Omi Fushimi/Virgin Land Cooking

Expose It! Spiky〇True Form of the Secret Ingredient

Backstage Stories

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Omi	Hmmm…
Izumi	Omi-kun, what is the complicated face for?
Omi	Ah, Director. Well, there is something…
Izumi	Did something troubling happen? If you're fine with me I'm willing to listen.
Omi	Haha, thank you. Then hear me out for a bit.
	The truth is, I've looked at the ingredients everyone has found, and the ingredients containing protein are just a handful.
	Since we have now more members in their growth period, with this, I'm feeling a bit uneasy.
Izumi	Now that you're saying that, you have a point…
	Hmmm… if it's protein you want then out of all things we have here, fish have it I guess. What about the share of fish the beach team has caught for us?
Omi	We do have fish, but many of them are on the small side. When cut, there is going to be left only a small part.
Izumi	I see… Ah, then, should I go searching for something?
Omi	You Director? All alone?
Izumi	Yup. I happen to be free just now. I'll go to the beach and try looking for something!
Omi	No, I’ll go with you too.
Izumi	Eh, but Omi-kun weren't you busy…
Omi	There is still time left until dinner, it's all good.
	And more importantly, if something was to happen to you Director when you go alone it would be a problem.
Izumi	I think you're worrying too much but… then, I'll take you up on that.
Izumi	Once we're out of this forest there's a beach that seems good for fishing, so how about we try fishing there?
Omi	Yeah, let's do that.
Izumi	I know, while we're at it let's look for mushrooms and plants as we move!
Omi	Haha, sounds like a good idea. The guys will surely be hap… hm?
	What is that?
Izumi	Omi-kun? What happened?
Omi	Well, next to that tree, there is something that looks like a stone slate…
Izumi	You're right! You think that maybe there's something written on it?
Omi	While we are at it, let's go check it out quickly.
Izumi	Yup!
	So this is a slate…
	From a far I thought it was big, but looking at it closely it is surprisingly small.
Omi	Right. But it looks like some letters are written on it…
Izumi	It's covered with dust so it's a bit hard to read. …hm? Is this, Japanese?
Omi	Looks like it. Let's see…
	"This is a recipe for an extremely nourishing Golden Curry, which is handed down in this island, and can be made only in this island"
	"Well then, I shall tell of this recipe, only to the people who reached this place now"
	…is what it says.
Izumi	A-A recipe for Golden Curry!?

Omi	A recipe for a Golden Curry huh… we really found something amazing.
Izumi	We definitely have to make it…!
Omi	Seems like the recipe is explained through drawings.
Izumi	Omi-kun, let's decode it!
	(A recipe for Golden Curry that is known only in this island has to be delicious…!)
Omi	Yeah. I'm also curious to know what the Golden Curry is like.
	First… ingredients for the curry? Those are most likely, drawings of fish, mushrooms and plants right.
Izumi	What is that elliptical ingredient?
Omi	It… looks like the fruit Juza has picked. Maybe we actually have most of the needed ingredients.
Izumi	Really!?
	Then, if we make it according to this Golden Curry recipe, we can make an extremely nourishing curry right!
Omi	No… before that, we still have to obtain two more ingredients we are missing.
Izumi	Eh, is that so?
Omi	Yeah. First this ingredient, it's really spiky right?
	This ingredient wasn’t among the ones everyone gathered, so first we have to find it.
Izumi	I see, I don’t remember ever seeing it either.
Omi	And then we need curry powder. As expected even I didn’t bring curry powder.
Izumi	What, if it's only that there's no need to worry!
Omi	Eh?
Izumi	Because I brought curry powder! I'll show you once we get back!
Omi	N-Nothing less from you Director…
	Then, the only problem is this one ingredient.
Izumi	Something spiky, that can be found in this island… right?
	(Hmm, I wonder what is it exactly…?)
Omi	…even when scanning briefly the surroundings, there's nothing that looks like that.
Izumi	You're right… even if I try thinking about it nothing comes to mind, for now let's just go fishing.
Omi	Yeah. Let's try to look for it while we're on the move.
Izumi	(We reached the beach, but in the end we couldn’t find an ingredient that looks like that….)
Omi	There there. Don't be so down.
	Let's try taking a different route on the way back. We might be able to find it then.
Izumi	Right. Thank you Omi-kun.
Omi	Then, let's put the ingredient searching aside, and start the fishing.
Izumi	Let's!
Omi	With this we're ready. We surprisingly caught a lot. With this much, looks like it's going to be plenty enough.
Izumi	That's great! Then, we have to prepare the meal, so let's head back--.
	--kya!
	(Ah, my hat…!)
Omi	That gust really came out of nowhere. Director, are you alright?
Izumi	I'm fine, but my hat flew all the way over there. I'm going to take it.
Omi	Ah, hey!
Izumi	There it is. Good thing it didn’t fall to the sea.
	…?
	(I wonder if the tide has risen. The water level became taller than I--)
	*water splashing*
	Kyaa!
	(Oh no, I'm losing balance…!)
Omi	Director!

Izumi	… ……eh?
	(I'm… not falling?)
Omi	Are you alright, Director!
Izumi	O-Omi-kun!?
	(Woah, his face is so close…!)
Omi	Are you hurt?
Izumi	N-No. Sorry, Omi-kun. Thank you for supporting me.
Omi	Don't mind it. I'm happy you're safe.
Izumi	The waves somehow turned taller.
Omi	The flow of the tide must have changed. We better hurry back… hm?
Izumi	What happened?
Omi	Say, Director. That thing on the rock is…
Izumi	…? There is something black and spiky on it but… ah!
	Can it be, a sea urchin!?
Omi	Most likely. If we can identify it all the way from here, it must be quite a big one.
	…about the ingredient we've been looking for, can it be that?
Izumi	! Now that you're saying it, it might look like that drawing…
	(To think that the last ingredient was a sea urchin…)
Omi	Let's catch it. It's a bit dangerous Director, so go somewhere a little distant from the sea.
	Caught it.
Izumi	Woah, it's huge!
Omi	I too have never seen a sea urchin this big. It must be something you can catch only in this island.
Izumi	I see…
Omi	With the fish and sea urchin, seems like protein isn’t going to be a problem. With this we have all the ingredients.
Izumi	Yup! Let's hurry back and make curry!
Omi	Here, it's ready. There're second helpings too so eat a bunch.
Taichi	Ooh! Is that the Golden Curry thing you talked about earlier!?
Izumi	Hmm, such a nice smell…! It was worth brining the special curry powder!
Yuki	To think you brought curry powder even all the way here… nothing less from curry alien.
Banri	But is that safe? For a curry, the smell is kinda different from usual.
Omi	I can guarantee the taste. I tasted it properly.
Izumi	Then let's eat it while it's still hot!
All members	Itadakimasu!
Izumi	…delicious!
Muku	It's a curry, but it has a new taste I've never tasted until now!
Izumi	With the touch of the mushrooms, the dashi of the fish is dominant, yet the sweetness and richness of the fruits bring depth to the curry…!
	With just that it's already delicious and yet… when you add the sea urchin to that, a new flavor is added, and it gets even more delicious…!
	It's really not any normal curry! This is the Golden Curry of this island…!
Kumon	Woah, it's super good! Right, Azami!
Azami	…well, it works I guess.
Omi	Haha, everyone really loves it.
Izumi	Yup! I'm happy they liked it!
CHOICE 1: Searching for the ingredients was hard after all [+] Izumi Searching for the ingredients was hard after all. Omi Indeed it wasn't easy but… The truth is, it was like a treasure hunt so I got a little excited. It was as if I became a child. Izumi Ahaha, I know how you feel! I got excited too!
CHOICE 2: Preparing it was hard right [+] Izumi It was hard to prepare the ingredients right? Omi Since there were also ingredients I handled for the first time. However, you don't often get a chance to prepare such a big sea urchin, so it was fun.
Izumi	Umm~, it's delicious! With this it looks like I can eat several bowls!
Omi	…yeah. As I thought it's a good thing we went searching.
	Director and everyone eating my cooking so deliciously, for me it's the best result I could ask for.

Hoshiko