"Damn it, in that case!"
Gojo Satoru, who had been frantically scratching at the wall beside them for a long time, suddenly pulled out his phone.
"Yes, yes, that's right, make it for me now."
Gojo Satoru hung up the phone.
In less than two minutes, a new "prize ticket" was delivered into Gojo Satoru's hand.
Gojo Satoru immediately ran to a suitable spot behind the house, then aimed the prize ticket at the interior of the house.
"Be quick, and be careful with Cursed Energy manipulation. Eichi and Artoria's perception isn't weak, so..."
Aided by the Six Eyes' observation, Gojo Satoru shortened the distance between the prize ticket and the table inside the shop in less than 0.1 seconds.
In just an instant, the prize ticket appeared in the beauty salon.
Then, a text message was sent to the handsome man's phone.
"Hmm?"
Artoria and Eichi, who had just walked out of the beauty salon's main entrance, turned their heads in confusion.
It seemed like a familiar Cursed Energy had appeared, but it was too brief for either of them to confirm.
Just as the two paused for a short moment,
the handsome man immediately rushed out with the prize ticket the new boss had just sent.
"Two guests, please wait!"
He then took Eichi's hand and directly slipped the prize ticket into Eichi's palm.
"What is this?"
Eichi looked strangely at the brightly colored item in his hand, which resembled an advertising flyer.
"This is..."
The handsome man's brain spun rapidly.
"Congratulations to both of you for being our 100,000th customers. This is a prize our shop has carefully prepared to give back to our customers."
'One hundred thousand? Is this beauty salon that popular?'
Yet, for the past hour or so, they were the only two customers.
"We hope our guests have a pleasant time."
The handsome man bowed slightly, then quickly returned to the beauty salon.
Eichi opened the prize in his hand and found it was a 1 yen all-you-can-eat hotpot voucher.
In simple terms, it was all-you-can-eat for 1 yen.
Eichi's eyes were filled with confusion and doubt.
Although he had been running between the High School and various Jujutsu Sorcerer Families all these years,
he hadn't gone shopping in a long time.
But has the current business environment become this competitive?
Have businesses' cross-Domain collaborations become this extensive?
Ramen collaborating with beauty salons, beauty salons collaborating with hotpot restaurants?
Aren't they afraid of overextending themselves with such large cross-Domain collaborations?
Moreover, going for hotpot right after a beauty treatment—which Genius came up with this idea?
"What's wrong, Eichi."
Seeing Eichi standing still,
Artoria came closer.
"Hotpot, huh."
"Want to try it?"
"Hmm, I didn't eat enough just now."
Artoria felt there was still some time before the Summer Festival officially began.
She could satisfy her Royal Stomach first.
"Then let's go."
Seeing that Artoria wanted to go, Eichi immediately put aside his thoughts and led the way.
In the hotpot restaurant.
The manager, who had just received the news, respectfully led the two to a VIP private room.
Then, plates of exquisite food were brought out.
"Sir, these are complimentary items for this event. Please enjoy."
The waiter enthusiastically brought two bottles of exquisitely packaged sake.
"Thank you."
Eichi politely nodded to the waiter and watched him leave.
"Tengu Sake..."
Eichi felt the sake in front of him looked a bit familiar.
He seemed to have seen it somewhere before.
Because Eichi rarely drank alcohol, he didn't know much about it.
This sake is a relatively famous brand in the island country; a bottle with this packaging costs more than a normal person's hotpot meal.
However, the two didn't know this and didn't think much of it... Not far from the private room, Gojo Satoru was excitedly explaining his Plan B to them.
Then he wore an expression that seemed to say, 'Come on, praise me.'
"Satoru, how are Eichi and their alcohol tolerances?"
Panda seemed to have thought of something.
"Hmm? That is indeed a problem."
Gojo Satoru stroked his chin, lost in thought.
"You're serving them alcohol without even knowing their tolerance? What if it's not enough?"
Panda covered his face.
"Daijobu, even if the store's isn't enough, aren't there many other stores around? Plenty of good wine."
Gojo Satoru spread his hands, encompassing all the supermarkets, restaurants, and izakayas within his sight.
"But I remember if humans drink too much, they lose interest in that kind of thing, right?"
Panda, who understood humans even better than Gojo Satoru.
"Huh? Shouldn't it be that their spirits are high?"
Gojo Satoru, the sheltered young master, who seemed to know a lot but surprisingly lacked common sense.
"Where did you get that conclusion?"
Panda was speechless.
"Da de~" (Because)
"I often see news and stories about promiscuity after drinking."
Gojo Satoru felt that since there was so much news about promiscuity after drinking, then alcohol should really be able to get the two of them on the fast track.
"No, no, no, Satoru."
Panda held up a finger and said in a serious tone.
"If you drink too much alcohol, it suppresses the brain's excitement center, so it's even less likely to generate those kinds of thoughts and behaviors."
"Really?"
"Really. What you're talking about is basically mutual consent after being slightly tipsy, or using the effect of alcohol to act on thoughts they've wanted to do psychologically but usually didn't dare to.
So the situation you're describing is because that person was already like that; it's a manifestation of seeing character after drinking. The question is, do you think Eichi and they are the kind of people who can't control themselves after drinking?"
"No."
Gojo Satoru shook his head.
Neither he nor Eichi or Suguru Geto would take advantage of someone drunk.
Otherwise, Shoko Ieiri and Utahime could already have a football team of children.
Especially Shoko Ieiri; she often takes a few drinks to drown her sorrows when stressed.
And then she'd pass out directly in the operating room, infirmary, and other places.
"It's okay, if this trick doesn't work, I still have Plan C."
Gojo Satoru didn't dwell on this failure and immediately began preparing a new plan.
"What is it?"
"Still thinking."
"Eh?"
Panda's bear mouth slightly opened, finally turning into a soft sigh.
'I hope Satoru doesn't go too far, otherwise, if a drunk Eichi and they chase Gojo Satoru through the downtown area, the map of the island country will have to be redrawn tomorrow.'
Panda was speechless.
He really hadn't expected Eichi and Artoria to be so difficult to matchmake.
Suddenly, Panda thought of something, then looked at Gojo Satoru.
'Satoru hasn't made any moves yet, and Suguru Geto also became a father without ever having a girlfriend.
Nanami also doesn't seem to have been in a relationship. Ieiri Kiyotaka, Yu Haibara, Yaga Masamichi, Kusakabe Atsuya, Utahime Iori, Mei Mei...'
The images of the High School crowd flashed one by one in Panda's mind.
Suddenly, a terrifying thought appeared in Panda's mind.
'Could it be that becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer at the High School causes a curse that makes one lose feelings for the opposite sex?'
Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto were exceptions; they were in love before coming to the High School.
Panda felt he needed to investigate thoroughly.
Not just for others, but also for his good father, Righteous Path.
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