Chapter 148

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The ingredients were finally cooked by Saruwatari Kazumi and Ishido, while Sanyu Ya helped with some cooking chores.

Saruwatari Kazumi's cooking skills are self-evident.

He runs a farm and occasionally holds small bonfire parties with Sanyu Ya and other young people living on the farm.

Therefore, dishes like barbecue are a piece of cake for Saruwatari Kazumi.

And Ishido is naturally a cooking expert.

When he was possessed by Evolto, even the alien life form Evolto could cook exquisite delicacies by imitating Ishido's cooking skills...

Now, Ishido's body has been liberated, and his cooking skills have been fully utilized. A charcoal-grilled horse mackerel completely conquered Kiryu Sento, who has grown into a sage, and made Kiryu Sento show the look of a child seeing the food he loves again.

After finishing grilling another ingredient, Manager Ishido came to Saruwatari Kazumi. He wiped his hands carefully, then put his hand on Saruwatari Kazumi's shoulder and looked at him seriously.

Saruwatari Kazumi was also very terrified. He put down his hand movements, looked at Manager Ishido in a proper manner, and then nodded slightly: "Please speak."

Seeing Saruwatari Kazumi's terrified look, Manager Ishido smiled. He smiled and patted Saruwatari Kazumi on the shoulder: "Kazumi-kun, your performance is not bad. If you continue to work hard, you may have a chance..."

Saruwatari Kazumi was stunned.

After a while, Saruwatari Kazumi clenched his fists and shed tears of emotion in an exaggerated way.

Manager Ishido said half-jokingly: "Although I don't know what you are thinking about, Izumi-kun, I'm talking about a cooking competition~

"If you work a little harder, you may be able to come up with a dish that is more delicious than my grilled horse mackerel. "

Saruwatari Ikkai's movements froze.

After a moment, Manager Ishido smiled and shook his head. He said, "As for what Ikkai-kun is considering...

"Take your time.

"After the Sky Wall disappears, the Saruwatari Farm in Kitato will probably need to be reorganized.

"And Misora, who was once imprisoned by Faust and later forced to stay in Nascita, also needs some time to adapt to life in this world.

"There is still a lot of time.

"Let time push forward the future little by little..."

After hearing what Manager Ishido said, Saruwatari Ikkai nodded slightly, and then he cheered up again, looking at the ingredients waiting to be processed with a more serious expression than when facing Killbus.

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And beautiful moments naturally need to be recorded.

Takigawa Sayo, who no longer needs to be a spy, cut off contact with Namba Heavy Industries. At this moment, she is just a female reporter who retains some spy abilities, nothing more.

Now, she is setting up cameras and cameras in the corner of the Nascita rooftop, preparing to record the entire process of the celebration banquet.

The photographic equipment that Ms. Takigawa Sayo brought this time is heavyweight equipment weighing more than ten kilograms. If she only relies on Ms. Takigawa Sayo to carry it by herself, it will obviously waste a lot of time.

Therefore, Himuro Gentoku, who not only has a tall figure, but also has a powerful force beyond ordinary small machines due to the significant increase in the danger level, has become the best photography assistant.

Himuro Gentoku does not need to know photography.

He only needs to follow Ms. Takigawa Sayo's instructions to transfer each heavy photographic equipment relatively smoothly to the location specified by Ms. Takigawa Sayo.

For Himuro Gentoku, who has become a humanoid rescue machine and Kamen Rider Rogue of the Toudou Public Security Bureau's special rescue team, this kind of thing is easy.

Thanks to the efforts of Himuro Gentoku and Miss Takigawa Sayo, cameras of various angles and various additional light sources for fill-in lighting and making the color of the picture more harmonious were placed on the rooftop of Nascita.

In a flash, the rooftop of Nascita seemed to have become a filming site for a TV series.

Finally, it was time to arrange the main camera.

After a while, Sayo Takigawa came to Himuro Gentoku. She shook her head slightly, then held Himuro Gentoku's wrist and stuck to Himuro Gentoku: "No, no, this angle needs to be slightly adjusted."

Himuro Gentoku nodded slightly, then put his side face against Takigawa Sayo's side face, then he followed Takigawa Sayo's gaze to look at the camera and slightly adjusted the distance: "Is it about like this?"

His movements were natural.

Takigawa Sayo was slightly stunned for a moment, but she finally nodded: "Yes, that's it."

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In Ms. Takigawa Sayo's viewfinder, Manjo Ryuga and Ogura Kasumi were sitting there preparing drinks.

During the time when they replaced Manager Ishido to run the Nascita Cafe, Ogura Kasumi and Manjo Ryuga also learned many ways to make and mix drinks.

At this moment, Ogura Kasumi and Manjo Ryuga were sitting at the table, using Nascita's equipment to mix various drinks for everyone.

Because it was night, coffee was not included in the mixed drinks, but all kinds of freshly squeezed fruit juices, milk drinks, and various flavors of fruit tea and milk tea were available.

It is worth mentioning that the work of squeezing and mixing drinks containing fresh fruit ingredients was done by Ogura Kasumi, while Manjo Ryuga was mainly responsible for the mixing of some drinks containing only milk and tea.

At a certain moment.

Manjo Ryuga, who was mixing milk tea with a serious expression, accidentally spilled all the milk tea in the cup because he shook the cup too hard.

Most of the slightly hot liquid fell on Manjo Ryuga's body. His hair was stuck together because of the milk, and he looked a little embarrassed.

And Ogura Kasumi, who was standing next to him, also laughed after seeing Manjo Ryuga's embarrassed look.

But she quickly fetched a towel, smiled and shook her head, and then began to wipe off the traces of milk tea on Manjo Ryuga's face and body little by little: "Ryuga is still like a fool with only muscles in his head."

However, just as Ogura Kasumi was wiping the milk tea off Manjo Ryuga, Manjo Ryuga suddenly roared exaggeratedly, and then pinched Ogura Kasumi's face and ravaged it: "Woo! I'm the muscle devil, you actually said I'm a fool, I'm going to make you look like a big clown!"

Ogura Kasumi, whose face was pinched, couldn't help laughing when she saw Manjo Ryuga making a face with milk tea all over his face, and even trembled because of it.

Amidst the laughter and playfulness, the preparation of drinks was being completed little by little.

257-Celebration Banquet (middle)

In addition to the place for cooking barbecue and mixing drinks, Nascita's rooftop also reserved a space for guests to wait and enjoy food.

In this space, two tables for entertaining different guests were placed there.

Mrs. Katsuragi, who had returned from the northern capital, and Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu, who had "resurrected from the dead", were sitting quietly near one of the two dining tables.

The two of them sat there quietly.

Mrs. Katsuragi's warm and gentle personality, which was like the sun's rays, seemed to have disappeared. At this moment, the warm spring breeze was replaced by a silence that was brewing murderous intent.

She said nothing.

At this moment, although she still had a smile on her lips, for some reason, it seemed that a chill was constantly spreading around this table.

On the other side.

Although Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu still maintained an expressionless posture as usual...

However...

At some point, Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu, who had not wavered in the face of Killbus and Evolto's power that could destroy the earth, seemed to be trembling slightly at this moment.

His forehead and temples were slightly sweaty.

Kiryu Sento came from a distance. He carefully placed the omelette he learned to cook on the table, and then left the place on the pretext that he had something else to do with Shiraishi.

Looking at the omelette on the table, Mrs. Katsuragi broke the silence: "It's a rare coincidence that the child learned to cook omelettes. Don't you want to try it?"

After hearing Mrs. Katsuragi's words, Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu let out a breath slowly as if he finally relaxed a little, then he nodded slightly, and then picked up the chopsticks and put the omelette made by Kiryu Sento into his mouth.

As expected, it was sweet and greasy.

But it was a familiar taste.

Once, when Kiryu Sento was still called Katsuragi Takumi, once, Katsuragi Shinobu had not yet faked his death and escaped, but still lived in Katsuragi's house...

At that time, Mrs. Katsuragi would prepare this sweet and greasy omelette for Katsuragi Takumi every morning as breakfast for Katsuragi Takumi.

Occasionally, when Katsuragi Takumi didn't eat all the omelette because of time constraints or a bad mood, Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu, the father, would finish the rest.

Just chewing the omelette, Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu seemed to see Katsuragi Takumi, who was anxious to go to school with his schoolbag on his back, throwing away the unfinished omelette and rushing to Shiraishi who had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

Just chewing the omelette, Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu seemed to hear Ms. Katsuragi nagging in his ear about Katsuragi Takumi's recent changes in grades and complaining that as a father, Shinobu Katsuragi was always busy with extreme plans and never came home...

Ten years...

Ten years have passed since those days.

Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu closed his eyes.

He raised his head slightly, as if he was trying to restrain something.

Seeing Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu showing that look, Ms. Katsuragi's expression softened a little.

However, Ms. Katsuragi still asked coldly: "Is there anything you want to say?"

Shinobu Katsuragi slowly opened his eyes, as if he had gained the courage to look directly at Mrs. Katsuragi. Looking into her eyes, he answered: "Very good, it tastes very similar to what you made."

However, Mrs. Katsuragi shook her head slightly, she looked at Shinobu Katsuragi, and then asked: "Anything else?"

Shinobu Katsuragi fell silent.

Ms. Katsuragi shook her head slightly, and looked at Kiryu Sento and Shiraishi. She said, "Even if it was Takumi who was always aloof, even if it was Takumi who completely inherited your strong character, he knew to entrust his 'will' to Shiraishi at the critical moment...

"Why can't you understand this after living with me for so many years...

"Didn't you consider when you made the choice, is there a possibility that I am not the one who needs your protection, but the one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you?"

Ms. Katsuragi's voice trembled slightly.

Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu was silent for a long time.

He swallowed the fried egg roll with difficulty.

After a moment, Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu looked into Ms. Katsuragi's eyes, and he nodded slightly, as if he had made a decision: "Sorry...

"I should have understood this earlier. "

After hearing Mr. Katsuragi Shinobu's answer, Ms. Katsuragi turned around and raised her head slightly, as if she was looking up at the starry sky: "It's too late to say sorry now. I will move back from my hometown in Kita-do when you really show enough sincerity."

The air is still a little cold.

But the ice is slowly melting.

The cracks are slowly closing.

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Somewhere in the corner of the Nascita rooftop.

At this moment, Ishido Misora ​​was quietly lying on the railing at the edge of the rooftop. She looked at the city in the distance and the twinkling lights of Tou-do.

At the same time, Vernage's shadow appeared beside her. Vernage leaned against the railing and looked at the night sky, as if she had found a star worth watching in the twinkling lights.

Vernage spoke first: "I'm sorry for borrowing your body without permission at that time, and it brought you a lot of trouble...

"However, in order to stop Evolto, this was the only way at that time.

"But an apology is still needed after all. "

Ishido Misora ​​looked at the bracelet on her wrist and shook her head slightly: "There is no need to apologize.

"You are the hero who saved the earth twice.

"It is not an exaggeration to say that you are the benefactor of all the people on earth, Vernage..." First, you successfully prevented Evolto from opening the Pandora's Box that could destroy the earth, and then you helped Battle Rabbit make the Sage Bottle that could fight Evolto..." "This is all your credit."

Vernage shook her head slightly and explained: "Things should be said separately..." "Just because something happened doesn't mean I don't need to apologize." "Saving the earth twice can't erase the fact that I have caused you a certain degree of harm."

Ishido Misora's mouth corners slightly raised, she turned her head and looked at Vernage, she said: "As the princess of Mars, you are unexpectedly easy to talk to."

Vernage looked at the sky and said: "Although I am the princess of Mars, I have completely lost my compatriots now..."