Satou, rather speechless, patted Tadokoro Megumi's back and comforted her, "How could that be? You're overthinking it."
"But, I was really worried I would be eliminated."
Tadokoro Megumi said, wiping away her tears.
"You're already a top four contestant, shouldn't you have more confidence in yourself?"
Satou couldn't help but laugh.
"That's all thanks to Satou; otherwise, with my strength, I wouldn't have made it this far."
Tadokoro Megumi said, her tears turning into a smile.
"Not at all. In fact, Megumi, you have great potential. You should believe in yourself."
Satou encouraged her.
"Mm."
Tadokoro Megumi nodded heavily.
"Oh, are you that girl from last time?"
Hinako Inui walked over, stroking Tadokoro Megumi's cheek, and said softly, "Are you this year's intern? That's wonderful. You still look as delicious as last time."
Tadokoro Megumi was immediately terrified, trembling.
As early as the residential training, Hinako Inui had been very fond of Tadokoro Megumi and had invited her to visit her shop, but Tadokoro Megumi was a bit unaccustomed to such excessive enthusiasm.
"Are they this year's Far Moon interns?"
At this moment, Kirinoya's chef also walked out and asked.
"That's right. Oh, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Ono Kenro, the sous chef of Kirinoya."
Hinako Inui pointed to a dark-skinned, stern-faced middle-aged man and introduced him.
"And this is Hoshino Miyuki, the tempura chef. This is Kiyomi Kobayashi, the ramen chef."
She pointed to a male and a female chef and said, "Including me, these are all the chefs at Kirinoya."
"Hello, seniors."
Tadokoro Megumi quickly bowed to everyone.
"So, starting today, you two will be our interns. Please work hard!"
Hinako Inui smiled slightly and said gently.
"What kind of work should we be responsible for?"
Satou asked.
"Hmm~"
Hinako Inui put her finger to her lips, thought for a moment, and said, "This student, Tadokoro Megumi, will be responsible for washing dishes for now. You're Satou, right? As for you..."
"Why don't you let him assist me first."
Ono Kenro glanced at Satou and said expressionlessly, "My assistant just resigned yesterday."
"Alright then."
Hinako Inui smiled at Satou, "Satou, Mr. Ono is very strict, so you must work hard to gain his approval."
"Mm, I know."
Satou nodded.
Interns like them wouldn't be assigned head chef duties right away; they all started with cleaning.
Even Erina Nakiri, when she went for her internship, was assigned odd jobs. Of course, the Tsundere took control of the other party's kitchen in just one day.
"Let me be clear, I have very strict requirements for my assistants. If you can't handle the work, I'll replace you immediately."
Ono Kenro said sternly, "Even if you are a prodigy at Far Moon, here you are just an intern who has just stepped into the kitchen. I hope you don't disappoint me."
"I know."
Satou nodded.
At this moment, he suddenly received a task from the system.
"Host has received an additional task.
Task description: Leave your dish on the menu of every restaurant during the internship.
Task reward: One mysterious gift package (can contain ingredients, kitchen utensils, cooking skills, etc.).
Task time: Within the practical training period."
"Leave my dish on the menu of every restaurant?"
Satou immediately pondered. Leaving his dish on the menu of such a high-class restaurant was not a simple matter; at the very least, he needed to become a head chef first.
But becoming a head chef in just a few days was not an easy task.
And he wasn't even an assistant chef right now; he was just an assistant.
"Forget it, I'll just try it out first."
Satou shrugged and said.
"Satou, cheer up!"
Tadokoro Megumi said to Satou.
"Mm, you too."
Satou and she high-fived, then smiled at each other.
After simply putting down their luggage, Satou and Tadokoro Megumi officially changed into the restaurant's uniforms and became interns at Kirinoya.
"I'm mainly responsible for making sushi, so you can help me cook rice and do other chores."
Ono Kenro said to Satou, "Don't underestimate the task of cooking rice; cooking delicious rice is very difficult."
"I know."
Satou nodded.
Soon, it was the peak lunch hour.
"Is the tempura for table twenty-seven ready?"
"We're running out of plates. Has that intern finished washing them?"
"Table Seven needs two servings of tuna sushi."
Kirinoya, a restaurant opened by Totsuki Ten Masters graduates and boasting a two-star WGO rating, was doing exceptionally well. Before long, the kitchen became a chaotic mess.
Tadokoro Megumi was busy washing dishes, not even bothering to wipe away her sweat.
On the other side, Satou was also working intensely.
Ono Kenro was equally drenched in sweat from the rush.
Today's business was even better than usual. Even with Ono Kenro's immense experience, he was overwhelmed and couldn't keep up.
"I just hope that intern doesn't mess anything up," he thought.
At such a critical moment, if Satou made a mistake, it would delay his progress and completely disrupt his rhythm.
However, since he was just a student, he couldn't expect too much and could only try his best to compensate for his mistakes.
"Table Ten, two servings of cherry blossom sushi."
At this moment, the waiter rushed over to follow up on the order.
"I understand," Ono Kenro said, taking a breath.
But just then, his heart suddenly sank, as he remembered that there was no more shredded egg needed for the cherry blossom sushi.
If he were to make it now—frying the egg and then shredding it—it would take at least ten minutes.
Wasting ten minutes at such a crucial moment…
He didn't even want to think about it.
"Damn it, I actually forgot to tell that intern to prepare the shredded egg."
He said, annoyed. He had indeed been too flustered from the rush; it was his dereliction of duty.
Just then, a plate of neatly shredded egg was placed in front of him.
Ono Kenro was instantly stunned.
"What's wrong, Head Chef? We're running out of time, hurry and make the cherry blossom sushi," Satou prompted, his brows furrowed.
Ono Kenro snapped out of his daze, but was still a bit lost. "Didn't I just tell you to cook the rice and prepare the seaweed? Where did this shredded egg come from?"
"Oh, I noticed we were a bit short on shredded egg, so I specially made some earlier. I didn't expect it to come in handy right now," Satou said with a slight smile.
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