Food Wars!: Delicious Food of the Heavens

Chapter 107 Takumi's Challenge

Just as Yoshino Yuuki was excitedly about to take Lin Yu out fishing, an unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out from behind him, stopping him.

"Do you mind if I ask? Are you Lin Yu?"

Lin Yu calmed the excited Yoshino Yuuki down, turned around, and looked at the blond boy who had suddenly appeared.

Although he didn't recognize the person, Lin Yu still nodded.

"Yes, it's me."

"Excuse me, can I help you with something?"

"It really was you!"

Takmi roared and stomped on Lin Yu's shoes.

Fortunately, Lin Yu had been keeping an eye on his opponent. The moment the opponent made a move, Lin Yu, with quick reflexes, immediately stepped back and dodged the attack in time.

Takumi's foot slammed heavily into empty air.

He almost twisted his ankle because he used too much force, and his body staggered.

If his younger brother Isami hadn't caught him in time, Takmi would have fallen to the ground.

"Damn it, this was a miscalculation!"

"I was planning to give them a hard time when we met! Ugh! How embarrassing..."

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Takumi cursed under his breath, then looked up and met Lin Yu's gaze.

An awkward atmosphere filled the space between the two.

"I said, this student..."

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Lin Yu looked Takumi up and down, especially noticing the defiant expression on his face.

"Judging from your expression, it seems... you've come with ill intentions!"

"Isami, let me go first."

Takumi broke free from his younger brother's support, tidied his disheveled hair and clothes, and resumed his initial posture, looking firmly at Lin Yu.

"First, you're right! I don't really think I have much goodwill towards you."

"Secondly, compared to the vast majority of students in this academy who normally progress from junior high to senior high, you, as a transfer student... are the real newcomers!"

Takumi's tone was firm, and his gaze remained unwavering as he looked directly at Lin Yu.

Before coming here, I was hoping to meet you in the residential training course.

"I didn't expect my luck to be so good; things turned out exactly as I wished the next day!"

At this point, Takmi even pointed at Lin Yu.

"Lin Yu!"

"Just wait and see how I ruthlessly crush you!"

"Consider this the price you pay for your outrageous remarks at the opening ceremony!"

Over here, Takumi gave a passionate speech, which he considered very domineering.

Lin Yu, on the other hand, felt completely bewildered. He scratched the back of his head and gave Takumi a look that seemed to express his concern for a mentally challenged child.

Lin Yu looked at Yoshino Yuuki, and coincidentally, Yoshino Yuuki's gaze also turned towards him.

The two exchanged a glance, both revealing a helpless, bitter smile.

Lin Yu pointed at Takumi, who was standing proudly opposite him, and asked Yoshino Yuuki, "Would Totsuki Academy hire such an arrogant idiot?"

Yoshino Yuuki shrugged and spread her hands. "As far as I know... no way!"

"All right..

""

Lin Yu sighed and looked at Takumi, who was still feeling good about himself.

"Hey! You there!"

"If you're sick, go get treatment as soon as possible! Delaying treatment can worsen your condition."

"By the way, I suggest you see a neurosurgeon."

Before Takmi could react to Lin Yu's words, Isami, who was standing behind him, burst into laughter.

"Ha ha!"

"Brother, he said you're mentally ill!"

"He also said... pfft! He also said he'd make you see a neurosurgeon! Haha!"

Takmi was naturally furious at his younger brother's sabotage.

"Shut up, Isami!"

"I'm not really stupid, I can tell!"

"Do I need you to specifically point this out?"

After scolding his younger brother for not knowing the situation, Takumi crawled over and continued to stare intently at Lin Yu.

If looks could cause harm, Lin Yu would probably have been torn to pieces by Takumi by now.

Lin Yu felt somewhat helpless and very frustrated.

It feels like I've run into a troublesome guy.

Meeting Takumi's spirited gaze, Lin Yu spoke first: "Speaking of which, what I said at the opening ceremony... did it really affect you this much?"

Lin Yu tilted his head in confusion. "I never thought there was anything wrong with those words?"

Seeing the confusion and doubt in Lin Yu's eyes, Takumi's heart suddenly ached as if it had been ripped out.

He could certainly see that the "confusion" in Lin Yu's eyes was a genuine emotion.

But this shows that... Lin Yu genuinely felt that what he said at the opening ceremony was no big deal!

"hehe..

'

Takmi suddenly laughed.

"Ha ha!"

"To say such arrogant things with such a calm expression..."

The emotions that had been building up inside exploded instantly!

Suddenly, Takumi pointed a finger at Lin Yu's nose, his eyes widening like saucers, and roared at a volume that could make his own vocal cords ache, "You really are exactly the same as you were at the opening ceremony!"

"Lin Yu, I challenge you!"

Takumi's voice was so loud that it made the classroom windows tremble.

Fortunately, the other students had already taken their fishing rods out, otherwise they might have attracted a crowd!

Hinako Inui, who was at the front of the classroom, remained calm. Even after hearing such a loud commotion, she remained slumped on the sofa, completely unmoved.

Even after hearing Takmi's "challenge declaration," she merely raised her head slightly before collapsing back down. Every now and then, she would pick up her teacup, take a sip of hot tea, and then pick up two persimmon seeds and pop them into her mouth, chewing them with a crisp "crunch crunch" sound.

When Takumi was so emotionally distraught that she was about to faint, her main message was "I can't see."

"Hey! I mean, you guys have way too much energy!"

Yoshino Yuuki felt extremely frustrated by the high-spirited Takumi and this unexpected private challenge.

"Living in the dorms for joint training is already tough enough, don't you guys feel tired at all?"

But at this moment, Takumi couldn't hear Yoshino Yuuki's frustrated complaints at all; he just kept muttering, "Finally, I can defeat you. I'm so happy!"

Lin Yu didn't hear Takumi's mutterings clearly, but looking at the other person's neurotic and self-talking appearance, he used all his strength to resist the urge to "punch this guy."

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Yuuki, let's go!"

Just as Lin Yu was calling to Yoshino Yuuki, Takumi suddenly panicked and blocked Lin Yu's way.

"No!"

Lin Yu frowned, momentarily speechless. "Speak if you have something to say, or get lost!"

"You can't leave! You haven't accepted my challenge yet!"

With piercing eyes, Takumi raised his head and met Lin Yu's gaze.

"Lin Yu, since you've made such a bold statement, you surely aren't afraid of being challenged!"

"Otherwise, how could we justify the boldness and arrogance you displayed when you uttered those words at the opening ceremony!"

Lin Yu sighed, "I already said I didn't think so..."

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"etc!"

Seemingly afraid that Lin Yu would refuse outright, before Lin Yu could finish speaking, Takumi immediately ran to Hinako Inui, who was leisurely drinking tea and eating snacks.

"Chef Inui, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"What?"

Takumi bowed slightly to Inui Hinako, his attitude respectful.

"I'd like to ask you to be a judge for a last-minute cooking competition, would that be alright?"

"Huh?" Hinako Inui was taken aback. "Why?"

"Of course it's because of you..."

'

Takumi was speaking when Hinako Inui suddenly interrupted him. "This has nothing to do with the research topic, does it?"

Hinako Inui picked up her teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and maintained her usual gentle expression, her tone completely flat.

"I refuse!"

Takumi was stunned when Hinako Inui refused so decisively.

"That's true... "

"Haha! Brother, the atmosphere suddenly got awkward!"

"You got rejected by Chef Gan, how embarrassing!"

Before Takmi could react, Isami behind him burst into unrestrained laughter.

He even laughed loudly while forcefully patting his brother's shoulder.

"It's all my brother's fault for his inexplicably arrogant remarks; even the air has become tense!"

"Brother, you look so lame! Haha!"

Hinako Inui's decisive rejection, coupled with her younger brother's relentless mockery, broke Takumi's resolve.

"hateful!"

"Why are you laughing at me too, you idiot bro!"

"Stop laughing!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Takmi swung his fist and delivered a sharp rap on Isami's head, causing Isami to clutch his head and crouch on the ground in pain, finally silencing Isami's unrestrained laughter.

Takumi, relieved, turned around and glared at Lin Yu through gritted teeth.

The next moment, Takumi took a few steps closer, and the two faces were very close.

"In short, I'm sure I can cook even better food than you!"

Takmi made a harsh statement.

"Just you wait and see, Lin Yu!"

"I'll make you truly believe it and regret uttering those arrogant words!"

"Let's go, brother!"

Before Takmi could finish speaking, Isami grabbed his brother by the back of the neck and lifted him up.

"If they don't want to, then stop bothering them stubbornly."

"If we delay any longer, we won't have enough time left!"

"Let's go!"

Even when his younger brother forcibly dragged him away, Takmi refused to give up making threats.

"Lin Yu!"

"I mean what I say! Absolutely!"

As the other person disappeared from sight, Lin Yu and Yoshino Yuuki exchanged a glance, both letting out a sigh of relief and revealing expressions of relief.

Finally, we got rid of that troublesome guy!

"Phew~"

Yoshino Yuuki, letting out a sigh of relief, nudged Lin Yu's arm with her elbow. "Now that the annoying guy is gone, Lin Yu-kun, let's hurry up and get going!"

"Well, we need to hurry up, Yuuki."

"Hehe, Lin Yujun, you can put your mind at ease."

Yoshino Yuuki smiled and leaned close to Lin Yu's ear, whispering, "Let me tell you, I'm not only good at handling wild game, but I'm also a pro at fishing and cooking fish!"

Lin Yu felt a slightly itchy sensation in his ears from a warm, moist breeze.

"Of course I believe Yuuki!"

Lin Yu patted Yoshino Yuuki's head and said with a smile, "After all, wild fish, strictly speaking, can also be considered a kind of wild game."

"Hehe, that's good. Watch me show off my amazing skills in a moment!"

Yoshino Yuuki led Lin Yu away from the classroom, skipping and hopping happily.

"Keep it up, everyone!!"

Watching Lin Yu and Yoshino Yuuki, the last pair to leave the classroom, Inui Hinako said "Good luck" to the empty classroom.

The gentle smile that had been on Hinako Inui's face slowly faded away the next second.

She lowered her head, took a sip of hot tea with a blank expression, and a cold, gloomy glint flashed in her eyes.

"Under extreme stress, a person's field of vision narrows."

"Slow reaction, misjudgment, frantic actions, misreading options, emotional outburst, inability to think."

"There are just too many possible factors..."

"This is just a small test of your adaptability and resilience."

"A chef who can't even overcome a predicament of this magnitude... is unnecessary!"

Hinako Inui looked up and silently watched Lin Yu's departing figure disappear into the dense shadows of the forest through the glass window.

"Let's see what you'll do, Lin Yu."

"Let me see if you're really as good as that little guy, Kikuchi, says."

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"Not only me, but even Dojima-senpai is looking forward to you now, and Ando-senpai and Seki Morihei-senpai are full of praise for you."

"It's making everyone really curious!"

Hinako Inui picked up her teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and looked away.

"Lin Yu, you absolutely mustn't... let us down!"

Facing the empty classroom, Hinako Inui once again revealed her signature gentle smile.

At this moment, Hinako Inui seemed to be in a particularly good mood. She swung her legs, grabbed a handful of persimmon seeds, threw them into her mouth, and chewed them happily.

The crisp "click-clack" sound echoed continuously in the empty classroom.

"Damn it! I can't catch anything!"

"Damn fish! Why won't they bite?"

"Hey! If you can't catch anything, don't just yell and scream! You've scared all my fish away!"

"Damn it! Damn it! We have to go out and fish ourselves to be food? What kind of lousy project is this?!"

Beside the forest flows a small river with clear, cool, and clean water.

But at this moment, the banks of the small river were crowded with people.

After the students hastily cast their fishing hooks into the river, they hurriedly pulled them up, only to find nothing on them, and then shouted in frustration.

Seeing this, Yoshino Yuuki's originally calm mood was also affected, and she became anxious.

"Time is limited, and so are the ingredients... Lin Yujun, we'd better catch some fish quickly, that way we might still have some time to experiment."

"If you catch a Japanese red-spotted salmon or rainbow trout... how about salt-grilling? Or stewing?"

"We also need to consider side dishes, but fortunately, wild vegetables are still plentiful this season."

As Yoshino Yuuki spoke, she looked around, searching for a suitable fishing spot.