Kaguya-sama: Love Is War wants me to turn myself in.

"We've already stocked up on some ingredients, so we can start operating now."

Kaguya Shinomiya nodded slightly: "It can indeed be put on the agenda... The first step is to attract customers and make them willing to spend money at the restaurant."

"The food the restaurant served before was really... indescribable," complained the hardworking and enthusiastic woman. "Rebuilding a reputation won't be an easy task."

"What's the point of building a reputation?" Amamiya Natsuki shook her head and said, "That kind of thing is actually irrelevant."

"Huh?" Zhu Zhu was taken aback, then raised her little face and said, "Idiot... cough, what are you talking about? Reputation is the most important thing for a store, isn't it?"

“That’s true for a proper restaurant, but…” Natsuki Amamiya changed the subject, “Are we a proper restaurant?”

Hayasaka Ai raised her right hand and replied with a smile, "We are a black-hearted restaurant."

Zhu Zhu: "..."

Who would admit to running a dishonest restaurant?

Chapter 440 Viral Marketing

“Time waits for no one, we don’t have time to slowly build up the restaurant’s reputation.” Natsuki Amamiya interlaced her fingers. “We can only learn from the successful experiences of others.”

"What experience?"

Kitagawa Uimu looked curiously.

Amamiya Natsuki said:

"Of course it's pyramid scheme... no, it's marketing."

"marketing?"

Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her pink lips, a thoughtful expression on her pretty face, "...Is it that kind of marketing that rapidly expands its network?"

Amamiya Natsuki looked over approvingly and said, "Correct answer."

"What are you talking about?" Fujiwara Chika blinked, looking bewildered. "I don't understand at all?"

Amamiya Natsuki withdrew her gaze and said:

"You'll find out soon enough."

"..."

The discussion is complete.

The group quickly sprang into action.

Plans can't keep up with changes, so we need to keep trying and correcting mistakes; we can't just stay at the stage of theoretical discussion.

So after the sashimi was cut, Natsuki Amamiya didn't waste any time. She took some samples to try and got ready to go.

"Senior, may I go with you?"

Hayasaka Ai raised her right hand, volunteering herself.

Kaguya Shinomiya walked over: "I'll go too."

Amamiya Natsuki nodded and said:

"Then let's go together."

The others stayed at the restaurant and continued preparing the food.

Speechless all the way.

We arrived at the inpatient department soon.

“It’s the hospital building where my senior went missing.” Hayasaka Ai recognized it at a glance. “It’s a double-edged sword. If my senior hadn’t gone missing, we probably wouldn’t have found Chika-chan by now.”

"Natsuki-kun, did anything unexpected happen when you were completing the mission?"

Kaguya Shinomiya crossed her hands and rested them on her lower abdomen, walking with a very ladylike posture. She tilted her head slightly and said in a puzzled tone, "I feel like Chika is acting a little strange."

“There were no accidents at all,” Natsuki Amamiya denied outright.

Some things can't be said, because if you say them, you'll immediately face backlash and criticism.

"Are you going to do a tasting event, senpai?" Hayasaka Ai asked curiously, her hands behind her back. "If it's a tasting event, can't you just set up a table at the entrance of the inpatient department?"

Amamiya Natsuki said:

“Doing that would likely get you kicked out; the inpatient ward isn’t a place to set up a stall.”

Hayasaka Ai nodded in agreement: "What you said makes sense, senpai."

Natsuki Amamiya continued:

"I know a kid named She Niu, I'll go visit him now."

When their senior went missing, the three of them came to the inpatient department to search for her. Amamiya Natsuki was in charge of the first and second floors. Most of the patients in the inpatient department were quite strange, but one little girl left a deep impression on him.

Arriving directly at the door of a hospital room, Amamiya Natsuki knocked and then pushed the door open to enter.

In the dim light, a little girl in a hospital gown, cradling a head in her arms, is listlessly looking at a sketchbook on her bed.

Hearing the door open, the little girl tilted her head and looked over. When she saw Amamiya Natsuki walk in, her eyes lit up, and she happily exclaimed:

"Doctor!"

Amamiya Natsuki corrected, "Call me 'brother'."

"But the doctor is clearly an old man, hee hee hee." This little girl had a very distinctive laugh, a hee hee hee sound. "I'm so bored by myself, old man, will you play with me?"

Amamiya Natsuki walked to the bedside and looked down. The other two silent patients in the ward stood quietly in front of her, clearly concerned about the little girl in the same ward.

Amamiya Natsuki ignored him and said:

"I have to go to work, I don't have time to play with you."

"Sigh..." The little girl rested her chin on her hands and sighed like a little adult, "Adults really have it so hard."

Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said:

"But I brought you a gift."

"Huh?" The little girl, who was in the hospital, was startled. She opened her dark eyes wide and looked over, exclaiming in surprise, "Doctor, you really brought me a gift?"

“I always keep my word.” Natsuki Amamiya said, turning to 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 a gift I brought especially for you."

"It's sashimi." The little girl sighed in disappointment, "But the food at the hospital is always terrible."

Wraiths are not human, so they have a hard time tasting food.

“This is a special dish. Try it first and see how it tastes.” Amamiya Natsuki handed over the chopsticks. “Before you eat it, dip it in the secret sauce.”

"Since it's a gift from the doctor, I'll try it."

The little girl took the chopsticks and, under Natsuki Amamiya's guidance, picked up a slice of sashimi, dipped it in the special chive sauce, and then put it in her mouth.

"Well--!"

A muffled groan escaped her lips, and the little girl's eyes widened instantly, her ahoge (cowlicks) standing on end.

Upon seeing this, the two patients next to him immediately turned hostile and wanted to make a move.

Amamiya Natsuki, showing no fear, looked at the little girl and said:

"what about the taste?"

"It's sooooo delicious!" The little girl exclaimed with delight, swallowing the sashimi in her mouth with gusto. Then, she eagerly reached for other slices of fish with her chopsticks. "Super delicious!"

There were only a few pieces of the sample, which the little girl ate in the blink of an eye.

"Huh, that's all?"

The little girl turned her gaze and looked pitifully at Natsuki Amamiya, "Doctor, I still want to eat."

“No more,” Natsuki Amamiya said. “However, if you agree to do one thing, you can still eat it.”

"I promise."

The little girl got up and stood on the bed, opening her arms to Natsuki Amamiya.

Amamiya Natsuki asked, puzzled:

"what are you doing?"

The little girl said matter-of-factly, "Little Flower is the cutest child in the world. Doctor Uncle must really want to hug me, right?"

Sorry, I have absolutely no interest in you.

The current mainstream aesthetic is fair-skinned, young, and thin. Which aspect do you fit? ...Wait, it seems like you fit all of them?

No.

Hugging a silly young lady is one thing, but to lay a hand on an elementary school student is a disgrace to one's humanity!

"Doctor, you can kiss me if you want," the little girl said innocently, clutching her stomach. "As long as you can feed me, you can do whatever you want with me."

You're kidding me!

Luckily, Kaguya and Hayasaka were both there, otherwise they would have had to turn themselves in as soon as they left!

"That's enough, that's enough." Amamiya Natsuki stretched out her right hand. "The gift I gave you earlier is actually a secret new product from the restaurant on the west side. If you want to try it, you can go and buy it directly."

The little girl was initially happy, but then her face fell, and she said pitifully:

"Xiaohua doesn't have any pocket money."

"There's another way, I can let you eat for free, even until you're stuffed." Amamiya Natsuki's voice was low as she finally revealed her purpose, "Didn't you say you were familiar with everyone in the inpatient department?"

The little girl nodded: "Everyone in the inpatient department is very kind to me."

Amamiya Natsuki held up three fingers and said:

"The restaurant will be open soon. If you bring three guests, you can have your meal for free and also enjoy another serving of the strange fish sashimi from earlier."

"In addition to sashimi, we also have other dishes prepared. The more guests you bring, the more dishes you can eat for free, with no upper limit."

After finishing speaking, Natsuki Amamiya looked at the two patients beside the little girl and said: