16. First encounter
The time came to April 24th, and today happened to be Thursday, and Yu Murakami planned to go to ABC after work and pay the remaining 200,000 tuition.
There are still a lot of people sitting in the coffee shop that is close to the door.
The lights were slightly dim, and the guests subconsciously talked softly, some of them talked about interesting things or bad luck that happened during the day, and some of them peeked at Yu Murakami.
At the bar, Tamako Kitagawa is making a cup of coffee, and Yu Murakami is looking at her carefully.
The thin elbow is pressed against the powder at 90 degrees.
"The strength of the guarantee must be vertical."
"Hey."
Kitagawa Yuzi adjusted the lower angle slightly, and the master's gaze was quite vicious, and the slightest inappropriateness could be found.
So every time Yu Murakami is by her side to guide, she feels a lot of pressure, for fear that she will make a mistake.
Obviously, I have redoubled my efforts when I usually practice, so I want to get a praise in front of my master, but so far Yu Murakami has pointed out her mistakes.
"Master, do you need to exert a lot of strength to press the powder?"
Murakami Yukami greeted him with a white bone spirit nodded, and turned back to answer her question: "After being proficient, everyone has their own strength, and the water is actually related to whether you press it tightly or not, as well as the degree of grinding, and the water can't pass if the grinding is too fine." β
"Hey, I got the master."
Kitagawa Tamako puts the coffee powder on the coffee machine to extract it, and starts making milk at this time.
Yu Murakami took a look, and the milk foam was pretty good, but....
He stood up and picked up a rag to wipe the tube full of milk.
Kitagawa Tamako stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, "I'll remember to wipe it next time." β
Yu Murakami tapped her on the head lightly and said softly: "Next time, next time, see how many times you have next, and you should also pay attention to cleaning, do you know?" β
"Uh-huh." Kitagawa Yuzi nodded cutely, her eyes squinting comfortably: "Master, you are so gentle." β
"Hurry up, the guests are waiting."
"Leave it to me, master."
For ordinary latte art, Kitagawa Tamako is still confident, and she uses a lot of dish soap and cheap milk at home.
Murakami Yu looked at it, it was a pig pattern, which was naturally very rough for him, but it was generally okay.
"You'll be almost ready on the coffee machine, I'll teach you how to pour it by hand starting tomorrow."
"Really, master?"
Kitagawa Tamako is a little bit in her early sixties, her hands are clenched into fists on her chest, and her eyes are shining and she looks up at Yu Murakami.
Yu Murakami looked at her like a puppy and smiled unconsciously.
"Wow, the master actually smiled."
β...... Is it weird for me to laugh? β
"Of course, I haven't seen the master smile for so long. Master, you smile so beautifully. β
Kitagawa Tamako clutched her heart and looked like she had been hit.
Murakami shook his head helplessly, "I'll leave first today, you clean up yourself." β
In fact, he could have left a long time ago, but every day before getting off work, he would watch Tamako make a cup of coffee.
"Hey, master has worked hard today."
The other two waiters also hurriedly said, "Murakami-san has worked hard today, please go slowly." β
"Well, you guys have a good job tomorrow."
Tomorrow is the day of dubbing of "I Brave", and he has already said hello in advance.
"Hey." X3
As May approaches, the weather in Tokyo is just right at night, and the cherry blossoms of the 300-meter season have already withered.
Take the tram to ABC, halfway through the first lesson. Yu Murakami was not in a hurry, he found his old position and sat down, and Yoshima Sato was still taking notes seriously.
"Good evening, Murakami."
"Good evening."
Without listening to the lecture, he took out a cooking book and read it, and Yoshima Sato glanced at him and didn't speak.
After class, Yu Murakami said to Yoshima Sato, "Sato, I probably won't come again in the future." β
"Isn't there another audition? Murakami, don't you want it? β
"I passed the first time, forget it the second time, and I'm going to concentrate on preparing for the office interview."
Yoshima Sato was silent for a long time: "That's right, the interview at the office is the most important, Murakami, come on." β
"Well, you too."
Grab the cookbook and get ready to go out.
"Murakami, wait."
Yu Murakami turned his head.
"Saturday is my last audition interview, and the results will be announced on the spot, so would you like to have a drink together that night?"
Murakami was stunned for a moment, "Okay." See you downstairs at ABC at half past eight on Saturday night. β
"Thank you Murakami."
Yoshima Sato bowed.
Yu Murakami doesn't know what he's thanking for, was it the last interview for him? Or did you promise to drink with him yourself?
Nodding, he turned and walked out the classroom door.
γCuisine LV4:96/100γ
I found Nakazawa Masayuki who was hiding in the office and smoked cigarettes, and handed him a brand new 20 sheets of 10,000 yen.
Nakazawa Masayuki counted the money and said to Yu Murakami: "Murakami-kun, at 10 a.m. on May 2nd, the YM office will have an interview. β
"Thank you."
Put the money in the locked cabinet and continued: "I did my best, Murakami-kun you can go directly to the third round of interviews, go back and prepare well, don't let me down." β
"Well, after all, I still want to get 250,000 back."
Nakazawa Masayuki paused slightly in his locked posture, and his tone was unwavering: "I also want to continue to operate ABC and make more money." β
The two of them looked at each other in the air.
Sitting on the train home, Yu Murakami felt that Nakazawa Masayuki was not bad, although he was greedy for money and unreliable in teaching, but he did what he said in the audition and interview, and he did his best.
However, for students who fail to pass the audition, it may be even more cruel.
Murakami's mentality can be summed up in one sentence: when people are happy, they will ignore the misfortune of others.
Arriving home, 9:42.
After taking a shower and continuing to read the cookbook, the addiction brought by cooking skills made him swallow, and he didn't see the specific effect for a day, and he didn't dare to make a complete meal for a day.
At twelve o'clock, go to bed on time.
[Cooking Lv. 4: 97/100]
The next day, Yu Murakami stood in front of the mirror, dressed neatly, and scratched his messy hair twice.
"I'm leaving."
At 9:30, he arrived at the dubbing location, and there were many fewer people than the last time he came to audition.
He found a corner in the lounge and sat down.
"Please take care of me."
"Please take care of me."
"Please take care of me."
......
"Please take care of me."
The lounge sounded one after another greetings, and Murakami opened his eyes and looked at the two girls who were bending down in front of him.
He replied, "Please take care of me." β
The two women straightened up.
Both of them have goose egg faces, slightly meaty, but they don't look fat but add a touch of cuteness.
The man on the left is about 1.5 meters tall, with thick hair tied up at the back of his head - almost bigger than the little girl's face, two strands of hair hanging down on both sides of his cheeks, wearing a white shirt and a green skirt.
The other was wearing a long blue dress with a ponytail.
Yu Murakami stared at the man in the blue dress, and a trace of panic welled up in his heart.
It's the woman in the photo!
It's the woman in the photo left by the original owner!
Maruko continued: "I am the Higashiyama of the KL Cultivation Institute, please ask my seniors for more advice. β
He bowed again.
The woman in the photo combed the broken hair that slipped to her face, bowed and said, "I'm Ai Nakano from the KL Training Institute, please ask the seniors (the tone is slightly pressed down, no one notices) for more advice." β
Yu Murakami: "...... Please advise. β
He quickly calmed down, what should come will always come, he doesn't want to be connected with the original owner's social connection, but he is not afraid.
It's not because of the system, it's not because you can't help yourself by robbing someone else's body.
He doesn't care.
You found the anomaly and knew that Yu Murakami had changed.
Please take it...... My life, my everything.
But before I do that, allow me to struggle a little with a human instinct to survive.
If you can't take it, then I can only say I'm sorry, I don't want to do that.
Everyone has the right to live, doesn't they?
The two women straightened up.
Ai Nakano looked at him.
"Long time no see, Murakami-kun."