Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"Damn it…!"

The Ghost Captain, realizing he had been tricked again, was enraged, but before he could react, a black, dog-headed grim reaper appeared out of thin air, bit the Ghost Captain, and then both monsters vanished.

As the Ghost Captain was taken away by the dog-headed grim reaper, the two player ghosts trembled and regained their self-awareness.

The male ghost covered his forehead, his expression pained and somewhat bewildered.

The girl looked at her body, sitting against the wall, and instantly understood the truth, mist welling up in her eyes.

"My apologies."

Amamiya Natsuki sighed softly and apologized in a low voice.

"I'm sorry."

Kitagawa Marin and the petite girl bowed together in apology.

There were a total of six participants in this Hide-and-Seek Game; two were eliminated, leaving four.

During the chase just now, if the Ghost Captain had only seen three people, he would have become wary, so it was essential to have all four people.

Therefore, in the room just now, Hayasaka Ai took off her clothes and swapped identities with the first girl to be eliminated—

This was something only Hayasaka Ai could accomplish.

Kitagawa Marin was a bit too tall, and the petite girl's physique was like a Junior high school student, neither was suitable.

After swapping identities, Hayasaka Ai hid in the room, lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity.

Amamiya Natsuki and the 'four' others fled, leading the Ghost Captain away.

The girl's eyes were teary, and she shook her head, her lips moving as if she wanted to speak, but no sound came out.

The ten-second countdown to return quickly ended.

The next moment.

The world before his eyes suddenly froze.

Amamiya Natsuki only felt his vision blur slightly, and he was already back in the bustling midnight Convenience Store.

"Ah, ah, ah, the Game is finally cleared."

Kitagawa Marin hugged Amamiya Natsuki's arm, letting out a long, excited sigh of relief.

All things considered, the Hide-and-Seek Game on the Ghost Ship hadn't even lasted an hour, yet it felt as long as an entire day.

Amamiya Natsuki complained:

"So, we were clearly in the Convenience Store, why did the Hide-and-Seek Game on the Ghost Ship trigger?"

"Hmm…" Kitagawa Marin blinked, then pointed to the sushi in the shopping cart, "Could it be because of the seafood sushi?"

"…"

Amamiya Natsuki looked down.

In the shopping cart he was pushing, there was the half-price seafood bento that Kitagawa Marin had just bought, and among it was a small octopus.

So, the Game just now was actually a seafood revenge story?

At the same time.

Hayasaka Ai held her forehead, her expression dazed, as she pondered the three philosophical questions.

Who am I?

Where am I?

Was everything just now an illusion or reality?

If it was an illusion, it was too realistic, but if it was real…

"Hanamori-chan!"

A sweet, pleasant voice entered her ears.

Looking at the golden-haired girl who had turned around and was waving at her, Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but bite her lower lip.

It wasn't an illusion.

Hanamori was clearly a name she had made up in the Game.

Everything that had just happened was not false; she had now become an unlucky player in a horror Game.

"Hanamori-chan, thank you so much just now." Kitagawa Marin walked up to Hayasaka Ai and whispered, "We were already cornered just now, it's a good thing you ended the Game in time, that was close."

"The figurehead was hard to get to, it took me some time to climb over…"

The two had entrusted their backs to each other in a life-or-death situation; Kitagawa had already come to regard Hayasaka Ai as an exceptionally close companion.

"Hanamori-chan, do you live nearby?"

Kitagawa Marin asked curiously.

"No." Hayasaka Ai raised her right hand and tucked the strands of hair falling to her chest behind her jade-like ear, saying nonchalantly, "I just work nearby and came to the Convenience Store to buy something."

This was a lie.

She neither worked nor came to the Convenience Store to buy things; her real goal was to investigate and monitor the two of them.

Of course, it wasn't needed now.

Kitagawa Marin took out her phone: "Hanamori-chan, I've already given you the Player Mutual Aid Group number, add it."

"Thank you for the trouble."

Hayasaka Ai subtly switched to a backup account.

As a Spy Maid, having multiple identities was quite normal, wasn't it?

"Alright." Kitagawa Marin's fingers skillfully tapped the screen, "I've passed, if you have any questions in the future, you can ask everyone in the Mutual Aid Group."

"I am deeply grateful."

"…"

After a little more conversation, Hayasaka Ai excused herself and left first.

She arrived at the checkout counter.

After paying, she walked out of the Convenience Store.

Looking at the flickering neon lights of the street, Hayasaka Ai gently exhaled, took out her phone, entered the Player Mutual Aid Group, and silently browsed the group members.

Several familiar names and avatars came into view.

"Idiot Fujiwara, and the Young Lady, Kitagawa… sure enough, they're all here."

She put away her phone.

Hayasaka Ai was about to hail a taxi back to the villa when her gaze swept over a young man beside her, and the girl's pupils suddenly constricted.

She saw a long, thin ghost clinging to the young man's body, its skeletal arms tightly wrapped around the man's neck.

Its mouth was filled with shark-like jagged teeth, and its fingernails were as sharp as bayonets; vaguely, one could make out the appearance of a woman… Its horrifying degree surpassed even that of the Ghost Captain, it was as if an evil spirit from an Ito Junji manga had come to reality.

The eerie thing was that neither the man nor other passersby showed any reaction, their faces normal, as if they couldn't see the evil spirit at all.

"What is that?"

Hayasaka Ai's eyes widened slightly.

An illusion?

Why would something like this exist in reality?

The next second.

The thin, long female ghost, tightly embracing the man, seemed to sense something and suddenly turned its head to look, its black, hollow eyes filled with surging malice.

Their eyes met.

Hayasaka Ai felt the hairs on her arms stand on end, and a danger alarm flashed continuously in her heart; she quickly averted her gaze.

But it was already too late.

The slender ghost actually let go of the man, and with its stick-like, withered legs, it walked in front of Hayasaka Ai.

"You… can see me?"

An eerie, hollow, malicious whisper sounded in her ear, making her scalp tingle.

Ah, ah, ah! What kind of monster is this?!

Hayasaka Ai, having read the urban legend series, had a premonition that if she answered 'yes, I can see you,' something extremely terrifying might happen.

"You were just looking at him!"

"He's mine, you're not allowed to look!"

"You actually dared to stare at him, I'm going to eat you!"

"…"

Hayasaka Ai bit her lower lip tightly, tensing her body, trying hard not to show any unusual expression.

Danger, danger, danger!

Hayasaka Ai felt every cell in her body screaming danger, wanting to turn and run, but she managed to hold herself back.

Stay calm.

Don't run.

She definitely couldn't outrun this monster, and it would expose the fact that she could see it… What should she do?

"Hanamori?"

Just then, a voice sounded behind Hayasaka Ai.

The Spy Maid suddenly turned her head, looking at Amamiya Natsuki who had just walked out of the Convenience Store, took a deep breath, turned and ran over, tightly wrapping her arms around Amamiya Natsuki's neck, confessing at light speed:

"…I like you! Let's go out!"

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