"Ladies and gentlemen, the four judges on the scene have come to Maruyama Coffee's Izaki. The work of Izaki is ...... Eh, is it My Neighbor Totoro?

……

Just as Sakurako was standing on the stage relaxed, waiting for the results of the second round of the competition, the camera switched to her again, and at the same time, on social media, the news that Akemi Sonoji went to the Hakodate Civic Hall to participate in the Japanese Barista Contest gradually spread, and by the way, Sakurako and Sakurano Sakura were known to more Akemi fans.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the final score given by the judges is 9.5 points for the works of Izaki, congratulations to Izaki for successfully entering the final stage. “

When the results of all the contestants in the second round were announced, everyone was pleasantly surprised that Sakurako actually ranked third in the overall score. The top two are unsurprisingly occupied by the powerful Hidenori Izaki and Katsumi Tokai. As for the other two players, although they also entered the final stage, they actually lost the opportunity to compete for the championship because of the large gap between them and the top three in terms of points.

"Sakurako still has hope, as long as she wins the top two opponents in the creative coffee section, she can hope to win the championship. ”

Yuzi looked at the score list on the screen and said to Lin Xiuyi excitedly.

"Yes, I didn't expect Sakurako to achieve such good results, compared to the first two links, in fact, I am more confident in this part of creative coffee. To be honest, that cup of dark beer coffee that day really subverted all my perceptions of coffee!"

……

After a morning of fierce competition, the finalists finally got a temporary respite, and after submitting relevant instructions about the creative coffee session to the organizing committee of the competition, Sakurako walked out of the civic hall and gathered with Lin Xiuyi and others.

"Sakurako-san, your performance this morning is really amazing!"

"Good work, Sakurako!"

"It's okay, Shuichi, it's so bothering you to come to Hakodate for a wedding and take the time to come and watch my game. ”

"No, today's game is very exciting, and Sister Sakurako also entered the finals as she wished, next, can we think about the championship?"

"Although there is little hope, I think it's okay to think about it!"

……

I don't know if it was the morning game that gave Sakurako some confidence, but when everyone asked about the championship again, Sakurako also showed more confidence. So when Lin Shuichi suggested that everyone try Hokkaido's unique seafood bibimbap, they were immediately warmly welcomed by everyone.

Lin Xiuyi drove the car that he lent him to the right and carried everyone to a nearby seafood bowl restaurant called Sawazaki Seafood Restaurant, after obtaining everyone's consent, everyone asked for a seafood bowl full of materials, looking at the thick sea urchin covered with rice, crab meat and salmon roe, Lin Xiuyi couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and said I started, and tasted it.

Maybe it's because it's close to lunchtime, and there are a lot of customers in the cafeteria, but there are few people who come here to taste seafood rice bowls like Lin Xiuyi and others, after all, the price of such a bowl of rice is as high as 3,200 yen. And their behavior similar to that of tourists naturally attracted the attention of other diners present.

"Look, that girl over there looks like Akemi Sonoji!"

"No, how could a big star come to eat in the canteen of our aquatic market?

"Hey...... Maybe you're not mistaken, you see, someone just explained on the Titter that Mei was watching a barista contest at the Civic Hall, isn't that place near us?"

"No, I'm so lucky, I didn't expect to meet a star when I came out for a meal during a break from work!

With the click of a mobile phone taking a picture, Akemi couldn't help but stop her chopsticks and glance in the direction where the sound came from, while Akemi's companions also looked at the men who were secretly taking pictures. I saw several men in overalls nodding to her with some embarrassment and apologizing. knew that she was secretly photographed, and although Akemi felt that the other party was a little excessive, she didn't mean to come forward to ask for the guilt. However, Lin Xiuyi, who was sitting next to her, asked with some concern:

"Do you want me to warn them?"

"Forget it, since everyone comes out together, it will inevitably be recognized, and I don't think they should have any malicious intentions!"

Akemi smiled and persuaded Lin Xiuyi a few words, and then secretly patted the back of Lin Xiuyi's hand to show comfort, and Lin Xiuyi nodded and smiled to show understanding.

Maybe it was because I saw Akemi looking at this side with some dissatisfaction, the men who were secretly photographed just now felt a little embarrassed, and didn't continue to make an inch, maybe they were really Akemi's fans, one of the men saw Akemi's displeasure, so he stood up and apologized to Akemi.

"We're sorry, we're ...... It's just that I think it's very rare to meet Miss Akemi here, so I thought about taking a photo and sending it to my friends.,That's the ...... We're going to delete the photos now!"

"Actually...... I was just watching a friend's game, and I was passing by and wanted to come in and try the seafood rice bowl......! Please leave me a little bit of personal space, okay?"

"Hey, I'm so sorry for you......! We're going to take our leave!"

Seeing that the other party apologized to himself with some shame, Akemi smiled kindly and nodded to the other party.

"Hey, if you don't confirm whether the other party really deleted the photo just now and let them leave, aren't you afraid that the reporter will find out about the trouble for you?"

Seeing all this, Miko said to Akemi with some unease.

"It's okay, anyway, so many of us go out to eat together, others shouldn't see any problems!"

After everyone left from the restaurant, Lin Xiuyi led everyone back to the civic hall, and everyone stayed in the seats in the hall, quietly waiting for the afternoon game. At this moment, Akemi's mobile phone rang.

"I'm sorry, I'm going out to answer the phone!"

Akemi said something, and then walked outside with the phone.

"Excuse me...... Is there something going on?"

"Akemi...... Are you in Hakodate now?"

"Hey, my friend is here to participate in a coffee competition, and I'm here to cheer for my friend!"

"But...... I see that Lin Xiuyi seems to have been photographed as well, you ......"

"Uh...... Which friend did I know with Officer Lin, so I ......"

"Really?"

"Hey, I didn't lie to you at all, we're really just friends now!"

"Forget it...... Let's not talk about this!"Le Dinner"The ratings have been very good recently.,Asahi TV is very satisfied with this cooperation.,So they intend to restart the last time the filming was interrupted due to an accident "Reasoning is After Dinner" project.,But in order to minimize the impact of the last actor's death.,The TV station wants you to cooperate with the Metropolitan Police Department.,Make a special program about the inside of the Metropolitan Police Department.,In this way,We can use your topic to make the audience forget the previous events.,So... … I'd like to ask Shuichi Hayashi to see if I can get him to cooperate with your special program at the Metropolitan Police Department. ”

"Huh...... Really, it's so good!"