Next, Satou and Kobayashi Rindo exchanged contact information.
"Junior, if you get new ingredients, remember to notify me!"
Before leaving, Kobayashi Rindo waved her hand and shouted.
"Then let's go too."
Satou looked at the time and it was almost time, then said to Erina Nakiri.
Then, the two of them, along with the people from Polar Star Dormitory, walked out of A Venue and headed towards their respective dormitories.
They walked to a place not far from the entrance of the Nakiri residence.
"We're almost there, see you tomorrow."
Satou said to Tadokoro Megumi and the others.
"Okay, then we'll go back to Polar Star Dormitory too."
Tadokoro Megumi smiled slightly and said, "See you, Satou-jun, Erina Nakiri."
"Goodbye."
Erina Nakiri bowed slightly and said goodbye.
Then, she and Satou walked towards the residence together.
Tadokoro Megumi, Yuki Yoshino, and the others continued walking towards Polar Star Dormitory.
However, halfway there, everyone's footsteps stopped in unison.
The atmosphere was silent.
After five seconds.
"Hey, if I remember correctly, Satou seemed to have walked to Erina Nakiri's residence with her just now, right?"
Yukihira Soma suddenly asked.
"It seems so."
Yuki Yoshino nodded.
After ten seconds.
"No way?! Could it be that they've actually been living together for a long time?!"
Ryoko Sakaki shrieked.
"It's too exciting!"
Yuki Yoshino's small face was flushed with excitement.
"Ho... how could that be. Everyone, don't misunderstand, maybe Satou-jun just went to Erina Nakiri's residence for a cup of tea."
Tadokoro Megumi's small face was pale, and she spoke with a trembling voice, clutching her fists, clearly very shocked.
On the other side.
Erina Nakiri and Satou obviously didn't notice this problem.
After returning to the residence, Satou returned to his room through Erina Nakiri's bedroom.
Then, he impatiently opened the Fantasy Ingredient Illustrated Book.
On it were densely packed ingredients, an unknown number of them, and below them were their prices.
Satou briefly scanned it and found many Pokémon, and even Devil Fruits and Sea Kings from One Piece.
Satou's forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat.
Soon, he found the unlocked ingredients.
He had currently unlocked a total of three ingredients.
Among them, Cream Matsutake was priced at 50,000 Japanese Yen per catty, Almond Cabbage was 50,000 Japanese Yen per head, and the dried monster Dream Catfish was priced at 5 million per fish.
When he saw this astonishing number, Satou was truly startled, but thinking that one Dream Catfish weighed hundreds of catties, 5 million was actually quite cheap.
Then, Satou saw their purchase permissions.
"Can I only buy one catty of Cream Matsutake a day? And only one Almond Cabbage a day?"
He asked.
"Yes, the limited purchase quantity will increase as the host's cooking level increases."
The system explained.
"Alright."
Although it was indeed a bit little, it was enough for now.
"Host has received a new mission.
Mission description: Open your own restaurant and sell at least one dish for 20,000 Japanese Yen.
Mission reward: Miltank
Mission time: Within three days."
Wait, I seem to have seen something strange again.
Miltank?
Isn't that the cow from Pokémon?
Satou was stunned for a moment.
He always felt that the things the system rewarded were getting stranger and stranger.
Next, Satou bought one catty of Cream Matsutake and one Almond Cabbage, which was exactly today's sales limit.
The last time he was at Kagurazaka-ya, he earned a total of 360,000, so buying these ingredients was more than enough.
However, he definitely couldn't afford the Dream Catfish for now.
Then, Satou went to Erina Nakiri's room and gave half of the Cream Matsutake to Erina Nakiri as a thank you for becoming a member of the research society.
The next day, Satou went to Far Moon for classes in the morning, and returned to his original school in the afternoon.
After school, he went directly to his small snack shop.
According to the system's mission, he needed to open his own restaurant and sell one dish. He already had a snack shop, so he just needed to sell one dish.
"Hey, Satou, aren't you going to work? Are you preparing to reopen your shop?"
Kaga Aoi walked with Satou on the way home from school and asked.
"Yes."
Satou nodded.
"That's good too! Even if working can earn more money, it's not as real as having your own small shop! This is what my Mom taught me!"
Kaga Aoi clenched her small fists and said to Satou, "Satou, keep it up!"
"Okay."
Satou couldn't help but smile. As expected, she was a girl determined to inherit her family's izakaya.
"Speaking of which, Satou, you've been taking so many days off recently, what have you been doing? You don't have a girlfriend, do you?"
Kaga Aoi suddenly asked suspiciously.
"Cough cough, how is that possible!"
Satou was instantly a bit dumbfounded. To have a girlfriend, he would first have to defeat the Tsundere, or any one of the Elite Ten!
"That's good, I thought you and the class monitor were together."
Kaga Aoi said softly, her face red.
As they walked past the intersection, a loud, booming voice suddenly rang out: "Oh, isn't this Satou? Are you planning to reopen your shop?"
A middle-aged uncle, dressed in a traditional Japanese chef's uniform, stood at the entrance of the izakaya, laughing heartily.
"Uncle Kaga."
Satou also greeted him. He had known Kaga Aoi's father since he was little, and one could say that he watched him grow up.
"Haha, I heard from Aoi that you're highly regarded in high-class restaurants, but I didn't expect you to still be willing to come back and open a small shop. Not bad, a man should be down-to-earth and self-reliant like this!"
The middle-aged uncle said, laughing heartily.
Kaga Aoi stuck out her small tongue and said playfully, "Satou, I'm going back to the shop to help first, I'll come find you in a bit."
"Okay."
Satou nodded.
After walking one street, Satou arrived at his own small snack shop.
The shop door was small and old, as it was an old neighborhood after all.
His parents used to do business here, and later he inherited the shop, but because of his mediocre cooking skills, business had always been so-so.
Satou took out the key, opened the shop door, and then a cloud of dust rushed out, making him cough twice.
"Oh, Satou, are you back to open your shop again?"
At this moment, a neighborhood Mom saw Satou and greeted him warmly.
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