Mr. Gong is not only good at cooking

The strikingly beautiful woman, wielding a samurai sword that was clearly a deadly weapon, immediately attracted the attention of a group of people in the capital.

Oka frowned. Although the woman looked beautiful, as a somewhat capable captain of the security force, he could tell that she had killed quite a few people.

I've never seen such a sharp woman before, back in the capital.

I've heard that there are assassins with samurai swords in Night Raid as well. Although they are different from those on the wanted posters, they might just be remnants of Night Raid.

So Oka subtly kicked his disciple who was enjoying his meal.

"Master?" Seryu asked, puzzled.

Ouka tapped Musashi with his chin and whispered, "Watch out for that woman."

"Ok!"

Inside the kitchen, Shirou Emiya continued arguing with Yui.

"Yui, I think it's unreasonable to decide the next stop based on the food ratings."

What does the store manager mean?

"Since I'm the manager and you're the restaurant's 'spirit,' you should listen to me, not just what you think. What do you think?"

Shirou Emiya asked as he sat down.

"...I don't know. If you don't want my opinion, then don't ask me what I think," Yui was driven crazy by the profoundness of language.

"That's true. I'd like to offer a few suggestions."

Emiya Shirou poured broth into a bowl and began frying tofu puffs, continuing in his mind, "It's not that I'm being regionally discriminatory. It's just that seeing these disgusting people come to my restaurant and I still have to cook for them."

To be honest, I'm not cut out to be a doctor who saves lives. If a criminal were to come in injured, I would most likely refuse treatment and let him die.

Personally, I prefer hosting celebrities from other worlds and universes. These wealthy businessmen, nine times out of ten, have bribed nobles and committed countless misdeeds. Hearing their praise makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable.

Emiya Shirou shook his head, scooped out the cooked beef and put it in a bowl, then scooped out the noodles, and continued, "I hope this travel mode can be retained, but with the settings still the same as before, you know what I mean?"

"Is the store manager not confident in making good food for future trips?" Yui asked.

"Tsk, what a joke. My goal is to become a grand cooker. There's no dish that can stump me. I think the travel mode should be something that lets me go wherever I want, right?"

"And Yui, isn't the probability of gaining abilities from our food a little too low? Can't you increase it a bit?"

"What are you talking about, manager? At this price and with this probability, it's already very affordable. A single Devil Fruit costs a lot of money, and it's not afraid of seawater. Once our restaurant obtains a Devil Fruit, there are no negative effects whatsoever."

"With this kind of probability, I feel like if a customer gets one a year, it's considered incredibly lucky," Shirou Emiya said, sprinkling bright green scallions on his noodles before carrying them out of the kitchen.

"Guest, here's your noodles. Please enjoy."

Musashi looked at the bowl of beef udon noodles, which looked and smelled delicious, and his mouth watered. "Wow, the shopkeeper is really skilled! I've traveled all over the country and this is the first time I've seen udon noodles that smell so good that I can't help but want to eat them!"

"I'm glad the guests like it." Shirou Emiya went to the kitchen to wash his hands and returned to his seat. Yu Meiren naturally leaned on his shoulder, flipping through a ramen recipe book.

"You want to learn how to make ramen?" Emiya Shirou asked curiously, picking up Yu Meiren's ponytail and playing with it in his hand.

"Hmm, you don't need to teach me, I'll learn by myself." Yu Meiren rubbed her face against Emiya Shirou's shoulder, and the sour smell emanating from between them brought tears to Riko's eyes.

Merlin sensed something was terribly wrong: "Damn it, Artoria won't be able to get married! That elf is a formidable rival! No, I have to step up my efforts! Maybe the shopkeeper will finally give me a permanent position!"

Musashi ate the udon noodles almost as fast as she drew her sword; in the blink of an eye, she finished the whole bowl of udon noodles, soup and all.

"Boss, another bowl, please!"

Half an hour later, Musashi put down the last bowl of noodles with satisfaction. In front of her, the stack of bowls was half a meter high.

"Wow!!! That's amazing!!, burp~", the cheerful and energetic beautiful swordswoman leaned back in her chair without any regard for her image and let out a burp.

Emiya Shirou was dumbfounded. He always thought that he could only see this kind of scene in anime, but he never expected to see it in real life today!

Even Artoria isn't that powerful!

Merlin laughed and said, "She's almost as good as Artoria."

???

Emiya Shirou understood. So Artoria was still keeping food at his restaurant?!

It's now 9 PM local time in the capital. As people from all walks of life leave their jobs, the restaurant reaches its busiest point. Riko, Merlin, and Touma Kamijou are busy running around, and even Yu Meiren has joined in.

After discussing it with Yui, Shirou Emiya finally asked, "Are you the store manager or am I?"

Yui said, "You are..."

"Okay, from now on you'll listen to me, listen to me, understand? First of all, change this ridiculous customer service mode tomorrow. Look how tired my wife is."

Then there's the food probability. Improve it a bit, understand? I'm not asking you to instantly reach the level of Tianqing Road, but at least it shouldn't be, and shouldn't be, at Ye Liangshu's level, understand?

"Aren't we much more ruthless than Ye Liangshu?"

"...In short, we need to elevate it a bit; I still need this to maintain our restaurant's high-end image!"

"Okay, store manager, please let us know if you have any other unreasonable requests."

"How can this be considered unreasonable? Besides, don't you think I'm too incompetent as the store manager?"

"But the manager is invincible in the restaurant. Don't you think that personally handling everything is beneath the restaurant's prestige?"

Emiya Shirou immediately flew into a rage: "Nonsense! I can't be weaker than my wife!"

"Oh~~~~~", Yui deliberately dragged out the tone: "I understand."

"You don't know anything. Anyway, you figure it out."

Emiya Shirou rolled his eyes.

"Then I'll upgrade the magic circuit for the store manager a bit more?"

"Are you obsessed with magic circuits?"

Emiya Shirou carried a plate of food out of the restaurant, and suddenly felt that something was not quite right.

After putting down the dishes, he looked around the expanded restaurant, then grabbed Merlin, who was passing by, in a daze: "Where's the beautiful swordswoman in the purple dress?"

"Oh, she said she had an emergency, put down the bowl and ran away, saying she would pay next time."

???

If you don't pay, what kind of next time will you get?

So this woman really does like eating plain rice!

"Where did she leave from? The main gate or the side gate?"

Merlin thought for a moment, then answered with certainty, "The gate."

"Phew~ thank goodness, the main gate means she's still in the capital, but the side gate means she's really doomed." Emiya Shirou breathed a sigh of relief and gestured for Merlin to go back and serve the dishes.

Yui asked in her mind, "What aspect of your skills does the store manager want to improve?"

"Is the lower half okay?"

"...Shopkeeper, I am a legitimate elf."

"I'm a legitimate store manager, really. By the way, even if my magic circuit reaches the quality of EX, does it still count in its universe?"

"Well, I personally suggest that the store manager specialize in just one thing. With your projection skills, who knows, you might even be able to project the universe and stars?"

"Ah, this... indeed, anyone with a dream is remarkable."

Outside Grand Cooker's restaurant, in a deep, dark alley, Musashi looked around at the buildings with a confused expression and said, "Huh, where have I ended up again? Why does this place feel so different from the places I've been to before?"

Musashi scratched his head in annoyance, and was about to continue forward when he suddenly stopped.

"What do you want after following me for so long? To start a fight?"

"Huh? It really is a mouse, it's so sensitive to the sound of our footsteps."

From the shadows, Ouka emerged with Seryu, Seryu's dog-shaped Teigu, Kakashi, following at their feet.

"Master, is this someone who has also learned evil?" Seryu's face revealed a ferocious and twisted smile, and then she ordered her Teigu without hesitation: "Kaka, eat it!"

In the next instant, the Imperial Arm, which was originally less than half a meter tall, transformed into a giant dog-shaped giant and charged towards Musashi.

"A night raid? Wait, are we going to fight right away?!" Seeing this, Musashi also drew his katana. "Since that's the case, then there's no other way. Taking lives is such a troublesome thing. Shinmen Musashi-no-kami Fujiwara Genshin, reporting for duty!"

When facing an enemy, Musashi never needs fancy tricks. He only needs to rely on his Heavenly Eye and his Two-Sword Style, Fifth Form, to turn everything into the optimal strike.

"One strike, three bows, until the pinnacle of cultivation—that's where I'm aiming!"

The sword light, which was impossible to see with the naked eye, split into two pieces, and then into three pieces the instant that Kaka and Musashi made contact.

"What! Such a fast sword! Such swordsmanship cannot be unknown!" Oka was shocked and drew his greatsword, rushing forward to try to join his apprentice in attacking Musashi.

"Well, I am indeed unknown to you guys. After all, I don't even know where I've traveled to. Hmm, hey, what the hell is this thing that isn't dead?"

Behind Musashi, the supposedly dead Kakashi suddenly revived and attacked Musashi from behind.

"ha!!!!!"

Just then, a man wearing a hoodie descended from the sky, wielding a sharp sword, and once again sliced ​​Xiao Ka in two.

"Little Ka!!!" This sword strike perfectly destroyed the core of the biological Imperial Arm, rendering it unable to rise again.

The male swordsman wiped the blood off his sword, then looked at Ouka and said, "Ouka, you colluded with the oil merchant Jamal to illegally reap huge profits and framed and killed many innocent people. Tonight, we will launch a night raid and send you to hell!"

"Hahahaha!!! It really was a night raid! You bunch of rats who can't stand the light, you dare to hunt me!"

Musashi suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Are you just like those corrupt officials, oppressing and harming the people? You're a dog of an official!" Although she had a sense of justice, she would not use herself to advocate for justice.

However, Oka ran right into Musashi's blade, so there was nothing that could be done.

Seryu was completely unaware of his master's actions. He had always believed that his master was a righteous person and never expected things to turn out this way.

"master?"

"Hmph! Seryu, I told you long ago that your justice will never be served in the capital, or even in the empire! But you're too stubborn. Remember this: there has never been justice in this country, only the strong preying on the weak!"

"No! This isn't real! Justice exists!" Seryu was on the verge of collapse.

Oka ignored his disciple's "outburst" and glared at the male swordsman and Musashi, saying, "Who leaked my information? Haven't I always eliminated these people completely?"

Oh! I remember now, it's that damned woman!! Hmph! After killing you all, I'll make that woman watch her loved ones die before her eyes, and then I'll kill her too. That way, no one will reveal my secret!

"Hey, Seryu, what are you waiting for! There are two enemies! This kid's yours! I'll handle this—Ugh!!! Seryu!!! You!!!"

Before Oka could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Looking down, he saw a short sword piercing his heart and protruding from his chest. The one who did it was his own disciple!

"Seryu... Ah, I see... So your so-called justice, your bright heart and values ​​have been distorted to this extent? Honestly, I should have realized it sooner..."

The Demon Ouka, feared by countless prisoners and captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison, was betrayed by his own disciple.

"I, Seryu Ubiquitas, will never yield to evil! I'll kill even my master!!"

The woman revealed a wicked smile, drew her short sword without hesitation, and looked at the male swordsman: "You killed Little Ka, you are evil too! Justice will never yield to you!"

Then she looked at Musashi: "Since you're a night raider just like him, then you're evil too! I'll kill you all!!"

The male swordsman found it incomprehensible, but considering that his mission was already complete, he didn't want to linger. He said to Musashi, "Female comrade, you should run too! This woman has gone mad!"

After saying that, he grabbed Musashi and ran, with Seryu in hot pursuit.

"A lesbian...?"

"That's right, that's what we call like-minded people! Thanks to Comrade Manager!"

"Sir/Madam Manager?"

Musashi was even more confused. What was all this about?

Having scouted the retreat route in advance, the male swordsman easily evaded Seryu's pursuit with Musashi. After stopping in a cluster of houses, he took off his hood, revealing a head of brown hair. Who else could it be but Tatsumi?

"Let's part ways here, comrade. Keep this as a memento. Since you are also a person with true justice and ideals, you will surely understand us!"

Tatsumi solemnly placed the two booklets into Musashi's palm, revealing an innocent smile: "Comrade, there will be a time!"

"Hey, hey!" Musashi was stunned by Tatsumi's crazy actions for a whole year.

She flipped through the booklet. "The Communist Manifesto? Great quotes? What is all this?!"

Then her flat, toned abs, complete with perfect abs, made a gurgling sound.

"Ah... I'm hungry again... but I really have no money. Am I going to have to eat for free again...? That udon noodles at that shop are so delicious! I wish I had money..."

Meanwhile, Tatsumi, after returning to headquarters, reported the situation he had encountered to the boss, who had returned earlier.

"Oh, I didn't expect such a thing to happen. What do you think of that female swordsman?"

Tatsumi said, "I can sense that although she doesn't care much about winning or losing, I don't think anyone can withstand a single sword strike she makes casually."