Inside the Dessert Museum, every partitioned-off area displayed a large photograph.
In the photos, pastry chefs in chef uniforms struck their favorite poses and stared straight at the camera.
Beneath their photos, box after box of desserts was laid out, with plates beside them for visitors to use.
"Where should we start eating?" Suzuki Sonoko found every plate of dessert irresistibly tempting and became hopelessly torn. After a while, she resorted to desperate measures. "Jiang Xia, based on your deductions, which plate is the tastiest?"
Jiang Xia: "..." You could deduce that too?
He looked at the Ghosts, who were also curiously admiring the desserts, then pointed at a plate of pastries surrounded by Spider Lady, Xiao Bai, and Miyano Akemi and made a blind guess. "That one."
Suzuki Sonoko immediately grabbed a plate and picked several pieces onto it.
Mouri Ran watched the desserts for a while, but her attention soon drifted to the photographs. Looking at the imposing pastry chef in one of the photo frames, she said, "A celebrity in the dessert world still counts as a celebrity, right? Should we get his autograph?"
Sato Miwako casually popped a candy into her mouth and chewed. "But there are only photos here. A photo can't give you an autograph."
Mouri Ran turned around and pointed toward the other end of the Dessert House, where a pastry chef was making desserts on the spot. "That person seems to be the one in this photo."
Only then did Suzuki Sonoko notice that there was actually a live demonstration over there. She said happily, "Come on, let's go take a look!"
The pastry chef had a close-cropped buzz cut and a bit of unshaven stubble. His rugged appearance had nothing whatsoever to do with the word "dessert," and his expression