Chapter 969

"Huh, this smell, is it Nagahama-style Tonkotsu Ramen?"

The next morning, Soma Yukihira was woken up by a stench of pork bones; the moment he entered the Kitchen he saw Broly standing in front of the Stove simmering pork bone soup over a high flame.

"You know it?"

"When I was a child, I went on a trip to Nagahama with my parents and ate it once; because that style of Tonkotsu Ramen has a rather special taste, the impression is somewhat deep. By the way, Broly-san, not seeing you for one night, where did you learn this from?"

"A Ramen cart Boss. Last night I patronized his business, and incidentally helped him push the cart and set up the stall; and he, hearing I was interested in the craft of Nagahama Tonkotsu Ramen, directly taught me.

Just right, on the way back this morning I passed the shopping street and bought some pork bones, originally wanting to give you some Protein supplement, but looking at it now you don't seem to need it."

Broly's Ki Sense had not perceived a third person's Breath inside the Restaurant, and seeing Soma Yukihira's vigorous state, he should not have engaged in strenuous exercise yesterday.

"Hey, I even created the opportunity for you to be alone in a room with your Girlfriend, and you actually didn't seize it."

"That kind of seizing you speak of, I'm afraid I'd be beaten to death by Uncle Kurae, Broly-san, you just worry less about my affairs."

After Soma Yukihira finished speaking, he took a deep breath.

"This smell, the Soup should be done; where are the Noodles? I'm somewhat impatient to taste the craft you learned."

"The Noodle Dough over there has already rested, but hasn't been pulled yet."

"Then fine, leave this to me."

The youth wearing Sleepwear voluntarily put on an Apron and started kneading dough on the cutting board; in no time the dough was pinched into portions, coated with oil, he gripped both ends and stretched evenly, coordinating with up-and-down trembling and slapping motions, turning the portions into Noodles of suitable thickness.

Boiling water into the pot, cook for Two Minutes; after the Noodles floated up, they were fished out and run through cold water, and this step is what makes the Noodles' Texture more chewy and springy.

The cooked Noodles were placed in a Large Bowl, poured with the pork bone soup that had been boiled over high heat for two hours, its color a rich white, then sprinkled with chopped Green Onion.

Although there was no Char Siu or soft-boiled egg like normal Ramen, having a bowl of this simple Green Onion Tonkotsu Soup Ramen in the morning, Soma Yukihira only felt his Soul was about to be sublimated from his warm stomach.

"Comfortable~"

"It's just that the pork bone taste is a bit too heavy, Broly-san, after you bought the pork bones, you didn't soak them in running water for a while, right?"

"The Boss who taught me last night said no need, just want that bone taste."

"Indeed, this taste is correct, not much different from the Tonkotsu Ramen I ate in Nagahama as a child; only, a taste like this isn't something just anyone can Accept."

"I think it's fine."

Broly also ate a bowl.

"Fine, just means you also think there's still room to develop and improve this Ramen's taste; perfect, nothing on today, want to research together how to optimize the taste of Nagahama-style Tonkotsu Ramen?"

Soma Yukihira invited; he hadn't forgotten his own old man's Entrustment before leaving to make Broly like Cooking.

"Uhh———"

"Do you have some inconvenience?"

"I want to go to Totsuki Academy's side."

"Huh, isn't the opening day tomorrow?"

Soma Yukihira was somewhat puzzled.

"Familiarize with the Environment."

"You hadn't finished familiarizing yesterday?"

"Not yet."

"Then alright, I'll go with you to familiarize; perfect, while familiarizing we can incidentally discuss optimizing Nagahama-style Tonkotsu Ramen's taste."

Broly: "————"

He wasn't going to familiarize with the Environment; he was going to Observe the new Capture target.

"No need, you also know what my true Cooking level is like; for optimizing taste I have completely no clue.

So you just optimize alone at Home, I have high hopes for you, looking forward to eating even more delicious Tonkotsu Ramen; then, I'll take my leave first."

After Broly said this, he didn't wait for Soma Yukihira to reply, just directly ran out of the Restaurant.

"Hey, even if you're going alone, at least help clean up the Kitchen first!"

Looking at the already closed Restaurant door, Soma Yukihira sighed.

"Forget it, just count it as paying the breakfast fee."

While Soma Yukihira was scrubbing pots and washing bowls, Broly had already arrived at Totsuki Academy's Mountaintop Villa district.

Nakiri Erina and Arato Hisako's Ki are right here; Broly silently landed in the Courtyard, using a water membrane to Observe secretly.

"Erina-sama, it's almost eight o'clock; there's still a Tasting schedule arranged for today."

Arato Hisako came to a Room's door, Knocked, and reminded the person inside.

"Got it, I'll get up right away."

Inside the Room, Nakiri Erina replied indistinctly, then rolled over, propped both hands on the soft Pillow, made a cat-stretching motion, stretching her lovely Body.

Pink Sleepwear slid down a section, revealing her soft waist; Butt wrapped in pink sleep pants, presenting a well-raised peach shape.

Nakiri Erina seems to have a bit of procrastination, but her self-control capability is stronger; in less than half a Minute she broke the soft bedding's Seal.

Get up, brush teeth, wash face, change Clothes; the somewhat proud yet capable Chef girl seen yesterday appeared again in Broly's sight.

"This morning, two Hotels' new Cooking have appointments for Erina-sama's Tasting appraisal."

"Have the Chefs from both Hotels come?"

"Already waiting Outside."

"The Cooking isn't the greasy kind, right? Early morning I don't really want to eat greasy stuff."

"No greasy ones; they are seasonal vegetable and Seafood Cooking."

"Then good, let those Chefs Cook.

Erina said this, her Gaze glancing toward the Courtyard's Corner, but Not Seeing anything there, she shook her head, and walked to the Tasting Room to wait.

Tasting some Hotels' newly developed Cooking, and giving those new Cooking God Tongue Evaluations, is Nakiri Erina's daily work.

And generally only new Cooking that obtain evaluations of 【Passable】, 【Fair】, 【So-so】 or above, those Hotels and Restaurants that spend money to invite her to appraise Cooking will add the newly developed Cooking to their own Hotel or Restaurant Menu.

"Today's cooking is better than yesterday's, but not by much; at most it just didn't skip some necessary steps in order to increase serving efficiency."

After tasting for about an hour, Nakiri Erina finished today's work, and today she didn't pour the porridge on the chef's head.

Of course, the young lady also didn't give out too many smiling faces, because among the new dishes developed by the two restaurants, only one or two dishes received a "passable" evaluation.

As for the others, they were just so-so, not even as good as the mixed rice and fried rice eaten yesterday.

Thinking of mixed rice, Nakiri Erina felt somewhat angry.

【That damn bastard, forget it, anyway, in this lifetime, I'll never see that third-rate chef from a small eatery again!】

"Erina-sama, today's work schedule is complete; next, do you want to continue developing dishes?"

"Mm, arrange it just like that."

【Fried rice, I kind of want to eat fried rice at noon; too bad Totsuki Academy starts tomorrow, otherwise I could use the excuse of testing cooking skills to call that big guy named Broly over and have him make fried rice for me.】

"Alright, Erina-sama, I'll go prepare some ingredients needed for French cuisine right away."

Hisako Arato finished speaking, but before she could leave, she was stopped by Nakiri Erina.

"No, today I'm not researching French cuisine; today I want to research other dishes."

"Uh, for example?"

"Fried rice."

Hisako Arato: "————"

【Was that person's fried rice really that delicious yesterday, to actually make Erina-sama still think about it even today?】

"Is there a problem?"

"No, there isn't, Erina-sama, I'll go prepare the ingredients needed for fried rice for you right away."

Meat ingredients, except for things like ham, were all fresh goods.

As a culinary academy, fresh meat is delivered to the Logistics Department every day.

Hisako Arato was preparing to go select them.

"That's about it; pack these things and send them to the villa district, Erina-sama will need them soon."

"Yes, Miss Hisako."

The Logistics Department staff treated Hisako Arato very respectfully; in Totsuki Academy, who among the employees doesn't know this person is the Headmaster's granddaughter's close-attached secretary? Of course, the other party doesn't like being called Secretary Miss very much.

Just as the Logistics Department staff were loading the fresh ingredients Hisako Arato selected onto the transport vehicle, Broly's figure swayed over to this side.

", Miss Hisako?"

And when Broly caught sight of the shoulder-length short-haired girl standing at the front door, his face showed a very natural look of surprise.

"You're yesterday's applicant who passed Erina-sama's assessment; why are you here?"

Hisako Arato, upon seeing Broly, also had a surprised expression float onto her face.

The difference lies only in that Broly was faking it, while she was genuine.

"My name is Broly; today I came to familiarize myself with the Totsuki Academy environment, it's just that this place is really too big, I wandered around and got lost."

Broly scratched his head, explaining the reason he appeared here.

"Miss Hisako, you're a student here; I wonder if I could trouble you to help me familiarize myself with the environment inside Totsuki Academy?"

"Tomorrow new students enroll and will be distributed campus manuals; the manuals will have maps of Totsuki Academy, at that time you'll naturally know the situation of Totsuki Academy."

"Then right now I————"

"I can have someone else guide you."

Hisako Arato originally wanted to say this, but suddenly thought of Nakiri Erina, seeming to have interest in this guy's fried rice matter.

"I can help you familiarize yourself with the academy environment, however, before that, I want to take you to a place to test your fried rice craftsmanship; are you willing?"

Hisako Arato asked.

"No problem."

Broly nodded, directly agreeing.

When Hisako Arato brought Broly to the mountaintop villa district, Nakiri Erina, seeing him, was quite surprised: "Hisako, how is he here?"

"Broly came today to familiarize himself with the academy environment, but he got himself lost; I happened to run into him, and Erina-sama, you wanted to research fried rice cooking; yesterday you were fairly satisfied with his fried rice, so I took the liberty of bringing him over here; um, Erina-sama, if you think it's not good, I'll take the person away right now."

"Cough cough, helping a lost classmate is what one should do."

Nakiri Erina let out a light cough.

"Erina-sama, aren't you wanting to test the other party's fried rice again?"

Hisako Arato passed the cue.

"That's right; I wonder, Broly, how do you feel about it?"

This master-servant pair singing in harmony didn't know this was precisely what Broly wanted.

"I think it's very good, Examiner Nakiri, please guide me."

Nakiri Erina was very satisfied with Broly's attitude, but still corrected his address for her.

"Today I'm not an examiner; just call me Nakiri."

"Miss Nakiri."

"Come in with me; today I'm going to properly test your fried rice."

At noon, Nakiri Erina ate a full plate of fried rice, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons.

"Among the fried rice I've eaten, yours counts as being able to rank in the front; although the ingredients used aren't the most top-tier, your craftsmanship is really not bad."

Immersed in the wonderful taste of the fried rice, plus Broly's displayed modest attitude, Erina rarely gave relatively high praise.

"Thank you for the praise."

"I'm just speaking the truth; by the way, do you know how to make other dishes?"

"Yes."

"Then let me show you again. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll use my God Tongue for free to help you assess the level of your other cooking."

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Nakiri Erina's posture as she spoke was just like this was some kind of gift.

"Broly, your luck is good. Erina-sama's usual fee for appraising cooking is quite steep."

Hisako Arato explained from the side.

Broly did not refuse, and made the two dishes he knew how to make again.

When eating the scallop seafood braised lamb, Nakiri Erina's Happiness Value rose in a straight line.

"Miss Hisako, why don't you also have a taste together?"

After inviting Hisako Arato to taste together, the capture target whose Happiness Value rose in a straight line increased by one.

Just as the two people were anticipating what Broly's next dish would be, the stench of pork bones drifting from the Kitchen caused Nakiri Erina's expression to change.

"You, this guy, what exactly are you doing in the Kitchen, making a biological weapon?"

The girl pinched her nose and ran over, directly questioning him.

"This is Tonkotsu Soup. I'm preparing to make Pork Bone Ramen."

"Which family's Pork Bone Ramen would stink this much?"

The taste brought by the God Tongue, along with the enhanced sense of smell it brought along, the intense smell of large pig bones drifting in the air, made Nakiri Erina feel discomfort.

"This is Nagahama-style Pork Bone Ramen. Reportedly, it's because it was made as breakfast for the fishermen at the local Nagahama fish market, so this style retains the comparatively intense flavor of large pig bones. However, please rest assured, it only smells bad, but it's still fragrant when eaten."

The Ramen was done, placed in front of Nakiri Erina, but the golden-haired girl's face showed difficulty.

"Erina-sama, how about... let's just forget this one?"

At the side, Hisako Arato persuaded her.

This kind of smelly cooking made her think of a certain guy with ulterior motives toward her own Big Sister.

Sadatsuka Nao, who also liked making foul-smelling types of cooking.