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Half an hour later.
Shinomiya Kaguya and the others returned safely.
"We're back." Fujiwara Chika ran into the room with her things. "President, how are you feeling now?"
To ensure safety, the ones who returned were still Shinomiya Kaguya, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Chika.
Amamiya Natsuki lay on the sofa and said:
"Pain and happiness."
"Huh?" Fujiwara Chika was startled. "President is actually happy?"
The Spy Maid's pretty face flushed, and she subtly pinched Amamiya Natsuki's leg as a warning.
Amamiya Natsuki changed his words:
"Just now, in a daze, I saw an angel welcoming me, so I'm very happy."
Slap.
Fujiwara Chika raised her hand and patted Amamiya Natsuki's back, saying annoyed:
"President, don't talk nonsense. You're clearly very energetic right now."
Shinomiya Kaguya walked over, her voice gentle:
"President, time to get up and take your medicine."
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
For some reason, he felt a strange sense of danger in that sentence.
Amamiya Natsuki flipped over and sat up, taking a light breath: "You all worked hard."
"Move slowly, be careful not to make the wound bleed again." Shinomiya Kaguya reminded softly, then took out a pill. "Here, this is a pill I got from Sayu."
Amamiya Natsuki reached out and took the pill. The game quickly provided an appraisal.
[Item: Berserker Pill]
[Type: Consumable]
[Usage: Ingest]
[Effect: Burns your life force, putting you into a berserker state for ten minutes. During this period, all your basic attributes will receive an additional boost, and you will be immune to pain. However, at the same time, your sanity will greatly decrease.]
[Note: It's over, it's really over.]
"It looks very precious." Amamiya Natsuki finished reading the game appraisal. "It feels a bit wasteful to just use it for pain relief."
Yukinoshita Yukino crossed her right arm over her chest and said upon hearing this:
"The most important things in a dungeon are sanity and calmness. After taking the pill, it will greatly reduce one's intelligence, so from that perspective alone, it's not a precious item."
"That's right." Fujiwara Chika nodded in agreement. "If we're talking about precious, President's health is clearly more precious."
Amamiya Natsuki looked at secretary Chika, pressing his right hand to his chest and saying:
"I like hearing that. Say it again."
"Hmph." Fujiwara Chika put her right hand on her hip. "President, stop ravings and take your medicine quickly."
Amamiya Natsuki opened his mouth and swallowed the pill. Soon after, he felt a dizzy sensation, similar to being drunk, wash over him.
"President, how do you feel?"
Fujiwara Chika waved her hand and asked.
Amamiya Natsuki shook his head with effort: "My head is a bit dizzy, like I drank fake alcohol."
"Dizziness is normal." Hayasaka Ai gently poked him and asked, "Does Senpai still hurt?"
Amamiya Natsuki's voice was hazy: "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Then the surgery can begin." Hayasaka Ai took out a surgical knife and put on sterile gloves. "Senpai, lie down on the tatami and don't move."
Amamiya Natsuki lay on the tatami, turning his face to look at the black-haired, long-haired girl in front of him, and suddenly called out dazedly:
"Yukino… I have something I want to tell you…"
"Hmm?"
Yukinoshita Yukino's heart skipped a beat, and she unconsciously pursed her pink lips.
Natsuki… What does he want to say?
The medicine had clearly taken effect; his intelligence was probably similar to an elementary school student's right now. If he said something strange, how would she face everyone?
"You should rest well now." Yukinoshita Yukino said quickly, "Don't talk."
Amamiya Natsuki's voice was hazy: "No, I have to say it now…"
Except for Hayasaka, who was concentrating on removing the bullet, Shinomiya Kaguya and Chika, hearing this, all looked over curiously.
"President, what do you want to say?" Fujiwara Chika even widened her eyes. "I'm very curious."
Amamiya Natsuki's voice was low and dazed:
"Yukino… No, I should call you Hirano. Why is Haruno so big, and you're so flat?"
"…"
The air suddenly fell silent.
Yukinoshita Yukino silently clenched her fists, biting her silver teeth.
What's wrong with being flat?
It's not like I ate your family's rice!
Judging a girl by the size of her chest, your intelligence is probably similar to a paramecium right now!
"Cough cough." Fujiwara Chika hurriedly coughed twice. "Yukino-chan, don't be angry. President took the wrong medicine and is talking nonsense."
Amamiya Natsuki continued dazedly:
"Hirano, don't be self-conscious. Small breasts are a rare resource for humans…"
"You're the one who's self-conscious!"
Yukinoshita Yukino clenched her fists, her pretty face frosty, almost unable to resist the urge to hit him.
In all these years, no one had dared to call her Hirano to her face.
This grudge must be remembered!
"President, don't talk nonsense." Fujiwara Chika quickly covered Amamiya Natsuki's mouth. "Otherwise, Yukino-chan will get angry."
"I'm not angry. Natsuki's intelligence is only that of a paramecium right now, after all." Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath, her face expressionless. "You two watch him, I'll go downstairs to keep watch."
Thump thump thump.
Hirano turned and left the room.
"Phew…"
Fujiwara Chika let out a light sigh, clutching her chest and whispering: "Yukino-chan really is angry, isn't she?"
Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her pink lips, feeling the same way.
Of course she'd be angry.
If it were me, I'd definitely be angry too!
If the President dares to say that he has small breasts, I will never forgive him!
At this moment, Amamiya Natsuki turned his head to look at the other side, continuing to speak dizzily:
"Chika…"
"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Fujiwara Chika immediately panicked, "President, don't call my name."
After Amamiya Natsuki took the berserker pill, his intelligence was now minimal, and God knew what he would say. If he were to mention bathing together or doing 'this and that' in front of Kaguya, that would be too embarrassing!
"Chika, I was wrong… I shouldn't have been with Moeha behind your back…"
"What?!"
Fujiwara Chika's eyes suddenly widened. Her right hand, which was about to cover Amamiya Natsuki's mouth, silently retracted from mid-air. She propped herself on her knees, half-squatted, and tilted her head with a smile, saying:
"President, what did you and Moeha do? Please tell me everything, word for word."
"…So scary."
Shinomiya Kaguya took half a step back, moving away from secretary Chika.
She never expected that Chika, whose smile was always bright and sunny, could show such a terrifying squinting smile. It was clear she was truly angry.
"Could it be that the President and Moeha… Impossible!" Shinomiya Kaguya quickly shook her head, "No matter how perverted the President is, he wouldn't do that kind of thing to a junior high student, would he?"
Amamiya Natsuki said dazedly:
"Moeha and I… shouldn't have secretly called you Fujiwara-mama behind your back…"
"Eh?" Fujiwara Chika was stunned by the words, and the dangerous smile on her face disappeared. "That's it?"
"And…"
"And what?"
Secretary Chika's pretty face once again showed a dangerous smile.
"Also… Moeha said you gained five pounds since the start of school…"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Fujiwara Chika suddenly puffed out her pink cheeks and couldn't help but retort, "It's not as exaggerated as five pounds, it's clearly only three… So annoying! I'm going downstairs to drink water!"
As Chika fled, covering her face, only Hayasaka and Kaguya remained in the room.
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze was blank, finally landing on Kaguya, and he softly called out:
"Kaguya…"
"Pre-President?"
Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her pink lips upon hearing this, feeling nervous yet inexplicably a little expectant.
After the President's intelligence dropped, everything he said now was from his heart. What did the President want to say to her now?
She hadn't gained weight, but…
Kaguya quietly covered her chest, experiencing her own ordinariness.
If he dared to say something like she was even flatter than Yukino, she would definitely not forgive the President!
Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice:
"I like Kaguya…"
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Kaguya's beautiful eyes widened upon hearing this, her pretty face quickly flushed, and her heartbeat involuntarily accelerated sharply.
What did the President just say?
Like…
She didn't mishear, it was clearly 'like'!
It wasn't a fake confession to activate the talisman, he was genuinely saying he liked her!
Amamiya Natsuki continued:
"I like Kaguya the most…"
Hearing this last sentence, Kaguya pressed her right hand to her chest, and a bright, sweet smile involuntarily bloomed on her face, like a begonia in the spring breeze, petal by petal unfolding with the wind.
"I'm sorry…"
"Hmm?" Shinomiya Kaguya was startled, the smile on her pretty face receding. "Why is the President saying he's sorry?"
Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice:
"I want them all…"
"…"
Kaguya gently bit her lips, and the sweet smile on her face disappeared.
She, of course, knew that while Amamiya Natsuki liked her, he also liked other girls. She had always been waiting for Amamiya Natsuki to make a choice, and she didn't expect Amamiya Natsuki to say, "I want them all"… But why was it within her expectations?
That kind of thing, everyone dating together…
Kaguya bit her lower lip, silently turned, and walked out: "I'm going to the restroom."
Click.
The door closed.
Only Amamiya Natsuki and Hayasaka Ai were left in the room.
"It's out." Hayasaka Ai let out a soft sigh, placing the bloody bullet aside. Then, while applying hemostatic medicine to Amamiya Natsuki, she grumbled, "A brain really is a good thing. Without a brain, you'll head toward your own death."
Pursing her pink lips, Hayasaka Ai couldn't resist her curiosity and softly said:
"Senpai, is there anything you want to say to me?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Hayasaka, still in a state of reduced intelligence at this point, and subconsciously said:
"I like Hayasaka…"
The Spy Maid's rosy lips curled up slightly, and she softly said:
"And?"
"Again."
"Ptooey!!"
"…"
Ten minutes later.
The berserker pill's effects wore off, and Amamiya Natsuki regained his senses. He got up and found his wound had been bandaged, and the previous foreign object pain had disappeared. However, the room was empty.
Pushing the door open and going downstairs, Amamiya Natsuki saw that several girls were all sitting in the room: Kaguya, Chika, Hayasaka, and Yukino, not one was missing.
Strangely, upon seeing him come down, all four girls remained silent. Secretary Chika even puffed out her pink cheeks, indicating she was very unhappy.
"What's wrong with you all?"
Amamiya Natsuki asked, puzzled.
"We are not good." Fujiwara Chika hugged her arms across her chest and said, puffing out her cheeks, "President, don't you remember what you just said?"
Amamiya Natsuki ran a hand through his hair: "I don't remember. After taking that pill, my head felt very dizzy, like looking through a kaleidoscope when I was little… Did I say something that made you angry?"
"Heh heh."
"Heh heh."
"Heh heh."
His response was several cold laughs, the girls' reactions all identical.
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
Alright.
It seemed he had indeed said something very inappropriate.
"What did I say?" Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously.
Shinomiya Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest: "The President knows himself."
Amamiya Natsuki: "I really don't know."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Since you don't know, then there's no need to know."
Amamiya Natsuki straightened his face and said:
"If you keep this up, I'm going to lose my temper."
"Go ahead, President." Fujiwara Chika tilted her head and looked over, "I'd like to see what the President looks like when he loses his temper."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong." Amamiya Natsuki put his hands together and apologized sincerely, "I have no impression of it now, whatever I said, it definitely wasn't my true feelings."
"That's not necessarily true." Fujiwara Chika puffed out her cheeks, like a squirrel with its mouth full of chestnuts, "People say that drunken words are true thoughts."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"I didn't drink alcohol."
Hayasaka Ai: "But the President took medicine."
"…"
After talking for a while, the girls temporarily calmed down and finally got to the point.
"The surgery was very successful." Hayasaka Ai pursed her pink lips, "The bullet has been removed. The President can eat some healing foods to speed up wound recovery, and by evening, it should no longer hinder movement."
Amamiya Natsuki stretched his body and said:
"I do feel much better, though it still hurts a bit."
Fujiwara Chika rested her right hand on her chin, her tone a little worried:
"Before, at the shrine, that guy committed suicide. The dungeon mission wasn't completed, so we still need to find him."
Yukinoshita Yukino softly said:
"That man is clearly cautious and suspicious, and quite afraid of death. He didn't know we had information from the previous week, yet he still had two shadows protecting him closely. A guy so afraid of death… is very likely with Hiruko no Kami now."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:
"Most likely so."
Undoubtedly, for Yote, being with Hiruko no Kami was the safest. But for players, even if they knew where Yote was, they wouldn't dare to approach rashly. The cave system, as Hiruko no Kami's lair, would surely be super dangerous.
"Are we going to the cave system?" Fujiwara Chika asked softly.
"No, we're not going in." Hayasaka Ai shook her head, "Combat is about timing, location, and human factors. We only have the human factor at most; we don't have the timing or location. Rushing into the cave system is too dangerous."
"Hanamori is right, rushing into the cave system is truly not a wise move." Shinomiya Kaguya agreed, "According to the information from the previous week, Hiruko no Kami will definitely come out to feed at night."
Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers and said:
"Ladies, I have a new idea."
Several girls looked over: "What idea?"
Amamiya Natsuki asked softly:
"What is Yote's greatest reliance?"
"Hmm… I know." Fujiwara Chika blinked and raised her hand to answer, "It's Hiruko no Kami! Both Yote's reincarnation power and the black mud armor all originate from Hiruko no Kami."
"Correct answer." Amamiya Natsuki's eyes showed appreciation, and he reached out to pat Chika's little head, "One hundred points."
"Eh heh~"
Fujiwara Chika showed a smug smile on her face, instinctively rubbed against Amamiya Natsuki's palm, and then reacted, her pretty face quickly hardening, "Don't touch my head."
Amamiya Natsuki withdrew his right hand and said:
"Yote's greatest reliance is actually Hiruko no Kami. The reason Hiruko listens to him is simply because the first female he replicated and replaced had feelings of admiration for Yote. In other words…"
Pausing, Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers and propped up his chin:
"Once Hiruko no Kami's affections shift and she no longer has feelings of admiration for Yote, what will he have left?"
The relationship between Yote and Hiruko no Kami is like that of an ancient emperor and his personal chief eunuch; seemingly all-powerful, but once they lose the emperor's trust, they instantly fall into the dust.
Hayasaka Ai's eyes lit up as she said, "The President's Title Skill!"
"That's right." Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "Love Warrior, requesting to go into battle."
For an ordinary person to make Hiruko no Kami fall in love with someone else, the possibility is minimal, but a player's title skill is unreasonable. After transforming into an NTR villain, there's a high probability of conquering Hiruko no Kami.
Even Shinomiya Kaguya subconsciously nodded: "...Highly feasible."
"Then it's settled." Amamiya Natsuki said, "Next is to wait for Hiruko no Kami to appear."
"..."
It was only around four or five in the afternoon, still a long time until dark.
It was impossible to catch Yote now, so they suddenly had free time. After a brief discussion, the group decided to leave and meet up with Marin and the others.
Of course, before leaving, they didn't forget to clean the room.
After cleaning and restoring the room to its original state, the group left together.
Twenty minutes later.
The team finally successfully reunited.
"Natsuki, you're finally back!" Kitagawa Marin excitedly rushed over, worried, "Your injuries, let me see."
Although they had sent messages earlier saying they were safe, not seeing them in person still caused worry.
Next to Marin, Senpai, Juju, Shoko, and Sayu were all there, looking over with concern.
Amamiya Natsuki said softly:
"Don't worry, I'm almost completely healed now."
"Liar." Kitagawa Marin didn't believe him at all, "That was a gunshot wound, how could it heal so easily?"
Koyasu Tsubame let out a soft breath:
"Natsuki-kun looks pretty good mentally."
Juju frowned slightly, whispering, "Stupid Natsuki, don't make people worry."
"Th-that..."
Komi opened her pink lips, but unfortunately, there were too many people around, so she ultimately didn't dare to speak.
"It must have been hard coming back from outside." Hanamori-chan said with a smile, "Everyone, come have something to drink."
"It's really hot." Fujiwara Chika fanned herself as she walked to the refrigerator, opened it, and took out drinks. "Everyone, don't mind the President, he's very energetic right now."
This was a guesthouse located in the mountains, fully equipped with everything. It was a hiding place that Hanamori-chan had suggested buying during their previous transformation.
"Hanamori-chan, here you go."
Fujiwara Chika stood in front of the refrigerator distributing drinks. When it was Hayasaka Ai's turn, she casually handed her a bottle of Meiji Milk.
"Cough cough..."
Seeing the milk Chika handed over, Hayasaka Ai instinctively raised her hand to cover her mouth, a blush rapidly rising on her pretty face:
"No! I won't drink it!"
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