Food Wars: Taste Buds Reversal

After arriving in the world of Food Wars!, Shiraki was embarrassed to discover that his only cooking skill was making instant noodles.

You start with a letter of recommendation from Totsuki Academy, and the assessment depends entirely on luck.

Ding Dong, the God of Cookery system is dedicated to serving you. The host can use points to exchange for ingredients from all over the world, lost recipes, top cooking skills…

Bai Mu: Is this what I lack?! What I lack is hands!

However, as the dark dishes were cooked one after another, Bai Mu was surprised to find that the people who ate his dishes not only praised them highly, but also their favorability ratings soared after eating them?!

Erina Nakiri: This can’t be a delicacy made by common people!

Hisako: Hmm, my taste buds are conquered by this wonderful delicacy…

Looking at the burnt tomato and egg in his hand, Bai Mu scratched the back of his head: Things don’t seem to be as bad as I thought?

Food Wars: Taste Buds Reversal
001. Totsuki Academy Assessment
Totsuki Gakuen, whose full name is Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy, is a famous culinary academy with secondary and advanced departments. It is a three-year program with a graduation rate of less than 10%, but as long as you can make it to graduation, you will be able to enjoy the glory of being a popular star in the culinary world for the rest of your life.
Standing at the gate of this ridiculously large college, Bai Mu was completely confused.
Suddenly I traveled to this world, suddenly the system awakened, and suddenly I was issued the task of “passing the assessment of Totsuki Academy”.
I originally thought that since such a difficult task was issued, the system’s novice reward would at least give a skill or a recipe. In the end, there was nothing. The system only gave a passive skill called “Eye of Insight”, which can see through the level of any dish.
This is of no use to Baimu, whose skills are all focused on making bubble noodles, because he clearly knows that no matter what he makes, it will probably be rated below D level, no… maybe N level?
The cooking levels are divided into SSSSSS, SSSSS, SSSS, SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D… and so on according to their deliciousness. The most unpalatable food can reach level N.
Shiraki estimated that with his superb instant noodle making skills, he should be able to achieve a D-level evaluation, but the prerequisite is that Totsuki Academy must allow him to use instant noodles as his own cooking!
Thinking about it this way, it’s simply impossible. How can he pass the cooking test of Totsuki Academy with a pair of useless eyes of insight, unless he bribes the examiner, Erina Nakiri.
However, as the eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, how could Erina be so easily bribed?
Baimu thought for a long time with a bitter face at the gate of Totsuki Academy. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the system was making things difficult for him by issuing this task. In the end, he stepped into the gate of Totsuki Academy. There was no other way. He didn’t even have a place to live now. He only had this “three-no” identity issued by the system. There was no other place for him to stay except Totsuki Academy.
Entering Totsuki Academy, a long row of luxury cars are parked neatly in the parking spaces. The candidates coming out of the cars are basically accompanied by bodyguards or butlers. Looking around, the area inside the academy is surprisingly large, with luxurious buildings standing everywhere. It feels like coming to a wealthy area abroad. These teaching buildings are comparable to luxury villas.
Bai Mu didn’t bother to look at these beautifully decorated teaching buildings. He followed the map given by the system and came to the door of a classroom. He took a look at the densely packed heads inside. It should be the place where the transfer students were assessed.
From a distance, Shiraki could see a very conspicuous tuft of red hair in the crowd. Because he was standing quite far away, Shiraki couldn’t be sure if it was Soma Yukihira, but judging from the way he kept looking around, it must be him.
Apart from the candidates filling the entire classroom, the most eye-catching ones are undoubtedly the two girls in the front.
The girl standing in the front, with long golden hair and a pretty face, crossed her chest with her hands and glanced at the candidates standing in the classroom with a cold expression. The school uniform of Totsuki Academy set off her perfect figure very well. If it weren’t for the strong aura lingering around her, many people present would probably stare at her intently. Shiraki certainly knew this person, Erina Nakiri, the youngest scholar in the history of Totsuki Academy who had the divine tongue.
The burgundy-haired girl next to her is naturally Erina’s secretary, Hisako Arato. Although she is overshadowed by Erina Nakiri in appearance, she is still a rare beauty when taken alone.
“I’m Erina Nakiri, who is in charge of examining today’s transfer exam.”
After glancing around the classroom, Erina seemed to think there was no need to waste any more time, as there didn’t seem to be anyone among the candidates who could interest her.
“Hisako, where is the notice from the entrance examination department?”
“I’ll read it right away.” Feishazi immediately took out a schedule from behind her, turned to the page about the transfer exam and began to read, “First, everyone will be divided into groups of 10 based on their application materials for a group interview. After that, they will take a three-course cooking skills exam. Those who pass will then…”
Halfway through, when everyone in the classroom was listening to Hisako’s words very nervously, Erina at the side suddenly spoke up to stop Hisako from continuing reading.
“boring.”
After hearing these two words, most of the candidates, including Shiraki, started to get nervous. Others didn’t know what Erina was thinking, but Shiraki started to worry whether he could make an egg dish that would satisfy Erina’s taste based on his level.
Just as Shiraki expected, after thinking it over, Erina asked someone to move the cooking table into the classroom. Then she walked to the middle where the ingredients were placed, picked up an egg, and looked at all the candidates.
“Use it to make a dish. Only those who can make a dish that satisfies my tongue can pass the entrance exam to Totsuki Academy.”
There was an immediate commotion among the group of examinees below. Bai Mu looked around and saw obvious signs of retreat on many people’s faces.
“In addition, candidates, from now on, within one minute, you are allowed to give up and abandon this exam.”
The moment Erina finished her words, the candidates who had already shown signs of retreating ran away without hesitation, as if they had seen some ferocious beast. In the blink of an eye, the people in the classroom disappeared, leaving only Shiraki and Soma Yukihira who looked confused.
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002.Egg dishes
Erina’s words could be extremely damaging to a chef. As the youngest Shige in history, she not only held a high status in Totsuki Academy, but was also a frequent visitor of major chefs in the world of food appreciation. The evaluations she gave would be known to everyone in the culinary world. If a chef was labeled as “unpalatable” by her, that chef would no longer have a place in the culinary world.
Therefore, when they heard that the content of this transfer test was to cook a dish that would satisfy Erina, almost all the candidates ran away without hesitation.
There are exams at Totsuki Academy every year, but if they make a dish that Erina thinks is unpalatable, not only they themselves but also the restaurant run by their parents will be affected.
Soma Yukihira turned around and looked at Shiraki, the only one still standing there like him, and found that Shiraki had come to the cooking table and started picking ingredients.
“Excuse me, is it okay to cook any type of food?”
Realizing that the assessment had already begun, Soma Yukihira raised his hand and asked loudly. This made Erina, who thought that everyone had run away, stunned for a moment. Only then did she realize that there were still two people who had not escaped.
“There are actually two more people…”
Erina’s gaze fell on Soma Yukihira who raised his hand and Shiraki who had already started to select ingredients. Her long eyelashes fluttered twice, and she looked at Soma Yukihira with a cold face.
“Yes, you can do whatever you want as long as you use eggs. …But do you really intend to take the test? It’s not too late for you two to give up now.”
Before Erina could finish her words, Soma Yukihira had already arrived in front of the cooking table. Shiraki had already selected the ingredients, and after confirming that any dish would be fine, Soma Yukihira had already thought about the dish he wanted to make.
When Erina Nakiri came back to her senses, she saw this scene: Shiraki was washing the tomatoes in his hand, while Soma Yukihira was praising a kitchen knife.
These two people actually ignored her at the same time? !
Erina snorted softly and said no more. She wanted to see what kind of dishes the two candidates in front of her could serve.
The classroom gradually became quiet, with only the sound of food being processed.
Although he had never cooked before, Baimu had a mysterious confidence when it came to the actual cooking. After putting two washed tomatoes on the chopping board, he pulled out a kitchen knife from under the counter and started chopping the tomatoes in front of him.
Yes, it was not cutting vegetables, but simply chopping. The noise coming from this side made Soma Yukihira on the other side look over curiously. As a result, when he turned his head, he saw Shiraki chopping tomatoes with a kitchen knife and the juice splashed.
“So, does that count as cooking?”
Having never seen such a wild way of cutting vegetables, Soma Yukihira stood there in a daze for more than ten seconds, then turned around with a puzzled expression and started to process his own ingredients.
Erina and Hisako, who were standing in front, naturally saw Shiraki’s completely messy method. Erina’s face turned dark on the spot. With that method, the taste and nutrition of the ingredients had been completely destroyed. And looking at Shiraki’s method, it was no longer a question of whether he was a novice or not. This was a complete layman was wasting the ingredients!
Of course, Erina wanted to announce immediately that Shiraki had failed the test, but just as she was about to speak, Shiraki’s next action shocked Erina so much that she froze in place, pointing at Shiraki who was cooking, and completely forgot what to say.
Not only Erina, but even Hisako beside her opened her eyes wide, her beautiful eyes full of shock. She didn’t hold the itinerary in her hand firmly for a moment, and it fell to the ground with a snap.
003.Shocking cooking method (old version)
003.Shocking cooking method
Soma Yukihira, who was cracking eggs, heard a plop on the ground and subconsciously raised his head, only to find that both the arrogant young lady and the secretary beside her were looking at the direction opposite him with shock on their faces.
Out of curiosity, Soma Yukihira also turned his head, wanting to see what the candidate who stayed with him was doing that could make the two examiners look so surprised.
And the next second after he turned his head, with a “pop”, the egg in Soma Yukihira’s hand fell to the ground uncontrollably, but he himself did not notice this at all. The expression on his face was even more exaggerated than Erina and the others. He opened his mouth and looked at Shiraki who was operating opposite him with an idiotic look.
Under everyone’s gaze, Bai Mu took the washed rice and poured it directly into the already heated pot. He also poured the tomatoes that he had chopped so badly that it was hard to tell whether they were tomatoes or tomato juice into the wok. Then he smashed an egg yolk mixed with egg white, which looked horrible, into the wok with his hands. Finally, he picked up a bottle of corn oil and poured it directly into the pot that was crackling with the fire!
Sizzle——
The raw rice that was fried black by the oil temperature made a sound in the wok that Soma Yukihira had never heard before. Then a trace of nervousness appeared on Shiraki’s face. He picked up the wok with both hands and began to stir the wok awkwardly over a high fire. The raw rice that was fried black and the tomatoes that looked nothing like tomatoes were paired with egg liquid mixed with egg shells that had not been cleaned. A thick smoke floated from the cooking table into the noses of the three people.
Erina Nakiri subconsciously covered her mouth and nose, but the faint fragrance lingering at her nose made her shiver all over. This fragrance that made her tremble made her put down her hands involuntarily and carefully sniff the strong food aroma in the air.
Just like an alluring fragrance blowing in your face in midsummer, Erina Nakiri closed her eyes. The explosive taste implied in the smell made her throat move involuntarily. However, when she opened her eyes and saw Shiraki’s tragic cooking method, her cheeks, which had been flushed, immediately turned pale again.
“No, it’s impossible… How could such a fragrance come from such a messed up dish…”
Erina took a few steps back with an unpleasant look on her face. Even though the smell wafting from Shiraki’s cooking table was tempting her taste buds, she would never allow herself to taste such food!
“Waste of time, humph, let’s go, Feishazi…”
After finally calming herself down, Erina was about to call out to Hisako and announce that the two candidates had failed, but when she turned around, she found Hisako staring blankly at Shiraki opposite her, or to be exact, at the food in Shiraki’s hands, with crystal liquid at the corners of her mouth.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Mu had already put the food on a plate. Looking at the black mass in front of him, an embarrassed look appeared on Bai Mu’s face. From the burnt smell coming from the plate of ‘Tomato Fried Rice’ in front of him, he could already imagine how bad it tasted. It was even a question whether it was edible. However, in order to save his face, he picked up the ketchup at hand, painted a few strokes on a clean plate, then picked up the spoon and put a small amount of fried rice on it. After the exquisite plating, Bai Mu immediately had a plate of something that looked very high-end in his hand.
Although his cooking skills were horrible, Baimu still had some skills in plating. It must be said that after his decoration, the originally black mass of unknown object actually had the feeling of Michelin high-end cuisine. The whole process, from chopping tomatoes to plating, took only ten minutes, which made the three people present stare with their eyes widened.
After finishing plating, Baimu scanned his food with the Eye of Insight given by the system, and the data was not beyond his expectations.
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Tomato and egg fried rice (?)
Taste: J grade
Cooking Effect: None
Special effects: None
Overall rating: J
Comment: Very unpalatable food, with the risk of diarrhea.
Looking at this dish that even the system complained about might cause diarrhea, Baimu silently counted the levels of the dishes, from SSSSSS to J, no more, no less, exactly 16 levels. How bad was this dish of his?
Although there was a 100% chance that this dish would not pass the review, Shiraki still wanted to fail gracefully, so he brought the prepared tomato fried rice to Erina Nakiri, smiling at Erina, whose face looked a little rosy for some reason.
“Gurgle.”
Erina, who had just said that she would never taste this dish, couldn’t help swallowing her saliva after smelling the irresistible and tempting aroma coming from Shiraki’s hand.
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004. Erina’s Shock (Old Version)
004. Erina’s shock
There are only two choices before Erina.
Eat? Or not eat?
Until now, Erina, who has always looked down on common people’s cuisine, has no reason to taste this dish that is not up to standard. What’s more, the dish served by Shiraki has already exceeded Erina’s inner boundaries of common people’s cuisine. Judging from the cooking method, it is simply at the level of pig food!
However, this dish, which she judged to be pig food, made her divine tongue drool.
Do you want to eat?
Eat it!
Looks delicious!
——No! How can I eat this kind of pig food…
Erina, her whole body stiff, watched Shiraki getting closer and closer, smelling the aroma that kept inviting her to try it, her eyes fixed on the plate of tomato fried rice in Shiraki’s hand. She felt that her “God’s Tongue” was telling her that she wanted to taste this dish!
Even if it’s just a small taste…
Erina reached out her hand tremblingly and took the spoon handed to her by Shiraki. This was the first time she showed such an expression when tasting food. Perhaps she didn’t even notice that when she fed the fried rice in the spoon into her mouth, her face had a rare expression mixed with anticipation and fear.
Soma Yukihira and Hisako Arato were also watching Erina’s movements with concern. As the fried rice entered her mouth, Erina slowly began to chew it, and as she moved, waves of aroma began to overflow. The sweet taste flowed into her stomach from top to bottom, giving her taste buds a strong impact!
Erina slowly closed her eyes, and she finally felt the fragrant summer breeze as she wished. It was as if she was at a fireworks show, wearing a kimono and looking up at the dazzling fireworks in the sky, and right in front of her, a young man smiled gently and put his arm around her back.
Erina opened her eyes and looked at the man, only to find that it was Shiraki’s face.
“ah!”
Erina, who had a look of deliciousness on her face just now, suddenly screamed and subconsciously pushed away Shiraki, who had a puzzled look on his face. As soon as she made this move, she couldn’t help but regret it. After coming to her senses, she cleared her throat, but her heart was extremely shocked. That dish, just one bite made such a change in her senses and taste. This was not the first time Erina had encountered such a situation. As the eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, Erina had tasted countless delicious foods, including of course dishes cooked by first-class chefs. However, in her opinion, the dish cooked by Shiraki was actually on par with those of long-established chefs. This was really incredible!
The three people present witnessed the entire cooking process with their own eyes. It was even questionable whether the food made by Shiraki’s joking cooking method was edible, but the tomato fried rice in front of them was right in front of them. To be frank, even if Erina did it herself, she might not be able to make a dish of the same level, but Shiraki did it.
However, what Erina cared more about than the tomato fried rice was the scene she had just seen in her mind. At the summer fireworks festival, Shiraki was wearing a refreshing yukata, with his arms around her back with a smile on his face. A refreshing breeze blew by. Just thinking about this scene in her mind, Erina’s face became so hot that she felt ashamed.
“Um…are you okay?”
Just when Erina was daydreaming, Shiraki in front of her suddenly spoke up, interrupting her fantasy.
To be honest, Shiraki was still a little worried at this time. After all, if he ate the thing in his hand, he might really have to go to the hospital. Erina’s expression as if she had a fever might be because the keen sense of taste of the God’s Tongue was stimulated by this dish, causing some abnormality in her body. Shiraki didn’t want to be targeted by the Nakiri family for no reason.
And the next second after he spoke, Erina, who had not yet recovered from her trance, looked at her in time.
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005. Mission Completed [Update 1]Plop——
Erina stared blankly at Shiraki who seemed to be right in front of her, and felt inexplicably dazed.
“Is it tasty?”
Shiraki seemed to be smelling these words in front of her. This was also a question that countless chefs who invited her to taste their food would ask carefully. Erina pursed her lips and tried to look away, but quickly turned her head back.
“Ok… ok…”
Erina uttered a few words intermittently, and the expression on her face completely betrayed her thoughts.
It was hard to say whether it was a meaning of giving up or expectation. Just as Erina took a deep breath and closed her eyes waiting for the upcoming comic plot, all the illusions in front of her disappeared, and Shiraki’s doubtful voice came from the front.
“Are you…really okay? Don’t you need to go to the hospital?”
Erina suddenly opened her eyes, and only then did she realize that she had walked forward several steps without knowing when, and was only two steps away from Shiraki. The most embarrassing thing was that she was now standing on tiptoe, looking exactly like the heroine in a girls’ comic.
Erina, who had never been in such an embarrassing situation before, was so confused that she left Shiraki and Soma Yukihira who were still standing there in a daze and ran out of the classroom at a speed faster than the other candidates just now.
“Lady Erina, please wait a moment!”
After coming to her senses, Hisako Arato immediately chased after her, but she didn’t expect Erina to be so fast. For a while she could only see Erina’s back.
“Erina-sama, how do you report the results of the test? Did both of you fail?”
Since she couldn’t catch up with Erina whose head was smoking, Arata Hisako could only ask from behind.
“Unqualified! Unqualified! How can a guy like that be allowed to pass!! A commoner! Rude! | Shameless!!”
Erina shouted loudly, using almost every derogatory word she could think of.
“Then, I will report to the Entrance Examination Department as failing all of them.”
Listening to Erina’s completely confused speech, Niito Hisako took out the itinerary very seriously. Just as she was about to fill in all the unqualified people as Erina said, she didn’t expect that Erina in front of her suddenly stopped, squatted on the ground with her hands covering her ears with shame and anger on her face, and shouted at Hisako who was confused.
“Hisako, are you an idiot?!”
“Ah? …Ah?”
Seeing Erina losing her composure in front of her, Hisako ran up to comfort her helplessly, “Please don’t be angry, Miss Erina. Is there anything I did that you don’t like?”
After Hisako’s apology, Erina’s emotions finally calmed down. Realizing that she had lost her composure, Erina glanced around. Fortunately, there were no students here. Her heartbeat had not yet returned to normal, but Erina had regained the feeling of a cold and aloof young lady. After taking a deep breath, she finally stood up from the ground.
“Regarding this transfer examination, I have thought carefully, that commoner is not completely without merit, so… this time…”
“I understand, Lady Erina.”
Before Erina could finish her stuttering words, Hisako on the opposite side had already understood what she meant and immediately took over the conversation.
The perspective turned to Shiraki. Ten minutes after Erina inexplicably ran out of the classroom, he received a system prompt.
[Ding Dong, passed the Totsuki Academy transfer exam, mission completed, reward recipe: French red wine stewed beef (B grade), 200 points. ][Release mission: Check-in to the Pole Star Dormitory, mission reward: 200 points, B-level recipe x1, primary lottery x1. ]006. Japanese Style House [Second Update] (Old Version)
006. Japanese Style House [Part 2]In the evening, Hefeng House
Erina Nakiri hugged a pillow that was half the size of her body, changed into her pajamas early, and rolled from side to side in bed.
She threw aside the few girls’ comics that Feishazi had borrowed for her. The comics that were once very attractive were no longer attractive to her. She was thinking about the bowl of tomato and egg fried rice she had today, the delicate texture of the distinct rice grains, and the boy who cooked the dish with a unique technique…
“Ahh! W-What am I thinking!?”
Thinking of the key point, Erina directly picked up the pillow in her hand, buried her whole body in the soft bed, and hit her head hard with the pillow.
“I’m such an idiot! Idiot!”
“Damn it! I can’t think about it anymore!”
After finally calming down, Erina’s hair on her shoulders was already a little messy. She felt that she might not be able to sleep tonight, all because of that commoner. She didn’t even have the interest to study cooking. She followed Hisako for a whole day in a daze, and was finally sent back to the dormitory early by the worried Hisako. She was the only one left in the huge room, and the surrounding environment was silent, but she couldn’t calm down no matter what.
For a young lady who has never liked any boy of her age since she was a child, she has no idea what this feeling means. Moreover, based on the view of love that Erina Nakiri learned from comics, secret love is something that will never happen to her.
However, I still feel very irritated!
Erina, who was dizzy from rolling around on the bed, slowly got up, internally despising herself for her embarrassing behavior, walked out of the room in her slippers, and prepared to make herself a cup of tea to calm down.
Who knew that just as she came to the corridor, outside the hollow courtyard, a figure came into Erina’s sight. It was Shiraki who was lost in Totsuki Academy.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time. Erina suddenly realized that she was still in her pajamas, so she immediately took a step back and pointed at the confused Shiraki and asked stutteringly.
“You, you, you, why are you here?!”
So far, Erina is the only one in the Japanese-style house, and there is a strict anti-theft system outside. Logically, Shiraki should not be able to get in.
On the other hand, Baimu also had a headache on his face. After the transfer exam in the morning, he received 200 points and a recipe from the system. However, the exchange of items in the system store did not include the currency of this world, which meant that Baimu still had no money. To be precise, he still had 200 RMB in his pocket, but that thing was obviously useless. So Baimu, who couldn’t find a place to stay, had to tour the interior of Totsuki Academy.
Only when he really started walking did Baimu deeply feel how big this academy was. It didn’t take long for the intricate buildings and courtyards to completely dizzy him. He had no idea where he was and accidentally walked into this villa from another direction. He didn’t expect to see Erina.
To be honest, he still hasn’t figured out how he passed the transfer exam. The burnt smell of that plate of tomato fried rice still lingers on his nose for a long time. With Erina’s overly sensitive taste buds, it was a miracle that she didn’t faint on the spot after eating that kind of thing. She even looked like it was delicious. Was she acting?
In any case, it is a fact that Erina passed her transfer assessment. Although there has been no notification yet, the system has already prompted that the tasks have been completed. This is enough to prove that the impression he made on Erina was not bad. After all, even if the original Yukihira Soma made a dish that satisfied Erina, he would still be judged as failing. Although he passed the assessment inexplicably, he passed it anyway.
Thinking of this, Shiraki began to explain while looking at Erina who was still standing in the corridor and had not returned.
“I’m sorry, I’m lost and I don’t know how I got here, but it’s already late today, can you take me in for the night? I can just sleep on the floor.”
“Take him in?” Erina looked stunned. After looking Shiraki up from head to toe, she didn’t know what she thought of. Steam began to come out of her face again. However, she did not refuse immediately. She tried hard to control her emotions. She snorted, as if she had regained some of her cold temperament, and looked down at Shiraki and said.
“It’s not impossible… But I’m a little hungry. If you can serve me a dish that satisfies me within 20 minutes from now, I will agree to let you stay here temporarily.”
“…dishes that satisfy you?” Shiraki stared at Erina for a long time, wondering if her brain was broken when she said this, or whether her taste center was broken. The mystery of the tomato fried rice in the morning had not been solved yet, and Shiraki couldn’t guess her appetite.
“If you don’t want to, I’ll call the guards now.”
Erina turned her back without caring about Shiraki’s reaction, looking like she was ready to leave.
“Wait, I’ll do it.”
Seeing that she was really leaving, Shiraki immediately trotted to the front of the corridor, took off his shoes and caught up with Erina. No matter what this woman was thinking, there was no harm for Shiraki to give it a try.
007. French Red Wine Stewed Beef [Three Updates] (Old Version)
007. French Red Wine Stewed Beef [Three Updates]Following Erina to the cooking room, Shiraki once again marveled at how wealthy the Totsuki Academy was.
Such a large Japanese-style building has very complete supporting facilities. Shiraki had just caught a glimpse of the hot spring in the corridor. The kitchen in front of him with all kinds of equipment is also very impressive in a sense. It is easy to think that Erina herself transformed the empty room into this, after all, she is the only one living here.
“You have 17 minutes left.”
After bringing Shiraki to the kitchen, Erina leaned against the wall and began to observe Shiraki. She had originally planned to make tea but had forgotten about it. This time, she seemed to be observing every detail of Shiraki’s cooking carefully, without any contempt.
However, it turned out that she was overthinking it. Bai Mu came to the cooking table, communicated with the system through consciousness, and projected the content of the B-level recipe French red wine beef stew that he had just obtained into his consciousness.
[Ingredients: beef shank, flour, garlic, shallots, onions, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, butter, broth, red wine…]Bai Mu carefully checked the recipe in his mind, but the more he read, the more he frowned. The flour and garlic in the front were easy to deal with, but what part of the meat is beef shank from, and what is the difference between shallots and onions? These things, which should be common sense in cooking, gave Bai Mu a headache.
As a person whose only life skill is to order instant noodles, who has not been in the kitchen for more than ten years and even seldom goes to the supermarket to buy fresh vegetables, for Bai Mu, distinguishing these things is like asking a blind man to complete an 800-meter long-distance race alone. However, the most annoying thing about the system’s recipes is that it is really just a recipe. As long as you strictly follow the instructions, anyone can make B-level dishes. However, the most basic requirement is that the cook must first follow the basic rules.
Bai Mu was obviously one of those people who would not follow the Basic Law. He glanced at a few lines below the recipe and had a basic impression of how to cook the dish. He then began to process the ingredients based on his intuition.
The first thing was to cut the beef into pieces. Baimu first used a kitchen knife to randomly pick up a piece of meat. He didn’t know which part of the cow it was, or even whether it was beef. He cut it a few times and was embarrassed to find that the meat was very tough. He couldn’t cut it with a random knife. So he increased the strength in his hand, squeezing the hard-to-cut piece of meat hard while waving the kitchen knife in his hand.
While he was struggling to process the piece of beef, Erina Nakiri was carefully observing Shiraki’s movements. They were again the movements of a complete amateur. This time he even pressed the beef flat. Normally speaking, the taste of the beef processed in this way would definitely be affected. However, because this operation was done by Shiraki, Erina did not dare to jump to conclusion for a moment.
Is there any other method that I don’t know about?
Time passed slowly, and when Baimu came to processing the onions, he clearly felt some discomfort in his eyes. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​chopping them slowly, and just used his knife skills like crazy, smashing the chopping board. Within three seconds, he had smashed the whole onion into pieces and poured it directly into the pot.
Erina only gave him twenty minutes. When there were seven minutes left in the countdown, Shiraki discovered that he had not yet finished processing the ingredients and the carrots had not even been cut. If he continued like this, he would definitely not be able to finish in time.
He ignored the requirements of the recipe and poured all the washed ingredients into the pot. In fact, twenty minutes was not enough to finish French red wine stewed beef. It would take more time to stew the beef alone. However, Baimu didn’t know this. Seeing that the beef might not be cooked through, he had an idea and filled the pan next to him with oil, then threw all the remaining pieces of beef in, and closed the lid before the oil in the pot popped out.
Suddenly, crackling sounds came from the oil pan. Baimu turned up the heat to the highest, grabbed the oil pan and shook it a few times, and there was another crackling sound.
Up to this point, this dish has nothing to do with the system’s B-level recipe. Erina on the side was already stunned. She wanted to tell Shiraki that it didn’t matter even if the time exceeded, because it was impossible to complete French red wine stewed beef in such a short time. But the more she saw, the more she felt that this dish should not be French red wine stewed beef, but the ingredients used in the two happened to be the same.
After boiling the beef in the oil pan for three minutes, Bai Mu didn’t care whether it was cooked or not. He turned off the fire and waited until there was no sound from the oil pan. Then he picked out the beef that was stuck to the pan and quickly threw it into the stew pot on the other side. There were only three minutes left. Bai Mu looked at the radishes, mushrooms and other ingredients in the stew pot that were not cooked at all and showed a distressed look.
Suddenly, a blender next to the kitchen counter caught his attention.
Even though he had never actually used it, Baimu often saw shop assistants using this thing to crush fruit in street milk tea shops, so he probably knew how to operate it. Seeing that the soup was about to run out, Baimu turned off the fire without hesitation, poured the whole pot of beef into the blender, and turned on the power.
The noise of minced meat immediately filled the entire kitchen. Just one minute later, a mass of unknown liquid and residue mixed with black, dark green and dark red appeared in the blender. Looking at this unknown liquid that was obviously inedible, Bai Mu was silent for 5 seconds and used the skill Eye of Insight given by the system on the liquid.
Homemade cuisine (?)
Taste: K grade
Taste: K
Overall rating: K
Comment: A mysterious dish that does not exist in the system’s database.
The result given by the Eye of Insight this time was even more shocking. It was not even at J level, but directly degraded to K level. The name was not French Red Wine Beef Stew, but directly showed that it was a homemade dish. In fact, Shiraki himself was a little bit unsure. If he ate this thing, he would really have to be sent to the hospital overnight. But anyway, it was Erina who asked him to make it, so Shiraki had given up on treatment. He picked up a ready-made cream decorating stick from the cooking table, poured the black unknown liquid into a U-shaped container, and decorated it with the decorating stick.
After some neat presentation, a dish that looked black and white and had a bit of minimalist art style was served on the table by Shiraki. Although Erina was frightened by Shiraki’s cooking method just now, when she smelled the subtle fragrance hidden under the scent of cream, her divine tongue drooped again.
008. Erina, what are you doing? [Fourth update] (Old version)
008. Erina, what are you doing? [Fourth update]This was the first time Erina had seen this kind of cooking.
The soup base was as rich as a black hole, garnished with just the right amount of light cream. As the hot steam from the soup emanated, waves of aroma soon lingered around her nose.
The more you savor the fragrance, the more you feel that it is a black and gold treasure. Even if you only dig out a small part of it, it is enough to make anyone salivate and continue exploring what kind of ultimate deliciousness is in the deepest part of the treasure.
“No, it’s impossible…”
A look of disbelief appeared in Erina’s eyes. The mellow aroma of red wine lingered on her nose for a long time. It was as if Snow White, who was sleeping deep in her heart, heard the witch knocking on the door. Although she tried her best to restrain herself from opening the door, the aroma of the poisoned apple kept calling her. Even though she knew that the person outside the door was the queen disguised as a witch, she had an urge to bite the poisoned apple at all costs.
But…how is this possible!
Because it was so contradictory, Erina’s face showed a very tangled and conflicted look.
She was clearly observing Bai Mu’s movements the entire time, not missing any details, from the processing of the ingredients to the final cooking. It was clearly a completely sloppy and wasteful way of cooking, but why!
Why does this dish have such a wonderful aroma!
That luxurious color, the light yellow cream gradually melting into the soup, precipitating in circles, just sitting in the seat and watching it you can feel the ultimate texture. If, if you put it in your mouth and taste it, what kind of taste would it be!
Maintaining this half-asleep and half-awake mental state, Erina picked up the spoon in a daze, gently scooped up a spoonful from the U-shaped container in front of her and put it into her mouth.
“Hmm…Hmm!”
A salty taste that was hard to describe spread in her mouth. It was a fresh and salty taste that numbed even the tongue of God. Before she could savor the taste carefully, the salty taste was like a beast that suddenly took off its disguise, completely wiping out the little sanity she had left. The explosive sweetness, followed by the mellow aroma of red wine, so many flavors gathered together and slowly sublimated in her mouth. Erina closed her eyes, and her sensory taste came into play again. This time, Snow White in the conscious world had opened the door regardless of everything to welcome the evil witch who had been waiting outside the door for a long time. The evil witch stretched out her dry hands and took out a brightly colored poisonous apple from the basket. However, Snow White, who could no longer bear it, didn’t care about so much. She put her lips to the apple and took a bite impatiently.
After just one bite, a satisfied smile appeared on the princess’s lips. She fell to the ground as if she had lost all her strength. Seeing all this, the evil witch let out a creepy laugh, kicked the poisoned apple away, and left Snow White’s cottage leisurely.
“Are you okay? Hey, don’t make that expression!”
Erina, who was completely immersed in cooking, seemed to have not heard Shiraki’s words at all. Seeing Erina’s expression, Shiraki’s heart skipped a beat.
—— Damn it, has this woman really lost her mind? How can she actually eat such a messy dish? !
I heard that the tongue of God has a very high sensitivity. Could this smell have directly burned out her central nervous system?
“Cheer up, I’ll go get you some medicine. No, I’ll call an ambulance for you!”
After shouting a few words to Erina, she still looked immersed in wonderful memories. Shiraki finally panicked and quickly stood up from his seat. But before he took a few steps, he suddenly felt someone grabbing his shirt. Turning around, he saw Erina, who looked confused the previous second, had stood up from her seat the next second. Then, she stretched out a hand and slammed the wall behind Shiraki, blocking Shiraki in the small space in front of her.
“You, what are you going to do?!”
“I……”
Just as Erina was about to speak, the kitchen door suddenly opened.
“Lady Erina, this is a medicinal diet that is very effective in restoring the spirit. I…”
Hisako, holding a pot of cooking, opened the door from the outside with great interest, and saw Erina pushing Shiraki into a corner. Her beautiful orange eyes suddenly widened, and even the stew in her hand slipped directly to the ground. Hisako stood there for two seconds, then suddenly reacted, ran and jumped forward to pull Shiraki away, and protected Erina, who still looked a little confused, behind her, and shouted at Shiraki with a vigilant face.
“You, you are the examinee today! What did you do to Erina-sama?!”
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009. Polaris Dormitory【1st update】(Old version)
009. Polaris Dormitory [Update 1]When faced with the fingerprints of Arata Hisako, Baimu was confused.
——What did I do to Erina? Maybe she wanted to do something to me?!
Although he thought so in his heart, Bai Mu couldn’t say it out loud.
“You misunderstood. I just finished a dish and Erina is tasting it. If she is satisfied, she will agree that I can stay here temporarily tonight.”
Shiraki briefly explained the current situation. Sure enough, when he said, “Stay here tonight,” the vigilance in Hisako’s eyes had reached its peak. She turned around and took off her school uniform jacket to put it on Erina, while she stared at Shiraki as if she were facing a great enemy.
“Lady Erina, leave this to me. Please go back to your room first.”
She glanced at Erina, who was obviously not in good shape, and the black and white dish on the table next to her. The moment the rich aroma wafted into her nose, she sniffed hard, and forced herself to suppress the urge to taste it immediately. She waved her hand and shouted to Shiraki with full energy.
“It is simply impossible for someone like you to live in Erina-sama’s room. Don’t think that just because Erina-sama is merciful and lets you pass the test, you can act recklessly. You actually attacked this lady. This is simply an unforgivable crime!”
“Uh…but she has already agreed.” Shiraki said, pointing at Erina behind Hisako.
“What? Is this true, Lady Erina?” Hisako turned around in disbelief, and then saw Erina nodded in confusion.
“Even so, I cannot allow you to live in Erina-sama’s dormitory.”
Because of Erina’s non-cooperation, Hisako was obviously lacking in confidence when she said this. Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and immediately took out a stack of documents from behind her, rummaged through them for a while, took out a letter, and threw it directly to Shiraki.
“This is?”
Shiraki reached out to take the letter, opened it and found that it was an admission letter from Totsuki Academy.
“Your dormitory has been assigned. It’s in Polaris Dormitory. I will notify the guards to send you there immediately, so don’t even think about living in Erina-sama’s dormitory!”
Hisako gritted her teeth when she said this. She had just received the transfer student notification letter from the entrance examination department and planned to send it out after asking Erina to confirm it. She didn’t expect to see such a scene as soon as she opened the door. Erina had never even held a boy’s hand since she was a child. Hisako was very worried about what to do if the boy in front of her used sweet words to confuse her.
Baimu found it a little funny to see Feishazi’s frustrated look, but this was exactly what he wanted, as the system happened to have issued a task to stay in the Polaris Dormitory, and he could also earn some points by the way.
The car that came to pick him up to go to Polar Star Dormitory drove over quickly. Under Feishazi’s alert expression, Baimu opened the car door nonchalantly and sat in the seat. The car started immediately and drove out from the main door.
“Really…”
After watching Bai Mu leave, Hisako slowly relaxed her guarded look. She turned around and said to Erina, who had not said much since a while ago, “Lady Erina, if you encounter this kind of situation in the future, please be sure to contact me. I will never let anyone who has improper thoughts about you get close to you.”
“Ah… OK.”
Erina was stunned for a moment, still not in the right state of mind. She ran back to the bedroom and buried her head in the pillow again.
Hisako looked at Erina, who was obviously abnormal, with a worried look on her face. She turned around and saw the food on the table. This should be the food that Shiraki had just mentioned. Hisako walked a little closer, and a rich aroma immediately hit her nose, like a treasure hidden in a secret realm, with a hint of cream. Although she was extremely wary of Shiraki, Hisako’s throat couldn’t help but move when she smelled the taste of this food.
——If I just take a bite, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Feishazi slowly walked to the dish. As the distance between them shortened, the layered aroma made her squint her eyes again. She picked up the spoon on the table with fascination and gently scooped a spoonful of soup into her mouth.
With just one bite, his eyes, which had been slightly narrowed just now, immediately opened. The wonderful taste lingered in his mouth, making Feishazi stand there in a daze.
010. Check in and test your skills [Second update] (old version)
010. Check in and try your skills [Update 2]Thanks to the car pick-up, Baimu saw the outline of Polaris Dormitory two hours later.
Just as he had imagined, Polaris Lodge was a rather shabby-looking Western-style castle. Although the decoration had an ancient charm, judging from the plants spreading on the castle walls and the crows that occasionally stayed on the top of the castle, it might be more appropriate to call it a haunted house.
However, the former Polaris Dormitory was a genuine luxurious accommodation castle, which was once open to students for use as a dormitory. However, as time went by, the number of students living there became fewer and fewer, and coupled with the extremely exaggerated dropout rate of Totsuki Academy itself, over time, the castle became what it is today.
What is most well-known here is not the dilapidated castle, but the dormitory manager, Mrs. Wenxu, who is known as the Polaris Hag… Although she likes to call herself Polaris Maria, no one calls her by that name.
It was already quite late, and Baimu didn’t have a suitcase, so he just walked forward with the notice in his hand.
“Drink!”
He had not taken two steps when a man’s voice suddenly sounded from the vegetable field by the roadside. Bai Mu looked over subconsciously and saw a very shocking scene.
In the vegetable field full of various vegetables, a figure was squatting among the vegetables, doing something unknown. The moonlight was shining on his body, reflecting the man wearing only a naked apron.
Shiraki felt for a moment that he might get styes. Although he had known for a long time that Isshiki Hui had this habit, it was only when he actually saw it that he realized how shocking the scene was.
“Hmm? Is anyone there?”
Isshiki Hui in the vegetable garden seemed to have noticed Baimu walking towards the dormitory, and stood up directly from the vegetable garden. This was even more eye-catching. Baimu pressed his temple in pain and wanted to pretend that he didn’t see him and leave.
“He’s a new face I haven’t seen before. Could he be a freshman?… Weird, I remember the transfer exam was held today?”
Isshiki Hui narrowed his eyes and looked at Shiraki for a while, and soon smiled again, “If you have the admission letter, you are indeed a freshman. I am Isshiki Hui, a sophomore. You can just call me Isshiki-senpai. Everyone in the dormitory calls me that.”
“It’s Isshiki-senpai, I’m the transfer student, Bai Mu.” Resisting the urge to hold his forehead, Bai Mu greeted Isshiki Hui, “By the way, Isshiki-senpai, you were just…”
“Well, there are bugs in the vegetable garden recently. I can’t let my guard down even at night. I’m here to check the vegetables I carefully cultivated to make them grow healthily. This is also the fun of sweating. This is youth!”
Isshiki Hui pointed at the vegetable patch behind him, and suddenly his whole body burst into passion.
“Is that so? Then keep going.” Bai Mu encouraged him insincerely. Just as he was about to step away, Isshiki Hui grabbed his shoulders.
“Since you are the new arrival, let’s have a welcome party and get to know each other. By the way, have you heard of the traditions of Polaris Dormitory?”
“You mean… move in and try out your cooking skills?” Bai Mu had naturally heard about the tradition of moving into Polaris Dormitory. The new task of the system was to move into Polaris Dormitory, and for this purpose he even brought some ingredients out from Erina’s kitchen.
“Oh, you know a lot about it. Then I will go to other people’s dormitories to call them now, and you should also work hard to pass the skill test.” Seeing that Shiraki looked well prepared, Isshiki Hui also ran into the dormitory excitedly. It seemed that he was very keen on calling people in a way that would scare others.
Bai Mu watched Isshiki Hui’s figure disappear into the darkness with a twitching mouth. He felt that this man was shrouded in a strange philosophical aura. After thinking about it, he followed him into Polaris Dormitory.
Crunch——
The moment the door opened, smoke from upstairs poured down. Baimu sniffed his nose and smelled the strong smell of bacon in the smoke. At the moment the smoke poured down, the speaker on the wall suddenly vibrated.
“Hey! Room 208! Are you smoking meat in this room without permission again? Be careful or I’ll make your meat into smoked products!”
Bai Mu covered his ears and listened to the old woman’s voice coming from the loudspeaker. Before he could sigh, he saw an old woman in an apron with a ferocious look on her face walking down the stairs.
“Hmm? Who are you?”
Mrs. Wenxu looked at the unfamiliar face that suddenly appeared in Polaris Dormitory and a puzzled look appeared on her face.
Bai Mu immediately took out his admission letter and certificate of accommodation. “I’m Bai Mu, a transfer student assigned to this dormitory. You should be the dormitory manager here. Can I try my craft now?”
“Transfer student?” Mrs. Wenxu took the admission certificate from Baimu’s hand with a puzzled look. After taking a look, she found that there was indeed no problem. However, the transfer exam should have been held today. She didn’t know why some students had received admission letters now.
“You are right, you are a freshman. It seems that you already know the tradition of living in Polaris Dormitory. My name is Omido Fumio, and I am the dormitory manager here. You can call me Polaris Maria or Mrs. Fumio. The kitchen is over here, follow me.” After returning the admission letter to Bai Mu, Mrs. Fumio led Bai Mu to the kitchen. Before leaving, she shouted to the room upstairs, “Hey, Room 208, if you don’t put your things away, I will make you into smoked products!”
“Okay, okay…” A listless voice came from the room upstairs.
“Clean it up for me before I come back, little devils!”
After saying this, Mrs. Wenxu took Baimu into the kitchen. On the stairs on the second floor, the two girls who came running after hearing the noise happened to see Baimu entering the kitchen from below.
“Hey, Yuuki, there’s another newcomer! Now we have to prepare for the welcome party! Okay, it’s decided, let’s go to Marui’s room together later!”
“Well, I just happened to make a new dish, so I’ll use it to welcome the newcomer. But, Ryoko, guess how many times the newcomer will have to try before he can pass Mrs. Fumihiro’s assessment?”
“That’s… hard to say.” The burgundy-haired girl tilted her head in thought, “I suffered a lot to live here.”
011. Check in and test your skills 2 [Three updates] (old version)
011. Check in and test your skills 2 [Three more]In stark contrast to the exterior of Pole Star Dormitory, the kitchen here is very tidy, with all kinds of kitchen utensils and seasonings available, as well as some vegetables that have not been used up.
“Let me be clear. I have tasted many dishes made by students so far. You don’t have any ingredients with you. Don’t think that those impromptu dishes can meet the standard.” Mrs. Wenxu glanced at Baimu and saw that he didn’t even have a suitcase behind him. It didn’t look like he was prepared. “You can use whatever you want in the kitchen. As long as you can make dishes that satisfy me, you will be qualified.”
Shiraki glanced around the entire kitchen. In addition to the half-used vegetables he had just seen, there was also flour, eggs, and the seafood he brought from Erina’s kitchen, which was enough to make dishes.
Bai Mu looked back at Wen Xu who was sitting at the door, and another problem was put in front of him.
Was Erina’s reaction after tasting her own cooking real or an act?
If this is true, does it mean that those dark dishes that seem extremely disgusting to you may actually taste delicious to others?
If it is fake, the problem becomes even more complicated. Although Shiraki prefers the former, because Erina’s divine tongue has determined that she can no longer taste food, this aspect is reversed. Food rated as K-level by the system is definitely a disaster for the human tongue.
“What’s the matter, boy? Can’t you do it?”
Seeing that Baimu was looking at her for a long time without starting to cook, Mrs. Wenxu asked with her hands on her hips.
After being reminded by her, Bai Mu came back to his senses immediately. No matter what the truth of the matter was, the most important thing at the moment was to cook a dish.
“Mrs. Wenxu, the kitchen… Hey? Is anyone there?”
Just as Bai Mu was selecting ingredients, a girl’s voice sounded at the kitchen door. Wen Xu turned around and glanced at Tansho Hui, who was wearing pajamas and had a dazed expression. He smiled and said, “He is a transfer student who just came today. When school starts, he will enter the high school department with you. By the way, this is a rare opportunity. Do you want to see this boy’s cooking test?”
“Ah? Are you trying out your cooking skills?” Tansho Kei opened her eyes wide and looked at Shiraki who was washing potatoes in the kitchen. It took her three full months to live in this dormitory. She wondered what this new boy would do.
Although she was not the one conducting the test, Tansho Kei still subconsciously became nervous. She even forgot that she came down to get some water. She stood next to Mrs. Wenxu and watched Shiraki washing the vegetables carefully.
There were limited ingredients left in the kitchen, so Baimu simply took two eggs, a potato and half a tomato. To be honest, he still hadn’t figured out what to cook, but it should be no problem to cut all the ingredients and put them in the pot to cook together.
Thinking of this, Baimu opened the cabinet under the kitchen counter and wanted to find a kitchen knife. After opening it, he saw a small hammer that looked out of place behind a row of polished knives.
This small hammer is about the size of two fists. If Baimu knew about French cuisine, he would know what it was used for. However, Baimu obviously did not have this knowledge. Therefore, after staring at the hammer for two seconds, out of curiosity, Baimu decisively picked up the hammer.
“Hmm? That’s?”
Noticing his action, Mrs. Wenxu and Tansho Kei at the door let out a light exclamation at the same time. Although a hammer has many uses, the vegetables on the white wooden chopping board didn’t seem to require a hammer. Seeing Baimu pick up the hammer and start gesturing at the chopping board, both of them became confused.
Bai Mu weighed the hammer in his hand twice, and under the puzzled gazes of Wen Xu and Tian Suoke, he suddenly smashed the hammer down with force, aiming directly at the egg in the bowl. There was a bang mixed with a slight “click” sound. When he raised the hammer again, there was only a mixture of egg shells and egg liquid in the bowl in front of Bai Mu. The scene was like a car accident scene.
The eggs had of course just been washed. Looking at the mixture of egg yolk and egg white in the bowl, Bai Mu suddenly felt his eyes light up. He put the half-eaten tomato in and smashed it again. With a clang, red juice splashed. The poor tomato followed the fate of the egg and was successfully smashed into a pool of dry fried stuff by Bai Mu.
“This thing is quite convenient.”
Feeling the pleasure of all the ingredients being smashed into meat patties with one blow of the hammer, Baimu took a few washed lettuces from the side with satisfaction. He hammered them down with another blow, and a crisp and pleasant crackling sound was heard.
That feeling, in one word – awesome!
Fumihiko and Tanadore Megumi at the door had already opened their eyes wide when Shiraki was smashing the eggs with a hammer. They stared at Shiraki’s operation in amazement, especially Tanadore Megumi. She had been in Totsuki Academy for such a long time and had seen countless strange cooking methods, but this was the first time she had seen anything like Shiraki’s.
Isn’t this just a waste of food?
Because she was too surprised, Mrs. Wenxu didn’t even have time to stop Baimu. Before she could recover, Baimu in front of the cooking table had already started a new round of operations. He poured the vegetables and eggs in the bowl that had been smashed into pieces by a hammer into the oil pan. Without stir-frying or any other movements, he directly covered the oil pan and turned on the highest heat. Baimu seemed to have anticipated that he would see a charred mass when he lifted the lid of the pot. He took out a large bottle of red pigment from the cabinet above and waited for the things in the oil pan to be fried.
Mrs. Wenxu was so angry at this time that she was almost out of her mind. Baimu’s messy cooking skills shocked her in a lot. As a dormitory manager who had been with Polaris Dormitory for countless years and watched batch after batch of graduates grow up, even if she could not make truly top-notch dishes, she had eaten many top ten dishes. But looking at the way Baimu was cooking, Mrs. Wenxu felt her blood pressure rising, and the blood vessels in her head were about to burst. She felt as if she was suddenly having a seizure.
“You bastard! Stop it now!”
Because the blood pressure in her brain was about to flow backwards, Mrs. Wenxu could not speak clearly. Her wrinkled hands trembled as she pointed at Baimu in front of the kitchen counter. Mrs. Wenxu had a look of unwillingness on her face, and it looked as if she was willing to risk her old bones to stop Baimu from messing around in the kitchen.
At this moment, an irresistible aroma of stir-fry suddenly wafted from the wok and filled the entire kitchen in just a few seconds!
012. Red Stir-fried Vegetables [Fourth Update] (Old Version)
012. Red Stir-fried Vegetables [Fourth Update]This fragrance is like the impactful smell created by the collision of the strongest chili sauce and sesame oil, but it does not smell pungent at all. Instead, the aroma of the peppercorns neutralizes the pungent smell, presenting a strong fried aroma.
Opening the lid of the pot, Baimu smoothly sprinkled a handful of peppercorns, chili peppers, star anise and bay leaves. Yes, a full handful, and he didn’t even carefully weigh how much seasoning he put in. Seeing his rough movements, Mrs. Wenxu and Tanosuke Hui at the door were stunned. Mrs. Wenxu, who almost had a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot, felt her butt soften and she fell back into her seat, staring at Baimu with horror in her old eyes, as if she had seen something incredible.
“It smells so good!” Tansho Kei couldn’t help swallowing, putting her hands on her chest, and leaning forward to take a deep breath of the fragrance wafting from the cooking table.
“How is it possible…” Mrs. Wenxu hadn’t recovered yet. The fragrant smell in the kitchen gradually saved her congested brain. Although she hadn’t seen the ingredients yet, she could tell from the smell that the finished product must be good. Was this really the dish that the brat made with the thing that was hit by the hammer just now? If she hadn’t been staring at Baimu the whole time, Mrs. Wenxu would have suspected that the boy had prepared other dishes and secretly poured them into the pot.
“With that cooking method, such delicious food can be made. So, so amazing!” Tansho Kei didn’t think as much as Mrs. Fumio. After the initial shock, she subconsciously attributed everything in front of her to her own inadequate basic skills as a chef, so she could not see through the real reason why Shiraki handled the food in that way.
Hearing her sigh, Wen Xu snorted, “Xiao Hui, don’t learn from that brat… Humph, it actually produced such a fragrance. Was that random cooking method before challenging me? Interesting brat!”
Both of them felt that Bai Mu, who was able to make the ingredients emit such a fragrant aroma, should not be a complete layman, but… no matter how they thought about it, they couldn’t understand it!
How on earth could the random seasonings and the ingredients smashed to pieces by the hammer be combined to produce such an alluring aroma? Even if they used all the knowledge they knew, the two could only feel dizzy.
“There are cooking methods in this world that I have never seen before… It was a close call. I almost got exposed. Humph, I want to see the true appearance of the dish. Can it really match this top-notch aroma?”
Mrs. Wenxu put her hands on her hips, looking calm and composed on the surface, but in fact, this had touched upon her blind spot in cooking knowledge. In order to prevent Tanomo Kei next to her from noticing, she now looked confident.
“The amount of spices used is already hundreds of times the normal amount, but why… this fragrance doesn’t feel pungent or greasy at all. Just smelling it makes me want to eat it. I… I’ve clearly already had dinner.”
Tansho Kei’s stomach began to growl. She was clearly very full for dinner, but the fragrant aroma that could stimulate one’s appetite made her stomach feel empty again. The feeling was so strong that she temporarily ignored Shiraki’s cooking skills.
Brush, brush, brush——
The crackling sounds coming from the oil pan became smaller and smaller. Shiraki saw that the oil was on fire, stood in front of the counter, took a deep breath, and threw the scallops from Erina’s kitchen into the pan. Then, with his other hand, he picked up the red pigment he had just prepared, opened the bottle cap, and poured half of the bottle of pigment directly into the pan.
With a chua sound, the oil pan made another noise due to the collision of the pigment and the hot oil. Bai Mu scooped a few times with the spoon and evenly dipped the contents of the pot with the food pigment. The bright red color immediately dyed the entire pot red.
He picked up the plate beside him, scooped up the contents of the pot with light movements, placed a small piece in the center of the plate, and then poured bright red oil on the plate, completing a dark dish that looked delicious.
The Eye of Insight immediately displayed the data of this dish.
Red stir-fried vegetables (?)
Comment: It contains too many spices and pigments, making it extremely unpalatable and posing a risk of diarrhea.
As expected, it was another J-level evaluation. Bai Mu had given up hope on his cooking skills. But what was the name of this dish, “Red Stir-fried Vegetables”? It was clearly seafood stir-fried with seasonal vegetables.
Carrying the plate of J-grade dish in front of Mrs. Wenxu, who was already a little drunk, Baimu showed a mysterious smile on his face.
“Seafood fried with seasonal vegetables, please enjoy.”
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013. Incredible Deliciousness [Update! ] (Old Version)
013. Incredible Deliciousness [More Updates! ]Stir-fried seafood and seasonal vegetables?
Putting aside the question of whether potatoes, tomatoes and the like are considered seasonal vegetables, just looking at the bright red color in front of her, Mrs. Wenxu could no longer associate it with stir-fried seafood and seasonal vegetables.
“Is this color… edible coloring?”
A drop of cold sweat dripped down Mrs. Wenxu’s forehead. Normally, this kind of thing would only be added to cakes or flour. Using coloring in ordinary dishes was simply courting death.
However, the dish served by Shiraki looked like a red work of art from the outside, but hidden beneath the bright red was the explosive and aggressive spices.
“Wow, so awesome!” Tansho Kei looked at the dish in Shiraki’s hand. She seemed to be oppressed by the aura emanating from the dish and it felt extremely difficult to move.
“Hmph, you did serve a decent meal.”
Mrs. Wenxu snorted. Although her words didn’t sound good, in fact her eyes had never moved away from Baimu from the moment he brought the food.
“You’re welcome, come and taste it.”
Bai Mu stretched out his hand and made a ‘please’ gesture, but compared to Tanomo Kei and Mrs. Fumio, he looked much more embarrassed. The pungent feeling brought by the whole handful of spices after entering the pot almost made him cry. And the last bit of red pigment, because he used too much force with his left hand, part of the pigment was stained on his hands, and no matter how he washed it, it couldn’t be washed off. Now his hands still look red.
This dish, which was rated as J-grade by the system, was undoubtedly a lethal dish… With too much spice and too much pigment, I believe that anyone with a little common sense would not dare to eat it easily.
However, under Bai Mu’s gaze, Mrs. Wenxu stared at the food without blinking, and as if possessed, she stretched out her spoon and scooped a large spoonful of the bright red object.
“Gu.” Tansho Kei stared at Mrs. Wenxu’s movements intently. It was not known whether it was because she was nervous or because she also wanted to taste the dish, but she swallowed a mouthful of saliva without even noticing it.
The moment the spoon pierced through the red barrier, an explosive fragrance spread throughout the kitchen!
“Aaaaah!”
With her entire attention focused on Mrs. Wenxu’s hand, Tansho Hui had never expected that the explosive spice bomb would come so suddenly. She fell to the ground in a trance. But she no longer cared about her embarrassing appearance. The moment the spices passed through the thin red barrier, her brain was completely occupied by this wild deliciousness!
Even Tanomo Kei, who was standing by, couldn’t control the force and slipped to the ground. She could only support herself with one hand, and raised her head with difficulty to look at the food that was not far away from her.
“Woo…”
I clearly didn’t get to eat that dish, but… why did I have such an embarrassing reaction?
Not to mention Tanomo Megumi, even Mrs. Fumio, who was well-experienced and had tasted all kinds of delicacies, showed a very eye-irritating but extremely enjoyable expression in front of the ‘Stir-fried Seafood and Vegetables (? )’ that Shiraki brought out.
The best evidence was Baimu’s scream coming from the kitchen at this time.
“Damn it, old woman, don’t come over here! I was wrong, okay? Don’t come over here!”
Mrs. Wenxu didn’t know if her brain was finally burned out. Her face, which was as wrinkled as orange peel, was filled with the expression of a young girl in love. In short, it looked very eye-catching. Baimu screamed and jumped up and down in the kitchen to avoid Mrs. Wenxu who wanted to hug him. From his miserable screams, one could see how lethal Mrs. Wenxu’s face was.
PS: Thank you readers for your tip, there will be updates today!
014. Ryoko and Yuuki [Additional Update!] (Old Version)
014. Ryoko and Yuuki [Additional update!]The screams in the kitchen soon attracted the attention of others. Just as Shiraki and Mrs. Fumio were jumping up and down playing hide-and-seek in the kitchen, Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuki, who had smelled the fragrance, also walked into the kitchen.
“It smells so good, what kind of food is this?”
“Oh, really, is this the smell of spices? This is such a bold dish!”
Ryoko Sakaki and Yuuki Yoshino, whose appetite had been aroused from afar, were like Shiraki who was seen madly running away from Mrs. Fumio. As soon as they entered the kitchen, they looked at the source of the aroma that made them salivate – a plate of red dish that looked extremely exquisite.
“Wow! This appearance… I have never seen this kind of food before, is this a potato?!”
Yoshino Yuki was still holding a struggling hen in her hand. When she was slightly distracted, the hen took the opportunity to break free from her hands. However, at this time, Yoshino Yuki only had the plate of food in her eyes. She ignored the escaped hen and stared at the red food on the plate.
“Fuck! Is there anyone here? If you come, please save me!”
Shiraki, who was running for his life, saw the appearance of Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuuki, and immediately felt like he saw a savior. But before he could finish his words, a scene that made him despair appeared. Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuuki looked at Shiraki, and immediately showed a standard smile to welcome newcomers. They waved their hands and shouted to Shiraki in front of them, “Oh, you are the newcomer of Polar Star Dormitory, we heard from Isshiki senior, Shiraki, welcome! Let’s go to Marui’s room for a welcome party later!”
“Mrs. Wenxu is also very enthusiastic!”
“Which eye of yours saw her enthusiasm! Come and save me! Damn! You guys are still eating! Are you still human? Is there anyone else? Is there anyone else? Anyone will do. Come and pull her away!”
Under Shiraki’s desperate gaze, Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuki couldn’t wait to take a bite of the seafood stewed with seasonal vegetables on the table. Suddenly, the crisp red outer coat was pierced, and waves of fragrant aroma rushed into the nose at lightning speed, like the most primitive and violent delicacy, completely igniting the taste buds in an instant.
“This, this fragrance… and this taste!”
“It’s delicious!”
The explosive aroma rushed from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads. The unprepared Ryoko and Yuuki opened their eyes wide instantly. A sublimated feeling surged from the soles of their feet. The originally cool temperature around them became warm without knowing when. They only felt an explosive aroma sweeping over them, burning like a raging fire. This was the collision of the ultimate heat and spices. This taste…isn’t it too delicious? !
“A-Anything else?!”
Yoshino Yuuki opened her eyes and started to eat the plate of fried seafood and vegetables in front of her frantically, wishing she could eat the plate as well. Sakaki Ryoko, who was a little slow to react, was a step late. When she opened her eyes, the whole plate of food had already gone into Yuuki’s stomach.
“Youji, you didn’t leave me any…”
Just when she tasted a bite of the delicious food, it was eaten up by Yuki in the blink of an eye. Ryoko couldn’t help but feel angry. She glanced back and forth in the kitchen for a moment, and suddenly saw the food still steaming in the pan.
Ryoko’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she didn’t care about Yuuki who had lost her mind and was licking the plate frantically. She quickly walked to the cooking table and ignored Shiraki who was asking for help.
The red dish in the frying pan, which had not yet been served and did not look very good, was the most delicious delicacy in the world in Ryoko’s eyes. She could not wait to scoop a big mouthful with a spoon and put it into her mouth, with a look of satisfaction on her face.
“This taste… is indeed… too delicious…”
PS: The additional update is finished, thank you for the reward from Zuiying!
015. Polar Star Dormitory Welcome Party [Update 1] (Old Version)
015. Polar Star Dormitory Welcome Party [Update 1]The farce in the kitchen finally came to an end.
When everyone rushed over after hearing the noise, the remaining food in the pot had already been eaten up by Ryoko and Yuuki. Tanado Megumi, who had just reacted, looked at the wok that had been divided cleanly by the two of them, and could only squat on the ground and draw circles with tears in her eyes. She was completely stunned by the violent aroma, and had no time to react when Yuuki and Ryoko were scrambling for the food.
“Huh? This fragrance…” Isshiki Hui, who arrived late, sniffed the lingering fragrance in the air and felt a little hungry for a moment. Looking at Yuuki and Ryoko who were sitting aside and were already satisfied, and then looking at the plates and woks that had been devoured by them without any residue left, Isshiki Hui showed an interested smile on her face.
“Yeah, it looks like a pretty amazing dish.”
Isshiki Hui walked up to Shiraki, who was out of breath after being chased by Mrs. Fumi, and patted his shoulder. “I was right about you, Shiraki. You passed the entrance test of Polaris Dormitory on your first try. You really gave me a big surprise.”
“Hoo…Hoo…Thank you, Isshiki-senpai.”
Baimu thanked Isshiki Hui while panting. If Isshiki Hui had not arrived in time, he would have been caught up by Mrs. Wenxu. When he thought of Mrs. Wenxu’s wrinkled orange peel, Baimu began to get goose bumps all over his body. Even the equally eye-catching naked apron on Isshiki Hui was temporarily ignored by him.
Damn it, you must lock the dormitory door from now on, otherwise Wen Xu may break in one day.
Bai Mu patted his chest with lingering fear, took a glass of ice water from the refrigerator and drank it to calm himself down. Mrs. Wen Xu, who had come to her senses, cleared her throat with embarrassment.
“Ahem, young people nowadays are really outrageous. Take it, kid.”
Mrs. Wenxu threw a bunch of keys over to him. Baimu reached out to take it and took a look. It was Room 303. He didn’t expect that the room that originally belonged to Soma Yukihira now belonged to him by accident. However, Soma Yukihira only reported to the dormitory at the beginning of the school year, so it was first come first served. That room had a bathroom, so Baimu immediately put the key away.
[Ding Dong, you have successfully checked into the Pole Star Dormitory. Mission completed. Reward: 200 points, recipe: Orange French Foie Gras Pate (Grade B), and primary lottery x1.]After putting the key back into his pocket, the system’s task completion prompt popped up at the right time. Baimu looked at his current points, a total of 400. It seems that he can go and see what good things are in the system’s mall later.
“Speaking of which, this aroma is incredible, Ibu. Even your smoked dishes don’t have such a strong aroma.”
Daigo Aoki at the door sniffed towards the kitchen. Although the fragrance had dissipated a lot now, the smell still made people very hungry.
“It’s totally not the same type of food, okay…”
A boy next to him who looked rather taciturn shook his head and said.
“Hahaha, alright, alright, since Shiraki-kun has successfully passed the cooking test, let’s all have a happy dinner together tonight.” Isshiki Hui came out of the kitchen with a smile and smoothed things over.
“I agree!” Yuki, who had finished chewing the food in her mouth, jumped up from her chair and was the first to run to Shiraki. Her face still retained the blush from tasting the food just now. She turned around in front of Shiraki and said.
“Um, my name is Yoshino Yuuki, and I live in Room 116. If you have any questions, you can come to me!”
“Oh, by the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet, Shiraki-kun. I’m Tadokoro Megumi, and I live in room 302 next to you. Thank you for your guidance!”
After hearing Yuuki’s self-introduction, Tansho Kei suddenly realized that she had not yet announced her name, and hurriedly stood up from the ground. After she finished speaking, she bowed towards Shiraki. In her mind, Shiraki, who could make the seafood and vegetable stir-fry just now, had risen to the level of a “very good chef”, completely different from her who was at the bottom, so it was inevitable that she was a little nervous.
“My name is Sakaki Ryoko, I live in room 112, and I’m good at koji cooking, so please give me your guidance.”
“Really, Ryoko, you ate too much just now!”
As soon as the girl with burgundy hair finished speaking, You Ji slapped her twice with her little fist with a look of dissatisfaction on her face and said angrily.
“Yuuki, you are the one who has no right to say that to me.” Ryoko said helplessly as she looked at the plate on the table that had been licked until it was shiny white.
016. This is cooking [Second update] (Old version)
016. This is cooking [Update 2]“Well, let’s drink to celebrate Bai Mu joining the Polar Star Dormitory family!”
In room 205, everyone sat in a circle holding juice. Except for Shiraki, everyone brought their best dishes.
In fact, everyone, including Mrs. Wenxu, really wanted Baimu to show off his cooking skills again. After all, the wonderful aroma from the kitchen just now was still fresh in everyone’s memory. Unfortunately, there were no more ingredients here, and the poultry and bacon that were unique to everyone might not be what Baimu was good at, so everyone was very understanding and let Baimu rest in the room for a while.
“This is smoked cheese, please.”
Ibuzaki took a plate of smoked food and placed it in the middle of the crowd. Before anyone else reacted, Shiraki’s eyes lit up first.
Although it looked like he had been in the kitchen all day, it couldn’t hide the fact that he had hardly eaten anything today.
He didn’t dare to try the dishes he made himself. Along the way, he just took a few bites of the fruits and dried goods brought from Erina’s kitchen. To be honest, Baimu was so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back.
Seeing that there was finally edible food in front of him, Baimu immediately reached out to take a piece of cheese and put it in his mouth. Suddenly, the salty and fragrant taste echoed in his mouth. It was completely different from the cheese that Baimu had eaten in fast food restaurants like KFC before. This piece of cheese also had a strong smoky flavor.
“tasty!”
Shiraki gave a thumbs up to Ibusaki Shun without hesitation. This was much more delicious than the fast food he had eaten before.
“Of course.”
Ibuzaki Shun took a sip of tea with a calm expression. After he finished speaking, Sato Shoji beside him immediately handed over a plate of dried squid, “Here, this is today’s additional dish, try it and see how it tastes!”
Baimu took two squid tentacles from the plate without hesitation and took a bite. They were chewy and tasted much better than the snacks he had eaten before. His eyes lit up immediately and he gave a thumbs up to Sato Shoji who handed him the plate of snacks.
“Haha, you have good taste. I’ll let you try my special tempura fried shrimp someday!”
Sato Shoji, who was chatting excitedly, laughed and patted Shiraki on the shoulder. However, before he could finish laughing, Aoki Daigo beside him interrupted him with an unhappy look on his face, “Don’t listen to him. The fried shrimp I made last time was ten times more delicious than his. Shiraki, I’ll treat you.”
“What? Are you an idiot? Just because of your fried shrimp?”
“What? You’re not convinced and want to compete?!”
“Come on, I’ll be with you anytime!”
The two people who were supposed to be selling food to Shiraki suddenly started arguing for some reason. At this time, Shiraki had already taken the roast duck handed to him by Yuuki. The crispy skin was matched with just the right amount of fat, and the taste was the best roast duck Shiraki had ever eaten.
Surrounded by all kinds of food, Shiraki gave Yuuki a thumbs up, while Yuuki tilted her head with a smile on her face.
“Hehehe, Baimu, you are really humble.”
Ryoko refilled Shiraki’s glass of juice, “Really? You can cook such delicious food, and you even praised our food. You are so kind.”
“No way, I’m praising you from the bottom of my heart.” Baimu waved his hands. He felt a little embarrassed by Ryoko’s praise. He didn’t dare to eat the dishes he made. Besides, Ryoko and the others’ cooking skills were really amazing. They were worthy of being professional cooks. Baimu felt that the dishes he had eaten in restaurants before were not as good as their cooking skills.
“Um, um, Shiraki-kun, this is a rice ball I made myself. It’s leftover from dinner, so if you don’t mind, please try it.”
With a blushing face, Tadokoro Kei took out a plate of rice balls from behind her and handed it to Shiraki, giving him an expectant look.
“Thank you, and Xiaohui, you can just call me Baimu!”
Shiraki took a bite of the rice ball handed to him by Tanadore Megumi. The sour and sweet pickled plums and the slightly salty rice made him a little uncomfortable with the Japanese taste, but the taste was excellent. He immediately gave Tanadore Megumi an affirmative smile.
When the nervous Tadokoro Hui saw Shiraki’s smiling face, her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally relaxed. “That’s great. I was worried that it might not suit your taste.”
“Xiaohui, Baimu is a very gentle person.”
Yuuki Yoshino came up to Megumi Tadokoro, touched her head with a smile and said.
Tanosuke Megumi blushed and nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice. She originally thought that Shiraki, who could make dishes like seafood stewed with seasonal vegetables, might look down on her cooking. Unexpectedly, Shiraki gave her affirmation very straightforwardly. This made Tanosuke Megumi, who had always been at the bottom of her classmates, a little flattered.
“Okay, everyone, now that the atmosphere is right, it’s my turn to perform!”
While everyone was happily sharing the delicious food, Isshiki Hui, who was wearing a nude apron, suddenly became interested and stood up with a youthful and passionate expression on her face, while everyone else, including Shiraki, had expressions that showed that they couldn’t bear to look at her.
“Is it about to start again? Isshiki-senpai’s performance…”
Marui complained quietly with his eyes half closed.
“Anyway, just cooperate with him for now.”
Someone sighed, and the rest of the people clapped their hands in agreement.
017. Primary Lottery [Three Updates] (Old Version)
017. Primary Lottery [Three Updates]After the welcome party, it was already 11 o’clock outside. Baimu returned to the room, simply washed up, then lay on the bed and began to browse the system mall.
“The captives of delicious food have world specialties and legendary kitchen utensils… they really have everything.”
Looking at the dazzling array of goods in the system mall, Baimu deeply realized his own poverty. With only 400 points, he could only buy some ingredients with a capture level of 1. The prices of talents such as the Divine Tongue and Divine Sense of Smell were tens of thousands. However, Baimu would not buy the Divine Tongue for no reason to cause trouble for himself. If he could feel the flaws in everything he ate like Erina, then what was there to enjoy in life… Well, this was only because he did not have so many points.
Looking around the outside of the mall, Baimu saw more and more strange and exotic ingredients. However, after looking at his pitiful points, Baimu sighed, turned over and closed the system store.
There is still one month left before the school starts at Totsuki Academy. What will he do in this month?
Bai Mu thought about his current situation. He had no money and was not cut out to be a chef. He wondered if he could make some pocket money by cooking in this month.
[Ding Dong, the host still has one more chance to win the primary lottery. It is recommended to use it as soon as possible. ]Just as Bai Mu was thinking about what he would do during the holiday before school started, the system’s mechanical prompt sounded in his mind. Bai Mu, who almost forgot that he could still draw a lottery, immediately sat up and ordered the system in his mind, “Then start the lottery.”
[Ding Dong, the primary lottery is starting…][The primary lottery has been successfully started, and the roulette wheel will start spinning soon. ]As soon as the system prompted, a huge circular turntable appeared in front of Bai Mu’s eyes. It was densely divided into thousands of small sectors, and each sector was only half the size of a fingernail. Bai Mu moved a little closer to take a look. There were 100g of red-haired pork, 200g of water, 100g of lobster meat, 50g of seasoning salt, 1 rice cooker, 500g of light cream… almost all of them were ingredients and kitchen utensils. However, after looking around, Bai Mu didn’t see any high-end ingredients. It was indeed a primary lottery, and there was nothing good.
“Let’s get started.”
After confirming that there was nothing good on it, Baimu waved his hand at the air with an indifferent look on his face. The system immediately received the command and the pointer on the roulette wheel began to turn slowly.
[Ding Dong, congratulations on obtaining a C-level side quest. ]“Um?”
Bai Mu was stunned by the system’s prompt. A C-level side quest… could this kind of thing be obtained through a lottery? He thought that all quests had to be issued by the system or triggered by himself, but he didn’t expect to get one this quickly.
“Check.”
Without any hesitation, Baimu immediately asked the system to show him the C-level side quest he had just drawn, and soon a new task panel appeared in front of Baimu.
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C-rank mission: Burger shop competition
Mission description: In a busy shopping street, there is a well-received hamburger restaurant. This hamburger restaurant has won the “Burger King Award” for two consecutive years and receives countless orders every day. Your hamburger restaurant happens to be located opposite this hamburger restaurant. It is an old store that is rarely visited and is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Mission supplement: The boss on the other side will use any means to make your store go bankrupt.
Task requirements: Reverse the store’s losses and turn it into a profit within 20 days.
Mission Reward: 500 points, 1 intermediate lottery, 50,000 yen
Failure penalty: None
Bai Mu carefully read the task requirements and suddenly asked the system, “System, is this hamburger shop directly given to me?”
[Ding Dong, yes, as long as the host accepts this side quest, the system will issue the address of the hamburger shop and relevant certificates. Do you accept this quest? ]“Accept.” There was nothing much to say. Bai Mu, who was worried that he would not be able to find a place to go for a month, directly accepted this C-level task. Anyway, there was no penalty for failure, and he could also take this opportunity to earn some pocket money. It was also great to get a store for free.
[Ding Dong, you have accepted the C-level side quest: Burger Shop Competition.]The next second after Baimu accepted the task, a stack of documents appeared in front of him out of thin air, including the hamburger shop’s opening license, lease contract, etc. Even the map had the bus routes carefully marked.
018. Shopping Street [Fourth Update] (Old Version)
018. Shopping Street [Fourth Update]Early the next morning, Baimu left Polar Star Dormitory, borrowed a bicycle from Mrs. Wenxu, and started heading out of the school.
Although I haven’t seen the hamburger restaurant given by the system, I still have a mysterious sense of confidence.
Riding a bicycle and feeling the breeze blowing towards him, Baimu couldn’t help but reveal a happy smile.
About three hours later, Shiraki had already seen the gate of Totsuki Academy. After parking his bicycle at the door, he took out the hamburger shop map given by the system from his pocket and began to look at it.
“It’s still quite far…” Looking at the route marked on the map, a drop of cold sweat dripped from Baimu’s forehead. At this speed, he didn’t know if he could reach the commercial street tonight.
At this time, an extended black luxury car happened to drive from the campus to the school gate.
Sitting in the car, Erina Nakiri looked out the window silently, when suddenly a familiar figure flashed before her eyes.
“parking.”
The driver in front of him shuddered and stopped the car at the school gate. Erina opened the door and walked slowly behind the figure with a cold face. She straightened her chest and prepared for 5 seconds before speaking, “What are you doing in a place like this?”
Shiraki, who was looking at a map, heard the voice and looked over, and saw Erina standing behind him at some point. He was about to answer when he caught a glimpse of the luxury car behind Erina, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
“Oh, you’re just in time, Erina. I need your help with something.”
“W-what help?”
Faced with Shiraki who suddenly approached her, Erina blushed and took a few steps back in embarrassment, but did not refuse immediately.
“I want to go to this place. I wonder if you can give me a ride?” Shiraki showed the map in his hand. Erina glanced at the destination on the map with a look of confusion in her eyes.
“Shopping street…what are you doing there?”
“I just happened to open a store there.”
“Open, open a store?!”
Erina looked at Shiraki in surprise, and subconsciously imagined that the store Shiraki was talking about was a chain hotel or a specialty restaurant on the commercial street. Even in Totsuki Academy, it was hard to find a student who could own a store at this age. This man was indeed…
“Yeah, but it’s just a hamburger shop. I heard it’s about to go bankrupt, so they asked me to take over.”
Shiraki’s next words immediately shattered all of Erina’s fantasies. She coughed lightly, turned around and walked back to the car.
“Then hurry up and catch up, my time is very tight.”
“Thanks, Erina.”
Seeing that the other party agreed to give him a ride, Shiraki was temporarily relieved. As long as he made money at the hamburger shop today, he could get rid of his current embarrassing situation of not having a penny. In the evening, he could bring Erina a few hamburgers as a thank you… provided that the hamburgers he made were tasty.
In the back seat of the luxury car, two people sat on the soft leather cushion, one on the left and one on the right. Shiraki pinched his chin and thought about how to make the hamburger later, while Erina was tense all over and secretly glanced to the side from time to time. She was not good at talking to others and looked very uncomfortable at this moment, especially this person made her have a different feeling. At this moment, Erina looked like she wanted to speak but didn’t dare to.
——I should say something at this time.
Erina recalled what Hisako had told her about the things to pay attention to when communicating with others, but every time she was about to speak, various images of Shiraki that she had imagined in her mind would emerge in her mind. Even last night’s dream had mentioned this person. This was the first time that Erina had dreamed about these things since she was a child. Steam began to come out of her face just thinking about it.
——Calm down! The other party is just a commoner!
——Yes, calm down. What should you say at this time?
Erina, who was originally invited to a restaurant in Totsuki Resort to try new dishes, completely forgot about the tasting and was seriously thinking about how to start her speech.
However, because she took too long to think, by the time she had finally finished her mental preparation, she had already arrived at the shopping street.
Seeing Shiraki opening the car door and preparing to get out, Erina’s conflicted nerves continued to struggle, and then she finally shouted, “Wait!”
“Is there anything else?” Shiraki looked at Erina, who was blushing and panting for some reason, and wondered how she became like this.
“You, the store you mentioned… Since you are a student of Totsuki Academy, just let me know if you need any help. And… and… I will come over in the evening. But if there is no customer at the door of your store by then, it will be a disgrace to Totsuki!”
Hearing this, Shiraki’s face showed a surprised expression at first, and then he reacted and smiled at Erina, “Of course, I will be waiting for you at any time.”
Although I don’t know why Erina, who was so rude to Soma Yukihira in the original book, would want to help me, I think it’s because of my weird cooking. Shiraki doesn’t mind getting along with Erina, but… why does she blush when she sees me? It can’t be because she likes me, right?
PS: Erina’s dream: two people were running hand in hand in the flower garden.
Because physical contact occurred, Erina classified it as a very shameless dream.
PS2: It cannot be seen so far, but Shiraki’s ability to dominate is very strong. Erina has already gone down the path of being dominated and there is no turning back, and Hisako is gradually getting lost on this path.
019. Burger Shop [Update 1] (Old Version)
019. Burger Shop [Update 1]The commercial street is crowded with people, and is lined with clothing stores, beverage stores, and major brand chain restaurants. The crowds pouring in from the station are a constant stream of visitors here, and the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the Big Mac burger restaurant near the station.
Having won the ‘Burger King Award’ for two consecutive years, this restaurant has become so famous that surrounding food magazines are vying to report on it. The queues outside the store every day can stretch all the way to the bus station, and the number of diners inside the store is countless.
This was the scene Baimu saw when he walked over from the station.
Countless students and white-collar workers were queuing in front of the store, either in groups of three or five or constantly looking at the time on their watches, waiting to order. Opposite this hamburger restaurant, there was a store with similar decoration but its door was closed.
Baimu looked up and saw that the name of the hamburger shop was…Hamburger Shop.
Yes, it is such a simple and unpretentious name. The hamburger shop given by the system is really called a hamburger shop.
But this is already much better than he imagined. He originally thought that the system would give him a shabby shop with old decoration, but he didn’t expect it to be similar to the Big Mac across the street. This way, at least there is no problem with the appearance.
When the rolling door of the shop was opened, some diners in the queue opposite obviously noticed the movement here and looked over with curiosity. They had seen that there was a hamburger restaurant here a long time ago, but the door of this restaurant has always been closed. They didn’t expect that someone would come today.
After opening the rolling door, Baimu pulled it down again. He still had to deal with the ingredients and study the burgers, so of course he couldn’t open the store immediately. After seeing the spectacular scene of the long queues outside the Big Mac burger shop opposite, he knew that if he couldn’t come up with something to attract diners, his store would only be able to survive in the cracks.
Walking into the inner room of the hamburger shop, there is a relatively small cooking table with all the facilities of a hamburger shop. However, if the food is cooked here, there will be no way to entertain the customers outside. It would be fine if there were still staff, but now there is only Baimu in this shop. Where would the staff come from to help him greet the customers?
After thinking about it, Baimu moved the fryer, oven, cola machine, etc. directly to the door of the store, then placed a table at the door and put all these facilities on it to form a small cooking table. He then moved the warming cabinet behind the table, directly isolating the seats in the store.
Although customers cannot come into the store, Baimu can turn the store into a stall that sells freshly made food, so there is no need for store clerks.
Next was the issue of ingredients. There were still a lot of ingredients left in the room, from pork, beef, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and other fillings to eggs, flour, yeast, butter and other hamburger buns, all filled a half-meter-high bag. Although this amount of ingredients might not last even half a day for a large hamburger restaurant, Baimu felt that if he could use these ingredients flexibly, he wouldn’t have to worry about today’s turnover.
There were also sufficient amounts of seasonings such as black pepper, lemon juice, honey, mustard, sugar and salt. Seeing these things, Baimu felt more confident about the dish he was going to cook next.
He has never made hamburgers, but, even if he has never seen a pig run, has he never eaten pork?
Before the time travel, KFC, McDonald’s and other hamburgers were Baimu’s regular takeout customers. In Baimu’s opinion, to make a hamburger, one only needs to stuff the fillings into the hamburger buns in order. As for how to make the fillings, this is even simpler. Tomatoes and lettuce can be put in raw, and the meat can be fried casually.
What he needs to do now is to think carefully about how to simplify the hamburger production process to the greatest extent possible and how to make the hamburger attract more customers’ attention.
It would definitely be too late to cut the tomatoes and lettuce one by one, it was too troublesome. Bai Mu poured all the tomatoes into a stainless steel container with a diameter of half a meter, washed and filtered it with water for more than ten times, and added special detergent for washing vegetables. The lettuce was processed in the same way as above. In order to prevent any residual pesticides, Bai Mu added water again after washing and poured in half a basin of salt.
After soaking in this way, the tomatoes and lettuce should be very clean. Next is the soul of the hamburger – the hamburger bun.
Bai Mu also took a large stainless steel basin with a diameter of half a meter, poured half a bag of flour into it, turned on the faucet to fill it with clean water, and then used his hand to make a counterclockwise movement in it.
About ten minutes later, the irregular dough full of particles was ready. Bai Mu poured two packets of yeast into it, then took a baking tray from the side, covered it with seasoning paper, and patted the dough on it with one hand. He did this for a full twenty minutes, and then he stuffed all fifteen baking trays into the big oven.
The upper and lower fire is 280 degrees, and the time is set to 30 minutes. After doing all this, Baimu started to process the meat. He turned on the meat grinder at full power and put more than 20 pieces of meat in at a time to fill it up. Then he beat it for one or two minutes, and switched to the next batch without caring whether the meat was broken up or not. When the dough in the oven was baked, there was already a bowl of minced meat filling in front of Baimu.
Although the bread was baked, Baimu planned to let it ferment for a while. It was already burnt anyway, so it wouldn’t make much difference if he kept it a little longer. He began to concentrate on marinating the meat stuffing. First, he added honey, and then injected the soul: mustard. He squeezed fifty sticks of mustard in it at once, and finally put in two packets of salt. The meat stuffing was done.
Baimu didn’t plan to fry the meat fillings. He just stuffed them into the hamburgers raw, which saved the use of oil. What he really wanted to fry was the hamburger buns!
But before that, he needs to process the tomatoes.
Coming to the tomatoes that had been soaked in salt for more than half an hour, Baimu picked up a kitchen knife and started chopping them in the salt water. The shape of the chopping depended entirely on his mood. Soon, after more than ten minutes, the water that was originally a little turbid due to the salt water had turned red, and all the tomatoes were either chopped into pieces or strips and lay in it.
In this way, the preparations for opening a store are basically completed.
Baimu walked to the rolling door and opened it with a swipe.
Suddenly, the diners lined up outside the Big Mac burger shop opposite subconsciously turned their heads and looked at the burger shop that suddenly opened.
020. The scent that stirs the shopping street [Second update] (Old version)
020. The aroma that stirs up the shopping street [Update 2]The diners’ attention was briefly attracted by Baimu, but no one moved. Although they saw the front desk device that Baimu placed at the door, no one thought that there would be anything more delicious than a Big Mac in this newly opened shop.
Bai Mu didn’t care at all. He wrote a note and hung it at the front desk, then turned on the oven. Suddenly, a faint smell of burning came out from inside. Someone curiously took a look at the note at the front desk, and saw that it said [Today’s Recommendation: Supreme Black Gold Burger, 600 yen (Please bring your own change, each person is limited to 10)]“Supreme Black Gold Burger? What is that?”
Some people in the crowd immediately started communicating with their companions.
“I don’t know. I’ve never heard of this name.”
Because of the note that Baimu hung up, many people began to pay attention to his actions. Anyway, they were waiting in line and these diners had nothing to do, but the queue in front was emptying out very quickly, and soon this group of diners had already got the Big Mac’s specialty burgers.
“Oh? Is the store across the street open?”
At the front desk of the Big Mac restaurant, a woman who looked to be about thirty or forty years old glanced indifferently at Baimu across from her. When she saw that there was no one in his restaurant and that he was even making food on the spot at the door, a persistent smile appeared on her face.
“You’re really pathetic for opening a shop across from our Big Mac.”
Before she could finish, there was a sudden commotion outside the store. Many customers who were queuing in front of their store suddenly moved towards the store opposite for some unknown reason. Just by standing in the store, one could hear the commotion of the crowd outside.
“What? What happened?”
Before the female store manager could come to her senses, a little girl holding a doll rushed in from outside, drooling and yelling inside, “Mom, it smells so good, please come out quickly, I don’t want to eat the burger, I want to eat that!”
A long-haired woman sitting in the store heard the little girl’s cry and quickly stood up from her seat, “Xiao Ai, where have you been? Didn’t you just say you wanted to eat this burger?”
“Now is not the time to talk about this, hurry up, Mom, or there will be none left!” The little girl ran into the store quickly, holding her mother’s hand and walking out. This strange scene made everyone else in the store turn their heads to look over. However, in the next moment, a strong aroma suddenly poured in through the door of the hamburger shop. Baimu’s store was only a dozen meters away from here, and the crispy aroma was particularly strong at this time. Many diners were still eating Big Macs in their mouths, but when they smelled the aroma, they lost their minds one by one, and their bodies were involuntarily immersed in the aroma and unable to extricate themselves.
“Smells so good, is that also a burger shop?”
The mother who was pulled out of the store by the little girl also noticed Baimu who was quickly making hamburgers. She saw him take out a plate of pure black stuff from the oven, and then pour it into the fryer with only a little oil, and then sprinkle some white stuff, maybe sugar, or maybe salt. After a while, a sizzling sound came from the fryer, and a thick black smoke came out of it. This thick smoke almost made the surrounding air turbid. Anyone walking on the shopping street would notice this place.
But, that irresistible aroma also comes from this thick smoke!
Originating from Shiraki’s hamburger shop, visible gray smoke quickly filled the entire shopping street. Those diners who were originally attracted by the Big Mac, when faced with the Big Mac that was widely praised by food magazines and Shiraki’s hamburger that could arouse their inner appetite, all chose the latter without exception!
This is a world where taste is paramount. Foodies are extremely greedy and only things that satisfy them will be sought after by the public.
And now, Baimu’s hamburger has successfully aroused the appetite of diners. It is not like top-notch cuisine. Even if ordinary people taste it, they may not be able to tell which part of the food is delicious. Instead, it is very intuitive, and the delicious taste that explodes the taste buds is laid out in front of everyone.
“Give me a supreme black gold burger! Here’s the money!”
“I want ten! No, a hundred! As many as you can get! I can eat them all!”
“Get in line! Go to the back! I was here first!”
“Mom, I want to eat that!”
It took only 56 seconds from the time the rolling door was opened to the time the first burger came out of the oven. People from the entire shopping street began to gather in Shiraki’s store. Especially when the black smoke from the fryer swept across the entire commercial street, people who had never imagined that the aroma of food could be so real before their eyes went crazy.
021. Crush! The Unreasonable Scent [Part 3] (Old Version)
021. Crush! The Unreasonable Scent [Part 3]crazy!
When the thick gray smoke was swept to every corner of the shopping street by the wind, it was as if magma was bursting in everyone’s mind. This aroma was not just the simple cooking aroma they had smelled in the kitchen before, but also brought with it a synesthesia-like crispy feeling. Just by smelling it, one could imagine how crispy and sweet this dish would be when bitten in the mouth.
Especially when the black smoke eroded their nasal cavities like an endless stream, people whose bodies were dominated by the irresistible fragrance began to involuntarily look for the source of the fragrance.
From Baimu’s perspective, he has put on a mask very consciously. Now the thick smoke in front of his store is almost as thick as a fire scene. The inside of the frying pan is already covered with charred black. It is estimated that it will be out of service after today’s use. However, enduring the black smoke in front of him that blocks his vision, Baimu is still very dedicated. He picked up a piece of charred, bitter, and smelly bread with heat-insulating gloves, grabbed a piece of marinated raw beef from the meat bowl below and put it on, followed by tomatoes and lettuce, and finally covered it with a piece of the same black and bitter bread and poured cheese on it. It only took 5 seconds to make a burger. His hand speed is extremely fast.
Original cuisine: Supreme black gold burger (?)
Comments: Severely dark-baked bread paired with raw fillings, excessive mustard and seasoning salt, a dark dish that will make you feel like you have returned to heaven after taking one bite.
The white-collar worker at the front of the line could no longer contain his appetite. He put his money into the box above while waiting in line. He couldn’t wait to take the packaged burger and quickly put it to his mouth and took a bite.
“Ohhhh!!!”
As soon as he took a bite of the hamburger, the white-collar worker let out a loud roar. He felt that his taste buds, which had been aroused by the aroma, were finally satisfied. It was as if he was in heaven in an instant. This hamburger did not disappoint him!
I don’t know what is put in the crispy and delicate bread, but you can taste very chewy and soft particles, and the seemingly raw filling below is tender and juicy when you put it in your mouth, and even has a slight stimulation. Slowly sublimating from the impact is the sweetness with a hint of cheese. And the tomato tastes even more amazing. I don’t know what kind of processing has been done on this ordinary ingredient that is known to everyone, but it is more juicy than ordinary tomatoes, and the taste of the juice is also richer!
This smell! It’s like the scene after a volcanic eruption, when everything comes back to life and all life is flourishing!
The elite white-collar worker opened his mouth wide. This was the first time he had seen an illusion while tasting food. This burger actually made him, a man who was used to eating ordinary food, see the artistic conception of food that was said to be only visible to professional food critics?!
He quickly finished the burger in his hand and shouted to Bai Mu with red eyes, “Not enough! Not enough at all! Boss! Give me ten more!”
When he yelled like that, the crowd behind him suddenly became angry, and someone immediately pointed at him and started yelling.
“That’s too much. We’ve been waiting for a long time!”
“That’s right. If you don’t have ten people at the beginning, just go to the back and line up. Everyone is waiting!”
A fat and strong man quickly walked out of the crowd, grabbed the elite white-collar worker and threw him to the back without saying a word. Bai Mu was stunned. The white-collar worker who was thrown over was still struggling in mid-air, shouting “What are you doing?” while being thrown to the back of the team.
“Boss, give me ten supreme black gold burgers!”
Because the black smoke from the stove was so thick, Baimu couldn’t see clearly how many people were queuing behind the stove, but he succeeded in gathering the diners, which happened much faster than Baimu had imagined. He originally thought that he would have to go to the queue opposite to pull a few impatient customers like Soma Yukihira did, but he didn’t expect that a mistake just now would make the already burnt bread smell even worse, and almost caused a fire, but instead attracted more customers to him.
And now, how many people are still queuing in front of the Big Mac restaurant?
The answer is – No!
The female manager of the Big Mac burger shop was standing at the door of her shop at this time, looking at the long queue that suddenly formed opposite with trembling body. This burger shop not only snatched away all her customers, but also the customers from other restaurants gradually gathered here following the aroma.
In major chain restaurants, a common scene is that customers come out in groups of three or five, looking in the direction where the black smoke is coming from, each one of them as if their soul has been taken away, with dull eyes drifting to the end of the line.
This phenomenon was becoming more and more serious as time went by. However, within just one hour, there was no one where the fragrance was, but the entrance of Shiraki’s hamburger shop was crowded with people.
The shop assistants in the entire shopping street, the students and white-collar workers getting off the bus at the station, and even the passers-by who were just passing by and whose destination was not here at all, completely surrounded this commercial street!
K-grade cuisine can be so unreasonable!
022. The materials are gone [fourth update] (old version)
022. The materials are gone [Fourth update]Since the morning, the street where the Big Mac is located has been extremely lively. The black smoke floating everywhere on the street has become a beautiful landscape on this street. Every passenger who gets off the bus can’t help but ask the people around him, “Where does this smell come from?”
An old lady holding a plastic bag of ten well-packaged hamburgers in her hand heard the questions of the passers-by and couldn’t help but breathe in the fragrance in the air again. A smile of enjoyment appeared on her face and she exclaimed, “You may not know yet, but a new hamburger shop opened today. The aroma is coming from there. I queued for an hour from 11 o’clock in the morning to buy these hamburgers. I have to take them home quickly to taste them with my grandson.”
“A new burger place?”
The two female college students who had just got off the bus looked at each other, and their stomachs couldn’t help but growl, making each other feel a little embarrassed.
“Grandma, where is that hamburger shop?”
The two female college students could not resist the temptation of the aroma and began to ask the old lady about the location of the hamburger shop.
“Look, it’s at the corner ahead, just go in and turn right.” The old lady quickly showed them the way, and the two female college students quickly said goodbye to the old lady and ran quickly forward.
“Hurry up, Xia Mei. I can’t wait to taste this burger that smells so tempting.”
The girl running in front kept urging the ones behind.
“I know, Reiko, the burger shop isn’t going to run away, we’re sure we can get it.”
The two of them quickly ran around the corner, wanting to find where the hamburger shop was, but the moment they turned around, their eyes widened!
What caught my eye was a crowd that stretched as far as the eye could see. The line was arranged in five S-shaped rows, almost blocking the entire sidewalk. I had no idea how many people were standing in the front. All of them were chatting with their companions in the line with anticipation on their faces. Occasionally, someone would walk out of the line with a hamburger in his hand, looking as if he was tasting some delicacy. People around him were all envious.
“How many people are there?”
Reiko, with her twin ponytails standing up, said blankly to Xia Mei behind her.
“Big… maybe a thousand people?”
Natsumi said uncertainly.
“I’m getting more and more excited. What kind of burger can attract people on this street to line up so long just to have a taste? I’m going to buy one today no matter what!”
“Hey? Reiko, are you really going to line up?”
Xia Mei, who was standing by, saw that Lingzi had stood at the end of the line and wanted to stop her with a panicked look on her face.
“No, Reiko, we have an appointment to go to Mr. Ikeda’s house today, so wake up!”
“You should be more sober, Xia Mei. Such delicious food is right in front of me, but you want me to turn around and leave? How can I do that?”
Two girls started arguing at the back of the line, and while they were arguing, dozens of people had already lined up behind them. Seeing the line getting longer and longer, Xia Mei was no longer able to stop Lingzi, because she herself could no longer bear it and wanted to eat the hamburger immediately.
…
13:00 pm.
Baimu, who was busy as a burger, finally finished making the last burger. All the ingredients in the store were sold out at this moment.
He glanced at the line outside the store. It would have been fine if he hadn’t looked at it. When he looked up, Baimu was shocked. He didn’t know when a line as long as the eye could see had formed in front of his store. The diners behind him were waiting for their turn with their money in their hands. When they saw that the ingredients in front of Baimu were gone, they didn’t react. They thought Baimu would go to the store to get new ones.
Facing the hungry and thirsty expressions of this group of people like zombies besieging a city, Bai Mu felt a cold sweat running down his forehead. He suddenly felt that if he told them that the ingredients for the hamburgers were used up at this time, these people would probably tear him to pieces immediately.
However, the ingredients were indeed used up. Bai Mu gritted his teeth and said to the customer in front, “I’m sorry, the ingredients prepared for today have all been used up. We have decided to close now. Customers who didn’t buy burgers, please come back tomorrow.”
“ah?”
The middle-aged man in front of Bai Mu obviously hadn’t reacted yet, and the people behind him looked at him blankly. The crowd was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly a commotion broke out without warning.
“What? We’ve run out of materials?”
“You want proofing?”
“What’s going on?!”
Bai Mu covered his ears with a helpless look. After a brief silence, someone shouted, attracting everyone’s attention. Then the news of “the materials are used up and the shop is about to close” spread like wildfire in the crowd. The speed of transmission was surprisingly rhythmic. At first, the customers in the front were in disbelief, and then the people behind gradually noticed the commotion in front and asked what happened. Then they were told that the shop was closing.
“Why is this happening? It’s only one in the afternoon. Are we going to close at this time?”
“How can this be possible?!”
“I’ve been waiting in line for two hours and I’m almost there… Damn it!”
Two minutes later, the entire shopping street was in a state of chaos. Baimu felt like he had poked a hornet’s nest. For a moment, his eardrums were about to be shattered by this group of people.
023. Provocation [Update 1] (Old Version)
023. Provocation [Update 1]“Closing now? Boss, can’t you be flexible?”
“Yes, yes. We can get more materials when they run out. We can wait.”
After the initial commotion, the group of people lining up in front of Baimu’s store suddenly started begging. They had been smelling the aroma and envious for a long time, and now they were suddenly told that the hamburgers were sold out. They immediately became angry as if their lives were threatened, and they all actively gave Baimu advice.
“But I don’t see any vegetable market nearby…” Bai Mu showed an embarrassment. To be honest, after making burgers for the whole morning, his hands were so sore. Although he just simply combined a few ingredients and the whole process only took about 5 seconds, repetitive work would be tiring after doing it for a long time.
While thinking, Bai Mu called the system in his heart, “System, how much money has been deposited now?”
[Ding Dong, the host’s current income is 900,000 yen. ]“so much?”
Baimu was a little surprised. He just felt his hands were sore. He didn’t expect that he made 1,500 hamburgers in just one morning. This was completely enough for living expenses, as long as he didn’t go to those top restaurants where a single dish cost millions of yen.
While Bai Mu was communicating with the system, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his 40s or 50s suddenly rushed forward and shouted to the confused Bai Mu, “Boss! My store is right in front. If you are willing, I will immediately send someone to replenish the ingredients for you. Whether it is vegetables, fruits, fish or meat, I will give you the lowest price. Please don’t close the store!”
“What?” Bai Mu stared at the middle-aged uncle in a daze. Before he could figure out what the other party was saying, he saw another proprietress wearing an apron rushing out from the line. “Boss, my restaurant is also nearby. If you’re willing, the food in the kitchen will be transported here immediately. It’s free! I just want to eat a hot burger as soon as possible!”
As soon as the two of them started talking, the crowd immediately started to get excited again. How many people were attracted by the aroma? You have to know that Bai Mu’s burgers almost emptied the entire shopping street, and how many of these people run their own restaurants? There were also countless people. Immediately, four or five people who claimed to be restaurant owners stood up and clamored to deliver food to Bai Mu.
“Stop, stop.” Bai Mu interrupted these irritable shop owners who were ready to give him money at the slightest disagreement. These people seemed to be a little confused. They thought about the profit issue carefully. The system’s task completion prompt had popped up in the morning. The loss amount of this store was actually just the rent of the store and the cost of materials originally placed in the inner room. Bai Mu made a profit without any effort, which means that he has completed this C-level branch line.
As for what the system prompt said, that the owner of the Big Mac shop opposite would stop at nothing to hinder him… Because Bai Mu completed the task too quickly, the shop opposite had no time to react at all, let alone stop at nothing. They couldn’t even hold on for five minutes before being completely drowned in Bai Mu’s sight by the endless stream of people. There was not even a sound, and they were killed instantly.
“How about this, Boss? Please have someone send 50 kg of tomatoes, lettuce, flour, and beef over here. I’ll give it to you at the normal price.”
As soon as Bai Mu said this, the people behind him wailed again.
“Boss, 50KG is not enough!”
“Yeah, there are so many of us here, 50KG can only make a few hundred more servings.”
What these people said does make some sense. In fact, what Bai Mu is thinking at this time is to work overtime today, and then sleep in the Pole Star Dormitory all day tomorrow, and give his sore hands a break. As for whether the hamburger restaurant will open in the future, it all depends on his mood. Now, of course, he would make as much money as possible.
“Then add another 500kg. By the way, is there anyone willing to help me buy two burgers across the street? As a thank you gift, I can give you two more Supreme Black Gold Burgers later.”
As soon as Bai Mu said this, the customers who were arguing at the door of the store suddenly froze, and then immediately swarmed into the Big Mac across the street.
“Fuck, don’t fight with me for this, I came in here first!”
“Bullshit, I’m the closest!”
“Get out of the way, boss lady, and pack up all the burgers on the shelf for me!”
The female owner of the Big Mac shop was sitting in the empty shop with a dejected look on her face, when suddenly she saw a group of customers rushing into her shop, pushing and shoving each other, and shouting that they wanted to buy burgers. She was immediately overjoyed, and thought that the shop opposite was not doing well. It seemed that her Big Mac shop was still very attractive. Look at the way these customers were rushing into her shop!
The female owner immediately stood up, rubbing her hands, and said to the crowd rushing into the store with a smile, “Don’t be anxious, don’t be anxious, customers, we have as many burgers as you want, please line up outside to buy them.”
“I have to queue up to buy your burger?! Look, is there anyone here?”
“Stop talking nonsense. You don’t need any money. Hurry up and pack up all the burgers in your warming cabinet!”
Before the female owner could finish her words, the customers impatiently retorted her. The female owner stared in amazement at the customers who swarmed her into the corner, and a drop of cold sweat flowed from her forehead.
Why are today’s guests so uncultured?
However, this bustling scene was much more spectacular than before. Although the female owner despised those customers who did not queue up, she had already started counting the money happily with her hands.
The lady at the front desk had never seen such a scene before. One after another, the ferocious customers were scrambling to stuff money into her hands, and they all wanted the hamburgers in the warming cabinet behind her. In the chaos, she couldn’t recognize who was who, and she handed the wrapped hamburger to the pair of hands that stretched out to the front.
“Haha, I got it. Shopkeeper, please wait. You promised to give me two more burgers!”
The middle-aged man standing at the front had a look of having won a prize. He took the burger and ran out. When the others saw that all the burgers had been bought, they stopped talking and followed the retreating crowd to squeeze out of the burger shop.
The female shop owner was still greeting the customers with a rosy face, “Don’t worry, dear customers. Our burgers are put on the shelves very quickly. Please line up if you want to buy… Hey, customers, where are you going?”
Before she could even warm her hands, the customers who had just poured into the store had already left and disappeared completely.
The female shop owner with a dull look watched the customer who bought all the burgers excitedly rush to the door of the shop opposite and handed the burgers he had just bought to the owner there with a very attentive look on his face.
In an instant, the female shop owner, who thought she had figured out everything, suddenly had a distorted and hideous look on her face.
This is a naked provocation!
024. Grand Scene [Second Update] (Old Version)
024. Grand Scene [Part 2]In the eyes of the female owner of the Big Mac burger shop, Baimu’s behavior is a naked provocation!
The constant stream of people across the street and the empty scene in her store formed a sharp contrast. In fact, if the door had not been tightly closed, all the employees, including herself, would probably have been attracted by the fragrance.
But she would never allow this to happen, so even if she felt itchy inside, she would not go to queue on the other side!
But now Baimu lets her customers come to her store to buy hamburgers, which is simply a humiliation to their Big Macs!
They pay expensive consultant fees to ‘that Lord’ every year to deal with this situation.
Thinking about it this way, it was indeed a big crisis for Big Mac Burgers. The female owner did not dare to delay at all. She immediately took out her mobile phone and dialed a familiar number.
But in fact, is Baimu really provocative?
The answer is no.
He had just been busy all morning and had not had time to eat anything. He happened to see that there was no one in the store opposite, so he estimated that he could buy a ready-made hamburger right away. He was also somewhat interested in the hamburger that the system said had won some hamburger award for two consecutive years, so he asked the customers in the queue to help buy it for him. He was blocked by the front desk, and it would probably take some effort for him to get out.
After getting the hamburger handed over by the middle-aged man and looking at the full bag, boxes and other things in his hand, Bai Mu was a little suspicious whether this customer had booked all the hamburgers in the entire store opposite. Moreover, when he wanted to pay, the other party was unwilling to pay and insisted that he should be given a few more Supreme Black Gold Burgers. The people around were so envious and jealous, especially the few grumpy guys who had just rushed to the front. They hated themselves for not having two more legs than others, which made them a step slower.
Bai Mu could only agree to the diner who refused to pay with a smile and tears, then he took out a hamburger from his pocket and opened the hamburger paper. From the outside, it should be a pork burger. Bai Mu, who had been hungry for a whole morning and suffered from the dazzling black smoke, took off his mask, went behind the warming cabinet and started eating the hamburger.
Well, the patty is fried well and the sauce is pretty good too. It really deserves to be the store that won the hamburger award for two consecutive years. I may consider ordering takeout from them in the future.
Baimu, who was still thinking about patronizing the shop opposite more often, didn’t expect that the female owner opposite was deliberately planning how to squeeze out his hamburger shop. However, even if he knew, he would not take it to heart. This shop was just a task for him to earn pocket money. After he has enough money in his pocket tomorrow, Baimu does not plan to open the shop every day. He might as well sleep a little longer in the dormitory instead of having the leisure time. This is the holiday.
Soon, a large truck drove over from the other side of the shopping street, and several employees in white work clothes came over carrying several large bags of things. After paying the bill, Baimu took these things to the back and started processing them as before.
He quickly washed a whole basin of tomatoes and lettuce, and mixed the meat filling smoothly. About an hour later, the new burgers were out of the oven.
“It’s finally done! Boss, give me ten!”
“I want ten too, as many as you can get!”
“This fragrance is worth the wait!”
The diners queuing at the door could no longer hold back and started clamoring. Bai Mu put on his mask again, and his hand speed, which had been a result of being single for more than ten years, was used to the extreme. On average, a new burger was packaged and handed to the diners every 5 seconds. The diners who received the burgers all had shining eyes, and they couldn’t wait to eat to their heart’s content. However, when they thought of their wives and children at home, they forced themselves to hold back their appetite and only took one out to taste it to satisfy their cravings. But they didn’t expect that after taking a bite, everyone would be addicted to this explosive deliciousness.
The people queuing at the back can only look at the people in front who have already bought the tickets with envy, and they only regret that they did not run faster when queuing, otherwise they would not be waiting so far back.
Such a grand scene outside the hamburger shop naturally attracted more passers-by. Even quite a few food magazines with a keen sense of nose had sensed the business opportunity and wanted to interview this exaggerated hamburger shop, but they were stunned as soon as they walked out of the station.
——People, people everywhere!
It seemed as if all the people in the entire shopping street were gathered in one place. The scene was comparable to Japan’s busiest night market or temple fair. It was simply impossible to squeeze in for an interview with such a crowd!
“Which chef would open a shop in a place like this?!”
The reporters from the food magazine despaired instantly after seeing the huge crowds of people in front of them. With such a large queue, even if the restaurant could absorb the diners quickly, it would take at least until the evening before their turn. How could this be possible?
The scene at this moment, looking inside from the station, was that an endless line was spreading out from the corner, almost filling up the station, and above the entire line, thick black smoke was still billowing out, forming a sharp contrast between the crowd below and the black smoke above. Just by smelling the odor, the reporter felt like she was going to pass out. She could already imagine how wonderful the food that could emit such a fragrance would taste.
025. Extra delicious? [Part 3] (Old version)
025. Extra delicious? [Update 3]As an assignment reporter for “Food Weekly”, Asami Harada’s plan today was to go to Totsuki Resort to interview a Japanese restaurant. However, when their bus passed through this shopping street, a strong aroma drifted in from the car window. The reporters looked at each other and awkwardly discovered that each other’s stomachs began to growl. As a result, everyone who was supposed to go to Totsuki Resort for dinner took a simple vote in the car, and they all got off the car very willingly, ready to find the source of the aroma, solve their food and clothing problems there, and then go to Totsuki Resort for an interview.
Then when they got off the car, this was the scene they saw!
Everywhere you look, you see people queuing up: nearby housewives, elderly people with children, students, white-collar workers. Regardless of whether it is their break time or not, this group of people are now neatly lined up in the middle of the line. Some are even playing poker while waiting for the line to move forward. I don’t know how long they have been queuing here.
“Eh? Isn’t that the anchor Yoshino from TV Asahi? Why is he here too?”
A reporter traveling with me suddenly noticed a familiar figure in front of the line. It was Ichiro Yoshino, the food news anchor of TV Asahi. But for some reason, he and several sound engineers and photographers were all in the middle of the line, looking like they were queuing.
“The Asahi TV Tower seems to be not far from here. Are they also here for an interview?”
This was Asami Harada’s first reaction, but looking at the expectant expression on the other person’s face, she felt that it was a little unlikeable. The other person looked like a simple diner. Only the photographer behind him would occasionally point the camera at the crowd around him. Several people looked a little drunk on their faces, not the kind of drunken red from drinking, but a feeling of being anxious from the bottom of their hearts.
Speaking of this feeling, Asami Harada took a deep breath. The aroma coming from the thick black smoke was like the residue left in the air after a volcanic eruption of food, making people want to taste the dish immediately. Asami Harada, who has been fighting on the front line of food for many years, of course knows that this is the aura that only top-level food can emit. Because of her outstanding performance, she had the honor to represent “Food Weekly” to participate in a tasting meeting held by a celebrity in the industry. There was a dish called special grade that once exuded such an addictive aroma, but of course she had no chance to taste it with her level.
To cook food of this level, it requires not only the chef’s energy and cooking skills, but also a lot of physical strength.
Asami Harada had heard about this before. After serving the dish that shocked everyone last time, the chef stayed at home to recuperate for two days and did not take any commissions during these two days. This was enough to show how terrifying this kind of food was. The amount of effort and physical strength a chef spent on it was simply unimaginable for ordinary people.
It is precisely because of this that such “special” dishes, even if they are just a plate of sashimi or a piece of vegetable jelly, are absolutely impossible to mass-produce, because there are simply not so many top chefs who can afford such terrible consumption.
It is a luxury item that is only available to the rich and famous in limited quantities. Even in the personal restaurants of top chefs, it will only be served as the finale dish.
And now, she actually smelled a scent on the shopping street that was no less delicious than the dish she had that day. Asami Harada thought that she might not have woken up yet, or there was simply something wrong with her nose. Maybe the aroma of that dish was just particularly overbearing, and the taste itself was not that exaggerated?
Anyway, when she came to her senses, she had unknowingly lined up at the back of the line with her fellow reporters. Surrounded by the barrier of fragrance, they could no longer retreat. The thick black smoke was like a cage, locking these people firmly in the shopping street and making it impossible for them to retreat even a little bit.
026. Is there a fire here? [Fourth update] (Old version)
026. Is there a fire here? [Fourth update]The time came to seven o’clock in the evening.
Erina Nakiri has finished her work for the day, but of course she did not forget what she said in the morning. As soon as the food tasting was over, she asked the driver to drive the car to the shopping street.
“Ms. Erina, we can’t drive in.”
Erina, who was thinking with her eyes closed, suddenly heard the driver’s words and opened her eyes with some displeasure.
“What’s wrong? There shouldn’t be any traffic jam at this time.”
She was still thinking about what to cook in Baimu’s shop later. The commoner should be exhausted after a busy day, so she would take the opportunity to show off her cooking skills and attract some customers.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Erina was stunned.
I saw that the area near the station was filled with various types of transportation, from bicycles to tourist buses with hundreds of people on board. Vehicles of all sizes had blocked the entire station. Not to mention cars, even people couldn’t squeeze through!
“This… Miss Erina, can we turn around now?”
The driver was sweating as he looked at the spectacular scene at the station ahead. He wondered if there were people in those cars, what happened ahead, or if there was a major road accident? If the traffic jam continued at this speed, he might not be able to return to Totsuki Academy tomorrow.
“Don’t move, what happened outside?”
Erina turned her head and looked out the window at the station. It would have been fine if she hadn’t looked. Once she saw it, she was startled by the huge crowd. However, the surging heads were not the most eye-catching. The most eye-catching thing was the black smoke floating over the shopping street. Erina stared at the black smoke for a while and suddenly remembered that Shiraki’s store seemed to be in that direction. Judging from the smoke that filled the entire square… Could it be a fire? !
As soon as this thought came to her mind, all kinds of bad thoughts immediately emerged in Erina’s mind, and she shouted anxiously to the driver and bodyguard in front of her.
“Call the fire department right now and tell them there’s a fire on the shopping street and a large number of people are gathering here… ask them to evacuate immediately!”
“Yes, Ms. Erina.”
The driver nodded, immediately took out his phone and started dialing, while Erina wanted to open the car door and get out to check the situation, but after pulling it a few times, she found that the door was locked.
“Ms. Erina, please be patient and don’t do anything dangerous. I’m contacting the fire department and professionals will be here soon to handle it.”
The driver immediately locked the car doors and windows, fearing that Erina would get out of the car on impulse. If anything went wrong, he would have trouble explaining to Nakiri Senzaemon.
“This is my order, open the door.”
However, Erina had not given up yet. She looked coldly at the driver in front of her and gave an order.
“Ms. Erina, please don’t embarrass me.”
The driver did not back down at all. As a bodyguard, he knew when to obey his employer’s orders and when not to compromise. In the current situation, if Erina got out of the car, if anything went wrong, ten of him would be enough to hold Nakiri Senzaemon accountable. With so many people outside, he couldn’t guarantee Erina’s safety. If something happened to this young lady, it would be no joke.
“you!”
Erina glared at the driver in front of her fiercely. She knew that the other party would not let her get off at this time. She could only sit by the window and pay close attention to the situation outside.
However, the more I observed, the weirder the expression on Erina’s face became.
The people outside did not have the tense atmosphere of a fire scene at all. She also saw some of them playing poker. How could this look like a fire scene?
However, the black smoke that blocked the view was really there. If it was a smoked meat dish or some other event being held in the shopping street, it would be impossible for such a large amount of black smoke to be generated. Clouds of smoke were floating over the shopping street, and occasionally one could see black smoke that looked like dirt coming out of the chimneys of a garbage dump. This must be a fire somewhere.
Erina frowned. She actually saw a few students in front of the station breathing in the air with great enjoyment. Breathing too much smoke from the fire could lead to suffocation. Are these people really sane?
Looking at the strange scene in front of her, she began to worry more and more about Shiraki who was in the shopping street.
“Has the fire truck not arrived yet?”
Erina asked, looking at the driver in front.
“We’ll be there soon, Miss Erina.”
027. Confused Firefighters [Update! ] (Old Version)
027. Confused Firefighters [Update! ]After waiting anxiously in the car for more than ten minutes, Erina finally saw several fire trucks driving up from behind.
From a distance, the people on the fire truck saw black smoke coming out of the shopping street. Judging from the black smoke that filled the entire street, the fire must have been burning for some time. Although judging from the fire situation, it should not be a big fire and it is a small fire, but for a fire that happened in such a large shopping street, I don’t know why they only received the fire call now.
What made them feel even more difficult was that there seemed to be a large group of people gathered in the shopping street at that moment. Although they didn’t know what these people were doing at the fire scene, the situation was very dangerous now and they could not allow these people to gather any longer.
“Everyone, listen carefully. We take this incident very seriously. Everyone, please be alert. Get off the car and divide into ten teams to rush to the fire scene and evacuate the people at the scene.”
“yes!”
Because of the large-scale gathering of people and the parked vehicles that blocked the entire station, the fire truck could not drive into the shopping street at all. In desperation, firefighters had to be dispatched to communicate with the crowd first. One by one, the firefighters ran down from the fire truck in an orderly manner, and then the moment they got off the car, everyone was stunned.
“What…is this smell?”
One of the firefighters in uniform stopped and looked at the thick smoke rolling in the air. After confirming that the fragrance was coming from the smoke, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
Are you kidding? They have seen many fire scenes, but they have never seen smoke from a fire scene that smells so appetizing. Is this a fire in the kitchen? !
No, even if there was a fire in the kitchen, it couldn’t be this smell. The burning food would only give off a pungent burnt smell. The group of firefighters looked around, and finally looked at each other, all of them a little confused.
The fire truck was far away just now and they couldn’t see clearly, but now that it was close to the crowd, they found out – my goodness, this place is completely blocked. How can they find the location of the fire?
The leader of a small team walked into the queue and found a passerby to ask about the situation at the scene. “Hello, citizen, is there a fire ahead?”
“Ah?” The passerby he called turned his head in confusion. He was a little surprised to see a group of people in uniform, but he still answered, “You said there’s a fire… There shouldn’t be a fire in front, right?”
“Then the black smoke here is…”
“This is coming from the burger shop in front.” The passerby looked at the firefighter strangely, “You can smell it yourself and know that this is not the smoke from a fire.”
Indeed, the fire captain carefully sniffed the aroma of the black smoke. Not only was it not as pungent and choking as the black smoke at the fire scene, it even made people feel relaxed and happy. Although the visual senses were similar, this was definitely not the smoke produced by the fire.
Just smelling the smell, the fire chief himself was a little excited, and asked quickly, “Excuse me, what kind of dish is this? Is it bacon?”
“No, I heard it’s a new burger called the Supreme Black Gold Burger. It’s said that the burger buns are smoked and fried using a unique method. They’re crispy and delicious, and the meat inside is tender and juicy. So far, there hasn’t been a single negative review.” The passerby took out his phone while speaking and showed the fire chief a food forum he was browsing. It was filled with photos of this restaurant, and a few even showed close-ups of the burgers. The black buns were topped with golden cheese, and you could tell at a glance why the burger was called that. “And it’s only 600 yen each, which is an unbelievable price. It’s a pity that each person is limited to buying 10… But if there’s no limit on the number, we probably won’t be able to buy one even if we queue up until tomorrow.”
The passerby wiped the saliva oozing from the corner of his mouth and sighed.
A group of firefighters stared in amazement at the growing queue behind them, and at the fire guns in their hands. Finally, they could only return to the fire truck silently.
At this moment, all the firefighters had only one sentence in their minds.
——Damn, I want to queue up too!
028. Finally closed [1st update] (old version)
028. Finally closed [1st update]8:30 p.m.
After the fifth batch of purchased ingredients was finally used up, Bai Mu directly hung a sign at the door that read “Today’s business hours have expired, please come back tomorrow”. Without waiting for the diners in front to react, he simply pulled down the shutter and forcibly ended the business.
As expected, the wailing of diners outside was heard immediately, but it was just wailing. No one did anything extreme. After all, the status of chefs in this world was not as good as before the time travel. The truly famous top chefs were very popular even in the upper class. Therefore, after Baimu forcibly closed the business, the crowd outside could only gradually disperse no matter how unwilling they were.
It’s true that people with perseverance are everywhere. By eleven o’clock, almost all the people on the street had left. Some diners who were reluctant to leave were still standing at the door of Baimu’s shop, with unwilling but helpless expressions on their faces.
This black and gold dish has topped the charts on major social forums and personal accounts, and many people from food magazines and TV stations have also joined in the fun. Reviews and recipe speculations about this “Supreme Black Gold Burger” were all over the place in just one afternoon. Asahi TV even recorded a special outdoor scene. Although their column originally wanted to interview the Big Mac, who knew that they would be unable to walk after smelling the aroma from the other side, the whole team lined up for an entire afternoon. Yoshino, who has always been known for his rigorous and rational analysis of food, chewed the food in big mouthfuls without any image in front of the camera. The delicious look made the audience swallow their saliva without any explanation. After the show, Yoshino vowed that this was the most delicious burger he had ever eaten, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was top-grade.
Finally, when Baimu opened the store door again, he found that except for the convenience store, all other stores on the street were closed.
Bai Mu sneakily opened the rolling door like a thief, and locked it in a flash. He looked both sides and luckily, no one discovered him. Then he ran directly towards the station. Fortunately, the vehicles parked at this station that were obstructing traffic had been cleared away, otherwise Bai Mu would have been in tears.
He never dreamed that the hamburger he made could be so powerful. If he had known this, he would never have made such a big smoke. As expected, the blast furnace was no longer usable and died after just one day. If it weren’t for the constantly jumping amount of yen in the system mall to motivate him, Baimu would probably have collapsed to the ground at five o’clock in the afternoon.
This is definitely not a job for humans.
Just as Baimu was about to walk into the station, a black luxury car suddenly reversed from the front. A blonde girl opened the door from inside and looked Baimu up and down with squinted eyes.
“Erina, why are you here?”
Shiraki looked at Erina who got out of the car in surprise. It was almost twelve o’clock, and she hadn’t returned to the dormitory yet.
“Don’t get me wrong, I finished work a little late today, so I came here to check on the situation… You’re not going to mess up the store, are you?”
“That’s not the case.” Shiraki waved his hand, suddenly remembering something, and handed the food bag he brought out of the store to Erina, “By the way, this is the hamburger I sold in the store today. If you don’t mind, you can take it as a midnight snack.”
“Then I’ll take it.” Erina took the food bag without hesitation, turned around and said, “Why don’t you get in the car quickly? I’m going back to Totsuki, so I can give you a ride.”
“Hey, I thought you were waiting for me here on purpose.” Shiraki responded to Erina casually, but he didn’t expect that the other party would get angry after he said this.
“I, I, I, I didn’t wait for you here on purpose, I just happened to pass by!”
Erina pulled on Shiraki’s sleeve, with an expression that said this question needed to be explained clearly.
Shiraki didn’t expect Erina to care so much about this question, and immediately waved his hand, “Okay, okay, I was just joking. It’s almost 12 o’clock now. How could you wait until now?”
“Hmph, I’m glad you know.”
The two got into the car while bickering. Although it was already late at night outside, Erina didn’t feel sleepy at all with the still hot burger in her hands for some reason.
A luxury car sped past in the night. On the rear window of the car, the sleepy boy and the girl who occasionally glanced at him formed a wonderful scene.
029. Eiyama Ezuya [Second update] (Old version)
029. Eiyama Ezuya [2nd update]9pm
The female owner of the Big Mac burger restaurant quickly walked downstairs to the apartment building, got on the elevator, and as soon as she returned to the room, she couldn’t wait to make a phone call.
“Beep—beep—”
Five seconds after the phone rang, the person on the other end finally answered.
“Hello? This is Eizan.”
“Lord Ruishan, you finally answered the phone!”
Hearing that the call finally went through, a hint of excitement finally appeared on the gloomy face of the female owner.
“Are you the one who said you had something to talk to me about this afternoon? It’s time to pay this month’s consulting fee.”
In a cooking room of Totsuki Academy, Eishan Ezuya looked at the contract in his hand and spoke calmly into the receiver.
“Now is not the time to talk about consulting fees, Master Ruishan. The hamburgers we produce according to your recipe are now in crisis!” The female owner interrupted Ruishan anxiously, “You promised us that you would help us solve the problem if there was a problem with the recipe. Now is the time for you to take action!”
“Oh? What crisis?”
Ruishan on the other end of the phone became interested. He had built up this hamburger restaurant in the previous semester, and the recipes of several of the flagship products here were set by him personally. He didn’t expect that this would run into trouble.
Since the owner of the Big Mac was quite sensible and their cooperation so far had been very pleasant, Ruishan decided to listen to what the owner had to say. After all, this was related to his consulting fees, and it would be a pity to lose an ATM for nothing.
“Just today, a little-known store opened up in front of one of our branches, attracting all the customers from the shopping street to his store. If this continues, all the customers of our hamburger shop will be snatched away by him. Today’s store’s turnover has dropped by 90% compared to yesterday. Lord Ruishan, that’s 90%!”
When she thought of today’s financial statements, a ferocious expression emerged on the face of the female store owner. Her hamburger shop was actually forced to be powerless by an unknown boy. She must avenge herself!
“Is it just one of your branches?” Ruishan on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
“Yes, Master Ruishan, although it is just a branch, if we let that kid…”
Before the female owner could finish her words, Ruishan’s cold voice came from the other side.
“Are you wasting my time, Manager Nakamura?”
The expression on the female owner’s face suddenly froze.
“If it’s just a branch, why don’t you just withdraw from there? As long as you develop step by step according to the plan I gave you before, it’s only a matter of time before you make money.”
“But, Master Eishan!”
The female shop owner wanted to say something else.
“Forget it, have you investigated who the other party is?”
Ruishan tapped the table in front of him with his fingernails and asked into the receiver.
“Not yet, but it’s being reported on the news right now. The owner of that hamburger shop is a high school student who looks only fifteen or sixteen years old. He’s not very old.”
“High school students?” A gleam of light flashed behind Ruishan’s glasses. After all, when it comes to students, the only ones who can possess such cooking skills are basically students from Totsuki Academy. Could it be the other ten outstanding students?
This thought only appeared in his mind for a moment before it was immediately dismissed. Except for himself, the other ten outstanding students did not have the leisure to do off-campus operations. So they were just ordinary students?
“Got it. Today’s electronic version of the Food Daily has been published, and it contains the information about that brat… a student from Totsuki Academy? Is he from the same school as Master Eizan?”
The female store owner on the other end of the phone was also searching for information online. After all, today’s incident caused quite a stir, and many food magazines with a keen sense of smell reported the incident. At the same time, Shiraki’s identity information happened to be on the list of transfer students announced by Totsuki Academy. When the two were combined, Shiraki’s identity became clear. It turned out that he was a student of Totsuki Academy. It seems that Totsuki Academy has produced a new genius this year.
But Ruishan didn’t think so. The female owner’s words just confirmed his guess. Since they were ordinary students, there was nothing to worry about. The recipes of the Big Mac shop were just made by him. If they were the top students in the lower grades, they could indeed make better ones if they wanted to.
“Okay, I understand your situation. I’ll have someone send you a new formula tomorrow, but I’ll charge you an extra 60% for the consulting fee this time. Is that okay?”
Ruishan crossed his legs and asked for a huge amount. As expected, the female shop owner opposite was shocked by the amount.
“Sixty percent? I’m afraid…”
“Manager Nakamura, let me remind you again that you lost 90% of your sales today. It is reasonable for me to charge an additional 60% consulting fee. Otherwise, think about how much your sales will be tomorrow? You don’t want your hard work to be ruined, right?”
“This… this… okay, then I’ll raise the price by 60%, but Lord Ruishan, there must be no problems with the formula this time!”
“Don’t worry, we have been working together for such a long time, don’t you know my formula? By the way, send me the photo of that student later. If there are any problems again, you can mention my name.”
“No problem, Master Eizan.”
After hanging up the phone, the expression on the female owner’s face changed from a forced smile to contempt in an instant. She grabbed the phone with her sharp nails and threw it away with such force that it seemed as if she wanted to crush the screen.
“What do you mean by ‘Ten Greatest Talents’? It sounds nice, but the things you produce are not as good as that kid’s. And you even add 60% of the consulting fee?! I will kick you out sooner or later!”
030. Sweet Fruit【Three Updates】(Old Version)
030. Sweet Fruit [Three Updates]8:00 AM.
Baimu woke up naturally after a good sleep and got up from the bed. After washing up, he sat back on his bed.
After a busy day yesterday, Baimu felt a pain in his back and waist as soon as he got up today. However, he had to say that it felt good to see the amount of money in the system’s money column getting bigger and bigger. Baimu asked in his mind, “System, how much profit did you make yesterday?”
[Ding Dong, the host’s current profit is 4,276,800 yen (4,276,800). ]Bai Mu did a simple calculation. If it was more than 4 million, then he had made more than 5,000 burgers yesterday afternoon. As his physical strength could not keep up later, Bai Mu’s process became simpler and simpler. He just mixed flour with water and covered it on. He did whatever was convenient. At the most extreme time, he just grabbed a bunch of ingredients and stuffed them into the batter, then grabbed a bunch of ingredients and was done. The whole process took only 2 seconds. Even with the burgers made in this way, the customers were still very satisfied. So his work efficiency became faster and faster. In the end, Bai Mu could assemble a burger with his eyes closed. The essence was to assemble it randomly. It didn’t matter if he made a mistake, he could just say it was a new burger. Anyway, no customer had ever given him a bad review. After eating it, everyone had the same expression as if they were about to ascend to heaven. It was because of this random process that he had such a large turnover today.
That being said, after yesterday’s mess, Baimu was so tired that he could hardly lift his hands today. Apart from anything else, he stood for the entire day yesterday, and his hands never stopped moving. Repeating this for several hours, even if he was kneading plasticine, his arms would feel sore.
However, the turnover of 4 million yen is still worthy of the fruits of his labor. To be honest, Shiraki still felt a little guilty when he first sold that kind of thing to others. After all, no matter how delicious his burgers were in the eyes of others, it could not change the fact that it was actually a dark dish that was extremely unpalatable. But in the end, after realizing that no matter how hard he worked, the queue was still so long that there was no end in sight, Shiraki gradually became numb. Since everyone said it was delicious, then it must be delicious.
To be honest, I don’t even have a set of change of clothes now, and the custom-made school uniform has not been issued yet. I can’t even find a towel in the dormitory, and I have to wash my face directly in the water. Baimu thinks it’s time to go out and buy some daily necessities. I heard that the Totsuki Resort has a complete range of facilities, so I can go there to relax my tired body.
But before that, when the task was completed yesterday, the system gave away an intermediate lottery opportunity, and Baimu decided to use this lottery opportunity first.
“System, I want to conduct an intermediate lottery.”
[Ding Dong, the intermediate lottery is starting…][The intermediate lottery has been successfully launched, and the roulette wheel will start spinning soon. ]As soon as the system’s prompt sounded, a circular wheel about the same size as the previous primary lottery roulette appeared in front of Bai Mu. It was also divided into thousands of grids, and each grid was only about half the size of a fingernail.
Bai Mu took another closer look at the ingredients and kitchen utensils. The difference from the last time was that this time the intermediate draw had some more skills, such as knife skills (intermediate), temperature perception (intermediate), and secondly, things like beef marinating methods. All in all, it was much better than the primary draw.
“Begin the lottery.”
Bai Mu gave instructions to the system, and immediately, the pointer on the roulette wheel began to spin. Bai Mu did not stare at the pointer, but waited patiently for the system to inform him what he had drawn.
[Ding Dong, congratulations on winning 2 sweet whole fruits. ]【Sweet Fruit: From the world of “The Prisoner of Food”, Capture Level: 10, Introduction: Sweet Fruit, collectively known as “The Fruit House of the Earth”. It looks like a pair of giant cherries. In fact, it is a fruit that gathers the sweet essence of cantaloupe, watermelon, apple, mango and other fruits. It has an unparalleled fruit sweetness, and just one bite will make people linger. It is a rare high-end ingredient on the market. Because it grows in a very rare place, it is also very rare, and the price on the market will also be very expensive. 】
“Oh? This looks good.”
The result of this lottery surprised Baimu, sweet whole fruit… He remembered that this was something that appeared in the Food Island when the Food Prisoner and One Piece collaborated. If he remembered correctly, this fruit looked very similar to cherries, and its size was tens of thousands times that of normal cherries. Even a normal person could sit on it directly. It looked extremely huge. He didn’t expect that he would draw this thing this time.
“System, if I don’t extract it, where will the ingredients be stored?”
Bai Mu looked around his dormitory. Although the room was not small, it would probably not be able to fit two sweet fruits. He could only ask the system in his mind.
[Ding Dong, the host has an exclusive food storage space, which can be opened by paying a minimum of 500 points per month. The food space in the system is divided into two types: ‘with time passing’ (500 points) and ‘without time passing’ (900 points). The space with time passing is suitable for pickling, brewing, and fermentation. The space without time passing will retain the state of the food when it enters the space, which is suitable for food with high freshness requirements. ]“Then activate the time-lapse effect first. By the way, if I put fruit in here, will it go bad after a while?”
[Ding Dong, the host’s exclusive food storage space (with time-lapse version) has been opened, 500 points deducted. ][Ding Dong, because the environment of the captive world of gourmet food is very different from that of this world, the sweet whole fruit stored in the food space with the time-lapse effect will deteriorate faster. ]“How fast?” Bai Mu asked.
[Ding Dong, the sweet fruit will gradually start to deteriorate within 72 hours, and the rotten state will reach the highest level after 240 hours. It is recommended that the host use it as soon as possible! ]“Will this be the case for all ingredients?”
[Ding Dong, due to the differences in the geographical environment and food levels between the two worlds, the food decay phenomenon will vary depending on the specific food. Generally speaking, the higher the capture level of the food, the less likely it is to rot.]031.Yutsuki Resort【Fourth update】(Old version)
031.Yutsuki Resort【Fourth update】
After putting the sweet fruit into the system’s food storage space, Baimu stood up and walked out of the room.
It was almost nine o’clock now. He should be able to have lunch by the time he arrived at Totsuki Resort. Shiraki walked downstairs without seeing anyone. However, Isshiki Hui had been busy in the vegetable garden early in the morning wearing that eye-catching naked apron. Shiraki greeted him and rode his bike towards the school gate.
Although he didn’t meet Erina this time, Shiraki had some pocket money. He took a taxi at the school gate and arrived at Totsuki Resort before noon.
He had made a reservation last night at the Totsuki Palace in the Totsuki Resort, which is said to cost 80,000 yen a night and has all kinds of leisure and entertainment facilities. Of course, future accommodation and training will also be in this hotel, so Shiraki came here in advance to scout the terrain.
“Welcome, this is Mr. Shiraki, right?”
As soon as he entered the hotel, the waiter at the door recognized Bai Mu. These people had received special training and had already memorized the appearance of the guests who had made reservations. At this time, a well-dressed waitress walked up to Bai Mu and said, “Your room is ready. Please follow me.”
This surprised Baimu a little. The hotels in his world before the time travel did not have such thoughtful service. They would even remember the appearance of the guests in advance. However, this might be a specialty of Totsuki Palace. Baimu did not say anything and followed the waitress into the hotel. While walking, Baimu looked at the interior decoration of the hotel. The carpet under his feet was very soft, just like walking on water, giving people a light feeling. The various reception desks and room doors in the hotel were magnificent, and it really had a feeling of a “palace”.
“This is your room. If you need anything, please press the red button in the room and our waiter will be there at your service.”
When they reached the door of one of the rooms, the waitress handed the key to Baimu and said goodbye with a smile on her face.
Walking into the room, Baimu turned on the light, and immediately, a luxurious atmosphere hit him. Although the decoration in the room was simple, the grand color scheme and the highest-grade bedding made it obvious that the room was expensive.
Eighty thousand yen a night refers only to the accommodation fee. If you want to really enjoy yourself here, you will have to pay much more than this amount. If it weren’t for the fact that Totsuki Academy’s residential training is located in this hotel, Shiraki might not have chosen to make a reservation here. This would be a complete act of taking advantage of the situation.
However, since he was already here, he had to enjoy himself. Baimu decided to take a shower in the room first, then experience the hotel’s signature massage, and then go to the restaurant for dinner.
He did what he said. Soon, Baimu, who had changed his clothes, walked out of the room again, but he met an unexpected person in the elevator.
A girl with long golden hair and a princess dress was standing in the elevator with a cold face. The moment the elevator door opened, she was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stepped back, pointed at Bai Mu and stammered, “You?! Why are you here?!”
“I think I heard you say that yesterday.” Bai Mu looked at the girl in front of him helplessly. They were really destined to meet by chance. “But forget it. I came out to relax today. What about you?”
After hearing what Shiraki said, Erina calmed down, crossed her arms, turned her eyes away and said, “Not bad, almost the same.”
“Oh? I thought the people from this hotel wanted you to come for a food tasting.” Shiraki looked at Erina with some surprise.
“You seem to have misunderstood something. Although my divine tongue can perfectly distinguish the quality of food, whether I accept those jobs depends on my mood.” When talking about cooking, Erina seemed to have regained some confidence, and her tone of voice gradually became colder.
While the two were talking, the number on the elevator had already jumped to the second floor. Shiraki waved to Erina behind him and walked out of the elevator. “See you later, I wish you a good day. It’s nice to come out and relax once in a while.”
“Mind your own business!”
032. The hamburger shop is closed [Update 1] (Old version)
032. The hamburger shop is closed [Update 1]Baimu took the yukata provided by the hotel and walked into the special massage room on the second floor, where two hot young masseuses were already waiting.
“Welcome, is this Mr. Bai Mu who made the appointment just now? Please follow me in.”
One of the masseuses came up to him warmly and took Baimu to a separate room. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a refreshing fragrance.
As expected of the massage service at Totsuki Palace, this single massage room is as big as a guest room. Shiraki lies on the soft massage bed, enjoying the feeling of the beautiful masseuse’s powerful hands massaging his back.
At this time, the shopping street
In the early morning when it was just getting light, the outside of a shop was already crowded with people. Not only were there diners who had come from a long way to get here, but there were also many reporters from food magazines or TV stations. However, these people had been waiting at the door of the hamburger shop early, but after waiting for a long time, they didn’t see the hamburger shop open. Instead, the surrounding shops were almost all open.
Even so, the number of people at the door of the hamburger shop showed no signs of decreasing. Many customers who came here after seeing yesterday’s news were looking for this hamburger shop intentionally, but what was disappointing was that until 10 a.m., the shop showed no signs of opening.
“Is it closed?”
One customer was already getting anxious. He was a customer who had eaten the hamburger from this restaurant yesterday. The explosive taste was unforgettable to him even today. His wife and children at home had already issued an ultimatum, that he had to buy the hamburger today no matter how long he had to wait in line, otherwise she would not let him into the house. The customer himself was also very motivated and took a taxi to the shopping street early in the morning, but he did not expect that what was waiting for him was a group of diners who, like him, were staring at the closed store.
“That shouldn’t be the case. How could a store with such good business close so easily?”
The other customers seemed to realize this as well, but they all kept trying to convince themselves that how could a store that was broadcast live on TV as soon as it opened be closed the next day? Who would go against money?
However, the owner of this store, Baimu, is really such a person who regards money as dirt. After a large group of people waited outside the door for two or three hours, someone immediately realized that the hamburger restaurant was probably really not going to open today.
“Why is that?”
Screams were heard from the crowd from time to time, and his words were recognized by everyone present. Indeed, after eating such food, asking them to eat other burgers would be like giving them delicacies from land and sea and then asking them to eat junk food. It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality!
The food culture of this world is extremely developed. Similarly, the status of the profession of chef is also very high, and top-quality ingredients are in short supply all year round. Corresponding to such a highly developed food culture, the class division of food is also very strict.
There is almost no harmony between A-grade gourmet food enjoyed by the rich and famous, and B-grade gourmet food that is mass-produced and affordable. This is why in the original work, Soma Yukihira repeatedly took out cheap snacks in the food battle and was laughed at by the students of Totsuki Academy. It is no exaggeration to say that many of the young masters and young ladies of Totsuki Academy have never seen such snacks for ordinary people in their lives. Alice Nakiri is a living example.
It is impossible for ordinary people to have access to top-notch cuisine even if they have saved enough money, because having access to that level of cuisine requires not only money, but also a very high social status.
Only the rich people standing at the top of the pyramid are qualified to enjoy the best food. This is the rule of this world.
A young lady like Erina has eaten countless top-notch dishes since she was a child. All of those dishes have become nutrients for the “God’s Tongue”, pushing her cooking skills to new heights.
For ordinary students and white-collar workers who often live in the shopping district, ordinary B-level food is already a rare delicacy in their eyes. This is why the students of Totsuki Academy will definitely not become unknown chefs after graduation. A recipe like Eizan can support the rise of a new hamburger restaurant. Although his strength as one of the top ten is a factor, the class differentiation of cuisine can also be seen here.
But the “Supreme Black Gold Burger” that Bai Mu brought out yesterday had broken this class separation without him even knowing it. He sold the top-notch food that can only be eaten in star-rated hotels as a burger that can be seen everywhere on the street. This move directly broke the principle of the food pyramid, allowing ordinary people who might not have been able to have such a level of food in their lifetime to taste the delicacy that did not belong to them, which caused such a big sensation. (Food pyramid principle: 20% of the rich have 80% of the food resources, and 80% of the ordinary people share the remaining 20% ​​of the food resources equally.)
Now, these guests who have tasted top-notch cuisine are no longer satisfied with the B-grade dishes that they once regarded as delicacies.
However, there was another person present who looked at the distraught looks of the guests without any nervousness at all, and even laughed triumphantly.
“Oh, customers, it seems that the store across the street will not be open today. Our Big Mac Burger has launched new dishes today. The taste is definitely not inferior to the store across the street. Do you want to come in and try it?”
The female owner of the Big Mac burger shop was standing at the door, smiling and greeting the dejected customers on the street. The smile on her face was so smug that she could no longer hide it. She didn’t expect that before she could make a move, the kid opposite her would tactfully withdraw. Could it be that Lord Ruishan had warned him?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. The smile on the female owner’s face became brighter and brighter, like a wrinkled parchment. She was no longer so resistant to the 60% consulting fee that Ruishan added.
“Ah? …Then give me a burger from your store.”
The customer who was greeted by the female owner touched his stomach which was growling with hunger, and had a little expectation in his heart that the new burger she said “tastes as good as” the one across the street.
033. Unpalatable [Second update] (Old version)
033. Unpalatable [Update 2]“Dear guests, please don’t be impatient. We have as many new burgers as you want. New guests, please line up at the back!”
In the Big Mac shop, the female owner looked at the customers who were gradually being greeted by her, with an excitement in her eyes that was hard to conceal.
Many diners who learned that Baimu’s hamburger shop was closing chose to go home, but there were also some people who were unwilling to go back. After hearing the female owner’s advertising slogan, they prepared to buy a “Colorful Fried Chicken Burger” that was said to have just been launched today to try it out. The two hamburger shops are so close to each other, maybe the taste is really similar or different.
However, when they actually stood inside the Big Mac shop and smelled the burgers coming from the warming cabinet, they knew they might be disappointed this time.
If Big Mac had launched this new dish before yesterday, it might have been really popular and received numerous praises from diners. After all, Ruishan spent some time researching the recipe of this burger. Although it is far from his best dishes, it is more than enough to be used as the main menu of a burger chain.
However, neither Ruishan nor the female owner of the Big Mac burger shop had ever eaten the burgers made by Shiraki. If they had, Ruishan would not have taken out this recipe, because it was a completely different level of dish.
“The colorful fried chicken burger is ready, please enjoy!”
The cashier at the front desk packaged the new burger and handed it to the customer. The customer at the front of the line took one look at the burger in his hand and showed a look of doubt on his face, but since he had already bought it, he just opened the burger wrapper and took a bite of the burger, which had a mediocre smell and appearance.
The people queuing behind subconsciously looked at the brave man who was testing the poison on them.
Unexpectedly, after just one bite, the customer opened his eyes with a ferocious look on his face, and an expression of surprise was clearly visible on his face.
“How is it? Is it delicious?”
Someone in the line asked immediately, but the customer who took a bite of the burger did not respond for a long time. He stopped chewing and after a long time he spat out what was in his mouth. He looked at the burger in his hand with a pale face.
“Oh, oh… so disgusting!”
The customer threw the burger in his hand into the trash can beside him with a gloomy look on his face, picked up the Coke in the set meal and took a gulp, then walked out of the Big Mac with a sullen face. He didn’t seem to hesitate at all. Before leaving, he cursed and muttered while looking at the female owner, “What do you mean by not losing to the burgers across the street? That’s just false advertising!”
When the people in the queue saw this, they realized that this woman was just talking nonsense. Although they had this hunch before coming in, they were still very disappointed when they actually learned this.
But in fact, is the new burger that Ruishan brought out really bad?
The answer is no. It is no exaggeration to say that this recipe can instantly become the signature dish of any fast food restaurant. However, with Bai Mu’s amazing operation yesterday, these diners are still savoring the wonderful crispy taste in their mouths. It would be strange if they thought it tasted good if they were given ordinary B-grade delicacies at this time.
Some people were so unconvinced that they went up and bought a “Colorful Fried Chicken Burger” to try. As a result, all of these warriors who dared to challenge the crabs spat out the burgers in their mouths without exception.
Except for the diners who didn’t queue up to buy the Shiraki burger yesterday, other customers gave bad reviews to the new dishes of the Big Mac restaurant.
“vomit!”
Some people even couldn’t help vomiting in the store. The colorful fried chicken burgers made them feel extremely disgusted. It was impossible for a tongue that had tasted top-notch cuisine to be satisfied with these low-end dishes, because – it was really disgusting!
“Shopkeeper, when will you come back?”
Immediately, some diners could not help but wail. For a moment, the whole Big Mac shop was filled with complaints, so that the customers outside who originally wanted to come in to buy burgers did not dare to come in. They all walked around the shop from a distance, fearing that they would be infected by the people inside.
Seeing this scene, the owner Nakamura’s face turned green!
034. Ruishan’s Plan [Part 3] (Old Version)
034. Ruishan’s Plan [Part 3]People come and go quickly at the Big Mac.
Far away in Totsuki Academy, Eishan Ezu had no idea what kind of monster he had offended. He thought it was just an ordinary student who was competing against him.
In fact, after seeing the photos of Shiraki sent by the owner Nakamura, he became even more convinced of this.
Because Baimu was wearing a mask the whole time he was making hamburgers yesterday, and there was black smoke in front of him, the photo is very unclear and only a rough outline of his face can be seen.
Even so, Ruishan was able to determine at a glance that the person in the photo was not any of the current Totsuki Ten.
Since he was not one of the top ten, it was normal that he had no impression of him. However, Ruishan remembered Baimu’s name. Since the other party could cause certain troubles to his partners, he should have profound attainments in hamburgers. After school starts, he can recruit him to his team and let him be responsible for the business of the hamburger restaurants that cooperate with him. By then, won’t the consulting fees come to him continuously?
Ruishan even thought of a specific plan to rob money. He would first let Baimu open a store near the stores of his partners, and when the other party could no longer support him and asked for help, he would raise the price at the right time. In this way, the consulting fee for the next quarter would at least triple. It was a perfect plan!
As for the chef’s character and pride, these things are worthless in Ruishan’s eyes. As long as he can make money, he doesn’t care what means he uses. This is why he is so keen on developing off-campus business.
Ruishan became more and more excited the more he thought about it, and was just about to ask someone to help him find Baimu’s information, but at this moment the phone rang.
Ruishan glanced at the caller ID and saw it was the manager of Big Mac Burger again.
Ruishan, who was in a good mood, answered the phone and said without waiting for the other party to speak, “Manager Nakamura, is the situation today good? Is his store still crowded?”
From an outsider’s perspective, this statement sounded completely sarcastic. It was easy to imagine that even those students who ranked among the top in Totsuki Academy would not be able to fight back against the upgraded formula presented by Eishan Ezuya, who ranked ninth among the top ten. Not to mention a large number of students, it would be a relief if they were not crushed on the spot.
“This…that store is indeed closed today, all thanks to Lord Ruishan!” Manager Nakamura on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously flattered Ruishan when he heard his words. In fact, there was nothing wrong with what she said. In Manager Nakamura’s opinion, the reason why Shiraki did not open today might be because he received a warning from Ruishan. The Ten Elites have absolute majesty in front of ordinary students, and it is completely normal for the other side to be scared and dare not open the store. Let alone Shiraki, a student, even in the upper class, the title of the Ten Elites of Totsuki is very attractive. Their Big Mac Burger has its current status because of the support of Ruishan Edatsuya.
However, this sentence meant something different to Ruishan. After all, he did not send anyone to warn Shiraki. To him, Manager Nakamura’s words meant that the other party was using his name to threaten others. It seemed that Shiraki was very sensible and closed the store directly when he heard his name, which saved him a lot of effort.
Moreover, Shiraki’s move of directly closing the store was actually a disguised way of showing goodwill to him. After a little thought, Ruishan understood what Shiraki wanted to convey to him. It seemed that he was determined to get this new subordinate. Such a self-conscious guy is rare these days. Every student of Totsuki Academy has his own pride. He thought that his actions would arouse the other party’s fighting spirit. There are really few people as sensible as Shiraki.
Eishan Ezu also nodded with satisfaction, and his attitude towards the annoying old woman, Manager Nakamura, also improved a little, and continued.
“So what do you want to talk about by contacting me today? If everything goes well, remember to transfer the consulting fee to my account.”
“Ah?” Hearing Ruishan’s voice coming from the receiver, Manager Nakamura on the other end of the phone was stunned for two seconds.
035. What? You said it tastes bad? [Fourth update] (Old version)
035. What? You said it tastes bad? [Fourth update]“Um, Master Eishan… Although the guy across the street didn’t open his shop today, your new burger…”
Manager Nakamura organized his words hesitantly, fearing that his next words would anger the adult on the other end of the phone.
“What happened to my new burger?”
Ruishan hadn’t noticed anything was wrong at this time.
“After your new burger was put on the shelves in the store, the diners who ate it all said, all said…”
Manager Nakamura stuttered a little. She couldn’t help getting furious when she thought of the diners’ reactions. But even if she had ten times the courage, she wouldn’t dare to get angry at Ruishan, so she could only lower her voice again.
“What did you say? It’s delicious, right?”
“No, no, the customers all said… it’s very unpalatable. Um, Master Eishan, did you mix up the ingredients?”
Manager Nakamura plucked up his courage and finally said this.
“I see. It tastes terrible. Of course. After all, this is me…wait, what did you say?!”
Ruishan, who had originally closed his eyes, suddenly reacted and his tone instantly became cold.
“I, I mean… the customers don’t seem to be satisfied with the new burgers. Do you think it’s because… the ingredients were written wrong yesterday…”
Manager Nakamura rubbed his hands, looked timid, and spoke cautiously into the phone.
“It tastes bad? Manager Nakamura, are you kidding me?”
Eishan Ezuya’s tone suddenly became tough. “There is nothing wrong with the formula I gave you. As long as your people don’t make any mistakes, this formula is enough to be the signature of your store. Are you doubting my ability?”
“No, no, Master Ruishan, you misunderstood. It’s because the customers don’t know how to appreciate it. I’ve also tried your new burger, and the taste is really amazing. But…but the customers don’t think so. I don’t know why, but today’s burgers are completely unsaleable. You see…”
Manager Nakamura broke out in a cold sweat and spoke into the phone in a flattering tone.
“If the customers are not satisfied, it’s because of your hospitality methods. Manager Nakamura, we have been working together for such a long time. I believe I don’t need to explain to you how profitable the recipe I provided is. But even so, if the burgers in your store still cannot be sold, then that’s your problem.”
“Yes, Lord Ruishan, but…” Manager Nakamura wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ruishan before he could finish his words.
“Okay, don’t waste any more time on this issue. If your branch is really not doing well, just close it down. Don’t let this little problem delay the Big Mac’s expansion into the country.”
After saying this, Ruishan hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, the veins on his face were fully exposed.
“You said my burger tasted bad?!”
If he wasn’t sure that Manager Nakamura wouldn’t dare to play such a joke on him, Ruishan really wouldn’t believe such nonsense.
However, there are always some places where diners have some quirks. Ruishan Ezu also took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress his inner anger.
Although he values ​​money more than food, it doesn’t mean that Ruishan will just sit there and watch others say his food is bad and remain indifferent.
A mere Big Mac is not something he would care about. After all, the bulk of the consulting fees are paid by those famous large companies. This is also the confidence of Ruishan and Store Manager Nakamura. If it were one of the top 100 companies in the world, even he would have to welcome them with a smile.
“By the way, go get me the information of a student named Bai Mu.”
Waving at a subordinate who was on high alert in the kitchen, Ruishan suddenly remembered this matter and immediately gave orders.
“Yes!”
The student who looked like a bad boy immediately obeyed the order and ran to the door quickly.
At this time, in the Totsuki Resort,
The girl with long golden hair slowly put down the knife and fork in her hand, looked at the exquisitely presented fruit tart in front of her, half-closed her eyes, and said to the waiter beside her.
“Please ask your manager to come over.”
“Okay, Ms. Erina, please wait a moment.”
The waitress who was called did not dare to be careless at all. She bowed slightly and said goodbye before running out of the restaurant.
036. Fruit Tart【1st update】(old version)
036. Fruit Tart [Update 1]Totsuki Imperial Palace, as one of the top luxury hotels in Totsuki Resort, the chef there is naturally top-notch.
However, there are quite a lot of guests who make reservations every day, and even the head chef cannot prepare every dish himself, so most of the time he just checks the food. Only when facing very important guests will the head chef prepare every dish himself.
And today, Totsuki Palace seemed to have welcomed an “uninvited guest”.
“The strawberries used in this fruit tart are probably not fresh strawberries at their best tasting period, right? Although they are only about two or three hours old, most people can’t taste the difference in flavor. But as a top-notch hotel, you actually serve such inferior ingredients. Are you expressing dissatisfaction with your guests?”
——Erina Nakiri, the granddaughter of Totsuki Academy’s general commander Senzaemon Nakiri, possesses the “God’s Tongue” and has been famous in the food tasting world since childhood. Cooks who are labeled as “incompetent” by her will no longer have a place in the culinary world.
Originally, she ordered the fruit tart dish on a whim. Even Erina herself did not expect that a hotel like Totsuki Rikyu would make such a mistake. Indeed, if it was an ordinary small restaurant, the ingredients would have passed their best tasting period, and ordinary guests would not be able to taste the difference, nor would they have such high requirements for a small restaurant. As long as the ingredients themselves were not rotten, there would be no problem. But this is not a small restaurant, and Erina’s God’s Tongue can detect any flaws in the dish at a glance, and even very subtle differences can be infinitely magnified, especially after eating Shiraki’s cooking recently, the ‘God’s Tongue’ has become more and more picky about food. This kind of small mistake might have been a little difficult for Erina to detect, but for her now, the strawberries in this dish are like a very harmonious musical score in which a mismatched abnormal tone suddenly appeared, and it is difficult to ignore it.
The lobby manager was standing in front of Erina with sweat all over his forehead. He smiled apologetically and asked his subordinates to check the ingredients. However, the results reported by his subordinates almost made him faint!
“Mr. Suzuki, we have just checked the kitchen. It seems… it seems that a kitchen assistant mixed up the fresh strawberries and the discarded strawberries when delivering the discarded ingredients. Therefore, the strawberries we used in our fruit tart today are all past their best tasting period… but only two hours have passed, and our chef did not find this problem.”
Hearing this result, the manager felt dizzy. He had originally hoped that Erina had made a mistake, but it turned out that there was a problem on their side. This was a big problem. If the fact that their hotel used inferior ingredients to entertain guests was exposed, the reputation of the entire hotel would plummet. Moreover, this matter was discovered by Erina Nakiri, who possessed the divine tongue. In this way, the outside world would not doubt the authenticity of the matter at all. This was definitely a big crisis for the hotel!
It must be said that the manager here was indeed unlucky, because it is impossible for a normal person to notice any difference in freshness between strawberries that were stored for only one or two hours. Even the chefs in the kitchen did not notice this when they were cooking. But unfortunately, they met Erina Nakiri who possessed the divine tongue, so such a thing that should have been discovered by no one was suddenly exposed.
“Call the chef over.”
Manager Suzuki thought about it and decided that if this matter was not handled properly today, Totsuki Palace would be on the headlines of major newspapers tomorrow. He should quickly call the head chef in charge of the kitchen and try to explain the matter. After all, this is Totsuki Resort. He hoped that Erina would let them go for the sake of Totsuki Academy.
As for the onlookers, although there are not many people in the restaurant now, there are definitely quite a few, and each of them is a well-known figure in the upper class. The manager doesn’t dare to order them to be expelled directly, and can only hope that the incident today can be resolved amicably.
“Also, call the kitchen assistant who made the mistake in the ingredients over here. He made such a serious mistake. We at Totsuki Li Palace don’t need an employee like him!”
Manager Suzuki’s eyes turned cold, and he suddenly thought of the kitchen helper who was the culprit. He couldn’t help but feel angry, but on the surface he still looked humble and respectful, and smiled at Erina, “Ms. Erina, please wait here for a moment. We at Totsuki Rikyu will definitely give you a satisfactory result.”
PS: Regarding the strength of the protagonist, there is no need to worry about it. The protagonist is basically invincible. He is good at pretending to be awesome. He is proficient in all kinds of skills. The various dishes in the later stages of Food Wars are definitely new versions that have never been seen before. As for updates, there are still two more updates to go. The author plans to release them all before the book is put on the shelves. The book will probably be on the shelves before the 24th, and there will be a wave of updates by then. It depends on whether it will be before or after the book is put on the shelves.
037. Resolve [Second Update] (Old Version)
037. Resolve [Update 2]The commotion in the restaurant soon attracted the attention of the guests.
Totsuki Resort has been in business for so long, and this is not the first time that similar incidents have occurred. Not long ago, a French restaurant had its chef directly expelled from the Totsuki Resort because the legs of a table suddenly broke while a customer was dining. These seemingly incredible little mistakes do exist.
Anyone who can become a chef is always very demanding about his or her own cooking. This almost obsessive-compulsive requirement can be seen from the fact that Shinomiya Kojiro directly ordered a student to drop out of school simply because his hair spray was mixed with the smell of citrus. Not to mention that the problem that Totsuki Rikyu is facing now is not a hardware error or a problem with the waiter’s personal image, but the freshness of the ingredients being questioned, which is much more serious for a top hotel than the above two situations.
Generally speaking, if you have to use the freshest ingredients to cook, but you really can’t find any fresh ingredients on hand, then chefs will generally use some techniques to increase the flavor. People like Shinomiya Kojiro who suffer from late-stage obsessive-compulsive disorder will spare no effort to find the freshest ingredients without making any changes to the recipe. Unfortunately, in the fruit tart in front of Erina, strawberries are not an auxiliary or flavor-enhancing ingredient. As an important embellishment in this dish, the freshness of the strawberries is required to be very high.
The chef, who was busy in the kitchen, soon received the news. When he heard that such a problem had occurred in the restaurant, his first reaction was the same as the manager’s. He felt that if the problem was not handled well today, he and the entire hotel would become completely famous tomorrow, just like the French restaurant a few months ago.
At this time, the kitchen helper who accidentally mixed up the two batches of strawberries was standing in front of Erina in fear. Facing the manager’s murderous gaze, he felt that his future was bleak. After such an incident, no store would probably hire him in the future.
This was the scene that Bai Mu saw when he came to the restaurant from the massage room.
Several people dressed as chefs stood in front of Erina in panic, and several plates of food were placed on the table in front of her.
Seeing this, Bai Mu was a little confused… Didn’t she come here for food tasting today? Why did these chefs look the same as those who were judged as incompetent by Erina?
After asking a waiter, Shiraki finally understood the whole story. He didn’t expect such a thing to happen in a hotel of this level. However, Erina’s palate was too picky. She could taste the difference between strawberries that were only stored one or two hours apart. If it were him, he probably wouldn’t feel anything as long as the strawberries were not expired.
“I’m really sorry, Ms. Erina. All your consumption today is free of charge. We will make an exception and open the entrance to the top floor’s premium restaurant for you. We will immediately take down the fruit tart and redo it. This time I will do it myself. What do you think?”
The chef here was still trying his best to think of the conditions, when a voice suddenly came from behind Erina.
“Hey, Erina, why do you always make your meals look like a tasting party?”
Hearing this voice, Erina immediately turned around subconsciously, and saw Shiraki’s face.
“When did you appear behind me?”
“Well, actually, I just came in.”
Shiraki turned his head and looked at the fruit tart on Erina’s table. Judging from its appearance, it really was worth the expensive price of the food in this hotel. “Is this the dish with the problem? You are worthy of being the tongue of God. You can taste such a subtle difference.”
Upon hearing Bai Mu’s words, an expression of empathy immediately appeared on the face of the hotel manager. It really was worthy of being called the God’s Tongue. It tasted out the problem that even their chef had not noticed in one bite. Normally, ordinary chefs would not be able to identify such a small problem without careful tasting, but the God’s Tongue did it.
“Are you here to make sarcastic remarks?”
Erina snorted and turned her head again.
“Of course not.” Bai Mu cast his eyes towards a nearby waiter, “Could you please bring me an empty plate and a kitchen knife?”
“Yes sir, please wait a moment.”
Although the waiter called by Bai Mu didn’t know what Bai Mu wanted these things for, his good professional ethics prevented him from questioning the customer’s words. He immediately hurried over with an empty plate and a kitchen knife.
“what are you up to?”
Not only Erina, the hotel manager and the head chef were also paying attention to Shiraki’s actions. After Shiraki took the empty plate and the kitchen knife, he smiled at Erina and said, “Wait here for a moment. I’ll go get something.”
Having said that, Shiraki walked out of the restaurant directly, but his words made Erina confused. She didn’t know what Shiraki was going to get.
After all, this matter seems to have nothing to do with Baimu.
Not long after Bai Mu stepped out of the restaurant, a burly figure appeared in the restaurant. As soon as this man appeared, the people in the restaurant recognized his identity, and the hotel manager could not hide the expression of surprise on his face.
“Mr. Dojima, why are you here?”
038. Ingredients never seen before [Part 3] (Old version)
038. Never-seen-before ingredients [Part 3]Facing the hotel manager who came towards him, Dojima Gin just nodded lightly.
“I heard there was a little trouble here, so I came to see what it was.”
As the head chef of Totsuki Resort, Gin Dojima is already inside the Totsuki Resort. This incident was reported to him as soon as it happened, so of course he had to come over to check out the situation.
“Do you mind if I sit here, Erina?”
After talking with the hotel manager, Dojima Gin gave Erina a smile like an elder, without saying a word about the incident. It seemed that he just wanted to sit down and eat something.
In fact, when facing such incidents, Totsuki Resort naturally has a complete set of handling procedures. Whether to downgrade the hotel or expel the chef will be discussed and decided by the board of directors. Other chefs will not feel sympathy for them. After all, when something happens, there must be corresponding awareness. Totsuki Resort will never be lenient on this point. This is one of the reasons why Totsuki Resort can have such influence today. Dojima Gin just came to confirm whether the matter is true.
Erina naturally would not refuse Dojima Gin’s request. After nodding, Dojima Gin sat down opposite Erina.
“I haven’t seen you for a long time, Erina. How is the commander-in-chief?”
“Grandpa is in good health. Thank you for your thoughts. He mentioned you a few days ago.”
Erina replied calmly, but unlike her cold attitude when facing other people, her tone towards Dojima Gin carried a little respect for an elder.
“Haha, I haven’t been back to Totsuki for a while, so let me show my hospitality this time.”
Dojima Gin laughed heartily and was about to call Erina to go to the private room for VIP guests when he suddenly saw a young man with a plate in his hand walking towards them at the door of the restaurant.
A burst of fruity fragrance suddenly wafted over, and Dojima Gin subconsciously turned his head and looked at the things on the tray in the boy’s hand.
It was a piece of flesh that looked like it had been cut from some fruit. The cut surface of the fruit looked very juicy, and the whole piece of flesh was as clear as crystal, glowing an attractive red color under the reflection of the light.
When Dojima Gin saw this piece of fruit that he had never seen before, he was stunned for a moment and even forgot what he was about to say.
“Excuse me, are you the chef here?” Bai Mu walked up to the most dignified middle-aged man in the crowd and stretched the sweet fruit plate in his hand forward. “Although this request is rather sudden, I wonder if you can help cook the ingredients brought by the guests?”
“This… this is…”
The chef looked at the fruit pulp that Baimu placed on the plate, and for a moment he couldn’t tell what kind of fruit it was.
“If you can, please use it to make another fruit tart. Of course, if you can’t, that’s fine too.”
As soon as Shiraki finished speaking, the chef looked at Dojima Gin who was sitting at his seat. Seeing that the other party was looking at him, he took the plate from Shiraki without any delay.
“Of course there is no problem. This is our fault. Please wait here for a moment. We will serve you the food right away.”
After saying this, the hotel manager, the chef and other kitchen staff left one after another. In any case, someone came out to help, and no matter what the ingredients were, they had to serve the food first.
After most people had left, Erina turned her attention back to Shiraki. She seemed to have a lot of questions, such as what was the piece of fruit pulp that Shiraki had just taken out, and why Shiraki did this.
However, Bai Mu seemed to know what she was thinking and spoke first, “I remember you said before that you were not here to work today, right?”
“So what?”
“Since you are not here to work, don’t look so unhappy. It’s a rare opportunity for you to come out and relax, don’t you want to have a pleasant meal?” Bai Mu waved his hand at her.
“Huh? How can I look unhappy?”
Erina immediately sat up straight and refuted this statement, “It’s just a rare holiday, I didn’t expect to encounter something like this.”
“Alright, alright. I admit that your Divine Tongue is indeed amazing, but you just have to look forward to what’s coming next. The ingredients I bring out will definitely satisfy your Divine Tongue. It’s rare that you come to Totsuki Resort for something other than work, so you should enjoy yourself.”
Shiraki looked at Erina with a smile. The ingredients he took out were not ordinary stuff. Originally, he wanted to take them out as a return gift because Erina specially sent him back to Polaris Dormitory yesterday. He didn’t expect that Dojima Gin was also here. This way, he could take the opportunity to promote his special ingredients, and it would not seem abrupt to take out similar things in the future.
Dojima Gin was a little confused when he heard the conversation between Erina and Shiraki, but as he listened further, the content of the conversation seemed more and more off-putting. He couldn’t tell what was wrong specifically, but he always felt that Erina’s attitude towards this boy was different from that towards others, and there was a bit of a girl in love about it.
039. Sweet Fruit Tart [Fourth Update] (Old Version)
039. Sweet Fruit Tart [Fourth Update]Totsuki Imperial Palace, Kitchen
The chef who came back with the plate of strange fruit pulp had a stern expression on his face, completely different from when he was outside just now.
All the chefs in the kitchen were on high alert. They had also heard what had just happened in the restaurant. If anyone didn’t work hard at this moment and was found fault by the chef, they would have to go home and farm.
“Start preparing immediately. Everyone, be alert. No mistakes are allowed in any of the following steps!”
The chef scanned the kitchen with a sharp gaze, and everyone he saw stood up straight, not daring to slack off at all.
Soon, the ingredients for the fruit tart were being processed in an orderly manner. However, after seeing the plate of unknown fruit in front of him, a thoughtful expression began to appear on the chef’s face.
Judging from the texture of the flesh, it does look a bit like a cherry, but are there cherries this big?
The piece of fruit flesh in front of him was as big as a plate, with a huge cut surface on both sides. It looked like a whole piece of fruit that was cut off with a kitchen knife. Moreover, the cut was extremely rough, with no regard for the fiber and integrity of the fruit. It could be seen that the person who cut the piece of flesh was probably not a chef. But even so, the moisture and flesh in this piece of flesh still looked tempting. I really don’t know what the whole fruit looks like.
The chef hesitated for a moment and decided to see what the ingredient was first. He used his kitchen knife to cut a one-millimeter thin slice from the flesh. Looking at the crystal clear slice of flesh in his hand, the chef put it in his mouth without hesitation to taste it.
The moment the chef took in the fruit pulp, his eyes widened!
Hami melon, watermelon, apple, mango, cherry…
As long as it is a fruit within his knowledge, traces of it can be found in this piece of flesh!
The sweetness is simply incomparable. The most amazing thing is that the flavors of so many fruits are perfectly integrated in this piece of fruit pulp. No one fruit’s flavor is too prominent, and no one flavor is redundant. This is a perfect blend of the sweetness of various fruits.
——Is it a new variety of fruit? !
The chef looked at the huge piece of fruit in front of him with a look of doubt. You know, in this world, people’s research on food ingredients has developed to a very perfect level. Learning to identify different ingredients is the basic skill of every cook, the foundation of the basics. However, now the chef can be sure that he has never tasted such a taste before. So, this may be a new variety of fruit cultivated somewhere?
In this world, especially in recent years, the industry of cultivating new varieties of food ingredients has begun to develop rapidly. Foods like space vegetables and special poultry are very popular in the market. Of course, for this industry, various detection mechanisms for new varieties of food ingredients are also very complete. If the food ingredients are malignant mutations, they cannot be sold on the market. Looking at the huge piece of fruit flesh in front of him, the chef became more and more certain that this should be some kind of new ingredient.
This ingredient is incredible!
This luxurious taste, this unparalleled sweetness, and the essence of the flavor that encompasses all the flavors of fruits, it is simply the king of fruits.
Soon, under the control of the chef, three new fruit tarts were completed. However, this time the strawberries used in the fruit tarts had been replaced by a large piece of sweet whole fruit.
It is precisely because of this small change that the level of the fruit tart dish has been directly raised by one level. This is just like replacing the special-price beef with A5-grade beef. There has been a qualitative change in the ingredients. Although the strawberries used before were also top-quality, compared with the sweet whole fruit that Shiraki brought out, the gap between the two is even greater than the gap between special-price beef and A5 beef.
Don’t think that the fact that Mito Yumei used A5 beef and lost to Yukihira Soma’s special meat in the food battle means that A5 beef is not as invincible as rumored. That is just the result of the difference between the chef’s personal and cooking concepts. In front of real top chefs, A5 beef and ordinary beef are completely incomparable.
Soon, three new dishes were presented in front of Shiraki, Erina and Dojima Gin.
Looking at the crystal flesh decorating it, both Erina and Dojima Gin fell into a brief silence.
040.SS-level cuisine [more updates!] (old version)
040. SS-level cuisine [Update! ]At this time, Erina and Dojima Gin were full of questions.
What kind of fruit is this and where does it come from?
However, no matter how many questions there were, they were not as intuitive as the answers they would get from the food tasting. After all, Erina and Gin Dojima, one had a divine tongue, and the other’s initial knowledge was also not to be underestimated. Both of them looked at the dish in front of them, picked up the cutlery without hesitation, cut a small piece from the fruit tart and put it in their mouths.
Baimu didn’t bother to be polite with them. Since three dishes were served, he certainly wanted to try what kind of food this so-called top-notch hotel, Totsuki Rikyu, could offer.
The three of them took the first bite of the fruit tart almost at the same time, and the next second, Erina, Dojima Gin, and even Shiraki showed surprise on their faces.
“This taste, cherry? No, why is it so sweet?”
Erina closed her eyes. With her divine tongue, she could more clearly feel the complex sweet aroma of the fruits contained in the sweet whole fruits: mango, watermelon, apple, lychee, dragon fruit, banana, mangosteen… This was no longer a simple mixture of the essence of all the fruits, but a perfect fusion of these essences together, paired with the pudding filling below. It was completely different from the fruit tarts she had eaten before!
There are roughly two ways to satisfy God’s Tongue. One is to serve dishes of excellent quality, and the other is to serve dishes that God’s Tongue has never tried before.
Soma Yukihira’s egg rice hit Erina’s culinary blind spot. Erina, who grew up eating custom-made meals by top chefs, had never tried this kind of common delicacy before. However, once she tried it once, Soma Yukihira would never be able to use the same method to cheat next time. This is the horror of the God’s Tongue. Erina’s mother, Managi Nakiri, is a living example. Because the God’s Tongue evolved too quickly, it could not eat any food. In the end, only the “delicacies that do not exist on earth” could satisfy her. It can be seen that sometimes being too strong is also a kind of sadness.
Dojima Gin was even more surprised. As one of the former Ten Greatest Fruits of Totsuki, he had also spent a long time training at the Totsuki Resort after graduation. His experience with food ingredients was unimaginable to others. But even with his knowledge, after tasting the strange fruit in his mouth, he could not tell what kind it was.
As a chef, Dojima Gin’s intuition about ingredients is undoubtedly terrifying. From the taste, flavor, and smell of the sweet whole fruit, he immediately judged that the nutritional value of this fruit is probably not low. This is a new fruit that has never appeared on the market. With such a rich taste, it can be called the ‘king of fruits’.
In the end, Dojima Gin easily came to the same conclusion as the chef, that this fruit that encompasses the essence of all fruits is indeed worthy of being called the ‘king of fruits’.
Bai Mu’s surprise was completely different from the above two people. After he took the first bite of the fruit tart, the crispy tart crust and the sweet fruit aroma made him feel that his tongue was sublimating in an instant, but then he suddenly heard a system prompt.
[Ding Dong, the host is detected to be eating SS-level food, points +200.]This sudden system prompt made Baimu open his eyes wide. This was the first time he heard this kind of system prompt while eating. Could it be that tasting high-level food could directly increase his points?
Baimu thought about what he had eaten in the past few days. He tasted the food of all the staff in Polaris Dormitory on the day he moved in. Although he did not use the Eye of Insight to confirm, most of them should be B or C grade. The second was the Big Mac he had yesterday, which should be below C grade. So he really hadn’t eaten any high-end food in the past few days.
Not knowing whether only SS-grade dishes could add points to him, or whether any dishes above S-grade could add points, Bai Mu immediately called out the system and asked the question in his mind.
[Ding Dong, as long as the host eats A-level or above dishes, the points can be increased. The points growth mechanism is as follows:][Taste A-level dishes, +50 points each time. 】
[Taste S-level dishes, +100 points each time. 】
[Taste SS-level dishes, +200 points each time. ][Taste SSS-level dishes, +300 points each time. ][Taste SSSS-level dishes, +400 points each time. ][Taste SSSSS-level dishes, +500 points each time. ][Taste SSSSSS-level dishes, +600 points each time. 】
【Repeated tasting can also increase points. 】
——So there is such a way to earn points?!
Shiraki suddenly felt like he had opened the door to a new world, but then he changed his mind and realized that these SS-level dishes were not easy to eat. A few main dishes at Totsuki Ligong would cost tens of millions, especially those dishes whose ingredients themselves were frighteningly expensive. The accommodation fee of 80,000 a night was nothing compared to those top-level dishes. It was almost impossible to use this place as a place to brush up points.
With a helpless sigh, Bai Mu had to give up this tempting idea.
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041.70 million yen for a sweet whole fruit [more! ] (old version)
041.70 million yen for a sweet whole fruit [more! ]“It is indeed a rather novel ingredient… I guess it can barely pass muster.”
After eating a fruit tart, Erina looked at Shiraki and gave her own evaluation. Although the dish was judged as SS-level by the system, it was already a top delicacy for normal people. However, after eating the dishes made by Shiraki in the past few days, the impact of this fruit tart on Erina was not so great. It was more of a surprise to eat new ingredients. After the initial surprise passed, she felt that there was still something missing in this dish. Although with Erina’s current cooking skills, she might not be able to make a dish of the same level as this fruit tart, but she has the tongue of God and her vision is extraordinary. If Erina had to choose between the ‘Supreme Black Gold Burger’ that Shiraki took out yesterday and the fruit tart in front of her, Erina would choose Shiraki’s dish without hesitation.
This realization made Erina feel a little heavy. Shiraki and she were about the same age, but the difference in strength was so huge. If this continued, she didn’t know if she could keep up with him…
As the head chef of Totsuki Rikyu, his level is certainly not just SS level. The reason why this fruit tart is an SS level dish is actually more due to the recipe. The original fruit tart using strawberries can actually only reach S level, but the sweet whole fruit has raised this dish to another level.
Naturally, Dojima Gin immediately realized the difference. There was no doubt that this unknown fruit played an important role in the dish. It could be said that it sublimated the entire dish. Dojima Gin suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Shiraki beside him with burning eyes.
“What a rich flavor! If I’m not mistaken, this piece of fruit should contain the essence of all the fruits on the market now. Let me introduce myself. I’m Dojima Gin. Young man over there, can you tell me your name?”
“I’m Shiraki, a transfer student at Totsuki Academy.” Shiraki immediately introduced himself. “Hello, you’re the head chef Dojima. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
“Haha, you’re welcome. So you’re a freshman at Totsuki Academy. It looks like this class of students is worth looking forward to.” Dojima Gin laughed heartily. “I wonder what the true appearance of this fruit is?”
As expected, Dojima Gin asked this question. Not only him, but Erina beside him also cast her eyes on Shiraki with curiosity. This kind of fruit was the first time she had eaten it. The taste contained almost all the essence of the fruit and was indeed top-notch among all fruits.
Facing the curious gazes of the two, Bai Mu said calmly, “This is a fruit called sweet whole fruit.”
“Sweet whole fruit?” Dojima Gin and Erina became excited at the same time.
Bai Mu continued, “This fruit looks like a giant cherry, and its flavor combines the essence of almost all fruits. It is known as the ‘Fruit House of the Earth’. I got it from someone by accident.”
“The Fruit House of the Earth?” Dojima Gin nodded secretly. That taste could indeed be called the Fruit House of the Earth. It brought together the essence of various fruits. Just one bite would make people feel reluctant to leave.
“Can you tell me in detail where you got this ingredient?”
After learning the name of the fruit, Dojima Gin asked, “Of course, if it’s inconvenient, just pretend I didn’t ask.”
At this time, the hotel had already evacuated the guests who were originally here. Except for the three people, there were only waiters on standby. Bai Mu had already thought of the wording and began to narrate slowly.
“It’s not really a secret. A few days ago, when I was leaving after dinner at the shopping street, I met a drunk uncle squatting on the side of the road. He claimed to be from the international food organization IGO. It was already late at night, and I thought the uncle was a little weird, so I wanted to walk away. Unexpectedly, the drunk uncle suddenly stood up and started talking nonsense. He said there was an ingredient I had never seen before and wanted to show me. He asked if I was interested. I almost called the police, but he caught up with me after I ran two blocks. This piece of sweet whole fruit was forced on me by the uncle. He also said that if I was interested in this kind of ingredient, he would contact me in the future. But I haven’t met the uncle yet. He is really a weirdo.”
“International Gastronomy Organization IGO?”
When Dojima Gin listened to Shiraki’s words, a surprised expression appeared on his face. He had never heard of this organization before, and Shiraki’s words sounded a bit weird. However, the sweet whole fruit was right in front of him, and if it was not the case, it would be impossible to explain the origin of this thing. Dojima Gin thought about it, and perhaps there was something that Shiraki didn’t want to say, and finally nodded and accepted this explanation.
“I see, there is actually such a thing.”
“Yes, the most outrageous thing is that the uncle actually told me that the price of this kind of fruit is 700,000 yen each. Is what I eat actually gold?”
Bai Mu nodded in agreement and casually said something shocking again.
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042. A Day in the Polar Star Dormitory [Update!] (Old Version)
042. A day in the Polaris Dormitory [Update!]When I returned to the dormitory, it was already the next day.
Although Dojima Gin expressed great interest in the sweet whole fruit, Shiraki also said that it was given to him by a drunk old man by chance, and there were no further clues other than that. However, the International Gourmet Organization IGO, an organization he had never heard of, caught Dojima Gin’s attention, and he later conducted an investigation on it.
However, such an investigation is doomed to be fruitless.
After spending a leisurely day in the dormitory, Baimu remembered that he also owned a hamburger restaurant. Recalling how he was busy in the past few days, Baimu temporarily gave up the idea of ​​going to the store. He could accept the limited sale of hamburgers, but the madness of the diners was still too much for Baimu to bear. If the sale was really limited, he would probably be blocked in the store by the endless stream of customers. Anyway, the money now was enough for daily expenses, so Baimu planned to be a lazy guy in the dormitory during this time. He even bought his best instant noodles yesterday. Five large boxes of instant noodles were now neatly placed in his room. Hot water was provided 24 hours a day, and daily necessities had also been purchased. In this way, he had no worries at all.
“System, open the mall panel.”
Sitting on his bed, Bai Mu called out the system in his mind.
[Ding Dong, you have been redirected to the system mall. ]Bai Mu glanced at the points column in the system which showed his current remaining points. It cost him a lot to open the food storage space last time, plus the 200 points he got from tasting SS-level dishes, he now had a total of 600 points left.
“System, help me select the cooking skills that are suitable for me at this stage.”
He glanced around the mall briefly. Although 600 points could not buy anything good, it was enough to buy some basic or intermediate ingredients and skills. What Baimu urgently wanted to do now was to improve his cooking skills. After all, in a place like Totsuki Academy, people who couldn’t cook simply could not survive. After Baimu finished speaking, the system mall flickered slightly, and then a new page was quickly refreshed. The page was full of cooking skills, which met Baimu’s requirements very well.
Various basic skills, such as knife skills, dough kneading, and brewing skills, cost about 500 points, while more advanced ones cost thousands. With Baimu’s current pitiful 600 points, he still cannot redeem any powerful skills.
“It would be great if I could eat A-grade or higher dishes for every meal…”
Faced with a screen full of basic skills, Baimu couldn’t help but sigh.
It is obviously not cost-effective to exchange these basic skills now. When your points exceed 1,500, you can obviously exchange them for better skills. So Baimu just sighed, closed the system mall, got up and walked downstairs.
It was almost noon outside. When passing by several rooms downstairs, Baimu heard the noise coming from inside very clearly. Yuuki should be “communicating emotions” with the small animals she raised, and Ibusaki Shun was still smoking ingredients in the room as usual. I wonder what will happen if Mrs. Fumihiro sees them.
When he came to the kitchen, there was no one there. Baimu glanced at the ingredients here. There were still a few eggs and half a pot of rice left. He wondered if they were left over from last night.
With these two ingredients, you can try making the simplest fried rice with egg. Although Bai Mu knows that his cooking skills are impressive, he thinks that if he cooks it well without adding excessive seasonings and weird things, the result should be edible.
Since the system store can’t be relied on for the time being, then he can rely on his own strength! At least he should be able to make fried rice!
He did what he said, and in a flash, Baimu’s heart was filled with mysterious confidence again. After all, he had been in this world for so many days and had seen many chefs prepare dishes. No matter what, he always had some execution ability.
First, he cracked the eggs. With the help of an egg yolk separator, Bai Mu successfully avoided mixing the eggshells in. Then he sprinkled a little salt into the egg liquid and stirred it in one direction with chopsticks. When it was almost done, he poured out the leftover rice in the pot. When everything was ready, he heated oil in the pot and started to fry the rice.
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PS3: The protagonist’s strength will definitely improve, there is no doubt about that, the plot is like typing, it needs to be accumulated slowly (｀ω) Although the author feels that the protagonist is invincible from the beginning╥﹏╥
043. The system is down [Update! ] (Old version)
043. The system is down [Update! ]Pour a little oil into the pan. This time, Bai Mu’s expression was particularly serious. He only poured the egg liquid into it after he felt that the oil temperature was almost right.
As soon as it entered the oil pan, the heated egg liquid quickly took shape and bubbles began to appear on it. Bai Mu stirred it with a spoon, then poured in a small amount of leftover rice. After the sound in the oil pan became louder, he began to stir-fry.
This time, Bai Mu strictly controlled the amount of seasoning. It felt that there should be no problem with the fried rice in the pot. Even if it didn’t meet the standard of deliciousness, it should not be unpalatable.
Ten minutes later, the egg fried rice was ready.
Looking at the dish in his hand that finally did not look burnt, Baimu was filled with excitement and immediately used the Eye of Insight on the dish of egg fried rice.
The unexpected soon happened.
What are the reasons for this? ??? ???
Yingzhou sickle? ? 😕 ?
Dian Gong sickle? ? 😕 ?
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A series of garbled codes and question marks appeared directly in front of Bai Mu. Before he could react, the system’s mechanical sound, as if a part was stuck, suddenly began to sound frequently.
【Ding Dong! Unknown error! Unknown error! 】
【Analysis of the dish failed! 】
【The system is restarting! 】
[Restart countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…][Restart successful, restart analysis…][Analysis failed, data crashed, data crashed! ]【Start restarting the system! 】
[Restart countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…][Restart failed! Start virus cleaning! ][Virus cleanup complete, database rolling back, 3 seconds remaining, 2 seconds, 1 second…][Ding Dong, food of unknown level detected, the system is assessing the risk…]【Evaluation completed! 】
[Assessment result: extremely dangerous, immediate isolation is recommended! ][Database updating…]Bai Mu stared in amazement at the numerous prompts that suddenly popped up on the screen in front of him. Twenty minutes passed before the system returned to normal. This time, after the restart, the system actually updated the cooking grade classification system from SSSSSS to N to SSSSSS to Z, which was more than a dozen grades more than before. What on earth happened?
[Ding Dong, extremely dangerous biological weapons have been detected in the host’s hands. Please isolate him as soon as possible. Please isolate him as soon as possible! ]The system that had just restarted even issued a warning to the fried rice in Baimu’s hand, as if what he was holding was not food but some kind of monster. In any case, it was too much to say that his food was a biological weapon.
“This is too much. This system is not good enough.”
Bai Mu did not take the system’s warning seriously. Looking at the good-looking dish in his hand, he could roughly imagine what it should taste like. It was not as exaggerated as the system said. This was a dish he made seriously and carefully. Although it was just fried rice with egg, it should taste edible.
I don’t know what’s wrong with this system. Could it be a defective product?
As Bai Mu thought about it, he picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful from his “perfect masterpiece”, put it to his mouth and smelled it, the taste was normal, how could there be a problem?
After finally confirming one, Bai Mu decisively ignored the red alert that kept refreshing in front of his eyes, opened his mouth and swallowed the fried rice in the spoon in one gulp.
Suddenly, his eyes, which had been closed, suddenly opened.
The moment the fried rice entered his mouth, Baimu seemed to have been acupunctured and stood there in a daze. People who didn’t know him might have thought he was a statue.
Then, his originally ruddy face suddenly began to turn blue at lightning speed, then black, and finally began to turn a sickly white.
Bai Mu finally reacted and pinched his throat to spit out everything in his mouth, but even this effect was not optimistic. The strong bitterness and stench remaining in his mouth, as well as an indescribable smell quickly began to spread, as if it wanted to go down the esophagus into his body. Just by being smoked by the smell, Bai Mu felt his vision begin to darken, the things he could see became more and more blurred, his consciousness began to gradually disappear, and his eyes gradually became unfocused.
It was a dizzying feeling. After just one bite of the fried rice, before he could swallow it immediately, Baimu felt like he was about to suffocate. He stumbled to the sink, like a salted fish washed ashore by the waves and exposed to the sun for a whole morning. He turned on the faucet with trembling hands and put his head under it to rinse.
Even so, he could clearly feel that his consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred and he was about to fall to the ground.
[Ding Dong, the host is detected to be in danger of death, emergency mode is automatically activated, and rescue is in progress…]The moment the system prompt sounded, Bai Mu felt an external force pulling at his stomach, and an uproarious feeling spread through every part of his body. He finally couldn’t hold on any longer, his eyes went dark, and his body fell backwards.
After a long time, the mechanical prompt sound that no one could hear rang in Baimu’s mind.
[Ding Dong, rescue successful, a total of 500 points consumed, it is recommended that the host do not perform such dangerous behaviors again. ]PS: If you want to know how terrifying Shiraki’s serious cooking is, please refer to Saitama’s serious one-punch series.
044. Death Fried Rice [Update 1] (Old Version)
044. Death Fried Rice [Update 1]With the systematic rescue, Baimu finally saved his life. However, because the impact just now was too strong, he has not yet woken up and is lying on the ground completely unconscious.
Time gradually came to noon.
“Xiaohui, Isshiki-senpai, are you guys going to the kitchen too?”
Yoshino Yuki ran down from upstairs and looked at everyone moving towards the kitchen door at almost the same time, and waved from upstairs.
“Yeah, it’s almost time for dinner.” Isshiki Hui wiped the sweat from his head, and he looked radiant. The rest of the people passed him by as if they were used to it, and continued to head towards the kitchen behind him.
The first person to step into the kitchen was Tansho Kei. She was chatting with everyone and unconsciously glanced at the kitchen. As a result, she saw a figure sitting on the ground. Tansho Kei was immediately startled and ran over to check the situation. She found that the person sitting on the ground was Shiraki.
“Bai Mu, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
Tansho Kei gently pushed Shiraki who was half leaning against the kitchen counter, but no matter how she called, Shiraki under her did not respond and did not look like he was asleep.
“What happened, Xiaohui?” Yuki at the door also ran over quickly. Hearing their shouts, the others also rushed over and saw Shiraki sitting in front of the kitchen counter.
“Hey, Baimu, cheer up!”
Daigo Aoki grabbed Shiraki’s body and shook him, but even so he still showed no sign of waking up.
“What happened?” Sakaki Ryoko was standing in the kitchen looking around, and suddenly saw the wok near Shiraki, and Isshiki Hui also noticed the wok almost at the same time. They walked closer and saw that there was still a lot of leftover fried rice in the wok, which looked like it was made not long ago.
“It seems that Bai Mu was making fried rice in the kitchen before we came in.”
Isshiki Hui touched the wok which was still hot and expressed his conclusion.
“But why did he faint?” Sakaki Ryoko suddenly looked around worriedly, “Could it be that some suspicious person entered Polaris Dormitory and attacked Shiraki from behind? Should we go inform Mrs. Fumihiro?”
“Anyway, let’s send Baimu to his room to rest.”
Daigo Aoki and Shoji Sato picked up Shiraki from the ground, said goodbye to everyone else and left. Megumi Tadokoro followed them with a worried look on her face.
After the three men left, the rest continued to check the kitchen. If there was really an attack by criminals, there should be some traces left at the scene.
“This kind of thing actually happened in our dormitory. We’re doomed. If it was really a suspicious person who attacked Shiraki, that person should not have left yet! Aren’t we all in danger?” Marui Zenji held his head and said to everyone with a horrified look on his face.
“No, we didn’t find any suspicious traces here.” Ibusaki Shun dismissed Marui’s words indifferently.
“But then again, this is the fried rice made by Shiraki, right?” Isshiki Hui didn’t know what he was thinking at this time, he stared at the fried rice in the pot and smiled.
“Hey, Isshiki-senpai, you’re still thinking about eating at this hour?” Yoshino Yuuki said, holding a plate of egg fried rice in her hand. “Judging from the bite of fried rice here, Shiraki was probably attacked while eating. Look, there are some residues in the sink over there.”
“Indeed.” Sakaki Ryoko pinched her chin and thought for a while, “But it seems that Shiraki is just unconscious. Can’t we ask him when he wakes up?”
“That’s right, so in order to make Baimu wake up earlier, let’s make some food that is easy to digest.” Isshiki Hui made a direct summary.
“Oh, leave it to me!” Yuuki next to her jumped up immediately. Zenji Marui and Shun Ibusaki next to them looked at each other. Although one of them couldn’t see the eyes at all, they still nodded secretly and put the lunch behind their minds. After this happened, they really had no intention of leaving their companions and eating leisurely. I wonder how Daigo Aoki and Megumi Tanomo who were upstairs are doing now.
While several people were making preparations, Isshiki Hui walked to the pot of fried rice which was still warm, and seemingly casually scooped a spoonful of it with a spoon, hesitated for a moment, and then put it into his mouth.
The feeling just now was definitely not an illusion.
Isshiki Hui knew clearly that he was probably the only one who noticed it among the people present. Although even he himself didn’t know why, this pot of fried rice did… give off a creepy aura!
It was as if… I was about to be put on the dining table, waiting to be devoured by this pot of fried rice.
Isshiki Hui had never even heard of such a ridiculous thing as putting humans on the table.
Even though he was mentally prepared, when he actually tasted the fried rice, Isshiki Hui’s eyes still widened uncontrollably.
045. Evil cuisine, Hell’s Kitchen! [Second update] (Old version)
045. Evil cuisine, Hell’s Kitchen! [Update 2]silence!
Everything around seemed to have become silent!
When Isshiki Hui opened his eyes, he felt endless darkness in front of him and a chill under his feet, making him almost unable to tell whether it was reality or an illusion.
stare–
The sky above his head suddenly lit up, as if a light was turned on. His eyes, which had adapted to the darkness, squinted uncomfortably. When Isshiki Hui opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him made his hair stand on end and he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Here is a huge dining table.
And I was standing inside one of the huge plates, looking like a portion of food, placed on the dining table waiting to be taken.
“What on earth is this…”
Isshiki Hui got up from the ground in a panic, and only then realized that there was a huge black shadow in front of him. The black shadow was like a giant in mythology, but shrouded in black air. It raised a knife and fork in its hand and stabbed it towards him. Isshiki Hui subconsciously wanted to dodge, but under the terrifying power, his body could not move at all. He could only watch the huge fork approaching him like a guillotine.
Squeak——
He even heard the sound of his body breaking. The shadow of death loomed over Isise Hui. He felt his consciousness was about to blur. Faintly, he seemed to see the true face of that figure.
A monster with a hideous face and horns on its head sat quietly at the dining table, like a visitor from hell, staring at Isshiki Hui with his blood-red eyes indifferently.
That is the look in the eyes when looking at the ingredients!
At this moment, Isshiki Hui felt that every cell in his body was transmitting a sense of danger. In this suffocating feeling, his consciousness slowly sank.
All the senses in my body were completely annihilated at this moment.
Sight, hearing, smell, touch, and finally taste…
It was unknown how long it had been, but Isshiki Hui, who had already lost consciousness, suddenly felt a light in front of his eyes and a warm feeling on his head.
He slowly opened his eyes and was suddenly surprised to find that he was actually rising. The scenery in front of him was rapidly flowing downwards and the halo above his head was becoming stronger and stronger.
Right below him, the visitor from hell who he had just caught a glimpse of was quietly eating his meal. If one looked closely, one would find that what the monster was enjoying was himself who was placed on the plate!
Isshiki Hui suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the light source, and saw two naked children with wings on their backs looking at him with a smile, just like the angels in religious murals. The two children with white wings and golden halos on their heads pulled him from the left and right and slowly rose up.
——Strange, wasn’t I tasting the food?
Isshiki Hui looked at the two children blankly, his mind was in a mess and he could not understand what was happening before his eyes at all.
Just as his breath was becoming weaker and weaker, he suddenly heard the sound of a door opening.
It is hard to describe that sound. It carries a heavy sense of time, but also has a magic that seems to immerse the soul.
At the same time as hearing this voice, Isshiki Hui immediately felt that his heavy body suddenly became lighter. A light feeling spread from his limbs to every part of his body. His oxygen-deprived brain suddenly received oxygen replenishment, as if it was immersed in warm liquid, but he was able to breathe smoothly.
This feeling is just like the legend, that after a person dies, his soul is taken to heaven by angels.
——Am I dead?
The five senses that were about to disappear suddenly came back at this moment. First was the vision. The blurry and black scene in front of my eyes suddenly became bright. The warm sunlight shone through the clouds, and the laughter of young girls rang in my ears. And finally, it was the taste.
The body is bathed in the warm sunshine, and the feeling of the internal organs begins to gradually warm up. At the same time as this sense reaches the limit, a strange taste that can make the soul tremble gradually flows into the mouth. It is different from the feeling of tasting any food before. The food entering the esophagus from the mouth seems to be not heading towards the stomach, but impacting the deeper soul. The moment the sense of taste is restored, this strong impact quickly spreads to the limbs. It is not only the ultimate experience of taste, but also a trembling feeling that even the spirit is watered.
“Welcome, kid.”
Faintly, in that wonderful kingdom filled with angels, a low voice was heard, as if it was the most sacred sound of a bell, instantly washing away all the sins of the world and making people forget all the troubles of the world.
Isshiki Hui turned his head, and the dark faces of those people from his family kept flashing in his mind. All these things that he originally regarded as burdens were now completely annihilated by this solemn voice, leaving only the sacred silence.
“Welcome to paradise.”
The holy shadow smiled and opened his arms to Isshiki Hui, who had completely let go of his burdens.
046. The Gate to Heaven [Part 3] (Old Version)
046. The Gate to Heaven [Part 3]Heaven…?
Feeling the warmth coming from every cell of the body, Isshiki Hui gradually closed his eyes. Crystal clear liquid couldn’t help but flow down from his eye sockets. It was not because of sadness, but the tears of completely throwing away all the ties of the world and being reborn.
“Isshiki-senpai, are you okay? You’ve been standing here since just now.”
Yoshino Yuuki walked up to Isshiki Hui, who was standing in front of the cooking table like a statue, and stretched out her hands to gesture in front of him twice. Unexpectedly, Isshiki Hui did not react at all.
“Eh? That’s strange. Isshiki-senpai, what are you thinking about? Hey, come back to life!”
Seeing that this didn’t work to wake Isshiki Hui, Yoshino Yuuki simply reached out and grabbed Isshiki Hui’s arm and began to shake it. She kept shaking it for more than ten seconds. Finally, a glimmer of light appeared in Isshiki Hui’s eyes, who was standing there in a daze.
“Hey, I…”
Isshiki Hui came back to his senses and looked around blankly, while Yoshino Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief.
“Great, Isshiki-senpai, you’re finally awake. Now I’m going to requisition the cooking table. Senior, please go wait at the door!”
Yoshino Yuuki pointed at the cooking table in front of Isshiki Hui, but her words did not seem to reach Isshiki Hui’s ears. Isshiki Hui, who had just woken up, looked at the familiar scene around her in confusion. Marui Zenji, Sakaki Ryoko, Ibusaki Shun and others who were busy in the kitchen had confused looks in their eyes.
“I’m alive?”
“Huh?” Yoshino Yuuki was startled by Isshiki Hui’s words. She jumped up and hit him on the head. “What nonsense are you talking about, Isshiki-senpai, you didn’t hit your head too, did you?!”
“Are you feeling unwell? Why don’t you go to your room and rest? We’ll bring you lunch.” Sakaki Ryoko came over and said. She had just seen Shiraki fall to the ground, and now Isshiki Hui didn’t look normal either. She was a little worried about the two of them. “You ate the fried rice in the pot just now, right? I don’t know if Shiraki has finished frying it, but he’s not in a good condition to eat something too dry. I made some porridge. If you don’t mind, you can have some too, Isshiki-senpai.”
fried rice?
Hearing these two words, Isshiki Hui, who had a confused look on her face, suddenly came to her senses, grabbed the entire wok, and the gleam in her eyes was so bright that it almost blinded Yoshino Yuuki.
“Is this the gate to heaven? It’s so beautiful. Every grain of rice is like a work of art. It’s the Creator’s masterpiece. I am so lucky to have such a dish right in front of me!”
Isshiki Hui started crying halfway through his words. While crying, he admired the masterpiece in his hands, and his hands were shaking as he used the spoon to dig into it.
After hearing what Isshiki Hui said, Yoshino Yuuki and Sakaki Ryoko both subconsciously took a look at the fried rice in the pot. To be honest, when they felt this fried rice just now, they thought it should have been made by Shiraki casually. It looked very ordinary from the outside, and the rice grains were not specially coated with egg liquid or other coloring operations. Anyway, Sakaki Ryoko and Yuuki didn’t see anything special. Could it be that they were wrong, and this fried rice was actually very good?
Isshiki Hui was at least the seventh among the top ten, so he shouldn’t make random comments about cooking. However, when everyone saw him wearing a naked apron and crying while holding the wok and refusing to let go, they all gave up the idea of ​​going up to taste it. Apart from anything else, Isshiki Hui looked too ugly.
Only Ibusaki Shun turned around silently to look at Isshiki Hui who was crying loudly, with his lips pursed, wondering what he was thinking.
“Isshiki-senpai is exaggerating. Is he really alright? I feel like he has hit his brain.”
Yoshino Yuuki looked at Isshiki Hui, who was eating fried rice with an intoxicated and extremely satisfied look on her face, and whispered to Ryoko beside her.
“Isshiki-senpai has always been hard to understand, right? We should just pretend we didn’t see it.”
Sakaki Ryoko also felt that Isshiki Hui was a little abnormal today. To be more precise, he started to become abnormal after entering the kitchen. However, a guy who usually walks around naked in an apron cannot be considered normal, so everyone quickly ignored him tacitly and started to concentrate on making their own dishes.
047. What is Dedication? [Fourth Update] (Old Version)
047. What is Dedication? [Fourth Update]When Bai Mu opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the bed.
Tanosuke Hui stood at the door with a nervous look on her face. When she saw him wake up, she immediately nervously took two bowls from the table and handed them to him with some worry.
“Bai Mujun, you finally woke up. This is the porridge we made this morning. It’s better for digestion. You can drink some first.”
“Thanks.”
Shiraki took the bowl handed over by Tanaka Hui, drank a few sips and felt his stomach feel better. He looked at the surrounding environment and frowned and asked, “Did you send me back? What happened to me before?”
Seeing Shiraki drink the porridge, Tanadore Hui felt relieved and replied, “It was Aoki-kun and Sato-kun who brought Shiraki back. You have been lying in bed for a day. Everyone is very worried. If Shiraki-kun doesn’t wake up, we will contact the health department.”
“I see…”
Bai Mu rubbed his temple in pain. If he remembered correctly, he should have eaten a bite of the egg fried rice he made yesterday, and then…
The nightmarish taste seemed to still linger on the tip of his tongue. Just thinking about it made Baimu feel his stomach churning. He couldn’t understand it no matter how hard he tried. He had prepared the dish so carefully, there should have been no mistakes in any step. But why was the final taste so indescribable?
Damn, is it really true that he has no talent for cooking?
As soon as this thought came up, a figure appeared at the door of Shiraki’s room. Tanaka Hui and Shiraki raised their heads at the same time and saw Isshiki Hui coming from outside. “Tanaka sister, I’m here to bring dinner. This is the vegetable pot specially made by Yuuki and the others. You should come and have something to eat. Eh? Shiraki, are you awake?”
“Thank you very much, Isshiki-senpai.” Tadokoro Megumi walked to the door of the room and took the tray from Isshiki’s hand. “Shiraki-kun just woke up. That’s great. I thought I had to contact the health department.”
“This is inevitable, after all, you made such a dish.” The smile on Isshiki Hui’s face remained unchanged, but his words made Tanomo Megumi look puzzled.
“That kind of… cooking?” Tansho Kei, who went upstairs with Daigo Aoki and others yesterday, did not see Isshiki Hui’s performance, and was a little confused about the cooking that Isshiki Hui was talking about.
“Ah, that was the most shocking dish I have ever eaten. I didn’t expect Shiraki could make the most ordinary fried rice to that level. It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s the ‘hand of God’. I think the physical strength and energy required to cook such a dish must be amazing.” After his epileptic performance yesterday, Isshiki Hui had been forcibly suppressed by all the members of Polaris Dormitory. He has now regained his sanity, but he still feels excited whenever he thinks of yesterday’s dish.
However, anyone who is a cook will be unable to control himself after tasting the ultimate deliciousness. It is simply the realm of God. I am just a mortal, but I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to come into contact with such food. What regrets do I have in this life?
“Hey, is this such a great dish? So, Shiraki-kun fainted because…”
“Ah, I think it’s because of the excessive consumption of physical energy.” Isshiki Hui hadn’t finished his words. He originally thought that after making that dish, Shiraki would have to lie in bed for at least three or five days before waking up, but he didn’t expect that he would wake up the next day. What kind of horrible physical strength is this? If it were him, leaving aside all other factors, just in terms of physical strength, he would probably not even be able to finish that dish, let alone save the physical strength to persevere to the end.
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
Of course, Tanomo Kei didn’t think as much as Isshiki Hui. When she heard that Shiraki fainted because of over-exertion from cooking, she felt that someone like herself was really not capable of that. Even someone as good as Shiraki was always practicing intensively to improve his cooking skills, and even fainted on the cooking table while trying to make a dish. What kind of persistence could allow one to do that? She was really far from it!
The two of them kept sighing to themselves but didn’t notice that Baimu on the bed was looking at them with an expression that said ‘what the hell are you two talking about’.
048. Exchange for cooking skills, top knife skills [1st update] (old version)
048. Exchange for cooking skills, top knife skills [1st update]A week had passed since the egg fried rice came out of the pot. During this week, Baimu had been in Polaris Dormitory, or to be more precise, in his own room, doing nothing.
It took a whole week for his sense of taste to slowly recover after he had the egg fried rice last time. During this week, no matter what he ate, it tasted bland, as if his sense of taste was paralyzed.
After this incident, Baimu has deeply realized that the food he cooks cannot be eaten casually. This carefully made food is a hundred times more horrible than his dark dishes. It feels like he almost saw the gate of hell. He wonders what those ordinary dark dishes he usually makes taste like. But no matter what the taste is, Baimu doesn’t dare to try it easily. This time he has been to the gates of hell.
So now when he has nothing to do, he goes to help other people in their vegetable gardens or breeding rooms, and this way time passes quickly.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed and the opening ceremony of Totsuki Academy is just around the corner.
Several people in Polaris Dormitory held a celebration party before the start of school, mainly to celebrate everyone’s successful promotion to high school, and also to welcome Baimu to join Polaris Dormitory again.
Shiraki also completed various side quests during this month, and his scattered points have added up to 6,000, all thanks to the high-end dishes at the Totsuki Resort. Although the prices are too high to be used as daily meals, it is really fun to use them to earn points.
After a few people gathered together for the celebration, it was already ten o’clock in the evening.
Baimu returned to his room, opened the system panel, and came to the system’s mall page.
After locking the mall on the skill column and selecting the subcategory of “Knife Skills” in the skill column, Baimu began to carefully browse the various skill introductions.
His current cooking skills can be described in one sentence as not yet reaching the level of a layman. Although being a chef requires mastering many skills, the most intuitive of these is undoubtedly knife skills.
Good knife skills can not only shorten the cooking time of dishes, but also give people a pleasing visual feeling.
The price of advanced knife skills in the system store is 4,000 points, and the price of top-level knife skills is 6,000 points. Based on the top-level knife skills, there are various knife skills. The price of each of these skills is more than 10,000 points when redeemed individually. If you have the foundation of top-level knife skills, one will only cost four to five thousand points.
There was no need to hesitate. Bai Mu directly exchanged for a top-level knife skill. As a result, his points were reset to zero again, but an additional character “top-level knife skill” was displayed in his skill column.
Although he spent all the points accumulated in this month, Baimu still felt it was worth it. At least you get what you pay for. After acquiring this skill, Baimu immediately wanted to find an opportunity to try out this top-notch knife skill. It was already past ten o’clock outside, and there should be no one in the kitchen. If he remembered correctly, there should be some vegetables left there, which would be more than enough for him to try out his skills.
Walking out of the room, Baimu walked downstairs with a flashlight and soon entered the kitchen. He felt the switch on the wall and turned on the light. Sure enough, he saw a few leftover cabbages from the night before on the kitchen table in front of him.
“What kind of skills are top-notch knife skills?”
Baimu took out a kitchen knife from under the counter, washed it briefly, and placed the cabbage on the chopping board.
Picking up the kitchen knife, the ‘Top Knife Skills’ in the skill column on the system panel flashed spontaneously. Bai Mu took a deep breath and suddenly felt like he had an inexhaustible power in his hands. When he opened his eyes and looked at the cabbage in front of him, he knew all the information about the roots, stems, and textures of the vegetable. His brain was unusually clear at this time, just like a high-precision computer. As long as he wanted, he could immediately find the best cutting position, without even a millimeter of error.
After observing the cabbage for about two seconds, Bai Mu resolutely raised the kitchen knife in his hand. The information about the cabbage that he had recorded just a moment ago flashed through his mind, and the kitchen knife in his hand moved to the cutting point with incredible precision.
The sound of a kitchen knife cutting cabbage rang out in the kitchen. The sound was very dense, crisp and pleasant, like a short and beautiful melody. The light of the kitchen knife and the kitchen light were intertwined, so fast that people could only see a residual image. After just three seconds, the whole cabbage had turned into a pile of filaments of exactly the same size and length. If someone saw what happened just now, they would be so surprised that they couldn’t close their mouths.
With a click, the pillow in the hand of Tansho Kei, who came to fetch water, fell to the ground. Her originally hazy consciousness was now completely clear. Watching Shiraki cut the whole cabbage within three seconds, Tansho Kei had only one thought in her mind.
So, Shiraki-kun’s swordsmanship is so good?
After staring blankly at Shiraki’s back for a while, Tanaka Hui suddenly realized that her focus seemed to be a little wrong. It was already past ten o’clock, and she didn’t expect that Shiraki had not gone back to bed at this time. Instead, he was practicing his knife skills alone in the kitchen. This spirit of hard work in cooking shocked Tanaka Hui. Compared with him, she was really far behind!
049. Night Talk [Second Update] (Old Version)
049. Night Talk [Second Update]“Shiraki-kun, aren’t you going to sleep yet?”
When Tanomo Kei walked into the kitchen, she saw Shiraki looking at a potato in front of him with great interest, as if he was going to use this potato to try out his knife skills again.
“Hmm? Xiaohui, you are here too.”
Hearing the voice coming from beside him, Shiraki turned around and saw Kei Tadokoro in pajamas standing next to the refrigerator looking at him.
“Yeah, yes, yes, I’ve been outside since Shiraki-kun came in just now. I didn’t expect that Shiraki-kun is still practicing so late, even though he’s already so strong.” Tanaka Hui looked at Shiraki a little embarrassedly, “Everyone in Polar Star Dormitory is also working hard to improve their strength, I have to work hard to catch up with everyone’s pace.”
“You don’t have to put so much pressure on yourself.” Bai Mu suddenly reached out and patted Tansho Kei on the head. Whatever this girl was thinking showed on her face. It was so easy to understand.
Even though Tansho Kei’s grades in all subjects are currently very low and she can be said to be the last in Totsuki Academy, her potential should not be underestimated. She is the tenth seat in the next Top Ten and she cannot keep this position without some strength.
“Ah…thank you, thank you…”
Suddenly, Shiraki patted her. Tansho Kei didn’t react at first. When she finally reacted, her face turned red and she stammered and said thank you to Shiraki.
“Are you thinking now that even if I tell you this, you will still feel nervous when you think about school starting tomorrow?” Bai Mu suddenly asked.
“Eh? How do you know…ah, no, I mean…”
Tansho Kei looked at Shiraki in disbelief, and after seeing the other’s serious eyes, her face blushed even more. She quickly lowered her head and stammered in a low voice.
“S-Sorry, actually, I was very nervous when I thought about the classes starting tomorrow, and I couldn’t sleep at all. Um, Shiraki-kun, you’re a transfer student, so you may not know that my grades have never been very good. During the practical training, I was always clumsy and caused trouble for everyone. And my classmates…”
“Okay, you’re being too self-deprecating.” Before Tadokoro Megumi was about to tell her all about her family background, Shiraki put his hand on her head and interrupted her. He could see that Tadokoro Megumi was really nervous. She might even have to go to tomorrow’s opening ceremony with dark circles under her eyes. If this continued, she might just get a passing grade in tomorrow’s course.
“Since you can’t sleep, do you want to eat something else?”
Looking at Tadokoro Megumi who was lowering her head and seemed to be in a state of self-confusion in front of her, Shiraki suddenly spoke.
“Huh?” Tanaka Megumi immediately raised her head in confusion. The celebration had just ended, and Yuuki, Aoki Daigo and the others were all full of food, but Tanaka Megumi was too nervous and didn’t eat much. When she heard Shiraki’s words and thought of the food Shiraki showed her a month ago, Tanaka Megumi swallowed her saliva somewhat unwillingly.
“C-Can I?”
“Of course, just wait here for a moment, it will be ready soon.”
After saying this, Baimu walked to the cooking table, found the leftover rice from tonight’s meal in the rice cooker, poured it into the pot, and then added a little water.
It’s not so much that Baimu cooked out of concern for his roommate, but rather that he was just eager to try out his newly acquired knife skills. After turning on the fire, Baimu tossed an unpeeled potato into the air, and his right hand holding the kitchen knife made rapid movements in the air. After a flash of swords and sabers, a peeled potato fell into his hand and he caught it steadily.
Tansho Kei stared blankly at Shiraki who was concentrating on cooking. For a moment, even she herself did not notice that she had become engrossed. It is said that a man who concentrates on his work is the most handsome, not to mention that Shiraki was cooking for her at this time.
At the beginning, Tansho Kei was attracted by Shiraki’s exquisite knife skills, and she sighed in her heart that he was worthy of being Shiraki-kun, and his control over ingredients had reached the level of perfection. But later, her attention was gradually attracted by Shiraki’s busy figure, and she could no longer see the minor ingredients. Her whole attention was focused on Shiraki’s focused face.
Plop, plop——
It was the first time for Tansho Kei to share a room with a boy at this time of night. The Polaris Dormitory was so quiet at night that even the crows’ calls could not be heard clearly. It was in such a quiet environment that Tansho Kei could feel that she was extremely nervous and could even hear every heartbeat clearly.
Because of this, she completely missed Bai Mu’s ‘wonderful’ cooking process.
050. Rice with Vegetables and Mixed Sauces [Three Updates] (Old Version)
050. Rice with Vegetables and Mixed Sauces [Three more]“Okay, here’s the special vegetable rice, please enjoy.”
Just when Tanomo Kei was standing there in a daze, Shiraki had already placed a bowl of something that looked particularly exquisite in front of her.
Vegetable Rice with Mixed Sauce (?)
Overall rating: J-
Comment: The rice soaked in soup is mixed with blueberry jam, strawberry jam, peanut butter, squid sauce, mushroom sauce, ketchup, salad dressing, Thousand Island dressing and other sauces. The seasoning ratio is seriously unbalanced and there is a risk of vomiting.
The squid sauce was added because Baimu suddenly discovered that there was such a sauce, so he poured a little into the pot out of curiosity. As for the mushroom sauce, it is more like a side dish used to go with rice than a sauce. It is surprisingly delicious when eaten with rice. There are also some mushroom granules in it. This pot of jam and vegetable rice can be said to be a collection of various sauces. I don’t know what the flavor will be when so many sauces are combined. Anyway, Baimu himself doesn’t dare to eat it.
Megumi Tadokoro came back to her senses and looked at the food that seemed to be sparkling in front of her, with a look of amazement in her eyes.
The beautifully cut vegetable shreds were neatly arranged on top like the toppings for Japanese ramen. The soup smelled very light, but there seemed to be a hint of rich flavor lurking beneath this lightness. It was impossible to tell what Shiraki had put in there just by the smell.
“I, I’m starting!”
Megumi Tadokoro picked up a spoon from the cooking table next to her and took a bite of the food with great anticipation.
Then in the next second, she felt herself caught in a delicious whirlpool!
It looked like a very light soup, but when it entered her mouth, the strong taste hidden under the light appearance suddenly burst out, just like a torrential rain suddenly fell in the trickling forest, the delicious taste that rushed straight to her head almost swallowed her whole!
“Mmmmm… this sweet taste is…”
Tansho Kei closed her eyes, savoring the sweet smell that flashed through her mouth. She seemed to have tasted that taste before, but now she couldn’t remember it at all. It was like the colorful wild flowers blooming on the roadside in the rainy forest, slowly blooming under the watering of the rain. It was simply a hundred flowers blooming in the taste buds!
In a trance, she seemed to be standing in a mountain forest in a rainstorm. Tansho Kei looked around at a loss, and at this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared above her head, and a huge lotus leaf covered her. She opened her eyes slightly, and it turned out that the person who held up the lotus leaf for her was Shiraki.
In the rainstorm, the man showed her a gentle smile, like the gurgling of water in a mountain stream, making the surrounding rain no longer fierce. The mountain scenery and the human scenery formed a gradually harmonious picture, just like… the delicious taste gradually blended on the tip of the tongue, no matter whether it was a light taste or a strong taste, it was cleverly blended together with that unknown sweet breath, just like a picture of a mountain stream in the rain, making people feel endless charm.
Suddenly realizing that she was lost in thought about a boy, Tanado Hui suddenly woke up and her face turned red when she saw Shiraki standing in front of her.
——Two people holding up a lotus leaf together in the rain, how could I have such shameless thoughts?
“Hmm? What’s wrong? Is it not tasty?”
Shiraki looked at Tanosuke Megumi with some surprise because of her sudden strong reaction.
“No, no, Shiraki-kun’s cooking is delicious! It’s true! This is the first time I’ve eaten such food since I was a child. I can feel the imagery that Shiraki-kun has integrated into the cooking. It’s very beautiful, but, but…” At the end, Tanomo Megumi remembered the fantasy she had just had in her mind, and because the food was so delicious, she accidentally indulged in it.
“Just what?”
“It’s just… is someone like me really worthy of tasting such delicious food?” Tansho Kei looked at the food in front of her. When she thought that such a perfect dish was made by Shiraki specially for her, her heart was filled with fear. Am I… really worthy of receiving this care?
After all, she was just a last-place student who always passed the exam but might be expelled at any time.
Even the lecturers at Totsuki Academy wouldn’t be able to serve a dish as perfect as the one before them.
And now, this dish was quietly placed in front of her. Just by looking at the faint heat emitting from it, she could imagine the pleasant and quiet appearance of the mountain forest in the rainstorm. She had only seen such delicacy in the theoretical course tutorials of junior high school. It was said that this kind of dish could trigger people’s sensory taste, or synesthesia. Such dishes were all top-notch and could only be made by chefs who were truly at the top of the food pyramid.
Has Shiraki-kun already… reached this level?
“What are you thinking about again?” Bai Mu sighed and rubbed her head with his hand.
“I’m not sure how your grades are in junior high school, but given your personality, you should be very nervous when it comes to classes or exams, and you won’t be able to show your true strength at all. I’m a pretty good judge of people, and your potential is definitely beyond your imagination. The upcoming high school life will be the first touchstone of your life. As long as you can persevere, you will even have a place in the future top ten. Do you understand? So don’t let your imagination run wild now, eat quickly and go back to sleep, and cheer up to attend the opening ceremony tomorrow.”
After saying a lot of words, Shiraki left the kitchen directly while seeing the dazed expression on Tanadore Megumi’s face.
Tansho Kei was dazed as she thought about what Shiraki had just said. What did “I have a pretty good eye for people” mean? Did this mean that Shiraki-kun actually thought highly of her?
Tansho Kei, who didn’t grasp the main point at all, simply ignored the following sentence ‘You will also have a place in the future top ten’. If she had heard such words at ordinary times, she would probably squat on the ground in fear, but at this time, her mind was full of Bai Mu’s words ‘I have a good eye for people’, and she wondered in her heart whether Bai Mu also had a little affection for her…
051. Opening Ceremony [Fourth Update] (Old Version)
051. Opening Ceremony [Fourth Update]The next morning, after Baimu and the people from Polaris Dormitory finished their breakfast prepared by Mrs. Wenxu in the cafeteria, they went to the teaching area together.
A month’s vacation is over, and today is the official opening day of Totsuki Academy.
For Shiraki, this was the first time he saw all the students in the same grade as him in this school. For Tadokoro Megumi and the others, today was the day they successfully moved from junior high school to high school. The admission rate of Totsuki Academy was very touching. However, because the student base was relatively large, the total number of people present was about a thousand. Among them, the only transfer students were Shiraki and the latecomer Soma Yukihira.
The school uniforms of Totsuki Academy are not like those sold in bulk at other schools. Everyone’s school uniforms and chef uniforms need to be custom-made. However, the clothing department only opens after the start of the school year, so naturally Shiraki and Yukihira Soma’s school uniforms are not ready yet… Although Yukihira Soma, in the original work, still wore his unique clothes until the second year, I don’t know if he didn’t take it to heart or didn’t know that school uniforms had to be custom-made.
All in all, the two people who were not wearing school uniforms were very conspicuous in the crowd at a glance. And because there were only these two people who successfully entered Totsuki this year, the selection of transfer student representatives in previous years was directly cancelled. The school decided to let both of them go up and give a speech to stimulate the competitive spirit of these students who were promoted from junior high school. However, Shiraki estimated that Soma Yukihira, a guy with a thick nerve, would not take this matter to heart, and might still be kept in the dark.
“Everyone, congratulations on your promotion to the high school department.”
The head coach of Totsuki Academy, Nakiri Senzaemon, was standing on the stage at this time. He glanced at the students standing upright below, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
“During the three years of junior high school, you have gained an in-depth understanding of the basic cooking techniques and the handling of ingredients. You have also gone through a variety of practical exercises, including nutrition, cooking theory, public health, business management, and cultivation overview… Everyone present has passed the test perfectly, so you are qualified to stand here.”
Nakiri Senzaemon briefly summarized the junior high school courses. These things are the basis of cooking and the cornerstone for a chef to evolve in his own field. Although these things can even be broken in the hands of truly top chefs, there is no doubt that these are the basic skills of a chef. These things are indispensable when these students have not yet become truly strong.
Having said that, Nakiri Senzaemon changed the subject.
“However, the test you will face in the future is not these skills and knowledge, but the courage to survive as a chef!”
Nakiri Senzaemon stretched out his hand and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice amid the puzzled gazes of the students below the stage.
“99% of you are just discarding the jade for the 1% of jade!”
As soon as Nakiri Senzaemon finished speaking, the entire student queue fell silent. Although everyone was aware of the strictness of Totsuki Academy, the fact that Nakiri Senzaemon said it so bluntly still made everyone feel nervous, especially those who were not very confident in their cooking.
Nakiri Senzaemon continued, “Last year, out of the 812 students who entered the first year of high school, only 79 made it to the second year. The incompetent and the mediocre will be discarded without hesitation! Of the nearly 1,000 first-year students, there are less than a hundred left when they are promoted to the second year, and the number of those who can graduate successfully can be counted on one hand, and you here may become one of these few people. This is the elite among the elite!”
“So, study hard!”
After finishing his speech, Nakiri Senzaemon turned around and left the stage without hesitation. His confidence in this class was very strong. After all, there were several children among them whom he had personally invited, including Soma Yukihira who was coming with Yukihira Joichiro. This class of students was called the “Jade Era” by Nakiri Senzaemon, and these students would be the greatest masterpieces since the founding of Totsuki Academy.
As the commander-in-chief of Totsuki Academy, Nakiri Senzaemon’s majesty is almost unmatched. After he finished speaking, the students below either showed expressions of fighting spirit or despair. Shiraki and several people from Polar Star Dormitory stood together. At this time, Tanomo Megumi next to him was frightened. She was trembling while writing the word “person” on her hand and kept muttering to herself.
“The admission rate is less than 1%… It doesn’t matter… Even if it’s me, I will definitely be able to do it if I work hard… wuwu…”
“Speaking of which, Shiraki, it’s almost the transfer student’s turn to speak next.” Sakaki Ryoko whispered to Shiraki beside her while comforting the frightened Tadokoro.
“Yeah, I’ll be leaving now. See you later.”
052. Panic Erina【1st update】(Old version)
052. Panic Erina [Update 1]“Finally, let me introduce two transfer students from the high school…”
The student presiding over the opening ceremony called out Soma Yukihira’s name according to the above procedure, and then a man in casual clothes with a nonchalant expression walked up from below. Who else could it be but Soma Yukihira?
Shiraki also saw Soma Yukihira going on stage. If nothing unexpected happened, he would start to attract a lot of hatred. Shiraki shook his head. If it were him, he would not do such a troublesome thing. He was bullied and criticized by the students around him all day long. Even chatting up female students would naturally reduce his favorability. He must be crazy to do this. Soma Yukihira’s emotional intelligence is completely inversely proportional to his cooking skills.
As a result, just when he was thinking this, a system prompt sounded.
[Ding Dong, triggered mission: High-profile debut, mission description: As a man destined to reign over Far Moon, how can your first appearance be shabby? Let everyone remember you. The higher the mission completion, the richer the reward! Mission reward: 200-2000 points, random draw x1-10 times (depending on the completion of the mission), failure penalty: none. ]Bai Mu: “…”
Damn, I just said that I won’t be as high-profile as Yukihira Soma, but I got a task like this. Can’t this slap in the face come so quickly? Now I can’t even keep a low profile. As for giving up this task because I don’t want to be high-profile… That’s impossible. Let alone a high-profile appearance, as long as I can quickly improve my strength, even if I point at all the students below and call them losers, I can do it without changing my face. Even Yukihira Soma can still thrive in Totsuki Academy after provoking all the students, let alone me?
As he walked backstage, Shiraki saw Erina sitting on a chair.
Erina also saw him at the same time, and immediately, she looked away, not knowing what she was thinking of.
“Why are you here?” Hisako immediately stood out from behind and stood between Erina and Shiraki, but her expression did not seem as alert as the last time they met. For some reason, when Shiraki took a step forward, Hisako subconsciously stepped back.
“You, you still want to go up and speak?”
Erina, who was behind Hisako, took a deep breath, stood up and spoke to Shiraki. As for Soma Yukihira on the stage, she had basically ignored him. Because she had eaten Shiraki’s cooking during the transfer student exam last time, she ran out of the classroom out of shame, so Erina had never eaten Soma Yukihira’s cooking. So now she had basically no impression of Soma Yukihira, and thought he was someone who passed the assessment from other examiners.
However, seeing her awkward and arrogant look, Bai Mu suddenly said casually, “That’s right, if I ask Miss Nakiri Erina to be my girlfriend in front of all the students, what will the students’ reaction be?”
“W-what?!”
Not only Erina, but even Hisako beside her screamed in fright after hearing these words. The two of them looked as if their faces were steamed in an instant, especially Erina, who pointed in front of Shiraki with her trembling fingers, completely unable to maintain the image of a young lady that she always showed in front of others.
“Don’t do anything rash, I will never agree to it!”
Erina’s face was full of confusion. For the first time, she felt that she couldn’t even speak clearly. Because things happened a little suddenly, her heart subconsciously began to struggle. If Shiraki really said that kind of words when he went on stage, should she agree… or agree?
…Or do you agree?!
——Why is there only this one answer? By the way, what is the other answer? !
Erina was completely confused and couldn’t even think of a negative answer. There were only two words in her mind. She hid behind Hisako and lowered her head to hide her inner panic.
“Yeah, that’s right.” Seeing Erina and Hisako’s reactions, Shiraki thought it would be better not to tease them. He greeted the two of them and continued walking towards the stage.
However, Erina and Hisako, who were already immersed in their own world, did not notice that Shiraki had left. The two were still standing there struggling with the answer in their minds.
053. Each one is more arrogant than the other! [Second update] (Old version)
053. Each one is more arrogant than the other! [Update 2]Soma Yukihira walked up to the stage with a nonchalant look and took the microphone. From his expression, it was clear that he was notified at the last minute to speak and had no prior preparation.
“Um… my name is Yukihira Soma.” Yukihira Soma thought for a moment and didn’t know what to say. So he looked at the group of students lined up neatly below and continued casually, “To be honest, I didn’t expect to come to this academy.”
As soon as he said this, all the students looked at him. Totsuki Gakuen was a famous culinary academy well-known throughout Japan. Many students had tried their best to get in, but this transfer student who looked a bit unsophisticated actually looked at him with such disgust?
Soma Yukihira on the stage hadn’t realized that his first words had already made the students below a little unhappy, and continued to talk to himself, “But I don’t think I will lose to you guys who have never really faced guests. Since you have come to this academy, you can become my stepping stones.”
“Huh?” The students below looked at Soma Yukihira as if he were an idiot, wondering where he got the courage to say that.
“Well, in short… I’m going to take first place.” Yukihira Soma casually summarized again, “Please take care of me for another three years.”
After saying this, Soma Yukihira turned around and left without looking back, leaving behind a group of students who were excited by his words.
“You bastard, who are you calling a stepping stone?”
“Be careful or I’ll kill you, transfer student!”
The entire venue immediately became a commotion. Soma Yukihira’s map cannon was not bad at all. It successfully aroused the anger of almost all the students below. They clamored to kill Soma Yukihira. These young masters and young ladies who had lived in a privileged environment since childhood had never heard of such a loud map cannon. At this moment, they all wanted to find Yukihira for a food battle immediately.
The student who was hosting the class was also very nervous when he saw Soma Yukihira leaving, but he also knew that there were two transfer student representatives this year, so he held up the microphone and continued, “Then please invite the next transfer student representative to come up and introduce himself.”
“Lady Erina! He really got on stage!”
At this time, Hisako, who was in the audience, stood in front of Erina with a nervous look on her face. If Erina hadn’t held her back, she would have rushed up and pulled Shiraki down.
“I, I, I know! Feishazi, calm down first!”
Erina pulled Hisako, who was obviously a little bit unconscious, and for some reason she was still a little nervous.
“It’s you who should wake up, Lady Erina. You need to stop him immediately!”
Hisako looked at Shiraki on the stage with despair as he smoothly took the microphone. If this guy really made that kind of request in public, it would undoubtedly cause an uproar in the whole school, and then Erina-sama’s reputation would be affected.
“I, I know, but…”
Erina’s face was steaming as she looked at Shiraki who was about to start speaking on the stage. She didn’t know what she was thinking about, but she felt her head was becoming more and more confused, to the point where smoke was about to come out.
“Ahem, for what happened just now…”
Shiraki had just said two words when Erina, who was boiling water below, suddenly went limp. Amid Hisako’s screams, Erina fell down with steam still coming out of her face.
“Erina-sama! Erina-sama! Are you okay?!”
Before Shiraki could finish his words, Erina fainted first. Scared, Hisako quickly carried Erina to the health room and didn’t have the energy to pay attention to what Shiraki said.
Turning the focus back to Baimu, after taking the microphone handed over by the host, Baimu cleared his throat and began to prepare his Italian cannon.
“Ahem, regarding what Yukihira Soma just said, I personally completely deny it.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the students who were originally excited and clamoring to kill Soma Yukihira suddenly quieted down. They all wanted to see what this second transfer student would say.
Then I heard Bai Mu’s next words.
“Let the following people become stepping stones? Please forgive me for not agreeing with this statement. Let me ask everyone here, are you qualified to be a stepping stone?”
“ha?”
The first half of the sentence sounded relatively normal, but everyone could hear the strong malice revealed in Bai Mu’s second half. Because of this, no one reacted immediately and just listened blankly as Bai Mu continued to speak.
“A so-called stepping stone is a stone for people to step on when they walk. In other words, to be called a stepping stone, it must at least have the value of being stepped on. But everyone here… Excuse me, you are just stones used to make up the numbers at best. Maybe when you were in junior high school, you were able to achieve good grades with some theories and simple practice. Even in high school, there is a 1% admission rate. But I think that what General Nakiri Senzaemon said is too flattering for you. Based on what everyone here said, I think the admission rate is probably only about 0.08%.”
In order to get a higher level of evaluation, Bai Mu went all out, and never stopped making sarcastic remarks. In the end, he said something that shocked everyone.
“In short, from today on, your good days are over. I will become an existence above everyone else, and I won’t let you wait too long.”
As expected, after Shiraki finished his speech, the students below went wild again. This new transfer student was a hundred times more arrogant than Soma Yukihira just now. After hearing his series of descriptions, they thought they were the cabbages left over in the vegetable market. This was simply intolerable!
“You bastard transfer student! If you have the guts, don’t leave!”
“Just wait for my food battle!”
“I’m going to kill you!”
Listening to the angry shouts of the students around him, Tansho Kei trembled and looked around like a little white rabbit, “Um… Shiraki-kun should be… okay, right?”
“Haha, that’s a very bold statement. I didn’t expect Shiraki to have this kind of personality.”
In comparison, second-year student Isshiki Hui seemed much calmer. After tasting the egg fried rice that led to heaven, he understood that Shiraki’s words just now were not arrogant. In other words, he was even a little too humble.
As a first-year student, they are definitely not qualified to be Shiraki’s ‘stepping stone’.
Anyone who has seen Shiraki’s cuisine knows this very well.
He is definitely not kidding!
054. Random Draw [Three Updates] (Old Version)
054. Random Draw [Three Updates][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for completing the mission ‘High-profile Debut’, mission rating: A-level, reward 2000 points, random draw X10.]After firing the Italian cannon, Bai Mu quickly left the stage, found an empty spot under the shade of a tree and began to check his “trophies”.
2000 points, this is almost the highest rewarding task he has ever done. As expected, after entering the plot, the task rewards are much more generous, completely different from the previous tasks that were always 200 points.
The second is the random draw, which is a lottery roulette that combines the prizes of the primary draw, ultimate draw, advanced draw, and god-level draw. However, precisely because it contains many things that far exceed their value, there are also some disappointing prizes such as [Thank you for your patronage] and [Come again]. In short, this lottery is a matter of life and death, and everything depends on luck.
Bai Mu has always been very confident in his luck, and immediately said in his heart, “System, let’s do 5 random draws first!”
[Ding Dong, the random draw is starting…][The random draw has been successfully started, and the five consecutive draws are about to begin. 】
[Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for winning ‘One More Time’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for winning ‘Thank you for your patronage’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining ‘B-level cooking card: pork chop rice’ x1. ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining ‘SS-level cooking experience card: Hundred Flowers’ x1. ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining ‘Dionysus Dragon’ X1. ]【Five consecutive draws are over.】
The items drawn this time were pretty good. Bai Mu immediately clicked on the item introduction, starting with the B-level cooking card.
[B-level cooking card: Pork chop rice bowl: After using this card, the host’s cooking level will be ignored and B-level pork chop rice bowl can be made. ][SS-level cooking experience card: Dazzling Hundred Flowers: Create the effect of ‘Dazzling Hundred Flowers’ through the perfect control of the kitchen knife, accurately handle the food, and cook the designated food regardless of the host’s cooking level. This item disappears after being used once.]【Dionysus: From the world of food captives, capture level: 37, habitat: Dionysus Island, price: 100g meat/180,000 yen. Introduction: The dragon that dominates the island of Dionysus Island, which is praised as the “paradise of wine”. Director Mansam, who is obsessed with alcohol, chose it as the “main course” in the full menu. Its meat is famous for its mellow taste of the highest grade brandy. In addition, since the meat of the Dionysus contains alcohol, it must be eaten by people over 20 years old. It is indeed an ingredient that echoes the “taste of adults” that children cannot understand. Cooking it in the way of grilling can not only make the alcohol in the meat fully emit its mellow aroma, but also keep the original flavor of the meat. 】.
The three things drawn this time are all very good, especially the Dionysus Dragon, which is actually a whole Dionysus Dragon that has been processed by the system. As for the SS-level cooking experience card, Baimu looked through the mall. Although he found it, the purchase item behind it was gray. The explanation given by the system was that this skill did not belong to this world, and the power system could no longer evolve normally in this world, so it could not be exchanged in the current world. This made Baimu a little curious. He didn’t know which world this SS-level cooking skill was from, but he would be able to see the power of this card with his own eyes soon anyway. If it was just a one-time experience card, he could also exchange it for 5,000 points in the system mall.
Overall, the things drawn this time were a great harvest. Baimu left the shade of the tree with satisfaction and walked towards the teaching area where the class would begin soon.
He was assigned to the same classroom as Soma Yukihira. Both of them were transfer students, so it was normal for them to be assigned together. As soon as he entered the classroom, Shiraki felt that several unfriendly eyes were staring at him. Looking up, he saw that most of those who had obviously unhappy expressions were boys. Megumi Tadokoro was squatting at the back and shivering in such an atmosphere, while Soma Yukihira walked up to him and greeted him with a calm face.
“Oh, you are Shiraki, right? We met during the transfer student exam. Your speech just now was really brilliant. Although you were a complete mess during the transfer student exam, but since you can cook something like that, maybe your interests match mine, hahaha.”
What Soma Yukihira was referring to was of course his dark cuisine. In his opinion, Shiraki’s ability should not be underestimated as he could make cuisine with that kind of fragrance. The cooking method he used, which seemed like a joke, was probably just his personal interest, which was similar to his dark cuisine. If there was a chance, Soma Yukihira really wanted to find Shiraki to discuss how he used such an exaggerated method to ensure that the nutrients of the ingredients were not lost. Just thinking about showing off his skills in front of others in the future, and then having people rave about the taste of the cuisine, it sounds very cool.
“Look, those two transfer students…”
As Yukihira Soma enthusiastically ran up to ask Shiraki for cooking techniques, the students behind him started pointing at the two of them. All of them had expressions that looked like they wanted to eat them alive, especially Shiraki. If the class wasn’t about to start, these people would probably rush up impatiently to teach them what “humility is a virtue” meant.
055. Roland Chapelle [Fourth update] (Old version)
055. Roland Chapelle [Fourth Update]The main teacher of this class is Roland Chapelle, the director of the French cuisine department of Totsuki Academy. He is recognized as the most strict instructor in Totsuki Academy and is called the “chef who never smiles” by everyone.
Before Mr. Chapelle arrived in the classroom, everyone was told that this class needed to be completed in teams of two, and the specific list would be decided by drawing lots.
Looking at the classroom full of unfamiliar faces, Tansho Kei prayed in the back that she could be assigned to the same group with Shiraki, because she had been given an ultimatum not long ago that if she got another E, she would be expelled. As for the other students, it could be said that 80% of the people present hoped that Shiraki and Yukihira would be assigned to the same group, so that these two arrogant transfer students could be expelled from Totsuki at the same time. Many people were ready to give the two transfer students a beating when the class started.
A few people even looked at each other and smiled maliciously at the figures of Shiraki and Yukihira.
Soon, the group drawing was completed. When Tansho Kei looked at Shiraki who was assigned to the same group as her, she almost cried with joy.
“That’s great. I’m in the same group with Shiraki-kun. I will definitely try my best not to fall behind!”
Tansho Kei tightly grasped Shiraki’s arm and wiped the tears that seeped out of the corners of her eyes because of nervousness. The moment the grouping results came out, she was so nervous that she almost fainted. She didn’t expect that she would be in the same group with Shiraki. Her luck was so good. This way, she would not be expelled!
However, she can’t rely on Bai Mujun for everything, she also has to try her best to help!
Tanomo Kei secretly made up her mind.
“Oh? It’s Xiaohui, please give me your advice.” Baimu gave Tanomo Hui a faint smile.
Soma Yukihira formed a team with a fat guy who Shiraki had no impression of. Judging from the other party’s timid look, it was probably Soma Yukihira who was in charge. It was a good thing that the boy was lucky that he didn’t form a team with those students who wanted to eat him alive at first sight, otherwise there would be enough conflicts within the group during the class.
After the grouping was over, the atmosphere in the classroom returned to normal. A group of ferocious guys stared at Soma Yukihira and Shiraki’s cooking counter, as if they were eager to rush up and duel with them.
However, this situation did not last long. Soon, a middle-aged lecturer with a serious face pushed open the classroom door. The moment he came in, there was suddenly no sound in the classroom. The person who came was Roland Chapelle. After walking up to the podium, Chapelle glanced at the students below, and the muscles on his face showed no sign of relaxing.
“Good morning, young apprentices.”
Because today was the first class of the high school, after looking around, Lecturer Chapelle said some encouraging words.
“The moment you step into the kitchen, you will be responsible for making delicious dishes. This has nothing to do with experience or position. Any dish that cannot get an A rating in my class will be rated an E… You must remember this!”
To Shiraki, this sentence sounded mostly encouraging, but to other students it was not the case. It meant that if they failed to get an A grade, they would face the risk of being expelled. In a class last year, Lecturer Chapelle gave 50 people in a class an E grade, and his dropout rate was once the highest among all the lecturers in Totsuki Academy. The words of such a person were very intimidating. The students who had been clamoring to show Soma Yukihira and Shiraki a lesson were now sweating on their backs.
“Today’s menu is beef stew in Burgundy red wine, which can be called a classic French dish. I will write the recipe on the whiteboard. You will be given two hours. The finished group will hand it in for scoring. The timer starts!”
As soon as Instructor Chapelle finished speaking, almost everyone took action immediately. Most of them were already familiar with the recipe of beef stew in Burgundy red wine. After all, it was a classic French dish, so they started to prepare the ingredients immediately.
Only Soma Yukihira’s group was still leisurely working. The fat boy with him was about to cry. I didn’t expect Soma Yukihira to be still pinching his chin and thinking about what beef stew with Burgundy red wine was, and he was still looking at the recipe slowly in front of him. Why did he look like he was going to fail? !
Tanosuke Hui trotted over to get various ingredients and food containers from the back. Although she was still nervous, she was much better than last night. With Shiraki in the same group, Tanosuke Hui felt a lot more at ease. However, she didn’t expect that she was tripped by a student next to her while running back with the ingredients. Tanosuke Hui subconsciously hugged the ingredients in her hands, and her whole body fell straight forward. Just as she closed her eyes to prepare for the coming pain, she suddenly felt something soft on her. When she opened her eyes again, she found that Shiraki had caught her at some point, and now she was holding the ingredients and bumping into his arms.
Tanaka Hui’s face turned red, but before she could say anything, Bai Mu had already helped her up and looked expressionlessly at the student who tripped Tanaka Hui.
“Huh? I’m so sorry. I wasn’t careful and almost made you fall. It would have been terrible if the food was ruined. Hahaha, it was a close call.”
The short-haired boy who was seen by Shiraki had an insincere smile on his face. He said words of apology, but his expression was as he looked at the frightened Tanomo Kei with an unscrupulous smile.
“But we have to start cooking. If it’s nothing important, can you please go away first? If you interfere with our cooking, I will kill you, okay?”
The boy with a flat head came up to Baimu and gestured with the kitchen knife in his hand.
“Haha, that’s interesting. I hope you can laugh so happily again later.”
In response to the threat from the other party, Bai Mu suddenly smiled. He was not the kind of man who would take revenge even after ten years. Normally, if he had a grudge, he would take it on the spot. He originally wanted to just pass the course, but since there was such a blind guy provoking him, wouldn’t he be treated as a soft persimmon if he didn’t fight back a little?
“Um, Shiraki-kun… I’m sorry, it’s my fault. It’s all my fault for being clumsy…”
Looking at the two people’s tit-for-tat attitude, Tansho Kei tried to mediate with trembling hands, but before she could finish her words, she was pulled away by Shiraki.
“Xiao Hui, let’s go, get the ingredients, and let’s get started.”
“Oh…oh, oh, okay!”
Megumi Tadokoro was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and returned to the cooking table where her team was with the ingredients.
056. Cooking skills that do not belong to this world [Update 1] (Old version)
056. Cooking skills that do not belong to this world [Update 1]“Um… Shiraki-kun, let’s start preparing the ingredients first…”
Tanosuke Kei returned to the cooking table in a restless mood. Thinking about the threats from the two students just now, she felt that her future college life was dark. She didn’t expect to encounter such a thing at the beginning of the school year. Fortunately, her partner was Shiraki-kun, so this level of problem should be no problem.
“Ah, it’s time to start processing the ingredients.”
Shiraki looked around and took a quick look at the situation of students in other groups. Soma Yukihira had finished reading the recipe and started to process the beef. Other students whose names he could not remember were also busy preparing the ingredients. However, when these students found that Shiraki was looking at them, almost all of them glared back at him with displeasure. These unfriendly gazes naturally scared Tadokoro Megumi and made her back shiver, but for the sake of the cooking rating, she forced herself to ignore these gazes and began to concentrate on preparing the ingredients.
It seems that no one in the classroom is very friendly to them.
Shiraki felt that Tanomo Megumi was shot while lying down. These students were obviously targeting her, but in the end she was the one who was frightened. However… the fact that they could use cold violence against such an innocent girl indirectly shows that these guys are not worthy of sympathy at all.
“Well, first concentrate on cutting the beef into 5 cm square pieces, then…”
Megumi Tadokoro was cutting the beef with great concentration as if she was facing a formidable enemy. Although the unfriendly glances from all around made her feel that every time she cut was very difficult, when she thought of Shiraki being by her side, she still wanted to complete each step carefully and not hold her partner back.
About five minutes later, Megumi Tadokoro had finished processing all the ingredients.
“Bai, Shiraki-kun, the next step is to put the beef in the pan and fry it.”
“OK.” Shiraki made a gesture of understanding to her and looked at the progress of other groups. The fast ones had already put the beef into the pot, while the slow ones were still cutting onions. The confident smile on Shiraki’s face made Tanado Hui feel a little relieved, and she said from the bottom of her heart.
“As expected of Shiraki-kun, you are not nervous at all in this atmosphere. If this is Shiraki-kun’s cooking, it will surely get an A grade easily, right?”
“Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?” Hearing what Tanomo Megumi said, Shiraki looked at her strangely.
“Huh?” Tansho Kei was still a little unresponsive.
“No one in this classroom today can get an A grade except the two of us.”
After saying this, he ignored Tanomo Hui’s astonished expression, took the kitchen knife from her hand, and slammed it hard on the chopping board!
Boom!
The sound of the kitchen knife hitting the chopping board echoed throughout the classroom. At that moment, everyone, including Teacher Chapelle, looked up in great surprise. It was not because of anything else, but because Bai Mu’s move not only stuck his own kitchen knife into the chopping board, but also caused the kitchen knives of everyone in the classroom to fly into the air.
[SS-level cooking card: Dazzling Hundred Flowers, activated! Successfully designated dish: Beef stew in Burgundy red wine. ]Swish, swish, swish!
The kitchen knives that were shaken and flew into the air by the white wood were flashing with silvery-white light. The kitchen knives in the entire classroom were so dazzling that they were like silver flowers of steel. They broke away from the control of their owners and started spinning wildly in the air!
With refined movements, Shiraki took a bowl of cut beef from in front of Tanosuke Megumi. With a flick of his right wrist, a new kitchen knife came from the cooking table into his hand. Then, without any warning, Shiraki threw the beef chunks in the bowl upwards. Suddenly, a dozen pieces of beef formed parabolas in the air. Just when Tanosuke Megumi exclaimed, thinking that Shiraki was going to pour out the beef, suddenly, Shiraki’s right wrist shook again, and a shiny kitchen knife flew out in the direction where the beef chunks fell.
“Ahhh!”
The student who almost tripped Tanomo Kei just now saw the kitchen knife flying towards him, and subconsciously screamed and sat down on the ground. However, the flying kitchen knife did not hit him, but flew over his head very accurately. Then there was a muscle-tightening slapping sound coming from the direction of the ceiling. Everyone, including lecturer Roland Chapelle, watched in amazement as the knife thrown by Shiraki passed through an extreme arc in the air and bounced all the beef chunks back with a single touch. The powerful sound made everyone grit their teeth.
bump!
The kitchen knives that had been bounced into the air by Bai Mu just now fell right back to the original spot. Both their placement and the angle of deviation were exactly the same as when they were bounced up. But before everyone could recover from the shock, Bai Mu took out a handful of knives from his cooking table. These knives were all taken from the back when Tanomo Kei was processing the ingredients just now. There were not only all kinds of ingredients in the training room, but also a complete range of knives of various models and uses. Just when everyone in the classroom was still in a daze, Bai Mu slapped the cooking table with his left hand, grabbed the chopping board with all kinds of kitchen utensils on it and lifted it up with force. Then the same spectacular scene as before happened. All the knives were blown into the air, and then immediately began to fall and rotate like the kitchen utensils of others just now. Before the students could react, bacon, carrots, onions… one by one the ingredients were thrown up by Bai Mu.
The constant flashing of swords and the snapping sound of vegetables being cut filled the entire classroom. Some students who were originally cooking stared blankly at this incredible scene, and didn’t even notice that the pots and spoons in their hands had fallen to the ground. Even Lecturer Chapelle was seeing such a spectacular cooking scene for the first time in his life. He stood on the podium for a while, staring at Bai Mu’s performance, and the handouts in his hand almost fell to the ground!
The sky was filled with blades, flashing silver light. The dazzling brightness made people’s eyes hurt, but everyone still stared at the spectacular scene above their heads without blinking, as if they were watching a magic show.
Once all the ingredients are thrown up, those that fall down will be neatly cut into the predetermined shapes. After all the ingredients have been processed, the knives that have been spinning wildly in the air will finally fall down and be neatly stacked on the cooking table, making people wonder if their eyes were wrong just now, and those knives were actually placed there quietly from the beginning.
This is… a cooking skill that does not belong to this world.
Shiraki is not like Yukihira Soma. When provoked, he would use his brain to find a way out of the predicament. In his opinion, isn’t that telling others to “come and trouble me”? Anyway, even if he fails, there will be no serious consequences, so why don’t others come and trouble him? If he succeeds in stepping on the transfer student, he can become famous in Totsuki Academy.
If he doesn’t teach those who provoke him a lesson, he will only bring more and more troubles in the future. Soma Yukihira enjoys these troubles, but Shiraki doesn’t have extra time to deal with these guys. For example, what happened in class today, Shiraki doesn’t have the mind to always be reminded that someone is targeting him, so it is necessary to first show his strength and deter some guys with ulterior motives. Anyway, he probably can’t keep a low profile anymore. Keeping a low profile will only make people treat him as a soft persimmon. Only by becoming strong enough to make everyone unable to compete with him can he prevent similar things from happening again.
You have to know that although Totsuki Academy is a famous culinary school, the students there are also very realistic. No one wants to mess with a genius chef who is destined to shine in the culinary world in the future. The reason why Soma Yukihira was often openly excluded by other students was partly because he had been classified as a “common chef” by others, and secondly because of Yukihira’s arrogant behavior.
And now, the first thing Baimu has to do is to give everyone the impression that he is not easy to mess with. It is not as easy to provoke him as it is to provoke Yukihira, and there will be a price to pay.
For example… let everyone except yourself get an E grade in this class.
As soon as this thought came to Baimu’s mind, a mechanical prompt sound came to his ears that only he could hear.
[Ding Dong, triggered task: All members get E rating! Task description: How can you remain silent after being provoked? Please fight back against the students who made provocative actions. The more students get E rating, the richer the reward! Task reward: 200-2000 points, 2-6 random draws (depending on the completion of the task) Failure penalty: The host will be despised by all students in the class. ]This mission… is quite what he wants?
A barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of Bai Mu’s mouth, but his hands did not stop moving, making things even more dazzling!
PS: I plan to update a lot today (of course, the current inventory is not enough, and I may suffer a disastrous defeat TAT, the author can only try his best), and currently the flowers and evaluation votes are just enough to add two more chapters (I am very grateful to all readers for their active voting of flowers, evaluation votes and monthly votes, and of course I am also very grateful to the rich and powerful for their rewards (*^▽^*)), and then I will add five or six more chapters, a total of seven or eight, which means that the total update volume today will be about eleven or twelve. I don’t know if I can succeed, but I’ll put it here first, and if I get slapped in the face later… just pretend you didn’t see it, and we’ll do it again tomorrow QAQ
PS2: If all goes well, it should be on the shelves at midnight. Because I will probably not have any manuscripts left by then, the first release will probably only be one or two chapters, and the rest will be updated slowly during the day tomorrow.
PS3: I’ve been obsessed with Zelda lately, and time has passed by unknowingly…
057. A cooking scene that is like magic [Second update] (Old version)
057. A cooking scene that is like magic [Update 2]The so-called “dazzling array of flowers” is actually the use of an energy that does not exist in this world. It accurately controls each kitchen knife and makes these kitchen knives form a knife array, so as to process these ingredients with maximum efficiency.
In other words, if you throw a pig up there, within a few seconds the pig will turn into pieces of processed pork and fall down.
But the function of this skill is not just as simple as cutting vegetables.
As everyone stared in amazement, Bai Mu picked up the oil on the cooking table and drew an arc in the air with his left hand. The oil soon splashed onto the blade of the kitchen knife in the air. However, what was unexpected was that at the moment the oil and the kitchen knife came into contact, a sizzling sound was heard, as if they were being put into a pot.
Using that strange energy, the temperature of the kitchen knife is heated to the boiling point of the oil, and this perfect “matrix” is used to cook any dish in an integrated manner. This is the true face of the skill “Hundred Flowers Dazzling”. In Bai Mu’s opinion, this is already in the category of superpower cooking. Is this skill from the world of Chinese Cooking Master Boy? In Bai Mu’s impression, it seems that only those people in the dark cooking world can play like this.
But after careful consideration, there doesn’t seem to be such cool skills in the world of Cooking Master Boy. If there were, I would definitely remember it.
Although various “superpowers” will appear in the later stages of the world of Food Wars!, it is obvious that no one in the entire Totsuki Academy can use such supernatural powers. Even the top ten students, Tsukasa Eiji, can only “talk to the ingredients” at his current level.
If Bai Mu wanted to, all the kitchen knives in the classroom would be controlled by him, just like just now. However, he did not do that. He just gave everyone a small warning. Wouldn’t it be meaningless if he really did that?
Not everyone was staring blankly at Bai Mu’s cooking performance. Under the threat of lecturer Chapelle’s ‘E’ evaluation, everyone knew that they couldn’t just stare blankly forever. This dish of beef stewed in Burgundy red wine takes at least an hour to prepare. If they were too absorbed in watching it, they would probably miss the time and fail.
However, just when they were about to start cooking, they realized how naive their previous thoughts were!
The bright knife light, shining with the natural light outside and the lights above their heads, made them unable to open their eyes. Moreover, the brilliant silver light and whirring sound above their heads kept distracting their attention. In such an environment, the students made frequent mistakes and could not calm down at all.
Lecturer Chapelle was completely attracted by Shiraki, or to be more precise, by Shiraki’s amazing cooking skills. He didn’t even have time to inspect the students’ results, let alone have time to stop Shiraki. He also wanted to see how this cooking method, which was like a magic show, would end.
Then, Mr. Chapelle saw a scene that shocked him even more.
Baimu was seen throwing the ingredients he had just processed up in order. The beef and other ingredients drew a perfect arc in the air. Then came the various seasonings, cooking wine, salt, oyster sauce, pepper, etc. It was like a fountain spraying one after another, which was dazzling to watch.
And these ingredients thrown onto the kitchen knife matrix are actually processed in different positions, or are repeatedly bounced back and forth on two kitchen knives to be fried, or are smothered to produce a fiery aroma, or develop their own extreme flavor under constant force. It is an incomprehensible picture, even movies don’t dare to shoot it like this!
However, this magical scene appeared right before my eyes!
Bai Mu remained calm and composed from beginning to end. He threw the various ingredients up in an orderly manner and then caught them with washed utensils. Each step was smooth and flowing, making people feel like they were watching a well-planned performance.
In fact, although this is the power of the SS-level cooking skill card, the physical strength consumed still belongs to him.
A drop of cold sweat was barely noticeable on Bai Mu’s forehead. Although he had briefly gained energy that did not belong to this world when he used this skill, the physical consumption was really extraordinary. Fortunately, by using this card, anyone can cook the most standard SS-level dishes. Bai Mu does not have to worry about whether the SS-level dishes he makes will become unpalatable, because in essence, this dish is not made by himself.
brush!
Fifty minutes later, pieces of tender beef fell from mid-air. The meat was very chewy, and the moment it touched the plate, it bounced up another ten centimeters. Everyone stared in amazement as Baimu calmly put the beef on the plate. His skillful technique seemed like an artistic performance.
“Xiao Hui, take this dish up to Teacher Chapelle for evaluation.”
Shiraki handed the plate of Burgundy red wine beef stew to Tanaka Kei, who was stunned for a moment before coming to her senses.
“Ah… Ok, ok!”
Soon, Tanosuke Megumi, holding a plate, was standing in front of Teacher Chapelle. Shiraki collected all the ingredients and placed all the kitchen utensils neatly on the cooking table again. Many of the kitchen utensils made a sizzling sound the moment they came into contact with the cooking table, and thick smoke came out of them, just like knives that had just been put into a forge and burned.
Everyone watching this astonishing scene swallowed their saliva subconsciously. For the first time, they felt that they really understood cooking.
This dish is made with an SS-level cooking skill card, so its quality is naturally SS-level as well.
Beef stew with red wine
Taste: SS grade
Cooking effect: After being processed with a special patting technique, the soft and chewy texture can make people feel a little happy.
Overall rating: SS
Comment: The processing of beef and the amount of ingredients used are very particular, a perfect SS-level dish.
Lecturer Chapelle looked at the beef dish in front of him, which even bounced back when the fork was pressed on it, and picked up a piece without hesitation and put it in his mouth.
Suddenly, a delicious bomb exploded in my mouth!
058. Everyone is waiting! [Three updates] (Old version)
058. Everyone gets an E grade! [Update 3]The moment it entered the mouth, the beef not only bounced in the mouth, but also truly melted in the mouth when it hit the teeth. The bursting soup and gravy filled the entire mouth, and a rich and mellow aroma slowly flowed from the mouth into the stomach. This wonderful combination, coupled with the perfectly controlled heat, I can’t believe that this dish was made with such a technique!
Lecturer Chapelle suddenly opened his eyes. As a well-known French chef, he could taste it at once. This was no longer a student’s work. The dish in front of him was fully qualified to be served as a main course in a high-end restaurant. Many well-known graduates were only at this level.
Of course, this thought only appeared for a moment. Before he noticed it, he had almost finished the whole plate of beef. The aroma of mellow red wine matched with the soft and elastic beef. It was as if he smelled a hint of licorice the moment he put it in his mouth. The naturally grown cows were leisurely grazing on the grass. The river not far away was flowing slowly. A closer look revealed that what was flowing in the river was not clear water, but red wine with an alluring mellow aroma.
Lecturer Chapelle was slightly dazed, and suddenly felt that there must be something in this dish that he had not noticed but was very crucial. After tasting it carefully, he suddenly realized it.
It’s the right timing!
Bai Mu did not use any kitchen utensils to cook this Burgundy red wine stewed beef, so the taste of the finished dish is slightly different from the traditional Burgundy red wine stewed beef. Once ordinary beef is put into the pot, it can only be turned over with a spatula, but Bai Mu’s cooking continues to optimize the entire dish while cooking the beef. He truly has every detail firmly in his hands, it is like he has perfect control over the entire kitchen. Once any ingredient enters that kitchen, it can only be controlled by him and bring out the most authentic taste of the ingredient. This cooking method… is a miracle in itself!
As Instructor Chapelle ate, a smile appeared on his face involuntarily. This was not only a characteristic of top-notch cuisine itself, but also because while tasting the dish, he suddenly remembered some happy things for some reason. A dish that can bring people such a sense of happiness from the heart is undoubtedly a qualified top-notch dish.
This year’s Totsuki Academy is filled with talented people!
“Shirakida’s group…A-rank!”
After finishing the whole dish of beef stewed in Burgundy red wine, Professor Chapelle gave his own evaluation.
He didn’t ask how the beef tasted like this, because everyone had seen Baimu’s cooking process, and this skill was absolutely impossible to copy. Even if he knew how to use a knife to process beef, could others do it? Wasn’t that a joke?
When the other people in the training room heard the result, they all looked at the back of the boy who was standing in front of the kitchen counter and sorting out the kitchen utensils, but this time there was deep fear in everyone’s eyes.
This kind of cooking method… is simply unheard of!
Use kitchen utensils to heat the beef, continue to optimize the taste while frying, and even inject seasonings directly into the beef while stewing it through such a violent method, so that the taste of each piece of meat is rich and full of layers. Is this… really something that humans can do?
“Oh no! There’s only one hour left!”
At this moment, someone suddenly saw the time on the wall and remembered that they were still in class, and that the class was taught by the so-called ‘chef who never smiles’ – lecturer Chapelle. They had just been staring at Bai Mu’s amazing cooking process in a daze for nearly an hour!
There was also a team that was preparing the dish. They were in tears as they looked at the pot of burnt soup in front of them. With such a big noise made by Baimu just now, it was impossible for them not to be distracted. Anyone would worry that the kitchen knife above their head would fall and a few forks would hit them, right?
So after a brief silence, the whole classroom suddenly became mobilized.
“This piece of meat is useless! Go get some new meat!”
“Where’s the seasoning? Where’s the seasoning? Did you knock it over just now?”
“This soup is completely unusable. Go get some new ingredients and make it again!”
“Yukihira-kun, why are you still looking at the recipe?!”
All kinds of panicked voices rang out in the classroom almost at the same time. There was clearly still an hour left, which was enough time for students to calm down and follow the procedures step by step. However, the students in the classroom were completely panicked. Lecturer Chapelle looked at the chaotic scene below and couldn’t help shaking his head. It seemed that today’s pass rate would be very worrying.
These flustered students finally remade a dish of beef stewed in Burgundy red wine. Of course, some groups had solid basic skills and managed to produce very good results in such a chaotic situation. However, they soon discovered something that made them extremely desperate.
“E-level.”
Instructor Chapelle ruthlessly announced the failure of yet another group. This was the fifth group of members who knelt down in the training room like they were bent forward in frustration. Originally, their beef stewed in Burgundy red wine was quite good in terms of the heat and the processing of the beef. Instructor Chapelle’s normal class, it would be no problem for them to get an A. But the problem lay with the dish that Baimu had just made.
Although Instructor Chapelle had eaten SS-grade dishes before, they were only tasted as the final dish. Don’t think that such dishes can be found everywhere. The reason why Shiraki’s fruit tart last time was SS-grade was because the sweet whole fruits forcibly improved the quality of the dish. So after tasting SS-grade dishes in advance, any defects of the dishes served later would be infinitely magnified in Instructor Chapelle’s mouth, and even those dishes that could originally get A grade became difficult to eat.
Finally, after an hour, the number of qualified students remaining was – zero!
“Eh? Is my cooking also E grade?”
Soma Yukihira touched his head and looked at the dish that was rated E by Instructor Chapelle. Instructor Chapelle pointed out a bunch of problems, big and small, such as the meat was too tough, not elastic enough, and the aroma of the red wine was not mellow enough. Soma Yukihira tasted it himself and felt that it tasted just like usual. He even added honey to it. He didn’t know why such a dish could not pass Instructor Chapelle’s review.
“I told you this wouldn’t work!”
The fat kid in Soma Yukihira’s group almost cried. Doesn’t this mean that everyone except Shiraki’s group will be ranked E? !
Only Tansho Kei stared blankly at the scene where other students in the classroom knelt on the ground helplessly and beat their chests. They didn’t expect that they had just started the school and in the first class they received an E grade evaluation from lecturer Chapelle. Everyone felt that the future college life was simply dark.
The student who had spoken harshly to her just now was now busy at the cooking table, but judging from the way he and his companions wailed from time to time, their group might not be able to make it to the get out of class in time.
At this time, Tansho Kei remembered what Shiraki had just said to her. She originally thought that Shiraki was playing a joke on her, but now it seems that this joke has come true!
059. Rumors [Fourth Update] (Old Version)
059. Rumors [Fourth Update]“Hey, did you hear that? It seems that almost all the students in one class got an E grade in the morning class!”
“Is this true? It’s only the first day of school. Which lecturer is so strict?”
“I heard it was Lecturer Roland Chapelle.”
“That’s no wonder. I heard that Lecturer Chapelle did something similar in the junior high school department. It seems that it’s the same this time. This is too strict!”
“Please don’t let me run into Professor Chapelle’s class!”
Less than an hour after the class ended, what happened in Bai Mu’s training classroom this morning spread throughout the first grade of junior high school. It was the end of get out of class time, and all the students were well-informed. There were many students standing in the corridor whispering to each other. Without exception, these students were frightened by the sudden news.
All those who were promoted to the senior high school were top students in the junior high school. This time, everyone in the classroom got an E grade, which inevitably made the other students feel a little scared, because there were only a few lecturers in the first year of the junior high school in Yuanxiao, and everyone would encounter Lecturer Chapelle’s class sooner or later. If they got an E grade then…
Suddenly, two figures, a man and a woman, pushed the door open and walked out of a classroom. The boy in front immediately attracted the attention of students who were chatting in the corridor.
“Hey, isn’t he the arrogant transfer student…”
“I heard that he was the only person who got an A in Lecturer Chapelle’s class…”
“A rank?! Aren’t all of them E rank?”
“Where did you get this information? My friend who was in Professor Chapelle’s classroom just now told me that the transfer student used at least 20 or 30 kitchen knives when making the dish. All the knives were spinning around on the ceiling. Even Professor Chapelle was stunned!”
“Huh? Are you talking about the plot in the movie? How is it possible that kitchen knives are spinning around on the ceiling?! How can one person operate twenty or thirty kitchen knives?! Is he the Thousand-Armed Guanyin?”
“Wait, why did I hear there were hundreds of kitchen knives?”
Out of awe for all the E grade students, the students didn’t discuss loudly. They looked at Baimu and the girl behind him walking in front of them as if they were monsters, especially those students who had heard more exaggerated rumors. They seemed to be afraid that Baimu would suddenly shoot out a kitchen knife and treat them as ingredients. In short, in the mouths of the people in the third cooking room (the cooking room where Lecturer Chapelle taught), Baimu was simply a machine that controlled the knife and dismembered the ingredients without any emotion. All the ingredients in his hands would be chopped into small pieces in an instant. His miraculous cooking skills were scary enough even without exaggeration.
Of course, those who looked at Shiraki with fear were only a minority. As students of Totsuki Academy, who grew up in a privileged environment? At this moment, many people were staring at the figure that kept moving forward, either clenching their fists or exuding fighting spirit. Under such a gaze, Tanosuke Megumi behind Shiraki trembled again. As a student who always ranked last, when had she ever experienced such a gaze? If it weren’t for Shiraki in front of her, she would have been scared and shivered on the ground.
“Oh, this is it.”
Finally, after reaching the door of a cooking training room, Shiraki stopped and waved to the two figures inside. Tanadore Megumi carefully poked her head out from behind Shiraki and just saw Yoshino Yuuki and Sakaki Ryoko who were greeting her inside.
“Hey, Xiaohui, are you guys done over there too?”
Yuuki and Ryoko were cleaning the kitchen table in front of them. When they saw Shiraki and Tanomo Megumi walk in, they immediately greeted them. Shiraki looked at the whiteboard in the classroom. The course in this classroom should be classic cod salad, which, if I remember correctly, is a Catalan home-cooked dish in Spain and also a classic dish. During the one month in Polaris Dormitory, Shiraki did not spend much time on salted fish. At least he had read all the textbooks for the junior high school. Except for the lack of practical training experience, in theory he was similar to the first-year students in the high school department.
“Thanks to Shiraki-kun, we have passed.” Tanaka Megumi ran to Yoshino Yuuki with an expression as if she had survived a disaster. She finally found a few familiar faces among so many provocative gazes, which touched Tanaka Megumi so much.
“Haha, you are in the same group with Shiraki, so you must be A grade, right?” Yoshino Yuki asked with a smile.
“Hmm…hmm!” I don’t know what she thought of, the expression on Tansho Kei’s face was dull for a moment, and then she nodded.
“Thanks to Shiraki-kun, we were able to pass Lecturer Chapelle’s course…”
“Eh? Lecturer Chapelle?”
Suddenly hearing this familiar name, Yuuki and Ryoko looked at each other, then remembered Tanado Megumi’s reaction just now, and turned their heads stiffly.
“Are you, you guys the only group that passed Lecturer Chapelle’s course?”
“Yeah, it took a little effort.”
Bai Mu nodded and looked at Yoshino Yuuki and the others with some curiosity, “What level are you?”
“We… just got B+.” Yoshino Yuuki and Sakaki Ryoko looked at each other again, and suddenly realized that they had been easily led off the topic. Yoshino Yuuki hurriedly stepped forward and approached Shiraki and said.
“That’s not important. By the way, Bai Mu, we just heard a very exaggerated rumor. I heard that in Professor Chapelle’s class, a student used dozens of kitchen knives to form a knife array that covered the entire training room. All the ingredients would be chopped into pieces instantly under the knife array. The most exaggerated thing is that the person also used the kitchen knives to heat the ingredients. Even Professor Chapelle praised the final dish. Could that person be you?”
Yoshino Yuki became more and more excited as she spoke, and at the end she even performed a set of Chinese boxing on the spot, although her movements looked a bit weird.
“Who told you this?” Baimu interrupted Yoshino Yuuki with a frown on his face. Although what she said was basically correct, why did it look so weird when combined with Yoshino Yuuki’s actions?
“Do I need to hear about this? The whole classroom must have heard about it a long time ago. After all, it’s a big event that almost the entire class only got E grades in the first class of the new semester! Maybe a large number of students will be expelled soon. Everyone is in a panic now.”
After saying this, Yoshino Yuuki patted her chest with lingering fear, “I was shocked when I first heard the news. I thought to myself, I must not meet Lecturer Chapelle.”
060. Takumi Aldini [Fifth Update] (Old Version)
060. Takumi Aldini [5th update]After Shiraki and Tanomo Megumi arrived at the sixth cooking room where Yuuki and Ryoko were, they quickly attracted the attention of all the students around them.
To put it bluntly, Baimu is now a humanoid self-propelled luminous body that can glow 360 degrees at any time, attracting attention wherever it goes.
“Is this the arrogant transfer student?”
“I heard that he passed Professor Chapelle’s assessment…”
“Are those cooking skills real or fake?”
There were constant whispers lingering in the ears, but because the rumor just now was so shocking, no student dared to come forward to cause trouble for Baimu for a while.
But after all, this is Totsuki Academy, there are many arrogant students. Soon, a figure came from behind and stood between Shiraki and Tanomo Megumi.
He was wearing a white chef uniform of Totsuki Academy, with short blond hair and blue eyes, a typical Western appearance, but he looked like an Oriental with a delicate figure, completely different from those blond and blue-eyed foreigners that Shiraki had seen before. He was arrogant as soon as he appeared, just like Erina when she was aloof, but if you look closely, you will find that he doesn’t seem to be as confident as Erina, and his arrogance is not from the inside out.
The man in front of him was one of Shiraki’s old acquaintances, Takumi Aldini, Soma Yukihira’s future good partner and good buddy. If I remembered correctly, this guy stepped on Soma Yukihira’s shoes for a full ten seconds as soon as he appeared. He was a guy as troublesome as Soma Yukihira, the type of person who, once you get involved with him, is like taffy and can’t be gotten rid of. Shiraki didn’t want to have anything to do with this guy, especially didn’t want to be targeted by him as a competitor.
However, things often don’t go as smoothly as one wishes. It was obvious that Takumi didn’t come up just because he ‘happened to pass by’. The next second after he appeared between Shiraki and Tanomo Megumi, Shiraki felt that this guy was obviously raising his foot, as if he wanted to step on his foot just like he stepped on Soma Yukihira’s foot in the original work. Shiraki immediately moved his left foot away reflexively, and then there was a snap, and Takumi’s foot landed very accurately… and missed.
“…”
There was an awkward atmosphere in the air. Shiraki turned around calmly and walked around Takumi in front of him. It seemed that he was just about to take a step. He naturally ignored Takumi who was blocking the way in front of him and walked to the other side of the cooking table as if he didn’t see this person. “By the way, Yuuki, Ryoko, I see that another transfer student seems to have been assigned to Polaris Dormitory. Should we prepare a welcome party or something after we go back?”
“Eh? This…” Yoshino Yuuki glanced at Takumi who was lowering his head, shaking his shoulders, as if he was enduring something. After thinking for a while, she ignored him like Shiraki. “In that case, let’s hold a welcome party. This is a good opportunity to show you the ingredients that I’m proud of. Hehehe, just wait to be surprised.”
“So Yukihira-kun was also assigned to the Polaris Dormitory…”
Megumi Tadokoro on the side looked a little surprised, but she quickly accepted the fact and began to think about what dishes to prepare in the evening to welcome the newcomers.
“Hahaha, I was completely ignored. This is so embarrassing, brother!”
The fat man behind Takumi suddenly couldn’t help laughing. Looking at Takumi in front of him with an embarrassed look on his face, he laughed at him in a very unkind way, holding his belly.
“Stop, stop talking nonsense! Isami, why are you helping outsiders?” Takumi first glared at Isami who was gloating behind him, then quickly walked behind Baimu, pointed at himself and said, “You are the transfer student Baimu, right? I am Takumi Aldini, and I totally disagree with what you said at the opening ceremony today. I heard that you are quite capable and even got an A in Lecturer Chapelle’s class. In that case, come and compete with me!”
“Which one is more delicious, my Italian food or yours?”
Takumi was talking to himself when a flame of fighting spirit suddenly ignited behind him. He wanted to challenge Shiraki the moment he saw him enter the classroom. He prepared for a long time before making up his mind to come up and challenge. He didn’t expect to be ignored by Shiraki so easily. All the momentum he had created before was extinguished. This transfer student was indeed not simple.
“Sorry to interrupt you, I have no interest in competing with you. You can go back now, or just assume that you have won.”
Under Takumi’s menacing gaze, Baimu waved at him as if he was dismissing a puppy on the street and spoke very perfunctorily.
“Oh, by the way, if you really want to fight someone, I recommend you go find another transfer student, Yukihira Soma. He’s in the third cooking room next door right now. He will probably accept your challenge.”
Shiraki said casually, pointing to the classroom next door.
“You! Are you just trying to fool me? And that Yukihira Soma you mentioned is one of the people who received an E-level evaluation today, right? Why would I go looking for a guy like that?” Takumi picked up the report card on the cooking table behind him, pointed at the ‘A’ grade evaluation on it and said, “Listen carefully, transfer student, I am only interested in stepping on you now, but one day I will make you accept my challenge!”
“Oh? Then good luck to you.” Bai Mu shrugged and encouraged insincerely.
“snort!”
After hearing what Shiraki said, Takumi directly pulled Isami behind him and walked out of the classroom. However, unlike his bad attitude, Isami, who was pulled out of the classroom by the collar, waved and greeted Shiraki and the others with a smile on his face.
“Then we’ll leave.”
“Oh, be careful on the road.”
Bai Mu behind him also waved to Isami.
“Why are you saying hello to them?” Takumi in front suddenly turned around and glared at Isami behind him, then pointed at Baimu and said, “And why are you treating me like a beggar, but being so normal to Isami?”
061. Yukihira Soma’s move-in to test his skills [Sixth update] (old version)
061. Yukihira Soma’s move-in to try out his skills [Sixth update]After the course, Shiraki, Tanomo Megumi, Yoshino Yuuki, Sakaki Ryoko and others returned to Polaris Dormitory.
Because they didn’t walk back like Soma Yukihira, and because they knew the shortcut, they arrived at Polaris Dormitory before the afternoon.
Isshiki Hui had naturally been waiting here for a long time. There were no classes today for the second year. Ibusaki Shun, Aoki Daigo, Sato Shoji and others also returned to the dormitory before five o’clock. Upon hearing the news that a transfer student would come to Polaris Dormitory today, everyone was excited to hold a welcome party.
Actually, the welcome party was fake. The real purpose was to take this opportunity to release stress. After all, the pressure of the first class of the new semester was quite high. Especially on the first day of class, there was a rumor that a class of students were collectively rated E. Mrs. Wenxu naturally saw the excitement of the crowd, and spread her hands helplessly, and just let everyone go. After all, if there are new people moving in, it is a tradition of Pole Star Dormitory to hold a party to welcome them.
I just don’t know if this new transfer student can pass the move-in test at Pole Star Dormitory.
In such a joyful atmosphere, time quickly came to evening.
A figure who looked haggard slowly appeared at the door of Polaris Dormitory and walked towards the building in front step by step. It was Soma Yukihira who had been walking all afternoon. He did not expect Totsuki Academy to be so big. After getting the map, he did not prepare anything. He just took his luggage and started walking. He thought he would reach the dormitory soon, but he did not arrive until the evening. He still did not know whether this was the Polaris Dormitory written on the map.
Looking at the building in front of him that looked like an old house in a horror movie, Soma Yukihira had an expression of seeing a ghost on his face. He didn’t expect to see such a dilapidated castle in Totsuki Academy which was full of high-end buildings. Just as he was about to step in, an old woman with a wrinkled face and like a female ghost suddenly appeared in front of him silently. Soma Yukihira was so scared that he almost fell to the ground on the spot, but Mrs. Wenxu in front of him did not give him the chance to ask questions and spoke to herself.
“You are the transfer student assigned here, Soma Yukihira, right? I’m the dormitory manager here, Omido Fumio, you can call me Mrs. Fumio or Polaris Maria!”
“W-what?”
Mrs. Fumihira still gave the same old introduction, while Soma Yukihira had an expression as if he had not yet reacted. He really thought he had seen a ghost. After all, the haunted house-like building in front of him, coupled with the sudden appearance of the female ghost, made the scene look very reasonable.
“What an impolite kid! Just listen carefully when others are talking!”
Mrs. Fumihiro glanced at Soma Yukihira who was standing outside and said, “But never mind… Since you’re already here, that means your ingredients are ready, right?”
“Ingredients? What ingredients?” Soma Yukihira, who had walked all the way without even eating, asked with his eyes wide open.
“Do I even need to ask? Of course it’s the specialty of Polaris Dormitory… Come and try your cooking skills!” Mrs. Wenxu raised her voice, “If you want to stay in this dormitory, you must cook to my satisfaction. If you can’t even do that, you’ll have to sleep outdoors today!”
“There is such a rule?” Soma Yukihira was stunned, looking as if he had never heard of such a rule.
“Oh? So you’re defeated without a fight?” Mrs. Wenxu looked at Yukihira Soma again. He thought that as a transfer student, Yukihira Soma should have inquired about this matter in advance like Shiraki. It seems that this newcomer is not good enough. “There’s no other way. You have to sleep outdoors.”
“Stop joking!” Soma Yukihira had an expression of disbelief. It was April now, and if he really slept outside for a night, he would definitely catch a cold when he woke up the next day. This old woman was simply talking about things that were not relevant!
“Anyway, it’s enough to cook a dish that satisfies you, right?” Soma Yukihira calmed down and looked at Mrs. Fumihiro. “Then take me to the kitchen first. Do you have any leftover ingredients?”
“Want to use the leftover ingredients to cook?” Mrs. Fumihiro couldn’t help but look at Yukihira Soma for a second. “Well, then follow me. You can use the ingredients in the kitchen as you like. But if you don’t pass, don’t use the excuse that those are leftover ingredients to fool me.”
Mrs. Wenxu said this while leading the way. The front door was not far from the kitchen, and soon they arrived at the kitchen door. Just at that moment, Baimu came out with a plate of food.
“Hmm? This smell…” Mrs. Wenxu’s nose moved and she smelled the aroma coming from the dish in Baimu’s hand. With her knowledge, she couldn’t even tell what the ingredients were!
Soma Yukihira looked at Shiraki, who was still wearing a mask on his face, and then glanced at what was in his hand. It seemed to be an ordinary egg custard, but the color looked a little different, and the taste was not ordinary egg custard. The aroma that seemed to be boiling towards his nose was completely different from that of ordinary egg custard.
“Oh? Yukihira, you’re here.” Seeing the two people at the kitchen door, Shiraki symbolically greeted Yukihira Soma, “Come on, we have prepared a welcome party for you. After you pass the craft test, gather in Room 205.”
“Oh, thank you so much!” Although he had never said much to Shiraki, Soma Yukihira himself was a very outgoing person. When he heard Shiraki say that the welcome party was ready, Soma Yukihira, who was already starving, immediately became energetic.
“Tsk, don’t look like you’ve passed the craft test, kid.” Mrs. Wenxu beside him reminded him at the right time.
“By the way, Shiraki, what is this dish in your hand? It should not be an ordinary egg custard, right?” After recovering from his shock, Soma Yukihira suddenly saw the dish that looked like egg custard in Shiraki’s hand and asked curiously.
“You think too much. This is just an ordinary egg custard.”
Bai Mu waved his hand and didn’t want to delve into this issue any further.
In fact, this was a plan he had been planning for a long time. He specially used rotten eggs to make the egg custard. Originally, Baimu thought that as long as the lid was covered, the smell would not be too strong, but he did not expect that he could clearly smell the stench through the pot. Even wearing a mask was useless. If Mrs. Fumihira and Soma Yukihira were not still here, Baimu really wanted to vomit.
After hurriedly bidding farewell to Yukihira and Fumio, Baimu quickly walked to the corridor. Finally, he couldn’t stand the stench anymore and began to call the system in his heart.
“System, are there any gas masks for sale in the mall?”
[Ding Dong, a portable invisible odor-isolating mask that effectively isolates all odors and comes with a small oxygen supply device, 200 points each.]“Change one for me.”
Bai Mu shouted in his heart without hesitation.
[Ding Dong, the portable invisible odor-isolating mask has been redeemed successfully, 200 points have been deducted, and the current remaining points are: 3800. ]062. Random Draw [Seventh Update] (Old Version)
062. Random Draw [Seventh Update]After completing two tasks, Bai Mu’s pocket points became full again, especially since there were still eleven random draws left. This thing allowed him to win a lot of good things last time.
With the official opening of Totsuki Academy, there will be more and more places where one will need to demonstrate one’s abilities. Of course, the more cooking skills one has, the better. Shiraki also plans to take this opportunity to do a ten-draw streak, so he put on the invisible mask provided by the system. He didn’t know what material this thing was made of, but there was almost no difference between wearing it on his face and not wearing it. Shiraki immediately felt the air around him become fresher, and even his mind became much clearer.
“System, let’s do ten random draws.”
[The random draw has been successfully started, and the ten consecutive draws are about to begin. ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining the ‘A-level cooking card: Dongpo pork’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining the ‘C-level kitchen knife: Mikiri’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining the ‘S-level cooking experience card: Golden Right Hand’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining the ‘C-level cooking card: Dongpo pork’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for winning ‘White Apple X1’! ][Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for obtaining ‘S-level cooking skills: Thousands of hammers and refinements’! ]The system’s prompt sounds rang frequently in Baimu’s mind. Excluding all the words “thank you for your patronage”, Baimu drew a total of six items this time, one of which was an S-level cooking skill. Overall, it was another explosion of luck.
But what is this cooking card all about? Is it still divided into A and C grades for the same Dongpo pork?
Clicking on the item introduction, Baimu began to look at the introduction of these things.
[A-level cooking card: Dongpo pork: After using this card, the host’s cooking level will be ignored and A-level Dongpo pork dishes can be made. ][C-level cooking card: Dongpo pork: After using this card, the host’s cooking level will be ignored and C-level Dongpo pork dishes can be made.]Apart from the different levels, the introductions of these two props are very similar. However, Baimu understood after a little thought that the same dish may be cooked deliciously by some people and terribly by others. This has nothing to do with the dish itself. The key lies in the skills of the cook.
I just don’t know if the food made with recipe cards will taste different when eaten by other people. Bai Mu plans to find an opportunity to ask someone to try it out. Theoretically speaking, the food made with recipe cards has nothing to do with himself. These dishes are essentially standard dishes made by the system, and the taste should not change when eaten by others.
Next is the white apple, a rare ingredient from another world, but Baimu has no impression of the name.
[White Apple: From the Captive World of Gourmet Food, Capture Level: Below Level 1, Price 1500 yen per apple, Description: A tall deciduous tree belonging to the Rosaceae family, it blooms white flowers in late spring, and after the flowers fade, it produces white apples. The sugar content of white apples is higher than that of ordinary apples, and the juice squeezed from them is the most suitable ingredient for cocktails. It is also widely used to make desserts, and white apple pie is quite popular among women. ]Then came the C-grade kitchen knife. The lowest quality kitchenware in the system mall was D-grade, and C-grade was the second to last. Bai Mu took a careful look and found that this kitchen knife didn’t seem to have any “evolvable” function. It was just a little sharper than an ordinary kitchen knife, so he skipped it.
What’s left are two cooking skills, an S-level cooking skill experience card and an S-level cooking skill. Although the level is not as high as the “Bai Hua Liao Luan” drawn before, cooking skills above A-level have already had quite good practicality. Although the SS-level kitchen utensils last time are powerful, they are still too eye-catching among a group of students with only high school level. Baimu clicked on the system’s skill introduction and began to check the descriptions of the two cooking skills.
[S-level cooking experience card: Golden right hand: has a natural advantage in making pastry dishes. The temperature and humidity of the hands can ferment the flour to the most perfect state. The kneading feel is extremely precise and can knead soft and elastic dough. It can cook designated dishes regardless of the host’s cooking level. This item disappears after being used once.][S-level cooking skills: Thousands of hammering and tempering: Having a natural advantage in handling meat ingredients, accurately calculating the strength of each hammering, and using special techniques to quickly hammer the ingredients, giving the ingredients a wonderful taste and strength.]The two skills are used in different fields, but they are both practical cooking skills, especially the Thousand Hammers, which Bai Mu thinks can be used for more than just meat dishes.
Soon, Shiraki, carrying the egg custard, arrived at the door of Marui Zenji’s room in Room 205. At this time, many people had gathered inside. Ryoko wiped the big bottle of “wheat juice” in her hand and looked at the door with a smile on her face.
“Hey, Shiraki, you’re here!” Before Ryoko could speak, Yuuki, who was sitting on the bed a second ago, rushed over the next second, “Let me see what you made? It smells so good! It seems to be a meat dish mixed with a hint of vegetarian flavor. What is this?”
063. (Pickled stinky) egg custard [eight updates] (old version)
063. (Pickled stinky) egg custard [eight updates]Just now, when Shiraki and the others were still one floor apart, Yoshino Yuki had already smelled a strange aroma coming from the corridor. It was really hard to describe, as if it had a hint of sweet and sour smell, and the taste of ingredients that had been fermented for many days. It was somewhat similar to an old red wine, but seemed to be different in some ways.
“This is ordinary egg custard.”
Baimu placed the biological weapon in front of him into the dormitory without changing his expression. However, instead of expressing any objection, everyone looked at the ordinary-looking egg custard with amazement. Except for the fact that the color seemed a little different from normal egg custard and the strange aroma they had never smelled before, this egg custard was no different from an ordinary egg custard, just as Baimu said.
In fact, the data for this dish is as follows.
Egg custard (?)
Taste: L grade
Taste: M
Cooking Effect: Will cause bacterial food poisoning
Overall rating: M+
Comment: Egg custard made with more than two rotten eggs has a foul smell and the nutrients inside have completely decomposed. Eating it will definitely give you diarrhea.
Everyone had eaten a lot of normal egg dishes, and they were familiar with all kinds of ingredients and seasonings, but no one would take a close look at the smell of rotten eggs. It was a smell that could make one feel sick even from a distance, and it was worse than any dish Bai Mu had made before. The rotten eggs plus the messy cooking method, the chemical reaction formed by the combination of the two was absolutely terrifying. Bai Mu felt a little regretful after serving this dish. After all, everyone in the dormitory was pretty good to him, and he really shouldn’t have served this kind of dish to…
Before Bai Mu could finish what he was saying, his food had already been snatched away by everyone.
Suddenly, the entire dormitory 205 became out of control.
The first person to grab the food was not Yoshino Yuuki, who was the fastest, but Isshiki Hui, who was closest to the food. He came to the egg custard, took a deep breath with a very obsessed expression, and then scooped a piece of it and put it in his mouth. Suddenly, the strange smell rushed into his nose. The taste, which was not mild to begin with, was like the best durian pulp, mixed with a light but strong-tasting soup, just like a flower bud suddenly blooming in his mouth. The impact was so strong that it felt like the warm sun suddenly coming in the bitter winter.
You have to know that it is April now, and the temperature at night is not warm enough for normal people, and there is no heating in their dormitory. But after eating the egg custard, Isshiki Hui felt that his limbs were gradually warming up, and his stomach was warm. This was definitely not an illusion.
But he soon stopped caring about what this warm current was, because the layer upon layer of aroma bombs spreading from his mouth had already swept across his entire oral cavity. He had no way of determining what the spice was, nor could he understand how such a flavor was created. Anyone who was overwhelmed by this unreasonable deliciousness would lose their mind and be completely lost in this ocean of deliciousness.
“Senior Isshiki, you actually ran away!”
Yoshino Yuuki ran to Isshiki Hui angrily, but at this time Isshiki Hui could no longer hear what she was saying. Seeing the other party showing such an enjoyable expression, Yoshino Yuuki knew that Shiraki had brought something extraordinary this time even if she was thinking with her feet. She immediately took a bite of the egg custard without caring about her image.
“Youji, the way you eat is so ugly!”
Ryoko looked at the two men who had eaten half of the egg custard with heartache, and joined the battle unwillingly.
“Hey, hey, didn’t we agree to wait until the new people come before starting?” Marui Zenji was still acting as an honest man. Just as he was hesitating, his two best friends, Aoki Daigo and Sato Shoji, had pushed him aside. The two of them smiled and came to the front of the egg custard. At this time, there was no gentlemanly etiquette of giving ladies first. Facing Yoshino Yuki who was eating without caring about her image, the two of them snatched the plate away with ill intentions.
“Hehe, Zenji, since you don’t want it then don’t blame us. It’s rare that Bai Mu cooked, I think we shouldn’t waste it, so…”
Before Daigo Aoki could finish his words, he was tripped by someone and fell to the ground. Ibusaki Shun took the plate from him with a nonchalant look on his face. As the saying goes, there is always a mountain higher than another. Before Daigo Aoki and Shoji Sato could even take a bite of the egg custard, the cooked duck had already flown away.
Ibusaki Shun, who had quietly tricked his two best friends, took a big bite from the plate very quickly. His quick movement seemed totally inconsistent with his slow appearance, but his speed only stopped there. After taking the egg custard from the spoon into his mouth, he immediately stood there completely stunned, just like Isshiki Satoshi, Yoshino Yuki and Sakaki Ryoko.
The unknown spice blended perfectly with the ingredients themselves, making it hard to tell whether it was spice or the ingredients themselves that had been pickled in some way. The aroma that made people shiver after smelling it rushed straight into their noses, like an aroma bomb that had been detonated. At this moment, countless chemical equations flashed through Ibusaki Shun’s brain, as if he was trying to analyze the true face of the spice, but his thinking speed was completely inferior to the speed of the aroma bomb exploding. In just a few tenths of a second, the feeling of everything melting slowly extended from his limbs to his bones, warming up his originally cold body.
This dish… could it also have the effect of promoting blood circulation in the body…
This was the last thought in Ibusaki Shun’s mind before he was completely immersed in the strange aroma.
“Well, how about we wait until Yukihira-kun comes and then…”
Tansho Kei looked at the people who were already staggering and tried to persuade them in a panic.
But her words didn’t seem to have much effect. Daigo Aoki got up from the ground and immediately wanted to find the culprit who tripped him to settle the score. But at this time, Ibusaki Shun had basically not moved in the swallowing posture. Zenji Marui squeezed out from behind and pointed at his two best friends, Daigo Aoki and Shoji Sato, who had pushed him to the floor just now, and wanted revenge. Only Shiraki was left staring at the plate of egg custard with a stunned look on his face, and Megumi Tadokoro was busy trying to stop everyone from fighting. In the end, the group of people started to make a noise in the dormitory.
This was the scene that Soma Yukihira saw when he came up from downstairs.
064. Yukihira moves into the Pole Star Dormitory [Chapter 9] (Old Version)
064. Yukihira moves into the Pole Star Dormitory [Chapter 9]“What are you doing…”
Soma Yukihira walked into the room and looked at the scene of people lying all over the place, and asked suspiciously.
“Ahem, you may not believe this, but we are here to hold a welcome party for you.”
Bai Mu on the side quickly stood up to smooth things over, and Tansho Kei next to her also nodded desperately like a chicken pecking at rice. If it weren’t for the few people behind them still maintaining the “philosophical wrestling” posture on the ground, their statements would have been more convincing.
“Is that so… Never mind. By the way, Shiraki, come and fight me!”
Soma Yukihira put down the bag behind him and looked like he had rushed here without even having time to go back to his room. “The trick you used in class today was super cool. It’s a pity that I couldn’t actually taste the finished product in the end, but it’s the same here anyway. Come and compete with me!”
“Eh… Uh, um, Yukihira-kun, now isn’t the time to talk about this, right?”
Tanomo Kei interrupted him with a sweat on her forehead. If Soma Yukihira joined in the fun, things would become even more chaotic here.
Bai Mu shrugged, “Although I really want to agree to your request…but I’m a bit short of time recently. How about this, Yukihira, there is a guy named Takumi Aldini in our class this year. If you can defeat him, then I agree to fight you. What do you think of this condition?”
Of course, Shiraki didn’t want to pay attention to Yukihira Soma’s challenge. Apart from anything else, winning or losing would not benefit him at all. If he won, he would be entangled to death by this guy, and it seemed unnecessary to lose on purpose. It was simply a death option. After thinking about it, Shiraki suddenly remembered Takumi, who also gave him a headache. These two guys were very similar in a sense. Both of them were the kind of people who were absolutely unwilling to fail. In Shiraki’s opinion, the winning rate of Yukihira and Takumi was about 50-50. If combined with their personalities, once one of them won, the other would definitely not be willing to lose, and would then challenge the other again. In this way, neither Yukihira nor Takumi would have time to waste their time. This plan was simply perfect.
Therefore, Shiraki took the opportunity to suggest that Soma Yukihira go find Takumi.
“A guy of the same level as us?… Well, since you’re busy lately, there’s nothing I can do. Okay, it’s decided. I will definitely find that guy named Takumi tomorrow and defeat him. Shiraki, just wait for my challenge!”
Soma Yukihira thought for a moment. Although he couldn’t start the competition immediately, there was no difference between challenging Shiraki directly and defeating a few people first and then challenging Shiraki. He didn’t think that he would lose to a group of students who had no experience in facing customers, so he agreed without hesitation.
“In that case, you can celebrate joining Polaris Dormitory with everyone today. But don’t be too late, after all, you still have classes tomorrow.”
Shiraki waved his hand and sent Soma Yukihira away.
With his reminder, everyone in the dormitory who were originally staggering around either came back to their senses from the delicious food or got up from the ground. Everyone started taking out their own food and began a new round of playfulness.
Shiraki also took this opportunity to eat something. Although he had eaten a lot of S-level dishes at the Totsuki Resort in the past month, the dishes in the dormitory now were mostly B- and C-level. Even Isshiki Hui only took out one dish that barely reached the B-level threshold, whether out of concealment of strength or for some other reason. However, compared with the things Shiraki made himself, these things were undoubtedly delicacies.
After dinner, it was almost ten o’clock outside. Soma Yukihira was really outgoing and soon became friends with everyone else in the dormitory. He must have drunk too much wheat juice.
The next morning, Shiraki got up from his bed, went downstairs to the cafeteria to have breakfast, and then came to the teaching area early, because while he was eating, he caught a glimpse of Yukihira Soma in the kitchen sharpening his knife from a distance, sitting in his seat with a serious expression on his face. With a little thought, Shiraki realized that this guy heard Yuuki and the others talking about the Ten Elites last night, so he was waiting for Isshiki Hui here. Shiraki was not in the mood to watch this challenge that was doomed to have no results. Not to mention that Isshiki Hui would never accept Yukihira Soma’s food battle. Even if he accepted, Yukihira Soma’s current level would only make him a weakling. Although the true level of Isshiki Hui is unclear, he is definitely stronger than the current sixth seat, Kinokuni Ningning. He is the real strongest among the second-year students. There is no doubt about this. The only thing is that no one knows how he compares to the third-year guys.
When we arrived at the teaching area, the cooking room was not open yet.
If I remember correctly, today’s class should be taught by a lecturer named ‘Noriko Maki’. This lecturer specializes in pastry dishes, which is a good opportunity for me to try out the cooking skills card I just got last night.
After waiting for a while, the door of the cooking room was finally opened and the remaining students came in one after another.
The curriculum of Totsuki Academy is not like other schools, which are tightly scheduled from morning to afternoon. To be precise, the curriculum here is very relaxed. The academy gives students a lot of time to study cooking, so most students focus on research clubs or food battles. Of course, regular academic performance is still very important. If students get many ‘E’s’ in a row, they will face the risk of expulsion. This is why the cooking training room where Shiraki was yesterday became famous all of a sudden.
Today he was assigned to the first cooking room. After everyone arrived, Shiraki looked around and found that neither Tadokoro Megumi nor Soma Yukihira seemed to be assigned to the same classroom with him. It seemed that it was a matter of luck. However, there was an unexpected person in this classroom.
“Hey, Erina, you are in this classroom too?”
As soon as Shiraki walked up to greet Erina, all eyes on him were clearly drawn to him. As the strongest student in the first grade, Erina herself would attract attention wherever she went, not to mention Shiraki, who was also a humanoid self-propelled luminous body.
“When did you appear behind me?!”
Erina, who was spoken to by him, was shocked again as expected, especially after the shock of yesterday’s opening ceremony. Now she would subconsciously blush when she saw Shiraki.
065. Making Pastries [10th Update] (Old Version)
065. Making Pastries [10th update]“I’ve been in this cooking room from the beginning. By the way, since you’re here too, why don’t we team up?” After spending so much time together, Shiraki has become roughly accustomed to how to communicate with Erina. Sure enough, after he said this, Erina hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed to the invitation to team up.
Only Hisako at the back was left, making the Erkang hand gesture with a tearful look on her face. However, it was obvious that her action was of no avail. Erina was so immersed in the conversation with the person in front of her that there was no trace of herself at all.
——Lady Erina, have you forgotten that this guy played a trick on us yesterday?
Hisako really wanted to rush up and say this, but now the groups have been divided, she could only stare at Erina with eager eyes, hoping that she would change her mind in time. If it were the usual Erina, she would definitely notice it at the first moment, but at this moment, Erina only had Shiraki in her eyes. Although she herself did not notice it, the performance of these two people was quite obvious.
“Um…Hisako-san, are you okay?”
The girl who was assigned to the same group with Feishazi was sweating as she looked at Feishazi, who was kneeling down in frustration under the cooking counter, as if she had lost the whole world. She was a little worried whether Feishazi could pass the course in her current state.
“Hey, that transfer student is actually in the same group with Erina-sama?”
“Really? Hasn’t Erina always been in a group with Hisako?” (Hisako’s Critical Hit +1)
“They seem to have a very good relationship…”
“Damn it! That damned transfer student, when did he catch the attention of Lady Erina?”
“Just wait for me!”
From time to time, the sound of some boys gritting their teeth could be heard nearby. Shiraki’s hatred value was very high, and coupled with the fact that Erina seemed to be very fond of him at this moment, Shiraki immediately became the most eye-catching presence in the entire cooking room. You must know that Erina was the strongest in the first grade, and one of the Ten Elites of Totsuki. In the eyes of ordinary students, she was an unattainable existence. Usually, due to the pressure of Erina, no one dared to approach her, but when they saw that someone had taken the lead, the strong jealousy that erupted was no joke.
“Hey… that person is the transfer student.”
Amidst everyone’s gazes that seemed to shoot through Bai Mu, a silver-haired girl in the back row suddenly tilted her head and looked with curiosity at the two people in front who were chatting as if no one was around. From her perspective, the cousin who never smiled actually had a face full of shame, as if she really wanted to regain her dignity, but no matter how you looked at her, she looked like a little girl acting, which was really rare.
“Oh? Interesting?”
The girl with short silver hair suddenly seemed to be interested in something, and she covered her mouth with a sly smile. Her eyes had very beautiful outlines, and they looked as dazzling as gemstones. Her short silver hair made her look heroic, and the chef’s uniform of Totsuki Academy perfectly outlined her figure, which was not inferior to Erina’s. The girl in front of him actually had some subtle similarities with Erina.
“Miss…class is about to start.”
A weak-sounding voice came from behind the silver-haired girl. The man seemed to have dark circles under his eyes, short black hair, and long bangs. He exuded a decadent aura, but he was tall and looked like a bodyguard standing behind the silver-haired girl.
“Okay, okay, I get it, Liang-kun doesn’t know what fun is!”
The silver-haired girl puffed her cheeks and turned around angrily, while the black-haired boy who was being criticized by her just tilted his head, somewhat confused by the ‘funny thing’ she mentioned.
“Forget it, Ryo-kun, you’re really boring, but… I have a feeling that something interesting will happen in this class.”
The silver-haired girl looked at the cooking table in front of her, or more precisely, at the man and woman standing behind the cooking table. She didn’t know whether the ‘fun thing’ she was talking about was for this class or for herself.
Soon, a woman with brown curly hair, about the same age as lecturer Roland Chapelle, walked into the classroom. She was the lecturer of this class – Noriko Maki.
“Is everyone here?”
Noriko Maki, who was holding a stack of information in her hands, did not look as serious as Lecturer Chapelle. She had a kind smile on her face. After looking around the classroom and seeing that everyone was standing behind the cooking table, she smiled with satisfaction again.
“The content of this class is very simple. Please work in groups to make a pastry. Any pastry will do. After you make it, please hand it in for me to taste. I will give you a corresponding grade. The time limit is one hour. You can start now.”
As soon as Instructor Maki finished speaking, everyone started thinking immediately. Because there was no fixed menu this time, each group had to decide on their own dishes first, so that they could choose the ingredients more quickly later. Shiraki’s group was no exception.
“Noodles?” Erina nodded secretly when she heard this. Instructor Maki’s course was similar to what she had imagined, but she didn’t know what Shiraki’s requirements were for the dishes.
“I say… Erina.” Just before Erina was about to ask, Shiraki suddenly leaned over to her and said, “It seems that since we met, I have never eaten the food you made yourself, right?”
“So, so what? And don’t get so close, I can hear you clearly!”
Erina reflexively jumped three steps away, stammering and pointing at Shiraki.
“Well, actually, what I want to say is, why don’t you take this opportunity to let me see your cooking skills?”
Bai Mu spread his hands, thinking it would be inappropriate to continue teasing her after seeing her reaction.
“Huh, I thought it was something else, is it just that?”
Erina realized that she had lost her composure just now and pretended to clear her throat. She walked back to her seat gracefully, as if she had finally regained some of the feeling of a young lady. She said to Shiraki in a light-hearted manner, “Since you said so, I will show you my cooking.”
Although she said this, when she thought about the food made by Shiraki, Erina still felt a little lacking in confidence when she said this. Although she had undergone devilish training in private since then, she was still far from reaching Shiraki’s level. However, she still forced herself to use her usual cold tone to cover up this lack of confidence. No matter what, she couldn’t just say bluntly that her cooking was not as good as Shiraki’s, right?
The interaction between the two was naturally seen by the other students in the classroom. Looking at Erina with a shy expression on her face and Shiraki shrugged his shoulders, as if he was not very interested in Erina, all the boys had only this thought in their minds.
——Sure enough, this transfer student is such an eyesore!
066. Thousands of Hammers [Eleventh Update] (Old Version)
066. Thousands of Hammers [Eleventh Update]“In that case…is there anything you’d like to eat?”
The other groups had already decided on the menus one after another. Erina cleared her throat and asked with an expression as if she wanted to hear what Shiraki had to say.
“Noodles…”
This question made Shiraki think for a while. Speaking of noodles, the types of noodles in Chinese cuisine are dazzling. They can be roughly divided according to the type of raw materials, dough properties, maturation methods, shapes, tastes, etc. Of course, there are also some dishes with local characteristics, such as Yanjing’s rubber rings and pea yellow, Shanghai’s crab shell yellow, Jingu’s stick-shaped devil, etc. Even if Erina knew these things, it would be difficult for her to make the original ones. Other common Chinese noodles are basically steamed buns, spring rolls, four-happiness dumplings, longevity peaches and the like.
“How about the buns?”
Shiraki finally chose this most common noodle dish, and Erina agreed to the proposal after a little thought. Soon, the two of them picked out the ingredients in the food storage area at the back.
At this time, Instructor Maki began to walk around below, stopping from time to time to watch the cooking process of certain groups and offering some suggestions. It seems that this instructor is indeed a different type from Instructor Chapelle. If it were Instructor Chapelle, he would wait until the group of students served the food before pointing out any shortcomings in the cooking or taste. In this way, the probability of students getting an A grade is greatly reduced.
After getting the ingredients, Erina immediately started cooking.
The first step is to process the meat. The meat is placed on the chopping board, and the bones, skin, and tendons are shaved off in one go. The technique is very neat and efficient, and even the passing instructor Maki’s eyes showed admiration. The more you look at these small details, the more you can see the basic qualities of a cook. Obviously, Erina, as one of the Ten Elites of Totsuki, is also at the top of all the first-year students in the high school department. Her cooking skills are pleasing to the eye at first glance.
“Let me see? The ingredients Erina is preparing are… meat? And on their cooking table are flour, yeast, milk, sesame oil, Shaoxing wine, ginger… I see, it’s ‘that’ pastry.”
Alice Nakiri at the back was observing Erina’s movements with interest, looking like a curious baby, and it seemed that she had no intention of participating in the preparation of the food. Only Kurokiba Ryo, whose aura had become completely ferocious, was left beside her, banging on something. The students around him seemed to be frightened by the noise of Kurokiba Ryo preparing the ingredients, but when they turned around and saw the other party’s face that looked like a devil descended from the earth, all the students who were about to scold him immediately turned their heads back, for fear of being stared at by this scary guy, and pretended not to see it.
There is actually only one reason why Alice was so surprised. Since junior high school, Erina’s teammate has basically only been Hisako, and most of the time, Erina simply participated in the preparation of dishes, and more often it was Hisako who completed the cooking. Strictly speaking, the junior high school and even high school courses are not very helpful in improving Erina’s strength. And today, her cousin would actually team up with someone other than Hisako, and the person who teamed up with her seemed to have no intention of taking action just like herself. The arrogant Erina actually had an obviously happy expression on her face. The relationship between these two people is really intriguing.
Soon, Erina had processed the whole piece of pork, and the next step was to chop the meat into minced meat.
Although she looks like a weak girl, Erina’s strength is quite amazing when doing physical work such as chopping meat. She looks focused as she first uses a kitchen knife to cut thin slices of meat diagonally. The thickness of each slice is actually basically the same. While maintaining such precision and accuracy, some distance is still reserved between the incision and the chopping board, so that the whole piece of meat is not cut directly.
Next, she quickly arranged the meat, which was cut like a thin page of a book, and turned the direction of the meat to one side, and began to chop the meat into pieces with a kitchen knife. After five minutes of this process, the original piece of pork had become minced meat. Then, Erina began to chop the meat without hesitation. The whole piece of meat was handled very beautifully in her hands, and it was formed in just one minute.
According to the normal steps, the next step is to mix the stuffing. However, before Erina was about to put the ingredients into the bowl, Shiraki stopped her.
“Wait a minute.”
He reached out and took the bowl of minced meat, kneaded the minced meat into a ball under Erina’s puzzled gaze, and then suddenly threw it up. Before Erina could react, his left hand had already smashed down like a sledgehammer, causing the minced meat to fall rapidly. However, just as the minced meat was about to fall into the bowl, his right hand stretched out from below again, and with another throwing motion, he threw the minced meat up again as if throwing a ball.
With each cycle, the appearance of the meat filling would become firmer. At the beginning, with Bai Mu’s movements, the whole piece of meat filling would be slightly deformed, but later, the ball of meat filling became more and more round. As the number of beatings increased, it even bounced lightly in the hand. This process lasted for about five minutes. After five minutes, a ball of meat filling that looked like a meatball appeared in Bai Mu’s palm.
“Okay, please use it.”
Erina took the bowl from Shiraki and used chopsticks to pick up some of the meat filling. She found that although the meat filling looked a bit like meatballs on the surface, the meat inside had not been beaten into meat paste. She could feel its toughness when she picked up a piece of meat filling. The most incredible thing was that when she pressed the meat filling, the chopsticks could clearly feel the elasticity. What would it feel like if she put it in her mouth? Such meat could actually produce such an effect in such a short time. Was this guy’s previous layman appearance just an act? He actually fooled himself like this?
When Erina thought of her own shocked expression when she saw Shiraki’s completely messy cooking method, she felt her face flushed with shame. If she was given another chance, she would definitely watch Shiraki cooking with a blank expression, without the slightest emotion! That’s right, not even a trace!
Erina suddenly gave Shiraki a look that made him feel confused.
067. Alice’s Provocation [Chapter 12] (Old Version)
067. Alice’s Provocation [Chapter 12]Twenty minutes had passed since the start time announced by Instructor Maki.
Erina and Shiraki brought their group’s works to the podium, and Lecturer Maki was looking at the dishes presented by this group with some anticipation.
In the small steamer, four steaming buns were lying quietly.
The skin of each bun is as crystal clear as crystal, and you can clearly see the different colored fillings inside, as if they were exquisite works of art. The water droplets that appear on the buns due to steaming flow down from the crystal-like skin and fillings, revealing the green particles like emerald or the red particles like agate inside. Just from the appearance, the taste of this dish cannot be bad, not to mention that it is a dish made by the top ten.
Baimu cast a detective eye on the dish at the right time.
Crystal buns
Taste: S grade
Taste: Grade A
Overall rating: S-
Comments: Good looking and tasty dishes.
The system didn’t seem to think highly of this S-grade dish, but Baimu had long been accustomed to this. When he was at the Totsuki Resort, he had also used the Eye of Detection to check the grades of various dishes. Unless they were above SS grade, don’t expect to hear any good words from this system.
“What a beautiful appearance! This should be a dough made by mixing wheat flour and cornstarch in a certain ratio, right?”
Lecturer Maki picked up a bun with chopsticks, first admired its appearance, and then slowly put it into his mouth.
The thin dough broke when bitten, but even though it was so thin, it was still very chewy. Before Maki could savor it carefully, the super elasticity of the meat filling jumped out between her teeth, and the emerald color splashed in her mouth. How could this filling be so chewy? !
After tasting one, Instructor Maki slowly opened his eyes. “I see, salt was added to increase the gluten of the dough when kneading it, and boiling water was used to mix the dough. The filling was repeatedly beaten using the method just now. What an amazing technique… Nakiri Shiraki Group, A grade!”
In just twenty minutes, the first group to receive an A rating appeared. Although Erina’s group getting an A rating was not surprising to everyone below, looking at Shiraki’s back on the podium, everyone below had an urge to rush up and beat him up. Why did this arrogant transfer student have such a good relationship with Erina-sama!
“Eh…it’s really an A grade?” Just as Erina and Shiraki were about to leave the podium, a clear female voice sounded from behind them. Shiraki and Erina subconsciously turned around and saw a silver-haired girl standing right behind them, looking at them curiously. Behind her was a black-haired boy emitting a black aura, who was Alice Nakiri and Kurokiba Ryo.
Seeing the two people turn their heads, Nakiri Alice leaned in front of Erina and whispered something.
“W-what are you talking about?”
Obviously, Erina was very concerned about what Alice had just said, and she immediately refuted it. However, before she could elaborate, Alice behind her reached out and separated the two of them.
“Okay, okay, now let’s ask Instructor Maki to judge our group’s cooking. Ryo-kun, quickly bring the food over.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Kurokiba Ryo brought over a bowl of steaming ramen.
“Hey, ramen?”
Instructor Maki also looked surprised. Although noodles and ramen can also be considered as a type of pastry, no other group of students in this classroom chose to make ramen. Moreover, only more than 20 minutes have passed. How can they make a bowl of ramen in more than 20 minutes?
The bowl of ramen that Kurokiba Ryo brought out was not the thick soup base that he was good at. After all, it took more than twenty minutes to prepare those ingredients. The ramen this time looked relatively lighter, but it was only from the appearance. Shiraki didn’t think that this guy would deliberately make any light dishes.
“Then let’s try the ramen from Kurokiba Alice’s group.”
Lecturer Maki was only surprised for a moment, and quickly put away her expression. She first took a sip of the ramen soup, and then the moment the soup entered her mouth, an expression of surprise appeared on her face again.
“This rich flavor is… dry goods?”
Unlike the light-looking ramen, this bowl of ramen actually has a very rich flavor and the noodles are cooked just right, fully absorbing the broth. However, this group only had twenty minutes to submit their dishes. This is impossible no matter how you think about it!
“I extracted it, didn’t I?”
Alice, who was standing in front of Lecturer Maki, blinked mischievously, and Lecturer Maki realized that, indeed, this dish was not made by Kurokiba Ryo alone. Although Alice did not seem to be helping throughout the process, her molecular cuisine skills should not be underestimated. If it was her, then it might really be possible to complete this process in such a short time.
“Very good, Kurokiba Alice’s team is also A-grade!”
Lecturer Maki was satisfied and stamped A grades on Alice and Kurokiba’s transcripts.
“Thank you, Mr. Maki!”
Alice took the report card with a happy expression on her face, and when she turned around, she looked at Erina and Shiraki with a look full of curiosity and a little provocation.
“It looks like there’s no winner this time, Erina~”
She said softly in a voice that only the three of them could hear, and then suddenly changed the subject, “Well, that day will come sooner or later.”
After saying this, she waved to Kurokiba Ryo behind her as if nothing had happened, “Let’s go, Ryo-kun.”
Kurokiba Ryo, who had a grim look on his face just now, was now full of decadent temperament, and followed Alice weakly.
“Your cousin is quite a character.”
Looking at the back of Alice Nakiri as she waved her little hands and walked forward, Shiraki glanced at Erina beside her who had turned back into her usual young lady look and teased.
“Hmph, if you have time to pay attention to this kind of thing, why don’t you just eat the rest of the buns?”
Erina folded her arms across her chest and slowly walked back to the cooking table where the two of them were. In addition to the basket of buns that had just been brought up for Lecturer Maki to grade, there were two baskets left in the steamer on the cooking table. Although it was not stated explicitly, Shiraki could tell who the two baskets were prepared for.
“Haha, I’m just kidding, why don’t we eat together?”
Shiraki scratched his head and quickly chased after them. The fight between the two was seen by others. If anyone else dared to say such words to Erina, that person would definitely not have a good ending. However, Shiraki crossed that line again and again, and Erina has not reacted until now. If you have to say there is a reaction, Erina looks quite happy.
——Ma Dan, are you here to attend class or to show off your affection? !
The same thought arose in everyone’s mind at the same time.