Satou was instantly speechless.
Please, can you not use such ambiguous words?
"Satou, you heartless man, you deceived my feelings! You clearly said you didn't have any the day before yesterday, but now you've brought out an ingredient like this."
Kobayashi Rindo cried while pounding Satou's chest.
Many nearby students looked over in surprise.
"Senior Kobayashi and Satou seem to have an unusual relationship."
"Yeah, did he really do something out of line to Senior Kobayashi?"
"No way? Isn't he close with Miss Erina? Is he two-timing? That's too much!"
"Yeah, it's really enviable."
Seeing that the surrounding students were starting to misunderstand, Satou became even more speechless.
"Senior Kobayashi, that's enough, isn't it?"
Erina Nakiri lightly coughed and said.
"Erina, are you jealous?"
Kobayashi Rindo smiled slightly at her.
"Of course not!"
Erina Nakiri's face flushed instantly, and she turned her head to look elsewhere as she spoke.
"I don't care! Satou, you deceived my feelings, you must compensate me!"
Senior Kobayashi coquettishly said to Satou.
"Haha, it seems Kobayashi really likes your ingredient."
Eishi Tsukasa squatted on the kitchen counter, laughing heartily, completely lacking the demeanor of a First Seat.
Satou rolled his eyes. He, of course, knew that Kobayashi Rindo was eyeing the Western Pear Bread, but this bread was indeed very expensive, and only one could be purchased every three days. Moreover, it was Satou's experimental subject today, so there was no way he could give it to her.
"Alright, I'll give you a little bit to taste."
In the end, he could only say helplessly.
"Really?"
Kobayashi Rindo's eyes lit up, revealing two sharp little fangs.
"Mm."
Satou nodded, then used a small knife to cut off a few small pieces, which he handed to the Nakiri sisters, Eishi Tsukasa, and Tadokoro Megumi.
As soon as it was cut, pink juice flowed out, emitting a rich, sweet aroma.
Kobayashi Rindo and Eishi Tsukasa's eyes lit up, then they took it and tasted it.
"It's so delicious!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Tadokoro Megumi's eyes. It was her first time eating such delicious bread.
Although it wasn't Erina Nakiri and Alice Nakiri's first time eating it, they still couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Hey, hey, Satou, where did you get this breadfruit? If you're willing to give me a whole one, I can promise you certain things."
Kobayashi Rindo leaned close to Satou, deliberately puffing out her full chest.
Satou was speechless for a moment, feeling that this Senior Kobayashi's style was truly unrestrained and bold.
"Senior Kobayashi, that's enough!"
This time, even Alice Nakiri couldn't stand it.
She felt that sharing a boyfriend with Erina Nakiri was already a big enough sacrifice, and she certainly wouldn't let other women have Satou!
"Eh?"
Erina Nakiri looked at Alice Nakiri with a bit of surprise, not expecting her to actually help her, which made her feel a little grateful.
"That."
At this moment, Eishi Tsukasa raised his hand, "If possible, could I also have a breadfruit?"
"Sorry, Tsukasa-senpai, Senior Kobayashi, I don't have any more of these."
Satou spread his hands and said.
"Is that so?"
Eishi Tsukasa was a little disappointed, but he could still understand, after all, such ingredients must be very precious.
However, Satou was a little stunned, noticing Eishi Tsukasa and Kobayashi Rindo's vocabulary, "You know this is a type of breadfruit?"
As an explorer who travels all over the world, Kobayashi Rindo could tell that this was actually a natural fruit and not artificial bread, which Satou could understand, but the fact that Eishi Tsukasa could also tell made him a little surprised.
"Mm, the juice inside is very rich, with a natural sweetness, feeling more like a fruit."
Eishi Tsukasa explained with a smile.
Satou couldn't help but look at him a few more times. As expected of the First Seat, his intuition for ingredients was unusually strong.
"So, you want to cook this breadfruit? The difficulty isn't ordinary."
Eishi Tsukasa asked.
He clearly also saw the difficulty of cooking Western Pear Bread.
"Mm."
Satou nodded and said, "I want to give it a try."
"That's truly impressive."
Eishi Tsukasa sighed. Even he himself wasn't sure if he could succeed in cooking Western Pear Bread.
Next, Satou thought for a while about his previous ideas, then began to cook.
"Megumi, sprinkle equal amounts of salt and dark brown sugar on the plastic wrap, then wrap the salmon and marinate it."
"Mm!"
Tadokoro Megumi responded, then began to act.
"Salmon? I see, this breadfruit's taste is too sweet, so you're planning to pair it with savory salmon? That's indeed a good choice."
Eishi Tsukasa exclaimed, "Generally, untalented chefs would only try to make it into other desserts, but this would only lead them astray, because in terms of sweetness, there's no way to improve it further."
"Huh? Tsukasa-senpai and everyone, aren't you going to cook?"
Satou looked at Eishi Tsukasa and the others strangely.
At this moment, Eishi Tsukasa was squatting on the kitchen counter next to him, and the others also had no intention of leaving, watching him cook with great interest.
"It's just a simple exam, I can finish it in less than an hour."
Eishi Tsukasa held up a finger and said with a smile.
The students secretly observing from the side were all speechless.
What was a hellish final assessment to them was just an ordinary exam in his eyes. Did he want people to live or not?
"I'll continue watching for a bit too."
Kobayashi Rindo also smiled, revealing two canine teeth, clearly not taking the exam seriously either.
"Me too."
Erina Nakiri nodded and said.
Anyway, passing this kind of exam was no difficulty for her, so watching for a while was fine.
"Alright."
Satou said, although being watched by so many people always felt a little strange.
Then, he brushed a layer of olive oil and some fine salt on the Western Pear Bread, and put it into the oven to bake.
Olive oil can increase the bread's aroma and mellow taste, and an appropriate amount of salt can better highlight its sweetness.
The bread was soon baked. The baked bread had lost some moisture, and the juice inside had significantly reduced, but the texture became softer, and the sugar was locked in the bread, making the sweet aroma even richer.
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