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"Since you've walked into a den of thieves, then don't leave."
Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya exchanged glances.
The unscrupulous doctor's role quest had two parts.
One was to receive genuine praise from patients, and the other was to find a forgotten valuable item.
Completing either role quest would allow for submission, but if both role quests were completed together, the final clearance score would definitely be higher.
Compared to those lazy players who only hoped to barely clear the dungeon and had no pursuit for dungeon rewards, Amamiya Natsuki naturally chose higher scores and rewards—just wanting to lie flat and get the minimum guarantee would eventually lead to being eliminated.
"So…" Amamiya Natsuki pressed his nose bridge, "I need to figure out a way to trick her into the back kitchen."
"How about a knockout drug?" Fujiwara Chika suggested quietly, "It's often seen in TV dramas."
"That kind of thing is outdated, isn't it?" Kitagawa Marin retorted, "In current movies, they just use a handkerchief to cover someone's mouth and nose, and they immediately fall unconscious… I think it's called ether?"
Amamiya Natsuki said faintly:
"You've been fooled by movies."
"Eh? How so?"
"There's no such thing as something that makes you instantly faint upon inhalation. It needs to be inhaled through the nasal cavity, reach the lungs, be absorbed into the bloodstream, and then reach the brain via the blood to achieve general anesthesia and make someone unconscious." Amamiya Natsuki explained the principle, "In fact, it takes several minutes for someone to fall unconscious after inhaling ether. With that much time, it's better to just knock them out and carry them away."
Hayasaka Ai covered her chest with both hands, took half a step back, and said cautiously:
"Senpai knows so much, could it be that he's been planning this all along and wants to harm us?"
"You know too much." Amamiya Natsuki looked over, "Come to my room tonight, and I'll teach you how to keep a secret."
"Kaguya-chan, Senpai wants to bully people." Hayasaka Ai turned her head to complain.
The Sheltered Young Lady crossed her arms, tilted her head, and looked over: "President, please don't do anything illegal."
"Even if you say that…" Amamiya Natsuki shrugged, "Everything we just discussed is illegal, isn't it?"
"…"
The restaurant was full of people, so directly knocking someone out and dragging them away was naturally impossible.
After a simple discussion, it was finally decided that Marin would take the lead. The Succubus Girl was an excellent actress and wouldn't get stage fright, so she wouldn't mess up at a crucial moment.
Seizing the opportunity, when the nurse with the tally mark on her waist was alone, Kitagawa Marin quickly walked up to her.
"nurse, congratulations, you've won a prize."
The nurse was a little confused: "What did you say?"
"This restaurant is holding a customer appreciation event for both new and old customers." Kitagawa Marin smiled, "You are the twentieth customer to dine at this restaurant today. Please follow me to claim your gift."
It was normal for businesses to hold promotional events, so the nurse had no suspicions at all. She followed behind Marin and walked towards a corner.
"You are Miss Don, aren't you?"
Fujiwara Chika flashed out, stood up, pointed, and activated her skill.
The nurse's expression was blank: "Who is Don?"
"It's you."
Kitagawa Marin extended her right hand, triggering the suppression effect of Seize and Eliminate Evil, then pushed the immobile nurse towards the back kitchen.
"You…"
The nurse had just opened her mouth when Kitagawa Marin covered it, followed by a hood coming down, instantly blocking all light.
Even as a spirit, facing the sudden kidnapping by dark forces, the nurse couldn't help but panic, wanting to struggle and call for help. Unfortunately, her body was immobile, and her mouth was covered. She truly couldn't get help from anywhere.
In the darkness, the nurse with the tally mark on her back only felt herself being pushed forward. A moment later, she was pressed down onto a cold, hard object.
Amamiya Natsuki sat across the table, his fingers intertwined, looking at the nurse on the chair opposite, wearing a hood, and said in a low voice:
"I apologize for bringing you here this way… I have a few questions I'd like to ask you. Please answer them truthfully."
The nurse's body was still immobile, but the towel blocking her mouth was removed, allowing her to finally speak: "Take off the hood…"
"Are you sure?" Amamiya Natsuki's voice was low and sinister, "If you see my face, you'll never be able to leave."
"…"
That one sentence immediately silenced the nurse, and she no longer mentioned taking off the hood.
"Then…" Amamiya Natsuki extended a finger, gently tapping the table. The dull sound echoed in the small room, bringing a heavy sense of oppression. "Let's start with a few simple warm-up questions."
"Name?"
"Rumi… Tachibana Rumi."
"Age?"
"Twenty-nine years and thirty months."
"Gender?"
"Female."
"Occupation?"
"Medical personnel."
"Marital status?"
"Married."
"…"
"Very good, basic trust has been established." Amamiya Natsuki continued tapping the table, applying psychological pressure, while deliberately lowering his voice, "Miss Tachibana, how much do you know about Doctor Sato?"
"Doctor Sato…" The nurse hesitated, "Doctor Sato and I just entered the Hospital at the same time. I don't know much…"
"You're lying."
Amamiya Natsuki's voice was low, and he winked at the Succubus Girl.
"Received."
Kitagawa Marin saluted, then began the body search.
"I'm not lying!" The nurse quickly argued, "…You, what are you doing?"
Kitagawa Marin pursed her pink lips and said nothing.
During an interrogation, an executioner who says nothing puts a lot of pressure on others.
Soon, Kitagawa Marin found a wallet in the nurse's pocket and placed it on the table.
Amamiya Natsuki opened the wallet and found some photos inside. One of the photos showed a couple: one was the nurse, and her husband was also wearing a doctor's white coat.
"Miss Tachibana… no, I should say Mrs. Tachibana." Amamiya Natsuki put down the wallet, his voice low, "Is your husband also a doctor at the Hospital?"
Mrs. Tachibana's voice immediately became tense: "What do you want to do to Shunsuke?"
"I'm not interested in your husband, but please don't lie again, otherwise…" Amamiya Natsuki continued to tap the table unhurriedly, "Mrs. Tachibana, you don't want your husband to lose his job, do you?"
"…"
In the temporarily vacated interrogation room, Amamiya Natsuki and Marin were not the only ones. Besides the Sheltered Young Lady and the Unlucky Girl who were entertaining guests in the front, everyone else was curiously observing in the interrogation room.
At this moment, hearing Amamiya Natsuki's threat, the girls all cast disdainful glances.
"Shameless!"
"NTR must die."
"To actually threaten someone with their husband, that's too much!"
"No wonder he got the title of NTR Warrior. Senpai must have that kind of terrible hobbies, right?"
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki ignored the girls' disgusted looks and continued to interrogate the Married nurse.
"What is Doctor Sato's current marital status?"
Facing the threat of NTR, the Married nurse was quite cooperative: "Doctor Sato was married before. I even attended his wedding. It's said they were childhood sweethearts who grew up together… Later, I don't know why, but Doctor Sato suddenly divorced his wife."
"The reason for the divorce?"
"I don't know. Doctor Sato and I are just colleagues."
"What is Doctor Sato's daughter's name?"
"Mieko."
"Who is raising the daughter now?"
"It should be his wife."
"Does Doctor Sato carry any personal items that he never parts with?"
"I don't know. I really don't know this."
"…"
After a round of interrogation, Amamiya Natsuki finally obtained information about the character he was playing: Doctor Sato, a middle-aged man, currently divorced, with one daughter from his ex-wife. The daughter is raised by his wife. The specific reason for the divorce is unknown, but it's likely related to Sato himself… An ordinary person wouldn't be rated as an 'unscrupulous doctor'.
In some manga, guys who abandon medical ethics and prey on JK high school students are called unscrupulous doctors.
"That's roughly all the information."
After the interrogation, everyone went to another room.
Amamiya Natsuki whispered:
"After all, it's just a normal colleague relationship, so Mrs. Tachibana only knows this much."
"Could the most valuable item be Doctor Sato's daughter?" Fujiwara Chika crossed her left arm over her chest and rested her right hand on her chin, imitating a famous detective, "For example, after the couple divorced, the mother remarried and abused Mieko, and also prevented Sato from seeing Mieko?"
"Not very likely." Amamiya Natsuki shook his head, "The first time I met Mrs. Tachibana, she almost mistook Kaguya for Doctor Sato's daughter."
Juju pursed her pink lips and analyzed:
"In other words, Mieko has visited the Hospital before, and she was an elementary school student-sized Mieko, otherwise, she wouldn't have been mistaken."
Amamiya Natsuki looked over with appreciation, "As expected of the great detective Juju."
"Hmph."
Madam Juju hummed softly, ignoring him.
Kitagawa Marin raised her hand and said, "Could it be that a bank card or something similar was lost?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Marin: "If a bank card is lost, you can just reapply for a new one. It shouldn't be the most precious thing."
"Oh dear." Kitagawa Marin slapped her forehead, "I forgot that bank cards can be reissued."
"There are still too few clues. Just guessing out of thin air, it's impossible to know the answer." Hayasaka Ai said from the side, "Didn't that married nurse just say that Doctor Sato has a Lounge in the Hospital? There might be clues inside."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded:
"We do need to go look."
At least he had to see the key object for a hint to appear, so he couldn't rely on it too much.
"Wait." Kitagawa Marin whispered, "What about the nurse next door?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Tie her up and lock her in the Basement."
"Eh?" Juju was startled, "Didn't we agree to let her go?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at Juju: "Think carefully, when did I say I would let her go?"
The person was interrogated in the restaurant. Once the nurse was released, she would definitely call for help, greatly increasing the risk of exposure. It was better to directly lock her in the Basement until the instance was cleared.
Hayasaka Ai complained from the side: "As expected, Senpai is a big villain."
"Whether it's a manga or a light novel, only the big villains can survive until the end." Amamiya Natsuki turned his head and looked at Hayasaka, "The task of detaining the nurse is entrusted to you. I have complete confidence."
"..."
After locking the nurse in the Basement and dealing with the traces on site, everyone became busy again as if nothing had happened… One had to admit, it was increasingly starting to feel like a black market shop.
Amamiya Natsuki left the kitchen and walked to the front of the restaurant, casually looking at the Nurses. The Nurses were still dining and completely unaware that a companion was missing.
"Natsuki-kun, how are things?"
Shinomiya Kaguya closed the restaurant ledger and quietly inquired about the situation.
Amamiya Natsuki roughly recounted the information obtained from the interrogation, then said: "I'm going to check the Lounge."
After all, the office was a place for work, so it was unlikely to have too many personal items. The Lounge had a higher possibility of containing clues.
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly and said:
"Let Fujiwara and Hanamori go with you."
One was an essential member of the evil organization, and Hayasaka Ai's magic gun was also super useful.
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"If the three of us leave, the restaurant will be short-staffed."
"So I plan to implement a reservation system to control customer flow." Shinomiya Kaguya stated her plan, quite calmly, "Everyone still has other character quests unfinished. We can't spend all our time and energy on operating the restaurant."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded: "Then we'll go."
"..."
They left immediately.
After a simple arrangement of the restaurant affairs, Amamiya Natsuki, Hayasaka, and Chika left together.
Watching the three figures walk out of the restaurant, Shinomiya Kaguya's cheeks suddenly puffed out slightly.
How strange.
The former 'Big Three' were clearly herself, Chika, and the President. Why, why was she abandoned now?
The journey was silent.
Amamiya Natsuki was now a doctor, while Hayasaka and Chika had changed into nurse uniforms. They encountered no obstructions or interrogations along the way and smoothly arrived at the Lounge door.
"This is it."
In the quiet and eerie corridor, Fujiwara Chika tried the doorknob and quickly said, "No, it won't open."
"The door is locked, of course it won't open."
Amamiya Natsuki said while reaching into his pocket, taking out a key, and with a click, opened the door.
Fujiwara Chika asked curiously: "Eh, Natsuki-kun, where did you get the key?"
Amamiya Natsuki said as a matter of course: "This is originally 'my' room, so it's normal to have a key, right?"
Pushing the door open and entering the room, an indescribable smell wafted into their noses, making them frown.
"It smells awful." Fujiwara Chika quickly covered her mouth and nose, unable to help but complain, "It's the smell of dirty socks! They must not have been washed for a month!"
That's not necessarily true; people without athlete's foot won't have very smelly socks even if they don't wash them for a month.
Hayasaka Ai also frowned: "There's also the smell of smoke. Is this the legendary smell of a middle-aged degenerate uncle?"
"You're thinking too little." Amamiya Natsuki corrected, "The truth is, many young people's rooms also have the smell of dirty socks and smoke."
The Lounge was not large. Dirty socks, cigarette butts, crumpled clothes, an unmade bed, books scattered everywhere, half-drunk beverages… all proved that the owner of the Lounge was a degenerate single man.
"Search separately." Amamiya Natsuki quickly said, "The sooner we find useful information, the sooner we can leave."
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