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Balloon Heads, Tomato Monster, Man-faced dog, plus Yandere Kaguya…
On the foggy mountain path, blocked by everyone's deepest fears, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but click his tongue softly.
"Tsk~ This is a bit troublesome."
The village was still a few hundred meters away, and the duration of his Shadow Transformation was not enough to support his escape back.
In other words, escaping was impossible.
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Yandere Kaguya, narrowing his eyes slightly, and a prompt quickly appeared before him.
"You encountered the Yandere Kaguya you once abandoned. You tried to escape. Your head was plucked off…"
Hey, hey, that's too much!
A mere Yandere Kaguya, even if she was three times stronger after turning dark, it shouldn't result in being killed!
"You tried to appease the Yandere with sweet words. Your head was plucked off…"
Even sweet words don't work. No wonder yandere creatures make people tremble with fear!
"After careful observation, you found that the Yandere's power comes from her obsessive possessiveness and loyalty. You decided to take the initiative and break the Yandere label from its weakness…"
"Natsuki-kun, what do we do now?"
Fujiwara Chika nervously tugged at Amamiya Natsuki's sleeve, asking in a low voice.
Seeing Chika's small movement, Yandere Kaguya tilted her head, the smile on her face becoming increasingly dangerous. With a grab, the hatchet embedded in the tree actually sprang out and flew back into her hand.
"A little hussy like you should really be killed first."
"W-wait a minute!" Fujiwara Chika quickly shouted, "Kaguya-chan, aren't we the best of friends?"
"Shut up!"
Yandere Kaguya's expression turned cold, her voice icy, "You cancer of the earth, you mooing cow, you low-level creature who only seduces men with your fat, don't talk to me."
"H-how mean!" Fujiwara Chika was incredibly wronged. She hugged Shinomiya Kaguya's arm, "Kaguya-chan, your doppelganger actually said that about me, it's too much!"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…"
I'm sorry.
On this point, our thoughts are exactly the same.
Amamiya Natsuki took half a step forward, greeted Yandere Kaguya, and said softly:
"Long time no see, are you well?"
The smile on Yandere Kaguya's face disappeared. She tightened her grip on the hatchet. "When you abandoned me, why didn't you ask if I was well?"
"Stare—"
Despite the extremely dangerous moment, the gossip souls of the girls were still burning fiercely, and they all looked towards Amamiya Natsuki.
Amamiya Natsuki sighed and said, "I regret it."
Yandere Kaguya: "It's too late to regret now. Even if you say you choose me now, I won't let you escape again."
Amamiya Natsuki shook his head and said:
"If time could be rewound, I wouldn't choose anyone."
"…What?"
Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, turned to look at the Sheltered Young Lady, and said in a low voice:
"Because… you've already fallen for someone else."
At this moment, not only Chika and the others, but even Jinmenken, the Balloon Heads floating in the sky, and the Tomato Monster in a suit, all stopped and looked at the Sheltered Young Lady.
Clearly, any intelligent creature possesses a heart for gossip.
"Keep going, keep going." Jinmenken was full of excitement, wagging her tail and spinning in circles, "I want to hear the rest!"
Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened, surprised: "Kaguya-chan, have you really fallen for someone else?"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…"
The President is a big scoundrel!
You were the one who cheated, and now you're turning the tables and saying I've fallen for someone else. Go surrender!
No!
Surrendering is too easy. Commit seppuku!
All the little people in the Sheltered Young Lady's heart exploded into chaos, all clamoring and eager to teach Amamiya Natsuki a lesson.
"Calm down."
At this moment, Amamiya Natsuki secretly gave Shinomiya Kaguya a look, temporarily suppressing the Miss's resentment.
"Impossible!" Yandere Kaguya also couldn't help but say, "I would never fall for someone else!"
"Nothing in the world is impossible." Amamiya Natsuki sighed, turned to Rikka, and said, "Rikka, take out the Truth Mirror."
"Coming."
Rikka's ahoge swayed on her head. She quickly took out the mirror and handed it to Amamiya Natsuki.
"This is the Truth Mirror. When looking into this mirror, everyone can only speak the truth." Amamiya Natsuki briefly explained the mirror's effect to Yandere Kaguya. "If you suspect I'm lying, you can verify it yourself."
Yandere Kaguya pursed her pink lips and took the Truth Mirror without a word, proceeding to verify it.
The facts proved that Amamiya Natsuki was not lying.
Next, Amamiya Natsuki handed the Truth Mirror to the Sheltered Young Lady, then asked:
"Soon after we cleared the dungeon, you met someone decades older than you. That person is more important than me, right?"
The Sheltered Young Lady's slender eyelashes trembled slightly. She had already reacted, raised the mirror, and cooperated:
"Yes."
Jinmenken immediately became excited: "Oh, oh, so they're decades older, that means it's a middle-aged greasy uncle."
"Shut up!"
Yandere Kaguya looked over coldly.
The Man-faced dog was startled and didn't dare to make another sound.
Amamiya Natsuki asked again:
"Do you like that person very much?"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…Yes."
Amamiya Natsuki continued:
"You even took a mixed-gender hot spring bath with that person, right?"
Shinomiya Kaguya closed her eyes and said in a low voice: "…That's right."
"N-no way…"
The hatchet in Yandere Kaguya's hand fell to the ground. Her entire being fell into confusion. "Not only did I fall for someone else, but I also took a mixed-gender hot spring bath with someone else… Isn't that clearly cheating?"
For a yandere, their beloved cheating is absolutely unforgivable. They can only twist off the other person's head and keep them by their side forever.
But if it was herself who fell for someone else, cheated, and couldn't even maintain basic loyalty, then she certainly had no right to monopolize others.
"You successfully used your rhetoric to make Yandere Kaguya fall into confusion and chaos, temporarily closing herself off…"
Amamiya Natsuki saw the prompt and, without another word, backhanded a mushroom onto Yandere Kaguya's head, just in case.
Then he casually pulled out a momotaro rice ball and threw it into the air.
"N-no! Stop it!"
Jinmenken quickly shouted.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
Driven by canine instinct, Jinmenken jumped into the air, bit the rice ball, and swallowed it in a few bites. Her favorability soared, and she began to wag her tail begging to Amamiya Natsuki again.
Amamiya Natsuki took out another rice ball and pointed at the Tomato Monster: "Go bite him, and I'll reward you with another rice ball."
"Human, you can't make us fight among ourselves… Damn it!"
For a kaidan like the Man-faced dog, the head is the head and the body is the body. The head is only responsible for speaking and eating, and cannot control the body.
Under Amamiya Natsuki's command, the Man-faced dog suddenly pounced, knocking the Tomato Monster to the ground.
The Tomato Monster's face quickly cracked open, splattering yellowish-green tomato juice. This stuff, when it landed on the ground, had a strong corrosive property, causing the nearby flowers, plants, and trees to sizzle.
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Shinomiya Kaguya and the others, and said in a low voice:
"Hurry and go."
Only then did the girls awaken as if from a dream, and they quickly started running towards the village.
Yandere Kaguya was still in self-isolation due to her future of "falling for someone else," completely unresponsive to the outside world.
The Man-faced dog, meanwhile, was grappling with the Tomato Monster.
Only the Balloon Heads reacted, floating erratically towards the group, and the rope at its end had already turned into a noose, swinging towards Amamiya Natsuki.
Shinomiya Kaguya said decisively:
"Chika, use Sheep Transformation Technique."
"Okay!"
Fujiwara Chika quickly nodded, pointed her hand, and used Sheep Transformation Technique on Amamiya Natsuki.
Amamiya Natsuki naturally didn't refuse. He only felt a strange force sweep over his body, his vision quickly lowered and shortened, and in an instant, he turned into a little lamb.
The Balloon Heads, which had been halfway down, immediately froze in mid-air.
The rule of the Balloon Heads was to lasso human heads, which, of course, did not include little lambs. It stopped in mid-air for a moment, and a bewildered expression appeared on its pale, bloodless face.
Pop.
Fujiwara Chika picked up the little lamb and quickly said:
"Sayu-chan, pick up the clothes."
Sayu recovered from her surprise, quickly picked up the clothes that had fallen to the ground, and jogged to catch up.
Thankfully, they had drunk the Witch Potion beforehand, allowing them to barely see in the fog, and no one got lost during the retreat.
They ran all the way.
The girls successfully returned to the abandoned village.
Shinomiya Kaguya directly chose the nearest wooden house, quickly pushing open the door: "Everyone, get inside."
Several girls rushed into the house, and the swirling mist behind them was blocked by an invisible force, unable to enter the house.
"Phew..." Fujiwara Chika breathed a sigh of relief, "We're safe for now."
"There are still dolls inside the house," Yukinoshita Yukino calmly reminded, "Everyone stay by the door, keep each other in sight, and don't wander off."
Bang.
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly broke free from Fujiwara Chika's embrace and jumped to the ground.
Immediately after, a faint white light flashed, and the lamb quickly transformed back into a human.
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Sayu's eyes widened, clearly seeing the legendary unclean thing, letting out a soft gasp of fright, her pretty face quickly reddening, and she hurriedly turned her head away.
In the Blizzard Mountain Villa dungeon, Yukinoshita Yukino also experienced being turned into a sheep, and she knew very well what it was like to transform from a sheep back into a human. Seeing the faint light appear, she had already quickly turned her head, wanting to avoid the embarrassing sight, but unfortunately, she was half a step too slow. She sighed helplessly in her heart, deciding to wash her eyes later.
Fujiwara Chika covered her face with both hands, peeking through her fingers:
"How mean! Natsuki-kun was too impatient. You should have given us a heads-up when you were transforming!"
"Asking a sheep to speak is a bit too much to ask," Amamiya Natsuki covered his body, his eyes narrowed, "It's not that I didn't want to warn you, but the duration of the Sheep Transformation Technique had already reached its limit and I couldn't hold on any longer."
Shinomiya Kaguya walked up to Sayu and said, "Give me the clothes."
"Oh... oh oh."
Sayu quickly nodded, handing the clothes in her arms to Shinomiya Kaguya, secretly glancing at Amamiya Natsuki, then quickly shifting her gaze away.
"Quickly put on the clothes," Shinomiya Kaguya handed the clothes over.
"Yes."
Amamiya Natsuki saluted, agreeing.
The house hadn't been cleaned, and there might be dolls hiding in the dark. Amamiya Natsuki didn't deliberately cause trouble and put on his clothes right by the door.
"Done."
Amamiya Natsuki quickly put on his clothes.
The girls who had their backs to him turned around, all breathing a sigh of relief.
"Although we encountered danger midway, all in all, the mission objective was successfully completed," Fujiwara Chika put her hands on her hips, proudly lifting her chin, "I wonder how the others are doing, and if they completed their missions."
Shinomiya Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest, frowning slightly:
"We'll know once the mist disperses."
Fujiwara Chika asked curiously:
"Why is Kaguya-chan always frowning?"
"...Nothing."
Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head slightly, only feeling a bit uncomfortable, a strange familiarity, and a bad premonition quietly lingered in her heart.
"Kaguya-chan doesn't need to worry," Fujiwara Chika raised her hand to cover her mouth, whispering, "We all know you're innocent. The object of your affections is Shimizu-nee, not some middle-aged uncle."
Shinomiya Kaguya gritted her teeth in anger, unable to help but retort:
"That doesn't even count as falling in love with someone else!"
Amamiya Natsuki whispered from the side:
"I think it is..."
"Stare—"
The Sheltered Young Lady's pretty face froze, and she glared over.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong," Amamiya Natsuki quickly apologized and admitted his mistake.
At this moment, the mist outside the house suddenly surged. The Man-faced dog stopped at the doorway, not entering the house, circling outside the door and barking fiercely:
"Human, how dare you trick me, you're dead! I'm going to eat you bite by bite!"
This Man-faced dog had just gone through a battle, and many parts of its body were corroded and pitted, but the mist seemed to have a healing effect, as its wounds were constantly recovering.
Facing the provocation, Amamiya Natsuki simply extended his right hand, gently hooked his finger, and said:
"Come in if you dare."
"Damn it!" The Man-faced dog bristled with anger, "If you're a man, then come out!"
Amamiya Natsuki said without changing his expression:
"Whether I'm a man or not, everyone can testify for me, I don't need you to prove it."
"Coward! Wimp! Incompetent!"
You don't even have the strength to curse, and you call yourself a kaidan?
"Then as you wish," Amamiya Natsuki stepped out of the house and into the mist, "I'm out."
The effect of the favorability bonus hadn't ended yet. As Amamiya Natsuki took out the rice ball, the Man-faced dog immediately wagged its tail rapidly.
Amamiya Natsuki beckoned:
"Come here and shake a paw."
"Woof!"
"Perform a 360-degree backflip."
"Human, don't go too far..."
"Show me your belly so I can rub it."
The Man-faced dog finally gave in, turning its head and calling for help: "Sayu, quickly chase this pervert away!"
Even though she knew the Man-faced dog was not her friend, but merely a kaidan, the guilt in Sayu's heart still made her take two steps forward and whisper:
"Um, please don't bully Yuuko... I can take Yuuko's place, you can make me do anything..."
Amamiya Natsuki stroked the Man-faced dog's head. As a dog owner, he wasn't repulsed by the Man-faced dog: "Do you want to acknowledge me as your master? I'll take you to the real world. From now on, you'll have three meals a day, and plenty of food. You now have human memories and thoughts, and there are people you want to see in the real world, right?"
"Human, what foolishness are you speaking?" The Man-faced dog said coldly, "What ability do you have to take me to the real world?"
Amamiya Natsuki took out the pumpkin lamp, and its magnificent purple light instantly attracted the Man-faced dog's attention: "As long as you become my employee, you can naturally go to the real world."
"..."
Jinmenken fell silent for a moment.
At this moment, Rikka's gasp suddenly sounded: "Yukino-chan, what's wrong with you?"
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