K9999, K', Krizalid, & Zero
After Kyo and Shingo had left, Iori and the rest of the crew went back into the deli and got back to work.
"Okay, its 1:00 p.m. We have four hours to make some big bucks before closing for the evening. Now sell something!" Iori commands to the other workers before retiring to his office.
At that moment, four scary looking men entered the building, all of them wearing black clothing, and approach the main counter. Yamazaki didn't feel it was necessary to try to stop this group of customers.
"Greetings. I am Zero, and these are my cohorts: K', K9999, and Krizalid. We are searching for a company who will cater for our organization. We are willing to pay a huge amount of cash if this deli is worthy," Zero says to Billy and Goenitz.
"How much are you willing to shovel out to us?" Billy questions.
Zero opens up his jacket, revealing a boat-load of cash that totaled over 100,000 dollars.
As if it were a Sixth Sense, Iori rushes to the front of the deli and gazes at the money the man was offering. And without hesitation, Iori speaks up.
"We will take your cash…I mean…your job offer," Iori says in a scheming tone.
"Very well. However, we must first test out some of your food," Zero adds.
"Um…whatever," Iori says, shrugging his shoulders.
"Good. Now let's see how well your company takes orders," Zero says, the other three men walking up beside him.
"I'll take a salami and roast beef sandwich with a pinch of cilantro, cooked under low heat and brushed with Mediterranean butter that's been frozen and cured with apples and folic acid," Zero orders.
"I'll take the fourteen-cheese fondue with a few seventeen-grain bread-sticks, quartered into one-fourth pieces, sprinkled with garlic and tomato bisque and rutabaga extract," K' says.
"Give me a forty-alarm chili made from roasted pinto beans and mixed with red vinegar and onion oil, and pour it in a two-day old bagel and top it with cold corn chowder from Rugal's restaurant down the street," K9999 demands.
"Just make mine a delicious low-fat cheese-cake," Krizalid responds.
All the guys, including Yamazaki, held their mouths open in shock at the outstanding order placed by these four customers. Especially the cheesecake, that was near impossible to make.
"Oh, and hurry it up, we are also evaluating your swiftness in completing this order," Zero says, as he and the other three guys went and sat at different tables around the deli.
"Ah hell…did anyone write all of this down?" Iori inquires.
All three guys shook their heads in a 'No' gesture.
"Damn…" Iori says. "Let's just try to make what we can from memory. Each of us will serve a different person," Iori sighs as he and the others got to work making the asinine orders.
Twenty Minutes Later...
Iori and the other workers had finally put together what they thought were the correct orders for each of the four customers.
Iori and Zero
"Here's your order," Iori says, flopping the plate in front of Zero.
"What the hell is this?" Zero complains. "I ordered a salami sandwich, not a pinto bean sandwich! Take it back and get it right!"
Iori takes the plate and leaves the table grumbling to himself.
Goenitz and K'
"I hope this is correct," Goenitz says, placing the cheese dish in front of K'.
"Hey, this is corn chowder, not cheese fondue! Go and fix it!" K' says.
"Darn…" Goenitz sighs as he removes the bowl from the table.
Yamazaki and K9999
"Here's your slop," Yamazaki says to K9999, slapping the bowl of food in front of him.
"No, dammit, try it again! I didn't order a two-day old cilantro and oil soup!" K9999 shoots back.
"Horse-shit!" Yamazaki growls as he snagges the bowl and leaves the table.
Billy and Krizalid
Krizalid was eating his cake that Billy had brought to him.
"Yuck! This is low-fat cheesecake alright, but it tastes horrible!" Krizalid says, gagging on his desert.
"Bloody hell, man! I don't even think a thing such as a delicious low-fat cheesecake even exists!" Billy says, taking the cake away.
Another Twenty Minutes Later…
After several more trials and errors, the deli team finally manages to get the orders correct to some extent.
After they had eaten, Zero his other three cohorts were at the main counter with their decision.
"Well, after a few errors in the orders, we did manage to get what we want, and it isn't half-bad. Let me present to you a contract and the 100,000 dollar advance," Zero says, pulling said items out of his coat.
Large dollar signs rung up in Iori's eyes as he stares bedazzled at the money he was about to receive.
Unbeknownst to anyone, one of Yamazaki's snakes he had bought earlier in the day slithers out of the back storage room and into the front of the deli.
"Now if you would just sign here on the dotted li-YEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWCCCCCCHHHHHHH!"
Everyone in the deli stops and stares at Zero at his sudden outburst and saw that the snake had bit Zero in the crotch.
Minutes Later
After chewing Iori out and threatening to sue him for what just happened, Zero and his cohorts storm out of the deli without the contract being signed.
"No! Wait! Come back! NOOOOOOOO!" Iori whines as he sunk to his knees and began crying in frustration.
It was only few hours before closing time, and Iori was going to need a miracle at this point to rake in some dough.
Continue on to the final chapter!