“You’re quite skilled at this.”
“I told you Hiro-sama is a great cook!”
“No, uh, just about anybody can do this much y’know……”
After seeing me flip the okonomiyaki without any trouble when one side was cooked, Whisker sounded quite impressed while Mimi looked really proud.
“But still though. Before frying it, the mixture really resembles vo–”
“That’s no good, lady. If you say any more, it’ll mean war.”
Tina promptly interjected when Elma, who was drinking beer without a care, was about to utter a particularly disgusting comparison. Nice job Tina.
By the way, even if it really resembles okonomiyaki quite a bit, dwarf-yaki really is a different dish altogether.
The taste and texture do feel similar to an extent, but there’s just something that sets it apart. The taste of the veggie resembling cabbage is a bit off. It was the same for the meat resembling pork and squid. It’s like they’re missing something. However, the flavors of the dried green nori(?), katsuobushi(?), and mayonnaise(?) were all on point.
If I were to describe it… I guess it’s a dish about 80% similar to okonomiyaki. It was actually pretty close, all things considered.
By the way, it’s not like May can’t eat food, but since she won’t be able to properly digest it, she’ll need to dispose of all the ingested food afterward. She says it’s wasteful and didn’t participate in eating. She was currently frying Elma’s share of the dwarf-yaki for her. She learned the proper method by observing how Tina and Whisker did it, and now she was cooking like a pro.
“I-I did it.”
It looks like our Mimi has successfully cooked her portion of dwarf-yaki. Its shape was slightly off because she messed up a bit when she turned it over, but otherwise, it looks good to go.
“U-Um, Hiro-sama… If you’d like, um……”
“I’ll have some.”
“Yes!”
I opened my mouth and Mimi pushed a bite of the dwarf-yaki she cooked on top of her spatula in front of me. As I didn’t want my tongue to get burned, I blew on it to cool it down and then ate Mimi’s dwarf-yaki.
The subtle sweetness of the dough spread inside my mouth, coupled with the fresh sweetness of the cabbage(?), the rich flavors of the sauce and mayo(?), and the pleasant aroma of the green nori flakes…… Mm, delicious. Apart from the slightly disappointing umami of the other ingredients, the sauce and mayonnaise were practically perfect, and the green nori and bonito flakes were quite fine as well.
“H-How is it?”
“It’s delicious. You did really well. I bet you’d be a great cook if you get enough practice.”
“R-Really? E-Ehehe……”
Mimi squirmed in delight as she cut the rest of the dwarf-yaki into bite-size pieces with tremendous momentum. What incredible spatula-handling. Maybe Mimi actually has a talent for knife-fighting? I’ll try to have May instruct her next time.
“Say, boss. I’d like you to check out the fruit of our labor.”
After saying so, Tina took out her portable data terminal and placed it right next to the hotplate. She then operated it and projected a holographic 3D image of something which looked like a hatchet.
It resembled both a hand ax and a giant hatchet. But it wasn’t any of those either. There ain’t a trigger on the grips of normal hand axes and hatchets, and they certainly didn’t look like a fusion between a gun and an ax. It wasn’t just any gun either. It looked like a short-barreled rifle or shotgun.
It’s like they forcefully shortened the barrel and stock of the gun, which originally needed two hands to be wielded properly, in order to allow it to be handled with one hand easily. It also had a large and brutal-looking ax blade stuck on its barrel.
“It’s a really cool-looking weapon!”
Mimi’s eyes shone in excitement when she saw the weapon image. Oh, right. I guess this thing pushes all the right buttons for Mimi, who had a taste for punkish fashion. As for me, I was busy imagining how much more evil the RIKISHI would look like once it gets equipped with this thing. I mean, it already looked like a villainous machine, but this just takes it to a whole other level.
“Boss’s power armor will be able to handle this baby with one hand easily. So I ordered three of em. You can dual-wield and have one spare if either of the first two breaks down or get lost in battle.”
The amount displayed on the holo-video was exactly within the budget. I did have May supervise her so I wasn’t worried about her messing up, but it looks like she really did her best huh.
“Their overall specs are a bit lower than the splitter laser guns, but since the diffusion rate of the laser rounds was reduced, their accuracy is improved. We used hyper-compressed alloy as the material for the axe blades, so it can exchange blows with the monomolecular vibro-blades of noble-issued swords. Since the hyper-compressed alloy is used for the blades alone, we succeeded in designing a weapon with a good balance between handling and toughness. With the specs of Master’s power armor, you’ll be able to crush enemy power armors with ease.”
May went ahead and explained the weapon’s specs. She didn’t mention anything about fighting with flesh and blood people since they’ll be crushed in two without a doubt when hit with these things.
“What can I say? They look like weapons fit for villain characters.”
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