"Illustrated Guide to Fantasy Ingredients?"
Satou asked, "Is it an illustrated guide that collects all Fantasy Ingredients? But it doesn't seem very useful, does it?"
Although Satou could learn about all Fantasy Ingredients through the guide, it didn't seem to have much practical use.
"After obtaining the guide, the host will unlock purchase permissions. Those unlocked Fantasy Ingredients can be purchased directly," the system explained.
"That amazing?"
Satou was surprised. He had thought it was a useless reward, but now it seemed to be the most valuable reward!
The biggest drawback of Fantasy Ingredients was their scarcity. Satou usually only had enough for himself, but if he could get the guide, he could buy them directly.
There was nothing more to say; this reward must be obtained!
But how should he form the Rare Ingredients Research Society?
Satou was not clear about the specific rules, so he decided to wait for Erina Nakiri to return and ask her.
Today, Erina Nakiri returned earlier than usual. After a short while, Satou heard the sound of the door opening.
"You're back."
Satou came to her bedroom and greeted her.
Erina Nakiri's forehead was covered in black lines. Every time she came back, a boy was waiting in her bedroom. How did it feel like cohabitation?
"Please don't suddenly appear in my bedroom every time. It makes it seem like we're living together," she said irritably.
"Huh? But aren't we already living together?" Satou said in surprise.
Erina Nakiri was so angry that she almost spat out a mouthful of blood and roared, "I'm only forced to share a bathroom with you! Please don't use such ambiguous words!"
"Alright." Satou nodded, then asked, "By the way, how do I form a research society?"
"You want to form a research society?" Erina Nakiri was stunned for a moment.
"That's right." Satou nodded, "I want to establish a Rare Ingredients Research Society."
Erina Nakiri nodded and said, "That's a good idea, but to form a research society, you need to meet two conditions."
"First, you need at least two people or more.
Second, you need to pass the Elite Ten Council's review."
"Review?" Satou asked.
"That's right. Three or more Elite Ten members will review your qualifications." Erina Nakiri nodded, "But you shouldn't have any problems. However, you can't be the only one; besides the leader, you need at least one member."
Then, she noticed Satou was looking her up and down.
"What do you want to do?" She suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Erina, do you belong to any research society?" Satou asked.
"I wouldn't waste my precious time on such things!" Erina Nakiri said disdainfully.
"Great, with you, Erina, the number of people should be enough, right?" Satou said happily.
Erina Nakiri's forehead immediately filled with black lines. Gritting her teeth, she said irritably, "I would never join your research society!"
"An ingredient of the same quality as Almond Cabbage." Satou directly made an offer.
"I won't be bought by you... Let me make it clear, I'm just putting my name down; I won't participate in any affairs!" Erina Nakiri's face flushed slightly, and she ultimately couldn't refuse Satou's temptation. "I'll help you submit the application to the Elite Ten Council. The review will begin in a few days."
"Thank you." Satou smiled slightly, then handed her two Cream Matsutake mushrooms. "This is yesterday's payment."
Looking at the Cream Matsutake in her hand, Erina Nakiri was stunned. Biting her lip, she hesitated for a moment and said, "Yesterday, thank you."
"You're welcome." Satou smiled and then returned to his room.
He originally wanted to practice the steamed fish recipe that evening, but remembering that he hadn't gone to work at Kagurazaka-ya yesterday, he hesitated and decided to go there first.
So he took the train and arrived at Kagurazaka-ya again. When he walked into the restaurant and saw the scene before him, he was instantly stunned.
Inside Kagurazaka-ya, the customers had already filled the seats, and there was even a long line outside the door.
Although Kagurazaka-ya's business was usually very good, it had never reached the point of having a long queue outside the shop!
The waitstaff in the shop saw Satou and quickly ran in to call Mr. Mita.
After a short while, Mr. Mita hurried out. As soon as he saw Satou, his eyes lit up, and he feigned displeasure, saying, "Satou-jun, why are you only coming now?"
"I had something to do yesterday." Satou said apologetically, then pointed to the storefront and asked, "What's going on here?"
"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to you, Satou-jun!" Mr. Mita said with a smile, "They've all come to eat your dishes."
"Eat my dishes?" Satou was startled.
"That's right." Mr. Mita nodded and said, "Hana-yama'in gave your dishes a very high rating in a gourmet magazine and also posted a tweet on Twitter praising your dishes, so her fans came after they found out."
Then, he took out his phone and showed Satou the tweet.
At this time, there were already thousands of comments under that tweet, all asking about the dishes.
"Which restaurant is it? I must go and try it."
"To be so highly praised by Hana-yama'in, it must be delicious!"
Hanayama-in Natsuki had also specifically mentioned Satou's name.
"It seems I really should thank her." Satou said sincerely.
"Isn't that right? Hana-yama'in came once yesterday, but you weren't here. She waited for you for a long time then," Mr. Mita said.
Next, Satou and Mr. Mita went to the kitchen through the back door.
In the kitchen, Izayoi Tsuki, Miss Sakai, and others were all there.
As soon as they saw Satou, Miss Sakai and Izayoi Tsuki went up to greet him.
"Oh, little brother, why are you only here now? Don't you know how many customers have come specifically to eat your dishes from yesterday until now?" Miss Sakai complained as soon as she approached.
"Satou, where were you yesterday and today?" Izayoi Tsuki also asked. Although Satou had asked her to request leave for him, she didn't know what he had been doing.
"Sorry, I had something to do these past few days." Satou said a little awkwardly.
Alpha and the other chefs looked at Satou with very complex expressions.
They knew how popular Satou had been these past two days; he was almost comparable to a celebrity chef, and he had only been there for a few days.
They had been there for over ten years and hadn't achieved such popularity.