Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"Then I'll leave it to you." Amamiya Natsuki took off his hamster cloak and handed it to Hayasaka. "Here's the cloak for you."

"Mhm."

Hayasaka Ai didn't decline and took the cloak.

"We've already confirmed that as long as we break eye contact, we won't be controlled, so…" Amamiya Natsuki turned and found a rope, "just in case, I'll also lead you with a rope."

"I understand the principle…" Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but glare at him, "Why are you looking at my neck?"

Tying it around her waist would be one thing, but did he really want to tie it around her neck?!

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Amamiya Natsuki denied it three times.

After tying the rope around Hayasaka Ai's waist, the Spy Maid quietly made a 'ready' gesture, then activated her stealth state.

Once the rope tightened, the group would pull together to bring Hayasaka Ai back.

Fortunately, no accidents occurred along the way.

Or rather, Hayasaka Ai's stealth skills were quite superb, and when combined with the Hamster Cloak, they produced a synergistic effect greater than the sum of their parts.

A moment later.

The Spy Maid quietly returned.

"I saw it clearly," Hayasaka Ai exhaled softly. "The last coral key is on the Ghost Captain's waist."

As expected, the worst-case scenario had occurred.

"The key is actually on the Ghost Captain," Kitagawa Marin bit her lower lip. "Unless someone can turn invisible, there's no way to get it."

Physical contact meant death.

Eye contact meant being controlled.

Approaching the Ghost Captain without him knowing and stealing the key from him was simply as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Hayasaka Ai furrowed her delicate brows slightly, pondering a countermeasure.

No.

Couldn't think of a way.

If there was more time and the Ghost Captain needed to rest, she might find an opportunity to stealthily steal it, but right now, she really couldn't think of a solution.

At this moment, Amamiya Natsuki's calm voice suddenly rang out:

"I've thought of a way."

"Eh?"

The three girls looked over.

"Natsuki-kun, what way is there to get the key?" Kitagawa Marin quickly asked.

"People are most likely to let their guard down when they are confident of victory, so…" Amamiya Natsuki lightly pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose, "I thought of a blind tactic."

Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but cover her forehead: "I've never heard of such a strange tactic!"

Amamiya Natsuki smiled: "Now you have."

"…"

Without wasting time, Amamiya Natsuki quietly explained the method he had thought of.

After listening, the three girls had different expressions.

Hayasaka Ai was thoughtful: "…It does sound like it has a possibility of success."

Kitagawa Marin bit her lower lip and reached out to grasp Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve: "Doing that is too dangerous."

The petite girl widened her eyes in surprise: "This boy is so brave… When others encounter monsters, they try to hide as far away as possible, but he, knowing there's a tiger on the mountain, insists on going to the tiger's den."

"Doing nothing is the most dangerous choice," Amamiya Natsuki said softly. "Don't forget, two players have already turned into Ghost Crew members. The longer we wait, the greater the chance of being caught… Let's find a room first and prepare things."

"…"

A moment later.

Ready.

Hayasaka Ai, cloaked in a hamster cape, scouted ahead and quickly found the Ghost Captain on the second floor.

"Target acquired."

Amamiya Natsuki asked, "What about the other two player ghosts?"

"They've been lured away," Kitagawa Marin whispered in reply.

"Then…" Amamiya Natsuki took a soft breath, "Let's move."

"…"

Davy Jones, captain of the Flying Dutchman.

Hobbies: Smoking, drinking, perming hair.

He had originally sunk to the bottom of the sea with the Flying Dutchman forever, but suddenly, under the influence of an unknown force, he regained consciousness, and corresponding instructions appeared in his mind.

A game of hide-and-seek: find the bugs hidden on the ship, then eliminate them.

It must be said, for a vengeful spirit that had been dormant for hundreds of years, the game was quite interesting.

Precisely because it was interesting, he wanted to enjoy it a little longer.

The voice in his mind clearly told him that once the game ended, he would fall back into slumber.

So there was no need to rush.

He could slowly enjoy the game, find pleasure, and turn all the bugs into his crew before the hide-and-seek time ended.

"There's still more than half the time left. It would be good to have a bit more fun…"

Davy Jones walked out of the empty room with unhurried steps.

The next moment.

The Ghost Captain suddenly turned his head, looking at the young man who was trying to sneak through the Corridor.

"It's that bug that escaped earlier."

Their eyes met.

Amamiya Natsuki's body suddenly tensed, then he walked stiffly, step by step, towards the Ghost Captain.

Boring.

A prey that delivered himself, with no game fun at all.

But since he was here, Davy Jones naturally wouldn't let go of the self-delivered prey. He extended his right hand, preparing to transform Amamiya Natsuki into a Ghost Crewman once he got close.

It wasn't until Amamiya Natsuki walked right in front of him that the Ghost Captain finally realized something was amiss.

"Why does this bug… not show any fear or despair?"

One should know, the expressions of the previous two bugs he caught were all fear, helplessness, and despair, which was incredibly satisfying.

Was this human not afraid?

Or was he expressionless?

A flicker of doubt crossed his mind.

Looking at Amamiya Natsuki who walked in front of him, the Ghost Captain extended his right hand, preparing to grab Amamiya Natsuki's head to extract his ghost, while Amamiya Natsuki cooperated by kneeling down.

The next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki's clenched right hand suddenly slammed into the ground, and a cloud of smoke billowed out, quickly obscuring the Corridor.

"Now!"

Amamiya Natsuki suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the coral key from the Ghost Captain's waist, then rolled on the ground and disappeared into the smoke.

When the smoke dissipated, Amamiya Natsuki's figure was no longer visible in the Corridor.

"What's wrong with that human?" A rare look of surprise appeared on the Ghost Captain's barnacle-covered face. "He actually broke free from the black magic's control?"

"…"

"Natsuki, are you hurt anywhere?"

Kitagawa Marin, hiding on the third floor, had a pile of ropes on the wooden planks, waiting nervously. It wasn't until Amamiya Natsuki jumped down onto the ropes that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine." Amamiya Natsuki blinked. "The key is successfully in hand."

"Quickly tear off the drawn eyes," Kitagawa Marin couldn't help but complain, "They look so creepy."

"They're quite pretty, actually."

Amamiya Natsuki tore off the eyes pasted on his eyelids.

Earlier in the room, Hayasaka Ai drew a pair of eyes on paper, carefully cut them out, and then pasted the paper onto his eyelids, disguising them as real eyes.

In fact, Amamiya Natsuki's eyes were not open at all.

Since their gazes didn't meet, his body naturally wouldn't be controlled. Coupled with the gloomy and dim Corridor, he successfully deceived the Ghost Captain.

The only drawback of this plan was how to ensure his actions were accurate with his eyes closed.

Others couldn't do it, but Amamiya Natsuki found it easy, because...

"Natsuki-kun, I didn't let you down." Mrs. Shimizu made a peace sign, her smile sweet. "Mental communication is super exhausting. You'll have to replenish my magic when we get back, or I won't be able to play on my phone."

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