"Mm, just consider it helping everyone in town!"
Satou smiled slightly and said.
"That's right, if it's Satou, there's definitely no problem!"
"Yeah, Satou, you're so amazing, there's definitely no problem!"
Everyone's eyes lit up, and they placed great hopes on Satou.
"Will this be a bit dangerous?"
Tadokoro Masako stroked her cheek, a little worried about Satou.
"What does it matter? Are they going to tie us up and kill us if they don't agree?"
Yukihira Soma laughed heartily.
Tadokoro Masako thought so too; at most, they would just refuse.
But, as a big hotel, they probably wouldn't listen to a few students, would they?
After lunch, Satou and the others went to the hotel together.
The hotel's exterior was very luxurious, and its interior decoration was also very grand.
"Wow, it feels as luxurious as the Totsuki Hotel. I wonder how much it cost to build this hotel."
Yukihira Soma said with an amazed expression.
"I didn't even know about it before."
Tadokoro Megumi was also very surprised; she remembered that a year ago, this hotel didn't exist at all, but looking at the crowd in the lobby, it was clear that it had already gained considerable popularity.
"It seems to have become a famous tourist destination."
Tadokoro Masako said, "Although the hotel has brought more guests to our town, they have monopolized all the seafood in the town, making it difficult for the inns and restaurants in town to do business."
At this moment, a group of people walked through the lobby.
"Miss An, thanks to the early publicity, the hotel's occupancy rate has already exceeded half in less than two months since opening. It is estimated that it won't be long before it reaches an occupancy rate of over 80%, at which point its popularity will not be inferior to Far Moon's resort."
A middle-aged man dressed in a suit, appearing to be a manager, was saying something to a beautiful young woman with long, dark green hair.
"Eh? Aren't you that, that person?"
Yukihira Soma pointed at An and exclaimed in surprise.
"Hmm?"
An, who was struggling to carry a stack of books, stopped upon hearing this and turned her head in surprise. When she saw it was Yukihira Soma, her delicate eyebrows immediately furrowed, "You are..."
"Haha, so you still remember me."
Yukihira Soma laughed heartily and said.
"Who are you?"
An frowned and retorted.
"Miss An, do you know this young man?"
The manager beside her asked.
"Hmm, I don't know her. Never mind, let's go."
An shook her head, clearly having long forgotten Yukihira Soma.
"Hey, long time no see."
At this moment, Satou greeted her. He hadn't expected to meet An here. It seemed the financial backer behind this hotel was likely the WGO.
"It's…it's you? Why are you here?"
An was stunned when she saw Satou, but immediately began gritting her teeth.
She had always remembered this guy who interfered with her plans!
Yukihira Soma felt rather depressed. Why did she still remember Satou but completely forget him?
"Am I really that ordinary-looking?"
He said somewhat helplessly.
Yuki Yoshino and Ryoko Sakaki looked at him and nodded seriously.
"Ah, because this is the hometown of one of my classmates, so I've been staying here for a few days."
Satou said with a smile.
"Eh? Satou and this young girl who looks like the person in charge are old acquaintances? If that's the case, then it'll be easy."
A few of the uncles from Tadokoro Megumi's family all laughed happily.
"Who's an old acquaintance with this guy! I still remember very clearly all the outrageous things he did to me! So, to be more accurate, we should be enemies!"
An immediately cried out indignantly, but as she got excited, the book in her hand immediately began to sway, scaring her into quickly steadying herself.
"Outrageous things? Enemies?"
Everyone was stunned, and their expressions became a bit strange.
Looking at her, she didn't seem like an enemy; she looked more like an ex-girlfriend or something similar.
"Ah! I understand now, so you're Satou's ex-girlfriend? No wonder!"
An uncle said, suddenly enlightened.
"Satou, it seems you were quite a ladies' man before you met Megumi."
"That's right."
The others all teased.
Satou was somewhat speechless, and An's face turned red with anger, gritting her teeth, she cried out, both shy and angry: "Who's this guy's old flame! If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now!"
Then, indignantly clutching the book in her hands, she wobbled, preparing to leave.
"Hey, wait a moment."
Satou quickly called out to her.
"Is there anything else you need?"
An impatiently stopped, poking her face out from the pile of books, and asked with difficulty.
"Ah, it's like this, actually, we came here for something, and we hope you can help."
Satou said.
"Oh? Help?"
An's face showed interest, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"That's right, this hotel is run by WGO, isn't it? They've monopolized the seafood market here, raised prices, and caused a lot of trouble for the local residents and restaurant owners."
Satou said: "So we hope you can ask them to sell seafood at a fair price."
"Is that so?"
An turned her face and asked the manager here.
She was only here to inspect how the newly completed hotel was doing; she wasn't very clear about the specific operations.
"Uh, that is indeed the case."
The manager hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Because the hotel just opened, there's been some difficulty with initial capital turnover, so to make up for the losses, we raised the price of seafood."
"You heard that, right? Lowering the price is impossible!"
An stuck out her tongue at Satou and said proudly, looking like a little girl showing off.
Everyone was quite speechless.
"Hey, Satou, talk to your ex-girlfriend. Otherwise, everyone won't be able to afford seafood."
An uncle said to Satou.
"What ex-girlfriend! I heard that!"
An cried out, both angry and annoyed, then arrogantly raised her head, snorted lightly, "I was originally going to help, but now it's impossible!"
Satou was speechless for a moment.
"She probably never intended to help, did she?"
Yuki Yoshino complained.
"Then what will it take for you to help?"
Satou asked, feeling a bit of a headache.
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