Tōtsuki Friendship and Rapport Training Camp. As a first year, Tsukasa was required to participate in the camp. The camp was quite easy, with him finishing the challenges quickly and without much effort.

For the challenge in the fourth day, the first years were required to make a buffet style breakfast with a certain ingredient chosen by Gin Dojima. The ingredient chosen was pumpkin. That was easy enough. He didn't really need to sweat it the night before as he already had an idea of what to make. And truth be told, he was one of the ones who finished first during the challenge the next day.

When he heard his name being called on the intercom to say that he had already completed the 200 dish requirement, the other first years in his assigned hall was shocked. His booth had a lot of resort guests crowded around and he was really going through dishes quite quickly. Soon, he already passed the 300 mark and he was still going strong.

As he prepped more dishes, his mind started to wander to his best friends in another hall. It was unlucky that the three of them were assigned to different halls since it would've been easier on him if they were in the same hall.

Yoritomi Natsuyo. A calm yet calculating girl who's able to make dishes on the go. Tsukasa and Rindo only met her recently (about a few weeks before they graduated to high school to be exact) but she's still extremely close with them.

Kobayashi Rindo. Quite the energetic girl. She would just not shut up during their game of cards in the previous night. Tsukasa felt like his ears would fall off during their game. Maybe that's how Rindo keeps winning in cards. She talks a lot so her opponent would get distracted.

He was confident that both of them would pass the challenge easily since they were both great cooks in their own ways. He was sure that Natsuyo would whip up something special since she went to bed early the previous night. Rindo he was certain she'd pass with her affinity with odd but good ingredients.