harleyscars Chapter 327 Actually, the drinking water system had already collapsed.
Chapter 327 Actually, the drinking water system had already collapsed.
Stepping into the food street, the dazzling array of delicacies tantalized everyone's taste buds. But Uchiha Ryo spotted a familiar red-haired figure pacing back and forth.
"Want to try their grilled sausages? They're delicious! Handmade!"
Hayasaka Ai's ears twitched, and she stopped in her tracks, looking in surprise in the direction from which the sound came.
"Kita?!"
"Hey! It's Hayasaka-san, and Uchiha-san too!!"
Kita Ikuyo quickly ran over, smiled at the four Uchiha, and then held up the grilled sausage in her hand. "Want some handmade grilled sausage? It's only 80 yen!"
Uchiha Ryo looked behind Kita and, sure enough, saw Iji Chi Nijika diligently grilling sausages. As expected of a drummer, she could grill so many at the same time.
Where is Little Lonely? She seems to be in charge of attracting customers, just like Kita, but she just stands to the side holding up a sign and then lowers her head like a wooden stake.
Yamada Ryo, on the other hand, started eating by himself.
"You guys didn't have training today?"
Kita Ikuyo scratched her head. "Actually, it's like this: a while ago, Nijika won a sausage grilling machine in a lottery, and then I thought I'd put it in the bar to increase some income."
Then this idea was rejected by Ijichi Hoshika. The manager said that this was a music bar, and the smell of the sausages would affect the stage and the audience.
Unless a separate area is designated as a dining area, but Starry Night isn't a large bar, where would there be any space to convert into a dining area besides the main hall?
"So, you guys come here to earn some extra money?"
"Hehehe, do you guys want to try some? They're all handmade! Absolutely no additives!"
Uchiha Ryo and Hayasaka Ai exchanged a glance.
Hayasaka Ai pulled Kaguya Shinomiya along, saying, "How about we try it? Kaguya-san, have you ever had grilled sausages from a street vendor?"
"Street vendor's grilled sausage..." Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't help but frown. As the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, she still had some psychological resistance to these things with uncertain hygiene.
However, seeing that both Hayasaka Ai and Yukino Yukinoshita had one, she smiled at the cute red-haired girl. "Then let me have one to try."
Whether it was her imagination or not, Ijichi Nijika suddenly felt pressure from the customers, and even Yamada Ryo, who was in charge of collecting money, was pulled over to help grill sausages.
The task of collecting money was handed over to Kita, while Kotori continued to hold up the sign and attract customers.
"Our popularity has suddenly surged! We should be able to sell all our inventory today!"
Ijichi Nijika was in high spirits, and perhaps because of the large group of beautiful girls, the sausage stall instantly attracted a large crowd of onlookers.
"Excuse me, please move aside!"
Just as a large group of tourists were eating and chatting around the sausage stand or preparing to take it away, a woman holding a microphone suddenly squeezed in, followed by a man carrying a camera.
"Hello, we're from the local university's journalism department. We're currently writing a food weekly. Could we possibly interview you?"
The female reporter's microphone was practically shoved into Goto Ichiri's face. Despite the large number of people present, it seemed she had precisely chosen the most difficult person to interview.
Seeing that Xiao Gudu was stammering and not speaking, the reporter helplessly turned his attention to the only boy among the group of beautiful girls surrounded in the middle.
"Hello, are you a tourist? You seem to be enjoying your meal. This grilled sausage must be delicious, right?"
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "It really is delicious. I think the popularity here speaks volumes about its taste."
"Isn't the popularity here due to your good looks? Speaking of which, you all look like students. How did you come up with the idea of attracting tourists with your appearance?"
Uchiha Ryo frowned slightly, and even Ichiji Nijika and Kita Ikuyo, who were working hard nearby, looked at the reporter with some dissatisfaction.
She didn't even take a bite before saying that the popularity of this place depends entirely on who you are. While that's a possibility, they are still very confident in their handmade sausages!
Uchiha Ryo glanced at the other customers nearby. "But according to your logic, if everyone comes to buy sausages because of people, why are so many taking them away after buying them?"
The female reporter smiled. "Because we're filming, they can't exactly approach us in front of the media, can they?"
The reporter then abruptly changed the subject. "However, I've heard that the sausage grilling industry is currently experiencing a downturn, and that some unsuitable substances are being added to sausages. Do you think this sausage might also contain such substances?"
Before Uchiha Ryo could speak, Kita Ikuyo couldn't hold back any longer.
"These are all handmade! Each sausage is made by the owners themselves using the ingredients they bought!"
The female reporter maintained her professional smile. "However, as far as we know, a factory has revealed that there are problems with the raw materials used in their sausages. Through our investigation and after listening to expert analysis, we've concluded that those raw materials are completely unsuitable for human consumption."
As soon as she said that, many customers nearby indeed began to hesitate about whether to continue queuing, and some even turned around and left.
"Well... logical." Uchiha Ryo narrowed his eyes.
"Miss reporter, according to your logic, if an employee of a winery says that their beverage has a high alcohol content, and the reporter searches for alcohol online and finds that it is mostly used for medical purposes, and then asks an expert, 'Is alcohol drinkable?' the expert says that alcohol is not drinkable and is not suitable for human consumption."
"Then could the drinks be problematic too?!"
The reporter pondered for a moment.
"So you want to expose a production problem at a certain winery? Could you please reveal the specific company name?"
"....."
Uchiha Ryo took a deep breath. This was a bustling food street; he couldn't make a move... he couldn't make a move...
"Let me give you another example. Our drinking water, apart from trace elements, is mainly composed of H2O, which is hydrogen and oxygen. However, when a reporter searched online, they found that hydrogen is mainly used for industrial fuels or making hydrogen balloons. Then, when they asked an expert, 'Is hydrogen edible?' the expert said it is not suitable for human consumption..."
"Finally, you wrote a report and published it, saying, 'Attention all bottled water customers... purified water can actually be served on the dining table!' Then some people followed suit and commented, 'These unscrupulous businesses are despicable! We support exposing them!' 'We suggest that all drinking water should have its hydrogen removed!'"
After saying that, Uchiha Ryo coughed lightly.
"Do you understand now?"
The female reporter and the photographer behind her exchanged a glance.
"Did you record it?"
"I didn't record..."
The reporter nodded. "Then let's go somewhere else to do the interview. There's absolutely nothing sensational to be found here. Honestly... this is so boring."
The two turned and left; whether or not they listened to what Uchiha Rin said was their business.
Kaguya Shinomiya put down the sausage skewer she had already finished eating... and squinted at the two walking away. "Hayasaka, help me find out which university's newspaper club it is."
Uchiha Ryo turned his head away. "A bombshell, huh... then here's your bombshell!"
The next moment, the cameraman felt a sudden burning sensation on his shoulder. The man threw the camera to the ground, and it exploded violently.
The reporter in front, caught off guard, was hit by shrapnel from the exploding camera and fell to the ground in pain.
"Are you crazy?! Cameras are expensive! They're school property!"
"I...I didn't mean to fall, this thing suddenly got incredibly hot!"