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Sure enough, in just two or three minutes, everyone had finished making their cookie dough.

There were plenty of industrial ovens in the workshop, and they were large enough to hold all the baking trays at once.

Everyone lined up and placed their trays into the ovens one by one. After setting the appropriate timers, they returned to their Control Consoles and began to wait.

The baking time was neither particularly long nor particularly short.

As the temperature inside the ovens slowly rose, a rich fragrance gradually drifted out and filled every corner of the workshop.

"It smells so good..." Yamashita Saki murmured, her nose twitching slightly as she stared at the ovens with anticipation written all over her face.

"Exactly, exactly! It smells the best while it's baking! Just smelling it is making my mouth water," Kushida Kikyo immediately agreed.

About ten minutes passed.

"Ding..."

The crisp oven alert rang out, especially bright in the quiet workshop.

Ichinose Honami and Kushida Kikyo's ovens were the first to finish.

The two of them had made their cookie dough first and put it into the ovens first, so naturally theirs came out first as well.

"They're ready, they're ready—my cookies!" Kushida Kikyo immediately jumped up and ran excitedly toward the ovens.

Ichinose Honami followed her over, picked up a pair of oven mitts from nearby, and opened the oven door.

A wave of scorching heat instantly poured out, carrying an overwhelmingly sweet aroma that washed over them and made their cheeks slightly warm.

The cookies on the trays had baked into a beautiful golden color. Their edges were tinged with crisp dark brown, and their patterns were clear and raised, making them especially tempting to look at.

The two girls carefully took out their trays and placed them on the cooling