Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

Erina said angrily: "Hikigaya, what did this guy give my grandfather? It's the same as that medicine...but..."

Although I couldn't say it, I couldn't hide the excitement in my heart.

If possible, she would like to taste this dish with her "God's Tongue". Perhaps she would have a different feeling from others.

Tsuneya, the ninth of Hikigaya's top ten who had previously denied it, and the other top ten who had previously been unable to agree with him becoming a contestant for the autumn selection, also had a new understanding of this guy at this moment.

"You are quite capable..."

"It seems that Yuanyue is really becoming more and more interesting."

"This class of kids actually has such abnormal scores. If Hikigaya gets another 90 points, even a score of 89 points will have to be re-evaluated before it can be passed. Even in the history of Totsuki, this has never happened before."

"Who knows..."

At the same time, the commander-in-chief's voice also became heavy at this moment. After his face darkened, he said in a rough voice:

"Compared to the sauce just now, even though it has so many mixed spices, the taste is just a strong sweet and sour taste. The more I drink it, the more I want to drink it. How did they do that?"

Facing the commander-in-chief's question, it seemed as if everyone's eyes were focused on Hachiman at this moment. Ryo Hayama seemed to fully understand this situation. Even though his nose had been so sensitive to smells since he was a child, he still couldn't do this.

After mixing all the spices, ingredients, and sauces together, one can still control the taste of the final dish. This ability is no longer about controlling the spices. It is impossible to achieve this without fully controlling each ingredient, having an absolute grasp of the doneness of each dish, and trying each fusion thousands or even tens of thousands of times.

But Hikigaya Hachiman did it.

Hikigaya Hachiman spread his hands and responded calmly:

"It's not as difficult as you think. I just mixed 18% of sweet and sour sauce into the soup. Then, in order to suppress the overly strong taste of the sweet and sour sauce, I mixed 27% of apple juice into it. The final strong sweet and sour taste was achieved in this way."

"Moreover, after tasting it, you can still feel the remaining curry flavor in your mouth become stronger. This is because the remaining sauce and the newly added spices in my soup have further stimulated the curry aroma. This is the true appearance of this dish."

Listening to Hikigaya's relaxed words, everyone looked at him as if he were a monster. Although what he said was very simple, only by making it would you know how difficult this dish is.

The so-called percentages need to be constantly adjusted according to the current situation, and to get figures like 18% and 27%, it is probably the result of tens of thousands of experiments. What's even more exaggerated is... If there is just a little mistake in such a competition, the taste of the dish will no longer be exquisite, and over-emphasizing sourness or sweetness will lead to failure.

If it is too big, it will ruin the dish directly. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a dark dish.

Even if Shiroichiro was here, he wouldn't be able to control such clever numbers so accurately, which is why so many dark dishes that look normal but taste weird are created. However...Hikigaya Hachiman, in just over a month, while helping Shiomi and all the members of Polaris Dormitory, he managed to make such perverted dishes.

This can definitely be included in textbooks, but...this kind of cooking has gone beyond the scope of human beings, and it is probably impossible to restore it 100%.

Moreover, in their hearts, even Hikigaya himself could not make such a dish a second time.

However, they still underestimated Hikigaya's control over numbers. Hikigaya's partner Yukinoshita, who had been cooperating with him all this time, smiled sweetly, as if she had expected this outcome, and said nothing more.

Marui: "I say, is there a monster in our Polar Star Dormitory..."

Yoshino: "You just realized it now. How slow are your reactions?"

Ryoko: "That's amazing... It seems our worries were unnecessary."

Tadokoro Megumi: "As expected of Mr. Shiroichiro's son, no... As expected of Mr. Hikigaya."

Alice: "It seems to be getting more and more interesting..."

Kurokiba Ryo: "You actually came up with a dish like this? You're really a brave and careful guy."

Hisako shook her head helplessly: "Sure enough, Lady Erina, this guy is not someone I can mess with."

Erina stood in the VIP room with her arms folded across her chest. For a moment, she couldn't tell what she was feeling, but... an excitement that was hard to conceal burst out at this moment.

Isshiki: "It seems that after this battle, the name Hikigaya Hachiman will break all the past rumors."

Granny Wenxu: "Well, it's great to be able to witness the birth of such a guy. Isshiki, you should also work hard, otherwise you will be surpassed by your backup in the future."

Isshiki scratched his head nonchalantly:

"Being surpassed by my juniors is something worth being happy about, but... no matter what, I will try my best."

In an academy where cooking is respected, one's cooking prowess is the key to one's status. Any opponent will use his strongest strength to deal with it, which shows respect for the opponent, and the same goes for Senior Isshiki.

Seeing Hikigaya receiving such high praise, Yuigahama could hardly hide her excitement. She suddenly jumped up and said:

"Yumiko, look, look! Xiaoqi's cooking has been included in the textbook! And it's the textbook of Totsuki Academy. Even Xiaoxue can't do it!"

Miura was a little helpless, but he still touched Yuigahama's bun lovingly:

"I saw it, what an idiot. But speaking of it... that guy is really good. I would like to try his fried rice."

Because of Yuigahama's noise, the eyes of the surrounding audience were focused again, which made Miura shy. He just grabbed Yuigahama and said:

"Hey, stop messing around."

Hayato Hayama's eyes were focused on Hikigaya from beginning to end. Such a shining spotlight could not cover up his own brilliance.

"You are indeed very good. This is really great, Hikigaya-kun."

Kawashima Rei: "Then, please give a score to the last student."

"What's Hikigaya Hachiman's score??!"

"98 points!"

...

"98 points?! What..."

"I've never heard of a dish that scored 98 points in a contest among the top ten. I haven't heard of this in many years."

"This is too perverted... How did this guy get into this school..."

"And he's still a teenager. I can't imagine where he'll go in the future."

Looking at the score in front of them, not only Yeshan Ryo was stunned, but even Erina who had been watching the game was dumbfounded.

I originally thought that his cooking could only get around 96 points at best, but...

If it gets 98 points, it means that only two judges did not give full marks, and they are all very professional judges. When three judges give full marks, they have already denied all the dishes they have tasted in the past.

The usually cold Yukinoshita was also shocked by this horrific score. As far as she knew, in Totsuki Academy, there were probably no more than five people who could achieve this horrific score of 98 points. Although one of them was her very familiar sister, but...

This meant that he had already reached the same level as his sister.

At least at this age, she is already the same age as her sister.

"Then I will briefly target you and defeat you, Hikigaya-kun."

In the audience without any spotlight, Yukinoshita seemed to have made up her mind and just said this to herself.

However, in fact, there is only one thing that Hachiman understands, that is, he just created a new flavor in this cooking, so he was able to get such a high score. If not for this, his cooking would probably not get more than 96 points. This time, it was just pure luck.

After all, not every dish can create new flavors, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many culinary geniuses lost in the long river of time.

Looking at the score on the screen, the commander-in-chief didn't seem to have any extra words. He just nodded at the score and turned his gaze to Hikigaya.

"Then congratulations, Hikigaya Hachiman, for taking first place in Group A."

"Now let's announce the top five contestants from venue A."

"First place, Hikigaya Hachiman 98 points."

"Tied for second place, Yukinoshita Yukino, Hayama Ryo 95 points."

"Fourth place, Yong Takumi, 90 points!"

"Tied for fifth place, Niito Hisako and Tadokoro Megumi, 89 points!"

What is incredible is that, in just one group, four contestants have already won more than 90 points, and there is also a perverted guy who has already scored 98 points. As for the two contestants with 89 points, only one can advance.

Ryoko secretly complained:

"Fortunately I'm not at venue A, otherwise..."

When she thought about facing such a monster, Ryoko felt a sudden chill in her body. In venue B, 85 points was already a very scary existence, but in venue A, even 89 points would face elimination before entering the main competition.

This kind of competitiveness is somewhat scary.

The commander-in-chief: "According to the rules of the autumn selection, five judges will give the final competition to Niito Hisako and Tanomo Megumi, and the final winner will be selected between these two."

Following the commander-in-chief's words, Hisako had already walked onto the stage first, and Tanomo Megumi's body seemed to become stiff at this moment, and she was unable to move.

Hachiman, who happened to be walking down from the stage, patted her shoulder gently.

"come on."

As if all the restraints on her body were broken, at this moment Tansho Kei's gaze became extremely firm. Under the attention of thousands of people, she slowly walked onto the stage.

Seeing that Tanomo Kei had become stronger, Hachiman smiled knowingly, but on the way back, Hayama Ryo had already blocked his way.

"Hikigaya, it's great to be your rival."

"Next time, let me try your cooking."

"In the final, I will beat you."

With just a slight nod, Hachiman easily accepted the other party's invitation to fight.

Unlike the past when he was always avoiding things, he can now face everything around him calmly. As for Ye Shanliang, he will not relax at all even if he enters the main competition.

and...

He glanced around and only focused his attention on Erina who was in the VIP room.

"I will definitely make a dish that you will say is delicious."

Perhaps because she noticed Hikigaya looking over here, Erina shyly hid away for a moment.

She wanted to avoid his gaze by saying she was going to the restroom, but she couldn't move at all because the final judgment of Hisako and Tanomo Megumi was about to begin.

In the end, she could only blush and pretend not to see anything, focusing her attention entirely on Feishazi. However, even though she could deceive herself, she still could not deceive her heart. Only her pounding heart seemed to tell her something.

At the same time, Yukinoshita smiled faintly and said:

"Congratulations, Hikigaya-kun."

"No, it's just luck."

"Well, you would say so, but...luck is also part of strength."

"Is that so? I thought you would attack me with something more venomous."

Just smiling calmly, Yukinoshita took Hachiman's words to heart and said:

"Well, in their eyes, you are indeed a rising genius, or even someone who will surpass Erina in the future."

Having said that, Yukinoshita just looked around at the audience, but Hikigaya said with a nonchalant expression:

"I don't care what others think of me, and I don't care."

"I knew you would say that, so..."

Yukinoshita came to Hachiman's side and smiled gently, as if melting the frost in Hachiman's heart:

"Even if no one would encourage you, I would still make this choice. Thank you for your hard work, Hikigaya-kun."

"Well, it's been a long time since I heard this." Hikigaya seemed unable to stand this situation and just turned his face away.

Yukinoshita knows it best. It is obvious that everything was obtained through hard work, but her efforts were denied by using the word "genius".

But... hard work is hard work, no matter how much you deny it, it's meaningless.

The dark circles under the eyes, the calluses on the hands, the slightly trembling hands, and the tired expression can all tell of the other person's efforts.

The more people are able to understand this, the more likely they are to be told this.

So...only this time, Yukinoshita will say without hiding anything:

"We are partners after all."

...

On the stage, the last contestant to qualify from Group A will also advance at this moment.

Recalling the dishes they cooked, Hoshino Ai was still the first to respond:

"Hisako made a medicinal curry dish that can make people feel refreshed. It's really delicious. At least it can refresh people and cure all kinds of diseases. I think it's definitely worth more than 89 points."

"Tadokoro Megumi's cooking is also amazing. She cut the anglerfish, which is difficult to handle, into small pieces and still managed to make the curry taste good. It's a very unique dish."

"..."

Kawashima Rei: "Well, judges, please choose one of the contestants to advance!"

It is different from the scoring mechanism, after all, the number of judges is an odd number, so...

As long as you choose the person in your heart, you will get the result in the end.

Qualifiers: