God knew how many restaurant owners got headaches whenever Toshiro Hijikata walked into their establishments. Did you know what it felt like when a hotpot turned into a mayonnaise pot? Did you know what grilled meat covered in mayonnaise tasted like?
Without exaggeration, the owners knew!
Forget the restaurant owners—even the Kondo Group members were unwilling to enter a restaurant with their vice-chief. Did you know what it felt like to be happily eating, only to see a pile of indescribable stuff right in front of you? The members knew! Did you know what it felt like to be stared at by everyone with bewildered eyes? The members knew!
Put it this way: whenever Hijikata visited a restaurant, that place's business would tank for around a week. That horrifying sight would make people instinctively recall Hijikata's terrifying preference.
Though Hijikata himself felt everyone was making too much of a fuss. What was wrong with adding a little more of such a delicious condiment as mayonnaise? If he did not add that much, how could he taste it? Still, because others did not understand him—and even the members looked at him with disgust—Toshiro Hijikata had wondered whether he had done something wrong.
But after thinking it over carefully, Hijikata still did not believe the problem was his. The gap between everyone's tastes was simply too vast. How could no one like such delicious mayonnaise? They definitely did not know how to live...
Unfortunately, pioneers were never understood. Because no one understood him, Toshiro Hijikata had toned things down considerably. If nothing else, he always found a private place to eat—there was no helping it; watching Hijikata eat ruined many people's appetites.
However, what Hijikata had not expected was for Tojo to show off in front of him that day. That guy