Addicted to Curry 68

Reserved for Trinity BAKumA. Do not use without my permission.

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Chapter 68: The Man Who Crossed the Ocean and Hainanese Chicken Rice

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Yui(thought): Dad's friend...
Yui(thought): Is a foreigner---!?
Ryan: My name is Ryan Woodgate! Nice to meet you!
Ryan: Oh! That's right! I have a letter from Souichirou! (side) So heavy...
SFX: *Rummage*
Yui: Huh?
Yui: So you met up with dad!?
Ryan: ?
Yeah.
Yui: Where...is he right now...?
Ryan: What? He didn't tell you?

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Ryan: He's in Singapore!
Yui: Si...
Yui: Singapore!?
Ryan: Yes. He said that he is going to study making curry all over again!
Yui(thought): He's doing something weird like that again... (side) At least get in touch~~
Nao: You father is pretty extraordinary, like always.
Why is he going all the way to Singapore for that? (side) Wouldn't India be better?
Nao: There are more variety of curry to study from in Singapore. (side) Although I wouldn't know.
Ryan: Yes.
Ryan: Singapore is a multi-cultural society, with people from China, India, Malaysia, Arab, among others.
Ryan: That's why, in addiction to Chinese curry, Indian cuisine, and other ethnic cooking, there are a wide range of other cuisine, including French and Italian.

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Ryan: Since curry is an ethnic cuisine mainly from Asia...
Ryan: The best place to study it would be in Singapore!
Yui: ...
Nao: Hm, I see.
Yui: Um...so where is the letter?
Ryan: Sorry...
Ryan: I seemed to have lost it...
Yui: ...
Yui: Anyway, I will take you to the restaurant. (side) Oh well...
Please follow me.
Ryan: Thank you, thank you very much!
Yui: Um...Woodgate-san...?
Ryan: Please just call me Ryan.
Sayuri(thought): Ryan...<3
Yui: Ok, so Ryan-san, why did you come to Japan?
Ryan: Sightseeing!

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Ryan: Ever since I was little, there has been a lot of Japanese people around me... Souichirou was one of them too.
Ryan: I heard a lot about Japan, and how it's a beautiful country with all four seasons...
So I've always wanted to come visit.
Nao: Singapore doesn't have four seasons?
Ryan: It's close to the equator, so it's humid and hot all year long.
Ryan: Besides...
I really wanted to meet Yui-san at least once.
Yui: Huh?
Sayuri: What about me? What about me?
Ryan: Souichirou was talking about you everyday in Singapore.
He was telling me stories all the time, of you from when you were a child, all the way up until now...
Ryan: And gradually I started to become interested.
Yui: Wait...what kind of stories...?
Ryan: Let's see.
Ryan: For example---

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Ryan: Like how you used to wet your bed all the way until fith year elementary school.
Yui: Buh!
Nao: Gyahahahahahahahahahahaha!! (side) W-wet the...!
Yui: ...
Sayuri: Even now I do it once in a while!
Ryan: You also have liked sword-fighting ever since you were really little.
And whenever you're bored, you would want to go on a diet even when you're eating something. (side) And that wouldn't last more than 3 days.
Ryan: Even though you know nothing about soccer, you like guys who play the sport---
Ryan: And whenever you have red rice for dinner---
Yui: Wait, enough! That's enough!!
Yui(thought): I can't believe it...he's such an idiot...
Ryan: But it's just as I thought.
Ryan: The you who grew up with lots of love from Souichirou...
Ryan: Are exactly like how I thought you would be.

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Ryan: A very charming girl...!
Yui: !
Yui: Ah...
Yui: If he really cared about me, he wouldn't just leave without giving me an address...
Ryan: No! That's not true!
Souichirou has always been worried about you!
Ryan: And now...if he loses the restaurant, you will be very sad...
So in order to see your smile...and to continue the curry house, he's working very hard in his studies!
Ryan: He may not know how to express his feelings...but he is always thinking about you!
And he has never stopped loving you!
TN: Ryan is so cheesy D:
Ryan: Please...don't forget about that fact...
Yui: ...
Yui: He really sucks at expressing it...
Ryan: Ah...
Yui(thought): ...But...

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I see...

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Ryan: Oh...Great...!
Yui: Come in!
Ryan: Thank you.
Mukai: Welcom---
Ah, Yui-chan! (side) Welcome back-
Yui: I'm back, Mukai-san.
Ryan: Eh?
Huh?
Mukai: Ah, a customer? (side) Welcome!
Ryan: The curry house is in business?
Yui: Haha...There's a story behind it... (side) Um...
Makito: Ah! Yui, you're back! Come take a look at this!!
Yui: Makito...

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Makito: Look! This!
Yui: What is it?
Makito: Don't you think this girl looks like you?
Makito: Mukai said you two look alike, so he brought this here.
Nao: She really does--
Yui: ...
Sayuri: Her boobs are huge.
Mukai: Uwah--- Uwah--- Uwah---!
Mukai: Why did you show it to her!?
Makito: Huh? Why not?
Makito: Shin-chan, you read stuff like this-
Mukai: Ah! No...
Yui(thought): They're the worst...
Ryan: ...
Ryan: Makito...?
Makito: ?

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Ryan: Makito!! It is you after all!!
Ryan: It's been a long time! I'm Ryan! I wanted to see you!!
Makito: R...Ryan...? Ryan...Ryanwood something...?
Ryan: It's Woodgate...
Makito: Woah--- Haven't seen you in a while! What are you doing here!?
Ryan: I'm here for sightseeing! What are you doing here, Makito!?
Makito: What, you ask? I'm here to make curry! (side) You should know by just looking!
Yui: ...
Makito: Huh? Wait a second, don't tell me...
Makito: You're that friend of Sou-san...
Ryan: Yes!

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Ryan: Ah-- but I never expected to see you in a place like this, Makito!
Ryan: You sure have changed!
Ryan: The Makito I knew had black hair was this short!
Yui: Wow-- (side) I see---
Makito: Like I would ever be that small, idiot!
Yui: So Ryan-san, were you working in the same place as Makito and dad?
Ryan: No. I wasn't working there.
Ryan: But my older brother was, so I went there to visit a lot.
Makito: You were getting in the way all the time.
Ryan: That's why I remember Souichirou and Mikito being there very well!
Yui: Wow--
Yui(thought): I see...
Yui(thought): So Ryan-san has been friends with Makito since he was in Singapore...
Ryan: It's been a while, so please make something for me.
Makito: What do you want by saying something?
Ryan: Anything is fine.
Yui(thought): Then perhaps---

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Yui(thought): For the real reason Makito is chasing after Sakuma Satoshi---
Yui(thought): This person here...
Yui(thought): May know the answer to it---
Makito: Here it is! (side) Eat up!

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Ryan: Oh! This is---
Makito: Hainanese chicken rice!!
Yui: Huh: Hainan...what?
Makito: Hainanese chicken rice! It's the most popular item at food stalls in Singapore!
Makito: The rice is cooked using the water that was used to boil the chicken, so the taste of the chicken within is superb!
Add in as much soy sauce and chili sauce as you want, and you can eat it with everything mixed together! (side) It's good!

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SFX: *Clatter*
Yui: Wow, it's so good---!!
Yui: The chicken is so soft... And the soy sauce dipping has a really familiar yet profound taste!!
It's so simple, but so tasty---
Recipe:
Hainanese Chicken Rice (Serving for 4)
Box: If you want to be extravagant, use two portions of chicken. One is used to make the broth, and the other is for eating. The chicken tastes the best when the flavor does not ooze out. For the chicken to be eaten, boil it with salt and pepper.
Chicken leg meat 1kg
*1 Indica rice 300g
*2 Pandan leaf
Ginger 2cm big
Pepper
Garlic 1 piece
Tomato 1 whole
Cucumber 1 whole
Salt
Ginger(for the sauce) 5cm big
*3 Dark soy sauce
Capsicum 1 or 2
Chile sauce

(1)Rub both the inside and outside of the chicken with salt and leave it for about an hour.
(2)Put enough water to cover up the chicken inside a big pot and boil it. Add sliced ginger and garlic, along with pepper. The water should boil in 3 to 4 minutes.
(3)Add the chicken and pandan leaf. In order to make the chicken soft, close the lid to the pot and boil on low heat (for a bit over an hour). Remove any oil that floats to the top.
(4)Turn off the heat and cool the chicken. Take it out when it's no longer warm.
(5)Filter out the broth from what's left over in the pot, and use it to make the rice. Add a pinch of salt to it.
(6)Add sliced cucumber and tomato. Serve with soy sauce with floating bits of sliced Capsicum, chili sauce, and grated ginger.

*1 Can be replaced with Japanese rice. Boil it so that it becomes harder.
*2 Can be replaced with coriander or spring onion.
*3 Can be replaced with normal soy sauce.

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Ryan: Mm! Mm, mm!
Ryan: This is very good!
Ryan: But...
Ryan: Can I ask one question...?
Ryan: I came all the way from Singapore to enjoy Japanese culture...
Ryan: But why are you serving me a famous dish from Singapore...?
Makito: I just wanted to spite you! (side) Kekeke!
Makito: To be frank with you, Ryan...
Makito: You came for sightseeing? Don't make me laugh...
Makito: What is the real reason you're here?

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Yui: Huh...? Wait...what do you mean?
Ryan: Fufu...
Ryan: You haven't changed at all, Makito...
Yui: Ryan-san...?
Ryan: A sharp intuition and surplus of confidence...
Ryan: Always very much clear-headed...
And never faltering...
Ryan: That's right...
Even your culinary skills...are the same...
Ryan: My luggage and coat were all stolen...
Ryan: But I'm glad I protected this with my life...

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I came to Japan with the faintest hope---
While thinking that I probably won't get what I wanted.
The real reason that I'm here...
Is so that I can have my revenge---
To have a match with you, Makito---!!