Track 7

Ten-chamu, the thieves went that way!

'Kay-kay..... Uh, Ryui's kinda rolling around tho.

Shut up...... fuck off........

Ah, his lil toe must still be in pain..... the horns on that statue are scary.

Also, Yodaka-san's not the only one missing. Kuguri-san's also gone off somewhere.

N-no waaayy!!

"Aaah, aaah. Everyone, can you hear me?"

!! That's Yodachasu's voice!

Is this an intercom announcement thing?

"I'm currently speaking to you from the security room, watching the security cam footage. For the time being, can you all do as I say?"

Uhmm, which means.....?

He's got an idea.

Guh... At this rate we'll never catch 'em. So let's just go with whatever Natsume's doing.

Ryunya, you ok to walk?

....Gimme 3 secs.

I'll cast a special spell on Ani-sama's veeery precious little toe, okay?

Pain, pain, go awaaay~♪

AAAAIGHT, GOOO AWAAAY!!!!!

You hallucinating or somethin'?

"Alright everyone, could you please head to the table tennis room... while keeping your hands on the walls?"

Ha? We're not in a maze tho, why.

No matter, let's just do it!

Good thing it's not all sticky this time.

What was with the intercoms just now....? They all went in the opposite direction.

Now's our chance to go back and grab the buried treasure....!

Mkay, let's get in from the indoor bath side—

Wha....!? What a gorgeous body.......

This must be an invaluable sculpture....!

We might as well take this statue home instead of the buried treasure......

Fufufu.... I see you lot have good taste.

I-IT SPOOOOOOKEEEEE!!!!!!!!

....Wait a sec, isn't he one of the guys who were chasing us earlier?!

We were all running away, so I didn't get a good look.......

Then you should get a good look now. Come closer.... and take your time.

Hooowwweeehhh..... I'm getting kinda dizzy~....

OY!! DON'T JUST DO AS HE SAYS!!!!

Dammit.... he's pulling us in like a siren. It's dangerous to stay here....!

Too late.

You're not getting away!!!

JUST GIVE UP!!!!

Wha..... they surrounded us before we could notice!?!

You're finally here. I've been waiting forever.

But I've had my eyes on the indoor bath entrance the whole time, where the hell did you guys come from?!!

Let's just say.... there was a secret passageway.

In the hallway leading to the table tennis room, there's a hidden switch on the wall.

Pressing the switch opens a shortcut to the outdoor baths!

It was totes like a ninja house with the revolving doors n stuff, so Chii got all hyped!

Natsume's announcement was both an instruction for us, and a way to get your guard down.

Ggggrrrr... in that case, we'll just force our way through.....!

....Hmph.

GUAAAAH?!

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Ooh. A beautiful judo throw, and now he's restrained.

Yodachasu's amazing!!!

Hmm.... well done.

....kyu.

Ah, and just in time! The burly policemen have arrived!

....we're cooked.

Natsume, you.... can pull off those kinda stunts. I had no idea.

Yeah? It appears so.

Looked like the same technique police use.

I just did it in the spur of the moment.... perhaps it's because I've seen it in dramas?

Phew... all's well that ends well, gr8 work guys!

We are currently refilling the outdoor baths. It will take a bit of time, so please enjoy some tea and snacks we've prepared in the meantime.

Alright, we'll dig in.

Still, those thieves.... insane how they were looking for treasure that didn't even exist.

If it were me, I'd just come as a guest and look for it in secret.

Seems like those poor, greedy lambs didn't think to consider that possibility.

Speaking of which... though it is not buried treasure, there actually is a treasure that's been passed onto each generation of the Ejimura family. The activity was based on that.

Really?

Well, that's if you would call it a 'treasure'. To me.... it is that valuable.

Ehh~ What is it, I'm sho curious!

I can bring it over if you'd like.

This book is the treasure.

Oohh... it's so thick...!

It looks quite old and worn-out.

It's basically an ancient document then.

This is said to be an idea notebook that has been passed down ever since the Edo period. Feel free to take a look inside.

This is.... I see, your ancestors were inventors, weren't they?

Inventors, huh.... no wonder our tastes didn't align at all.

It is filled to the brim with outlandish ideas, so my father had kept it hidden away....

However, as time passed he started to regret not using the notebook. He thought it might have made the inn more successful.

So I'm guessing that you took over and relied on this notebook instead.

Yes. Well, you can see how that turned out....

....but, there really are a lot of ideas in here.

(You can tell that his ancestors really wanted their descendants to have fun with everything in this notebook.....)

They're all groundbreaking inventions that break away from the norms.

The norms....

Ah!

The concept is based on tranquility, to calm your heart and stuff - but dont'cha think it's impossible to relax here?

The goal is to to transform the inn into a place of relaxation, in line with the concept, while also making the best of Ejipyon's sense of style.

Chii's got an idea....!