Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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Half an hour later.

Zoo.

No sooner had Shinomiya Kaguya stepped into the Zoo entrance than she received a game notification.

[Congratulations, Player, you have discovered the large-scale dungeon 'Zoo Horror Story']

[This dungeon is about to open. Players, please prepare yourselves]

"Eh?"

Shinomiya Kaguya's footsteps paused slightly.

It had only been a few days since Blizzard Mountain Villa, and in a blink of an eye, she encountered another dungeon, and it was an 'Large-Scale Dungeon' she had never experienced before...

Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly remembered the horoscope show she watched when she woke up this morning.

Today was indeed not suitable for going out.

"What's wrong?"

Hayasaka Ai tilted her head and looked over.

"Nothing," Shinomiya Kaguya gently shook her head, her expression normal. "Let's go see the pandas."

Since she was already here, regretting it now was meaningless.

Walking into the Zoo, the bustling crowds of tourists came into view, and Shinomiya Kaguya's steps faltered slightly.

In a Zoo with so many people, finding someone would clearly be difficult...

"Natsuki-kun and the others are at the Ape House, the Young Lady can go directly there."

Hayasaka Ai saw through Kaguya's thoughts at a glance.

"How do you know?"

Shinomiya Kaguya looked over curiously.

Hayasaka Ai shook her phone and casually said, "Marin and I are classmates; it's normal for me to know her whereabouts, isn't it?"

...

At the same time.

Ape House.

"I know them; those monkeys are gibbons," Kitagawa Marin said, gripping the railing, her voice clear. "Their arms are so long, it must be them."

"Monkeys are monkeys, and apes are apes," Amamiya Natsuki retorted, looking at the black gibbons in the Ape House. "They're clearly not the same creature."

"Eh?" Yurikawa Hana looked over in surprise. "They're not the same creature? They look so similar; I always thought monkeys were apes."

Of course not! The difference is so obvious; how could they be the same creature?!

"Monkeys have tails; apes don't," Miko stated the distinction.

"Miko is so smart!" Her good friend exclaimed.

Miko was speechless: "So, this is just common knowledge, right?"

...

"I suddenly remembered Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece," Kitagawa Marin said, taking photos with her phone. "The prototype for Luffy's Gum-Gum Fruit is actually these gibbons, right?"

"Unfortunately, it's not," Amamiya Natsuki pressed his nose bridge. "The prototype for the Gum-Gum Fruit is clearly Reed from the Fantastic Four, who can turn any part of his body into rubber."

The first issue of Fantastic Four comics was published in 1961. At that time, Oda-sensei hadn't even been born, so it could be said that he grew up reading the Fantastic Four!

Amamiya Natsuki continued:

"Don't say Gum-Gum Fruit anymore."

"Eh, why?"

"The Gum-Gum Fruit awakened in yesterday's latest chapter; it's now the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Nika form."

"So cool!"

The Blonde Hot Girl clasped her hands to her chest, her eyes sparkling. "I haven't read the latest chapter of the manga yet. As soon as we finish at the Zoo, I'm going to buy the manga first thing!"

"I want to read it too," Yurikawa Hana turned to her good friend. "Luffy's fruit finally awakened, Miko, should we go buy the manga together?"

Yotsuya Miko turned her face away: "...I've already read it."

Yurikawa Hana blinked, quickly guessing the truth: "Miko read the manga at Natsuki-kun's house?"

"Mm."

And they read the latest chapter together, shoulder to shoulder.

...

After touring the Ape House, the group continued to walk.

As it neared noon, the temperature in the Zoo grew higher.

Amamiya Natsuki felt a bit thirsty: "I'm going to buy drinks. What do you all want to drink?"

"Green tea."

"Cola."

"100% strawberry juice."

...

After noting their orders, Amamiya Natsuki told Miko and the others to continue waiting in line while he went to buy drinks alone. Soon, he saw a vending machine.

After buying the drinks, Amamiya Natsuki was about to head back when he suddenly felt an exceptionally familiar gaze fall upon him.

Looking up, he saw a girl in a black dress standing not far away, her hair tied up with a red ribbon into a large bow at the back of her head.

Because she was so beautiful, nearby tourists couldn't help but glance at her.

"Kaguya-san?"

Amamiya Natsuki looked surprised.

Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes drifted elsewhere for a moment, realizing that Hayasaka Ai had disappeared without a trace at some point, leaving only herself.

She had planned to observe secretly, but as soon as she arrived near the Ape House, she was caught red-handed. Her luck today was truly terrible!

Hiding... it was too late.

Steady.

Don't panic.

Shinomiya Kaguya quietly took a breath, quickly calmed down, stepped over to Amamiya Natsuki, and said in a nonchalant tone:

"Natsuki-kun, why are you at the Zoo?"

Turn the tables!

By proactively asking questions, she would swap their roles and put herself in the dominant position.

"Miko's younger brother Kyosuke wanted to come to the Zoo, and I had nothing to do, so I came along."

Amamiya Natsuki spoke truthfully, completely without guilt.

"I heard there were pandas, so I came over," Shinomiya Kaguya quickly brushed over her own reason and changed the subject. "When I just entered the Zoo, I received a game notification for Zoo Horror Story. Did you receive it?"

"I did," Amamiya Natsuki nodded. "The exact start time isn't clear yet; we'll see when it starts... Are you here alone?"

"Mm."

"Then, together?"

"Okay."

Although observing from the shadows turned into acting together, it was acceptable.

"Have a drink." Amamiya Natsuki handed over the drink in his hand.

Shinomiya Kaguya's gaze fell on the ramune, her eyes a little curious.

"Here you go." Amamiya Natsuki handed over the ramune, "Have you had it before?"

Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head: "No."

You haven't even had ramune before, are you a Martian?!

This is a national drink, also called ramune, and there are countless related manga and works, such as "Ramune Police", "Chitose-kun is in the Ramune Bottle", and "Girl's Ramune"... The last one is crossed out.

All in all, everyone in Japan must have had ramune.

Amamiya Natsuki handed the ramune to Kaguya, then turned and bought another bottle, demonstrating how to drink ramune: "Drink it like me."

"I just haven't drunk it, it's not that I haven't seen others drink it."

So don't talk in a tone like you're teaching a kindergarten elementary school student!

Shinomiya Kaguya unscrewed the cap, looked at the marble inside, then tilted her pretty face slightly and took a sip of the ramune.

The sweet and sour grape flavor quickly spread across her tongue.

After taking a small sip, Shinomiya Kaguya turned her eyes to look at Amamiya Natsuki.

The summer breeze was cool.

The boy in the sunlight was also drinking soda, with fine bangs on his forehead and a slightly moving Adam's apple, forming a very good-looking profile that made her unable to resist looking at him a few more times.

In this early summer Zoo, amidst the slightly tipsy warm breeze, Shinomiya Kaguya held the ramune in her hand, and a subtle realization suddenly arose in her heart.

The soda might not be exceptionally delicious, but the taste of today's ramune would forever remain in her heart, unforgettable.

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