Welcome to HAMA Ward 1

If you have any fish, we can prepare them for you here! You can also buy fresh catches!

We got fried fish, sashimi, sushi, tempura—any kinda seafood you want!

Wow… It’s so lively. And you can smell seafood everywhere.

(Hm. So they specialize in seafood here? Luckily for me, I have the fish that I just caught.)

Matsushige-san, they don’t look busy over there. Let’s have them cook up your fish.

O-Oh, that sounds lovely…

Yooo, Chief. Hope work’s goin’ well. Hey, switch with me for a bit.

Manager Daniel?! Ah, I forgot that you’re helping Ward 1… Are you fileting fish?

Yeah, but Ten left, and now I gotta do three times the work. It’s crazy! Want me to cut up your fish for you, ol’ geezer?

Hey! He’s our guest, don’t call him that!

(What an unpleasant attitude. I cannot believe Kafka hired the likes of him. How unsightly.)

I’m so sorry, Matsushige-san. I’ll go get us some conger eel tempura. It’s our specialty. You can wait in the eating space, and they’ll cook the fish that you caught soon too.

You want something to drink? Conger eel tempura goes well with some cold sake. I’ll buy some for you.

Wha⁠— Ahem! A-Are you sure?

‘Course I am. Here, sit down, I’ll bring it to ya.

Speak politely, Manager Daniel!

(He speaks quite rudely, but he seems to be somewhat considerate…)

Here’s your eel tempura and cold sake, along with your fish that they fried. I’m sorry, I need to go check in on the ward mayor for a moment, so will you be okay on your own?

Yes, thank you. Go on ahead. I’ll be enjoying my drink here.

(I suppose I won’t meet the Ward 1 mayor. Good grief… But, hm, this tempura is…delicious!)

(*gasp* I cannot be swayed by some measly tempura… Gh, but the sake is good as well…)

Being able to have fresh fish here is amazing!

I really like the atmosphere around here too. We should go to a sushi place.

(I see… The guests are enjoying it. W-Well, I suppose people are more lenient with their criticism in front of good food.)

(Where did Ten-kun go? Manager Daniel said he’d look for him, but if I let him do that, he’d probably disappear too.)

Oh, hey Chief. Making the rounds?

Ah, Ten-kun! Where were you?

Hm? I went to the bathroom.

There aren’t any in that direction… Come on, we need to go back!

Ten, you’re finally here. C’mon, let’s switch places. It’s my turn to slack off.

Manager Daniel.

Whaaat? Don’t glare at me like that.

I wasn’t slacking. I was just taking a little break.

I’ve been working hard as of late, so I just thought it’d be a good idea to take a breather.

(If I don’t balance things out, I’m gonna end up helping out too much, and I don’t want that. It’s not like me.)

I get how you feel, my man. In a perfect world, we’d spend half of our work shifts sleepin’ instead.

What are you saying…?

Lemme get back into things.

Got any fish with you, ladies? I can filet them for you.

(!! He’s spinning his knife around! How’s he doing that…?)

Here we go. Time for the Ward 1 mayor’s legendary knife show.

Wow! He’s moving so fast, my eyes can’t even keep up!

He’s already got it cut into sashimi! And the three-piece filet is so clean…

Can I take a video?!

Yeah, go ahead. Makes for a good advertisement.

Even his smile is god-given…!

(He’s really popular… But of course he is. Now if only he could work without slacking off…)

Ten-kun, I’m gonna go, but make sure to stay focused on work.

Alright. Don’t worry, I got my own “job” to do. I’ll get it done.

Your own job…?

By the way, that guest you’re helping out over there is pretty interesting.

(Is he talking about Matsushige-san? He seems pretty normal to me…)

Hey! I’m gonna go buy some more fish, so can you show me that knife thing again?

I-I’m gonna buy more too!

Okaaay, thanks for the business.

Phew. I’m sorry for keeping you waiting, Matsushige-san.

Oh, no worries. I just finished eating, and it’s so convenient that the car arrived quickly.

(This app they developed is excellent. It automatically arranges a taxi for you to take to the next ward.)

(And since it doesn’t cost very much, it makes you want to visit wards that you wouldn’t usually consider…)

(But this isn’t enough to convince me!)