Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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"The place I descended into was the doll shop next door. Everyone was gone, and I was all alone. I finally managed to get out of the shop, but then I encountered the shark doll costume, and my body became uncontrollable. I involuntarily put on the shark costume, and then I desperately wanted to drink water..." Fujiwara Chika patted her chest with lingering fear, "It was like not drinking water for a week in the desert; I felt like if I didn't drink water, I would die the next second."

"Impossible."

"Eh?"

"Not drinking water for a week in the desert, you would have died long ago."

"So I said it was a metaphor!"

"..."

Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted slightly downwards, falling on the girl's pink, moist lips, and he mused:

"Are you still thirsty now?"

Fujiwara Chika's pretty face flushed, and she quickly covered her lips with her hand: "You, you actually still want to feed me water?!"

"The doll costume is off, so of course I'm not thirsty!"

"Please don't overthink it, I'm just asking if you're thirsty." Amamiya Natsuki said with full righteousness, "Only drinking two sips of water and not being thirsty proves that you weren't thirsty to begin with; the desire to drink water came entirely from the doll costume... It should be some kind of mental influence."

Amamiya Natsuki released his right hand.

The still shark doll costume immediately began to move, wanting to possess someone.

"What about the monster we were promised?" Fujiwara Chika muttered in a low voice, "It's just a doll costume, it can't be considered a monster, can it?"

It was clearly empty inside, yet it could move on its own; was it wrong to call it a monster!

[You have carefully observed and found that this doll costume has something special about it]

"Something special..."

Amamiya Natsuki was thoughtful, turning to look at the pink-haired girl: "Do other doll costumes move?"

"Probably... not?" Fujiwara Chika blinked, whispering, "The lights weren't on in the shop, and I touched a lot of dolls, they seemed to be just ordinary dolls."

Amamiya Natsuki was about to speak when his phone suddenly vibrated softly.

"Eh?" Fujiwara Chika widened her eyes, surprised, and leaned closer, "How can there be a phone?"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"A 'prop' obtained from opening a treasure chest in the restroom."

"Eh, the things Kaguya-chan prepared in advance actually appeared in the game?" Fujiwara Chika quickly realized, "This is actually a real-world shopping mall?"

"It should be."

Amamiya Natsuki's fingers unlocked the screen, and an unread message appeared at the top of the screen.

It was Hanamori.

The second person to get a phone was none other than the Spy Maid.

"Fishball, where are you?"

To be safe, and to prevent monsters from getting phones or impersonating players, everyone agreed on a secret code before entering the game.

If the code didn't match, they were to not answer a single word and immediately turn and leave.

Amamiya Natsuki's code was 'Fishball'.

On a side note, this code was made up by Kitagawa Marin, and her code was 'Thick Noodles'.

Amamiya Natsuki: "Code."

Hayasaka Ai: "I am Strawberry Daifuku."

The code was correct.

Amamiya Natsuki: "I found 'Pes' in the women's restroom on the east side of the second floor."

Pes was the game alias Fujiwara Chika had chosen for herself.

Hayasaka Ai: "I'm on the first floor, I'll be there to find you two right away."

"..."

Putting away his phone, Amamiya Natsuki and Fujiwara Chika entered the women's restroom together to retrieve the equipment box on the second floor.

"Natsuki-kun, close your eyes, don't look around," Fujiwara Chika whispered, complaining.

"Sorry," Amamiya Natsuki said, his expression unchanged, "I've already looked very carefully."

"Ew~ That sounds disgusting."

"Thanks for the compliment."

"I wasn't complimenting you."

They quickly found the janitor's toolbox, which still contained the standard three-piece set: a phone, a tablet, and a wristband.

"...Equipment upgrade!"

Fujiwara Chika put on the wristband, then unlocked the phone, her voice filled with surprise, "This is my first time using a phone in a game, how exciting."

"Oh, right, what would happen if we called the police now?"

"I've already tried, the call doesn't go through," Amamiya Natsuki shook his head, "Messages can't be sent either, we can only communicate within the shopping mall."

Fujiwara Chika blinked, a little confused: "Why is that?"

Amamiya Natsuki asked:

"Is there a digital electronics store in the shopping mall?"

"Of course there is," Fujiwara Chika nodded.

"As long as we have time and energy, we can completely break into a digital store and 'zero-dollar shop'," Amamiya Natsuki had already considered this, "So, using digital tools to communicate is actually within the game's rules; it's just that we skipped the prerequisite stage and directly received the 'reward'."

A moment later.

Soft footsteps sounded at the door.

"I am Pes," Fujiwara Chika called out in a low voice.

"Strawberry Daifuku," Hayasaka Ai replied, revealing herself.

With braided pigtails, black-rimmed glasses, and a black wool sweater suitable for stealth in the dark, Hayasaka Ai's presence was quite faint.

The two groups met.

Three members of the five-person team were successfully assembled.

"Very good," Fujiwara Chika placed her right hand on her hip, nodding with satisfaction, "Now only Kaguya-chan and Marin-chan are left."

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Check the surveillance equipment, see if there's anything."

"I'll look."

Fujiwara Chika quickly took on the task, opened the tablet, and pulled up the surveillance footage, her clumsy demeanor causing Hayasaka Ai's lips to twitch slightly.

So clumsy.

She's poking, poking, poking with one finger, are you a elementary school student!

"No sign of Kaguya-chan or Marin-chan, but I can see wandering monsters," Fujiwara Chika quickly said, "A strange little train, a toy bear, a red-clothed woman holding an umbrella, Ronald McDonald, and even a reindeer... How amazing, the surveillance is super useful."

"Don't let your guard down," Amamiya Natsuki reminded, "These are just monsters in the Corridor; don't forget this shark doll."

"Is there anything special about this doll costume?"

Hayasaka Ai asked curiously.

Amamiya Natsuki let go, and the stationary shark doll costume immediately came to life, waving its two shark fins and pouncing towards Hayasaka Ai.

"Hanamori, be careful!" Fujiwara Chika quickly warned, "Don't let it touch you, your body will become uncontrollable, you'll put on the doll costume yourself, and then you'll be super thirsty, like you haven't had water for three days and three nights in the desert."

Amamiya Natsuki re-grasped the doll costume and whispered:

"Let Hanamori watch the surveillance, and we'll go back to the doll shop we were just at."

"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika asked, confused, "What are we going back for?"

"There's something I need to verify."

"..."

With video surveillance, there was no longer a need to hide and sneak around; the three walked out of the restroom and arrived at the doll shop unimpeded.

Pushing the door open, the room was filled with a dazzling array of dolls of all kinds; dolls that looked quite cute during the day suddenly became eerie and filled with an inexplicable fear at midnight.

"Chika," Amamiya Natsuki turned to the pink-haired girl, "Touch that dolphin doll and see if it comes to life."

Hearing that she had to touch another doll, Fujiwara Chika was clearly a bit nervous; once bitten, twice shy.

"I'll do it..."

Hayasaka Ai, however, didn't seem to mind.

"No."

Fujiwara Chika quickly stopped her.

What if Hanamori was mentally controlled by the doll costume and also wanted water?

Would she then have to ask Natsuki-kun to help feed her water?

She herself might not mind, but Hanamori would definitely be super resistant, right?

"I'll do it."

Fujiwara Chika took a deep breath and stepped forward.

Sacrifice herself to save someone's purity.

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