Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

Just as he was wiping the water off his body with a towel, a roaring sound suddenly came from the corridor:

"Hikigaya! How on earth did you do it so fast? Tell me now!"

It's true that one hears the voice before seeing the person. As the voice came, Hachiman suddenly felt that something was wrong.

And Dojima Gin also showed an unconfused expression and just kept his eyes on Hikigaya.

Hachiman: "Um, that... Chef Dojima Gin, this was actually an accident."

As Takumi sprinted in, the atmosphere just now became even quieter, leaving only Takumi who was completely dumbfounded, and Hikigaya who looked like he didn't know how to explain.

'Lying is not a good thing!'

However, surprisingly, Dojima Gin was not angry because he was deceived, but just laughed twice in relief.

"This time, can you tell me your name?" He stretched out his hand gently. He did not feel any dissatisfaction with being deceived. However, from his face, Hachiman could feel his curiosity about himself rising sharply.

Looking at the sturdy hand in front of him, Hachiman also showed a helpless smile on his face:

"Hikigaya Hachiman."

"Well then, Hikigaya Hachiman, survive in this academy. I have confidence in you!"

After saying this, Dojima Gin did not look back and just left in front of the two of them.

At this point, Hachiman breathed a sigh of relief. He had not expected that the name he had just randomly given out would actually bring him so much trouble today. In a word... he was really lucky.

However, although Dojima Gin has left, there is still a more troublesome existence. Takumi's face looks like he has seen something extraordinary. His eyes are lifeless, and there is only a body without a soul and constantly mumbling words:

“It’s been preempted…it’s been preempted…it’s been preempted…it’s been preempted!”

"Although there's no one here, please don't shout."

Takumi seemed to be completely crazy, and ran straight towards Hikigaya, as if he wanted to strangle him, with an expression of despair on his face.

"Hikigaya, how come you know Chef Dojima Gin? You even shook his hand! What's the relationship between you two? Also, why is the cooking so fast? It's totally different from what you did this afternoon. Could it be that you have another trick up your sleeve?!"

"I'm telling you, did you listen to me?"

"Yes, yes, yes... Take your time, I'm going back first."

"asshole!"

...

At the same time, in the girls' bathroom, four girls were soaking in the water, making sounds of comfort from the bottom of their hearts.

Mito: "Ah, it feels so good..."

Yoshino: "Mito, we are girls, can you be a little more reserved? I always feel like you are a bit perverted."

Mito shook his head as if he didn't care at all, and just smiled with enjoyment and said softly:

"Hikigaya said, don't restrict yourself for other reasons, that's the only way to live happily."

Yoshino felt like it made sense, so he spread his hands and legs wide, "Now that you mention it, it really is, ah... so cool."

Ryoko and Tanshoki just smiled helplessly. Although they were both girls, they always felt that these two guys were not the same kind of people as themselves.

Ryoko: "Now that I think about it, Hikigaya completed it really quickly this time."

Tansho nodded obediently, "That really scared me. After all, I had only made about five copies at the time, and Hikigaya-san had already finished them."

Yoshino: "Well, I just can't understand that guy at all. Is he pretending to be so funny?"

Mito: "Idiot, that guy wouldn't do that, and there's absolutely no need for him to hide it from us."

Yoshino: "That makes sense. So what's going on? Did he use some method?"

Ryoko: "But, even if we use any method, the taste has to be acceptable. If we do large-scale cooking, if we fail, we will be expelled directly."

Tadokoro: "That's true. After all, if you fail, you'll be expelled. If we just do that... it doesn't seem very reliable."

Although the four girls had been discussing the name 'Hikigaya' all the time, they still hadn't come to a decent conclusion in the end.

Yoshino: "Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the best news is that everyone can get through safely."

Mito: "There are still four days of this. I feel a little tired."

Yoshino: "If you say you're tired, then Marui's situation... I don't dare to think about it."

Ryoko: "That guy seems to have been completely drained of energy since the project ended. How scary."

Tansho: "We should be leaving soon. It's not good to take a bath for too long."

Following the suggestion of Tanomo Kei, the four girls left after simply wiping each other. However, next to the four girls who had just been taking a bath, Yukinoshita gently lifted her hair.

Her expression remained unchanged. There was no one around her. She just came here to take a bath and relax. Then she left without anyone noticing.

...

The second day of the school trip, nine in the morning.

Like yesterday, today's grouping is still random. Because nearly half of the students were eliminated, the classroom seems empty. After all, there were more than 100 people in a classroom yesterday, but today, there are only less than 40 people left.

But even so, it does not mean that the chef's standards will be lowered. As soon as he walked into the classroom, Hachiman felt the heavy atmosphere, which was even stronger than yesterday.

Before walking to his stove, Hachiman noticed once again that the venomous and sinister Yukinoshita was by his side again. There was no expression on her face, as if she didn't recognize Hikigaya's existence at all. The memory of yesterday had completely disappeared at this moment.

"Well, that's fine..."

Although there were fewer people in the classroom, the familiar sounds of discussion still reached Hachiman's ears.

"Hey, it's Chef Shinomiya. We're really screwed this time."

"I heard that he is the strictest of all the chefs... and his judgment of the dishes is absolutely authoritative."

"That's not the most troublesome thing. The key is that we can only cook according to Chef Shinomiya's recipes. In this way... we won't be able to show off our cooking skills."

As the discussions grew louder, Hachiman had become accustomed to them. After all, this always happened every time he entered the classroom, and over time he just turned a blind eye to it.

At this moment, Chef Sigong, who had been observing at the podium, finally revealed a meaningful smile. He was holding a piece of white paper in his hand, but his expression was extremely serious.

"Good morning, I am Shinomiya, the 79th graduate. This time the assignment is still to cook the dishes I specified. Now I will pass on the recipes."

Hachiman took the menu, and sure enough, just by hearing the name, it was a dish he had never come across before.

[Nine-style French vegetable jelly] gives people a wonderful and luxurious impression through the colorful vegetables. Each of the nine ingredients in the nine styles requires a different processing method and heat. If any vegetable is too prominent or too bland, it will be difficult for their flavors to complement each other. Of course, this dish will become relatively simple only after mastering this point, because all the production processes and methods on the recipe have been clearly stated. If you follow the recipe, it will not be surprising that you will present exactly the same dish.

Chef Shigong still had no expression on his face. He just took out the recipe and waved it around casually:

"This recipe is pretty simple in my cookbook, or would you like to try something more difficult?"

Even though he's the head chef, he always puts on a smug expression. For a moment, the expressions on his classmates' faces seemed to be saying, "I really want to punch him twice." Of course, Yukinoshita on the side didn't react at all. It seemed that no matter what happened, it would not change her indifferent expression.

Chef Shinomiya continued:

"By the way, the topics I give will not be answered in teams. In other words, each of you must hand in an answer sheet that satisfies me before you can continue to stay in Totsuki Academy."

"You are not allowed to communicate or give opinions while cooking. You can just pick the ingredients from the vegetable pile at the back of the kitchen. Oh, I forgot to tell you that because the ingredients are limited, there is no such thing as per capita distribution. As long as you have time and ingredients, you can cook until I am satisfied. Otherwise, get out."

"Finally, let me give you one more piece of advice. From now on, it would be wiser to treat everyone around you as an enemy."

Just by listening to Chef Shinomiya's words, Hachiman already knew what this guy was trying to do. After all, it is impossible for human nature to consider others in times of crisis.

When people are truly scared, they will not care about others. They will save the person who caused the incident even if they have to sacrifice him. Obviously, Chef Shinomiya wants to take advantage of this and make us kill each other... If everyone only takes their own vegetables, then the portion will definitely be enough, but when he deliberately said that, it is entirely possible that the people who were just calling each other brothers will become enemies in the next second.

This is human nature, this is hypocrisy, and this is what Hachiman hates the most. But even so, he can't change anything. All he can do is save everything that happens before his eyes.

Chef Shinomiya: "The time limit is three hours, so... let's begin!"

Following Chef Shigong's order, everyone in the classroom dispersed like a crowd and directly crowded onto the table where the ingredients were placed.

"Hey, hey, that's what I chose! Give it back to me!"

"Whoever takes it first owns it. What's yours is mine!"

"Don't push the people behind you!"

"People in front, could you please stop snatching and just take your share and leave!"

"It hurts, get out of here!"

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm going to kill you!"

Just one sentence from Chef Shinomiya, a classroom about cooking, instantly turned into a human hell, and he, like a high-ranking butcher, just witnessed it all happening.

Hachiman and Yukinoshita did not move. They just watched the tragic scene in front of them, unable to say anything.

After a brief silence, it was Yukinoshita who spoke again:

"Zombie classmate is still standing here, has he given up?"

"Idiot, I thought you couldn't see me. If I squeeze through now, I'll definitely be turned into a meat patty."

"Forgive me for not being able to see the existence of carbon-based creatures. After all, zombies really have no sense of existence. If it weren't for the other students disappearing, I might not know where you are by the end of get out of class. But then again, they would rather turn into meat patties than give up the opportunity to drop out of school."

"After all, in the eyes of others, we two are the outliers."

"Don't confuse me with you, I'm just looking for the opportunity."

"Yes Yes Yes..."

five minutes later...

The table was a mess. The table that was full of ingredients just now was now gone. With the excitement and tense atmosphere of the classmates, no one in the classroom spoke a word. On the contrary, Hachiman and Yukinoshita, who had not even started to choose the ingredients, seemed a little special in a sense.

Hachiman: "Is the time right?"

Yukinoshita glanced at Hikigaya and without further ado, walked straight to the food table, and Hachiman followed closely behind.

As expected, no matter what kind of vegetables they were, they had completely lost their original appearance. Whether they were squashed or had various problems, it was impossible to maintain the important appearance of the [Nine-Style Vegetable French Jelly].

Of course, this problem seems minor from the outside, after all, the most important thing about a dish is the taste inside, but...

The remaining ingredients were not even fresh anymore, so the two of them picked out the ones that could still be used to cook and put them into the bowl, until the last one, the cauliflower.

As soon as he got close to it, Hachiman noticed that the cauliflower in front of him was almost completely oxidized. Not only was the color bad, but the taste of the dish would also change.

Only one is still intact...

And Yukinoshita seemed to have noticed this...

At this moment, the two of them looked into each other's eyes for the first time, but even so, the problem was still not solved.

"At this point, this is all we can do..."

Hachiman seemed to turn a blind eye and simply looked away. He casually put an oxidized cauliflower into his bowl, then walked back to his stove.

Only Yukinoshita remained standing there, just looking at the hand stretched out in front of her, and for a moment she completely lost her original ability to think.

She did not look at Hikigaya, but just stared blankly at the intact broccoli in front of her as if she had lost her soul. Finally, with a dull movement, she finally returned to her stove.

No one knew what was in her mind. Perhaps even she herself didn't know why she reached out and took the oxidized cauliflower.

But even so, she was already a step slow.

She didn't say another word to Hikigaya who was standing next to her. Everything seemed to have returned to the way it was at the beginning, as if the two of them had no interaction at all. However, in Yukinoshita's heart, his figure had already remained in her heart and had become an incomprehensible problem.

Perhaps, what she couldn't understand was herself at that time.

Because there cannot be any communication during the cooking process, and under the supervision of Chef Shinomiya, even if someone exchanges a word, they will be directly expelled from the classroom, which makes the atmosphere in the classroom, which is already small, even more gloomy.

Both Hachiman, who had selected the ingredients later, and Yukinoshita had already started their cooking time. However, at the back of the classroom, Hachiman seemed to notice the appearance of a figure.

Dojima Silver.

"I don't know what he's here for, but I don't have time to bother with him now."

'If other vegetables can be cut and selected into suitable parts to make [Nine Vegetable French Jelly], then the only thing that is left is the oxidized cauliflower..'

"Change the recipe? Or just bite the bullet and hand over the oxidized cauliflower. If it's my dad..."

Hachiman just gave a faint smile, as if mocking himself.

"There's no doubt that he will change the direction of his cooking in an instant..."

'But since the recipe is set, I might just have to change the cauliflower.'

Chapter 61: Yukinoshita's Dissent, the Victim Hikigaya

If things remain unchanged, the only thing waiting for you is to leave this path.