The board of directors originally chose to purchase Hanasakigawa Girls' High School and Haneoka, two schools located fairly close to each other, largely because they had their eyes on the flourishing student commercial economy in the surrounding area. In a sense, the two schools merely served as a springboard for the board to move in and consolidate the neighboring commercial entities.
Yet, there was one miraculous fast-food restaurant that had rejected every single buyout offer, standing resiliently right in front of the train station. Positioned in what could practically be called the cradle of the tertiary sector between Haneoka and Hanasakigawa, it spent years doing quite ordinary fast-food business, day in and day out.
Miki Kashiwagi walked into the fast-food restaurant alone. The interior was utterly ordinary, with nothing worth lingering over. She cast a casual glance at the band promotional posters on the wall, then placed a takeout order based on the slip written by the four girls.
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