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"It restarted again."
Amamiya Natsuki surveyed his surroundings with a calm expression.
As expected, Seize and Eliminate Evil did not succeed.
"Then… the third loop begins."
Amamiya Natsuki identified the direction and walked towards the sauna room.
Having promised Kaguya that she would go first for the third time, he naturally wouldn't break his word.
A moment later.
Outside the sauna room.
Amamiya Natsuki, disguised as a staff member, quietly slipped into the sauna room and successfully arrived outside a cubicle door.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Amamiya Natsuki bent his fingers and gently knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
The clear and pleasant voice of Miss Ice Princess came from inside the cubicle.
Amamiya Natsuki lowered his voice and said:
"I am your secret bodyguard. Currently, a group of robbers has broken into the inn, and their target is you. The situation is urgent, please come out quickly."
"…"
There was silence in the sauna room.
Let alone coming out, Shinomiya Kaguya didn't even say another word.
It must be said that Miss Ice Princess's vigilance was extremely high.
"Tsk~ Lies really don't work. It seems I can only tell the truth." Amamiya Natsuki pouted slightly, then his voice became serious, "Kaguya-san, I am actually a person from the future."
"…"
There was no response from Miss Ice Princess in the cubicle.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't care and continued:
"Ten years from now, due to various reasons, you will become a great scientist and develop true artificial intelligence."
"Unfortunately, the artificial intelligence will awaken its consciousness and rebel, attempting to eliminate all humans."
"I am a member of the resistance."
"By taking a time machine, I successfully came to the present era. As far as I know, Skynet has also dispatched killing robots with retractable steel blades from their hands to hunt you down."
Shinomiya Kaguya's voice behind the door was cold, and she couldn't help but say:
"Are the robots you're talking about called Wolverine?"
"You actually have time to watch movies?"
"I haven't watched it."
"Then Chika must have shared it with you."
"…"
"I know you won't easily believe what I say, so, before I came back on the time machine, you specifically told me an absolute secret that could earn your trust."
Amamiya Natsuki spoke fluently: "For example, when you were in the third grade of elementary school, you once thought of adopting a hamster. Although you ultimately didn't adopt it, you gave that hamster a name… Fluffball."
"How do you know?"
This time, there was a hint of disbelief in the voice of Miss Ice Princess behind the door.
She had never told anyone about naming a hamster in her mind, not even Hayasaka knew.
She hadn't kept a diary, ruling out the possibility of a diary leak.
So… how did the person outside the door know about this?
An unbelievable guess formed in her mind.
Could it really be someone from the future?
"I'll tell you a second secret you told me personally." Amamiya Natsuki continued, neither humble nor arrogant, "During a crafts class in first grade, you secretly made a doll and hid it in…"
The cubicle door finally opened.
Shinomiya Kaguya, dressed only in a white bathrobe, looked over with furrowed brows, her eyes wary:
"Who exactly are you?"
"As you can see." Amamiya Natsuki spread his hands, "I am a person from the future."
"Then, please tell me." Shinomiya Kaguya's expression was cold, "How is the time paradox problem resolved?"
"I don't know." Amamiya Natsuki spoke nonsense with a straight face, "I'm just combat personnel, not research personnel. Regarding the time paradox problem, with my IQ, I can't understand it at all."
"However, if you want to know about your future romantic partner, dating times, and so on, I can answer those."
"Love?"
Shinomiya Kaguya's delicate brows furrowed slightly, "Impossible."
How could something like love happen to her?
As the daughter of a capitalist, her future marital status was almost predetermined.
Either she would marry into another family, or someone would marry into hers…
"Please don't be so quick to deny it." Amamiya Natsuki smiled, "After all, since I, a person from the future, have appeared, it's normal for you to fall in love in the future, isn't it?"
"Impossible."
Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head again, completely disbelieving that she would ever fall in love with someone else in the future.
Something like love would never appear in her life's dictionary!
As they spoke, footsteps and voices suddenly came from the direction of the hallway.
"Someone's coming." Amamiya Natsuki's expression immediately became serious, "Let me in first."
"…"
A hint of hesitation flashed across Shinomiya Kaguya's pretty face. Even she, at this moment, couldn't help but feel her head muddled, unable to maintain calm thought.
Amidst her hesitation, Amamiya Natsuki had already pushed the door open forcefully and directly entered.
Bang.
The door closed.
The cramped sauna room immediately became crowded.
Facing the suddenly intruding stranger, Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes were wary.
"As expected, you still don't believe me." Amamiya Natsuki sighed, "Fortunately, before coming back, the R&D department developed a pill that can let you foresee some future fragments…"
Amamiya Natsuki said, extending his right hand, and a red pill appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"Magic?"
Shinomiya Kaguya's tone was suspicious.
"It's spatial storage technology." Amamiya Natsuki's expression remained unchanged, as various items appeared in his hand, proving his identity. Finally, he handed over the pill, "Just eat it."
Shinomiya Kaguya hesitated for a few seconds, then took two steps forward and extended her right hand.
Although there were many suspicious points that made her doubt, the secrets she had never told anyone were not false.
In contrast, the so-called spatial storage technology might just be some kind of illusion, not to be trusted.
Then…
Slap!
Amamiya Natsuki grabbed Miss Ice Princess's wrist, a smile appearing on his face:
"Got you."
Miss Ice Princess's eyes immediately turned cold:
"…I was tricked!"
She wanted to resist, but Amamiya Natsuki was faster, as if he had foreknowledge, he defused Sheltered Ojou-sama's counterattack, and then immediately wrapped his arm around the girl's astonishingly slender waist.
A quick battle.
Say kiss, then kiss!
However, at the critical moment, Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly turned her face away, just a little bit off.
"You, you actually dare..."
Miss Ice Princess leaned back with all her might, trying to break free, her wine-red eyes overflowing with coldness, having transformed into a Winter Goddess.
"One."
"Two."
"Three..."
After counting down, Amamiya Natsuki was surprised to find that Miss Ice Princess's eyes hadn't melted in the slightest; instead, her killing intent had grown even stronger.
What's going on?
Could it be that the kiss just now was crooked, so it didn't count?
Then, let's try again.
Amamiya Natsuki freed one hand and suddenly pinched Kaguya's waist.
For mammals, the waist and abdomen are vital areas, and humans are no exception, which is why the term "soft spot" exists.
"Hmm...!"
A low hum escaped her lips; even Miss Ice Princess couldn't defy biological instinct.
Taking advantage of Miss Ice Princess's relaxed resistance, Amamiya Natsuki courted death again.
Fortunately, it was a dream, and he had even received Kaguya's permission before, allowing him to openly bully her.
If he were to forcefully kiss and bully Miss Ice Princess in reality, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to surrender!
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki daring to do evil again, Miss Ice Princess's eyes flashed with a resolute determination to go down in flames, to be a shattered jade rather than an intact tile, and she opened her mouth, intending to bite him.
But the next second.
The determination in Miss Ice Princess's eyes suddenly turned into confusion, then into panic and shyness.
(I, I remember now!)
(This should be the third restart, the secrets of the fluff ball and the doll, all of them were told to Natsuki by myself before the restart... The culprit is actually me?)
After realizing her "past and present lives," Miss Ice Princess's pretty face quickly flushed red, and then she frantically closed her eyes.
At the same time.
Amamiya Natsuki was in a fierce internal struggle.
The Miss's lips were cool and soft, sweet like the finest jelly, making it impossible to let go.
The first two times were touch-and-go, but this time was different; Miss Ice Princess had sobered up, forgetting both to struggle and to resist, clumsy and at a loss, yet still maintaining the posture of biting him.
She certainly wouldn't bite, but she still kept her pearly teeth slightly parted...
Reason told Amamiya Natsuki that he shouldn't succumb to beauty now.
Women would only hinder his progress in clearing the game!
Unfortunately, his body had its own ideas.
His right hand couldn't help but tighten around the Miss's astonishingly soft waist, then broke through her defenses.
"Hmm..."
Shinomiya Kaguya's long, slightly curled eyelashes suddenly trembled.
She felt a thunderous roar in her head, as if a volcano were erupting, a jolt like an electric shock coursed through her entire body, her soul seemed to be drawn out of her body, and she was completely dazed.
(He, he can actually still...)
(The kissing sensation described in manga really wasn't lying...)
One minute later.
Amamiya Natsuki, with immense willpower, finally pushed Kaguya away.
Miss Ice Princess had melted into a Spring Water Miss; she couldn't even stand steadily on her own, her pink lips slightly parted, her pretty face crimson, her eyes filled with misty spring water and constantly spinning circles, leaning softly into Amamiya Natsuki's embrace, almost fainting.
"Let's do the important stuff first."
Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, suppressing the impulse within him, and helped Kaguya stand upright. "I'll go find Marin. You go find Madame first and intercept her. Don't let her go to the hot spring. Wait for me to get there."
Shinomiya Kaguya pressed her right hand to her chest, listening to her unprecedentedly rapid heartbeat, while taking deep breaths to calm herself down:
"...I understand."
(Calm down, calm down, calm down.)
(Stay rational.)
(Clearing the game is important, don't get addicted to that kind of thing!!)
The two left the sauna and quickly began to act.
Shinomiya Kaguya, according to the information obtained through interrogation, went ahead to intercept the tear-mole Madame.
Amamiya Natsuki, on the other hand, went to look for Marin.
"Open the door, I'm here to fix the drain."
"Huh, Natsuki-kun?"
"That's me."
"You've also come to the inn for a hot spring... Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing bursting in?"
"Open your mouth, bite down on the towel."
"..."
This was the third time for the binding, and Amamiya Natsuki's movements became increasingly skilled.
A towel to gag her, a blindfold, the most popular rope art, plus a marker pen... Under intense mental stimulation, the Succubus Girl successfully returned.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey~"
Kitagawa Marin spat out the towel from her mouth. "This is the third time. Why do you always use a towel?"
"Indeed, good things come in threes, but using it again would be boring."
Amamiya Natsuki said, helping her untie the ropes, "I remember there's another prop ball, just the right size..."
Kitagawa Marin's eyes widened at his words, and she tilted her head, headbutting Amamiya Natsuki in the chest.
"Stupid Natsuki, you actually want me to bite that kind of thing! That's too much bullying!"
"You said you didn't want to bite the towel."
"I don't want to bite that kind of thing even more!"
"..."
The Succubus Girl successfully returned.
The two walked out of the room and soon encountered Shinomiya Kaguya and Miss Nakagawa.
The interception operation was successfully completed.
"Huh?" Kitagawa Marin was startled. "Kaguya-san has already rejoined the team?"
Amamiya Natsuki nodded.
"No, that's not right." Kitagawa Marin reacted. "Why is Kaguya-san first this time?"
Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:
"The binding game will only affect the speed at which I clear the game."
Kitagawa Marin: "..."
In the hallway.
"Miss Nakagawa, good evening." Amamiya Natsuki smiled. "We meet again."
"Huh?"
Miss Nakagawa, who had a tear mole at the corner of her eye, looked puzzled: "Excuse me, may I ask who you are...?"
"You can just call me Natsuki." Amamiya Natsuki extended his hand and smiled. "Miss Nakagawa's cooking is incredibly delicious, unforgettable."
During the previous interrogation, he had already learned that Miss Nakagawa worked as a chef at a restaurant.
"Natsuki-kun, hello."
Miss Nakagawa extended her right hand and politely shook his.
Although she didn't remember who Amamiya Natsuki was, basic etiquette was not lacking.
Beside Miss Nakagawa was a short-haired girl, the girl he had seen in the hot spring last night, Miss Nakagawa Misaki's daughter.
Besides that, there was also a high school-aged boy with glasses next to them, his lenses gleaming white, a hint of hostility subtly showing on his face.
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted slightly, landing on the boy with glasses.
A hint quietly appeared.
[After unremitting efforts, you finally found the mastermind, an older-sister complex brat.]
[My childhood friend from next door confessed to me, but I like the Madame next door... Is it wrong to like older women?]
[Gathering courage to confess to the Madame, but being cruelly rejected, life can never go back to how it was before.]
[So, as long as I don't confess, life won't collapse, right?]
[You decide to let the older-sister complex brat experience what a pure love warrior is!]
"Tsk~" Amamiya Natsuki pouted. "Pure love warrior, I'm destined to be one!"
"Miss Nakagawa, I'm an amateur cooking enthusiast driven by interest, and I've recently learned a lost cuisine." Amamiya Natsuki invited, "Could we go to the Cafeteria to exchange ideas?"
"I'm sorry." Miss Nakagawa looked troubled. "I still need to go to the hot spring..."
Amamiya Natsuki stepped forward half a step, looking directly into the tear-mole Madame's eyes, his gaze burning: "Miss Nakagawa is someone I've always admired and pursued. This is the request of my life, please, you must agree to me!"
The direct hit from the handsome young man made Miss Nakagawa a little flustered. She nervously turned her head away, her face slightly red, and said shyly: "A request for life, what kind of thing is that...?"
"It sounds very interesting." The short-haired girl giggled. "It's just a cooking exchange. Auntie, agree to him. We can go to the hot spring later."
"It sounds very interesting." Kitagawa Marin blinked, then added her support. "Shall we all go to the Cafeteria?"
Unable to refuse such enthusiasm, Miss Nakagawa could only shyly agree:
"...I'll go then."
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