Event 71: Gift Spices

"Old man, we have a lot of work ahead" said Haruta, re-entering the kitchen after saying goodbye to the old Oizumi.

Inside the kitchen the restaurant owner was sitting on a stool with a stern expression 'Ugh .... he is still upset about before,' Haruta complained in his mind when he saw the owner while Ogata had returned to reception taking care of restaurant accounts and studying at the same time.

"What's up Haruta?" asked the owner with a scary expression that was adorned with a forced smile.

"I got a great job for us, well rather it is the job that came to us" said Haruta with a slight smile on his face

"Is that what you were talking about with that old man from before?" asked the curious owner instantly erasing the anger expressed on his face

"The old man from before is called Kakinoshin Oizumi is the chairman of the Japanese Food Industry Council" Haruta said with a normal expression

"The President of Industry!" the owner exclaimed with his mouth open, remembering the expressions the old man made when he was talking to Haruta before "Impossible!"

"Well he is one of the judges who frequents Totsuki, today he came all the way here to offer us a job and I accepted it ... what do you say old man, would you support me in this job?" Haruta asked as she took a knife in her hand again "This would be the perfect opportunity to start increasing your gastronomic skills to the point that you are a decent chef"

The owner doubted his answer for a moment but soon Ogata entered the kitchen again "You should try" Ogata said making the owner stare at her as tears started to come out of his eyes.

"Rizu-chan!" exclaimed the owner upon hearing his daughter's support, turned around and looked at Haruta again "I can't go back now that I have my daughter's support, I will help you with whatever you need Haruta" said the owner

"You are still fresh old man, you need to learn some things before the appointed day, so I will train you until you are acceptable in my kitchen" Haruta said with his arms crossed

"my cooking?" Ogata asked without understanding what Haruta was referring to.

"It means that that day, Haruta will be the main chef and I will become his assistant" said the owner with a bit of regret seeing Haruta so happy but at the same time he was a little happy for the opportunity that had been given him.

Finally Haruta finished her shift and left the restaurant late at night to go home, by the time I got home I could see the lights on from the outside "I hope they don't have any kind of problem between them" Haruta muttered with an expression full of fatigue.

Soon Haruta opened the door entering directly into the living room "uh? Boxes?" Haruta asked to find several boxes at the entrance "who could send them?" Haruta checked the label on the side of the boxes "Kuga and Ishiki?" Haruta asked then checked the label of another box "This is from Erina and this one is from Arato, well there are several boxes in total" said Haruta looking inside each one.

"Kuga only sent Chinese spices, Hoisin sauce, Sichuan pepper, Dark I am Willow. I really couldn't cook Chinese food to its full potential without all this, I suppose these fresh vegetables are from Isshiki" said Haruta taking an elongated bottle with the black content and a shiny tomato in the other hand.

"Arato's box only brought medicinal herbs, this must have cost him a large amount of money" Haruta said with a smile as she remembered her pink-haired companion.

"This is an Erina box" Haruta opened the box excitedly looking inside with interest "Rice in different varieties and these are eggs of many kinds, Woahh, this is a turtle egg!" four of the boxes correspond to Erina and they all had different ingredients, each of the boxes surprised Haruta the most.

He had finally finished with the boxes when he found an open letter "I suppose they already read it, well nothing can be done to him" Haruta said without discomfort taking the contents of the letter.

Haruta-chi I suppose that since your expulsion you have been without cooking for a while and therefore I send you a little of my valuable spices gathered exclusively by my lackeys so that you can have a lot of fun before our predestined reunion, I am ready for our rematch shokugeki and Of course, this time I will win once and for all.

PS: Tsukasa Eishi managed to take the first position of the ten advisers, soon I will face him to take the position of first adviser so that only you will be on the road, who will snatch your title as Zao Shen will be me.

"Sigh ... I thought it would be a more important card, it was just about Kuga and his children's games" said Haruta throwing the paper back as he walked down the hall where another box was this time open.

Haruta looked at the label with surprise "This is from the director, even he sent me a gift" Haruta said with amazement looking inside where there were many small boxes but clearly one of them was missing since the box was not complete "I suppose they must be chocolates or something like that and that's why I still don't see them around here "Haruta said scratching her hair in annoyance as she took out an elongated box from inside.

"They are alcoholic beverages" Haruta said a little surprised but remembering that the director always had a large collection of alcoholic beverages at home he knew it was just something normal for him "Maybe he could start a collection too" said Haruta smiling but then he remembered that a box was missing.

"Curse!" Haruta exclaimed running down the hall to his room where you could see the lights on "don't tell me ...

When he opened the door, he got an incredible surprise, both girls were lying on his bed, the bottle had been recently opened and it was not missing much of its content "Bacardi 151, it has 75% alcohol, technically a bomb," muttered Haruta. with concern watching as both girls slowly raised their heads.

"Ugh!"

The swallow that went through Haruta's throat was the only sound audible at the time.

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