his skills with Yukinoshita Yukino. After sneaking into the zoo at night, Yukino disguised herself as a zookeeper and entered the wolf enclosure to collect the first hair.

• The group finished scouting the zoo and planned to use a copied zookeeper's key and disguise skills to approach the animals.
• Kitagawa Marin suggested using the Leg accessory so Yukino could combine Natsuki's shared skills, and the group confirmed she could use the skills needed for the challenge.
• Amamiya Natsuki borrowed a zookeeper's key, copied it, and returned it before nightfall.
• At nine o'clock, Mrs. Kaguya blocked the security cameras while the group climbed into the zoo and Natsuki transformed into a Leg accessory for Yukino.
• Yukino disguised herself as a female zookeeper, entered the wolf enclosure, and plucked a hair from a wolf's tail.

Amamiya Natsuki entered the Realm of Forgetting for the supernatural entity’s Hide-and-seek challenge, where forgotten people became Faceless Ones. He found Yukinoshita Yukino, but they still needed to locate Shinomiya Kaguya.

• After the group completed the zoo challenges, Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Yukinoshita Yukino began the ultimate challenge.
• Amamiya Natsuki awoke in a classroom in the Realm of Forgetting and learned that he was temporarily immune to the Forgetting Curse.
• He saw the classroom and school filled with Faceless Ones and realized that Yukino and Kaguya were missing.
• Amamiya Natsuki found Yukinoshita Yukino, explained the challenge, and agreed to search the bathrooms and split up to find Kaguya.

Amamiya Natsuki, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Shinomiya Kaguya reunited with Yukinoshita Haruno in the strange school, but Haruno had lost most of her memories. Investigating the school’s books and maps, Natsuki and Kaguya found evidence that they were in a parallel world.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Yukinoshita Yukino used the Love Charm to confess and hear each other’s thoughts while searching the school for Kaguya.
• Natsuki found Haruno in an office, and Yukino and Kaguya hurried to join him.
• Yukino reunited with Haruno, who recognized her name but seemed to have forgotten most of her memories.
• Natsuki and Kaguya examined a World Map, calendar, and history textbook and found differences from their own world.
• Natsuki and Kaguya concluded that the school might be in an alternate world remarkably similar to theirs.

Amamiya Natsuki and Yukinoshita Yukino discovered that the Faceless Ones at the school had come from a parallel world, and he proposed provoking Yukinoshita Haruno to awaken her remaining awareness. Yukino agreed to let him pretend to torment her, and the chapter ended when his first humiliating demands angered her.

• Amamiya Natsuki and Shinomiya Kaguya realized that many Faceless Ones at the school were invaders from a parallel world.
• Amamiya Natsuki demonstrated that Yukinoshita Haruno still reacted when she thought Yukinoshita Yukino was in danger.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that Haruno's remaining awareness could be stimulated by distressing someone she cared about, and Yukino chose to be the target.
• Shinomiya Kaguya agreed to stay behind and search the office for clues while Amamiya Natsuki and Yukino took Haruno to an empty Activity Room.
• Yukino tied Haruno to a chair, and Amamiya Natsuki asked Yukino to call him Master as a test of how far she could go.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Yukino to lie across his lap, prompting her to transform into a Snow Woman and glare at him.