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"Chika-chan is Kaguya-san's only good friend at school. If she knew you and Chika were dating behind her back, Kaguya-san would definitely be super sad."
Kashiwagi, with her hands clasped to her chest, as if a minister prepared with a coffin to remonstrate with the emperor, bravely said:
"So, please stop doing things that make everyone miserable!"
Amamiya Natsuki was silent for two seconds, then said faintly:
"Have you ever considered another possibility?"
"…What?"
Amamiya Natsuki extended a finger, "The truth is that I and Chika are hiding something from Kaguya-san."
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Kashiwagi covered her pink lips in shock.
So she had been mistaken; Kaguya-san was the third party?
It wasn't Chika-chan who cheated on Kaguya-san, but Kaguya-san who cheated on Chika-chan?
"That kind of thing… impossible, right?" Kashiwagi widened her eyes, her small face filled with an expression of disbelief, and she couldn't help but say, "Kaguya-san is so beautiful, and super smart, always first in exams, and a genius girl… How could such an amazing Kaguya-san be a third party?"
"Not a third party." Amamiya Natsuki corrected, "Actually, there's some unavoidable reason that makes it impossible for me and Kaguya-san to separate."
"Special reason?" Kashiwagi entered her imaginative Theater, her eyes sparkling, "Let me guess, could it be that you and Kaguya-san were born on the same day, in the same Hospital, in the same room, and then were swapped by your parents, and now both sets of parents have discovered the truth and made you and Kaguya-san sign a marriage contract?"
"You're thinking too much." Amamiya Natsuki narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but say, "Do you know that before babies are born, their gender is checked with an ultrasound?"
Swapping babies might be possible, but mistaking a baby's gender is too ridiculous!
"The truth behind it is actually even more distorted and bizarre." Amamiya Natsuki whispered, "Do you want to know the truth?"
"I want to know!"
Kashiwagi nodded rapidly like a pecking chick, her girlish curiosity surging uncontrollably.
Facing the girl's expectant gaze, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly smiled:
"I won't tell you."
"Ugh—"
The girl's pink cheeks suddenly puffed up, like a pufferfish that had been poked, and she couldn't help but clench her pink fists and hit Amamiya Natsuki's chest.
Too much!
Absolutely too much!
Riddlers who only speak half-truths are even more annoying than spoiler dogs.
"What… are you doing?"
A voice suddenly came from around the hallway corner.
Kashiwagi's breath hitched, and she quickly turned her head to look, seeing a girl with a black bow tied on her forehead walking over in confusion. She immediately felt a wave of dizziness and hurriedly said:
"Chika, you, you listen to my explanation!"
"Don't be guilty." Amamiya Natsuki said from the side, "We are upright and have nothing to hide."
Look down yourself, the shadow on the hallway is clearly crooked, okay!
"Uh, that, just now was…"
Kashiwagi took a deep breath and fabricated a lie.
The truth is still unclear, Chika probably doesn't know about Kaguya-san yet, so it must be kept secret. Therefore… I'm sorry, Chika-chan.
"I see." Fujiwara Chika clearly didn't suspect anything, "By the way, why did you run away suddenly at the supermarket last night?"
Kashiwagi raised her small face, her expression complex.
Chika-chan actually took the initiative to ask about yesterday's events, and she didn't seem guilty at all. It seems Kaguya-san is the outsider…
"Last night, I suddenly received a message and had an urgent matter to go home for." Kashiwagi replied softly.
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Fujiwara and asked:
"Why did you come over again?"
"The teacher needs a report on club activities." Fujiwara Chika explained, "I asked Kashiwagi-chan to come get it, but she never came back, so I came myself."
"I'm sorry."
Kashiwagi lowered her head and apologized.
"Where's Kaguya-chan?" Fujiwara Chika turned her head and looked towards Amamiya Natsuki.
Amamiya Natsuki pointed with his hand: "She's in the clubroom."
As he spoke, the clubroom door was pulled open, and Shinomiya Kaguya walked out. She had already changed into her school uniform; the earlier Bunny Girl Kaguya seemed like nothing but an illusion.
The Sheltered Ojou-sama's pretty face was taut and expressionless, though the blush on her face had not yet faded.
"I'll go in and get the report."
Fujiwara Chika finished speaking, then walked into the room with quick steps.
Soon, only Amamiya Natsuki and two others remained in the hallway.
Shinomiya Kaguya stood with her arms crossed, her burgundy eyes gazing unblinkingly at Kashiwagi.
Kashiwagi leaned against the wall, trembling.
"I've already told Kashiwagi." Amamiya Natsuki said, "She promised not to say a word."
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her silver teeth lightly, glaring at him in embarrassment.
He even took photos with his phone! He's the most outrageous one!
"It's getting late." Amamiya Natsuki said, "Kashiwagi, you should go back to your classroom first."
Kashiwagi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Seeing that Kaguya had no intention of speaking, she quickly bowed and scurried away.
"You take the costume change card." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya, "It'll come in handy when you transform later."
Shinomiya Kaguya finally couldn't help but speak:
"I'm never going to use that skill again!"
Every time she transforms, her clothes fall off. Such a skill is terrible, permanently sealed!
"So, when the transformation ends, you can hide in the shadows and instantly change with the costume change card, right?"
Amamiya Natsuki offered a solution.
Such an amazing skill, not using it would be a complete waste.
"That Bunny Girl uniform is also very embarrassing, I don't want to wear it at all!"
"…"
As they spoke, Fujiwara Chika walked out of the clubroom.
"Kaguya-chan, how was the skill test?"
As a teammate, this pink-haired girl naturally knew that Kaguya had learned a new skill yesterday.
Shinomiya Kaguya moved her pink lips, her pretty face flushed, finding it difficult to speak, she absolutely did not want to say.
In the end, it was Amamiya Natsuki who spoke:
"The skill is very powerful, becoming a shadow, a master of stealth, but it has a drawback, just like the Sheep Transformation Technique in reality."
"Eh?"
Fujiwara Chika blinked, quickly recalling the unexpected incident when she first asked Amamiya Natsuki to come exorcise at night, her pretty face flushed slightly, and she quickly extinguished the thought of 'temporary experience,' urging:
"Let's go, let's go back to the classroom for class!"
"…"
The day passed quickly.
In a flash, it was after school again.
The original plan was to continue searching for Miss Ghost's cat with Shinomiya Kaguya, but due to the Bunny Girl incident in the morning, the Sheltered Ojou-sama's shame meter had not yet cooled down, so the activity was temporarily canceled.
"Since there's nothing to do, why don't you come cosplay with me?"
Kitagawa Marin put her hands behind her back, her smile especially bright, two rows of pearly white teeth neat and clean in the sunlight, and a small fang, "Let's try today to see if we can raise the Succubus Girl role-play proficiency even more and unlock more active abilities."
"Don't get your hopes up too high." Amamiya Natsuki said, "Role-playing clearly gets harder to unlock the further you go."
"Where there's a will, there's a way, you have to try to know." Kitagawa Marin's voice was clear and super optimistic, "Oh, right, how did Kaguya-san's skill verification go?"
Amamiya Natsuki casually recounted it.
"I see." The Blonde Hot Girl put her hands behind her back, her steps light, "Kaguya-san is thin-skinned after all. If it were me, it wouldn't matter."
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