The Lunch Club's Slapdash Inspection Part 1

*sniff* *sniff*

We must be getting close based on the smell.

Oh! Found it...!

Ooh! Let's see.

Juri, catch!

Got it!

Huh?! Wha...?!

Gotcha! You're the cookie thief!

Caught red-handed!

Hmm?! *munch* *munch* Mmph!

*munch* *munch* *gulp* Ack! Wh-Why are you doing this?!

That's our line.

Why are you snooping around the student dining hall so early in the morning?

Exactly!

B-Because...!

Yesterday, I heard that we'll have cookies for dessert this morning.

Um, so...I...

Oh, that's right! I just wanted to give the cookies a taste test in advance!

I felt it was my duty as a member of the Gourmet Research Society!

Oh. Now I get it.

*sigh* I understand you're hungry, but these are for breakfast, you know?

You need to wait until then.

Ugh! Just give me one! I'll settle for crumbs!

But if it's too early for cookies, I'm fine with the entree!

You're ordering breakfast now?!

*sigh* I don't have time for this. Come back when it's breakfast time.

Huh? What could you be doing at this hour?

Well, today is the School Lunch Club's health inspection.

In other words, a health inspector is going to be visiting today.

21;후우카;01;They'll look at the cleanliness of the facilities, the expiration dates on the ingredients...

...not to mention several other aspects about us before finishing the evaluation.

We received a low grade during our last inspection, and our budget was halved as a result...

I've never understood how it happened. I thought we were prepared.

The inspector had a smile on his face when he left. What happened...?

Calm down, Fuuka! Deep breaths! Deep breaths!

Yeah. You're right. That's all in the past! We need to move on and not dwell on it.

I'm sure we just got unlucky last time!

Anyway, I hope that explains things. You should head back and...

Hands up! Don't move!

Huh?

Oh, dear.

What the...?

Someone from the Gourmet Research Society? My suspicions were dead on.

Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!

What's the Prefect Team doing here?

Playing dumb, are we? That sounded so natural that I almost believed it.

Huh? What are you talking about?!

I'll be conducting the School Lunch Club's health inspection on behalf of the Prefect Team.

The Prefect Team? Why would they...?

Isn't it obvious?

The last inspector who visited the School Lunch Club came down with food poisoning.

F-Food poisoning?!

Which means there may be dangerous bacteria somewhere in this dining hall.

Like in that cookie she's eating for instance!

...? *nom*

*gulp*

Aren't you at least a little concerned?!

Never mind her. What's this about food poisoning? You must be mistaken!

Granted, I know that sometimes the food we make is...

Is...you know...

Not very good?!

How could you say that?! And so easily?!

A-Anyway, we may have our faults, but we'd never be so bad as to cause food poisoning.

That's right! Fuuka takes hygiene very seriously!

That's easy to say.

But how do you explain what happened after the last inspection?

The last inspector was running to the bathroom grabbing his stomach and said this:

"There's a monster in the School Lunch Club!"

A monster?! What are you talking about? That's ridiculous!

Hmph. The only explanation is that this dining hall's hygiene is deplorable.

Today is the day that I uncover the truth!

(What on earth is going on?)

I-I'm not backing down!

I don't care if you are from the Prefect Team!

I'll teach you not to underestimate the School Lunch Club!

Hmm. You seem quite determined. Very well.

I accept your challenge!

You got it!

(But a health inspection isn't a competition! It's not like we're bitter rivals or something.)