Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

Even though Yukinoshita was like this, after seeing Hikigaya messing around, she obviously frowned and stared at him with some anger.

Kawashima Rei: "Time's up! Please both hand over your dishes."

Ibusaki and Hikigaya just smiled at each other, and then served their dishes together.

There, waiting for the two to finish cooking, sat Mr. Okamoto, who was obviously a little impatient.

Okamoto: "I remember you, you were amazing."

Hachiman: "It's just that practice makes perfect."

Okamoto: "Even so, as an experienced fisherman, I know how difficult it is to find the fresh saury behind me, after all, they are completely trapped by ice."

Hachiman smiled faintly and did not continue to answer him. He just gently stretched out his hand and put on a posture of enjoying the tasting.

Takumi: "Although both of their dishes are based on smoke, they are completely different things. In a way, Hikigaya's dishes are more like improvisations. This guy is really crazy."

Isami: "He never misses any opportunity to improve... That's him."

Mito: "Whatever, this is too much effort."

Teacher Anton tasted the two servings of saury and just frowned slightly.

"Hikigaya-san, you used walnut wood to smoke your saury, right?"

"Yes..."

"Because of the characteristics of walnut wood, it brings out the flavor of saury. The characteristics from the deep sea are not covered, which is very good...but..."

"Ibusaki-san, your approach is completely different."

"That's right. I used the most primitive didi wood, completely discarding the taste of saury as seafood, and in the process, through the combination of pickling and smoking, the fishy taste of saury has been completely removed. The final flavor is my answer."

Judge Anton nodded, as if he already had the answer in his heart.

Okamoto: "No matter from which angle, your choice is correct, Ibusaki-san, but...his only characteristic is being grasped very tightly by Hikigaya-san, so it's really hard to make a choice..."

After all, as seafood, if it loses the flavor of the sea, can it still be called a saury dish? The ground fish roe used by Hikigaya can minimize the loss of this flavor...

Kawashima Rei: "Now, the voting begins..."

"The winner of the first match is Ibusaki!"

Ryoko: "As expected, it will turn out like this... Hikigaya is really something."

Yoshino: "Well, we are all family after all, so we just need to work harder in the future."

Marui: "Wait a minute, don't you think it's scary..."

Mito: “?”

As everyone's eyes were focused on Marui's face, his glasses trembled uncontrollably:

"You guys, you really didn't notice?"

"This guy actually almost surpassed Ibuzaki in terms of smoking, to the extent of almost casual cooking."

"This means that he can always surpass you, Mito, in beef cooking, and Ryoko in wine making. Although he is not very familiar with Italian cuisine, as long as he studies for a period of time, he will probably... soon surpass you, Takumi and Isami's mastery of Italian cuisine."

"Can such a person really appear in the world?"

After Marui said this, everyone seemed to finally react, but at this time, they couldn't even tremble.

Granny Wenxu: "Your reaction speed is too slow, even an old lady like me can't catch up..."

Takumi: “This is too much...”

Mito: "I feel like I'm the protagonist of a novel..."

Ryoko: "I still can't believe it."

Alice: "I prove it's true!"

Alice came over bouncing and skipping. It was unknown when she appeared behind everyone and started eavesdropping. Not only her, but also Shiomi Jun and Hayama Ryo were standing here.

Marui: "Love love love Alice?!"

Alice: "I'm not going to eat you, why are you so surprised? Speaking of the topic just now, I can prove that what Marui said is true. Hikigaya-kun is really amazing."

Shiomi Jun: "I think you feel the same way about this."

Just like that, Ryo Hayama crossed his arms, looked at Hikigaya, and nodded slightly.

Takumi: "So..."

Isami: "How much does Hikigaya know?"

Shiomi Jun: "Since the day he entered the institute, the subject has been solved. To some extent, it has even promoted the development of the spice industry. Such an achievement... is enough to be called a doctor. Although he always pushes the credit to me, saying that everything is my credit, but only I understand... I can't do that at all."

Alice: "What's even more terrifying is... He only took three days to replicate the machine's operating theory with action. It was like copying and pasting. No... The degree of completion is even more terrifying than copying."

Ye Shanliang: "Is this guy...really a human?"

On the other side, Yukinoshita was obviously a little dissatisfied with Hikigaya's loss. She just pouted and waited for her opponent.

The first match has ended, Hikigaya lost to Ibusaki, and Tadokoro Megumi lost to Kurokiba.

The second round draw:

Hikigaya vs. Kurokiba.

Ibuzaki vs. Tadokoro Megumi.

Snow under the sky is a bye again...

Yukinoshita, who had just stood up, sat down again, but her gaze became more resentful, as if pointing in one direction continuously.

"I feel like Yukinoshita is going to kill me... Never mind, let's be serious."

In the distance, Hisako looked a little surprised when she saw Hikigaya lose. Actually, in the six months since they met, this was the first time Hisako saw Hikigaya lose a match in public. However...

Compared to Hisako, Erina on the side seemed more anxious.

"This guy is totally messing around!"

“It’s totally disrespectful to the cuisine!”

"I will definitely teach him a lesson when I meet him. No...I will leave after the game is over!"

Hisako felt helpless for a moment as she looked at Erina who was losing her temper at her.

By the way, I don't know who was the one who wanted to deny Hikigaya and expel him from the school...

However, no matter how much she complained in her heart, after all, as someone who grew up with Erina, she was genuinely happy when she noticed that Erina had this special feeling.

and...

"Hikigaya, maybe you do have some magical powers."

As the second drum sounded, the time was also two hours, and the dish was also saury. But this time, as a challenger, Kurokiba seemed to be more serious, and even a terrifying aura was constantly erupting from outside his body.

Alice: "Kurokiba...is serious..."

Ryo Hayama: "This is completely different from what he was like just now. It seems like he has already considered Hikigaya as his opponent."

Marui: "Uh, but he just lost to Ibusaki. Did he disappoint me?"

Alice: "No... Kurokiba is not that kind of person. What he needs is to defeat the opponent head-on. Therefore, he will not change anything until he has trampled the opponent under his feet."

"but..."

In a corner where no one was paying attention, Alice showed a sad expression, and then quickly cheered up:

"No matter what, Kurokiba, you can't defeat him."

For some reason, Alice thought this unconsciously in her heart.

I saw Kurokiba take out a bunch of ingredients in an instant. Compared to the previous duel with Hui, he was already fully armed, whether it was fish shells, olive oil, or ripe tomatoes. It was obvious that he had already thought about what he was going to make;

Okamoto: "Is it Italian-style boiled fish? If it's a local dish from southern Italy, it makes sense to use these ingredients..."

"And you...Hikigaya, what are you going to do?"

Chapter 95: Kurokiba's Fear, Incomprehensible Combination

With fish as the center and various ingredients added to the dish, this is a type of Italian cuisine that is both simple and bold.

Takumi is from Italy after all, so he reacted quickly to this type of cuisine.

Takumi: “Usually, it’s olive oil, tomatoes and shellfish.”

Isami: "Another feature is that this dish doesn't seem to use much seasoning, which means that to some extent, it needs to reflect the freshness of the ingredients themselves."

Takumi: "Because it's simple, the quality of the ingredients can be immediately revealed. For someone like him who was born by the sea and is very good at seafood cooking, this is a dish that he is very good at and suitable for."

The explanation given by the two helped everyone in Polaris Dormitory to understand the current situation a little, but... there was more than that. The careful Yukinoshita soon discovered something unusual.

Yukinoshita: "Each of these ingredients can be used as a staple food. If you cook them all together, the taste of the saury will be diluted to some extent."

"I think Kurokiba would understand this."

Alice smiled faintly: "I know Ryo-kun's strength very well. He is well prepared for his opponent Hikigaya-kun."

Although Kurokiba does not live in Nakiri's house, under normal circumstances, Kurokiba will report all his itineraries to Alice, and in the past few days, Hachiman has indeed seen him appear in the seafood market.

so...

The only point that can be pointed to has been clearly stated.

The seasonal saury will not be diluted by the taste of these ingredients, and can even serve as the cornerstone of the entire dish.

Alice: "From another perspective, Liang-kun has always been very confident in his own abilities!"

After all, if he fails to cook satisfactory food, he will be kicked out of the kitchen. Without a place to stay, he will be nothing more than a child waiting to die. Having lived in such an environment since childhood, he has long trusted his own cooking.

Now, no reason is needed.

As a top chef, you don't need to have any distractions when cooking. You just need to devote your whole heart to cooking and put all your effort into it.

Okamoto: "It's amazing. I don't feel the excitement and tension of the round-robin battle at all."

Anton: "Yes, it's amazing. These two people are like this. They don't feel any panic at all. Even their movements are so precise. Such abilities must have been developed since childhood."

That's right, no matter whether it was Hikigaya or Kurokiba, the fight between the two was not affected by the outside world at all. Although the momentum of the two continued to oppress each other, they could not cross that boundary line and just performed well in their own fields.

Alice: "No matter what, as long as we can use our strength to the fullest, we will not have any regrets."

Almost ten years ago, when Alice found out that Erina had a little assistant, her envious child mind made her look for an "assistant" of almost the same age in Northern Europe.

However, it is extremely rare to find a child who is as capable as Alice at such a young age, even in Northern Europe.

When Alice first met Kurokiba, she was sure that this was the person she had been looking for. Unfortunately, Kurokiba was less than ten years old at that time, but he had already become the head chef of the restaurant. It was impossible to make him submit to her.

In this way, Alice soon invited Kurokiba to a duel, and the duels were almost held every day for a year.

And during this year, Kurokiba only won once.

Alice, who watched him with her own eyes, understood that terrible desire to win was Kurokiba's terrifying weapon. He could not slack off, nor could he escape. He could only accept his failures time and time again. Even though he had become the restaurant's head chef, he continued to challenge Alice.

The two gradually got to know each other through day-to-day duels and eventually became Alice's assistants.

No matter what time it is, Alice believes that there is no enemy that Kurokiba cannot bite to death. His horrible desire to win makes him attack again and again, but...

Only Hikigaya can lose its value with just one cooking collision.

The only chance to defeat Hikigaya is the first time. After witnessing his growth with her own eyes, Alice can no longer deceive herself. In the near future, his abilities will soon be improved to a point where they cannot be measured by level.

so...

As long as there are no regrets, that's all.

Under the gaze of everyone, Kurokiba's speed began to increase. A pair of scissors appeared in his right hand, and his left hand took out a thin layer of heat-resistant film.

It has a heat resistance of over 200° and a low temperature resistance of -40°. It is a film that can be wrapped for heating. Of course, it is also the molecular cooking technique learned in the competition with Alice.

Hachiman: "It's finally time to start... Before the ingredients are processed, let me watch slowly."

He didn't know when he had stopped moving his hands, but he just followed everyone's gaze and looked at Kurokiba. After wrapping the so-called Italian dish completely with heat-resistant film, he put it through the second stage of processing. The temperature, humidity, and all the controllable factors were in the hands of Kurokiba, the performer, and he seemed to be becoming more and more adept at it.

Yukinoshita: “So that’s how it is…”

Hachiman: "What an impressive ability! If I had never left that [Hikigaya Hotel], I would never have witnessed a chef with such terrifying abilities."