Food Wars!: Delicious Food of the Heavens

Chapter 112 "Loot"

Seeing that Lin Yu did not respond, Takumi's resentment grew even stronger.

Unconvinced, he decided to press his advantage.

"How's it going? Want to show us what kind of fish you caught?"

Hearing Takmi's words, Lin Yu chuckled and lifted a fluffy white ball of fur from the bucket.

"What I caught... is a rabbitfish!"

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Takumi froze on the spot.

"A rabbitfish?"

Takmi muttered to himself.

What kind of fish is a rabbitfish?

"Why have I never heard of this kind of fish before?"

When the bewildered Takumi finally saw the prey in Lin Yu's hand, his pupils widened in surprise!

"etc!"

Takumi, with an incredulous expression, raised his hand and pointed at the rabbit in Lin Yu's hand.

"Lin Yu, didn't you just go out with a fishing rod?"

Why did you bring back a rabbit?

Seeing Takumi's shocked and somewhat bewildered expression, Lin Yu couldn't help but tease him, "Huh?"

"Does going out with a fishing rod mean you're guaranteed to bring back a fish?"

"Forcibly linking a fishing rod to fishing, Takumi, isn't your thinking a bit too narrow-minded!"

"No! You...I..."

Faced with Lin Yu's innocent expression and his matter-of-fact tone.

Takumi realized that Lin Yu was teasing him.

But for a moment, he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

He wanted to say something, but the more anxious he became, the more his words seemed to be stuck in his throat like a sticky wad of chewing gum.

Even though his face turned red, he just couldn't get any words out.

But Isami behind him burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Hahaha!"

"Brother, you've been mocked!"

"Brother, you're so embarrassing right now!"

Enraged, Takumi turned around and covered his younger brother's mouth.

"Idiot Isami! I don't need you to remind me!"

Takumi gritted his teeth and roared, "You're not allowed to laugh anymore! You bastard! I'm your brother, whose side are you on?"

Isami pouted, looking aggrieved, and reluctantly uttered, "Oh~ okay~"

Takmi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Yu again, his eyes filled with an indomitable spirit.

"Alright, Lin Yu, I admit you're somewhat capable."

"However... even though you accomplished the same thing as me..."

Takumi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"But if you think you can cook something better than me just because of that..."

Takmi's expression turned solemn, and his voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"Then go ahead and give it a try!"

Seeing the fighting spirit deep in Takumi's eyes, Lin Yu put down the rabbit and gently clapped his hands, it was unclear whether he was applauding the opponent or...

I simply wanted to brush the rabbit fur off my hands.

"Excuse me, your name is Takumi, right?"

Lin Yu met Takumi's gaze, his eyes unwavering.

"I admire your courage and perseverance, but I'm prepared to laugh at your foolishness and recklessness!"

Takumi frowned slightly. "What do you mean?"

"Brother, he's subtly mocking your intelligence!" Isami whispered from behind.

Takumi's pupils widened as he realized what was happening, and he glared at Lin Yu.

"Damn it! That's too much!"

Isami shrugged and sighed, "There's nothing I can do, brother, you're just that straightforward..."

Ignoring the noisy Takumi, Lin Yu looked at the front of the classroom, where Hinako Inui sat calmly on the sofa.

"Senior Qian, let me double-check."

Lin Yu walked up to Inui Hinako, looked her straight in the eye, and asked slowly, "Excuse me, is it possible to freely take any ingredients within the designated area?"

Although she didn't understand why Lin Yu was confirming this rule so solemnly, Inui Hinako, not intending to think too much about it, nodded anyway.

Yes, that's right~

"As long as you don't go beyond the fenced area, you can freely take any food or tools that are visible to the naked eye within the area."

After hearing the answer he wanted, Lin Yu nodded heavily, a mysterious smile appearing in his eyes.

"I understand."

"In that case... give it to me!"

Amidst the shocked gazes of everyone in the classroom and the horrified expression on Hinako Inui's face, Lin Yu snatched the teapot from in front of her.

"My tea!"

Inui Hinako instinctively cried out in surprise, jumped up and lunged at the teapot in Lin Yu's hand, trying to snatch it back.

However, Lin Yu was not flustered at all.

His solution was simple: he just raised his arm and then raised it as high as he could.

Lin Yu, taking advantage of his overwhelming height, ruthlessly thwarted Inui Hinako's "counterattack."

"Ah! My teapot!"

"Waaaaah~"

After jumping several times, Hinako Inui finally gave up, realizing she couldn't reach it at all.

She crouched on the ground, letting out pitiful sobs.

"Lin Yujun is so mean!"

"I'm a mentor, and this is how my students treat me! Waaah~"

The angrier she got, the more she stood up and unleashed a flurry of punches on Lin Yu.

"Lin Yu bullied me! You're a bad person!"

Lin Yu slapped away the other party's light fist.

"Don't try that on me, Senior Qian. Playing the victim won't work on me."

"I just confirmed the rules with you; you clearly said it was okay!"

Lin Yu wasn't afraid of her at all; he pressed down on Inui Hinako's head and pushed her back onto the sofa.

"Waaah~"

"Who in their right mind would expect you to set your sights on me!"

Hearing Lin Yu's words, and realizing the difference in height and strength between them, Inui Hinako felt like crying.

"Waaah~"

"Lin Yu is so mean! He's bullying a weak woman like me who can't even kill a chicken!"

Lin Yu ignored the tears that were forced onto the other person's face and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"I think compared to my senior's perverse sense of humor, this is just a small act of retaliation!"

Hehe~

At this point, having her thoughts exposed, Hinako Inui could no longer keep up the act of crying.

She even showed an embarrassed, slightly shy and ashamed expression, clearly aware of her own "bad taste".

Hinako Inui pouted and muttered softly, "But... if there's no tea, just eating tea and snacks will be very monotonous."

Lin Yu pinched his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

"monotonous?"

"yes!"

Upon hearing Lin Yu's voice, Inui Hinako thought he had finally come to his senses and quickly added excitedly, "Besides, [Persimmon Seeds] are baked, and if you eat them alone without tea, they can easily cause internal heat!"

Hinako Inui covered half her face and said in a coquettish tone, "You're a girl, senpai!"

"I can't show my face in public if it's covered in pimples!"

Lin Yu nodded. "That makes sense."

"Would Lin Yu be willing to return my teapot?"

Hinako Inui smiled and extended a hand to Lin Yu, looking at him expectantly.

"If it really doesn't work, I can accept leaving only half the tea."

"Yeah?"

"Yes! In this respect, you're very generous!"

Lin Yu met Qian Hinako's expectant gaze.

The next second...

"Give it to me!"

Amidst a sinister laugh, Lin Yu ruthlessly snatched the bag of persimmon seeds from Inui Hinako's hands.

"Since you're worried about getting pimples, then don't eat these kinds of baked snacks that are easy to cause internal heat."

"Watch your junior take care of it for you!"

"Waaaaah~ I don't want to live anymore!"

After Lin Yu once again used his height advantage to ruthlessly thwart her "recapture plan," Inui Hinako slumped backward onto the sofa, her eyes lifeless.

Lin Yu returned to the cooking counter with his "spoils" in his arms.

"Yuuki!"

Yoshino Yuuki immediately stood at attention and shouted, "I'm here!"

Lin Yu pushed the rabbit in front of her.

"I'll leave the slaughtering and butchering of the rabbits to you. I need to process the wild taro."

Lin Yu looked at Yoshino Yuuki and asked in a gentle tone, "Is everything alright?"

"Hehe, of course, no problem!"

Hearing Lin Yu's instructions, Yoshino Yuuki seemed very happy and said with a grin, "Lin Yu-kun, preparing wild game is my specialty, so you can rest assured!"

Yoshino Yuuki was right; Lin Yu was indeed very confident in letting her handle the rabbits.

"very good."

"After you've slaughtered the animal, please remove the bones for me, but don't throw them away; I'll use them to make soup."

"Understood, Chef!"

Yoshino Yuuki happily accepted the order, then picked up the rabbit and went to process it.

Her technique was very skillful. First, she used a knife to make a small incision on one of the rabbit's hind legs, and then she inserted a straw into the incision and blew air into it.

This step is to create an initial separation between the fur and the rabbit meat.

Then, she picked up the knife again and made a circular cut on each of the four rabbit feet, and then made another cut at the base of the rabbit's tail.

Following this incision, the sharp blade sliced ​​through the fur on the rabbit's belly.

The next second, Yoshino Yuuki put down the knife, pinched the cut fur, and pulled it down sharply!

The entire rabbit skin was like a piece of clothing, which Yoshino Yuuki quickly peeled off the rabbit.

There were still some areas where the rabbit skin and meat were stuck together, so Yoshino Yuuki used a knife to gently cut through them, carefully separating the parts where the rabbit skin and meat were stuck together.

Yoshino Yuuki's movements were very skillful, with moderate force when she struck the knife, a steady rhythm in her hands, and even her breathing was very calm.

She was clearly a very cute girl, but she didn't feel nervous at all because of the fierce scene in front of her.

His technique was as steady as that of a seasoned old hunter.

Before long, Yoshino Yuuki took off a complete rabbit skin.

Although Lin Yu had not specified that the rabbit skin should be intact, Yoshino Yuuki was still very careful and did not allow the rabbit skin to be damaged in the slightest.

Yoshino Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed her slightly sore right hand, and then began to prepare for the next step.

Debone!

Considering that it was inconvenient to slaughter live animals in the classroom, the killing of the rabbits was carried out in the forest.

At the riverbank, Yoshino Yuuki bled the rabbit, removed its internal organs, and gave it a quick rinse with river water.

Otherwise, the classroom would definitely be a bloody mess by now.

Yoshino Yuuki switched to a sharper knife.

She first broke the rabbit's joints, then flipped it over and over, looking for the most suitable angle to cut into the rabbit's body, striving to remove all the rabbit's bones with the smallest possible incision and while minimizing damage to the muscle structure.

Yoshino Yuuki's expression was exceptionally serious, even more so than when she was peeling the skin earlier.

As time passed, bones were removed one by one from the pile of bright red rabbit meat.

When the bone was thrown into the tray, it bounced off the bottom of the tray, making a loud noise.

Amidst the sounds of bones colliding with the tray, beads of sweat trickled down Yoshino Yuuki's forehead and down her cheek.

Yoshino Yuuki exhaled and glanced at Lin Yu beside her.

"Yuuki, you have to do your best!"

The girl cheered herself up in her heart.

"Don't hold Lin Yujun back!"

"Almost done, hang in there! Perseverance is victory!"

Yoshino Yuuki took a few deep breaths, then, ignoring the pain in her hands, continued to hold the knife, aiming at the next bone.

the other side.

While Yoshino Yuuki was processing the rabbit, Lin Yu set aside the other wild vegetables, took out the wild taro from the bottom of the bucket, washed it clean, and put half of it into the steamer to steam over high heat.

The remaining wild taro was carefully skinned by Lin Yu with a knife before being ground.

This time, Lin Yu did not use a high-speed blender, but instead chose a grinding and gritting plate with the smallest aperture.

He patiently pressed each small, round wild taro onto the grater and rubbed it back and forth until he got a small bowl of sticky wild taro paste.

"Lin Yujun, I'm done. Is this okay?"

Yoshino Yuuki handed over two trays and showed them to Lin Yu.

A tray contained cleaned rabbit bones, the surface of which was very clean, with only some bits of meat attached to the joints.

The other tray was piled high with a bunch of fresh, tender rabbit meat.

Yoshino Yuuki looked at Lin Yu with expectant eyes, blinking rapidly.

"How is it? Can it be used?"

"It's more than just possible!"

Because he was still processing ingredients, Lin Yu couldn't easily touch Yoshino Yuuki's head, but he still gave her a sincere smile and didn't hold back his praise.

"Even if I were to handle it myself, I'm afraid I could only manage to do what Yuuki could."

"Yuuki is amazing! As expected of an expert in cooking wild game, she's been a huge help!"

"Hehe! Lin Yujun just knows how to flatter me, what kind of expert is she~"

"I'm not just making this up. Whether it was the slaughtering and bleeding in the forest earlier, or the skinning and deboning just now, I could tell that Yuuki's technique was extremely skilled!"

Lin Yu gave a thumbs up, "It's just like a seasoned old hunter!"

"Oh dear~ I'm nowhere near as good as Lin Yujun claims~"

Although she said that, Yoshino Yuuki was clearly very happy because of Lin Yu's praise. Her eyebrows and eyes curved into smiles, and her whole body was radiating a visible joy.

Seeing the incredibly happy girl, Lin Yu smiled, then looked away and focused on the task at hand.