Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Dragon Ball: The Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens Chapter 1003

However, despite that, there was no need to slow down anymore, as the group was already close to the exit of the night market street.

"Come to me tomorrow to learn a new dish. The school's cooking camp exam is in a few days, so I can help you prepare."

Once in the car, Erina Nakiri took the doll Broly handed her and said something to him.

"Lady Erina, this kind of information shouldn't be leaked to ordinary students beforehand."

Hisako Shinto reminded him from the side.

"It's alright. Anyway, the cooking exam during the training camp is already a routine for first-year students at Totsuki Academy. Even if I don't mention it, some older students might tell the younger ones. At most, my news just comes a little earlier."

Erina Nakiri said nonchalantly.

"Broly, aren't you coming back with us?"

Before Mito Ikumi even got on the bus, she stood outside the bus and asked the Saiyan boy a question.

"Uh, Ms. Mito, have you forgotten that I came here to set up a night market stall?"

Broly was a little confused by her question and couldn't help but offer a reminder.

"Oh, sorry, I really forgot. Um, if you encounter any problems when preparing meat dishes in the future, feel free to come to me."

Mito Ikumi blushed slightly as she spoke, and her attitude towards Broly was completely different from before. Before, he was an insignificant stranger, but now he gave people a sticky feeling.

"Um, something feels off. Did something happen between those two?"

Watching the interaction between the two outside the car, Erina Nakiri frowned and asked her childhood friend secretary beside her.

[Erina-sama, you're only just realizing it?!]

"Something did happen."

Beside her, Hisako Shinoto nodded.

"What is it?"

Erina Nakiri pressed for more information.

"Um, Miss Mito is about to get on the train, so I can't say it to her in person. Perhaps I can tell you, Lady Erina, when I have time later."

Mito Ikumi was about to get on the bus, and it wouldn't be appropriate to gossip about other people in the car, so Shinoto Hisako whispered in her young mistress's ear.

"Oh well."

Erina Nakiri hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Her upbringing didn't allow her to discuss other people's gossip with Hisako Shinoto in person.

However, there is no problem with discussing it behind closed doors.

"?!"

As Mito Ikumi boarded the train carrying her teddy bear, she suddenly felt a chill.

"Driver, the air conditioning seems a bit too low, could you turn it up a bit?"

The hot young woman hugged the plush toy in her arms tightly and asked the driver ahead.

"OK."

The driver in front nodded in agreement, but then he stopped, staring blankly at the car's interior temperature display.

[Is 26℃ considered low? Could it be a sign of cold uterus or general weakness, or maybe I've started my period?!]

The experienced driver ultimately didn't voice his doubts. In this line of work, one must learn to control one's curiosity, remain silent, and not talk about other things.

After seeing off Erina Nakiri and the other two, Broly returned to the Polar Star Dormitory night market, which was still the most popular stall on the entire night market street.

"I'm back."

"Brother Broly, where are Miss Nakiri and the others?"

Upon hearing Broly's voice, Tadokoro Megumi, who was grilling skewers in front of the charcoal grill, looked up and asked in surprise, not seeing anyone else around the boy.

"I've already finished shopping and gone home."

Broly turned into the back of the Polaris booth from the side, putting on his apron as he answered.

"Great, Broly, come and help me out."

Soma Yukihira was overjoyed and immediately greeted Broly.

"What's wrong, Yukihira? You're already failing?"

Isshiki Satoshi made a joke, but he had already sold out of curry fish balls and was now helping to fry rice.

"It's not that I can't do it, it's just that my arms are a little sore."

The night market stalls are busier than when Soma Yukihira was at his family restaurant. And what's more, these stalls don't offer any other food options. Customers who come to these stalls only order fried rice. Tonight, this pot has been cooking non-stop since it was picked up.

Fortunately, Broly is back now, so we can replace him. Soma Yukihira, who was replaced, didn't take a break immediately, but went to the side to help pack and collect money.

The booming business quickly silenced everyone, allowing them to conserve their energy and focus on preparing the food.

An hour later, the food was exhausted, and the crowd in front of the stall dispersed, allowing everyone from Polaris Dormitory to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Phew, I didn't feel it when Broly was around, but tonight, with him gone, the pressure of dealing with the endless stream of customers buying food from our night market is really immense!"

Tadokoro took a sip of water; she hadn't even had time to drink a drop when she was so busy earlier.

"For chefs, having good physical strength is also very important. Broly left for a while tonight, which can be considered a test of everyone's physical fitness. There will definitely be similar tests in the academy's cooking exams in the future, so you can treat it as an opportunity to accumulate experience in advance."

"Isshiki-senpai, did you know all along that the academy was going to hold a cooking camp exam?"

Broly, who was cleaning up the pots and pans nearby, looked at Isshiki Satoshi and asked directly after hearing this.

"So you already knew? Did Erina tell you?"

Isshiki Satoshi looked over with some surprise.

"Um."

Broly nodded.

"Oh no, the cooking exam for the training camp is already here?!"

Beside her, Yoshino Yuuki looked like the sky had fallen, and the others also looked serious.

"It's just an exam, why make such a fuss?"

Soma Yukihira was puzzled by these people's reactions and asked them out of curiosity.

"The cooking exam for the training camp is not as simple as just taking a test. Those who fail the exam will be expelled from the program."

Shun Ibuzaki explained from the side.

"It is said that in previous years, more than half of the students from Totsuki Academy were eliminated in this kind of training camp cooking exam. With an elimination rate of more than 50%, it is an absolute death exam."

Marui Zenji also pushed up his glasses and began to recount the stories as if they were his own treasures.

"The elimination rate is quite high, but as long as you don't get eliminated, isn't that fine?"

Soma Yukihira said something seemingly pointless, yet it left no room for argument.

"Or perhaps, none of you are confident you can pass this exam?"

He then changed the subject and asked.

The members of Polar Star Dormitory who were packing up their stalls were silent for a moment before someone said, "Wow, how could that be? I have a lot of confidence in my cooking."

"Well, I'm not bragging, but I don't think I'll be eliminated."

"That's right, me too."

The students who passed the entrance exam for Polar Star Dormitory were all skilled in cooking. When asked if they were confident in their cooking abilities, they all said yes, except for Tadokoro Megumi, who was now crouching with her head in her hands, looking troubled.

"Xiao Hui, you'll definitely be fine too!"

Ryoko Sakaki comforts the girl.

"Thank you, Ryoko, but that's a death exam with a failure rate of over 50%."

The comforting words had some effect, but it seemed to be rather limited.

"Hey, Isshiki-senpai, do you know what the cooking exam for this year's training camp is? If we could know the questions in advance, maybe it would help Megumi."

Yoshino Yuuki first glanced at the somewhat dazed girl before looking at Isshiki Satoshi and asking.

"As in previous years, the exam will last for several days at the Totsuki Academy Resort. However, the specific exam content is basically determined by the teachers in charge of the exam. Even though I am one of the Elite Ten, I don't know what the specific exam content is."

Isshiki Satoshi shrugged, indicating that he couldn't help with revealing the exam questions in advance.

"Alright, let's go back to Polaris Dormitory and discuss this matter again."

The stall was packed up and loaded onto the pickup truck. The girl with braided hair muttered about the elimination rate of over 50%, and then somewhat dazedly got into the passenger seat of the pickup truck.

"Alright, Xiaohui, don't worry, I promise you won't be eliminated. Here, have a gift to cheer you up."

As Broly spoke, he handed over the toy that he had just put in the car.

",rabbit?"

Tadokoro Megumi was somewhat taken aback when she saw the cute rabbit doll being handed to her.

"This is a prize I won at the shooting game booth. I didn't know what your favorite animal was, so I just grabbed a rabbit."

"These dolls, I wonder if you like them?"

"Ah, thank you, Brother Broly, I like it very much."

"Aren't you going to give me a hug?"

"Waaah————"

The girl with braided hair hesitated for a moment, then leaned over and hugged the arm of the boy, who was thicker than her own thigh.

"Xiao Hui, what are you doing?"

Broly turned his head and looked at the girl with some surprise.

"Uh, didn't you ask me to hug you?"

Tadokoro Megumi looked up, also glancing at the boy with some surprise.

"No, I meant you should hold the rabbit plushie."

As soon as Broly finished speaking, the girl in the passenger seat blushed at a visible speed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."

Tadokoro Megumi quickly let go of his hand and sat up straight in the passenger seat.

"It's okay, I'd rather you misunderstand and come to hug me on your own."

Broly smiled at Tadokoro Megumi, causing the blush on the girl's face to gradually spread to her ears.

Tension began to replace worry.

Broly, however, stopped there, grabbing the rabbit doll by the ears and waving it in front of Tadokoro Megumi once more.

"This time, please don't misunderstand."

However, Tadokoro Megumi did not hug the rabbit doll that was right in front of her.

"What's wrong?"

"You're dirty and smell like charcoal. I plan to take a shower when I get back before I come over and hug you."

"Then I was the one who was in a hurry."

Broly placed the rabbit doll in the middle.

"Are you still worried about the exam?"

"Well, it's still a little bit, but it's much better now."

Distracted and distracted, the girl with the braided hair was in much better spirits.

The vehicle drove back to Totsuki Academy and arrived at the Polar Star Dormitory, where everyone got off one after another.

After cleaning up their personal hygiene, the members of Polaris Dormitory gathered at the cafeteria on the first floor.

They got straight to the point and started discussing matters related to the cooking exam at the training camp.

"By the way, if we're all going to the resort for the cooking practice exam, will the night market stalls still be operating?"

"How can we arrange it? None of us are here."

"But we just bought the trucks for transporting goods and passengers, and we just expanded our night market stalls. Having to close for several days feels like a huge loss!"

"Yes, we paid for the car in installments, and the debt isn't paid off yet."

"The cooking exam came so suddenly. If we had known it would happen so soon, we wouldn't have rushed to expand our night market stall or buy trucks to transport people."

The people at Polaris Dormitory sighed. They were young and still students, yet they were already burdened with car loans. Although the amount spent on buying used cars wasn't much, it couldn't withstand the prospect of having to close for several days.

"Well, if it's a night market stall, you don't need to worry."

"Um?"

Everyone looked towards Isshiki Satoshi.

"Have you forgotten that the upcoming cooking camp exam is for you first-year high school students, while I'm a second-year student? As the senior, I don't need to take the exam."

"?!"

"So, while you're at the resort taking your exams, I'll take good care of the night market stalls here."

Isshiki Satoshi's expression, as if to say "Go well, don't worry," made the members of the Polar Star Dormitory's lips twitch slightly.

"We've all left, Isshiki-senpai, are you really going to manage on your own?"

Yoshino Yuuki had some doubts.

"Ha, are you underestimating me? I am the seventh seat of the Elite Ten."

"But even the seventh seat can't reduce the pressure of setting up a stall. Fried rice, yakitori, tempura, with the workload of entertaining our guests tonight, are you sure you can handle it all by yourself?"

"Uh, then I can cut some out."

"What are you planning to cut?"

"Eliminate all dishes such as fried rice, yakitori, and tempura."

"Wait, if you've eliminated all of these, how are you going to set up your night market stall?"

"It's simple, I'll just sell random dishes."

It's difficult for one person to run a variety of night market dishes, but it's much simpler if you only sell one type of dish.

However, this is only enough to keep the business afloat; it will probably be quite difficult to reach the revenue levels when everyone works together.

"By the way, I have an idea. We don't need to eliminate the three fixed dishes from the Polar Star Dormitory night market stalls: fried rice, yakitori, and tempura."

"What idea?"

"We can find someone to do it for us temporarily."

Broly said it directly.

"Hey Broly, I thought you had some great idea, but it turns out you just wanted someone to fill in for you."

"What, is this not allowed?"

"It's easy to find someone to take over, but whether they can make night market food at the level of our Polar Star Dormitory is another matter. If the taste is bad, even if it's just a night market stall, it's like ruining the reputation of our Polar Star Dormitory."

"What if I told you that the people I hire can replicate our fried rice, yakitori, and tempura to the same standard?"

"If that's the case, then of course it's possible. But where do you plan to find someone like that?"