บท 73: The Oasis
The classes in the morning finished successfully. Sato and Ming both left for the nearby school cafeteria to have their lunch.
"What should I have today?" Sato thought on his way there. Ever since Sato acquired a large amount of money from Gray to spend on food, he wanted to try out the cuisines that he couldn't try before. Of course he wouldn't abuse Gray's power, but nothing says that he couldn't try out food menus.
The nearby school cafeteria was nestled in between the Business school, the Engineering school and the Sports school. As a result, the place was always jammed packed with people, especially during lunch hours. The cafeteria was sponsored and opened by one of the University Z's most famous alumni, Borax Yukala, the founder of Borax Technology. He had revamped the once old and non air-conditioned cafeteria into a state of the art, technology oriented food zone, code name, The Oasis.
The food is all prepared using Professor Clarence's invention, Autocook. The computer data contains all the know hows of cooking top michelin star food. Since they are all made using the computer, the food will always be made to perfection. Mr Borax had spent millions of dollars perfecting all of the recipes in the Autocook robots. Even the cheapest class of food prepared here is worthy of a michelin grade.
To top it off, the now air-conditioned cafeteria doesn't require the staff and students to order from the front. Instead, they can simply sit at and order from the tables and await for robots to deliver their food. Everything was automated, even the cleanup using the robots could be requested by the students.
By the time Sato and Ming reached The Oasis, the place was jammed packed with people. The noise level in the cafeteria was at it's peak. Many students could be seen standing around the tables, awaiting their turn to sit down.
Luckily, when the pair entered the cafeteria, a seat had opened up at the window side. The two of them took their seats as Sato activated the ordering interface.
"Hmm, should I have the Shashimi and sushi set today? Or should I go for the Begger's Chicken combo meal?" Sato debated.
"You could always come back here and have the other set tommorow." Ming chuckled when hearing about Sato's struggles. He went ahead to order his usual meal, Teriyaki chicken bento, which was the cheapest item on the menu.
"Ming, let me treat you to this meal, after all I have money now." Sato reminded Ming that he now had over 100000 dollars on his id card.
"No no, how can I do that? After all, that money was prepared for you to use." Ming kindly declined his offer. Till now, he still wasn't sure what this Major General was up to. Why was he so nice to Sato?
Wanting to find out more, Ming decided to ask the young man directly. "Hey Sato, ever since you started living with Gray, has he ever like... You know... Done anything indecent to you?"
Sato laughed out loudly when he heard Ming's question. "What are you even asking? No he hasn't done anything indecent to me. He's a very nice guy. Maybe even perfect I would say?"
The compliments for Gray made Ming feel rather jealous. What had he done to deserve such praises? Even though Sato had said all good things about Gray, Ming still felt uncomfortable. Why did this general want to take in Sato out of no where?
"Come on Ming. Relax a little. Maybe I could bring you back to the place I stay and see him for yourself. I'm sure he is more than willing to get to know my best friend in school!"
Sato ordered his food and sent out the order. His comment had cheer up Ming greatly. Sato knew that Ming would always felt better whenever he gave him a compliment.
Sato talked to Ming for ten minutes about the lecture that just finished, before a robot arrived at their tables with their food. The powerful aroma came out of Sato's dish just as he opened up his lotus leaf packaging to reveal a well cooked chicken. Inside the Beggar's chicken, was the stuffing of glutinous rice that complimented the meat very well.
"Delicious!" Sato closed his eyes as he enjoyed his meal. He cut a portion of his food, before giving it to Ming to try. "Have a go at it! You would definitely like it!"
Of course Ming wouldn't say no to Sato. He ate it up, agreeing to Sato's statement. Just as the two of them were eating their meal, a person walked by holding a tray of unfinished food. He stumbled fakely, flinging his tray towards the right.
The loud noise from the clanging of the plate and bowls brought silence to the entire cafeteria. All eyes were on the corner of the room, where Sato and Ming sat.
"Oh no... I'm so sorry." The man sarcastically apologised to Sato. He had spilled his remaining soup and left over rice all over Sato's head and body. Bits of seaweed was hanging on the young man's head. Sato looked up to see the culprit and to no surprise, it was Tyron.
"Man, the floor was slippery over here. You can't blame me for slipping up and dropping my food on you right?" Tyron smirked. His band of friends were chuckling to the side of the cafeteria.
"Tyron, you have gone too far this time!" Ming complained. Ming who sat in front of Sato saw everything. That action just now was deliberately done to make Sato wet.
"Oh Ming, are you planning to side with this bumpkin too? Would you like me to treat you like how I treated him when he was in our guild?" Tyron threatened Ming.
"You!" At that point, Ming was about to explode in anger. His usual calm self would only change when the issue had to do with Sato.
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