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To be precise, there wasn't a single usable ingredient.
There were only some bloody meat chunks and unrecognizable plant tubers, and she had no idea how to make a dish out of them.
"A clever housewife cannot cook without rice." Tsubame nodded slightly. "It seems that getting ingredients is the biggest difficulty now."
"The restaurant should have a supply channel," Natsuki said. "These ingredients in the kitchen won't appear out of thin air."
Shinomiya Kaguya frowned slightly and said:
"I already checked upstairs before, and I didn't find a phone or contact information."
"There's another possibility," Hayasaka Ai raised her hand and spoke. "It's possible that it's a very traditional agreed-upon supply method, such as delivering goods every three days."
In reality, it's fine, you can actively purchase, but in the dungeon, it's completely unworkable. The scope of activity is limited to the Hospital in front of you, and you can't get out at all.
"Um..." Yui Student said softly, "When I was helping before, I saw a very ugly, strange fish that was still jumping around and not kept in water. If there was a supplier, they should have been here not long ago."
Hearing this, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't help but exchange glances with Sheltered Ojou-sama.
"No wonder there's a fishy smell..." Amamiya Natsuki said faintly, "What if the fish were caught by ourselves?"
"Eh?"
Koyasu Tsubame explained from the side: "There's an artificial lake inside the Hospital."
Narrowed.
The path has narrowed.
Only thinking about getting others to provide ingredients, but in fact, you can completely do it yourself and be self-sufficient.
"Where there's water, there's certainly fish," Natsuki said as a matter of course. "Since that's the case, fishing for ingredients should also be fine, right?"
Tsubame-senpai pursed her pink lips and said: "We don't have fishing rods."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Fishing rods don't have any technical difficulty; you can completely make them yourself."
"Senpai is right," Hayasaka Ai's voice was clear. "I'm very interested in fishing."
Komi, who hadn't spoken, quickly nodded: "Mhm, mhm."
Yui: "…"
This is too abnormal!
This is a super dangerous dungeon, why are you discussing fishing there!
"Oh, and there's another item that can come in handy."
Amamiya Natsuki slapped his forehead and pulled out a handful of fresh, green stuff from his pocket...
"Eh, chives?"
Yui Student opened her eyes in confusion.
"That's right, it's chives." Natsuki looked at the unlucky girl. "Yui Student, you can cook with chives, right?"
"I can, but..."
"I'll leave these chives with you for now."
This small handful of chives, even if you give them all to me, won't be enough!
Yui complained in her heart while taking the chives, and soon exclaimed:
"Eh, eh, eh, the chives can actually be cut continuously?"
"That's right," Amamiya Natsuki said with a nostalgic tone. "Back then, we used these chives to tame a Miss Milk Cow."
"Eh, Milk Cow... Miss?"
"Don't mind the details." Natsuki waved his hand. "Anyway, the chives are entrusted to you. Cut them when they grow, and use them as ingredients. You decide how to cook them."
Yui quickly nodded and thanked him gratefully: "I understand, thank you, Senpai."
Cutting chives and cooking are very simple. There's no need to deal with monster chefs with trepidation, and she can easily complete her task... Natsuki is clearly a very good person!
"Oh, and the mushroom obtained from the last dungeon."
Amamiya Natsuki put on the dark chef badge, then took out a mushroom. This thing is a special ingredient; ordinary people can't eat it. His gaze swept around the kitchen and quickly fell on the unknown black sauce. "Yui Student, don't throw away that sauce."
"Eh?"
"You can recycle it and make a special Hextech mushroom sauce." Amamiya Natsuki pressed his brow. "It tastes super good and can be used to attract customers. The side effects are that it will have a certain hallucinogenic and addictive quality, and it might also cause diarrhea."
"Wait a minute," Yui couldn't help but say, "Is that kind of thing really okay?"
"Don't worry, it won't kill anyone. It will just make those patients suffer a bit, and I'll bear the bad reputation." Natsuki waved his hand. "Anyway, we're not eating it."
Yui: "…"
No.
I have to take back what I just said. He actually wants to add hallucinogenic Hextech to the food. Natsuki-kun is not a good person at all!
Amamiya Natsuki quickly said again:
"We'll talk about fishing in the artificial lake later, and Chika and Marin haven't been found yet... Komi, you and Yui are staying in the back kitchen to clean and cut leeks, right?"
This Komi was already timid, and it was truly difficult for her to move around the Hospital alone earlier.
"Mmm-hmm."
Komi quickly nodded and agreed.
Yui also took a deep breath: "Please rest assured, I will handle the cleaning and preparation."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded slightly, then turned to look at the three Dumbfounded Misses and said:
"Are you staying to help, or are you going to look for Chika and the others?"
"We're going to look for Chika and the others," Koyasu Tsubame quickly said, "I haven't found anyone yet."
Hayasaka Ai raised her right hand: "I'll go help too."
The main reason was that the kitchen was too dirty, making her feel psychologically uncomfortable. While watching videos of others cleaning blankets was enjoyable, Hayasaka Ai certainly didn't want to clean them herself.
"Are we still going to plant mushrooms?"
Shinomiya Kaguya bit her pink lip lightly, a hint of hesitation on her pretty face.
Mushrooms were fine, but what if another lust mushroom grew?
No one else had one, and if only she did, she would definitely be secretly considered a perverted woman.
"Don't worry, our speculation has been confirmed," Amamiya Natsuki naturally saw Kaguya's worries and whispered, "When I planted a mushroom for myself earlier, a sloth mushroom grew."
"That's good."
Shinomiya Kaguya let out a soft sigh of relief and nodded in agreement.
That's what she meant, why should only she grow lust mushrooms? If they were going to grow, they should all grow together.
Before planting a mushroom, Amamiya Natsuki looked at Komi again and extended her hand, saying:
"The time for the Copy and Paste skill has arrived, let me Copy and Paste it again."
"Mmm."
Komi responded almost imperceptibly and obediently extended her right hand.
Amamiya Natsuki then turned to look at the unfortunate girl and pondered:
"Yui, should I Copy and Paste a skill for you too?"
There's no need to hide abilities; displaying them openly is fine. The only original sin of being coveted is weakness.
Besides, the unfortunate girl was a temporary teammate. Appropriately showing strength and offering benefits could make her work harder.
This Yui was still a bit nervous. After seeing Amamiya Natsuki's skill panel, she quickly bowed in thanks and said excitedly:
"Thank you, Natsuki-kun!"
The skill to transform into a shadow and be immune to physical attacks was clearly a super powerful skill. Even if it was a temporary skill and could only be used once, it was still incredibly powerful.
Copy and Paste completed.
Amamiya Natsuki didn't waste time and then plant a mushroom for the senpai, Hayasaka, and the three Dumbfounded Misses.
Koyasu Tsubame: "Mine is a sloth mushroom. Good thing it's not a gluttony mushroom, I'll really get fat if I eat any more."
Hayasaka: "Hmm, this time it's a wrath mushroom. Senpai, don't make me angry later, or you'll see."
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at Kaguya: "What mushroom is yours?"
...
The Sheltered Ojou-sama didn't speak. She bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth and silently turned her head away.
No need to say it.
She already guessed what mushroom it was.
"The number of times mushrooms can be planted is still too few," Amamiya Natsuki comforted her, "If you plant mushrooms more often in the future, you'll definitely be able to grow other sin mushrooms."
"We'll talk about that later," the inner child of Shinomiya Kaguya was rolling on the ground, but her face remained expressionless, maintaining the posture of an elegant lady. She said nonchalantly, "What about your own mushroom?"
"I'll act with you," Amamiya Natsuki smiled, "No need to plant mushrooms together."
"Eh?"
Upon hearing this, Shinomiya Kaguya's pink cheeks involuntarily puffed out slightly.
Too much!
Absolutely too much!
Since anyone can grow a mushroom, why don't you grow mushroom yourself?
"Senpai, you're with Kobayashi. Hanamori, Aoi is with you now. Kaguya-san and I will act together." Amamiya Natsuki took out a hand-drawn map, on which many places were already marked with red crosses. "As before, everyone chooses an exploration area first. We'll gather at the restaurant in thirty minutes at the latest."
"Finally, be careful and don't reveal your identities."
...
The discussion concluded.
Komi and Yui stayed behind, while Amamiya Natsuki and Kaguya activated their disguise forms and walked out of the back kitchen.
"Doctor, you're out," Chainsaw Boy said with reverence.
Amamiya Natsuki patted his shoulder, said a few encouraging words, and then left the restaurant together.
The few people separated.
Amamiya Natsuki lowered his head, looked at Kaguya in her twin-tailed loli form, and extended his hand, saying:
"Shall we go?"
Shinomiya Kaguya was still angry and turned her small face away: "I can walk by myself."
Amamiya Natsuki coughed lightly and said:
"Actually, I just Copy and Paste the skill to Yui, and now I need to Copy and Paste it again."
"Since that's the case, there's no other way..."
The Sheltered Ojou-sama nonchalantly raised her right hand, allowing Amamiya Natsuki to hold it.
"Your hand is so small," Amamiya Natsuki squeezed the Sheltered Ojou-sama's fingers and commented, "The touch and feel are very realistic, the disguise effect is first-class."
"Don't do anything irrelevant," Shinomiya Kaguya's small face was slightly red, and she looked straight ahead.
Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:
"It's a very important and serious matter."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."
Squeezing a loli's finger and calling it a serious matter, how can you be so shameless!
The area they were exploring was the Hospital Ward, passing by the artificial lake.
The artificial lake in the real world was beautiful both day and night, but the one in the instance was not. The lake surface was like stagnant water, completely black, so dark that nothing could be seen, making it exceptionally oppressive.
"There should be fish in there," Amamiya Natsuki stroked his chin and pondered, "It's just difficult to catch them."
Shinomiya Kaguya frowned slightly: "Will there be monsters in it?"
"That possibility cannot be ruled out," Amamiya Natsuki said, "We'll let Aoi and Kobayashi try going into the water later."
If there's danger, the subordinates go first, there's nothing wrong with that.
Shinomiya Kaguya had no objection to this.
She wouldn't care about the safety of others unless they were close to her.
After a few words, the two turned and left the lakeside. After just two steps, Shinomiya Kaguya's small face suddenly scrunched up.
"What's wrong?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked down.
...
The Sheltered Ojou-sama didn't speak, but just bit her pink lip with her pearly teeth, lifted her right foot, and quickly rubbed it on the ground beside her.
It turned out she had stepped on something.
Amamiya Natsuki looked closely, but the light was too dim to see clearly: "What you stepped on isn't necessarily..."
"Don't speak."
Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but interrupt him.
Stepping on something awful was already disgusting, and she absolutely didn't want to hear that word.
"When you find one landmine, there are likely other landmines nearby," Amamiya Natsuki half-squatted and looked at the Sheltered Ojou-sama, "You don't want to step on another landmine, do you?"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "...What do you want to do?"
Amamiya Natsuki opened his arms and said seriously:
"I am willing to sacrifice myself and carry you out."
"I'm the one sacrificing myself!"
...
Although that was true, walking out like this was indeed worrying.
Next to the artificial lake was a large patch of grass. No one knew how many bombs were hidden inside, and after encountering one, Shinomiya Kaguya absolutely did not want to experience it again.
"N-no choice, let's get out of this patch of grass first..."
The Sheltered Ojou-sama hesitated slightly, her small face flushed, and she turned her head, indicating her consent.
"I'm carrying you."
Amamiya Natsuki gently wrapped his arm around her, easily lifting the Sheltered Ojou-sama.
"So light," Amamiya Natsuki gently weighed her, "After disguising, even the weight changes."
Black hair, red eyes, twin-tailed little maid. Although it wasn't the Sheltered Ojou-sama's face, holding her in his arms was still enjoyable, and at the same time, the loli maid had a faint, delicate fragrance about her.
In contrast, Shinomiya Kaguya leaned back slightly, her expression of disdain quite obvious on her small face.
"You dislike me?"
Amamiya Natsuki's tone sounded hurt.
"Of course I dislike you," the Sheltered Ojou-sama whispered, unable to help but complain, "A middle-aged doctor, if this were reality, I'd already advise you to turn yourself in."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Then should I undo my disguise now?"
"No, it's too dangerous," Shinomiya Kaguya glared at him, "Hurry and leave here."
...
Amamiya Natsuki carried the Sheltered Ojou-sama, not in a princess carry, but with Kaguya directly sitting in his arms. If anything, it was a father carrying his daughter.
While paying attention to the grass and talking to the Sheltered Ojou-sama, they finally safely left the grass area by the artificial lake.
"Put me down."
The Sheltered Ojou-sama squirmed her body and said shyly.
Her current posture was even more embarrassing than a princess carry. Since she was little, no one had ever carried her in this way.
Amamiya Natsuki agreed, reluctantly putting the Sheltered Ojou-sama down, and then they walked together towards the nearby Hospital Ward.
Just as they reached the entrance of the Hospital Ward, a Nurse with gauze wrapped around her face, with specks of blood seeping through, happened to come out and said hoarsely:
"Sato, did you bring your daughter to play again?"
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki paused, remembered his second task, reached out and rubbed the Sheltered Ojou-sama's head, and said calmly:
"My daughter always insists on coming to play, no choice, I just have to indulge her."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "???"
You actually want to be my father?
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