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"Come, let me open your eyes."
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Amamiya Natsuki, in front of them all, pulled out proof of his wealth and power from his pocket.
A black wallet.
Opening the wallet, it was filled with a thick stack of large-denomination banknotes.
Even if one balloon cost ten thousand yen, it was enough to buy all the balloons in the clown's hand.
"Impossible!"
Seeing the banknotes in Amamiya Natsuki's hand, the balloon clown's smile froze, and his eyes widened in disbelief.
"There's nothing impossible in this world," Amamiya Natsuki said seriously, "Please don't underestimate the earning speed of the town's number one chef."
To be fair, working in a restaurant really doesn't earn much money.
Take Juju-sama, for example: yesterday and today, she worked seven or eight hours. The old man, the shop owner, was very principled; he paid exactly what was due, without any delays. Unfortunately, the hourly wage was only six hundred yen, so working hard only earned enough for her own food and drink.
She could barely afford the amusement park ticket.
Amamiya Natsuki was different.
Shinomiya Kaguya and the others needed money to photocopy flyers at the Convenience Store, basic water and food cost money, and the amusement park tickets also cost money—all paid by Amamiya Natsuki alone.
Where did the money come from?
Firstly, naturally, from working, his salary was only slightly higher than Juju-sama's, negligible.
Secondly, when he met Komi, he heavily plundered the Madame's house, which was extra income.
Finally, there was the real way to earn money.
Dark Cuisine.
After becoming a Dark Chef, in Haunted Town, if he said his cooking was second, no one dared to say theirs was first; he was truly the town's number one chef.
As is well known, ordinary human food has no meaning to kaidan.
Dark Cuisine was different; no kaidan could refuse it.
Those kaidan who came to the restaurant to dine, whether The Slit-Mouthed Woman, or the Two-Faced Woman, or the Bandage Man, all kaidan gave full marks.
After the 'empty plate' action, each one, with weak legs, dripping and sticky all over, could only stand up by holding onto the table. With their bodies and minds completely satisfied, many kaidan would give a generous tip.
For example, Sakurako, who was the first to taste Dark Cuisine, in a great mood, directly gave Amamiya Natsuki tens of thousands of yen in tips.
According to Amamiya Natsuki's observation, female kaidan, whose gender characteristics seemed to be female, were generally more generous than male kaidan.
Amamiya Natsuki catered to their preferences, providing attentive and top-notch service—
Facts proved.
As long as the rich ladies were served comfortably, money came in super fast.
"Give me a balloon."
Amamiya Natsuki pulled out a banknote of the largest denomination and handed it to the clown.
The clown's expression was complex; he silently took the banknote and handed over a pink balloon.
Amamiya Natsuki took the balloon, and as soon as it was in his hand, the system's appraisal sound quickly rang in his mind.
[Item: Clown Balloon (Pink)]
[Type: Consumable, this item can be stored in the game backpack and carried out of the dungeon space]
[Attribute: You can give this balloon to vengeful spirits, kaidan, monsters, etc. The target's favorability will greatly increase. Please note that this favorability effect will slowly decrease over time]
[Remark: No one can refuse a pink heart balloon that represents love!]
"So it's a game item."
Amamiya Natsuki immediately recalled Octopus Paul, whom he had met on the Ghost Ship; at that time, there were also items that could be carried out of the dungeon space.
No wonder the clown said that buying the balloon wouldn't be a scam; this thing was indeed quite useful, whether it was a loss or not was hard to say.
"Here."
Amamiya Natsuki casually handed the balloon to the secretary beside him.
Fujiwara Chika took the balloon, and after receiving the game notification, her eyes quickly widened: "Eh, eh, it's actually a game prop?"
After the balloon was passed around, everyone quickly learned its game identification.
Juju asked curiously:
"I thought it was a cursed item."
"So Mr. Clown is a treasure monster just like Octopus Paul." Kitagawa Marin put her right hand on her hip. "I thought Mr. Clown was a bad guy."
Clown: "..."
Letting you humans exchange your bodies for balloons, when did I become a good person?!
"Mr. Clown." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Clown Bugs Bunny, incredibly wealthy and powerful, "I'll buy all your balloons."
"..."
The unprecedented display of wealth and power made the Clown kaidan somewhat dazed and lost.
This group of humans in front of him seemed to be on a completely different level from other humans.
A moment later.
The transaction was complete.
Amamiya Natsuki obtained more than ten balloons, all of which were game-certified items that could be taken out of the dungeon space, without exception.
Balloons of different colors even had different effects.
For example, pink balloons could be given as gifts to forcibly increase favorability.
Black balloons could block an attack or a curse once.
Blue balloons could maintain sanity points, and so on.
It must be said that the effects were all good.
"Mr. Clown, do you have any other balloons?"
Looking at the Clown with empty hands, Amamiya Natsuki said with some regret: "You can bring them all, we want all of them."
Clown: "..."
On this day, he truly witnessed what it meant to be wealthy and powerful.
There were no more balloons in stock, so according to the previous agreement, the Clown kaidan took them to find the player Ryoko.
A moment later.
They arrived in front of a small wooden building located in an inconspicuous corner.
"This is the staff dormitory building, and your companion is inside." The Clown kaidan pressed down on the hat on its head.
Amamiya Natsuki pondered:
"So, those moving mascots are actually the amusement park staff?"
"That's right." The Clown kaidan smiled, "To provide guests with a home-away-from-home service, all creatures in the amusement park are played by real people. If you guests had entered the Haunted House just now, you would have met many interesting staff members."
"Wait, wait a moment." The passerby player quickly said, "Since they are staff, Ryoko-chan won't be harmed, right?"
"As long as the amusement park rules are not violated, the safety of guests can be guaranteed." The Clown kaidan retorted, "But your friend didn't buy a ticket, she's an un-ticketed person who trespassed into the amusement park, isn't she?"
"In that case, safety cannot be guaranteed."
Kobayashi bit her lower lip and remained silent.
Kitagawa Marin comforted her:
"We already know your friend is inside, now it's just a matter of going in and finding her."
"No, you can't—" The Clown kaidan smiled, "The staff dormitory building is a private area, even respected guests cannot just barge in. There are seven or eight staff members inside, if you guests trespass, you will be considered illegal intruders and are very likely to be attacked."
"So, let's make another deal?"
The Clown kaidan spread its arms, a sinister smile of certain victory on its face: "As long as the reward is high enough, I can help go in and bring your companion out."
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