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Amamiya Natsuki was still in the illusion world.
Watching the players and villagers disappear one after another, the large ancestral hall became empty, leaving only himself standing there. Amamiya Natsuki felt a sense of unease.
"I want to go out too." Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the Ghost Bride.
"Why does my dear want to go out?" The Ghost Bride tilted her head and looked over, a broken smile on her face. "The outside world is only full of betrayal and cruelty. My dear, stay in this world and accompany me forever."
Accompany your sister!
Once the "Friend of Married Women" effect wears off, he'll definitely be dismembered!
Amamiya Natsuki's heart sank slightly, feeling a headache.
Friend of Married Women only temporarily forces up the other party's favorability; it doesn't twist their personality. For example, the former Ice Queen, even if he was the 'Queen's paramour,' he couldn't order the Queen to do a striptease… The Ghost Bride in front of him was the same.
Her immediate refusal showed that this Ghost Bride truly wanted to keep Amamiya Natsuki in the illusion world. This was her true will; she wouldn't just do whatever Amamiya Natsuki said.
"This won't do, I need to find a way out…"
Amamiya Natsuki thought to himself, his gaze falling on the Ghost Bride, trying to find a weakness. He suddenly discovered that behind the Ghost Bride, there was actually another bride wearing a white kimono.
"Hmm?" Amamiya Natsuki looked over in surprise, "Kaguya, why are you still here?"
Yandere Kaguya snorted softly, her face expressionless:
"What do you think?"
Hey, hey, she's not staying to settle scores, is she?
We're a couple who even had a wedding, don't try to slay your husband and achieve enlightenment!
Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on Yandere Kaguya. A prompt quickly appeared before him.
[You tried to detonate the mushroom on the Yandere Kaguya's head to escape. The timing is wrong. You were torn apart by the Yandere Kaguya and the Ghost Bride, your head and body each belonging to one side… ]
A drop of cold sweat ran down Amamiya Natsuki's forehead.
To be torn apart by the Ghost Bride and Yandere Kaguya together… You two yanderes are together, and you don't even fight, why are you teaming up?!
"But… a mushroom?"
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze fell on the top of Yandere Kaguya's head.
This Yandere Kaguya was still wearing her white wedding kimono, with a white hat on her head. Only her fair, slender neck could be seen; there was no telling what was under the hat.
If he could see the mushroom on her head, he wouldn't have had to guess who the real and fake brides were; he could have recognized them at a glance.
The first time Amamiya Natsuki encountered the Yandere Kaguya in the mist, he had planted a mushroom on her head as a precaution. He hadn't needed to detonate it until now, and he hadn't expected it to come in handy.
"The timing of the detonation is wrong… In other words, as long as I know the correct timing for the detonation, I can escape?"
Amamiya Natsuki's heart settled.
For others, when to detonate the mushroom was entirely up to luck. What if it was a lazy mushroom, completely useless?
But with the prompt, Lady Luck was standing right behind Amamiya Natsuki.
"In other words, what I need to do now is…" Amamiya Natsuki quickly clarified his thoughts, "stall for time, wait until the correct timing prompt appears on the Yandere Kaguya's head, then detonate the mushroom and take the opportunity to escape."
"As for how to stall for time…"
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted to the corner.
In the corner, a Man-faced dog was furtively watching the show.
He hadn't noticed it when there were many people, but now that the players and villagers had disappeared, this Man-faced dog was immediately exposed.
Amamiya Natsuki pointed his finger and said:
"Kaori, I want to eat dog meat."
He had already known the Ghost Bride's name was Kaori when he explored the village earlier.
"Okay."
The Ghost Bride nodded gently, clearly not a dog lover in her lifetime, nor would she say things like "Dogs are so cute, how can you eat dogs?"
The Man-faced dog was shocked and turned to run: "Human, you actually want to eat me?!"
"Don't even think about running."
The Ghost Bride's gaze shifted from Amamiya Natsuki's face, her eyes suddenly turning cold, and her smile vanished. With a grab, black mist instantly condensed in the air, transforming into a python that swooped down and quickly coiled around the fleeing Man-faced dog.
Amamiya Natsuki sighed silently.
He had wanted it to run around and stall for more time, but it was caught so easily. How disappointing.
You're so slow and yet you're still a dog. In reality, you would have been caught by animal control long ago!
The Man-faced dog struggled desperately, but it was no match for the Ghost Bride and was directly captured.
"Wait." Amamiya Natsuki looked at the Ghost Bride, coughed twice, and asked, "Is this your dog? Is it okay to eat it?"
"It's not my dog." The Ghost Bride's gaze shifted, and her eyes immediately softened. "Actually, it's…"
After hearing the Ghost Bride's explanation, Amamiya Natsuki learned that the monsters in the mist were not the Ghost Bride's creations, but rather manifestations of some kind of idealistic power. The true source of power was actually the deity worshipped by the mountain village.
The Ghost Bride was the most powerful entity among them.
"I see." Amamiya Natsuki nodded. "I have no more questions. Prepare to stew the dog."
The Ghost Bride quickly nodded, pulling out a knife from somewhere, ready to give the Man-faced dog a clean end.
Seeing the kitchen knife held against its neck, the Man-faced dog finally panicked and frantically shouted:
"Human, save me!"
"I refuse."
Amamiya Natsuki remained expressionless.
Eating dog meat wasn't really important; stalling for time was.
"I'm Sayu's best friend. If you don't save me, Sayu will definitely hate you!"
You let Sayu use her body to drain men; you're truly a dedicated friend!
Besides, he was already in enough trouble; he didn't have time to care what Sayu thought.
Amamiya Natsuki said calmly:
"It's okay. What happens here, as long as I don't say it, Sayu won't know."
"Damn it!"
Seeing that Amamiya Natsuki was unmoved, the Man-faced dog finally gave in: "Human, you win. I'll be your lackey, alright!"
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki raised his eyebrows in surprise, actually receiving a game notification.
"The Man-faced dog has chosen to submit and voluntarily become your lackey employee. Do you want to recruit him?"
How did the recruitment succeed?
Didn't it say that employees must volunteer to be recruited?
Could it be that this Man-faced dog is a masochist, and the more it's taken advantage of, the more excited it gets?
Amamiya Natsuki hesitated slightly and took out a Rule Card.
Currently, there are only Miss Sadako and the Little Match Girl as employees, which is too few. It is necessary to recruit more employees to expand the roster. There are many ways to stall for time, not necessarily by confronting the Man-faced dog.
Seeing the card, the Man-faced dog said nothing, quickly turned into a stream of light, and entered the Rule Card.
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the Ghost Bride, also trying to recruit her, and said:
"Kaori, do you want to change to another world and start a new life?"
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