Morty hadn't expected Number 7 to give him such a pleasant surprise. After succeeding on his second attempt, he spent the next few hours gradually winning the older Ricks over to his side.
This string of successes and failures not only made Morty let go of his stereotypical, label-based impression of Ricks as a group, but also changed some of his thoughts about the Citadel of Ricks.
Yes, that was right.
Most Ricks really did treat Mortys as disposable tools.
But... Beth! She was their one and only biological daughter. She was the true key to winning over the Ricks.
By awakening their memories of their little sweetheart, Morty had managed to pull it off in a way that seemed unbelievable, yet somehow perfectly natural.
And this was actually evident from the sales of the Citadel's currently popular food product—the Innocence Wafer.
When Morty had talked with AI Rick before, that guy had mentioned the product's astonishing sales throughout the Citadel.
Morty had overlooked that detail at the time.
It was not until the second Rick he won over spoke in front of him about how much he missed his daughter that Morty remembered the Innocence Wafers.
Morty could not help secretly regretting that he had not thought of it sooner.
Every ingredient in the product was the same as in an ordinary wafer.
Except for that layer of "jam" spread on top...
It was a sweet memory filled with joyful father-daughter moments!
By means they were not particularly willing to reveal to outsiders, they had "strapped" an innocent Rick—one who needed life support and constantly relived his emotional memories with Beth—to a massive machine.
That sweet memory played over and over, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, without stopping for an entire year.
The machine extracted dopamine