Miss Kaguya Wants My Surrender

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The white-bearded grandpa, with a crack in his head, held a hamburger model and charged forward.

Then… he was tragically captured.

The girls gathered around.

"Find the circulation coin."

"See if it's in its pocket."

"Found it, it's actually hidden in its sock… Does it have athlete's foot?"

"It's not human, so it definitely doesn't have athlete's foot, right?"

"…"

KFC Grandpa's eyes spun, feeling a bit confused.

For a moment, he didn't even know who the villains were.

If I remember correctly, I'm the monster, right?

Scavenging complete.

The monster old man only had a pitiful coin on him.

Fortunately, one coin was not too few, Kitagawa Marin put her right hand on her hip and said crisply, "Leave the task of escorting it onto the train to me."

Amamiya Natsuki: "Please do, my lady."

...

Watching a few girls drag the monster old man upstairs, a poem suddenly came to Amamiya Natsuki's mind.

The villagers of Nan Village bullied me for being old and weak, and openly carried me into the bamboo forest.

If the unsuspecting onlookers saw them, Amamiya Natsuki and his group would be the true villains!

They arrived on the fourth floor.

After sending the monster old man onto the small train, everyone began to discuss their next plan of action.

"Another circulating coin found," Kitagawa Marin said, putting her right hand on her hip. "Only two more remain; we'll clear the game soon."

"Only an hour has passed," Fujiwara Chika whispered. "This game is quite easy."

Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and looked at her, then whispered, "Did you forget about the shark doll that almost died of thirst?"

Easy?

Of course, not easy.

If it were someone else, they might still be struggling to survive in the shopping mall right now.

With the Seize and Eliminate Evil combo skill, plus the Copy and Paste ability, Amamiya Natsuki increasingly understood one thing—

Humans have limits.

Being a lone wolf in a horror game is foolish; acting as a group is the correct choice.

Only evil forces can counter evil forces.

"I suggest we don't clear the game for now."

Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly said.

Everyone looked over.

"The game is full of dangers; no one knows what we'll encounter in the next game, so we need to strengthen ourselves as quickly as possible," Shinomiya Kaguya said, her right arm crossed over her chest, her voice clear and pleasant. "It's clear that the final clearance reward is related to our performance in the game."

"In short, we need to get a higher score to get more rewards."

"Makes sense."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The game's scoring mechanism was still unclear, but it was definitely related to the player's performance. Players who just hid from beginning to end and did nothing would only get a basic score even if they cleared the game.

In fact, most players currently only receive basic clearance rewards.

"There's one more thing," Amamiya Natsuki said, drawing everyone's attention. "Do you think there are other players in the shopping mall besides us?"

Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened slightly, and she quickly reacted: "There must be other players!"

It made no sense for a comprehensive shopping mall covering tens of thousands of square meters to have only a few players, and for them to coincidentally meet each other; it was too much of a coincidence.

According to common sense, there must be other players hiding in the shopping mall.

"Hmm?"

Shinomiya Kaguya's eyebrows moved slightly, and she looked at Amamiya Natsuki.

Their eyes met.

The two instantly understood each other's thoughts.

"Natsuki, other players probably don't know the way to clear the game yet," Kitagawa Marin looked up. "Should we help them?"

Having never suffered betrayal from their own kind, they naturally felt pity and sympathy for those of their kind in distress.

Under the premise of ensuring their own safety, providing assistance within their capabilities to others was perfectly acceptable.

Those who disregarded their companions' safety, acted unilaterally, and would rather sacrifice their own people to save strangers were the foolish idiots with broken brains.

So...

"Of course, we'll help," Amamiya Natsuki said seriously. "As fellow humans, how could we stand idly by knowing that others are struggling to survive in the darkness?"

"If we just clear the game and leave like this, our conscience will definitely ache."

"You're not being honest," Kitagawa Marin reached out a finger and quietly poked Amamiya Natsuki's waist. "You're definitely not thinking those words."

"You saw right through me," Amamiya Natsuki sighed. "You're right, my conscience is gone."

Poke—

...

Since they decided to help other players, the first issue was communication.

The shopping mall was so big, and with monsters rampant, other players would definitely be hiding cautiously. Searching for them one by one would be inefficient, like looking for a needle in a haystack.

..."The broadcast room!"

Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "I remember seeing a news story on Twitter once. A dad took his kid to the shopping mall, the kid got lost, and he found a shopping mall security guard by himself, saying his dad was lost. Then, through the broadcast, he successfully found his dad... We can also use the broadcast to notify other players."

"Good suggestion," Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement.

"Um..." The Glasses Girl carefully raised her hand and suggested, "The broadcast is so loud, won't it attract all the monsters?"

"When you usually hear broadcasts in a shopping mall, do you know where the broadcast room is?"

"No."

"Coincidentally, the monsters probably don't know either."

...

The discussion concluded.

The few of them quickly took action.

Shinomiya Kaguya had memorized the shopping mall's layout during her evening reconnaissance, so she led the way, and the group quickly arrived at the broadcast room.

"Hey, the door's locked," Fujiwara Chika said, looking at the lock on the door and trying to push it. "No, it won't open."

Hayasaka Ai's lips twitched slightly.

As a spy, this kind of ordinary lock would only take her ten seconds, but she was in disguise now and couldn't act.

Pull, pull—

The silver-haired loli reached out and tugged Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve.

Amamiya Natsuki lowered his head and looked at Aharen.

...

The silver-haired loli looked up at the lock with her small face.

Amamiya Natsuki understood and moved aside.

The silver-haired loli stepped forward expressionlessly, opened her right hand, revealing a black hairpin in her palm. She took the hairpin, inserted it into the lock, fiddled with it for a moment, and the lock clicked open.

"Aharen is amazing," Fujiwara Chika exclaimed softly.

The hairpin disappeared after use; that thing was clearly a lock-picking tool produced by the game. What was so amazing about it?

In any case, the broadcast room was successfully unlocked.

"You don't all need to go in; you stay outside and be on alert."

Amamiya Natsuki walked into the broadcast room, turned on the broadcast equipment, and leaned close to the microphone.

The next moment.

Amamiya Natsuki's voice echoed throughout the Midnight Mall.

"Good evening, players."

"Your requested power-leveling service is officially online. Players who need power leveling please dial 1; the meeting point is the east exit of the shopping mall."

"We have mastered the correct posture for clearing the game and can lead you to a worry-free clearance."

"Please note, this service is chargeable; please pay with in-game items."

"Pickup and drop-off service is also launching simultaneously. Players who are unable to move or are in dangerous situations, please dial 2; we will provide a worry-free, one-stop pickup and drop-off service."

"The specific method is to find the nearest surveillance camera, prove your player identity, and then wait for us to arrive."

"Finally, I wish everyone a pleasant game."

...

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