Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"The reality of the world..."

Shinomiya Kaguya slightly furrowed her brows and looked around. Unbeknownst to them, the frost congealing in the old castle was growing thicker and thicker.

"There's no way to prove it," Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head. "If this world is something like a 'brain in a vat' scenario, then it's impossible to prove it no matter what."

The 'brain in a vat' concept essentially states that all human perception is transformed from brain signals, so it's impossible to prove whether the world one is in is reality or a dream.

Sight, hearing, touch—all could be aggregations of subconscious information within a dream.

Amamiya Natsuki even previously thought that the various 'hints' he saw with his eyes might also be products of a dream, until he came up with a way to prove it.

As is well known.

Everything in a dream is composed of knowledge the brain has previously received.

In other words, you won't see a person or thing you've never seen before in a dream.

Then...

Yukinoshita Yukino stood silently in the corner, secretly observing, until her gaze swept over the second floor, and the girl's movements suddenly froze.

"She appeared?"

Amamiya Natsuki, who had been paying attention to Yukinoshita Yukino, stepped forward half a pace and asked in a low voice.

"Mm."

Yukinoshita Yukino bit her lower lip, her pretty face slightly pale, and she softly responded.

Amamiya Natsuki followed the black-haired girl's gaze and looked up at the second floor.

At the connection point between the second and first floors, where Jack stood in "Titanic," a woman had quietly appeared at some point.

The woman wore a black evening gown, had a very good figure, short, neat hair, and a mask on her face.

The mask was quite peculiar, half angel and half devil.

Amamiya Natsuki slightly narrowed his eyes and gazed over.

A prompt quickly appeared before him.

[You have discovered the 'Masked Witch'. What kind of expression lies beneath her mask?]

[The witch's joy is something ordinary people cannot experience, provided you can pique her interest.]

[Difficulty of Capture: High]

[Unlockable Achievement: Sisters Rice Bowl]

"Sisters Rice Bowl..."

Amamiya Natsuki looked at the 'Sisters Rice Bowl's' improper hint and had already guessed the other party's identity.

This achievement can only be unlocked by biological sisters.

Then, without a doubt...

"She's your sister, isn't she?"

Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Yukinoshita Yukino, his tone certain.

Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes widened slightly, a clear expression of surprise on her face: "How did you know?"

"That's not important."

Amamiya Natsuki withdrew his gaze.

What was important was that the verification was complete.

Previously, in the library, Amamiya Natsuki made a request to Yukinoshita: the fantasy elements should not feature characters from general literary works; ideally, they should be things only she knew about, and she must not tell anyone, not even him.

Humans cannot create something they have never encountered in a dream.

Amamiya Natsuki was encountering Yukinoshita for the first time in the game, making it impossible for him to have known or encountered her older sister.

The 'Masked Witch' before him was an existence whose identity was known only to Yukinoshita Yukino.

Yet, the prompt clearly revealed the opponent's identity, implying that the constantly appearing prompts were indeed true and not false.

After catching the true butterfly, the truth of the world finally broke open.

"It's time to go," Amamiya Natsuki suddenly said.

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika looked over, puzzled. "Natsuki-kun, where are you going?"

The other players also looked over.

Amamiya Natsuki walked and said, "To the mountainside, where we first woke up."

"Why go there?" Fujiwara Chika stepped to follow, pondering and analyzing, "…Is there something left on the mountainside?"

Amamiya Natsuki nodded, "Correct answer, you guessed it right away."

"So perfunctory." The pink-haired girl puffed out her cheeks, "Your expression is super perfunctory."

You know it's perfunctory and you still ask? Everyone came to this world empty-handed, what could possibly be left on the mountainside!

Despite saying that, the pink-haired girl still followed Amamiya Natsuki closely, without the slightest hesitation or doubt.

The Seize and Eliminate Evil combination, of course, must stick together like glue.

Shinomiya Kaguya, needless to say, naturally moved together, advancing and retreating as one.

Yukinoshita Yukino quietly stepped along, her expression thoughtful.

Takanashi Rikka, without needing to say more, found the thigh to cling to and just followed closely.

The other four passerby players exchanged glances, and although they also followed, their expressions were clearly hesitant.

"Um, excuse me, why are we leaving?" a female passerby player asked hesitantly.

Amamiya Natsuki's voice was steady as he said, "If you want an explanation, I'll tell you slowly after the game ends."

"Huh?" The female player blinked, then quickly nodded like a pecking chick, "I…I understand."

Tell me after the game ends… It seems the boy in front of me has already found a way to clear the game.

Since that's the case, don't ask anything, just follow obediently.

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the ancient castle gate, reached out, and pushed the door open. A biting cold wind, swirling with snow, howled into the castle.

"So cold."

"The snow hasn't stopped at all."

"Why does it feel like it's snowing even harder?"

"…" All the players shivered in the blizzard.

Amamiya Natsuki stepped out of the ancient castle, his right foot immediately sinking into the accumulated snow, and a bone-chilling cold swept over him.

"Everyone, look!" A cry of surprise suddenly rang out. "The countdown is dropping so much faster!"

Everyone quickly checked their task panels and saw that the death countdown was rapidly decreasing at 'double speed'.

Upon seeing this, some immediately wanted to retreat.

"How about we go back to the ancient castle?"

"It's too terrifying outside."

Amamiya Natsuki walked two steps, feeling the snow over his ankles, making it quite difficult to walk. He pondered for two seconds, then suddenly said, "Back to the ancient castle."

"Hmm?" Shinomiya Kaguya looked over in surprise.

Amamiya Natsuki was not someone who changed his mind on a whim; he had just come out and now wanted to go back, so he must have a plan.

What did he want to do?

As Amamiya Natsuki retreated back into the ancient castle, the other players followed him in.

"Humans, why have you returned?" Miss Werewolf, who hadn't gone upstairs yet, was quite surprised to see Amamiya Natsuki come back.

Amamiya Natsuki said sincerely, "I'm very sorry for what I did to Miss Werewolf just now."

Miss Werewolf lifted her chin, huffing haughtily, "Hmph, good that you know."

Amamiya Natsuki continued, "Verbal apologies cannot make up for my regret, so before we part, I want to give Miss Werewolf a gift."

"A gift?" Miss Werewolf's ears twitched slightly, and she couldn't help but ask, "What gift?"

Perhaps feeling her tone was too eager, Miss Werewolf quickly turned her head and haughtily huffed, "Human, offer one of your arms as a gift, and I'll consider forgiving you."

Amamiya Natsuki hid his right hand behind his back. Under Shinomiya Kaguya's shocked gaze, he stepped beside Miss Werewolf and said seriously, "Bend down, and I'll put the gift on you."

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