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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the day for the Totsuki Academy's school festival finally arrived.
At dawn, colorful firecrackers boomed at the main gate of Totsuki Academy, and colorful ribbons and prayers could be seen fluttering in the wind in every corner of the school.
Thousands of students from Totsuki Academy gathered on the playground, and Senzaemon stepped onto the platform.
After delivering an inspiring opening speech, the old man announced that this year's school festival had officially begun.
At the command of the headmaster, the students of Totsuki Academy flocked into their respective shops. While everyone was quickly preparing the dishes, many visitors from outside the school also entered the campus.
Before entering the academy, all guests purchase food vouchers in cash at the school gate.
The food vouchers come in denominations of 500 yen, 1,000 yen, and 10,000 yen, and these vouchers will serve as proof of revenue for each simulated store.
Every evening around dusk, school staff would tally the daily sales of each shop and announce the top ten shops with the highest sales in their respective areas.
Unlike previous years, this year's school festival also added a ranking competition. The school will create a separate list for students who run shops at the school festival in their own name.
During the school festival, Totsuki Academy was divided into three areas.
The corridors occupying the school gate area, the central area occupying the main teaching building and various campus areas, and the elevated area made from the high-end villas on campus.
The range of cuisines served varies from region to region.
Because the corridor area is located on the main road, and lacks water, electricity, and cooking equipment, students can only operate very simple food stalls such as snacks. In contrast, the central area has everything, so it mainly operates main courses, full meals, and large-scale cuisine.
Gaotai District has always been a place frequented by wealthy people, so most of the restaurants there serve high-end cuisine.
At this moment, next to a teaching building in the central district, there is a small hut built of bamboo.
The bamboo cabin is small and looks very exquisite, but it stands out a little in the central area where school buildings stand in rows.
This is the location that Ryūga operates.
Ryūga stood quietly at his stall, waiting for customers. Behind hem was a large, oddly shaped vessel.
This is the "Zeng," an ancient cooking utensil from the Celestial Empire dating back thousands of years, which was delivered by a craftsman a few days ago!
As the visitors moved forward, the central area gradually became more popular.
The first customer to arrive at Ryūga's stall was Joichiro.
"Good morning, Ryūga. Are you happy to see me?"
"I came here at top speed, because I wanted to be your first customer, Ryūga!"
"Are you moved, brother?"
Seeing Joichiro slightly out of breath, Ryūga laughed:
"Thank you so much for your patronage, Joichiro-san. Since you're our first guest, let me treat you!"
"How could I let you treat me? Since i am here to supporting your business, of course you should pay!"
"Let me see what kind of cuisine you serve,"
Joichiro's gaze fell on the menu hanging next to Ryūga's shop, and he was immediately startled.
"Holy crap, rice balls, two thousand food vouchers each?"
"Ryūga, are you trying to rob me?"
Upon hearing Joichiro's words, Ryūga smiled mysteriously and said:
"Whether it's a robbery or not, we'll find out after Senior Joichiro finishes my cooking!"
"Two thousand food vouchers, right? Since it's Ryūga's cooking, I'll eat it no matter how expensive it is. Here, these food vouchers, keep them safe."
Joichiro took out two 1,000 yen food vouchers from his pocket and handed them to Ryūga.
"Hey? Ryūga, what's that thing behind you? Is it an antique?"
"It's not an antique, it's my cooking utensil, Senior Joichiro. The dish you're going to taste later was made with it!"
As Ryūga spoke, he lifted the lid of the steamer.
The moment Ryūga lifted the lid of the steamer, the rich aroma spread like a bomb.
The rich aroma of rice, mixed with a few indescribable fragrances, immediately assaulted Joichiro's mind.
Joichiro didn't even have time to react before he was overwhelmed by the overwhelming fragrance.
"What...what is this smell?!"
"What is this? It smells so good!"
"Look, it seems like the scent is coming from that stall over there!"
"Let's go, let's go see what kind of dish that is, it smells so good!"
The crowd that gradually arrived was immediately attracted by the sudden, rich aroma.
As a gentle breeze blew, the aroma of the snow-covered dish did not dissipate; instead, it generated an even greater response.