Chapter 1013

"Ah~"

Early the next morning, Broly saw Tadokoro Megumi looking somewhat dejected in the hotel cafeteria.

"What's wrong, Komekko?"

Broly carried a staff meal and sat down opposite the braided girl, asking directly.

"Ah, Broly-san, no, there's nothing wrong with me."

Tadokoro Megumi started, hurriedly waving her hands in reply.

"If there's nothing wrong, then why do you look so listless?"

Broly found it a bit strange; he called up the Crystal Palace Panel in his consciousness, but didn't discover any decrease in the girl's Happiness Value.

"Uh, because the hotel bed is too soft, I'm not too used to it, so I didn't sleep well last night."

The girl answered thus on the surface, but in her heart she thought: 【I can't exactly say directly that last night, between having already done "it" and being a "nymphomaniac," I chose to acknowledge that I'm a nymphomaniac————】

"Komekko, you actually still have trouble sleeping in a new bed?"

"Mm."

"Then before tonight, I'll go communicate with the hotel people and see if they can swap you a harder bed."

"Ah, that's not necessary."

"No, this is very necessary. Only with good rest and high spirits can you better cope with the various cooking assignment assessments of the training camp."

Broly straightened his face and said.

"But if there's no other bed to swap to, making this kind of request, wouldn't it be too much trouble for them? After all, we're students, not guests————"

Tadokoro Megumi tried to stop him; after all, her lack of spirit wasn't really because the bed was too soft.

"Rest assured, even if the hotel side doesn't have this kind of bed to swap, I can personally run a trip to the Polar Star Dormitory dormitory side and move the mattress you're used to sleeping on over here to swap for you."

Broly patted his chest in guarantee, his attitude so firm it allowed not the slightest refusal from the girl.

Tadokoro Megumi opened her mouth, somewhat not knowing what to say.

Broly-san is reliable; when there's a matter he truly helps, but the more he's like this, the more Tadokoro Megumi feels a bit ashamed of the excuse she casually lied about.

"Broly-san, I'm sorry, I actually didn't sleep well because the bed was too soft."

"Then what is it because of?"

"I————"

Meeting the boy's puzzled gaze, Tadokoro Megumi's face flushed red, yet she couldn't speak the truth.

"Can't say."

However, she didn't continue lying either.

"Alright then, how about I give your head a massage to let you perk up a bit?"

Seeing Tadokoro Megumi like this, Broly didn't force the girl to tell the truth, instead saying.

"Ah, that's too much trouble, no need."

"You don't want to greet today's cooking assignment assessment in good spirits? You should know that if spirits aren't good, it will also affect a chef's taste system."

"Uh, then I'll trouble you, Broly-san————"

Hearing this, Tadokoro Megumi could only accept Broly's kindness with a red face.

Broly's hand rested on the girl's head of soft hair, gently kneading some spirit-rousing acupoints on the crown while his fingertips also threaded strands of Qi into Tadokoro Megumi's body.

The braided girl only felt her somewhat withered spirit revive for a moment, just as if the situation of not resting well last night had been erased.

"How is it, any better?"

"Mm, I'm much better."

Tadokoro Megumi nodded, paused, then asked again: "Broly-san, is massage really that miraculous? I feel my current spirits are just like I slept properly last night."

"Normally speaking, relying only on technique, it's not that miraculous, but when I was massaging, I gave you some of my Qi.

Mm, Qi is comprehensive life energy; you can treat it as the mixed product of essence, Qi, and spirit of every living creature."

"Then, you giving this Qi to me, won't it have any effect on yourself?"

Tadokoro Megumi didn't question Broly's words, instead worrying that sharing Qi might affect Broly.

"Haha, that won't happen. My Qi compared to your Qi, in terms of magnitude, is like the difference between a water droplet and a vast ocean.

Even the true gap is even larger than this, so Komekko you don't need to worry that me giving you Qi will cause any effect on myself."

Broly stroked the girl's head explaining.

"Eh? Then Master Broly, can you also give me some Qi?"

Yoshino Yuuki rubbed over from the side rear, sat down and asked.

She was just at the back a moment ago, but she heard Broly and Tadokoro Megumi's dialogue.

"Mm, I also had a bit of insufficient sleep last night."

Sakaki Ryouko also sat down on the other side with a smile.

Last night, when they listened to Tadokoro Megumi explain the reason for washing pantsu, they incidentally also heard that Broly's massage technique was superb.

So, no matter what, they also wanted to experience it now.

"Hey, what are you doing, why the strange looks?"

When Yukihira Soma walked over carrying a tray, what he saw was Broly raising both hands respectively resting on Yoshino Yuuki and Sakaki Ryouko's heads, looking just like he was practicing some skull-crushing claw technique, but the two having their heads grabbed instead wore expressions of enjoyment.

"Master Broly is massaging our heads and boosting our spirits; we are carefully savoring his superb massage technique."

Yoshino Yuuki explained.

"Mm."

Sakaki Ryouko nodded in agreement on the other side.

"Uh, massaging the scalp is just massaging the scalp, did you have to make that kind of look like you're floating on cloud nine?"

Soma Yukihira asked in confusion.

"It's not that we wanted to look like this————"

"That's right, it's just that Broly's massage technique is really too superb."

"Haha, it's just a massage, what's so superb about it————"

Half a minute later, there was one more person wearing an expression of floating-on-cloud-nine bliss.

"So———— superb～"

Soma Yukihira said with a trembling voice, wholeheartedly convinced.

"What are you all doing, playing a soul-extraction game?"

The next few minutes were just like playing with nesting dolls.

One person from Polar Star Dormitory came over, and Broly massaged one into comfort.

They sat in rows in the hotel employee cafeteria, simultaneously revealing expressions of enjoyment.

The scene carried a somewhat bizarre feeling, like they were high on drugs.

Some students even thought someone had drugged the morning staff meal and called a lecturer on the spot.

After an explanation, the fact that Broly possessed a superb craftsmanship for massaging scalps spread at extremely fast speed.

Nakiri Erina, who had stayed up late playing cards last night, with freshness maxed out, excessive dopamine secretion in her brain, leading to her not sleeping well at all, was yawning when she heard this rumor.

"Hisako, go, call Broly over."

"Yes, Erina-sama."

Before the first cooking class today began, Broly came over and gave them a scalp SPA as well.

"Eh————"

During this period, a white-haired, crimson-eyed beautiful girl who was also dining, upon seeing the expression of enjoyment revealed on Nakiri Erina's face not far away, let out a surprised nasal sound.

"Kurokiba, do you know scalp massage?"

She pushed the boy next to her who looked a bit fierce and asked.

"Alice-sama, I am a Chef, not a massage expert."

Ryo Kurokiba was somewhat speechless, replying casually.

"Then your lackey is still not as good as their lackey!"

Alice Nakiri puffed her cheeks.

【Chefs compete in cooking craftsmanship, who would compete in massage craftsmanship?

When you and your cousin compete and compare, can you not drag me into it!】

Ryo Kurokiba: "————"

"Why aren't you responding?"

Alice Nakiri waited a while, discovering her lackey beside her simply wouldn't respond, and couldn't help but ask.

"How do you want me to respond?"

Ryo Kurokiba asked.

"That's obviously to indicate unconvinced, wanting to have a showdown with that side's lackey!"

"Use what to have a showdown, use massage techniques?"

The boy retorted.

And Alice Nakiri was obviously very dissatisfied with this answer: "Since you, this guy, don't have a competitive spirit, don't blame me for luring that person back to replace your lackey position!"

"Alice-sama, if you really can lure someone away from your cousin's side, then please feel free."

Ryo Kurokiba shrugged his shoulders.

"Good, that's what you said. When I lure them back and replace your lackey position, at that time, you better not cry."

"Who would cry, I'm not a child. Also, don't you think lackey is a good position? If I hadn't lost to you in cooking when I was little, I wouldn't be your lackey. Okay, the first cooking class is starting, I'm leaving first."

Ryo Kurokiba stood up, not caring about his own Big Sister's face puffed up like a steamed bun behind him, and left the hotel employee cafeteria on his own, carrying his already clean meal tray.

Time was almost up, Broly was also preparing to go to the designated cooking room to prepare for today's cooking class, but on the way there he made eye contact with Alice Nakiri.

And this capture target girl he hadn't interacted with yet, raised her hand and smiled cheerfully, greeting him from a distance

with a wave.

Regarding this, Broly felt a bit puzzled, but still returned a smile to the other party. However, since he had to go to class, he didn't engage in further contact.

"Good morning, I am the 79th graduate Shinomiya. This time's assignment is to make the dish I specify. Have the recipes all been distributed?"

At nine in the morning, arriving at the cooking room, they discovered today's lecturer was the graduate Head Chef who yesterday directly expelled the hair-gel student based solely on personal senses.

"This is incredibly unlucky. Today's lecturer is actually Head Chef Shinomiya. Heard he directly made over thirty students drop out yesterday————"

The students discussed in low voices, basically all lamenting and complaining about their bad luck.

"French Aspic of Nine Vegetables————"

Broly looked at the recipe distributed in his hand, and his eyebrows couldn't help but furrow.

"Broly-san, are you okay?"

Tadokoro Megumi was originally a bit nervous, but upon seeing the boy beside her furrow his brows, she instead became a bit worried about his situation.

"French Aspic, Erina did teach me, but not with nine kinds this many, and it's also not simply made with vegetables."

"Then you————"

"However, it should be no problem. Isn't there the recipe, and you too?"

Broly said with a smile, but just as he finished speaking, he heard Head Chef Shinomiya on the lectern say: "Additionally, this assignment has no teams. Each person must individually make one share of the dish. During cooking, whispering is prohibited, and verbal hints are prohibited. Violators will be directly expelled————"

Tadokoro Megumi looked at Broly, and discovered the Saiyan boy's smiling expression stiffened for a moment, which made her even more worried.

【Is this targeting me?】

Broly looked at the instructor on the platform with an examining gaze.

"As for ingredients, you may arbitrarily select and use them from that pile of materials stacked like a mountain behind the kitchen; additionally, let me give you a piece of advice————"

Kojiro Shinomiya's words had not yet finished when he saw the most powerfully built guy among the students raise his hand.

"Do you have a question?"

He stopped and asked.

"Head Chef Shinomiya, I am not very familiar with this dish, French Aspic; could you please demonstrate making it once first?"

Broly's words made Kojiro Shinomiya push up his glasses.

"You're called Broly, right? Wasn't the recipe already distributed to you?"

"It's just a paper recipe; it cannot fully explain the specific effect you want us to achieve with the dish. After all, the same dish, when made by different people, will also have slight differences due to their understanding of the cooking method, thereby causing deviations in the final finished product.

I think that if we can watch you, Head Chef, personally demonstrate the method for French Aspic once, the French Aspic dishes we make will also be able to comply more with your wishes."

"What you say has some logic, but I don't seem to have the necessity to do so. If someone makes a dish that doesn't suit my wishes, that just means the other party should be expelled. As for your own problem of being unfamiliar with the dish French Aspic, I'm afraid that's none of my business."

"So you're saying, the back kitchen employees of the restaurant you run, Head Chef Shinomiya, are also all this kind of people who don't need any demonstration at all, and just need you to give out a paper recipe for a dish, and they can all make dishes that comply with your wishes?"

Broly curiously asked this, the surrounding students then looking at him with dumbfounded gazes, and then together looking at Kojiro Shinomiya.

Kojiro Shinomiya's mouth corner twitched; this remark he really had no way to take, because real back kitchen employees could not possibly be given only a paper recipe and not have the cooking production demonstrated.

"Fine, you want me to demonstrate, right? Okay, but this counts within the cooking assignment time. This cooking assignment only has three hours. If after I finish, you haven't produced a dish within the regulation time, then you'll be expelled."

Kojiro Shinomiya finished speaking, then scanned the surroundings in a circle, asking: "Now, is there anyone else who wants to watch me finish the dish, then start making French Aspic?"

The surrounding students shrank their necks, quite a few people subconsciously shaking their heads. Kojiro Shinomiya was very satisfied with their fearful performance, then looked at Broly: "Do you still want to watch me do it?"

"Watch, why not watch? When you make French Aspic in a bit, I'll just follow along and do it together, right? What's up, you only stipulated individual completion, forbade us from communicating and giving exit reminders to others, does that mean you still forbid me from following along with you?"

Broly retorted.

"Good, then, I announce the cooking begins. Now, go select the ingredients you need."

Kojiro Shinomiya's words fell, and he saw a group of students not directly act, but instead all watching him.

Obviously, Broly following along to do it together had taken effect.

Kojiro Shinomiya could only first walk to the cooking station where ingredients were placed, and begin selecting the ingredients needed for vegetable French Aspic.

【Hmph, they all want to watch me do it first, all standing in place not moving, not coming to snatch ingredients. Then just wait. Wait until they know the vegetable ingredients before their eyes aren't all fresh, and some not-so-fresh ones are mixed in too. The purpose is precisely to control the number of qualified people on this side. The guys who move later to select ingredients will know the consequences————

He thought to himself.

But when he started the fire preparing to process the vegetables, from the cooking station side where ingredients were being selected, Broly's voice came again: "Hey, Head Chef Shinomiya, these vegetables, it seems some aren't that fresh."