Number 4 Yavin Street – Green Cloud Restaurant -
It has been a month since Izuku opened the restaurant the System provided for him, and even if the pool of customers was so thin many in his place would have fallen into despair, the young man instead treated it as a challenge to improve himself.
He also got visited by the Department of Hygiene at least once a week, thanks to Samui's colleagues as the old man from I-Island informed him, but other than acting prissy and stuck-up, those morons were always forced to run away with their tails between their legs once seen the immaculate restaurant being a step close at being sterile like a hospital operating room.
" Three more cockroaches have been removed." the System alerted Izuku inside his head.
"Those guys sure are persistent, one would think that after two weeks they would have understood that strategy was just a waste of time." Izuku muttered with a sigh, by now aware that one of Samui's friends was using her Quirk to manipulate cockroaches and other vermin into forcing their way in his restaurant, those poor things though would last barely an instant before being disintegrated by the System itself leaving nothing behind.
" There have also been two instances of crooks being sent to contaminate the restaurant's water pipes, Whitey has took care of them before they could manage. While the restaurant's water and electricity come from the System, the other restaurants around it shall not be damaged by brain-dead simpletons. " the metallic voice added.
Another thing Izuku learned was that his Sponsor was a merciless entity that took its Mission of aiding the boy's ascension to God of Cooking of the Hero World very seriously, more often than not forcing him to BEG the System to not overdo and show mercy.
Giving the finishing touches to the udon noodles he was preparing, the young Chef gave a last shook to the wok to make sure the thick meat broth would mix with the noodles before moving the content into a cute white porcelain bowl decorated in tiny green clouds he then toppled with a spoonful of his homemade extra-strong chilly sauce.
"Blackie, time to eat!" Izuku said while moving the giant bowl of noodles in front of the big black dog sleeping in front of the restaurant, with the intense aroma of the dish catching the attention of the people passing by.
" Good God! That dog eats better than me!" a particularly sad man in a cheap business suit that had just ran-by mentally whined as he saw the gorgeous dish being served to a dog.
That was part of Izuku's new everyday life: once finished High School he had started working full-time in his new Restaurant, he actually slept in the small flat above the restaurant as well.
He would get up at dawn, get down to the restaurant kitchen to train his cutting and carving skills following the System's training regimen, then he would prepare the noodles for the black dog outside acting as secondary Security measure (always serving them in the bowl with Blackie written on it so to not mix it with the bowls for his customers ) and then finally opening the restaurant properly for his customers.
The vast Main Menu was fixed and proudly displayed on a trio of wooden plaques carved with elegant calligraphy and hanging on the wall by the entrance, an extra and tiny blackboard next to them instead showed the four ' Dishes of the day' Izuku was free to decide daily based on his fancy. He even offered a small breakfast menu, although he had to wrangle with the System for days to do it, the Entity was just as obnoxiously strict as he was warned about.
"Good morning!" an elderly voice said as a very short woman with long white hair passed by the restaurant while using a tall wooden staff like a pogo stick.
"Good morning, Oba-san!" Izuku answered as he watched the tiny old lady open her own Chinese restaurant in front of his.
" Buongiorno! " ( Good Morning ) Next came a plump boy dragging along his blond-haired and thinner brother to open the Italian restaurant next to Izuku's.
"Hi!" the green-haired Chef answered, waving at both and getting, as usual, a death glare from the blond twin before both disappeared inside their store, " Aldini's" .
"All this hatred just because I made pizza once as my Dish of the Day ...That guy needs to learn how to chill like his brother does." the young man muttered while returning inside his kitchen to prepare for the new day.
Some Time Later – Lunch Break Rush-hour
Tensei Iida, also known as ' The Turbo Hero: Ingenium' , was starving.
Being a full-time Pro Hero meant that nine times out of ten he could not have a proper schedule to manage his private life, meaning that more often than not he had to sustain himself on sandwiches eaten in a rush, sometimes even eaten mid-chasing of a Villain, or like what happened that day, skipping breakfast altogether because a moron decided to make a nuisance of himself at the crack of dawn and take a gas station hostage to show his woman he was not a loser.
The Pro Hero still failed to wrap his head around the man's reasoning even after delivering him to the Police Force.
Gorororororo!
"Life as a Pro Hero is hard, isn't it?" one of the Police Officers nearby asked, chuckling, once heard the soft growling of Tensei's belly.
"Very time-consuming, Tsukauchi-san." the Pro Hero admitted, sheepish.
"Well, I was about to have lunch, you can tag along if you want," the Detective offered with a kind smile.
"Don't mind if I do, last night my Dinner was some scraps of leftovers warmed in the microwave and today I skipped breakfast...It almost makes me regret moving out to live on my own." Tensei answered, sighing in dismay.
"It's the price to pay for independence. Come with me, I will take you to a small restaurant I know of, I have to be there for a small job as well, at least we'll grab a bite of something nice." Tsukauchi answered, signaling at the other to follow him to his personal service car.
"A small job?" the Pro Hero asked while sitting on the passenger seat.
"In the last month that restaurant has been visited by Hygiene Inspectors a total of fifteen times, and today we got a heads-up about them trying again with a forged order to enter the kitchen proper, something they failed to do previously. The Snitcher asked us to stop this nonsense once and for all, together with arresting the Food Critic that has been handsomely paid to destroy the Restaurant's Reputation today as well." Tsukauchi answered.
"And you yourself moved for this?" Tensei asked, surprised.
"Can you keep a secret?"
"It comes with the job, Detective. If it is an official Mission of the Police Force I will take the secret to my grave."
"Good. The Snitcher is at the head of one of the labs in I-Island, the secret ones ." the other answered, making the Pro Hero bristle in surprise.
"Whoever is behind that harassment is targeting one of the ' Darlings' of I-Island?" Tensei asked in dread.
"So it seems." the Detective answered with a grimace.
The ' Darlings of I-Island' were a rumored tiny group of people that had caught the interest of the more secret side of the lone island very few in the Hero Business actually knew existed.
The Darlings were usually people with curious Quirks or other strange abilities those scientists studied from afar and wanted NOTHING to interfere with so to keep collecting data; messing with a ' Darling' was just suicide as the people studying them had lots of connections and were not afraid to use them to see the annoyances gone forever.
"We know full well who is behind this harassment: several high-ranking Chefs friends of that chef Samui that just recently recovered from his mental breakdown. After today we will make it clear that this kind of Mobbing is illegal and that there will be consequences if they don't stop. Same goes for the Food Critics that won't be professional and just write what the best offer tells them to, instead of the truth." Tsukauchi explained.
"And here I thought Villains would only kidnap, steal or kill…" Tensei muttered, surprised.
"You would be shocked to see how vicious the world of Cooking is, those guys would gladly stab each other in the back for an extra star on their restaurant. Here we are, we will have lunch there, at number 4." The Detective answered once parked the car and pointed at the restaurant not too far away from the parking lot.
" Green Cloud Restaurant , never heard of it." Tensei admitted, both walking leisurely towards the place with the Pro Hero waving back at the awed kids they met along the way.
"Pretty new construction, inaugurated a month ago and owned by a Trading Company specialized in Ingredients Delivery. They just opened their own store and got a young promising Chef to cook for them. The Dishes are slightly more expensive than restaurants offering similar menus, but the kid's talent is astounding, even as a Quirkless, and between that and the overall quality of the stuff he makes, nobody seems to mind. He should be the same age as your brother, actually." Tsukauchi said.
"The same age as Tenya? And he already has his own Restaurant?" Tensei asked, shocked.
"Yep! He even got all the papers filled to be a proper Chef, I checked their validity myself. He is even a full-fledged Itamae , the youngest registered." the Detective answered.
( Itamae: Literally ' Sushi Chef' , a title traditionally given to people that have certified Mastery over the skills and knowledge needed to prepare PROPER Sushi)
"What?"
"I saw him in action for that, the kid's a Monster . I showed the video to an old acquaintance of mine, and he himself certified the kid as worthy of the title and then some."
"Now I want to eat there then! Huhuhu! Hard working youths are always nice to see," Tensei answered, smiling pleased.
"Just like your little brother, maybe?" Tsukauchi asked, smirking.
"Maybe I am a bit biased, but yes." the other replied, just as amused.
Dling! Dling!
The little bell on top of the door chimed happily as the duo entered the place, beside other two people inside, they were the only customers.
"Sure is empty, though…" Tensei muttered, saddened.
"It happens when they try to scare your Customers away, the restaurant's popularity is rising, but it's a very slow process. Luckily the kid doesn't seem to mind." the Detective answered, moving to sit at a table next to one of the trees.
"What plant is this? I never saw it before...Are those runes imprinted on the leaves?!" Tensei asked.
"I have no clue, I just know that if I sit here my stress melts away , so I don't really mind if the leaves ring like a bell if you flick them. These small trees smell nice, look nice and feel nice, that's all I need to know." the other replied with a shrug and a very relaxed expression.
"Ring like-" Ding! "Holy Heavens, they do!"
"Please do not touch the leaves, those two plants are an endangered species," Izuku asked while coming out of the kitchen to address the two new customers.
"And you use them as afforestation for your restaurant?"
"My Sponsor is a little eccentric, I learned to not question them too much. What can I bring you?" Izuku answered with a shrug, he knew those two trees came from another world, but his customers certainly didn't need to know that.
"I couldn't help but hear about your beef udon noodles, I think I will try those, thank you." Tsukauchi asked.
"Of course. Mister Ingenium? What can I bring you?"
"So you know me?"
"The costume is telling enough, I am a fan." Izuku answered, smiling wide.
"Remind me to leave you an autograph then. I think I will take a portion of those Rainbow Steamed Fish Buns I see in the menu and a plate of Stir-Fried Shrimp Noodles, thank you." Tensei answered while finally taking-off the helmet of his Hero Costume.
"I will bring them immediately. Do you also want something to drink or will water suffice?" Izuku asked.
"Water will be enough, we both are still on duty." Tsukauchi answered.
"Okay, please wait a moment and I will bring everything to you." the young man answered before walking back into the kitchen.
"Apparently he is very fast at cooking, but nothing is pre-made, so we won't wait much before eating." Tsukauchi said.
"You came here to eat before?"
"I usually have breakfast here since his coffee and croissants are to die for, this is the first time I visit him for lunch."
"Oh!"
Meanwhile – in the kitchen -
The giant kitchen had been furnished, under Izuku's request, with every possible high-end apparatus an aspiring ' God of Cooking ' may need to reach said flamboyant Title, but what the young man loved the most was the HUGE table in the middle of the room occupied by an exquisite-looking giant cutting board in reddish wood adorned by delicate carvings of Ingredients of every kind framing it, that and the insane collection of knives of every possible shape waiting for him next to it.
"...I miss that Dragon knife, that thing could cut like a dream…" Izuku muttered with a sigh of dismay, having taken a large, fat fish from the cold storage of his kitchen and the plain knife from the rack next to the chopping board.
" Host Izuku will be able to unlock the ' Silver Sea Dragon kitchen knife ' once unlocked 3 ' God of Cooking Fragments'. Fragments currently owned: 1 ." The System answered.
"Better work hard then," he muttered while removing the scales on both sides of the fish and opening its belly with a fast swipe of the knife so as to delicately separate the fillet from the skin and bones.
Once washed away the blood and the guts, the young Chef rapidly cut the fish fillet into thin slices barely an inch wide, few plump shrimps too went rapidly de-shelled and quartered while the ginger root went sliced into literal hair-thin strings, same going for the other vegetables, like carrots and red onions.
The Rainbow in the Dish name was not a fancy choice, the inside of the dumplings was actually pretty colorful thanks to the Ingredients used, enough to let Izuku use such prose to name it.
Once sure every colour was ready, the young man started mixing flour and water to prepare the wrapping for the dumplings, and as the System taught him, by infusing Gourmet Energy in the mixture while kneading it he made its consistency thicker at an astounding rate.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Loud slapping noises echoed in the kitchen as Izuku's Gourmet Energy infused hands kept slapping the ball of dough on the cutting board, making it ripple heavily as the energy influx forced the dough to flip inside-out by itself at each slap.
When the young Chef finally stopped kneading and slapping the dough, the resulting smooth ball had a lustrous luster to it similar to marble and a faintly springy texture, making Izuku develop a small, satisfied smile.
"Perfect!" he declared, pleased, as he started preparing the wrappings by taking tiny portions of the dough ball he then flattened into extremely thin disks he painted in egg white and then filled with the fish fillet stripes and the other ingredients before wrapping the thing closed.
Once the wrapping was completed, layers upon layers of creases appeared at the opening and the dumpling looked like a crescent moon. It was so beautiful that it was like a work of art.
"Dumplings are ready, now while they are in the steamer, let's prepare the noodles!" once put the six dumplings into the bamboo plate of the steamer, Izuku used the remaining dough to prepare the beef noodles for the Detective and the shrimp noodles for Ingenium , with the beef ones being one of the recipes he was most used to make since Blackie would eat a giant bowl of those twice a day as a payment for his services as Security, as the dog's rapidly inflating belly could testify.
"Troublemakers!" it was when he had started preparing the Hand-pulled noodles that Izuku heard Whitey move away from his corner of the kitchen to march outside with heavy steps.
Sigh! "Another one. What is with this Dine-and-Dash craze nowadays? There isn't a restaurant here that hasn't got one fool trying it at least once a week." Izuku muttered with a sigh, unwilling to stop cooking just to deal with some punks. He had Whitey for that sort of things.
Outside the Kitchen – Main room of the Restaurant – Just a minute ago
Two brothers were occupying the table near the door, one short and thin, the other tall and muscular with broad shoulders; both had a similar Quirk giving them lizard-like appearances and thick skin covered in green scales, the tall one looked like a Human-Crocodile hybrid, the other resembled a lean human Gecko.
Tensei had noticed how the two kept stealing glances at the kitchen and then at the door once finished eating, and his hunch about the two being up to no good went confirmed when they both bolted away from the table and made a run for the door.
"STOP!'' The Pro Hero immediately ordered as he and the Detective jumped to their feet to stop the Dine'n'Dashers before they could actually leave the Restaurant without paying.
SLAM!
To their surprise the doors closed by themselves and no amount of pulling and pushing seemed able to make the glass door bulge, even under the titanic strength of the bulkier brother.
"You are supposed to pay for what you eat, guys. This food is clearly not cheap." Tsukauchi said with narrowed eyes.
"What if we don't want to pay, old man? The Chef is a Quirkless brat, we owe him nothing!" the bulkier brother hissed in contempt.
"Yeah, he can offer a bite to some guys, what's wrong with being generous?" the thin brother added, shamelessly laughing.
"It's wrong because the Chef of this place is trying to make a living, he is not here to cook for you just as a hobby." Tensei replied.
"Aaah, yes...a Pro Hero ." the muscle giant said with a sneer once recognized Tensei as Ingenium.
"Something wrong about my Profession too?" he asked, eyes narrowing dangerously.
"Swaggering aside, I was supposed to be a Pro too, before your lot kicked me out of school for a minor incident," the punk answered, growling.
"Minor incident?"
"Now I remember. You are Naofumi Tokagemaru, you tore-off the legs of one of your classmates because he was, allegedly, flirting with a girl you liked...A girl later discovered was the guy's sister , so naturally close to him. You may not remember, but it was me who took you to Juvenile after that incident. I am surprised you are still up to causing trouble." Tsukauchi said.
"The weakling was getting in the way, can't see where the problem is," the bulky brother answered, scoffing.
"And the fact the girl was not interested in you?"
"Just foolishness, I was supposed to be the next All Might thanks to my power, but I guess you others were just jealous. She would have come around sooner or later."
"So harassment AND violence brought forth by inflated Ego. You are no Hero material," Tensei declared.
"BULLSHIT!" The giant said while punching the table next to him, but to his shock even with all the strength he used while striking it, the wood table did not crumble to splinters like he expected, on the contrary, not even the plates and glasses on it moved at all.
"...What the fuck is that table made of?" the thin brother blurted-out.
"Troublemakers!" from inside the kitchen the metallic voice of Whitey the robot rang in warning as the tall thing slowly made its way towards the twins.
Measuring two-and-a-half meters in height, the chalk-white robot struck an imposing figure even with a bulging, soft round belly and a bald round head adorned just by two big round eyes shining in white light giving it a kind of cute appearance, the robot would normally just stand in a corner of the kitchen and peek out to the main room to keep everything under control, and only coming out when trouble arose inside the Restaurant to forcefully evict the Troublemakers.
"Uh! I heard rumors about the Restaurant's Bouncer , I guess it is taking action under the Chef's orders." Tsukauchi said while watching the thing move with heavy steps until it stood in front of the bulky brother and actually towering over the guy by a head.
"You don't scare me, tin-can!"
"Troublemaker, pay the bill before leaving, or you will be punished accordingly." Whitey ordered, eyes flashing from white to red at regular intervals.
"What if I don't want to pay, eh? Your Boss is a Useless Quirkless shit, what will he do if I don't pay, eh?!"
"...What did you call me?" Izuku's voice echoed in the room as he came out of the kitchen just long enough to glare at the twins.
"I called you a Useless Quirkless! So Wha-"
"I hate being called Useless. ( Deku ). Whitey! If they insist on not paying, punish them! They are officially blacklisted from entering my Restaurant!" the young man ordered sharply, cutting-off the guy so abruptly the punk painfully bit his own tongue.
Never mistake Izuku's gentle disposition and good manners for weakness, after a lifetime as Zaus, he had learned to believe in himself enough to HATE his old nickname as ' Useless' , he knew he wasn't and detested being wrongly labeled as such.
"Understood." Whitey nodded while the Young Chef merely returned inside the kitchen to finish cooking.
"I said I won't pay!"
"Me neither!" the thin brother added.
"Then you will need to come with me," Tsukauchi said, sighing, as he really REALLY wanted to have lunch before any bullshit could fall on his lap.
To his surprise though, Whitey gently moved a giant hand in front of him to stop the Detective before addressing the twins again.
"Troublemakers, pay the bill." it said, again, with his robotic monotonous voice.
"Fuck you!" the tall brother said, spitting on the robot's face.
"Then you shall be stripped as an example to others!" Whitey declared.
"...Eh?!" the four men present exclaimed as one in shock.
Clang!
"FUCK!" faster than he could react, the bulky brother got his entire head grabbed by Whitey's big hand, with the robot effortlessly lifting him up from the ground until his legs dangled from the floor.
"LET ME GO!"
SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!
Tensei was actually surprised, just judging by the loud sounds of the guy's punches landing on Whitey's face, he could tell a common human would at best last two blows before being knocked unconscious thanks to the monstrous strength behind each hit, but the robot was unfazed as his head wasn't moving of an inch whenever a punch landed on it.
"Troublemaker is unwilling to comply. Beginning Stripping!" Whitey declared without mercy as his other hand grabbed the front of the guy's clothes.
STRAAAAAAAP!
"Ah…" the buff lizard guy whimpered in shock as every shred of clothing on his person went torn away in a single motion, something that also showed that other than his biceps, down there nothing was actually ' Big' or ' Imposing' .
" What happened to the respect between people? To the respect of the Bro Code?! " the tall guy mentally whimpered while fat tears of shame fell from his eyes. His spirit had been shattered under such a shameless attack.
"NONONONONO! That's a Stripping Monster! The Robot is a Maniac!" The thin brother in the meantime ran back towards the door to slam his fists on it begging to be let out.
Clink! Clink!
The sound of Izuku bringing a small tray of freshly-baked bread and the cold bottle of water to the Pro Hero/Detective duo's table rang loudly inside the Restaurant, catching the full attention of everybody present.
"My Sponsor seems to have a twisted sense of humor. To them Stripping Troublemakers is an adequate answer and a good way to teach Humility and so they programmed Whitey accordingly, and it isn't even against the Law thanks to an old incident with a Pro Hero mistakenly stripping the Villain she was fighting against. Her avoiding being sued created a Precedent I can use to defend myself, so I suggest you pay the bill...Or you'll be next." Izuku explained with a calm tone.
"W-What?!"
"Sadly true. Laws against Public Nudity have become pretty lax nowadays, especially since a few Pro Heroes of both genders do need to show some skin to use their Quirks. Even if women are expected to show some modesty still. So unless he cripples you, he can actually get away with stripping you. Even if it would be better to leave at least the unmentionables untouched." Tsukauchi confirmed, sighing.
"I will take note of it. Whitey? Collect the money for their bill, or punish them. Whichever they choose." Izuku instructed right before disappearing back into the kitchen.
"Understood." the Robot answered while dragging the ashamed-to-near-death naked bulky brother towards the thin one.
"Pay the bill, troublemaker, or face the consequences!"
"I...I...W-We don't have money with us! We forgot our wallets back home and just hoped to eat well and make a run for it! PLEASE HAVE MERCY!" the thin brother begged.
"No."
WHAM! Striiiip! WHAM!
In answer the thin lizard brother too went stripped, although he was left in just his boxers, and both twins went then slapped by Whitey out of the Restaurant in a high fly drawing a rather beautiful arch in the air before both landed head-first into the big dumpster at the opposite end of the road with only their pale butts sticking-out from the pile of garbage inside the thing. Two exceptionally shiny asses, thanks to their scaled skin.
"Troublemakers dealt with." Whitey declared while delivering the IDs, phones, keys and a copy of the twins'bill to Tsukauchi while the torn clothes disappeared inside the literal bottomless hole the robot summoned once opened its soft big belly like a mouth.
Another function of Whitey was garbage disposal , and Izuku LOVED having a literal black-hole able to endlessly collect every scrap left by customers or his own practice cooking, everything just ceased to exist once swallowed by the robot.
Sigh! "Yes, I will make sure those two morons will get back their stuff and actually return here to pay the bill. Okay." The Detective merely accepted the silent request with a small shrug and watched the robot silently walk back inside the kitchen.
"This place does not joke around." Tensei commented, tersely, while the two returned to their table.
"I'll go make a call to have the two collected, just call me when the food arrives." Tsukauchi finally understood he had to take care of the two naked and unconscious young men outside before they could run away, so with a heavy heart, he left the restaurant to do his job.
Although, both men's mood improved considerably when their food finally arrived and they could have their lunch in peace.
"Please enjoy your meal, and I apologize for the sad spectacle. I have no patience for Bullies and Troublemakers since because of one my life was almost forfeit. It's a scar that is still too fresh," Izuku explained with a small smile and a bow, and leaving the duo their order before moving to free and clean the table once occupied by the two lizard twins.
"His life was almost forfeit?" Tensei muttered, unsure.
"Something must have happened that almost killed him, I think I will give it a look into it." Tsukauchi answered while grabbing a hold of the noodles with his chopsticks to give them a tentative bite…
SLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP!
An outrageously loud slurping noise soon echoed in the restaurant as the wide-eyed man pretty much inhaled the entire mouthful in raving hunger, his cheeks bulging like a hamster's as he loudly chewed on and on and on with half-lidded eyes of bliss.
Each bite felt like a massage was being given to his tongue, while the thick broth hugged his palate and released endless streams of meaty aroma, followed by waves upon waves of spices sweetly accompanied by a light spicy feeling from the chili sauce that had been mixed with the broth; the tiny cubes of meat as well were buttery-soft and releasing the full blast of their aroma every time the detective chew them, the entire dish was a flavor bomb that seemed to never end.
"I guess it's good?" Tensei asked with an amused chuckle, watching the professional detective throw credibility to the wind and wolf down his plate like a hungry ghost until his mouth was shining from the broth on it.
" S'gud. M' God I's su gud!" the detective gurgled-out, his mouth was simply never empty enough for him to answer properly.
"Well, I will give it a try myself then!" the Pro Hero, still utterly amused, declared while opening the tiny bamboo casket containing his steamed buns to release a thick pure-white cloud of vapor that fully submerged him in the gentle scent of the sea.
" Woh !" shaking his head a little to stop any sea-related daydream from surfacing, the young man grabbed one of the six cute dumplings with his chopsticks to study it.
The steaming had turned the thin wrapping semi-transparent, giving him the chance to faintly see the Ingredients inside and take note that indeed those dumplings could be called Rainbow Colored thanks to what lies inside.
"It does look pretty…" Tensei muttered before giving it a bite.
"Mmmmmh!"
Izuku gave an embarrassed chuckle as he watched one of the ' Big Guns' of the Pro Hero business give a very orgasm-like moan of appreciation before starting to eat like...Well...A pig; the young Chef was still unused to the flamboyant reaction first-time customers had with his food, he knew that thanks to his time as Zaus and the tutoring of the System his cooking skills were good, but couldn't people just tone it down? Just a little bit? It was really embarrassing!
" Ingenium-san...There are people watching! " Izuku thought with a shy blush as few people that were passing in front of the restaurant had stopped dead in their tracks to watch a Pro Hero and a Detective of the Police Force gorge themselves in abandon, and while it was very good publicity, it didn't make Izuku feel any less embarrassed.
With Tensei and Tsukauchi -
The young Pro Hero was in Heaven, his empty stomach was crying in joy as bites after bites of pure Happiness were rapidly filling it; the fish of the dumplings had pretty much melted into his mouth as soon as he had bitten through the thin dumplings, thus creating a soup-like broth once mixed with the other Ingredients inside the tiny thing that kept rushing down his throat like a raging river of flavor at each bite.
"Amazing." Tensei muttered, immediately falling in love with that delicate taste that warmed his heart, his new favorite dish was then soon followed by the stir-fried noodles adorned with shrimps so fat and juicy that they bounced between his teeth at each bite.
"Shit! Empty already?!" Tsukauchi gasped in horror once seen his empty bowl, and barely caught himself from licking the plate clean, something he hadn't done since he was five years old.
"I know! The plates are big but they finish so fast!" Tensei answered, just as sorrowful at seeing his own empty plates.
"…"
"...Should we...Order something else?" the Detective asked, unsure.
" Eehm ...He seems to have a nice selection of meat dishes...And it has been a while since I had some steak…" Tensei muttered in answer.
"I got some nice Argentine Beef , if you want. I also have some A5 Kobe Steak if you feel like pampering yourself." Izuku offered, making both men suck-in a cold breath.
Argentine Beef and A5 Kobe, the undisputed KINGS when it came to steaks, ludicrously expensive, but otherworldly delicious as well.
"…" Tensei's face immediately turned red as an intense battle raged between his Heart, his Mind and his Stomach, each one giving valid Pros and Cons to the idea of-
"A5 please, medium-rare." the Pro Hero blurted-out, his stomach seizing victory out of sheer Gluttony. It will also blow a hole in Tensei's finances, but at the moment he straight-up didn't care.
"I'll go with a more mundane normal steak , thank you." Tsukauchi declared with a bitter expression, totally not jealous about Pro Heroes being able to throw away money like that. Absolutely. Not at all. Not even a little bit jealous.
" Damn rich bastards…" he thought.
"I'll be back immediately," Izuku answered with a bow and disappearing soon after inside the kitchen.
Attracted by the two Big Shots eating to their hearts' content, few of the people outside ventured into the new Restaurant owned by the youngest Chef they had ever seen, soon filling every table with curious new customers.
When one hour later the bribed Health Inspector and Food Critic arrived, they both found a Pro Hero and Detective waiting for them and very ready to shut-down their backers' plan once and for all, and feeling almost tempted to somehow unleash Whitey on them for added measure just to make sure the lesson stuck.
The Next day – AU University -
The students of class 1A were having a small lunch break in the University own cafeteria, chatting about their first month of school and still recovering from their teacher Aizawa's Quirk Test , and also a bit angry at his threat of expulsion in case of failure merely being what he called ' A Logical Ruse' .
They all were certain the man didn't actually know what a 'Logical Ruse' was supposed to be.
"Bwahahahahaha!" It was then that a loud guffaw shook the cafeteria as a girl from class 1B with a bunny Quirk went overcome by a gut-wrenching laughing fit.
"Rumi-chan! Please don't make a scene!" Pony Tsunotori begged with a red face.
"Can you please have some decency? At least laugh like a proper lady!" Tenya Iida, little brother of Tensei, asked with a kind-of-prude tone, annoyed by the outburst since class 1A and 1B had their tables next to each other.
"Oh, stuff it, Glasses !" the bunny girl snapped back.
"I-I never!" the young man bristled in shock at the rudeness.
"What made you laugh like that? Can we at least know the cause?" Momo asked, rolling her eyes.
"You idiots from 1A all have a stick up your ass. I just watched a video update from a guy I am following on Tw tter ." the bunny girl, Rumi, answered with a huff.
"A nice joke?" Kaminari asked immediately.
"In a sense, a duo of morons tried to dine-and-dash, but as always Whitey the Mightey punished them." Rumi answered.
"Whitey who?"
"Here, idiot." Rumi answered, showing them the Social Media Page owned by a small-time Influencer.
The lizard Twins had made their debut in the guy's special feed as they were shown being flung out of Izuku's Restaurant by the tall bald robot, completed with stock sound effect of something falling from the sky whistling, and a final score detailing the Style, Landing and Technique of their flying journey towards the garbage bin at the opposite side of the street (in their case an 8.5/10 as a Total score), completed with the stock sound effect of a roaring applause.
It was not an isolated case, in fact, that Influencer working in one of the restaurant in front of Izuku's was making a killing by posting a video series featuring Troublemakers flying out of the Restaurant thanks to Whitey, rapidly racking-in followers and likes at each new update.
StrippingDemon, TroublemakersMustBePunished, MighteyWhitey, St rippingAvenger, FoodOrgasm, CinnabunCooksGood, CutieChef, ThisTasteAwesome and many more Hashtags were also trending a lot, increasing the popularity of both Restaurant and Robot exponentially.
" Pffft !"
"Why in their boxers?" The invisible girl Tooru asked, giggling.
"What a better way to punish some losers than stripping them?" Rumi replied with a feral smirk.
" Green Cloud Restaurant? Oh! I believe my brother went there yesterday, he praised its Chef quite a lot." Tenya admitted, unsure.
In truth his brother spent HOURS gushing about the Chef's talent, and maybe, just maybe, Tenya was a tiny bit angry at the idea of somebody else being praised that much by his brother…
"Green Cloud, you say?" Momo repeated, eyebrows shooting up to her hairline.
"You know it?"
"It's Izuku's Restaurant! Heavens, I promised I would have gone to visit him and still have not done it, I can't believe he opened a month ago and I still haven't gone there." the young woman admitted, ashamed.
"It was a very eventful month, Yaomomo. I am sure he will understand," Mina answered with an encouraging smile.
"We can go there together tomorrow if you want," Ochako added.
"Do you mind?" she asked back.
"Not at all!" the other girls answered as one.
"We all will go, I am curious myself." Mezo admitted, he too had heard of the place, and the few reviews he saw were all very positive.
" Tch ! Might as well go there myself, before you 1A buffoons stink-up the place too much," Rumi declared haughtily, causing many of her classmates to face-palm in annoyance at her rough attitude.
Of the two tables, only one guy was not thrilled at the idea of visiting the restaurant and meeting its Chef.
"...Fuck." Katsuki swore with a low voice, with his normal perennial scowl gaining an edge of dread in a matter of seconds. He really, really did not feel like meeting the guy yet.
