That morning, Kamiya and Onizuka were both attending classes at the Hongo campus, so it was natural for them to have lunch together.
[Akawa! I'll wait for you at the square in front of Yasuda Lecture Hall. I want to try Akamon ramen from the Central Dining Hall today.]
Perhaps because the food he ate at Juqiong Shrine was too healthy and light, Onizuka has always been passionate about all kinds of food.
And the Akamon Ramen that she is so interested in today is considered the most famous cafeteria meal at the University of Tokyo.
Akamon ramen is named after "Akamon", an important historical site in Todai, because the soup and the color of Akamon are both deep red. The ramen itself is a bit like braised noodles, with Chinese oil noodles as the base and thickly covered with shiitake mushroom meat.
It is made with various ingredients such as dried bean sprouts, fungus, bamboo shoots, and cabbage, and the soup is slightly spicy.
There are two spherical noodles in a bowl of ramen, and the price is only 400 yen, which is affordable and generous in portion.
The central cafeteria selling Akamon ramen is built underground in the square in front of Yasuda Lecture Hall.
When Kamiya and Onizuka met and came down to the cafeteria, there were already many people inside, and there were all kinds of people coming here to eat.
Because there is no wall on the Tokyo University Hongo campus, there are only a few doors to symbolically indicate that this area is the school area. The entire campus is almost fully open, so the school cafeteria is also completely open to the public.
In addition to students from Dongda University, there are also many tourists who come to the cafeteria here to check in.
The two of them lined up to buy noodles and found a seat to sit facing each other.
They arrived not too early, and there were already a lot of people in the cafeteria. At the next table were several college boys, each holding a bowl of Akamon ramen and eating it while sweating profusely, making loud slurping sounds.
In Japan, there is indeed a habit of deliberately making noise when eating noodles, which can even be regarded as a kind of etiquette.
This country is like this. There are etiquette here and etiquette there, such as "you can't answer the phone on the subway", "you have to bow when the elevator door opens", there are many small rules like this, Kamiya lives here
It has been more than a year since I first felt it.
As for making slurping noises when eating noodles, in Japan, it is considered impolite to make any loud noise when eating other foods, but noodles are a special case.
This custom seems to have been around since the Edo period.
As for why this is the case, some people say that people in the Edo period were more impatient. Noodles were a common food, and civilians were anxious to eat them quickly and return to work early. Others said that the purpose of sucking noodles was to serve them with the soup.
In your mouth, eating them together like this will taste the best, and eating them quickly can ensure that the noodles do not lose their elasticity, which is a kind of respect for the food and the chef.
But to this day, not all Japanese still maintain this practice.
Like Onizuka, she eats noodles very quietly.
The little witch added some spicy powder to her bowl of noodles, and she burst into tears within two bites. Then she wiped the corners of her eyes with a tissue and continued eating.
Japanese people have a very weak tolerance for spicy food. Onitsuka probably loves food and food.
As for Kamiya, I don’t think Akamon Ramen is that delicious. It really tastes like internet celebrity food.
The thickening on this side is too salty
But at the price of 400 yen for a large bowl, you really can’t find too many faults.
As for Onizuka, it may be that he ate too many foods that were low in salt and oil in the past, and he liked the salty marinade quite a lot.
It doesn't matter, as long as she is happy.
Anyway, the main purpose of eating with the little witch is to keep her company.
"It's so spicy -" Onizuka opened his mouth and took a breath, then took another sip of water. Then he looked suspiciously at the smiling Kamiya opposite him, "Achuan, why are you looking at me when you're not eating noodles? Isn't it delicious?
?”
"delicious."
Kamiya actually thought it was quite interesting to see Onizuka tie up his hair and insist on eating noodles one bite at a time even though his fair cheeks were red and sweat was forming on his forehead.
But he won't admit it directly.
The two ate for a while, chatting casually.
"Hotaro, have you noticed the recent earthquake?"
"You mean Osaka?"
"No, it's from various places. It seems that the frequency of earthquakes has become somewhat frequent recently."
"Earthquakes happen quite often, right? But from what you said, it seems like there have been quite a few lately."
"..."
After finishing a bowl of Akamon ramen, Onizuka almost used half a pack of paper towels.
Just as the two were about to leave the central cafeteria together, each other's cell phones rang at about the same time.
Kamiya didn't think much about picking up the phone. It was the contact person from the countermeasures room.
The liaison officer spoke briefly on the other end of the phone, but his tone was a little anxious.
He just informed Kamiyagawa to go to the countermeasures room building because the organization suspected that an earthquake was likely to occur in Tokyo in the near future.
"knew."
Kamiya hung up the phone and hung up the phone when Onizuka said a few words casually.
The little witch's expression was a little complicated.
"Is this the call from the countermeasures room?"
"Well, they said...an earthquake is likely to occur in Tokyo in the near future. The specific situation has been reported to the top, but it has only just been reported."
It seems that both of them received the same notice.
You know, earthquakes are impossible to predict with current scientific and technological means.
Moreover, organizations like the Countermeasures Room were the first to give early warning, which means that the upcoming earthquake is likely not caused by natural causes, but is linked to some extraordinary factors.
It is estimated that the specific matters will only be known by the organization.
The two quickly packed up their things and left the central cafeteria.
When I arrived at Yasuda Lecture Hall Square, I felt that the world between heaven and earth was groggy and vaguely ominous.
The bad premonition became more and more intense. As Kamiyagawa walked out, he tried to call his family and his apprentice Kanoya, who was taking classes at Ocha Middle School, and called the little old man by the way.
But before the call could be dialed, I suddenly felt a tremor under my feet, the piercing alarm sounded in the campus, and there was a little commotion among the people around me.
The earth was trembling, as if an unknown giant was turning its body beneath the surface.
Kamiya and Onizuka stood among the crowd, looking at each other.
They are now in the square, and the surrounding environment is considered safe. Although the buildings around them are shaking slightly, the frequency is not very violent, and there seems to be no danger of collapse.
But the earthquake really came.
The prediction and warning from the countermeasures room was only a little ahead of the earthquake.
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Bunkyo-ku, Ochanomizu Women's University Affiliated Junior High School.
This is the high school where Kanoya Yukino attends.
High school students don't have lunch as early as college students. Kamiya and Onizuka were eating Akamon ramen, and Kanoya was still taking gymnastics classes in his school's gymnasium.
Xiao Lu and several girls in the same grade practiced gymnastics for a while in the gymnasium, and then went to the changing room to change clothes and prepare to eat in the cafeteria.
The women's gymnastics uniforms in physical education classes here in Tokyo feel a lot more revealing than the ones in Ourishima Junior High School.
Especially the shorts on the lower body are cut into the thighs.
But the other girls were quite used to it, so Xiaolu didn't pay much attention to it. After all, she went to a girls' school and the gymnastics teacher was also a woman.
In the locker room, he took off his gymnastics clothes that smelled slightly of sweat and changed back into his sailor clothes. Xiaolu packed the clothes and prepared to take them home to wash.
Then she took out her small handbag from her cabinet.
"Kawanoya-san, why do you carry your schoolbag with you everywhere? You just leave it in the classroom, right?"
A girl next to me came over.
This girl is a friend Xiaolu met in Ocha, named Akimichi Nahiro.
The two have a good relationship and usually do activities together.
"Because there is my baby in the schoolbag!" Kanoya replied in a half-joking tone, "Akimichi, hurry up and change your clothes. If you are too slow, I won't wait for you to have lunch, okay?"
"Wait, wait a minute! I'll change it right away!"
To be continued...