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"Time waits for no one, we don't have time to slowly build the restaurant's reputation," Amamiya Natsuki interlaced his fingers. "We can only learn from others' successful experiences."
"What experience?"
Kitagawa Marin looked over curiously.
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Of course, it's pyramid schemes... no, it's marketing."
"Marketing?"
Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her pink lips, a thoughtful expression on her pretty face. "...Is it that kind of marketing that rapidly develops downlines?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked over approvingly: "Correct answer."
"What are you talking about?" Fujiwara Chika blinked, her expression bewildered. "I don't understand at all."
Amamiya Natsuki withdrew his gaze and said:
"You'll know soon."
"..."
The discussion concluded.
Everyone quickly got into action.
Plans are no match for changes; there needs to be continuous trial and error and correction, not just theoretical discussion.
So, after the sashimi was cut, Amamiya Natsuki didn't waste any time. He took some samples for tasting and prepared to act.
"Senpai, should I go with you?"
Hayasaka Ai raised her right hand and volunteered.
Shinomiya Kaguya walked over, "I'm going too."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded, "Then let's go together."
The others remained in the restaurant, continuing to prepare the dishes.
There was no conversation along the way.
They soon arrived at the Hospital Ward.
"It's the Hospital Ward building where Kaguya-senpai lost contact before," Hayasaka Ai recognized it at a glance. "It just goes to show that fortune and misfortune are intertwined. If Kaguya-senpai hadn't lost contact, we probably wouldn't have found Chika-chan by now."
"Natsuki-kun, did anything unexpected happen when you completed the mission?"
Shinomiya Kaguya clasped her hands over her lower abdomen, walking like a true lady, and tilted her head slightly, her tone full of doubt. "I just feel like Chika is a bit strange."
"Nothing unexpected happened at all," Amamiya Natsuki denied outright.
Some things couldn't be said; if they were, a cooling strike would immediately follow.
"Is Kaguya-senpai going to do a taste test event?" Hayasaka Ai clasped her hands behind her back, curious. "If it's a taste test, wouldn't setting up a table at the entrance of the Hospital Ward be enough?"
Amamiya Natsuki said, "Doing that would likely get us kicked out. The Hospital Ward is not a place for setting up stalls."
Hayasaka Ai nodded in agreement, "Kaguya-senpai makes a good point."
Amamiya Natsuki continued, "I know a socially Apprentice little girl; I'll go visit her now."
When Kaguya-senpai went missing before, the three of them came to the Hospital Ward to search. Amamiya Natsuki was responsible for the first two floors. Most of the patients in the Hospital Ward were very strange, but one little girl left a deep impression on him.
Walking directly to the door of a patient room, Amamiya Natsuki raised his hand and knocked on the door, then pushed it open and entered.
In the dim light, a little girl in a Hospital gown, hugging a head, was boredly looking at a picture book on the bed.
Hearing the door open, the little girl tilted her head and looked over. Seeing Amamiya Natsuki walk in, her eyes immediately lit up, and she happily called out, "Doctor Uncle!"
Amamiya Natsuki corrected her, "Call me Big Brother."
"But the doctor is clearly an uncle, keke." This little girl had a unique laugh, like a goose. "I'm so bored alone, Uncle, will you play with me?"
Amamiya Natsuki walked to the side of the bed and looked down. The other two silent patients in the room quietly blocked his way, clearly concerned about the little girl in the same room.
Amamiya Natsuki ignored them and said, "I still have to work, I don't have time to play with you."
"Sigh..." The little girl propped her chin with both hands and sighed like a miniature adult, "Adults are indeed very hard."
Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said, "But I brought you a gift."
"Eh?" The little girl was startled, opening her dark eyes wide and looking over, surprised. "Doctor Uncle really brought me a gift?"
"I always keep my word." Amamiya Natsuki said, turning to look at Hayasaka, "Bring the things over."
"Doctor, here you go."
Hayasaka Ai took two steps forward and handed over the sample.
Amamiya Natsuki handed over the sashimi and said, "This is the gift I specially brought for you."
"It's sashimi." The little girl sighed in disappointment, "But the Hospital's food is always bad."
Resentful spirits aren't human; it's inherently difficult for them to taste food.
"This is a special dish. Try it first and see how it tastes." Amamiya Natsuki handed over the chopsticks. "Before eating, dip it in a little bit of the secret sauce."
"Since it's a gift from Doctor Uncle, I'll try it."
The little girl took the chopsticks, and under Amamiya Natsuki's guidance, picked up a slice of raw fish, dipped it in the special chive sauce, and then put it into her mouth.
"Mmm—!"
A muffled groan escaped her lips, and the little girl's eyes instantly widened, her antennae standing on end.
Seeing this, the two patients next to her immediately showed fierce eyes, ready to act.
Amamiya Natsuki was not afraid at all and looked at the little girl, saying, "How does it taste?"
"So, so, so delicious!" The little girl's face was full of pleasant surprise. She swallowed the raw fish in her mouth with effort, then impatiently reached out her chopsticks to pick up other fish slices. "Super delicious!"
There were only a few slices of the sample, which the little girl finished in a flash.
"Eh, it's gone?"
The little girl's gaze shifted, and she looked at Amamiya Natsuki pitifully, "Doctor Uncle, I want more."
"It's gone," Amamiya Natsuki said. "However, if you promise one thing, you can still eat it."
"I promise!"
The little girl stood up on the bed and opened her arms to Amamiya Natsuki.
Amamiya Natsuki asked, puzzled, "What are you doing?"
The little girl said as a matter of course, "Hana-chan is the cutest child in the world, Doctor Uncle must really want to hug me, right?"
Sorry, I have no interest in you at all.
Pale, young, and thin is the current mainstream aesthetic. Which of those do you fit... wait, it seems you fit all of them?
No.
It's one thing to hug a the Sheltered Young Lady, but making a move on a little girl would make me lose my qualification as a human!
"Doctor Uncle can also kiss me," the little girl covered her stomach and continued in an innocent tone, "As long as Doctor Uncle can feed me until I'm full, you can do anything you want."
Fortunately, Kaguya and Hayasaka were both present, otherwise, I'd have to turn myself in as soon as I left!
"Enough, that's enough." Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand. "The gift I just gave you is actually a secret new product from the restaurant to the west. If you want to eat it, you can go directly and buy it."
The little girl was happy at first, then her face fell. She said pitifully, "Hana-chan has no pocket money."
"There's another way you can eat for free, even until your stomach is full," Amamiya Natsuki's voice was faint, finally explaining his purpose. "Didn't you say you're very familiar with everyone in the Hospital Ward?"
The little girl nodded, "Everyone in the Hospital Ward is very good to me."
Amamiya Natsuki held up three fingers and said, "The restaurant will open soon. As long as you bring three guests, you can get a free meal and another serving of the strange fish sashimi you just had."
"Besides sashimi, we also have other dishes. The more guests you bring, the more dishes you can eat for free, with no upper limit."
After Amamiya Natsuki finished speaking, he looked at the two patients beside the little girl and said, "The same goes for you two. As long as you can bring people over, you can redeem dishes for free."
"..."
Hayasaka Ai stood at the door of the patient room, her pink lips slightly parted, and she couldn't help but whisper, "Bringing in new users for a free meal... it feels so familiar."
Shinomiya Kaguya whispered, "Getting friends and family to 'cut a deal' for you, and you get expensive goods for free."
Hayasaka Ai: "..."
They're actually playing viral marketing in a Hospital of vengeful spirits; it's clearly a dimensionality reduction attack!
It turned out that viral marketing was quite effective.
The little girl clenched her fists, her fighting spirit visibly soaring. "Doctor Uncle won't lie to me, will he?"
Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "How could I possibly lie to such a cute Hana-chan?"
"I'll go call everyone right now!"
The little girl jumped off the bed and ran out with her short legs, thump-thump-thump.
"Let's go to the Heavy Care Area again," Amamiya Natsuki turned around and said as he walked, "There's also a Miss Sasaki."
Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but complain, "I was just wondering if the dishes we prepared would be enough; now I'm worried they won't be."
"Just use less ingredients for each dish," Amamiya Natsuki said casually. "The more high-end the dish, the more exquisite it is. Being full isn't important."
Hayasaka Ai looked over in shock, "Kaguya-senpai is indeed a shrewd businessman."
Amamiya Natsuki turned to Kaguya, "This is the method Kaguya-san told me."
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly, admitting, "It was me."
Hayasaka Ai: "...Kaguya-senpai's business acumen and mind are truly amazing!"
"That's too much," Amamiya Natsuki complained. "Why am I a shrewd businessman, but Kaguya is a business genius?"
"Because I choose Kaguya-senpai."
"..."
As they talked, the three soon arrived near the Heavy Care Area.
"You two wait for me here."
Amamiya Natsuki whispered, not letting Hayasaka and Kaguya follow. He took the sample by himself and went to Miss Sasaki.
"Mr. Sato, you're here?"
Miss Sasaki's face was full of pleasant surprise.
Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said, "Miss Sasaki, thank you for your hard work."
The effect of the NTR's title skill was still active. Amamiya Natsuki handed the sample to Miss Sasaki and briefly asked her to help promote it. Miss Sasaki naturally agreed immediately.
"It's done."
Under Miss Sasaki's reluctant gaze, Amamiya Natsuki turned and walked to Hayasaka and Kaguya, "Let's go, straight back to the restaurant."
The three walked downstairs together.
"That Miss Sasaki really likes Kaguya-senpai," Hayasaka Ai said idly, fanning the flames. "Kaguya-senpai didn't take the opportunity to do anything strange, did she?"
"Don't slander my innocence," Amamiya Natsuki said, speechless. "That's a vengeful spirit Miss Sasaki; she's cold all over, with no warmth at all. How could I do anything strange to her?"
"Wait a minute," Shinomiya Kaguya raised her eyebrows slightly upon hearing this. "How does the President know that Miss Sasaki is cold all over and has no warmth?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "...I plead the 5th."
Hayasaka Ai tilted her head and looked over, a pleasant smile on her lips. "So Miss Sasaki's name is Shizuka?"
Amamiya Natsuki: "..."
Chatting all the way, the three quickly returned to the restaurant.
"Natsuki, how are things?"
Kitagawa Marin was the first to greet him.
Kaguya-senpai and Chika also stopped their training, took a short break, and came to ask about the situation.
"Not bad; guests should be arriving soon," Amamiya Natsuki looked at the Succubus Girl and said, "Marin, you can pause your training for now."
"I was planning to rest for a while anyway," Kitagawa Marin stretched her arms over her head and let out a big yawn. "It's good to relax; my feet are going to give out from all this dancing."
"By the way, what kind of dance are you practicing?"
Amamiya Natsuki asked curiously.
"Cough, cough…" Kitagawa Marin lightly coughed twice, covering her pink lips and saying, "It's a secret. If I tell you now, there won't be as much anticipation."
Amamiya Natsuki went to the back kitchen to check on the progress. Juju was slacking off, and only Komi and Yui were working diligently.
"You're slacking off during work," Amamiya Natsuki said, walking behind Juju. "Come to my room tonight and explain yourself properly."
"Ah…" Juju jumped in surprise, turning to glare at him. "Don't suddenly speak behind people's backs, you idiot!"
Juju-sama lifted her chin: "I wasn't slacking off. I was just taking a break."
"Mhm, mhm."
Komi kept nodding beside her, showing support.
The unfortunate Yui also said:
"Juju-sama did do a lot of things. She just took a break."
"Tsk, not only slacking off during work, but after being caught, you even deceive your superiors and subordinates." Amamiya Natsuki crossed his arms, his expression serious. "The three of you, come to my room together tonight."
"Pfft!"
Juju lightly spat, glaring at him in disdain. "Don't bully Komi."
As expected of good friends with deep sisterly affection, when something happens, they always think of each other.
Amamiya Natsuki bent down and whispered into Juju's ear:
"Juju, you don't want Komi to be bullied, do you?"
"What do you mean?"
"If you don't want Komi to be bullied, then let me replenish my Juju energy."
"Pfft~"
Juju's small face flushed. "Don't even think about it! I won't agree!"
Amamiya Natsuki whispered:
"Then I'll bully Komi."
"You wish!"
"…"
As they spoke, a noisy commotion suddenly came from the front. Hayasaka Ai ran over, thumping, "Senpai, that little girl brought guests over."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded lightly: "It's time to open for business."
Sashimi and grilled fish were already prepared. Amamiya Natsuki was mainly responsible for the crucial soul dipping sauce.
Coming from the back kitchen to the front restaurant, a little girl immediately ran over on her short legs, raising her small face expectantly:
"Uncle Doctor, I brought everyone over."
"Don't worry, you won't miss your reward. Let me count how many people there are first."
Amamiya Natsuki reached out and rubbed the little girl's head.
"A total of twenty-three people came," Shinomiya Kaguya reported in a low voice beside him.
As expected, she's a social butterfly. She can call over a large group of people in such a short time… to be precise, a large group of Vengeful Spirit Loli.
Hayasaka Ai said in a low voice:
"These guests are just sitting there, with no intention of eating anything."
"That's because they haven't eaten Hextech cuisine yet," Amamiya Natsuki said. "Go get all of Hana-chan's rewards. We keep our word."
Hayasaka Ai blinked, nodding slightly in understanding.
After bringing out many servings of sashimi and grilled fish, the Vengeful Spirit Loli was happy and naturally wouldn't eat alone. She generously shared with others.
The complimentary portions were naturally small. After tasting the deliciousness of Hextech, patients finally began to order.
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