Chapter 111
Biting her thin lower lip, Rindou stared intently at Mineo.
"Mineo-kun, you're sure you aren't lying to me, right!?"
"Can you really get your hands on that many rare ingredients of the same quality for me in the future?"
"I'm telling you, Rindou, we've known each other for a long time now. Do you really think I'd use something like this to trick you? Not only that, but I can even decide to give you a few more of the ingredients currently in my warehouse! The only condition is that you have to agree to work for me!"
"I... I agree!"
"Working at your shop for at least twenty years, right!?"
"Fine! As your Senpai, I'll just consider this the signing of my own labor sale contract!"
"But Mineo, you absolute jerk, you aren't allowed to bully me at all! You're absolutely not allowed to make any unreasonable demands of me!"
Not allowed to make unreasonable demands? Dammit, if I can't tease a beautiful girl in this life, then what's the point of living?
Mineo thought this to himself, but on the surface, he maintained a wide, beaming smile.
"Rest assured, Senpai, I'm a very honest person. How could I ever dream of bullying you?"
"Once you become my employee, I'll definitely take very, very good care of you..."
"But I'm still a student right now.... If I'm going to work, it'll have to wait until I officially graduate."
"No problem. We can sign the contract now, and once you officially graduate, you can come work at my restaurant. Besides, there's only one year left; I can afford to wait!"
Quickly, Mineo printed out a contract from the office of the Dimensional Restaurant.
He initially thought Rindou would carefully scrutinize the document, but to his surprise, she didn't even glance at the fine print before immediately signing her name.
Watching this scene play out, Mineo felt a bit curious.
"Aren't you afraid that the contract I signed with you is actually a slave labor contract?"
"Are you not worried I might just sell you off?"
Hearing Mineo's words, Rindou gritted her teeth and spoke up.
"Isn't this contract I just signed basically me selling myself anyway?"
"After consuming so many of your ingredients, I really didn't know how to compensate you. If you want to sell me, then just go ahead and sell me! Besides, as your Senpai, I'm not exactly that valuable. As long as you're willing, just do whatever you want!"
Even though Rindou was acting tough with her words, Mineo could feel a deep sense of trust behind them.
He found himself feeling a little touched by it.
After reflecting for a moment, Mineo said to Rindou:
"I've made up my mind. I'll give you another third of the rare ingredients in the warehouse. After some time passes and I get a new shipment, I'll give you a few other varieties as well! Don't worry, since I promised to provide you with ingredients, I will definitely keep my word."
Hearing this, a brilliant smile instantly bloomed on Kobayashi Rindou's face.
"Then it's settled happily! That third of the rare ingredients is mine; I'll accept them without a hint of hesitation!"
Rindou excitedly pulled out her phone and made a call.
"Alright, all of you, get over here!"
"Hey, who are you calling?"
"A delivery service! Didn't you say you were giving me some ingredients? I'm preparing to have the delivery company help me send them home! Actually, I brought all of my allowance with me these past few days. Besides wanting to buy some ingredients from you, I also wanted to compensate you as much as possible, but in the end, I ended up getting myself entangled with you instead! Sigh.... Big Boss Mineo, from now on, I'm your person. You absolutely cannot betray my trust!"
"Sent to your house? Are you going home?"
"Yeah, my mom called me and gave me a final ultimatum. If I don't come home immediately, she's going to come here looking for me!"
"Is my mother-in-law really that scary?"
"Of course she's scary... my mom is the type of person who... eh..."
Before Rindou could finish her sentence, it suddenly clicked.
The sentence she had just heard seemed to have a major problem!
Mother-in-law?
An intense "murderous aura" instantly flashed in Rindou's eyes!
"Mineo, what did you just say? Could I ask you to repeat that one more time?"
"I didn't say anything just now! Rindou, you must be having auditory hallucinations..."
"I'm hallucinating? Mineo, even if you're my boss now, don't think you can just take advantage of me whenever you feel like it! My knife skills are top-tier... believe it or not, I'll carve a few choice cuts into your body!"
"Carve a few cuts into me? That's hilarious, Rindou. Do you believe that I'll cut your salary right now?"
"Cut my salary? You wouldn't dare!! Mineo, if you dare touch my pay, I... I'll bite you to death!"
After a long session of bickering back and forth in the restaurant, Kobayashi Rindou finally left.
Even though this girl had gone through a massive amount of ingredients this time, she was now planning to sell herself to the shop for twenty years to pay off the debt!
Rare ingredients in Rindou's eyes held absolutely no value to Mineo, so no matter how he looked at it, Mineo felt like he was the one who had come out on top in this deal!
Since Kobayashi Rindou wouldn't officially start working until she graduated, Mineo began thinking about other matters once she was gone.
The number of potential "restaurant mistresses" in his house had increased!
Aside from Kasumigaoka Utaha, Mai-senpai had also proudly become the second candidate.
Even though Mai-senpai hadn't visited the restaurant in person, Mineo had still extracted abilities from her!
And... most importantly, the ability extracted from Mai-senpai was truly incredible!
[Entertainer's Experience: Max Level!]
Within this entertainer experience, it turned out that many of the skills Mai-senpai possessed were included!
Things like acting, dancing, singing, and even playing the piano!
It turned out everything was bundled inside!
Combined with her peak physical appearance, if she were to step out as a star, she could become a world-class artist in an instant!
After commenting happily to himself, Mineo pulled out his phone to reply to messages from Erina and Alice.
"I'm back at the restaurant! How about we have dinner together tonight?"
Initially, Mineo thought Erina would take a while to reply, but surprisingly, the girl responded within seconds.
"Fine! I'll come visit your restaurant on time tonight!"
"Mineo, be prepared. There are a few things I want to ask you!"
"Then let's talk when we meet tonight!"
"Okay!"
Aside from Erina and Alice, the bald-headed Saitama finally replied to Mineo's message amidst his busy schedule.
"Mineo-kun! What's up?"
"Dammit, Saitama-kun, where have you been these past few days? I've been waiting to talk about some serious business with you!"
"Sleeping, watching TV, occasionally going for a walk..."
"Your life is way too relaxed! Saitama, let me tell you, I've found a way to restore your hair."
"Mineo-kun found a way to restore my hair? Is that for real? What do I have to do? Tell me quick..."
"It's simple. From now on, whenever you have free time every day, send me a message and chat with me. When the time is right, I'll tell you..."
"Just by messaging you every day, I can grow hair? Why do I feel like this method isn't reliable?"
"Whether you believe it or not is up to you. After all, the only person under the heavens who can make your hair grow back is me... this chance only comes once. Whether Saitama-kun wants to try it is entirely your own decision!"
"...."
"I get it. Then for the next few days, I'll try my best not to leave the house and keep Mineo-kun company while we chat. You have to help me grow my hair, okay!"
To be honest, Mineo didn't actually know if he could help Saitama grow hair, but in the world of Toriko, there seemed to be certain types of ingredients with hair-growth effects. At the same time, several other fictional worlds possessed recovery-type magic.
Once the number of chats with Saitama reached ten thousand and he extracted the ability, only then would he consider finding a way to grow hair for him.
Truthfully, Mineo didn't really want to spend all day chatting with a big bald guy, but who told Saitama's combat power to be so mouth-watering!
Once that [One Punch] ability was extracted, he could basically do whatever he wanted with total freedom!
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