Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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The three left the room and came to the Corridor.

The Ghost Ship was still gloomy and dark, deathly silent.

Both hunters and prey were adhering to the 'dark forest' rule: whoever exposes themselves first will be unlucky.

"Natsuki-kun, where are we going?"

Kitagawa Marin asked cautiously.

"To the second floor," Amamiya Natsuki said calmly. "First, let's check the treasure room marked on the map. There's something I want to verify."

The three cautiously made their way to the second floor, the journey uneventful, without encountering the Ghost Captain or player ghosts.

"This is it."

Amamiya Natsuki stopped, squinting slightly as he looked at the closed door in front of him.

This was located near the stairs on the second floor. The door looked ordinary, no different from a regular cabin, and if it weren't marked on the map, one wouldn't even glance at it when passing by.

"The door is locked, it won't open."

Amamiya Natsuki tried to push the door, and as expected, it couldn't be opened.

"Could there be something blocking it from behind the door?" Kitagawa Marin guessed softly.

Hayasaka Ai folded her right arm across her chest, her gaze falling on the three grooves in the middle of the door panel, deep in thought:

"The shape of that groove looks a bit familiar…"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"It should be the coral key we just found in the girl's hand."

Taking the coral key from his pocket, Amamiya Natsuki gently placed it into the groove on the door, and the size and shape indeed matched perfectly.

"Eh, it really is." Kitagawa Marin's eyes lit up, and she quickly realized, "There are three grooves on the door, so we still need to find the remaining two coral keys to enter the room, right?"

Hayasaka Ai nodded lightly: "It seems so."

Kitagawa Marin hesitated:

"But the Ghost Ship is so big, trying to find the remaining two keys is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack, isn't it?"

"It's much simpler than looking for a needle in a haystack." Amamiya Natsuki pressed his nose bridge. "I probably know where the remaining two keys are."

"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Kitagawa Marin widened her eyes. "Where? How do I not know?"

Hayasaka Ai also looked up in surprise, gazing at Amamiya Natsuki.

She had no clue where the remaining two keys could be, so why would this guy know?

Thinking back.

From the beginning until now, the three of them had been acting together the entire time, never separating.

If this man knew where the remaining two keys were, then she should also know…

Hayasaka Ai felt a faint film appearing in her mind; as long as she poked through it with her finger, she would know the truth.

However, the next second, out of the corner of the Spy Maid's eye, she suddenly caught sight of a tall, ghostly blue figure silently appearing at the end of the staircase.

Oh no!

It seems to be the Ghost Captain…

Hayasaka Ai's heart tightened involuntarily, wanting to avert her gaze, but it was already too late. Her eyes met with those cold, evil, ghostly blue eyes across the distance.

Their eyes met.

Hayasaka Ai only felt a buzzing in her mind, a strong sense of dizziness suddenly struck, followed by the discovery that her right foot involuntarily stepped forward, wanting to go to the Ghost Captain's side.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no, my body is out of control!"

"It's his eyes!"

"That Ghost Captain really has the ability to control others remotely!"

"…"

"Na-Natsuki-kun."

Kitagawa Marin's panicked whisper sounded in her ears.

Hayasaka Ai tried to look with the corner of her eye, finding that the Gyaru Kitagawa, like herself, had a panicked expression, a stiff body, and was also stepping forward.

"Did Kitagawa also see the Ghost Captain's eyes?"

"Can this monster control multiple people at once?"

"So… a direct team wipe?"

"…"

A team wipe, of course, would not happen.

In fact, Amamiya Natsuki had been observing his surroundings the entire time, never relaxing his vigilance for a single second.

Upon noticing Hayasaka Ai walking forward for no reason and hearing Kitagawa's panicked warning, Amamiya Natsuki immediately realized what the two girls had encountered. He decisively controlled his gaze, keeping his eyes fixed on the floor, thus avoiding being controlled by the Ghost Captain's gaze.

Abandoning the two girls and escaping alone?

This option simply did not appear in Amamiya Natsuki's mind.

The way to save them was right in front of him, and he didn't have to give up on anyone.

Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, decisively stepped forward, quickly came to Hayasaka Ai's side, scooped up the Spy Maid's small bottom, and without a word, directly picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.

Immediately after, his other hand firmly clasped Kitagawa's waist, lifting the girl into a bridal carry.

As an aside, the last line, 'Looking northwest, shoot the Sirius,' doesn't mean Sirius is in the northwest direction. Rather, the protagonist stands in the northwest direction, draws his carved bow like a full moon, and shoots at Sirius. So, Sirius is actually in the southeast!

The 'quantum mechanics' strengthening method from this period was showing initial results. Amamiya Natsuki usually didn't feel his strength increasing much, but now he realized he could completely carry two girls.

Not only could he carry them, but he could also run like the wind.

He couldn't lift a fifty-pound bag of rice, but he could sprint a hundred meters carrying two hundred-pound fragrant girls!

Amamiya Natsuki, with Kitagawa in his left arm and Hayasaka Ai on his right shoulder, turned and ran without a word, reacting with lightning speed and no hesitation, even surprising the Ghost Captain.

As a scenario Boss, the Ghost Captain already possessed three abilities: phasing through walls at will, mind control, and transforming caught players into Ghost Ship members. If he could also teleport, that would be too game-breaking.

In fact, the Ghost Captain indeed did not have the ability to teleport, nor did he even chase Amamiya Natsuki and the two girls—only twenty minutes had passed since the game began, ending it too early would be boring; a cat-and-mouse game was much more interesting.

"We… we escaped…"

Kitagawa Marin tightly hugged Amamiya Natsuki's neck, turning her head to look back: "The Ghost Captain doesn't seem to be chasing us."

Amamiya Natsuki stopped upon hearing this, slightly out of breath. Sprinting while carrying two girls was indeed quite physically demanding.

"It's his eyes, you can't look at the Ghost Captain's eyes," Kitagawa Marin said quickly. "Just now, I accidentally looked up and saw the Ghost Captain's eyes for just a second, and my body lost control. I felt so dizzy, and my body wouldn't obey, walking forward."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Are you okay now?"

"I'm fine."

"Then why don't you get down and walk yourself?"

"…"

Amamiya Natsuki let out a soft breath and then lowered the Spy Maid from his shoulder.

Hayasaka Ai bit her silver teeth lightly, reaching her hands behind her back to subtly cover her buttocks.

Her butt hurt so much.

Why did this man grab her there when he carried her up?

But she couldn't really blame him; she had to sincerely thank him. In that situation, not abandoning her and Kitagawa to escape alone was already quite courageous and responsible.

However, the next second, Hayasaka Ai swallowed the words that were about to come out.

Amamiya Natsuki rubbed his shoulder and casually said:

"My shoulder feels like it got poked."

"…"

Hayasaka Ai was expressionless.

I'm truly sorry my bones poked you!

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