The three judges are currently wiping their mouths with napkins, looking satisfied.
Erina sat upright with a red face and a serious face.
Oops, I just ate too much! I have completely forgotten about being a judge!! How embarrassing!
"Three teachers, it's time for evaluation." Shi Ke retreated to the ring, grabbed someone's back collar, and picked up someone sitting on the ground.
"Are you whipping the corpse?" Kuaga Teruki said without touching his feet.
"You have to stand firm even when you are being beaten. You haven't commented yet. Are you afraid that it will be like this? Is it embarrassing?"
"Stand still?" Kuga Teruki said with dead eyes.
"Um."
"Then you should let me down!!!" Kuga kicked off his short legs, but they couldn't reach the ground!
"oh."
Shi Ke let go of his hand and Jiu Wo landed on the ground.
However, a little accident happened. His legs went weak and he knelt down toward the audience...kneel down.
Both he and Shi Ke were stunned on the spot.
"Hahahaha... I'm so embarrassed, my junior." In the audience, Senior Sister Ringtong laughed without any scruples.
Several other top ten heroes also suppressed their laughter and were speechless.
"It's okay. This is an accident, right?" Jiuga Teruki and Shi Ke looked at each other for a while, then asked Shi Ke through gritted teeth.
"Yes." Shi Ke nodded seriously and helped Teruki Kuga up.
"Next, please let the judges announce their judgment results." Rei Kawashima tried to ease the awkward atmosphere at the scene.
Ding dong! Bang bang bang! Three rapid button clicking sounds came from the judges' seat.
Shike vs. Kuga Teruki
3 to 0, complete defeat.
"..., Huh... As expected." Kuga Teruki looked at it and breathed a sigh of relief, "You win, Shike."
"...Shouldn't you be beating the floor and crying?" Shi Ke scratched his head.
"... Then I still want to be shameless? I also want to save face, okay? Besides, before you started cooking today, I thought you were just an ordinary transfer student with stronger strength. I was careless."
"Excuse me~" Shi Ke rolled his eyes and drawled a lot.
"Although I tried my best in the end, I still lost and was unable to make a comeback. Shi Ke, you are really strong. I will definitely be well prepared when I compete with you next time."
"Oh. You don't want to hear how I won?"
"Of course I want to listen. At least, I want to understand. Commander-in-Chief, please explain."
"Well, I do need to explain it. After all, it's a big deal if the Ten Heroes lose. Mr. Chapelle, you go ahead and say it." Kirisenzaemon said to Mr. Roland Chapelle.
"Well. Let me tell you first. Kuaga Teruki-san's New Century Mapo Tofu is very good in terms of the selection of materials and the processing of ingredients. There is no doubt that you have performed as you should as one of the top ten.
To put it bluntly, you are qualified to open your own shop and be a chef, and your business will be very prosperous. Your knife skills and fire skills are also very good. But, Shi Ke... his level is undoubtedly professional level, every time
Both techniques are a little better than yours. I’m sorry, I choose Shi Ke.”
"Professional level?" Shi Ke tilted his head, "What are you talking about? I don't understand? I will be proud if you praise me so much."
Jiuwo takes care of the record, (_).
A little bit? How about drawing a sword to cut, carving tofu, and placing dishes with special effects? How about a little difference?
Teacher Roland Chapel, you comfort me so much that I don’t even want to live!!
"Kuga Teruki-senpai, what should I say? After tasting your and Shike's dishes, I can say that your dishes have flaws, and Shike's dishes also have flaws, and they are much more so than yours." Erina spoke up.
.
"Then why did you choose him?"
"Am I more handsome?" came the irritating words of Shi Ke from the side.
Everyone in the venue looked at Shi Ke with dead fish eyes.
Are you a little self-aware?
You're not handsome enough for Miss Erina to rate you favorably!!
What do you think of my granddaughter? Do you want to die?
"Don't talk nonsense. There are many flaws in your dishes, but there is one thing I don't understand. How do you make the flaws collide with each other and turn them into advantages?" Erina said patiently.
"Flaws turned into advantages?" The audience was silent, and no one in the audience understood the meaning of this sentence.
"Every chef will make some mistakes in the process of cooking. Most people think about how to make up for this mistake, but in the process of rushing to make up for it, they often make some new mistakes. And what I think about is
It’s how to take advantage of mistakes and turn them into rare advantages, it’s that simple.”
"..., it's like I didn't say anything." Kawashima Rei stayed for a while and spoke out the thoughts of many people.
"There's no way, everyone makes different mistakes. You can only use your own brain to change the mistakes you make. I can't help." Shi Ke spread his hands and said.
"Can you wait a moment?" Teruki Kuga interrupted Shike's speech.
"Yeah." Shi Ke decided not to say anything.
"Everyone has different opinions on how to correct flaws. I only have one question now, where did I lose? Three judges, can you explain it clearly? If it is just a technical gap, I
I didn’t think it would make you so crazy.”
"Let me tell you." Kirisenzaemon raised his head.
"This competition is a Chinese cuisine showdown. The main ingredient is tofu. The dish made by Kuga Teruki is New Century Mapo Tofu. Using traditional techniques to perfectly integrate foreign ingredients into the dishes is a very commendable creativity and ability.
.”
"That's right." Teacher Roland Chapel said.
"And Mr. Shi Ke's dish combines ten flavors into one. It is not an exaggeration to call his dish a banquet of Chinese tofu cuisine."
"You mean...his dish incorporates the flavors of the eight major Chinese cuisines!!" Teruki Kuga said with a tremble.
"In addition to the eight major cuisines, it also incorporates top-notch Chinese banquet cuisine and Chinese folk home-cooked cuisine, two completely opposite flavors. In other words, Shi Ke's dish is a combination of ten flavors. The most amazing thing
The thing is that there is no conflict between his ten flavors. Instead, they merge into one and complement each other. None of the flavors is overshadowed by other flavors. The tastes maintain a perfect balance. He relies on this
This skill surpasses yours."
"..." Teruki Kuaga was stunned.
What kind of god am I facing?
"So in this duel, I choose Shi Ke. He is better than you. At least in terms of Chinese cuisine, I can say that few people in the entire academy can tie with him. This is even the teacher.
"Kirsenzaemon knocked on the table and looked at the stone guest.
"..., you praise me like this, how can you ask me to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger?" Shi Ke smiled awkwardly, and silently cursed his mother in his heart.
"Huh... okay. I lost. I didn't expect that in Chinese cuisine, I thought I would lose, but I never thought I would lose so miserably." Teruki Kuga was a little shocked.
"There are so many things that I didn't expect. As for my skills, in my grandfather's words, I have just started. Haha, you didn't expect this, right?" Shi Ke said.
"You've just started?! What's your skill? You're too fake! Are you trying to comfort or murder!!!" Teruki Kuga jumped to his feet.
"Yes. My grandfather did say that about me. In his opinion, my skills are barely up to par, too fancy and flashy."
"..., then this counts as me?"
"Beginner. Apprentice level. Doing chores in the kitchen is a shame. The chef in my restaurant is also a master chef with ten years of experience as a chef. Each of the second chefs and others can support a whole business by themselves."
Shi Ke spoke out sentence by sentence.
"..., I can't live anymore!!" Teruki Kuaga beat the floor and cried bitterly.
"Oh...it seems like the blow was too much." Shi Ke frowned.
Kirisenzaemon waved to Kawashima Rei.
"The result is announced now, the result of Shoji, Shi Ke, wins."
"Ah! Shi Ke actually won this battle! So strong! Hey, with this, Shi Ke will become the second one among the freshmen to become one of the top ten, right? He Hui
Miss Rina, it’s 50-50! Yes, a new top ten is born!!”
"Wow! Come on! Shi Ke! What do you think at this moment? Please say a few words." A group of reporters immediately surrounded Shi Ke.
"How do you feel? Yes. I'm very happy that I didn't lose in this fight."
"What do you want to say about becoming the new top ten?"
"What does the top ten have to do with me? I don't want to be a top ten."
Everyone in the entire venue was stunned, including the top ten heroes and the commander-in-chief.
"But, you beat Kuga Teruki-senpai! In terms of strength, you won the position of the top ten!"
"Hmm. Wouldn't it be better if he changed his sign? I don't want to be a top ten. Being a top ten means you have to deal with a lot of things in school, right?"
"Um."
"I'm here to go to school, not to work. I came out to study just to take care of less things at home. If you want me to be a manager, you might as well just drop out of school."
"Young people should have a certain burden on their shoulders." Kirisenzaemon said.
"No. I lose this game, okay?"
"no."
"That's a tie. Anyway, I won't be considered a top ten hero even if I'm beaten to death. If you push me again, I'll drop out of school. Besides, the bet between me and him didn't mention the bet on the top ten people!!" Shi Ke was talking.
, I have sorted out a lot of my own things.
Many in the audience remembered the bet between the two.
"Classmate Shike, come here." Kirisenzaemon waved to Shike and smiled sinisterly.
"What's the matter? Just tell me straight away. Anyway, there's no way I can be a top ten."
"You can make a lot of money by being a top ten player."
"I already have enough money, and too much money can easily attract thieves."
"The top ten have great power in the school. Even the teachers must obey your arrangements."
"Then I'll be busy too, right?"
"No, you can pass the work to others. Some of the top ten do the same thing."
Kobayashi Ryodan in the audience turned to look at Si Yingshi, the white-haired boy who was the first among the top ten talents whom he often recommended for work.
"It's boring. When the time comes, I have to fight with the other ten heroes for some rights. It will be really troublesome."
"The top ten can be equipped with the best kitchens and the best kitchen utensils by the school, and can freely read various recipes collected in the school library. Some of the recipes can even be called legendary recipes."
"I have all of these." Shi Ke said, knocking the steel rod in his hand.
"You brat!! Don't go too far!!" The old man was furious. Everyone present was trembling with fear, and the aura of a superior erupted.
"It's not too much. Old man, I came to this academy to become stronger, so I will only follow my own way of cooking. My destiny is up to me, and God cannot change it. In Chinese, that is
My destiny is not up to me. Therefore, I will not just ignore the path given to me by others. Please be patient!!" Shi Ke did not give in at all.
The old man was stunned for a while and then smiled, "Okay. As you wish. But I will give you the same right to apply for funds as the top ten. This is what you deserve! You got it with your strength! Yuanyue College is good at cultivating talents.
There will never be any stinginess! You must accept this reward. Otherwise, you can drop out of school!"
"..., this is quite what I like. At least I don't have to sell tofu to make pocket money. I accept it."
The whole audience was stunned.
Boss! What are you thinking about selling tofu at this time?
"Jiuwo takes care of Ji."
"Here! Commander-in-Chief!"
"If you lose, you will disgrace the top ten."
"yes."
"Since Shi Ke doesn't intend to accept your position as the top ten heroes, then you can continue to be one. However, I have a request."
"any request?"
"If you lose to someone other than Shijie and Shike again, you will drop out of school. That's it! This is the end of this Shoji competition!! Hahahaha... interesting!!" The old man laughed and left.
Rei Kawashima stepped onto the stage and said, "Everyone in the audience, please take your belongings and leave the venue through the exit in order, and pay attention to safety."
"Shike!!" Teruki Kuga shouted.
"What's the matter? Senior."
"Next time!! Next time I will challenge you!! I will definitely make Chinese cuisine that you will look up to!!"
"..., to be honest, this word doesn't suit you."
"What word?"
"Look up." Shi Ke looked up at the ceiling, and before long I had a fit and ran away.
"Shi Ke! You bastard! Stop mentioning my height! I'm so tall!"
"Look up!" A word shouted by Shi Ke floated over, it was heartbreaking!
"Bitch!!!"
"My fate is up to me..." Erina, who did not get up to leave, was evaluating this sentence carefully.
"Miss, it's time for us to leave," the little secretary said.