Just about half an hour before the hands of the clock struck noon, the first years were called in by their adviser to proceed to their next activity. It was going to be their first real test working with their recently assigned group.
However, even if there were no imminent life-threatening circumstances, the training camp's "cook off" was still a true challenge for enhancing each individual's ability to conform with a team, especially for those who had poor cooking capabilities.
Each team was given an hour to prepare a meal for at least fifteen people. With the certain limitation of time, most of the students scurried all over the vast frontyard of the Yanagi residence as they prepared the necessary ingredients for the contest dish.
"Grilled pork chops? Really?" Eimi ranted to her sister, Shizune, in the middle of chopping the meat. "There are five of you and this is all you can come up with? I must say, I'm a little disappointed, onee-chan."
