Chunsung: To Akan Yatsura, VISTY, and cozmez: we bid welcome to all of the esteemed members of the REVENGERS.
[sfx: Iori's geta]
Iori: Yup! Much obliged to be workin' with you.
Chungsung: Now, Bocchama, if you would be so kind as to make the opening announcement.
Dongha: [stepping up, clearing throat] Listen carefully! The lot of you will now engage in battle in this outdoor kitchen. Henceforth: the Team-Versus-Team Culinary Showdown To Strengthen Our Bonds and Celebrate the REVENGERS' Victory.
[sfx: awkward silence filled with birdsong]
Shogo: "Culinary Showdown"? So you mean to say we're having a cooking battle?
Iori: It was our very own Aniki's brilliant idea!!
Hokusai: Surprise.
Aoi: Admittedly, I did think it was kind of strange when there was a whole kitchen workspace set up here in the garden...
Reo: Well, a regular old meeting doesn't sound fun at all, does it?
Zen: We all fought on the same side in the Battle of Unity, but we haven't had many chances to get to know each other during the tournament itself.
Iori: So, we thought we'd hold a litle cooking competition so we had the chance to bond a bit before the Triumph Live.
Toma: Ah, I get it now!
Kantaro: Wait, so are those things over there actually pizza ovens?
Chungsung: They are indeed. They are wood-burning ovens of Italian make that we procured specifically for today.
Kantaro: Cool!! Can I take a picture!?
Chungsung: But of course. More than that, we in fact request that you take care to record many moments throughout the day wherein everyone is deepening their friendships so as to commemorate this day.
Kantaro: Yay!
Satsuki: Well, let's get this show on the road!
Reo: We're not gonna lose~!
Hokusai: We have to explain the rules first.
Reo: Ah, right.
Chungsung: Then, in bocchama's stead, please allow me to be the one to inform you of the rules of this--
Kanata: Oi! Why are you just plowing ahead and running your mouth assuming we're on board?
Nayuta: If we're not here to talk about the concert then we're going home.
Kanata: "Cooking battle"? [walking away] What a load. Let's go, Nayuta.
Nayuta: Roger~.
Chungsung: Oh? You're leaving already?
Dongha: To simply turn tail and run away from a fight... you must have very little faith in your own skills. But I suppose that's hardly surprising.
Kanata: [stopping] Hah? Who said anything about running away? --!
Chungsung: Ah, you will not run away after all? So is it correct to assume that you will be participating?
Kanata: ... --!
Nayuta: [beleaguered] Kanata.
Kanata: ...
Chungsung: Well then, allow me to begin my explanation of the rules once more. Today, those of you gathered here today will be making pizza. You will have thirty minutes. Please prepare a one-of-a-kind dish while bearing the theme of "Unity" in mind. You will find that each station is already equipped with the essential base ingredients and seasonings. You will find ingredients intended for use as toppings have been provided on the large table over there. The rules stipulate that each member of each team must participate in the creation of the food. Failure to do so will result in disqualification.
Kanata: Hold up, why the hell aren't you guys participating?
Chungsung: With all due respect, I am sorry to say that if we were to participate, you would all suffer a humiliating and one-sided defeat. As such, we shall be observing you from upon this stage. That is to say that I -- your humble Baek Chungsung -- will serve as the master of ceremonies, and Dongha-bocchama shall serve as the judge.
Dongha: In other words, I will be the one who has to eat the pizza created by you amateur plebs. You had better be grateful.
Nayuta: Ooh.
Kanata: It's like he's trying to piss me off.
Kantaro: I have a question! Do we get something if we win?
Chungsung: But of course. The winning team will be given... behold! [revealing the prize, complete with shimmery SFX] An A5-grade, ultra-premium, brand-name Wagyu beef yakiniku set!
Akan Yatsura, VISTY, and cozmez: !
Iori: Sounds great to me. Ah, but sorry, looks like you even went to the expense of getting a prize ready on account of my idea...
Chungsung: By no means. It is only a given that we should want to spare no expense for the comrades along whose side we fought. With all of that said: the Team-Versus-Team Culinary Showdown To Strengthen Our Bonds shall now begin! Let's begin cooking!
[sfx: gong]
[sfx: birds chirping]
Shogo: So the theme is "unity"...? How are we going to express that via pizza, do you guys think?
Aoi: It's a pretty high-concept theme, isn't it?
Toma: I guess the idea is that we should show our feelings about the upcoming concert through a pizza?
Kantaro: It's not gonna be enough for it to just look good. It's going to need to convey a message, too.
VISTY: Hmm...
Shogo: ... ah, you know, come to think of it, it was pizza that we ate with Kei a while ago, wasn't it?
Aoi: Oh, that's true. To think that the day would come where we'd be able to eat with Kei like that again...
Kantaro: To be honest, I never thought it'd happen.
Toma: Well, y'know, that's all thanks to the Battle of Unity, isn't it?
Shogo: Right? I think we were really able to face up to our past thanks to our battle.
Kantaro: And we got to hear Kei's side of it, too.
Aoi: We were both able to say things that neither of us had been able to say for a long time, and we cleared up those misunderstandings.
Toma: Now, how do you put "reconciliation that can even melt those icy walls" into a pizza, huh...
Aoi: ... ah! Maybe that...!
Toma: Eh?
Aoi: That might be a good idea! A seafood pizza with white sauce! Reconciliation brings to mind the image of snow melting and the arrival of spring, right?
Shogo: I get it! VISTY have been on our jourey to overcome the past and we're starting a new season, and you want to express that through pizza, right?
Toma: Talk about high-concept~
Kantaro: If we go with a spring theme, then we can use a lot of cute colors and it'll look super nice, too~!
Aoi: Sounds like a plan! I'll be in charge of making the sauce, so Toma and Kantaro, can I get you guys to go get the toppings?
Toma and Kantaro: Yessir!
[sfx: Toma and Kantaro taking off]
Aoi: Shogo, can you work on the dough?
Shogo: Got it! Just leave it to me.
Hokusai: Hey. What kind of pizza are we going to make?
Satsuki: Obviously, one with ton of meat! We're gonna go for a hearty, pizza that punches you right in the face-- a real man's pizza!!
Reo: Ehh? That's not cute at all.
Satsuki: It's pizza, it don't gotta be "cute".
Reo: Yes, it does. Cuteness is justice~.
Satsuki: What??
Zen: Hold it. The theme is "unity", isn't it? How will we win if you guys are already fighting with each other?
Satsuki and Reo: ...
Hokusai: Zen, we'll go pick up the toppings.
Zen: I'm counting on you. I'll start preparing the sauce! ... alright, let's see. If we're going to be making a meat pizza, then a simple tomato sauce should work... so while I work on that, Waka--
Iori: Whoops, lemme stop you right there! I'm no good at stretching pizza dough out evenly, it's just gonna be full of holes if I do it.
Zen: The rules say that everyone has to participate in cooking, though.
Iori: Then I'll just spread the sauce, how 'bout that?
Zen: Is that really all you're going to do?
Iori: Ugh...! Well, uh... how about I just do the on-site supervising?
Zen: Waka...
[sfx: rummaging through ingredients]
Kantaro: Huh? There's none here either...
[sfx: footsteps]
Chungsung: Is there something you're searching for?
Toma: Ah, we were just looking for the frozen mixed seafood, but...
Chungsung: I am sorry to say that you will find no such thing here.
Kantaro: Eh?
Chungsung: The preparation of all ingredients will be judged as part of the evaluation process. If you are looking for seafood, we have on offer this fresh fish and shellfish that we procured from the market this morning. [gestures, complete with kirakira sfx] Please, feel free to take as much as you would like.
Kantaro: Eeeew, it's looking at me...! I don't wanna touch it...!
Toma: ... aha, guess it's up to me, then. This is really luxxe, though. ... whoa, crab! You've got fresh crab here? No way...! Well, then, first I'll take a bit of crab... and some mussels and some clams... ooh, we're doing white sauce, so smoked salmon would be good, too, right? Ah, and if we're here, may as well grab some salmon roe, and then some squid, octopu-- uuuaoah!
Kantaro: Wh-- what's wrong!?
Toma: I-it's moving!! This octopus is still alive!! Oh, god, something is st-sticking to my hand! H-here, Kantaro, you take it!!
Kantaro: Aagh! No way!!
Toma: Get it away from me get it away from me I said get it away from me!!
Kantaro: Ah! The octopus went flying!
[sfx: ptchoo]
Satsuki: Ah, man, this is just what you'd expect a rich dude to get!! All this meat looks expensive as h-- !?!?!
Reo: Huh!? What just came flying!? Eeeww, it's gross!!
Hokusai: It looks like... an octopus.
Satsuki: ... an octopus!? Why the hell!? [horrible squelching] Ah, dammit, this thing is stuck to my face, I can't see shit! Reo, hurry and get this thing offa me!!
Reo: What? No way!
Hokusai: I'll do it. [wrenching the octopus off of Satsuki's head]
Satsuki: Ow ow owwowowooOWOWOWOWOW!
Hokusai: It's stuck. [tugging]
Reo: Ahaha! A monkey and an octopus. That's hilarious!
Satsuki: SHUT THE FUCK UAOHOAOAOAOOWWOWOW! [heavy breathing]
Toma: Wh-hhat should we do...?
Kantaro: If we apologize, they'll, uh, forgive us, right? [running over] I'm sorry! It's all Toma's fault, but he didn't do it on purpose!
Toma: I'm seriously mega-sorry!!!
Dongha: [sigh] What are they doing?
Chungsung: [with obvious glee in his voice] It appears that the octopus that Hikage-sama threw hit Ito-sama squarely in the face, and it is so fresh that he is having some trouble removing the suckers.
Dongha: To think that they're having such trouble with something so rudimentary as ingredients... I fear for the future.
Nayuta: [sighs] So? What are we gonna do, Kanata?
Kanata: We don't got a choice but to make something, right?
Nayuta: Ah, well. We've eaten pizza and stuff before. We'll just wing it.
[sfx: cozmez walking]
Kanata: So this... is the dough, I guess?
Nayuta: Yeah, probably?
Kanata: So we'll just take some of it and stretch it out. How hard can it be?
[sfx: slapping down dough]
Kanata: Agh, the hell...?
Nayuta: [laughing] Kanata, you suck at this. It's not round at all.
Kanata: That's what I'm working on right no-- aa-ah!!
Nayuta: Another hole.
Kanata: Dammit...!
Nayuta: [walking over] Alright, calling it now, I'm tapping in.
Kanata: ...
Nayuta: I'm probably better at this kind of thing than you are. Heh. Just leave it to me, a-ni-ki~.
Kanata: --! ... y-yeah.
Satsuki: Hey, stupid, why the hell would you to put pineapple on it!?
Reo: Eh?
Satsuki: Making it all gross and sweet would just take all the guts and punch out of it! It would totally ruin the Manly Man's Muscle-Fest Pizza concept!
Reo: Hah? What's that? I don't remember anyone else agreeing to that being the concept!
Satsuki: What's your big idea, then?!
Reo: Heh... a vibrant and super-appealing-looking pizza with bursts of fruit juice right in your mouth! A fruit and meat pizza that looks like a fireworks show! It's obviously the best choice.
Hokusai: I think salty and sweet is yummy.
Reo: See~? Hokusai thinks so, too. Seriously, what's with the idea that greasy, oily food is manly... pfft! It's SOOO outdated and LAAAAME! So it makes total sense that a monkey would come up with it~!
Satsuki: THE FUCK WAS THAT, YOU LITTLE SHIT!?
Zen: Hey! Stop fighting! Hmph... what should we do, waka? At this rate, we're never going to reach any kind of agreement.
Iori: Hm... that may be so. Hmm... well, neither idea is bad... hm... ... that's it! This is a pizza that represents the Suisekigumi. See? This dough's our foundation.
Zen: And this fiery red tomato sauce...! It symbolizes how we're all united in spirit!
Iori: Yep! But, see, adding a little bit of a selling point here is what makes us unique. [moving] Mm! Let's go with this.
Zen: Eh?
Satsuki: "Selling point"...?
Reo: Is that normal...?
Hokusai: The theme is supposed to be... "unity".
Iori: Don't worry about it! Just leave the rest to me.