The world in front of Mizuno magnified infinitely and then suddenly shrank. It was as if the magnifying and shrinking device of Doraemon had gone berserk. All the cubes, balls, and objects became extremely irregular. His eyes that had only mastered the Sharingan seemed to have become a dazzling kaleidoscope.
What am I seeing?
Why is it looking at me?
Am I under a genjutsu?
Mizuno fell into deep self-doubt.
Why is Mai Sada here?
In the cooking house!
This is too unreal.
She was slender and elegant, wearing the uniform of this restaurant. Her long hair was tied into a ponytail behind her head, and the kitchen knife in her hand was rubbing against the stone. Her eyes seemed to be colder than the edge of the knife.
That face can't be wrong, they have lived together for two months, how can there be a mistake, unless Mai Sada has another twin sister.
But why would Sada Masanori appear here? Mizuno's hands and feet were cold, and he felt that his brain wasn't enough to process everything.
"This is Mai Sada, a new girl working in the restaurant. You should get to know each other." Erina smiled softly. "The restaurant has been getting busier recently, you must be tired."
"Yes."
Mai Sada's mouth slightly curved up and nodded. She pulled out the knife she was sharpening and put the stone next to the sink. She looked at Mizuno and Haibu Sha with a smile, just like an ordinary part-time girl.
"…"
Mizuno was no longer afraid of this kind of cold weapon used by ordinary people, not to mention that the one holding the kitchen knife was just a weak high school girl.
But Mizuno's spirit was instantly on high alert, and his stomach couldn't help but hurt. Is there such a terrible thing in this world?
Mai Sada's smile was very formal, and the forced smile was a little stiff.
This smile gave off the feeling of a high school girl in a strange environment, but Shui Ye keenly noticed that her hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, as if she would rush forward with the hilt of the sword in her hand in the next second.
"Hello, nice to meet you, I am Mai Sada." The corner of Mai Sada's mouth continued to rise, and she said in a calm tone.
As if she was really facing two unfamiliar ordinary people, her eyes didn't stay on Mizuno for more than a second, and moved to Haibu Sha.
Mizuno didn't relax his vigilance, and he was still tense.
Haibu Sha's face was three parts confused, three parts confused. "Hello, I am Haibu Sha."
The surname Haibu was not common, and there were many pronunciations of the word. Just from the name, one could tell that Haibu Sha and the boss's wife were mother and daughter.
But different from the generous boss's wife, Haibu Sha gave people a feeling of being rash and cute.
Just by looking at the aura and tone of voice of Sada and Haibu, people who didn't know better would think that Haibu Sha was the part-time employee who came to the shop to apply for a job.
"Please take care of me in the future."
Sada's serious expression made Haibu Sha quickly nod in response. "Yes, okay …"
After greeting Haibu, Mai Sada looked at Mizuno with a serious expression. Her big eyes flashed, and her upper body made a fifteen degree bow. "Hello, please take care of me in the future."
"I …" Mizuno looked at Mai Sada with wandering eyes. This was the feeling of a thief who was chased by a policeman on a bicycle for ten kilometers after stealing something.
But Mai Sada's big eyes were like the highest wattage light bulb, staring at Mizuno. There was no place for him to hide his eyes.
"I am Mizuno. I don't need to take care of you, but let's improve each other in the future."
"Mizuno, what a cool name."
"Hehe …"
Mizuno showed a very awkward and perhaps impolite smile.
He didn't like his name at all. The surname Mizuno had nothing to do with being cool.
Island nation people thought cool names were all passed down from ancient nobles. Was Mai Sada scolding him in a roundabout way?
Mizuno needed to change into the restaurant's uniform. While he was changing, he stayed on the second floor for a long time. It took him a long time to calm down.
"Caw, caw."
The crows outside the kitchen cawed loudly. Mizuno frowned as he looked at the crows.
The crow was like a sentinel, standing guard around the restaurant.
He had sent the crow to protect Haibu and her family, but this crow was too stupid. It didn't even inform him about something so important!
But even with its brain, it couldn't understand the complicated feelings between humans.
"Caw … like this. This is a tricolor dumpling, specially made by Mizuno-kun. It's very popular in the restaurant."
"Mizuno-kun … huh?"
As soon as he came downstairs, Mizuno saw Haibu Sha and Mai Sada "happily" handling the tricolor dumpling.
Mai Sada squeezed the tricolor dumpling so hard that Mizuno felt a pain in a certain part of his body.
It was as if the dumpling was going to explode and burst out of it.
Ominous. This was too ominous.
He carefully went backstage and started to prepare his professional ramen.
Japanese ramen didn't depend on the chef's skill. What mattered was the soup that Mizuno put in the backstage. But perhaps because of the system, even if the ramen was made with the same machine and the same soup stock, it always tasted different in Mizuno's hands.
When he turned his back to Mai Sada, why did he feel a faint chill on the back of his head?
"Welcome."
"Sit here."
"This is today's special. I don't like it very much."
"Boss, two more bottles of beer, Kirin's."
With one more person backstage, Haibu Restaurant's efficiency increased a lot. Haibu Sha's rhythm of handling became a little messy. She walked back and forth in the restaurant with the prepared food.
"Ah."
A bowl of ramen in the backstage was accidentally knocked over by her. Mizuno reacted quickly and caught the bowl of ramen that was about to topple over. However, the soup splashed onto the side of Mizuno's clothes. Fortunately, the restaurant's uniform blocked the soup, so his underwear wasn't soaked.
"I … I'm sorry, I was too muddle-headed …"
Haibu Sha's face immediately turned bright red. How could she be so careless and embarrass herself in front of a new colleague?
"Let me wipe it."
She grabbed the wet towel beside her hand and wiped it on Mizuno's clothes seriously.
The warm wet towel absorbed the soup on the fabric of the clothes. All the towels in the restaurant had to be washed after closing time.
"No need, no need …" Mizuno scratched his nose. He looked at Haibu, who was bending in front of him, and then looked at Mai Sada. He helplessly raised his head and sighed silently. In the end, he resigned to his fate and revealed a miserable smile.
Sada carefully cleaned the meat beside him, but from the corner of his eyes, he kept glancing at Mizuno and Haibu Sha from time to time.
Especially when Haibu Sha bent down to wipe Mizuno's uniform, Sada's speed of cutting the meat increased by 10%!