Chapter 2

You pass.

Thank you so much, sir! I'll do my best to climb the ranks here!

Huh, seems like you know a thing or two about hospitality. Are you a spy from another café or something?

N-No way! I just studied a lot so that I'd be hired here!

Is that so? Well, it's good to set your sights high.

Anyway, this is the perfect time to introduce you to one of your coworkers. He just started here, too.

(Huh?)

This guy right here. Play nice, okay?

And you are?

(Captain Hitsugaya? He didn't show up in my last playthrough, did he?)

I'm Shuhei. I'm looking forward to working with you!

Likewise. You can call me Toshiro.

(There's something about that tacked-on smile of his that bugs me. I guess that's the kind of character he is in this game? Still, it looks like he's pushing himself.)

So, about Capt, I mean, Toshiro. If he joined around the same time I did, how long has he been working here?

Since about a week ago.

(Only a week? That pretty much does overlap.)

(There's got to be some reason for a character who wasn't here the first time to show up now.)

It seems like he's got plenty of experience waiting on customers. Was his last job also in the service industry?

No idea.

I see. Erm, I don't suppose you know his age or where he lives or anything?

Why do you want to know?

Huh?

It's really strange that you're asking me instead of him. What are you up to?

(Crap!)