Chapter 1

*Sigh* What should I do? I'm worried about tomorrow.

Oh, Shuhei. What's wrong? You look down in the dumps.

Whoa! Kisuke?! I didn't know you were here. Please don't scare me like that.

I just came to get some supplies. You, on the other hand, seem to be having some trouble.

I'm helping out at the butler café for the Women's Soul Reaper Association event, but there have been some, uh, developments.

Rangiku says I'm still too green and can't hope to make it to the top if I don't pick up the pace. Wait, what is that?

Why, it's the perfect thing to ease your worries, good sir! Right now, I'm offering it at a very special price!

Is that a video game from the world of the living? I'm helping out again tomorrow, so I don't have time to play it.

Saying no because you think it's frivolous, huh? You miss the point. That's why you keep being told off.

This game has exactly what you need right now, Shuhei.

Wh-What I need right now?

That's right! You want to satisfy everyone in the Women's Soul Reaper Association, correct?

If you'd like to rent the console, I can also arrange that for you! Here's how much you can get all of this for, good sir!

I swear I'll find out...

...what my butler hospitality skills are lacking!

(Hm? Is this the world of the living?)

(No, it's not. I was just playing the "dramatic action game that lets you experience the world of the living" that I bought from Kisuke.)

So, you'll take the case? I knew I could count on you!

If anyone can get to the bottom of this, it's Shuhei the great journalist detective!

(Right. I'm the main character, a detective!)

Um, yeah! Leave it to me!

We would like you to investigate the new café in town run by Sosuke Aizen and Gin Ichimaru.

Sinister rumors lurk behind its rave reviews. I've heard that ever since they opened, the managers have been acting suspiciously.

(According to the game's story, my clients are business owners in this town.)

(I guess they have some doubts about Aizen.)

Seems like the best way to uncover the café's secrets would be to infiltrate it.

I hate to say it, but I couldn't even pass their employee test. That's why we need you, Shuhei! The peace of our town depends on you!

However, there is no point in you gathering intelligence if you are unable to bring it back.

You wouldn't mind if I tested your abilities, would you?

Everything seems in order. We'll leave this case to you.

All right, then we have to hurry up and finish our preparations.

What preparations?

A more appropriate outfit for you, of course. Your current attire would not bode well in a café setting.

That's true. I don't think I could infiltrate a café looking like this.

Here it is. The main branch of Themed Café 10, the Gentleman Café!