Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"T-Tentacle Monster!"

Kitagawa Marin jumped in fright and quickly hugged Amamiya Natsuki's arm.

Hayasaka Ai's expression changed slightly, and her eyelids twitched.

Girls, as a species, have an innate fear of tentacle monsters.

Alright.

Not just girls.

Amamiya Natsuki also felt a chill in his heart when he saw it.

Such a large tentacle monster would make anyone feel uneasy.

"It's an octopus."

A strange voice suddenly echoed in their minds.

Octopuses do have mouths, but they obviously don't speak human language. The voice directly in their minds was more like telepathy.

"Eh?" Kitagawa Marin froze, her eyes wide. "It's a talking tentacle monster!"

…

Amamiya Natsuki reached out and covered Kitagawa's mouth, then said without being servile or overbearing:

"Mr. Octopus, may I ask what the matter is?"

"Humans, in exchange for waking me, put down the treasures in your hands." Octopus Paul stretched out his tentacles, his massive body directly blocking the entire doorway, and continued with telepathy, "I will allow you to leave here unharmed."

Amamiya Natsuki said calmly:

"What if we want to leave with the treasures?"

"Then let's play a game." Octopus Paul extended a tentacle, and somehow produced an old-fashioned flintlock pistol. "Humans, pick up the flintlock and shoot yourselves in the head."

"If you don't die, then you are allowed to take one treasure and leave."

What a scam!

Isn't this just a standard game of Russian roulette?!

Both sides bet their lives, the winner takes all, and the loser goes to meet God.

Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at the flintlock in front of him, and a prompt quickly appeared.

I bet there's no bullet in this gun.

Damn it!

At a time like this, at least give a more certain hint!

"No." Kitagawa Marin hugged his arm tightly, biting her lower lip with her pearly teeth, her tone resolute. "That game is too dangerous, you absolutely must not play it."

Hayasaka Ai also said, "Don't be impulsive."

"I'm really not being impulsive…"

Amamiya Natsuki shifted his gaze from the flintlock, having already made his decision.

Play a game of Russian roulette for your life, and in the end, you can only take one item?

Only children make choices; adults, of course, want them all!

"Mr. Octopus." Amamiya Natsuki said, neither servile nor overbearing, "Please allow us to consider."

"Alright."

Octopus Paul was not in a hurry. He happily stretched out his tentacles and examined the treasure chests in the room.

Amamiya Natsuki took the opportunity to look at Hayasaka Ai, subtly winking, then looked at Hayasaka Ai's right hand.

"Hmm?"

The spy maid tilted her head slightly, quickly understanding Amamiya Natsuki's meaning, and quietly extended her hand.

Amamiya Natsuki extended a finger and wrote on Hayasaka Ai's palm.

A strange, tingling sensation came from her palm, making Hayasaka Ai instinctively want to pull away. Fortunately, her professional spy training allowed her to endure it without showing any emotion.

"When I distract the octopus monster, take off your cloak and give it to me."

…

Hayasaka Ai raised her eyes in surprise.

What did this man want with a cloak?

Did he actually think he could hide under the octopus monster's nose?

Such a small trick would definitely be useless; an octopus's eyes are much better than a human's.

"Mr. Octopus, I've made up my mind." Without wasting much time, Amamiya Natsuki quickly said.

Octopus Paul twirled a tentacle: "Human, are you going to take a gamble?"

Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:

"I am an enemy of gambling and drugs."

Gambling, once touched, is very likely to be impossible to quit. Ordinary people should not touch it at all.

"What about you?"

Octopus Paul's gaze shifted, looking towards the three girls.

The three girls shook their heads in unison.

"Only an idiot would play Russian roulette."

"I refuse."

"M-Mr. Octopus, please don't look at me."

…

"Then, you choose to leave empty-handed?"

Octopus Paul's tone was regretful as he moved the tentacle that was blocking the treasure chamber door.

"Wait a moment." Amamiya Natsuki changed his tone and said, "Perhaps I can solve Mr. Octopus's problem."

"Problem?"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Mr. Octopus is so strong, you must have to be careful with any toys you play with, unable to fully enjoy yourself, right?"

…

Octopuses, as creatures, actually have very high intelligence, equivalent to a several-year-old child, and they are also natural 'play-lovers'.

When they don't need to forage, they don't just hide motionless at the bottom of the sea, but rather try to find toys to play with as much as possible.

There was once a survey report on octopuses, which recorded that octopuses would spray water at "plastic medicine bottles" to make them float up and down. This was not an isolated case; many octopuses have played this game, which is equivalent to octopus golf.

Octopus Paul also loved playing games.

The problem was that its body was too large and its strength too great. Ordinary toys would break with a touch in its hands, which had always troubled it, preventing it from fully enjoying itself.

"Human, what do you want to say?"

Octopus Paul stared over, his huge eyes full of oppressive power.

Amamiya Natsuki said without changing his expression:

"I coincidentally obtained an item a while ago, which I believe Mr. Octopus will be very interested in…"

As he spoke, Amamiya Natsuki put his hand behind his back, then pulled out a pair of fitness pants.

The three girls were dumbfounded.

"Eh? Why did Natsuki-kun pull out a pair of fitness pants?"

"Is he surrendering with his underwear?"

"The fitness pants aren't white, so raising them wouldn't help, would it?"

…

If Kaguya were here, she would immediately recognize them as the elastic fitness pants that Miss Werewolf had worn.

After clearing 'Blizzard Mountain Villa', Amamiya Natsuki received the game's MVP award, earning an additional reward of choosing one out of five items.

They were the "Headless Knight's Strange Tales," a summon card for the Undead Maid Miss, a loyal dog collar for a girlfriend, Miss Werewolf's elastic fitness pants, and ten percent permanent ice resistance.

The five rewards weren't particularly appealing. The Undead Maid's summon card was interesting, but it was just a trial card, and it clearly didn't look comfortable; it might even chafe... In any case, the five rewards had been kept until now.

Amamiya Natsuki now realized there was an item perfectly suited for trading with the Octopus Paul.

That's right.

It was Miss Werewolf's elastic fitness pants.

"These are the latest elastic fitness pants developed by 'Super Wear-Resistant' company, perfectly adaptable to the body shapes of various creatures," Amamiya Natsuki introduced earnestly, then handed over the elastic fitness pants and smiled, "Mr. Octopus, please try them out; the effect will be clear once you do."

Octopus Paul coiled his tentacles, took the elastic fitness pants, and began to pull with his tentacles. He was surprised to find that even when stretched to an exaggerated degree, the fitness pants showed no signs of tearing, and he became excited.

"Eh?" Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but whisper, "Natsuki-kun, why don't those fitness pants break?"

"Because they're a replica of the Hulk's shorts."

These fitness pants were just a replica, so of course, they weren't as sturdy as the Hulk's shorts, but could brother Octopus be compared to the Hulk?

Clearly not.

"These fitness pants are quite valuable," Amamiya Natsuki said, "Wouldn't it be fair for me to exchange them for three treasures?"

Octopus Paul was silent for a few seconds: "Human, you can only take one item from the treasure room."

"Two."

"No, only one."

"..."

The three girls were dumbfounded.

What about the promised Boss battle?

How did it suddenly turn into a shady deal?!

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