Chapter Summaries

Amamiya Natsuki stayed in the bar with Yukinoshita Hiyori and Yukinoshita Yukino while the others went outside, and he protected Yukino from unwanted attention. The sisters encountered Mr. Yamada, whose secret visit to the bar was exposed when Haruno arrived and openly called Natsuki the boy she liked.

• Fujiwara Chika, Shinomiya Kaguya, Sayu, and the other girls left the bar because the heavy metal music hurt their ears, while Amamiya Natsuki and the two Yukinoshita sisters stayed behind.
• Yukinoshita Hiyori went to the restroom, leaving Yukinoshita Yukino alone with Natsuki; when a middle-aged man hit on Yukino, Natsuki took her hand and claimed she was his girlfriend.
• Natsuki spotted the suited man who had hit on Yukino at the tram station, and Mr. Yamada approached them, telling Yukino to leave and asking her not to tell her sister about the bar.
• Yukinoshita Hiyori returned, collected their belongings, and linked arms with Natsuki; when Mr. Yamada objected that Natsuki had held Yukino's hand, Haruno said she had asked him to because he was Yukino's brother-in-law.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls gathered personal belongings and went to a hotel to perform Spirit Summoning. Shinomiya Kaguya summoned Miss Takeuchi, whose account pointed them toward a mysterious woman in a trench coat, though Miss Takeuchi could not remember her face.

• Yukinoshita Haruno used Amamiya Natsuki as a shield against Mr. Yamada, then left the bar with him and Yukinoshita Yukino.
• Amamiya Natsuki showed the group the personal belongings they had collected and led them to a hotel to attempt Spirit Summoning.
• Shinomiya Kaguya successfully summoned Miss Takeuchi with a lipstick, and Amamiya Natsuki calmed the frightened ghost with a lit match.
• Miss Takeuchi described meeting a strange woman in a thick trench coat after leaving a shop, but she could not remember the woman's face.
• The match burned out, and Miss Takeuchi began to tremble and distort as she feared disappearing.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others questioned the ghosts of three victims and learned that a shape-shifting supernatural being attacked people after they saw its face, usually late at night when they were alone. After reporting their findings and the victims’ final wishes to Miss Mitsui, the group split up to search Kabukicho Ichiban Street, but Natsuki took Zhuzhu to rest in a park.

• Miss Takeuchi told Shinomiya Kaguya that a strange woman had followed her home and killed her after she saw its face, then asked the group to send her savings to her mother and daughter.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the others summoned the other two victims and learned that the supernatural being had appeared as a middle-aged man and an elderly person.
• Yukinoshita Yukino, Tsubame-senpai, Kitagawa Marin, and Shinomiya Kaguya identified the being’s changing appearance, face-triggered attacks, and preference for isolated victims late at night.
• Amamiya Natsuki reported the findings and Miss Takeuchi’s final wish to Miss Mitsui, who promised the Bureau would act on both.
• The group split into pairs to search Ichiban Street, but Tsubame-senpai took Shoko while Amamiya Natsuki led Zhuzhu to a park to rest.

Amamiya Natsuki and Zhuzhu were interrupted in the park by a call from Miss Mitsui, who had located a possible supernatural being. The players gathered at Ichiban Street, where the mission identified the target as a Face Demon, and Amamiya stepped back as the players began competing for the kill.

• Amamiya Natsuki massaged Zhuzhu in a secluded corner of the park until Miss Mitsui called to report a possible supernatural being.
• Miss Mitsui led Amamiya Natsuki, Zhuzhu, and the other players to a woman standing motionless beside a fountain near Ichiban Street.
• The players received a Reality Guardian Mission to kill the Face Demon, with substantial rewards for whoever made the kill.
• Amamiya Natsuki warned that the Face Demon might have strange abilities and said he would not interfere while the others tried to defeat it.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others discovered that the face-like Supernatural being could survive by possessing new faces, and they organized a renewed search to destroy it. After Natsuki secretly transferred some of his Life Value to save an injured woman, he and Zhuzhu set off to help find the entity.

• Players attacked a woman they believed was the Supernatural being, but she collapsed as an ordinary person while white skin-like crumbs scattered around her.
• Amamiya Natsuki explained that the entity was likely a face that covered victims’ faces, and Shinomiya Kaguya and Yukinoshita Yukino connected it to the reflective surfaces near the victims.
• Natsuki concluded that the entity had multiple lives, possibly one for every face it had stolen, and Miss Mitsui ordered everyone to keep searching for it.
• Natsuki used Copy Paste to transfer some of his Life Value to the injured woman, who was then taken away by paramedics.
• Natsuki invited Zhuzhu to join the search, and she told him to focus on finding the Supernatural being.

Amamiya Natsuki and the others tracked down the Supernatural being in a middle-aged man and failed to capture it before destroying its face, causing it to escape again. Zhuzhu told Amamiya Natsuki she might have seen the face, and he gave her the Pure White Bride Skin Card to test whether she had been cursed.

• Miss Mitsui led Amamiya Natsuki, Fujiwara Chika, and the players to the middle-aged man possessed by the Supernatural being.
• Fujiwara Chika used Sweep away evil while Amamiya Natsuki restrained the man, and Shinomiya Kaguya warned everyone not to look at his face.
• The possessed man reacted when a player told him he was fired, but the group could not find a way to capture the Supernatural being directly.
• The group used holy water to break the face, freeing the middle-aged man as the Supernatural being escaped again.
• Zhuzhu told Amamiya Natsuki she might have seen the face, and he handed her the Pure White Bride Skin Card to test whether she was cursed.

Amamiya Natsuki and the players spent the night hunting a face-stealing supernatural being across Kabukicho Ichiban Street, but it vanished before they could find its last victim. Amamiya suspected Zhuzhu was the being’s target and told her to lure it out; just as he grew drowsy in his hotel room, a new consciousness appeared inside him.

• Amamiya Natsuki used the Pure White Bride Skin Card to confirm that a black patch was spreading across Zhuzhu’s dress after she saw the supernatural being’s face.
• Amamiya Natsuki applied the Possession Skill to Zhuzhu so she could possess him if the supernatural being attacked her.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Zhuzhu, and the other players helped the Bureau find and remove the being’s face from victims across Kabukicho Ichiban Street.
• After the being’s latest victim could not be found, Miss Mitsui ended the search for the night and led the exhausted group to a hotel.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Zhuzhu they needed to use her as bait, and she sent Shoko to share a room with the upperclassman before returning to her own room.
• As Amamiya Natsuki began to fall asleep, a strange consciousness appeared inside him and made his mouth speak against his will.

Amamiya Natsuki eliminated the supernatural being possessing Zhuzhu, but the struggle left him with a nosebleed and a painful head. He stayed with Zhuzhu overnight, and the next morning the players discovered that their supernatural-being missions had disappeared, while Natsuki kept the truth about Zhuzhu's encounter secret.

• Amamiya Natsuki used the Mask of Oblivion to see the supernatural being on Zhuzhu's cheek and fought its memory-erasing power until it vanished, completing the Guard Mission and earning rewards.
• Zhuzhu regained control of her body and insisted that the pale, bleeding Amamiya Natsuki stay in her room for the night.
• Amamiya Natsuki fell asleep while Zhuzhu watched over him, then woke the next morning and kissed her before returning to his room at seven thirty.
• Amamiya Natsuki kept Zhuzhu's encounter secret because she was embarrassed to tell the others what she had seen.
• Chika and Young Lady told Amamiya Natsuki that everyone's supernatural-being missions had disappeared, and he confirmed that they were gone.

After the players celebrated the supernatural being’s defeat, Amamiya Natsuki gave Zhuzhu a Magical Girl Skin Card and promised to help her copy Marin’s skill. He then caught Shoko secretly watching them and asked why she had followed Zhuzhu.

• Yukinoshita Yukino guessed that a player with a tracking ability had eliminated the supernatural being, and the group joined Miss Mitsui for a celebratory breakfast.
• Komie-san worried about Zhuzhu’s red eyes, hoarse voice, and red mark, while Zhuzhu insisted she was fine and told her to eat.
• Miss Mitsui promised rewards for everyone who had participated in the operation, and the players left the hotel.
• Amamiya Natsuki took Zhuzhu to a park and gave her a Magical Girl Skin Card, then offered to copy Marin’s role-playing skill for her.
• Amamiya Natsuki noticed Shoko hiding nearby, returned to find her, and asked why she had been watching Zhuzhu; Shoko said she had noticed Zhuzhu acting strangely that morning.

Amamiya Natsuki reassured Komie-san that Zhuzhu was recovering after being possessed, then returned home to find Shinomiya Kaguya staying with her mother. Miko visited to discuss the Witch’s Potion and the supernatural threat, which the group left to the authorities to handle.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Komie-san that a supernatural being had possessed Zhuzhu and that she would recover after resting; Komie-san kissed him before they parted at the tram station.
• Amamiya Natsuki visited Spider-ko and gave Miss Chizuru a Healing Skill before returning home.
• Shinomiya Kaguya welcomed Amamiya Natsuki home and said she was staying with her mother, whom she considered family.
• Miko visited to sell the Witch’s Potion, request ingredients, and ask whether the Kabukicho supernatural being had been eliminated.
• Amamiya Natsuki described the danger of supernatural beings, and Shinomiya Kaguya and Miko agreed that the authorities should address the growing threat.

Miss Mitsui delivered Amamiya Natsuki a Skill Copy Scroll as a reward and discussed the Bureau’s players and potion-making with him, Miko, and Shinomiya Kaguya. The next morning, Kaguya expected Natsuki to sneak into her bed, but he came over only to say he was not doing that.

• Miss Mitsui brought Amamiya Natsuki a Skill Copy Scroll, which he appraised and accepted as his reward for the Bureau’s operation.
• Miko suggested that the Bureau’s potion-makers might improve with practice, while Miss Mitsui said about 1,300 of Japan’s roughly 2,000 identified players had joined the Bureau.
• Amamiya Natsuki told Miss Mitsui he could improve the odds of copying skills and offered to help her copy one for free if she brought him a scroll.
• Miko declined to become a player, and Natsuki postponed a group discussion about which skills to copy until the next day so everyone could rest.
• After Miko left early the next morning, Kaguya pretended to sleep and hoped Natsuki would sneak into her bed, but he initially returned to his bedding.
• Natsuki came to stand beside Kaguya after complaining about spam texts and told her he was not sneaking into her bed.

Amamiya Natsuki gathered the girls to review newly reported skills and decide how to use their Skill Copy Scrolls. They planned to test whether Five-Finger Discount worked with Chika’s Polymorph Spell, then Zhuzhu revealed her Magical Girl transformation and its defensive skin effect.

• Amamiya Natsuki visited the pretending-to-sleep Kaguya, and the night passed without a word.
• Amamiya Natsuki shared confidential Bureau records of players’ skills, and the girls discussed Fat Conversion and Decide Victory or Defeat.
• Yukinoshita Yukino found Five-Finger Discount, and Amamiya Natsuki suggested testing whether it could combine with Chika’s Polymorph Spell.
• Amamiya Natsuki proposed copying Marin’s skill onto Zhuzhu, who had obtained a Magical Girl Skin Card.
• Zhuzhu used the card and showed the girls her outfit, instant outfit change, and chance-based Smoke Screen Immunity.

Amamiya Natsuki arranged through Miss Mitsui to visit Yamada in Osaka and copy her skill. Before the trip, Chika got peach fuzz on herself while washing peaches, and Natsuki used the mishap to tease her as he helped clean it off.

• The girls chose skills to copy, but could not confirm whether combining Polymorph Spell with Five-Finger Discount would work.
• Natsuki contacted Miss Mitsui, who arranged for Yamada in Osaka to cooperate with copying her skill.
• Natsuki told Kaguya and Chika they would take a train to Osaka that afternoon and return that night.
• Chika developed painful itching after washing peaches and touching her broken bra strap with peach fuzz on her hands.
• Natsuki removed Chika's shirt and bra and began wiping peach fuzz off her, and Chika bit his lip.

Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika traveled to Osaka to copy Miss Yamada’s Steal skill, then spent the evening enjoying the city and its summer festival. They watched the seaside fireworks, where Chika immediately wanted to buy more food despite having just eaten.

• Amamiya Natsuki returned with replacement underwear, then flew to Osaka with Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika.
• During a turbulent takeoff, Natsuki held Kaguya’s and Chika’s hands, but they pulled away and refused to let him hold them again.
• In Osaka, Miss Yamada helped the trio copy her Steal skill, and Chika offered to copy her Polymorph Spell in return if Yamada provided a Skill Copy Scroll.
• After finishing their errands, the trio agreed to stay overnight so Chika could show them around Osaka the next day.
• The three ate and went to the seaside Fireworks Festival, where Chika tugged at Natsuki to visit the food stalls despite having just eaten.

Amamiya Natsuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Fujiwara Chika enjoyed the Fireworks Festival before testing a combination of Polymorph Spell and Skill Pickpocket. After Natsuki helped drive an evil spirit from Kaguya and Chika’s room, he returned to his own room for the night.

• Fujiwara Chika, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Amamiya Natsuki ate at a beachside stall and watched the Fireworks Festival together.
• Amamiya Natsuki held Kaguya’s and Chika’s hands during the fireworks, then bought ice cream after they refused his offer.
• At the hotel, Chika cast Polymorph Spell on Kaguya, and Natsuki used Skill Pickpocket to pull her into his room as a sheep.
• Kaguya changed back into human form and covered herself with her Bunny Girl Uniform, while Mrs. Kaguya teased her and Natsuki.
• Natsuki followed Chika and Kaguya to their room and used Evil Spirit Repellent to drive out and purify the evil spirit.
• Natsuki returned to his room, updated Hayasaka on Kaguya’s whereabouts, and went to bed at eleven.

After returning to Tokyo, Amamiya Natsuki declined to join the Management Bureau’s operation against the Hotel Supernatural Story but agreed to help its players prepare. He arrived at the Bureau to apply skills to the team, while the hotel’s danger remained unresolved.

• Shinomiya Kaguya borrowed Amamiya Natsuki’s bathroom before dawn to avoid an evil spirit, then stayed talking with him and Mrs. Kaguya until Fujiwara Chika found her in the hallway.
• Fujiwara Chika questioned Shinomiya Kaguya about spending hours with Amamiya Natsuki and insisted that she would join them next time.
• After returning to Tokyo, Amamiya Natsuki consulted Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika about the Management Bureau’s proposed operation against the Hotel Supernatural Story.
• Amamiya Natsuki declined to join the operation but agreed to apply skills to the Bureau’s players, and Miss Mitsui arranged for him to help the next morning.
• Amamiya Natsuki traveled to the Management Bureau’s Tokyo office, where Miss Mitsui explained that the players were gathered for the operation.

Amamiya Natsuki joined a player operation to investigate the Supernatural being at a hotel, where Yukinoshita Yukino was also participating. Yukino revealed that she had come because her mother ordered her to rescue a business partner’s relative, and Natsuki learned she planned to obey just this once.

• Miss Mitsui assembled the players and explained that the operation’s first goal was gathering intelligence on the Supernatural being.
• Yukinoshita Hiyori and Yukinoshita Yukino joined the operation, and Natsuki learned that Yukino had an Investigation Skill.
• The participants received transferred skills, including Natsuki’s life-saving Amber skill, before Miss Mitsui sent them to rest ahead of the noon operation.
• Natsuki took Yukino aside and pressed her to explain why she had joined; after he teased her about confessing to Haruno, she admitted her mother had ordered her to rescue a business partner’s relative from the hotel.
• Yukino said she would do this just once, and Natsuki grumbled that he had nearly gone to Chiba Prefecture to confront her mother.

Amamiya Natsuki sent Yukinoshita Yukino into a sealed hotel to scout a supernatural incident after extracting an intimate renewal fee, while Yukinoshita Hiyori teased him and warned her sister to stay safe. The first team entered the hotel, which appeared to contain an Otherworldly space, and Natsuki and Hiyori left to await news.

• Amamiya Natsuki gave Yukinoshita Yukino supplies and sent her ahead to scout the hotel, then pressured her into kissing him to renew her sister's family-bond subscription.
• Yukinoshita Hiyori arrived and teased Amamiya Natsuki, then admitted she suspected Yukino's mission was connected to their mother and warned Yukino against risking herself.
• Amamiya Natsuki, Yukinoshita Hiyori, and the first group of players traveled to the sealed hotel, where more than a hundred people had disappeared and earlier investigators had failed to return.
• Yukinoshita Hiyori warned Yukinoshita Yukino to protect herself, and Yukino entered the hotel with the other players to gather information.
• Miss Mitsui noted that communications and equipment had lost contact inside the hotel, suggesting it held an Otherworldly space, and Amamiya Natsuki left with Yukinoshita Hiyori to wait for news.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls learned that Yukino had entered the hotel to investigate its Supernatural being and agreed to prepare a rescue operation if she did not return. After a quiet evening together, Natsuki was left guessing who had covered his eyes.

• Amamiya Natsuki told Shinomiya Kaguya and Yukinoshita Hiyori about Yukino's hotel mission and the Bureau's plan to send another team if the first one failed to return.
• Amamiya Natsuki contacted the girls, who gathered at his home and agreed to enter the hotel if Yukino and the others were still missing the next day.
• Amamiya Natsuki told everyone to rest before deciding whether to go in, and the group spent the evening eating dinner and teasing one another.
• Amamiya Natsuki applied Evil Spirit Repellent charms to the girls, then walked Fujiwara Chika to the Tram station.
• Amamiya Natsuki returned home and shared potato chips with Kitagawa Marin, Tsubame-senpai, and Sayu while the girls took turns washing up.
• An unseen girl covered Amamiya Natsuki's eyes and warned that he would be punished if he guessed her identity incorrectly.

Amamiya Natsuki and the girls prepared to enter the Hotel Supernatural Story after learning that the first group of players had not returned. Hayasaka Ai arrived disguised as Hanamori, and the group set off with the Administration Bureau.

• Kitagawa Marin kissed Amamiya Natsuki, but they were interrupted by Koyasu Tsubame, who saw them together in the hallway.
• Kitagawa Marin reassured Koyasu Tsubame and suggested she join them, leaving Tsubame embarrassed but not angry with Natsuki.
• The next morning, Amamiya Natsuki learned from Miss Mitsui that none of the first group of players had returned and Hirano was missing.
• Hayasaka Ai arrived at the house posing as Hanamori, and Tsubame-senpai privately recognized her disguise.
• Amamiya Natsuki and the girls left for the Hotel Supernatural Story in a car sent by the Administration Bureau.