Komatsu's Love Defense

Setsuno placed the hat on the table with a faint smile on his face: "Come with me!"

"Granny Jie, before that, can I drink all the soup? Hehehe..." A'lu's mouth corners slightly raised, his eyes revealed an extreme desire to drink it up, and he let out a soft laugh.

Jie Nai frowned, the corners of his mouth drooped, and he shouted sternly: "Come on!"

I glanced at A-Lu, a trace of disdain flashed in my eyes. Then I followed closely in Jie-Nai's footsteps, as if I was afraid of falling behind.

Milk-breaker walked to the entrance of the basement, where a narrow iron door stretched across the ground.

"Come on, it's right down here." Jie Nai opened the iron door and walked down the stairs.

I quickly walked into the dark basement, following closely behind Jie Nai. A Lu put down the bowl in his hand, quickened his pace and followed.

The three of us walked quietly in the dark corridor, with only the sound of footsteps echoing in the empty stairwell.

Setsuno hunched over and walked with a stumbling step: "The kitchen in the cafeteria is just a place for the final process of cooking. My cafeteria is basically a space for handling and organizing."

"Isn't there a huge castle next to the cafeteria? This place is connected to the underground over there." Jieno turned on the button on the wall, and the originally dim basement instantly became bright.

After turning on the lights, the spacious and bright space instantly made people feel enlightened. The entire basement was filled with all kinds of fresh ingredients, and there were even live beasts locked up inside.

Suddenly, I froze for a moment, and exhaled briefly without convulsions: "Is this the kitchen of the Setsunori Canteen?"

A Lu's brows flashed with ecstasy: "This... there is actually such a place in the basement!"

Setsuno's gait was slow and steady, and she said to me earnestly, "Huff, huff, huff... I think you know, Xiaosong, that whether a dish is done or not basically depends on the processing."

"Although this kitchen is located underground where customers cannot see it, it is the most important place that supports the store. Originally, no one is allowed to enter except an assistant." Jieno smiled lightly, with a hint of tenderness in his tone.

I lowered my head slightly, bent my legs, and bowed to Grandma Jie: "Thank you very much, Grandma Jie, for inviting us to such a precious place."

"Roar——"

I looked through the glass and saw two huge six-eyed grizzly bears inside. Their eyes were as big as copper bells, and their faces had fierce expressions, ready to attack at any time.

I was stunned by this sudden scene: "This... these are..."

A Lu looked back and narrowed his eyes slightly. "It's a lone grizzly bear. Generally speaking, the meat of a lone grizzly bear is too hard to eat. But if you continue to stir up its strong competitive spirit, its meat will become soft and delicious. The only way to make a lone grizzly bear show its strongest competitive spirit without reservation is when it sees a male of the same species."

"I see. That's why they let two of the same sex get close to each other and wait for their meat to become high-quality due to their competitive spirit. But can you tell from the outside when the meat has improved in quality?" I blinked in confusion, watching the two beasts fighting each other inside.

A Lu smiled faintly, "There is almost no change in appearance, and these guys should have been fighting for a month! During this period, the meat is only of high quality for a few minutes. We need to perform acupuncture in such a short time and preserve it."

I was slightly surprised: "I see, the method of handling it is very special..."

A Lu put his hands in his trouser pockets and said nonchalantly, "Because the lone grizzly bear is a special cooking ingredient, this is inevitable. After all, the capture level is 37, and it is very difficult to capture it in the first place."

A Lu and I walked to a storage room filled with sardines. In the clear water, the fish were swimming happily, moving freely in the water.

A Lu paused for a moment, then continued: "This is the love sardine. It is said that only when a female is surrounded by 100 males will she have top-quality jade eggs in her belly..."

I was very confused by what Alu said, and I couldn't make sense of it at all: "First of all, I can't tell which one is the female. What's worse, it's very difficult to handle, and this ingredient is also a special ingredient."

"If you look closely, there are all some incredible ingredients here." I turned around and looked down to see the ingredients on the first floor.

I stared at the ingredients below, not wanting to look away. "If the peeled sweet potatoes are not soaked in 4C salt water for a whole year, the slipperiness on the surface cannot be removed. The sticky leeks cannot be cut into sections unless they are cut hundreds of times. Neither of them can be processed well on the assembly line."

My eyes flickered, and I looked thoughtful: "So... is it because preparing the ingredients takes too much time, so Granny Setsuno only opens the store once a month?"

Setsuno stopped and looked at me with a serious expression on her face: "That's not the case, Komatsu!"