Seiji, who had been paying attention to the situation, was just about to ask when he saw the man's face quickly relax. His eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a loose smile as if the skin on his face had melted.
"So delicious …" He muttered in a child-like tone.
"Matsutani-senpai, what's the matter?" Seiji asked.
However, the chubby uncle did not react. He maintained his expression and continued to shove the curry rice into his mouth.
Feeling that something was off, Seiji approached the man and tapped his shoulder.
Matsutani's eyes instantly widened slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"This is super delicious!" He gestured to the curry rice in front of him. "It's so delicious! It's just like the food in the manga! "
"It's delicious. Is there any other problem?"
"The problem is that it's too delicious! It's addictive! " Matsutani shoved another mouthful of rice into his mouth and narrowed his eyes. "I'm already addicted to this. Don't worry about me. Just let me fall into this peerless delicacy!"
Then, he just ate, ate, ate, ate, and ate, completely immersed in the bliss of tasting delicious food.
"There doesn't seem to be a problem …" Seiji returned to his seat. "Would you like to eat, Ishihara-senpai?"
"I … would like to try it." Miyabi's cat ears twitched.
"Me too. Let's order dishes together." Seiji picked up the menu on the table.
The two of them ordered and waited for the dishes to be served.
Seiji took a bite of his pork chop rice.
Immediately, an incomparably intense taste rushed to the top of his head!
Because the feeling was too strong, he couldn't describe the taste at all. The only thought left in his mind was "delicious"! It was as if his entire brain was trembling. Apart from being intoxicated, he couldn't think of anything else.
After chewing the food in his mouth, his hand involuntarily took a second bite, and his expression uncontrollably became relaxed …
When he came back to his senses, Seiji found that the big bowl in front of him was empty, without a single grain of rice left.
What a terrifying delicacy!
Miyabi had a blissful expression as she ate her grilled fish. The cat ears on her head had become soft and pliable.
Next door, Matsutani was already eating his second curry rice.
Seiji also wanted another serving! But he forced himself to hold back.
Because he still had to explain the situation to Hashimoto-san, he couldn't just enjoy the food like this.
…
After listening to Harano and Seigo's explanation, Yuko Hashimoto took some time before she could reluctantly accept it. She then explained the situation on her side.
"What should we do now?" She asked the man. "How do we get back to reality?"
"Now … I don't know what to do." Seiji looked around the restaurant.
"We followed the cluster amaryllis flowers all the way here. Based on our previous experience with Ishihara-senpai, we should be doing something here in order to head to the next location."
"But there doesn't seem to be anything unusual here … except that the food is a little too delicious."
"Perhaps … he wants to make something even more delicious than the food here?" Miyabi guessed.
"I don't think it's possible … Hashimoto-san, are you skilled at cooking?"
Yuuko shook her head.
"Although I'm interested in cooking, I'm not very good at it."
"Ishihara-senpai, what about you?"
Miyabi shook her head as well.
"I'm not that skilled either, and Matsutani-senpai …" Seiji glanced at the pudgy middle-aged man who was currently eating his third serving of curry rice. "He doesn't seem like an expert either."
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
"It's impossible to compete in cooking. So, the only thing I can think of is to compete in martial arts." Seiji looked in the direction of the kitchen. "That restaurant owner … Hashimoto-san, did you give him some sort of powerful setting?"
"In my concept, he's a hero from another world, a top-level powerful individual who defeated a demon king," Yuuko told him. "But, I haven't written this out yet."
"So, you're saying that this setting only exists in your mind and hasn't been written into your award-winning novel?"
"Yes."
"Hmm …" Seiji rubbed his chin in contemplation. "Right now, I don't know exactly how this Domain was formed. It's possible that the setting you just imagined will appear. In that case, it'll be quite difficult to suppress it with martial arts.
I don't know what will happen if we fight. I don't know if we'll be able to take the next step if we win. "Seiji sighed.
Everyone fell silent once more.
"Let's just wait here," Matsutani suddenly spoke up.
Seiji and the others looked at him.
"The food here is so delicious. I can eat for as long as I want!" The pudgy middle-aged man stated. "Rather than causing trouble here, why don't we just obediently wait here and wait for the people in the real world to save us?"
"Will someone save us?" Something flashed in Yuuko's eyes.
"There will be. The handsome boy you're facing isn't an ordinary Spiritual Ability user. Someone will come to save him soon, along with us."
Yuuko and Miyabi looked at Seiji Mukai again.
"Based on the current environment, it's possible to wait here for someone to save us. However, there's also a problem …" Seiji paused for a moment. "First, we don't know how long we'll have to wait.
If time in this Domain is synchronized with the real world, then someone will notice that something happened to me after a while and try to save me. But if time isn't synchronized, and time passes slower in the real world than here, then we'll have to wait for a very long time.
"Second, it's also possible that the situation will worsen before we can wait for anyone to save us. We don't know how this incident happened or what's currently happening. We don't know what the real world is like. Is it really alright to just sit here and do nothing just because the environment here is nice? "
"But we don't know what to do …"
"Although we don't know, that doesn't mean that we should give up." Something flashed in Seiji's eyes. "We can talk to the restaurant owner, or we can talk to the customers and try to gather more information. Perhaps we'll know what to do then."
"Go ahead and talk to them, then. Tell me if you know anything." Matsutani continued eating.
"Senpai, have you already become a captive of delicious food?"
"Yes, I've become a captive! Right now, as long as I have this Supreme Curry Rice, I'll be able to survive for several decades without a problem! "
'Surviving on curry rice for several decades … are you a general who's stranded on a deserted island?' Seiji retorted in his mind.
"I can try to talk to the restaurant owner," Yuuko spoke in a soft voice. "Although I'm a little afraid, if something happens to me, Harano -san, you'll help me, right?"
"Of course." Seiji nodded.
"I'll just try to talk to the customers." Miyabi looked around the restaurant in an attempt to find someone who seemed easy to talk to.
"I'll have to trouble you guys. Please be careful," Seiji reminded them.
Right after he said this, the restaurant's door was forcefully opened. Someone barged in.
Seiji and the others reflexively looked over and saw a gray-haired boy who was wearing a strange robe and was panting heavily. They were all stunned.
This was Koushi Nomura!
"Nomura-san …" Seiji was the first to regain his senses. "Why are you …"
"Harano … -san …" Koushi Nomura's expression changed when he saw Seiji. "This place … what exactly …"
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