| Citron | The best way to bond is to pull pranks! Round one! Spicy~ operation! |
| Sakuya | Spicy~ operation? |
| Citron | Officer Tsuzuru, explain.[1] |
| Tsuzuru | According to Fushimi-san, Chikage-san always carries around his own spices, and uses them on every meal. |
| Sakuya | Eh!? Really!? |
| Itaru | I had no idea. |
| Tsuzuru | I guess he does it secretly so nobody will notice. |
| Apparently Fushimi-san asked him if he should adjust the flavor to suit his needs, but he replied that it was fine because he just needs his food to be spicy. |
| Itaru | I can’t believe he rejected chef Omi’s flavoring.... |
| Tsuzuru | And he poured tons of spices into Director’s curry as well. |
| Masumi | I don’t understand how you could change the flavor of her curry. |
| Sakuya | Director’s curry is already so spicy, too. He must really love spicy food.... |
| Citron | That’s why this operation is going to involve surprising Chikage by mixing a super hot spice into his meal! |
| Sakuya | I see...! |
| Tsuzuru | To be honest, I’ve never seen Chikage-san surprised. |
| Itaru | It’ll be a rare occurrence. |
| Sakuya | I’m getting kind of excited! |
| Citron | I’ve prepared a “prank success” sign too! |
| Tsuzuru | All this unnecessary attention to detail. |
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| Izumi | Itadakimasu! |
| Chikage | Itadakimasu. |
| .... |
| Itaru | Did you add it? |
| Citron | For sure! I added a traditional ultra-hot spice from my country. |
| When ultra-hot-spice-lovers try it out, they’re first taken aback by shock, and then they get mysteriously addicted. Chikage will blow fire from his mouth and rejoice! |
| Tsuzuru | And he’s adding even more spice to that.... |
| Chikage | .... |
| Masumi | How long is he going to keep adding spices? |
| Chikage | .... |
| Sakuya | Ah, he took a bite! |
| Chikage | .... |
| Itaru | Huh? |
| Citron | No response at all. |
| Tsuzuru | That’s weird. Did we get the wrong dish? |
| Citron | No way. Chikage’s curry was clearly a different color from the rest. |
| Chikage | ...Thank you for the meal. |
| Sakuya | ??? |
| Chikage | Can you stop that? |
| Sakuya | Eh? |
| Citron | I don’t know Japanese~. |
| Itaru | Classic excuse.... |
| Chikage | I don’t like it when people mess with my food. |
| Sakuya | Ah, Chikage-san—! |
| *Door closes* |
| Tsuzuru | We made him mad. |
| Itaru | Operation failed, huh. |
| Citron | We should apologize to Chikage. Let’s go with that technique. |
| Masumi | We’re going to keep going? |
| |
| Chikage | .... |
| Sakuya | Chikage-san is here! |
| Itaru | Are we really going to do this? |
| Citron | Of course! |
| Tsuzuru | We’ve already come this far.... |
| Chikage | ? |
| Citron | Come on, gather, everyone! |
| Sakuya | Ye~s. |
| Masumi | Yes. |
| Tsuzuru | Daddy, you too! |
| Itaru | Yeah, I know. |
| Chikage | ??? |
| Citron | Father, I’m really, truly sorry. |
| Sakuya | I’m sorry, grandpa! |
| Masumi | I’m so~rry. |
| Tsuzuru | I’m sorry. |
| Itaru | My bad, Dad. I didn’t think it’d make you that angry. |
| Chikage | Grandpa...? |
| Citron | Everyone just wanted to please you, father. We went too far. |
| Sakuya | I just wanted to get closer to you, grandpa! |
| Masumi | Me too. |
| Tsuzuru | Grandpa, you like spices, so we thought it might surprise you. We only meant it as a prank. |
| Itaru | You see, we’ve only just begun living with you. They just wanted to get along with you, Dad. Please understand. |
| Chikage | Is this about yesterday’s dinner? It’s fine. I’m not mad anymore. |
| Sakuya | Really...? |
| Chikage | Yup. But why am I the grandfather? I’m not that old.... |
| Can you at least make me your neighborhood friend or something? |
| Tsuzuru | See? I told you making him the grandfather wouldn’t work. |
| Itaru | Guess we should’ve made him mom’s lover. |
| Masumi | We can’t have that. If you’re a part of this troupe, you’re also family. |
| Chikage | Family? ...We only just met. |
| Sakuya | You’re right. We only just met, so it might take some time.... |
| But we all want to know you like family, Chikage-san. We want to connect with you more deeply. |
| I’m sure that will lead to a better performance. |
| Chikage | ——. |
| ...You’re right. I hope we can one day. |
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| (Family...? What a joke. My only family is...) |
| Hisoka | .... |
| Chikage | ...Your so-called family sure is full of carefree guys. |
| Hisoka | .... |
| Chikage | Are you listening? |
| Hisoka | .... |
| Chikage | Hurry up. Remember everything about your crime... Before it’s too late. |
| Hisoka | ...Will I remember it all? ....August. |
| I’m afraid... Of falling asleep. |
