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Chapter 11 - Chapter 11: The Villainous Young Lady Shinomiya Kaguya

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All Villains have origin stories.

"That Spirit student was too poor; I only borrowed one coin."

Amamiya Natsuki sighed.

"You just called it hush money!"

Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but mutter.

"Time is running out; don't waste it on small matters," Amamiya Natsuki said without changing his expression. "We still need to continue borrowing money."

"It's best to borrow a lot," Shinomiya Kaguya folded her left arm across her chest and rested her right hand on her chin, analyzing calmly. "Since this school has 'currency,' then besides the Cafeteria, it should be usable in other places as well..."

"It's best to borrow from everyone in the Cafeteria," Kaguya lowered her gaze, her pink lips slightly pursed, her voice echoing with the timbre of the night. She seemed even more frightening than a Spirit. "I've heard a saying: 'Money makes the ghost turn the mill'... As long as you become someone who controls capital, you can control everything."

"Kaguya is so scary!"

Fujiwara Chika hugged her arms to her chest.

Amamiya Natsuki nodded in agreement: "So scary."

Fujiwara Chika continued: "Exploiting even Spirits, what an evil capitalist!"

Amamiya Natsuki: "Evil capitalist."

I was only thinking of borrowing money to pass the test, but you, on the other hand, are already planning to extort the entire Cafeteria. Truly an evil big capitalist!

"Let's split up," Amamiya Natsuki quickly said. "Fujiwara and Shinomiya go together, and I'll go alone."

Extorting Spirits isn't illegal, so there's no reason to refuse.

Amamiya Natsuki strongly agreed with the saying, "Money makes the ghost turn the mill." If he had enough money, he might really be able to walk around Haunted Campus as he pleased.

Even if not, at critical moments, he could use the 'Money Scatter' skill to create an escape opportunity.

In short, the more, the better.

"Kaguya-chan, are we really going to extort others?" Fujiwara Chika asked in a low voice.

"It's hush money," Shinomiya Kaguya corrected.

"It's clearly the same thing," Fujiwara Chika muttered. "We're going to become Campus villains."

...

Amamiya Natsuki didn't listen to the two girls' whispers and walked over to another Spirit student in the corner.

This Spirit was a male student with blood-red eyes and a face covered in crisscrossing scars. He only had one arm, and black mist-like substances flowed from the wound, making him look quite terrifying.

"Me, hush money, give me money."

Amamiya Natsuki sat down beside the male student, his expression normal, and extended his right hand.

If it were before yesterday, he definitely wouldn't have been so calm, but after seeing countless evil spirits, he had unconsciously become accustomed to it.

Although the Spirit male student in front of him was scary, he at least maintained a human form. Many of the distorted things in reality didn't even have a human form, and compared to the giant from this morning, the Spirit male student in front of him even looked somewhat handsome.

...

The Spirit male student didn't speak. His head suddenly bent ninety degrees, and his cold, blood-red eyes stared coldly. His mouth opened, revealing ferocious, saw-like teeth inside.

"What are you looking at?"

Amamiya Natsuki pointed under the table. "Is that your discarded food?"

"How dare you throw food around in the Cafeteria? Have you forgotten the Chef's rules?"

Hearing "Chef," the Spirit male student's movements paused, and a clear look of hesitation appeared on his face.

However, this male Spirit was clearly harder to fool. After a brief hesitation, the chilling aura around him suddenly intensified, and his voice became cold, as if it could freeze a person:

"You're lying to me. Humans can't possibly know the Chef's name..."

Amamiya Natsuki interrupted directly.

"Oink..."

The Spirit male student nervously stopped his movements.

How could this be?

This outsider actually knew the Chef's true name?

Danger, danger, danger.

If he really called the Chef out of the kitchen, he would definitely be dragged in and used as reserve ingredients!

"I'm sorry, please forgive me."

The Spirit male student's expression changed, and he quickly bowed his head in apology.

When under someone's roof, one must bow their head.

The same goes for Spirits.

Apologizing only means losing face; not apologizing means becoming reserve ingredients.

"Me, hush money, give me money."

Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand.

...

The Spirit male student silently pulled out three bone coins from his pocket and handed them over.

Three coins right off the bat, quite generous.

"Don't worry, I'll keep my mouth shut, I guarantee it with my integrity."

Amamiya Natsuki pocketed the coins with satisfaction.

The male ghost trembled with anger, bloodshot eyes welling up.

You're extorting even ghosts; you humans have no integrity at all!

Amamiya Natsuki stood up, his peripheral vision catching the Ghost Girl nearby, who was pushing her hair aside and secretly peeking over, a clear expression of schadenfreude on her face.

You poor ghost with only one dollar, how dare you mock others!

It seems not only humans, but ghosts also have the attribute of being entertained by others' misfortunes; when other ghosts are unlucky, they become happy.

Seeing Amamiya Natsuki look over, the Ghost Girl quickly put her hair down and sat properly with her head bowed.

Amamiya Natsuki didn't bully her further and continued to look for his next target.

One trick, conquer the world.

The effect of 'the fox assuming the tiger's might' was quite good; Butcher was an eternal god, and Amamiya Natsuki collected hush money along the way, with no ghost student daring to refuse.

"What's going on with those three players?"

"They're asking ghosts for money?"

"Could they be borrowing money?"

"Idiots, ghosts aren't philanthropists; how could they lend money to humans? They must have found a hidden way out."

...

The other players in the Cafeteria were all shocked, staring over with wide eyes.

Unfair!

They exchanged blood for food, so why were these three players so relaxed?

One player was eager to follow suit, wanting to use the same method to demand hush money, but couldn't say Butcher's true name and was quickly torn apart by an enraged ghost, his body dissipating into mist in the Cafeteria.

The others calmed down at this sight.

At the same time.

"Amamiya-kun, help, help, help me!"

Fujiwara Chika's cry for help suddenly reached his ears.

Amamiya Natsuki looked over, discovering that she and Shinomiya Kaguya had their wrists grabbed by a Female Ghost, their situation precarious.

"I didn't secretly throw away food, so even if the Chef comes out, I'm not afraid." The Female Ghost's face was pale, her eyes pitch black, showing no expression, and her voice was cold and eerie, "You actually extorted me, I'm going to eat you."

Demanding hush money requires caution; after all, it's like playing with fire, and these evil spirits are not to be trifled with. One wrong move and you could become a goner.

Evidently, Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika had very bad luck.

Smack.

Amamiya Natsuki stepped forward, lifted his hand, and spilled the food from the plate.

The Female Ghost looked up blankly.

"You're wasting food now." Amamiya Natsuki calmly pointed to the food on the table.

Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened at his words, and she blurted out:

"Eh, eh, eh, f-false accusation!"

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