Returning Transcendent Opens an Idol Agency Chapter 267: Miya Musashi – Dress Rehearsal

A side view of a modern kitchen. Sleek stainless steel appliances. A clean marble countertop. And warm lighting, paired with an open space.

Standing in the middle of that kitchen was a beautiful young woman with silver hair and sharp blue eyes. The face of a cold beauty that didn't take any nonsense. One that wouldn't look out of place from an old samurai movie as a female swordswoman.

Except she wasn't a swordswoman. Instead, she was a chef. A fact made clear from the signature white chef shirt and plain black pants.

Miya Musashi. Or rather, the young woman who would eventually beco known as Miya Musashi. At the mont though-

"Show us your stuff, Yuri-chan!" Jenny's voice echoed from off-screen.

"Miss Jenny!" Shu's voice echoed and she said, "It's Miya right now!"

"Oh! Right, right. Show us your stuff, Miya-chan!"

'Miya' clicked her tongue and said, "Are you guys trying to ss up on purpose?"

Chihiro's voice echoed. "That's the point of the rehearsal, Miya. Unless you want to risk slipping up live when you're being watched by tens of thousands of people?"

Miya's face turned red and she said, "You don't need to remind ! I got it, sheesh."

Shu's voice echoed and she said, "No pressure, Miya! Just pretend we aren't here!"

"Kind of hard to do that, Shu- I an... Kuromi. Right, it's Kuromi."

"No." Chihiro's voice echoed and she said, "It's Kronii."

"Wh-What?" Miya's eyes widened and she started to panic. "I-I could have sworn it was Kuromi!"

Jenny giggled and said, "Stop teasing her so much, Davinki-chan."

"Ugh. Can we not call that? Rhea's a much better na. Davinki is too cutesy."

Miya huffed and then crossed her arms. "So are we doing this or not?"

Chihiro spoke up again and said, "If you're getting this frustrated with just us, wait until the real deal where you're dealing with the horny guys in chat. Considering you're Ani swordswoman waifu material..."

Miya rolled her eyes and then walked over to the kitchen. As she did, she paused and said, "How do we even know this is working?" She stared at the cara and said, "I don't see any lights or anything. Is this thing even on?"

"Don't worry, Miya-chan~!" Jenny called out and said, "I set everything up to stream to a private account! We can see you just fine~! Trust !"

"Guess I'll have to. But..." Miya tilted her head and said, "How does this thing work? Does it follow around?" To test things out, she started walking in a circle.

The cara moved with her, keeping her in the center of the fra.

"Huh." Miya crossed her arms, staring at the cara with a thoughtful expression. After that, she looked off screen and said, "Are you controlling this, Jenny?"

"Nope~! Titor's fake future tech makes it all work like magic! If you tell it what to do, the drone should listen. And it'll learn too! I think."

"Well, whatever." Miya spun around and walked back towards the kitchen. "Just don't get in my way, cara bot."

*beepbeep*

Miya paused.

Shu gasped and said, "That's adorable!"

"Note to self," Chihiro said. "Ask Titor to give AI drawing assistants..."

Miya looked off to the side and said, "Don't you have any sha 'Rhea?' DaVinci was a master because he did everything himself, wasn't he?"

"He was also soone who would appreciate getting with the tis. And aren't you supposed to be practicing?"

Miya clicked her tongue and said, "Fine. But stop talking. It's distracting."

"Again, Mimi. If you can't handle this-"

"Pft." Shu laughed and said, "Mimi..."

Miya groaned and looked at the cara. "Alright, cara bot. I'm going to pick out ingredients so fly close and get the best shot."

*beep*

After hearing that, Miya walked over to the fridge and opened it.

The cara moved to over her shoulder and revealed the fridge's contents.

Shelves lined with fresh vegetables. Cartons of eggs and milk. Various cuts of at on the bottom shelf, and then blocks of cheese on the rack attached to the door.

Miya humd and said, "Let's make sothing simple." She grabbed the carton of eggs and so broccoli out of the fridge.

The cara zood out, moving back to show the whole kitchen.

Miya walked back to the counter in silence and put down her ingredients. After that, she walked over to the pantry and started rummaging around.

As she did, the cara moved back over her shoulder to reveal the inside of the pantry.

Packs of instant ran, cup noodles, boxes of spaghetti, packages of oatal... and a bunch of other random instant foods lined the shelves.

Miya grabbed a few packs of instant ran and then closed the pantry. After that, she walked over to the counter again to drop off her ingredients. Then she started rummaging around for a pot.

All the while doing it in complete silence.

Chihiro let out an exasperated sigh and said, "Oh co on, Riri. You're Chef Miyamoto's granddaughter, aren't you? Don't tell you haven't seen how his shows go."

Miya blushed and looked off to the side. "I-I forgot, okay! It's my first ti streaming anything like this. I'm not a crazy person who's used to talking to themselves outloud!"

"Right. You're just a crazy person in general."

"And you're suffering from middle school syndro!"

"I'd rather be a chuuni and rich than a normie and poor, thank you very much."

Miya pursed her lips.

Jenny giggled and said, "Don't worry, Miya! Awkwardly cooking in silence has its own charm when you're beautiful."

"Yeah!" Shu spoke up and said, "Miya looks super cool like this, doesn't she? And she's supposed to be a samurai too, so quietly preparing food matches the setting."

Chihiro humd and said, "True. But Mimi's real personality isn't like that. Won't people be too shocked when she starts talking?"

Miya stomped her foot on the ground and said, "Stop calling weird nas!"

"See?"

"Ah. I see what you an, Chi-chan..."

Miya blushed and then pulled out a pot from a drawer under the countertop. After that, she cleared her throat and looked at the cara. "For today's al, we'll be preparing sothing simple. Since most of you are probably poor, it's important to cook sothing nutritious but cheap."

"Way to fla your audience."

Miya's eyebrow twitched.

Jenny giggled and said, "You are having way too much fun teasing Miya-chan."

"Can't help it. She's too easy to tease. Though I can see why Alfi and Hana like teasing Aoko so much now."

"Just ignore them. Focus on your job." Miya muttered under her breath and walked over to the sink. After that, she started filling the pot with water before turning back to face the cara. Smiling, she said, "The longest step in this al is preparing the broth, so we'll get the water boiling first before preparing the other ingredients to add in."

"Huh?" Shu spoke up and said, "You're supposed to boil the water separately?"

Miya paused and looked over at Shu in shock. "D-Don't tell that you just dump everything in at once...?"

"Well, yeah. There isn't anything that will make you sick if you overcook it, right?"

Miya groaned and lifted the filled pot over to the stovetop. After turning on the heat, she glanced over to the side and said, "How have you been eating until now, Shu?"

"Well... Mostly handouts. School and rent is expensive, so I usually eat instant ran or cup noodles unless there's leftovers. Oh! One ti when I worked at a Chinese restaurant, there was a big catering order where the custor cancelled after it was cooked. My boss let take everything ho instead of tossing it, so I got to eat a lot." Shu let out a content sigh and said, "That was a good month..."

Miya opened the ran packs and pulled out the sauce packets. After that, she grabbed a knife and cutting board to chop up the broccoli. "You should have told , Shu!"

"Eh. It's fine. My body's pretty tough, you know? I've even gone a month without food before, so it's not a big deal."

Miya frowned. "Even then..."

"So," Chihiro said. "Are you planning on practicing after all, Mimi? Or are we just hanging out? I'm fine with either, but I'd like to set proper expectations, you know?"

Miya's ears turned red and she cleared her throat. "R-Right." She turned back to the cara and said, "Now instant ran usually isn't very healthy. The sauces that co in the packs have a lot of salt, so you want to balance that out. Fresh veggies like broccoli are good, but you want to make sure to cut them thin."

Silver flashed, and the dark green broccoli suddenly fell apart into thin slices.

"Like so." Miya scooped up the slices to place in a bowl and then said, "You want the veggies to cook at about the sa rate as the noodles, so keeping them thin and light is important. It also helps get that freshness into the broth faster to balance out the salt and preservatives from the sauce packets..."

"Boooring." Chihiro yawned and said, "I can see the Z's in the chat already."

Miya's eye twitched and then she glared at Chihiro. "Yeah?! Well, why don't you show us how it's done then, Miss Genius DaVinci wannabe?"

"Oh I will. But finish cooking first. I want so ran."

"...How do you like your eggs?"

Jenny gasped. "Oh my! Miya-chan!"

Miya blinked. "What? I just-" She paused and then turned a deep red. "PERVERT!"

Shu laughed.

Chihiro sighed.

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