Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

At the same time, everyone came out of the room after hearing Hikigaya's voice. Apparently, Yoshino smiled evilly the moment he saw Hikigaya:

"Hikigaya, are you having an affair outside, hehe."

Listening to Yoshino's words, Ryoko was obviously a little unhappy, but she quickly retorted:

"Yoshino, Hikigaya is not that kind of person."

Yoshino: "Ryoko, don't worry, but you have to think about it. Hikigaya-kun only has so many friends in this academy, and he slept there for two days and two nights. It's impossible that he went to camp."

Marui: "Well, that makes sense, could it be that Hikigaya, you found your girlfriend?"

Ibusaki: “Ah, that’s really good news.”

Before he could finish his words, Ryoko slapped him directly on the head.

Hachiman: "Yoshino is right, I don't have many friends, and having a girlfriend is even more impossible."

Ryoko: "Where did you sleep then?!"

Tadokoro Megumi: "I'm curious too. It's scary to think of you, Hikigaya-san, sleeping outside."

Yoshino: "Well you guys are still anxious. From what I can see, Hikigaya you must be at the Shiomi Institute. After all, there are only so many places you can go."

Ibusaki: "But Professor Shiomi said he has never seen Hikigaya."

Yoshino: “Huh?”

Hachiman didn't intend to hide anything and just told him everything that happened in the past two days.

Of course, it is better to avoid those details completely.

Mito: "Wait a minute... You mean, you went to Nakiri's house..."

Ryoko: "You're really brave, Hikigaya, to go to a girl's house and sleep there."

Tadokoro Megumi: "It's... Alice and Erina..."

Hachiman: "Mito, what's wrong?"

Mito was a little horrified: "You know, to enter the Nakiri family, you need to have a very noble status. As a culinary family, they may not be arranged to enter even if they are rich. When I worked for Erina, I never pried into her life. As far as I know, even Hisako, the assistant who has been living by her side, seems to have never been in."

Yoshino: “No…Isn’t that right?”

Marui: "Even Hisako has never been in there?"

Ibuzaki: "It feels like a sacred place..."

Tadokoro Megumi: “I’m really curious about what it’s like inside.”

Hachiman: "It's huge, like a manor, it's endless... I never thought there would be such a place in Totsuki, it's really too exaggerated... She's simply a rich woman."

Speaking of rich women, everyone fell silent.

Ryoko held onto Tanadore Megumi and stared at Hikigaya while whispering:

"By the way, I remember that Hikigaya's desire for rich women is at the national treasure level. Could it be that they..."

Tadokoro Megumi: "It seems so... But looking at Hikigaya-san, it seems like nothing happened."

Both women seemed relieved at this moment, while the others looked at Hikigaya as if he were a pervert.

Hachiman: "Well, let's not talk about this. Tansho-san and Ibusaki-san, have you two made any progress?"

Tadokoro Megumi: "I think we have decided on the dishes for the autumn selection..."

Ibusaki: "Me too, what about you, Hikigaya?"

Hachiman: "I just finished one thing, I need to speed up the progress next."

Everyone was speechless again.

Chapter 94: A rare defeat, Hikigaya's growth rate

Four days is not a short time, but with such a busy schedule, it was gone in the blink of an eye.

In the mornings of the past few days, Hikigaya and Tadanobushi and Ibusaki almost always came to the Totsuki market early in the morning. Because they would need their own ingredients for the next round of the autumn selection, it was naturally very important to find fresh saury.

However, because saury is not easy to preserve and it is not so easy to find fresh saury, even though I have been to the market on time in the past few days, I have not found a satisfactory source of supply.

Tadokoro: "If it was Ryo Hayama, he would probably use his nose to find fresh saury."

Ibuzaki: "It seems that we will return empty-handed again today. If there are three of us, we must keep at least 20 fresh saury..."

Hachiman did discover that Kurokiba could be seen almost every day during these few days. According to Alice, he had lived by the sea since he was a child and was very good at cooking seafood, so he might have been one step ahead of Hikigaya in finding fresh ingredients.

However... since the market is so big, it is impossible to lose all the sources of saury. As long as we look for them carefully...

After all, when he was at Hotel Hikigaya, Hachiman was also in charge of purchasing food, so what he had to do was something he was good at.

The bloody air constantly exudes a fresh smell from the deep sea, which is even more prominent when you come to the seafood market. Just follow this smell and look forward again and again...

"It's right here..."

There were dozens of saury swimming around, but with Hachiman's arrival, the owner was obviously a little excited.

"Brother, you have a very good eye. The saury here is very fresh. Look at it rolling around."

Ibuzaki: "I always feel like it's not very reliable..."

Megumi Tadokoro also put her hand on the saury. Although she was not an expert in this area, based on the knowledge she had learned in school, it was still very easy for her to tell whether it was fresh.

However, I saw that Tanomo Hui's face was a little gloomy and she shook her head, and Hachiman seemed to find something strange in an instant, and just said to the boss in front of him:

"Take out the fresh goods you just arrived."

"What are you talking about, little brother? This is what's new. They are all the same."

Hachiman: "These fish have been living for a long time with the oxygen supply device, otherwise it would be impossible to put the saury shipped from the deep sea here. This little trick may be able to fool outsiders, but it should not be able to fool people in this school."

Boss: "Well, it seems you guys really know the goods. In that case..."

The boss simply lifted the black cloth behind him, and the saury, which was completely frozen but still able to swim freely, appeared in front of everyone.

Tanomo Kei was obviously very happy after seeing this scene. It was obvious that these raw materials had satisfied the needs of the three of them at one time. And after some bargaining by Hachiman, they finally got it at the lowest price.

Ibusaki: "How could this boss think of doing such a thing in the Totsuki market? You know, although this can fool ordinary students, it is simply a decoration for students who are familiar with saury."

Tadokoro Megumi: "I have no idea, but it's amazing that Hikigaya-san was able to find it!"

Hachiman: "After all, I used to buy ingredients for Hotel Hikigaya, so it can only be said that practice makes perfect, and it has nothing to do with anything else."

"but..."

This familiar scene reminded Hachiman of the first time he met Senior Gin Dojima. Fortunately, he did not ask his name.

...

Autumn selection, a round-robin competition from five to two.

With the entry of Kawashima Rei, the whole audience was once again excited.

Due to time constraints, all contestants competed almost simultaneously, with the final victory or defeat determined by a points system.

On this stage, the stove has been transformed into a six-person stove. As the big screen is allocated, the opponents will also appear. That is to say, there will be three duels on one stage at the same time. What's more important is that this round-robin battle also tests the players' physical strength, because it cannot be stopped before all the battles are completed and the top two players who have won all the dishes are selected.

For the audience, it is a feast of cuisine.

In this venue that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, compared to the original ten-to-five competition, the seats were already full during the preparation stage, and Granny Wenxu also brought everyone from Polar Star Dormitory to the viewing stand again.

Ryoko: "No matter how many times I try, I still feel that this competition system is too exaggerated. Not to mention that we have to cook the same dish five times, even the consumption of physical strength is completely immeasurable. I am really worried about Hikigaya."

Yoshino put his arm around her neck with a nonchalant look on his face: "Don't worry, when has Hikigaya ever made us worry? Compared to this, I'm more worried about Xiaohui and Ibusaki. After all, the players they are playing against are monsters in a sense."

Ryoko: "Yeah, and that guy named Kurokiba Ryo, he's a completely different person after putting on a turban. I don't know what kind of food he will come up with this time."

Marui: "It's really scary... With such physical exertion, I would have died long ago if I had gone up there."

Mito: "You always hold on to the end, don't you? From a certain perspective, you're pretty impressive."

Granny Wenxu: "Next, it's up to them."

...

As the judges entered the venue, they were still composed of those familiar faces. Except for judge Anton, the other three had already met each other, but...

"I met this guy at the market."

Not only Hachiman, but even Tadokoro Megumi and Ibusaki seemed to have reacted, and Kurokiba also seemed to be moved by this look.

Kawashima Rei: "Then welcome our new judge, Mr. Okamoto!"

"A famous fisherman from Venice, after catching all the fish in the world, got bored and became a taster."

If you look carefully, you will find that this legendary man named Okamoto has a bunch of yellow hair on his head, and the long beard seems to be one of his characteristics.

He waved his hand gently, as if he was greeting everyone in the venue. As for the fisherman, almost everyone knew of his existence. Not only that, any child who grew up by the sea would have heard of his name. After all, he had left his legends on coasts all over the world.

"So that's how it is..."

Kawashima Rei: "I don't need to explain the rules any more. This is an ultimate feast of cuisine. All the judges need to do is eat to their heart's content. The first round of drawing lots will also begin at this moment!"

"First Battle: Hikigaya vs. Ibusaki!"

"Tadokoro Megumi VS Kurokiba!"

"Yukinoshita has a bye."

Granny Wenxu: "The first game is a civil war. No matter which side wins, it will have a bad impact on morale."

Ryoko: "Well, Granny Wenxu, if you think about it this way, since the first game is a civil war, it means that there will always be someone from our Polaris Dormitory who will win this game. The one we should pay attention to is Xiaohui."

Yoshino: "That seems to be true... And since it's Ibusaki vs. Hikigaya..."

On the stage, Ibusaki smiled helplessly:

"I didn't expect to face you in the first match, Hikigaya."

"Then let it go."

The time limit was two hours, and the moment the drum bell rang, the four people began to act almost at the same time.

As expected, Ibusaki took out his best dish, which was smoking. Although from some perspectives smoking was not suitable as a cooking method for deep-sea fish like saury, he was Ibusaki after all, so after several days of research, he also found his own method.

However, Hachiman on the other side seemed to be planning to use the same method.

Ryoko: "Hikigaya, what is he going to do..."

Yoshino: "Smoked? It can't be anything else."

Marui: "How is it possible? Ibusaki has been studying smoking since he was a child. I know this best. And if we take saury as the theme, smoking is definitely not an advantage. Even so, Ibusaki spent several days studying before finding the loophole. Hikigaya actually wants to do the same?"

After all, Marui had been with Ibusaki for the past few days and understood his efforts best. In fact, he didn't even think that there was any student in this school who could surpass him in terms of smoke-smoking.

In the distance, Erina, who was standing in the VIP room, just crossed her arms and focused her eyes entirely on Hikigaya.

Hisako: "He knew that his opponent's strength was smoke, but he still wanted to use smoke to fight. What is Hikigaya planning to do?"

Erina: "This guy is messing around again. I can't stand him, but..."

It was because of those few days that Erina's heart was completely inclined towards Hikigaya at this moment. Even if this guy came up with some weird dishes, with that terrifying growth rate, then... even if it was the dish that the other party was best at, maybe... he could win.

But their eyes were completely focused on Hikigaya. Even though they trusted him so much, they still felt a sense of worry in their hearts. As time went by, more and more people seemed to realize this.

Ibuzaki: "I didn't expect that you, Hikigaya, can smoke."

Hachiman: "I have been stealing your skills until now, and I have always wanted to find an opportunity to use them in actual combat. For me, I can feel the gap between you and me to the greatest extent. Perhaps this is the only opportunity."

Ibusaki: "No matter what, I'm not going to show any mercy."

Hachiman: “That’s good…”

On the other side, Tansho Kei seemed to have forgotten the tension and just focused all her attention on cooking. Hikigaya's words of encouragement kept emerging in her mind, which was the motivation for her to move forward to this step.

The smoke behind him still surged up, and this terrifying black fog that blocked his vision finally distracted Tanomo Megumi, but...

She just smiled faintly:

"Hikigaya-san, you are really amazing... Perhaps it would be a great thing to be able to feel my own growth as calmly as you do."

Thinking of this, Tadokoro Megumi continued to concentrate her attention. On the contrary, Kurokiba, who was Tadokoro Megumi's opponent, seemed to have forgotten everything around him the moment he put on the headscarf. He just evolved into a madman who only knew how to cook and started cooking like crazy.

Yukinoshita just sat in front of her stove. Even though she was just sitting there elegantly, she still attracted a lot of attention from the venue without realizing it. With the blessing of the white coat, her already beautiful face was even more beautiful at this moment. If they looked at each other, they might fall completely into this peach trap.