Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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Amamiya Natsuki pushed open the door, carefully confirmed the environment in the Corridor, then turned and said in a low voice:

"You can come out now."

The two girls followed behind Amamiya Natsuki, tiptoeing out of the Captain's cabin.

"The Corridor is so dark."

Kitagawa Marin mumbled softly.

Like the Captain's cabin, the entire Corridor had no light, only dimness and chill. The only light source was the faint moonlight shining in obliquely.

"According to the parchment, this ship has three decks in total. Our current location should be the lowest deck…"

Amamiya Natsuki surveyed his surroundings and quickly determined his current environment.

The lowest deck was clearly not a good environment. Once attacked by monsters, it would be like catching a turtle in a jar, with nowhere to hide.

So the urgent task was to leave the bottom deck first. If conditions allowed, it would be best to explore the entire ship and then find the most hidden hiding place to complete the hide-and-seek game.

"Let's go up."

Amamiya Natsuki pointed upwards at the stairs.

The three held their breath, lightened their steps, and cautiously walked up the stairs.

Arriving at the second deck of the ship, Amamiya Natsuki cautiously glanced into the Corridor and suddenly stopped.

"Natsuki…"

Kitagawa Marin subconsciously wanted to ask, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Amamiya Natsuki, quick as a flash, covered her mouth.

"Don't speak, we are 'very lucky' to have met him already."

"Understood."

Kitagawa Marin quickly blinked her eyes to indicate understanding.

"Let me see what kind of monster it is."

Kitagawa Marin raised both hands and firmly covered her mouth, then quietly peeked out half of her pretty face from Amamiya Natsuki's waist, looking out into the Corridor.

Under the pale moonlight, there was a tall humanoid figure with a ghostly blue body, a burly physique, wearing a pirate hat, with a dark iron hook for a left hand, and his face covered with marine parasites like conches and scallops. The entire person standing there exuded a sinister and evil aura.

"Eh, it's the Ghost Captain."

Kitagawa Marin couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Hayasaka Ai was equally shocked.

Although she had received information about horror games in her mind, seeing a Ghost for the first time in her life was still a shock.

Sixteen years of scientific materialism collapsed at this moment.

This world really has big problems!

In contrast, Amamiya Natsuki saw more.

[After careful observation, you have obtained the following information.]

[Pirate Captain: Davy Jones]

[Faction: Chaotic Evil]

[Every Pirate Captain is a chaotic evil individual, and Davy Jones is an outstanding one among them. Please note, do not make physical contact with Davy Jones; your body control will be instantly stripped away.]

[Weakness Insight in progress… Insight failed. Even Sherlock Holmes couldn't identify the true culprit at a glance. Please continue to gather more information.]

[Note: My name is Davy, but my last name is not Jones. My ship is the Flying Henanian, not the Flying Dutchman.]

At this moment, the Ghost Captain was standing in front of a door, extending his right hand. The door was not pushed open; instead, his arm passed directly through the door, followed by his entire body…

Before long, the Ghost Captain, as if he were air, silently entered the room.

"He really can pass through walls." Kitagawa Marin patted her chest and quickly breathed a sigh of relief. "Good thing we came out."

If they had thought that hiding in the room would make them safe, and then the Ghost Captain just walked through the door, it would truly be like catching a turtle in a jar, with no escape.

"Let's go the other way."

Amamiya Natsuki withdrew his gaze and led the two girls to the other end of the Corridor.

During this time, the three were very cautious, and fortunately, they did not encounter any other monsters along the way.

A moment later, Amamiya Natsuki and the two girls cautiously arrived on the deck.

"It really is a Ghost Pirate Ship."

A silver moon in the sky cast a pale moonlight.

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the edge of the ship's rail and looked down; the sea was as black as ink, showing no ripples. He looked around; the surrounding sea was only endless thick fog, with no land visible, as if the entire world consisted only of the ship beneath their feet.

Clearly, the "hide-and-seek" game was between the players and the Ghost Captain, with the playing field limited to the Ghost Ship.

The size of this ship looked similar to the 'Heaven and Earth Flying Jackdaw'. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the hull was dilapidated, with many broken marks on the deck from cannon bombardments. Many pirate skeletons were scattered in the corners, and the entire hull was covered in various marine parasites: coral, oysters, shells, barnacles, and so on.

Amamiya Natsuki looked up; the sails of the two-masted schooner were already unfurled, and the pirate symbol of a skull was faintly visible.

"Um… if we jump into the sea and swim far away, can we avoid the Ghost Captain?"

Hayasaka Ai whispered, "Hide-and-seek only requires us to last two hours without being caught. The temperature isn't very low right now, so if we jump into the water holding a piece of wood, we should be able to last two hours."

Kitagawa Marin's eyes lit up: "That sounds pretty good."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Provided there are no other dangers in the sea."

Unfortunately, the hint had already made it clear that there was no way to cheat or escape.

[You chose to throw a teammate down to scout, and unfortunately, your teammate was eaten.]

Amamiya Natsuki glanced at Hayasaka Ai and stepped towards a pirate corpse lying at the edge of the deck.

This pirate had been dead for an unknown amount of time, reduced to mere white bones, barely maintaining a human shape.

Amamiya Natsuki bent down and picked up a scattered arm bone, then threw it towards the calm sea.

The next moment.

Splash!

Water splashed.

A Ghost Shark, half-rotted, leaped out of the water, bit the bone, and then re-submerged into the sea. A ripple spread across the ink-black sea, then quickly returned to calm.

"Clearly." Amamiya Natsuki clapped his hands and looked at the Spy Maid, "This path is blocked."

Hayasaka Ai: "…"

Unscientific!

Half of its body was already rotted, yet it could still jump out and eat things. Could it be that a shark from "Sharknado" had wandered onto the wrong set?

"It seems jumping into the sea to escape won't work." Kitagawa Marin hugged her arms and shivered slightly, then suddenly thought of a possibility, "Eh, it's so quiet on the ship. Could it be that for this hide-and-seek game, there are only three of us players?"

No sooner had she spoken than Amamiya Natsuki heard terrified screams coming from inside the ship's cabin.

Needless to say, it must have been some unlucky player who got caught.

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow and said in a low voice:

"I'll go check the situation."

The previous hint made it clear that there was a weakness on the Ghost Captain, so further observation was necessary.

"Let's go together." Kitagawa Marin stepped forward to follow. "People who act alone in horror movies are idiots; it's too dangerous to be by yourself."

Hayasaka Ai didn't speak, simply followed silently behind the two of them.

As a novice, relying on others before gaining strength was the wisest choice.

I, Hayasaka Ai, am absolutely rational.

The three came to the deck entrance, preparing to enter the ship's cabin.

"Natsuki-kun, wait a moment." Kitagawa Marin slapped her forehead and looked at Amamiya Natsuki, "Can the hamster cloak we drew yesterday be put to use?"

Amamiya Natsuki mused:

"You can take it out and try it first."

Kitagawa Marin nodded and took out the hamster cloak from her game inventory.

"Eh?"

Hayasaka Ai's eyes widened slightly.

Magic?

No, it should be telekinesis or a personal space.

Many ideas instantly popped into Hayasaka Ai's mind. If she had this ability, her infiltration and search capabilities could be improved by several levels.

It could also be used to store various weapons, greatly reducing the game's difficulty.Even the Ghost Captain from before, if he got hit by an anti-tank rocket, he would surely be done for, right?

Seeing Hayasaka Ai's eyes sparkling as she looked over, Amamiya Natsuki explained:

"This is a backpack function provided by the game; it can only store game items and cannot be used to store real-world objects."

"...I see."

Hayasaka Ai's interest immediately waned.

Her dream of becoming an arms queen was shattered before it even began.

Amamiya Natsuki put on the Hamster Cloak and was surprised to find that it could automatically change size according to the wearer's physique.

The cloak, which had looked very small before, now fit perfectly when he put it on.

Next, the three of them tested the cloak's concealment effect and found that it worked best when standing still, and much worse when moving around.

"That's understandable."

Amamiya Natsuki was quite satisfied with the effect.

If one could walk around without being discovered, it wouldn't be concealment, but invisibility.

"It's somewhat like the hood in 'Assassin's Creed,' but why is it called a Hamster Cloak?"

As a newbie, Hayasaka Ai asked when she didn't understand.

"Probably because it's hamster-colored?" Kitagawa Marin tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Never mind that, if it's useful, it's a good thing."

"Let's go, we're heading down."

Amamiya Natsuki put on his hood and led the way down the deck, followed closely by the two girls, and the eerie Ghost Deck quickly fell silent.

After entering the ship's cabin, the screams had become intermittent and barely audible, indicating that the unlucky player who failed 'Hide-and-Seek' was already on the verge of collapsing.

"It's on the first floor."

Amamiya Natsuki listened intently and quickly determined the source of the sound.

The three of them quietly came to the stairwell corner and looked down the Corridor.

"Huh, why is no one here?"

Kitagawa Marin was surprised.

"It's not that there's no one." Hayasaka Ai lightly raised an eyebrow, already guessing the truth, and whispered with her pink lips bitten, "It should be that the person hiding in the room has been caught."

"..."

Kitagawa Marin fell silent.

Unluckily chosen by the game, arriving alone on the eerie Ghost Ship, able to hide in a room trembling, hoping to last until the game ended, only to be found by the Ghost Captain with nowhere to escape... How desperate must that player be at this moment?

Kitagawa Marin didn't want to think about it anymore. She bit her lip with her pearly teeth and silently gripped Amamiya Natsuki's right hand.

Amamiya Natsuki glanced back at the Gyaru, his attention remaining focused on the Corridor.

The screams soon completely disappeared.

Before long, the Ghost Captain passed through the door and walked out of the room.

"Sixth room... Hmm?"

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Behind the Ghost Captain, another short-haired girl actually walked out.

To be precise, it should be the short-haired girl's ghost—like the Ghost Captain, her body passed directly through the door.

"Huh, what's going on?"

Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened in surprise.

Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly.

The translucent female ghost had a similar bluish glow to the Ghost Captain, giving off a very unsettling feeling.

At the same time.

A prompt appeared before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes.

[Desperate Ghost Crewmate]

[A ghost transformed by the Ghost Captain, absolutely obedient to the Ghost Captain]

[The ancients said 'acting as an accomplice for a tiger'. As Davy Jones, the Ghost Captain, is there a problem with recruiting a few more crew members?]

Seeing the words 'acting as an accomplice for a tiger', Amamiya Natsuki instantly understood the sinister nature of the Hide-and-Seek game.

You thought it was a group of players playing Hide-and-Seek with one Ghost Captain?

Of course not.

The truth is, it's a biohazard infection mode!

Every unlucky player caught would be transformed into a Ghost Crewmate, helping the Ghost Captain find other hiding players.

The main quest required enduring for one hundred and twenty minutes. If they did nothing, it would likely end up as one Ghost Captain plus a group of Ghost Crewmates, with the difficulty directly reaching hell level.

Amamiya Natsuki missed the pink-haired idiot even more.

If he wasn't mistaken, to maintain balance, the only monster on the ship should be the Ghost Captain. If Fujiwara Chika were by his side, the Seize and Eliminate Evil combo could be used, and Amamiya Natsuki would rush up now, pin the Ghost Captain to the ground and rub him, making him call him daddy!

Unfortunately, she wasn't here.

The game difficulty instantly doubled.

At the same time.

The Ghost Captain extended a hand and pointed down the Corridor, and the player ghost, now a Ghost Crewmate, bowed respectfully.

Hey, you've already turned into a ghost, and you still don't forget to bow and show courtesy. Have the rules of etiquette been ingrained in your soul?!

"She's coming."

Kitagawa Marin quickly tugged on Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve.

The Ghost Captain turned and walked further into the ship, while the player ghost walked towards Amamiya Natsuki and the two girls.

"I see her." Amamiya Natsuki's expression became serious, and he decisively said, "She has become the Ghost Captain's puppet; we can't let her discover us... Quickly hide."

"Where do we hide?" Kitagawa Marin asked nervously, "Should we go back to the deck?"

"The deck is empty; there's nothing there. If the Ghost Crewmate goes onto the deck, we'll definitely be discovered."

Amamiya Natsuki replied while his gaze fell on a box in the corner of the stairwell.

Quickly picking up the miscellaneous items on the box, Amamiya Natsuki opened the wooden box, which was just big enough to hide one person.

"Hide inside."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kitagawa Marin.

"Okay."

Kitagawa bit her lower lip, didn't say anything unnecessary, and obediently hid in the wooden box.

She might not be able to help much, but she would certainly not be an idiot who wasted precious time at a critical moment.

Amamiya Natsuki covered the wooden box, placed the miscellaneous items back on it, then opened another wooden box, his gaze slightly narrowed.

Hayasaka Ai's brows also furrowed slightly.

The second wooden box was filled with miscellaneous items, clearly unusable for hiding.

At the Ghost Crewmate's walking speed, there wasn't enough time to open other wooden boxes.

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Hayasaka Ai, took a light breath, and whispered:

"Sorry..."

"..."

Hayasaka Ai was expressionless.

Abandoning herself was a wise choice.

If it were her, she wouldn't choose to sacrifice herself for a stranger.

This Spy Maid's thoughts raced, and she was about to run to the deck; waiting to die was never Hayasaka Ai's choice.

The next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly lifted the Hamster Cloak he was wearing, grabbed Hayasaka Ai's wrist, pulled the Spy Maid into his arms, and then spread the cloak, completely covering the girl.

"Sorry, please bear with it."

Even the Ghost Captain from before, if he got hit by an anti-tank rocket, he would surely be done for, right?

Seeing Hayasaka Ai's eyes sparkling as she looked over, Amamiya Natsuki explained:

"This is a backpack function provided by the game; it can only store game items and cannot be used to store real-world objects."

"...I see."

Hayasaka Ai's interest immediately waned.

Her dream of becoming an arms queen was shattered before it even began.

Amamiya Natsuki put on the Hamster Cloak and was surprised to find that it could automatically change size according to the wearer's physique.

The cloak, which had looked very small before, now fit perfectly when he put it on.

Next, the three of them tested the cloak's concealment effect and found that it worked best when standing still, and much worse when moving around.

"That's understandable."

Amamiya Natsuki was quite satisfied with the effect.

If one could walk around without being discovered, it wouldn't be concealment, but invisibility.

"It's somewhat like the hood in 'Assassin's Creed,' but why is it called a Hamster Cloak?"

As a newbie, Hayasaka Ai asked when she didn't understand.

"Probably because it's hamster-colored?" Kitagawa Marin tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Never mind that, if it's useful, it's a good thing."

"Let's go, we're heading down."

Amamiya Natsuki put on his hood and led the way down the deck, followed closely by the two girls, and the eerie Ghost Deck quickly fell silent.

After entering the ship's cabin, the screams had become intermittent and barely audible, indicating that the unlucky player who failed 'Hide-and-Seek' was already on the verge of collapsing.

"It's on the first floor."

Amamiya Natsuki listened intently and quickly determined the source of the sound.

The three of them quietly came to the stairwell corner and looked down the Corridor.

"Huh, why is no one here?"

Kitagawa Marin was surprised.

"It's not that there's no one." Hayasaka Ai lightly raised an eyebrow, already guessing the truth, and whispered with her pink lips bitten, "It should be that the person hiding in the room has been caught."

"..."

Kitagawa Marin fell silent.

Unluckily chosen by the game, arriving alone on the eerie Ghost Ship, able to hide in a room trembling, hoping to last until the game ended, only to be found by the Ghost Captain with nowhere to escape... How desperate must that player be at this moment?

Kitagawa Marin didn't want to think about it anymore. She bit her lip with her pearly teeth and silently gripped Amamiya Natsuki's right hand.

Amamiya Natsuki glanced back at the Gyaru, his attention remaining focused on the Corridor.

The screams soon completely disappeared.

Before long, the Ghost Captain passed through the door and walked out of the room.

"Sixth room... Hmm?"

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Behind the Ghost Captain, another short-haired girl actually walked out.

To be precise, it should be the short-haired girl's ghost—like the Ghost Captain, her body passed directly through the door.

"Huh, what's going on?"

Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened in surprise.

Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly.

The translucent female ghost had a similar bluish glow to the Ghost Captain, giving off a very unsettling feeling.

At the same time.

A prompt appeared before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes.

[Desperate Ghost Crewmate]

[A ghost transformed by the Ghost Captain, absolutely obedient to the Ghost Captain]

[The ancients said 'acting as an accomplice for a tiger'. As Davy Jones, the Ghost Captain, is there a problem with recruiting a few more crew members?]

Seeing the words 'acting as an accomplice for a tiger', Amamiya Natsuki instantly understood the sinister nature of the Hide-and-Seek game.

You thought it was a group of players playing Hide-and-Seek with one Ghost Captain?

Of course not.

The truth is, it's a biohazard infection mode!

Every unlucky player caught would be transformed into a Ghost Crewmate, helping the Ghost Captain find other hiding players.

The main quest required enduring for one hundred and twenty minutes. If they did nothing, it would likely end up as one Ghost Captain plus a group of Ghost Crewmates, with the difficulty directly reaching hell level.

Amamiya Natsuki missed the pink-haired idiot even more.

If he wasn't mistaken, to maintain balance, the only monster on the ship should be the Ghost Captain. If Fujiwara Chika were by his side, the Seize and Eliminate Evil combo could be used, and Amamiya Natsuki would rush up now, pin the Ghost Captain to the ground and rub him, making him call him daddy!

Unfortunately, she wasn't here.

The game difficulty instantly doubled.

At the same time.

The Ghost Captain extended a hand and pointed down the Corridor, and the player ghost, now a Ghost Crewmate, bowed respectfully.

Hey, you've already turned into a ghost, and you still don't forget to bow and show courtesy. Have the rules of etiquette been ingrained in your soul?!

"She's coming."

Kitagawa Marin quickly tugged on Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve.

The Ghost Captain turned and walked further into the ship, while the player ghost walked towards Amamiya Natsuki and the two girls.

"I see her." Amamiya Natsuki's expression became serious, and he decisively said, "She has become the Ghost Captain's puppet; we can't let her discover us... Quickly hide."

"Where do we hide?" Kitagawa Marin asked nervously, "Should we go back to the deck?"

"The deck is empty; there's nothing there. If the Ghost Crewmate goes onto the deck, we'll definitely be discovered."

Amamiya Natsuki replied while his gaze fell on a box in the corner of the stairwell.

Quickly picking up the miscellaneous items on the box, Amamiya Natsuki opened the wooden box, which was just big enough to hide one person.

"Hide inside."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kitagawa Marin.

"Okay."

Kitagawa bit her lower lip, didn't say anything unnecessary, and obediently hid in the wooden box.

She might not be able to help much, but she would certainly not be an idiot who wasted precious time at a critical moment.

Amamiya Natsuki covered the wooden box, placed the miscellaneous items back on it, then opened another wooden box, his gaze slightly narrowed.

Hayasaka Ai's brows also furrowed slightly.

The second wooden box was filled with miscellaneous items, clearly unusable for hiding.

At the Ghost Crewmate's walking speed, there wasn't enough time to open other wooden boxes.

Amamiya Natsuki looked at Hayasaka Ai, took a light breath, and whispered:

"Sorry..."

"..."

Hayasaka Ai was expressionless.

Abandoning herself was a wise choice.

If it were her, she wouldn't choose to sacrifice herself for a stranger.

This Spy Maid's thoughts raced, and she was about to run to the deck; waiting to die was never Hayasaka Ai's choice.

The next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly lifted the Hamster Cloak he was wearing, grabbed Hayasaka Ai's wrist, pulled the Spy Maid into his arms, and then spread the cloak, completely covering the girl.

"Sorry, please bear with it."

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