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"Don't… Eh?!"
Sayu had just cried out in surprise when, the next instant, she saw Amamiya Natsuki appear behind Chika.
Fujiwara Chika, who was holding the dagger, dropped it to the ground, and her body was firmly bound by magic ropes.
"Is it a Time Stop skill?"
Yukinoshita Haruno stood in the corner, holding her phone and recording a video, and upon noticing the sudden change, she couldn't help but glance at her phone, only to find that no trace was left, naturally.
Thankfully, it can only Time Stop for three seconds; if it were any longer, it would turn into a 'Time Stop' series!
"That was close." Amamiya Natsuki patted his abdomen, "You almost stabbed me."
Stabbing someone without a word, and with incredibly fast movements, ordinary people wouldn't have time to react. If it were Sayu, she would definitely have been hit by now.
"How could this be…?"
A momentary blankness flashed across secretary Chika's face, followed by intense struggling.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
Aside from its ability to automatically target enemies, the magic rope's sturdiness is also quite commendable. However, for some unknown reason, it particularly favors the tortoise shell binding posture.
Unlike an elementary school student, no matter how an elementary school student is bound, she remains flat and uninteresting. Secretary Chika, however, is different. Under the magic rope's binding, her graceful body curves were immediately revealed, truly worthy of being a busty girl who stands out among the heroes.
A moment later.
After realizing she couldn't break free from the ropes, 'Secretary Chika' quickly calmed down, tilted her head to look at Amamiya Natsuki, and asked:
"What did you just do?"
"Hmm?" Amamiya Natsuki paused, then quickly realized, "So you don't know."
Drawing a knife and stabbing someone right at the door, there's no doubt that this Chika in front of him is definitely a 'clone'.
According to the information elementary school student Sakurako revealed just now, a clone is a complete replication at the information level—body, gender, DNA, and even the original's memories—with no difference whatsoever. No instrument in the world can detect it.
But the clone Chika in front of him doesn't know about the 'Time Stop' skill.
Either Chika is very special, or the entire player group is very special.
The latter possibility is clearly greater.
Evidently, the game provides appropriate protection for players, preventing avatars from obtaining players' core memories.
As for whether players' skills are replicated… that remains uncertain for now, to be verified later.
Amamiya Natsuki looked around. The forest was quiet, and it seemed only Chika had come alone.
"Get in here."
Picking up the clone Chika with one hand, Amamiya Natsuki returned to the abandoned wooden house.
Bang.
The door closed.
Next is interrogation time.
Sayu blinked, now also realizing: "This is the clone Chika, right?"
Yukinoshita Haruno nodded:
"It must be."
"I knew it, how could Chika bear to hurt Natsuki-kun." Sayu clutched her chest, letting out a sigh of relief, "So it's a clone again… Eh, wait!"
Sayu suddenly widened her eyes, raising her hand to cover her pink lips, shocked:
"Chika was cloned, what about us? Were we also cloned?"
"It's highly possible." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Haruno and said, "Haruno, is the video recorded?"
Yukinoshita Haruno held up her phone: "It's ready."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Send a copy of the video to everyone to raise their vigilance."
"Received."
Yukinoshita Haruno executed the order decisively.
A moment later.
The girls sent messages one after another.
Kitagawa Marin: "Eh eh eh, is that Chika?"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "Chika's clone?"
Senpai: "Chika is right beside me, that must be an imposter. Natsuki-kun isn't hurt, is he?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Chika was cloned, what about the rest of us? Could it be… everyone on the Island has been cloned?"
Juju: "From now on, on this small Island, there will be no more trust between people."
"Avatars of ordinary people cannot be distinguished, but players are fine."
Amamiya Natsuki relayed the information he had just obtained from the clone Chika.
"I see."
"That's good then."
"At least we don't have to worry about everyone being cloned and replaced."
"…"
At this moment, the Spy Maid, who had been lurking and silent, quietly sent a message:
"So you are 'players'?"
Senpai: "…"
Juju: "…"
Marin: "…"
Seeing this message, even Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but frown.
Not only was Hayasaka cloned, but her phone also fell into the clone's hands?
The next moment.
Shinomiya Kaguya sent a message: "Hanamori is right beside me, she's deliberately trying to scare people."
Hayasaka Ai: "I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me. Everyone should be on high alert now, right?"
Kitagawa Marin: "Everyone's already terrified!"
"…"
The above was the chat room content. Fujiwara Chika, upon seeing her clone, sent a private message to Amamiya Natsuki.
"Eh eh eh, is that really me?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"It's the real deal, just like Kaguya and Yandere Kaguya, there's no difference in their bodies, even more real than Yandere Kaguya, even the temperature of her lips is thirty-seven degrees."
Fujiwara Chika: "…Idiot President! How do you know the temperature of her lips?!"
Amamiya Natsuki said righteously: "Of course, because I've kissed you. Avatars have body temperature, so the temperature of their lips must be the same, right?"
Fujiwara Chika: "Speculation can't be taken seriously."
Amamiya Natsuki: "You have a point, I'll go verify it now."
Fujiwara Chika: "…"
"Natsuki-kun, what now?"
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki put away his phone, Sayu quietly asked.
"After catching elementary school student at the Sea, we came directly to the forest without any stops or encountering anyone else in between." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Chika's clone and analyzed, "But you were able to find us so quickly, and you stabbed me as soon as we met… So, do you have some special way of contacting each other?"
"What are you talking about, Natsuki-kun?" The clone Chika tilted her pretty face, trying to play innocent, "I was just joking earlier."
You're kidding me!
You've already drawn a knife and you're still saying it's a joke? Do you think others are idiots?
Could it be that because she's a clone of Chika, her personality became like this?
Undoubtedly, although they are both avatars, the clone Chika in front of him is clearly more lively and active than the clone elementary school student. Of course, there are also differences, such as the clone Chika in front of him also has a cold expression and is not as fond of smiling as the real Chika.
"Natsuki-kun's analysis makes a lot of sense." Yukinoshita Haruno crossed her arms over her chest and nodded in agreement, "I suggest we interrogate them separately to verify if they truly have some special way of contacting each other."
Actually, there's no need for separate interrogations; a special contact method is inevitable.
After placing the two avatars side by side, a prompt appeared before Amamiya Natsuki's eyes:
[You have carefully observed that there is a special contact method between the avatars, which can transmit information through pheromones. This pheromone can be destroyed and erased.]
The prompt had already given the answer, but… he still wanted to interrogate them.
elementary school student cannot be tortured, but Chika is absolutely fine.
"You ask elementary school student." Amamiya Natsuki picked up the clone Chika with one hand and walked to another room, "I'll go interrogate Chika."
Sayu: "…Natsuki-kun seems very excited?"
Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:
"You're mistaken."
The abandoned hut happened to have two rooms. Amamiya Natsuki carried the clone Chika to the other room.
Bang.
The door closed.
Amamiya Natsuki placed the Chika clone on the sofa and cracked his knuckles: "Now, it's torture time."
The Chika clone looked indifferent, as if she didn't care about the severe interrogation at all.
However, the Chika clone's indifference only lasted for one minute.
"Wait, wait a minute!"
"Didn't you say it was an interrogation?" The Chika clone leaned back, unable to help but shout, "What are you doing taking off my clothes?"
"Tsk." Amamiya Natsuki curled his lips, "So you guys have a sense of shame?"
"You're the one without a sense of shame!" The Chika clone gritted her teeth and shouted, "I've never seen such a perverted human!"
"What a coincidence." Amamiya Natsuki continued his actions without stopping, "Now you have."
"Lewd!"
"Pervert!"
"Lecher!"
The soundproofing of the abandoned shack was not good, and any movement from either side could be heard clearly.
"Cough cough…" Sayu lightly coughed twice, trying to salvage Amamiya Natsuki's image, "This is Natsuki-sama's special interrogation method, it's definitely not what we're thinking."
"Well, it's normal." Yukinoshita Haruno smiled, "I've seen the Undercover Investigator series, you know? So even using strange torture methods is normal."
"Eh?" Sayu asked curiously, "Undercover Investigator… what's that?"
"That's an area high school students can't touch, you know."
"…"
At the same time.
Amamiya Natsuki, amidst the Chika clone's curses, completely removed the girl's uniform skirt.
"See this mark on the skirt?" Amamiya Natsuki pointed at the skirt and explained, "This is a mark left when you accidentally dropped ice cream on your skirt while on the cruise ship."
The Chika clone puffed out her cheeks: "And then?"
"And your skirt has the same mark." Amamiya Natsuki said calmly, "In other words, you didn't just copy the body, but copied the clothes along with it."
Amamiya Natsuki's gaze shifted downwards, falling on the girl's pink little bear: "Hmm… not even the underwear was left behind."
Not only was it copied, but it could even be taken off and held in hand, feeling exactly like real clothes, which was equivalent to creating objects out of thin air—Hayasaka Ai's transformation ability couldn't do this step. If anything, it was more like some kind of 3D printing ability.
The Chika clone gritted her silver teeth: "The president is such a pervert! I'll never like him again!"
"If you liked me, you wouldn't have stabbed me with a knife." Amamiya Natsuki didn't care at all, looking at the clone girl, "And you actually don't have a real sense of shame, do you?"
If it were the real Chika, tied up in a messy way by magic ropes and having her skirt pulled off, whether out of shyness or anger, her face would definitely turn red. But the Chika clone in front of him, although her expression was very rich, her pretty face remained fair and flawless, without a hint of blush. Her so-called sense of shame was likely just a disguise.
Hearing this, the angry expression on the Chika clone's face disappeared, returning to the indifference she had when they first met, clearly not caring about being exposed:
"President, if you take the afternoon cruise and leave, you might still see tomorrow."
"Sorry, although your copied memories are incomplete, you should know that we have a reason to stay on the Island." Amamiya Natsuki sat down in front of the Chika clone, "Judging by your and Sakura's abilities, you can't threaten us for now… So, are there many avatars like you? Or do you have special abilities you haven't used yet?"
"…"
The Chika clone directly closed her eyes, unwilling to answer a single word.
The more she said, the more mistakes she would make.
He was just a lecherous president. If she talked to him a few more times, she felt like even the color of her panties would be asked… Well, they had already been seen now.
Amamiya Natsuki waved his hand in front of the clone girl: "Chika, speak."
"…"
The Chika clone remained silent.
Amamiya Natsuki threatened: "If you don't speak, I'll take off your underwear?"
"…"
The clone girl still didn't speak.
Amamiya Natsuki thought seriously:
"Speaking of which, you are completely indistinguishable from real humans, so you can also marry and have children?"
"If you have children, will they be ordinary humans or avatars?"
"You avatars seem to lack human emotions. After having children, will emotions be born because of the children?"
Amamiya Natsuki rubbed his hands together: "There are indeed many curious things. Let's verify them."
"…lecherous president!"
The Chika clone finally couldn't bear it, opening her eyes and shouting, "I'm only a second-generation clone, I can't have children at all!"
Avatars were a comprehensive replication from memory to personality. The original's personality would unconsciously influence the clone, which was why the clone girl unconsciously revealed important information. If it were Haruno in the next room, he probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of her.
"Second-generation clone?" Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow slightly, "Then there's a first generation? And above the first generation, is there a source?"
"…"
Discovering that she had accidentally revealed important information, the Chika clone immediately bit her lower lip, indicating that she would not say another word.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked so much just now." Amamiya Natsuki's tone was sincere, and he took out a rice ball, apologizing, "This rice ball is an apology. Do you want to eat it?"
The Chika clone's gaze fell on the rice ball, and a clear look of hesitation appeared in her eyes, but ultimately, her foodie instinct took over:
"…I want to eat it."
Amamiya Natsuki smiled:
"Open your mouth, I'll feed you."
"Let go of me." The Chika clone tried to bargain, "I want to eat by myself."
"Sorry, impossible."
"Hmph."
The Chika clone huffed and opened her mouth, biting into the rice ball with a big gulp.
(Avatars can eat, it's unclear if they need to use the restroom yet.)
Amamiya Natsuki silently observed the information.
After the Chika clone finished the rice ball, Amamiya Natsuki asked:
"How does it taste?"
The Chika clone licked the rice grains from the corner of her lips: "Delicious."
"Very good." Amamiya Natsuki took out another rice ball and dangled it in front of the Chika clone, "If you call me master, I'll give you another one."
The Chika clone: "…Master, master, master, I'm done calling. I want three rice balls."
(Glutton attributes affect avatars.)
(Sense of shame is indifferent.)
(After eating the rice ball, favorability will increase.)
As for why Amamiya Natsuki knew favorability would increase… because a prompt appeared in front of him.
[You have successfully increased your favorability with the Chika clone by feeding her]
After feeding another momotaro rice ball, Amamiya Natsuki prepared to try to turn the Chika clone, saying in a gentle voice:
"Chika, this Island is too small. Come back to Tokyo with us and start a new life?"
Hearing this, a hint of hesitation flashed across the Chika clone's face. However, after a short while, the hesitant expression disappeared, and she smiled and agreed, saying:
"Okay, even if the president is a scumbag who wants a harem, I still want to be with the president… President, can you untie the ropes on me first?"
A prompt appeared in front of Amamiya Natsuki:
[Under the influence of the Mother's will, the Chika clone's favorability has been reset to zero. If you untie the ropes, you will be pressed to the ground by the Chika clone and stabbed seven times.]
Needless to say, it would definitely be with a knife, seven times in and out.
(Mother's will, huh… So there is indeed a Mother on the Island.)
(The Chika clone clearly hesitated just now. The momotaro rice ball wasn't ineffective, but the effect wasn't strong enough.)
(So… should I intensify it?)
Amamiya Natsuki pondered for two seconds, then quickly decided to give it a try.
For ordinary people, it would be impossible to greatly increase favorability in a short time, but players always had some special methods.
For example, Amamiya Natsuki's title skill.
"Love Warrior!"
Amamiya Natsuki selected his target and decisively used the title skill on the Chika clone.
The next moment.
Pink hearts appeared in the Chika clone's eyes, clearly unable to resist the title's effect.
"Chika, what is the purpose of you avatars of humans?"
Amamiya Natsuki seized the time and asked gently.
"It's…" The Chika clone's pretty face was flushed, and her breathing became rapid. Two consciousnesses seemed to be fighting within her body, and her voice trembled as she said, "It's for healing… Mother is injured, and can only recover by feeding…"
Amamiya Natsuki pressed on:
"And feeding means eating humans?"
The Chika clone: "That's right."
Amamiya Natsuki continued:
"Can't you coexist peacefully with humans?"
The Chika clone: "No, only by eating them can we."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Where is the Mother?"
"She's right in…"
The Chika clone's body suddenly trembled violently, and she collapsed onto the sofa as if electrocuted, as if a switch had been triggered, and her eyes began to roll upwards.
Thump thump thump.
A knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"Natsuki-sama." Sayu's voice sounded from outside the door, "Someone's knocking again… My phone rang, Chika said they're outside."
"I'm coming."
Amamiya Natsuki pushed open the door and walked out of the room, coming to the entrance.
Haruno didn't need to be told, she quietly retreated, maintaining a safe distance, while also raising her phone to record a video.
Sayu followed suit, retreating backward. She couldn't help it; once bitten by a snake, she was afraid of a rope for ten years.
Amamiya Natsuki exhaled lightly and opened the door…
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