Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

"Hey, what's going on..."

"how could I know..."

"But that guy provoked Hikigaya. According to the rumors, Yukinoshita should avenge Hikigaya."

"I can see that Yukinoshita's eyes are still as cold as ever. No... even colder than before."

"How pitiful, Kurokiba..."

At the same time, after tasting the food, the judges were unable to utter a word, but their hands uncontrollably raised the Yukinoshita sign.

The kill happened without any warning, and when he reacted again, Kurokiba was breathing heavily and his eyes were blurry.

Alice: "This guy actually turned Kurokiba, who was wearing a turban, into this, Yukinoshita Yukino..."

Hisako: "Just now, she really just handed over a dish, right?"

Erina: "What terrifying strength... As expected of a sister who once held the top spot in Totsuki, the Yukinoshita family is becoming more and more terrifying."

Hisako: "The Yukinoshita family?"

Erina: "It's just a family... No... It's a place that's much scarier than a family. The industries they monopolize are more than just cooking."

Hisako: "So amazing? But I've never heard of it..."

Erina: "It's normal that you haven't heard of it. Even I only found out about it recently."

"Since a hundred years ago, from the moment the first great-grandmother Yukinoshita was born, she has monopolized Japan's three light industries at the same time, and countless men have been vying to marry into the Yukinoshita family. In the next hundred years, the Yukinoshita family has maintained a low profile, ensuring that every son-in-law will marry into the family, while developing rapidly in various industries. In recent years, with the development of the cooking industry, they have also entered this field, and among them... there is the legendary graduate of Totsuki Academy, Yukinoshita Haruno, and Yukinoshita Yukino is her sister."

Hisako: “So powerful?!”

Erina shook her head and her expression became serious:

"The truly amazing thing is not this, but that the Yukinoshita family has only reached this point by relying on their consistent bloodline. In terms of cooking, they have no special abilities, but they still achieved such a reality. It can be called a miracle."

After hearing what Erina said, Hisako nodded.

That's right, the ability of God's Tongue is not so common. If it can be mastered by the people of the Yukinoshita family, they can almost monopolize the cooking of the whole world. But... this is also the problem...

Even without the Divine Tongue, Yukinoshita's strength is almost surpassing Erina's. Such facts are terrifying.

Erina: "I won't let her surpass me. There is only one genius girl in this generation, and that is me, Erina Nakiri. No matter how the Yukinoshita family develops in other industries, the Nakiri family will always be the top of the culinary world. I will prove this with my strength."

Hisako: "Yes! Lady Erina can definitely do it!"

"But, I have another question..."

Erina: “Hmm?”

Hisako: "What is the relationship between Hikigaya-san and her? I see them always being very close."

Erina's hands had clenched into fists without her noticing: "Very... very close?!"

Hisako: "Yeah, Erina-sama, you don't have to go to class so of course you don't know. Usually, Yukinoshita and Hikigaya form a group, and they talk about something, as if they are disgusted..."

"boom!"

The fist hit the window, and Erina's face turned red, and she didn't know what happened.

“Greasy grr ...

"Erina-sama, are you okay..."

"Hahaha, of course I'm fine, what could possibly happen to me... You're so annoying!"

"It's obvious that something's wrong... After all, his fist is so swollen."

"Idiot, I said it's okay!"

...

On the other hand, after witnessing such strength with their own eyes, everyone at Yukinoshita was speechless. If even the noisy Kurokiba became so quiet, then the magic contained in this dish was beyond imagination.

This was a match without any discussion, and as the bell rang, Yukinoshita won.

Yukinoshita: "It's up to you now, Hikigaya-kun."

Hikigaya: “Huh?”

Yukinoshita: "You have something that I don't have. I thought I was the same as you... But it's not true. In the end, I am no one and I am everyone."

When she said this, there was an obvious gloom on Yukinoshita's face, but no matter how fast Hikigaya's brain worked, she was completely unable to understand the current situation, let alone what Yukinoshita meant. Some things may not be understood if they are not said out loud, but when they are said out loud, people desire others to understand them. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the self-righteousness of the listener and the arrogance of the speaker.

However, seeing the gloom in Yukinoshita's eyes, Hikigaya knew clearly that it was not something strange, it was something he once shared with her.

Kawashima Rei: "Well, please welcome the next group!"

"Hikigaya Hachiman, and Tadokoro Megumi!"

Interrupted by Kawashima Rei's words, Yukinoshita quickly walked away, leaving Hikigaya at a loss.

But... no matter what, only by winning the current game can we have the possibility of continuing to understand, so...

Hikigaya and Tanadore looked at each other almost at the same time, and just smiled and nodded.

Hikigaya: "Let me go first... This is a new dish that I developed myself. Of course... it also required the help of those two people. Let me thank them here."

Having said this, Hikigaya glanced at Erina, causing Erina, whose face was already flushed, to hide away like a flattered kitten. On the contrary, when Hikigaya looked at Alice, she waved to him happily, not shy at all.

Afterwards, Erina finally realized why she was so shy at that time...

After seven days of settling, Hikigaya evolved the saury cake into its final form. From the beginning when there was only a fish embryo to the final result, it was completely different product.

“Saury burger.”

"enjoy your meal."

Handcrafted burgers with a rich texture, seasoned peanut butter and caramelized onions.

Hachiman felt something was wrong from the beginning of the experiment. After all, the impact of ketchup and pineapple juice was too strong, which would directly affect the taste of the saury to some extent, so...he simply turned the ketchup and pineapple juice into peanut butter and salad dressing, and put them into the burger after mixing. At the same time, pineapple slices and tomato slices will also be used as neutralizing objects and put into the burger.

The final effect is enough.

Erina: "This is... the finished product..."

Alice: “It’s completely different from what it was then…”

Mito: "What's different?"

Alice: "Nothing, I just don't know why... I also want to try it, I wonder what Erina thinks..."

At this time, Erina just swallowed her saliva lightly. In fact, after tasting the saury cake for the second time...she had already begun to look forward to what would happen next.

And Yukinoshita Yukino's already dim eyes became even duller at this moment, and she just murmured:

"As expected, you and I are different... I'm just a thief who only knows how to learn my sister's cooking and has no idea of ​​the world, but you... always surprise me."

"After so many partnerships, I'm really happy to be with you. Maybe this is also the first time I feel free from my sister's control..."

“In the finals, please, you must beat me and my sister’s cooking. Then… I will be able to accept all this with peace of mind.”

I don’t know when it started, but Yukinoshita just smiled towards the sky. She looked like she was about to cry.

Because everyone's attention was on Hikigaya at that moment, no one noticed that a drop of transparent tear was slowly sliding down Yukinoshita's cheek on her beautiful face.

Chapter 98: Yukino's Request, Yukinoshita Haruno Appears

The crisp sound accompanied by the friction between the teeth continuously bursts out with a heart-warming taste. Although the process of turning saury into a hamburger only took seven days, the effort consumed was indeed innumerable.

Okamoto: “It tastes just like real fish. It’s like putting your tongue on the surface of fish. There’s no difference.”

Anton: "As expected of Hikigaya-san's cooking, it has once again surprised me. Regardless of how it tastes, the texture has already stimulated my desire to continue eating."

"By adding the crispy fried fish bones into the burger and using the sauce to offset the fishy smell of the saury, it's simply irresistible and there's no way to resist it!"

It seemed that they could no longer care about continuing to talk. The five judges just opened their mouths and started to bite the food. Looking at this scene, not to mention the dumbfounded audience, even Tadokoro Megumi was also affected by this scene. She just couldn't help but sigh for a moment...

"Hikigaya-san, you are really amazing..."

Looking back a few months ago, he was still a person who knew nothing about Totsuki, and his cooking skills were not even entry-level. However, in the past few months, he has made rapid progress, and in the blink of an eye, he has far surpassed them.

Perhaps soon, he will go further and further, to a place where he can no longer measure the distance with his naked eyes, and this time...

Maybe this would be the last real confrontation between him and her.

Tadokoro Megumi smiled and muttered to herself:

"With my qualifications, I have done my best to get here... Even so, I am still very grateful to you, otherwise I might have been expelled from school..."

"It's great to be able to have a cooking duel with you at the end. Even if the ending is failure...it's enough."

The five judges had already finished eating, but were still discussing the meal with relish. At this time, Tanomo Kei carefully carried her dish and walked in front of the five people.

"This is my dish, please enjoy it, judges."

"And, Hikigaya-san... this is your share."

It seemed that he had not thought that Tadokoro Megumi would prepare a meal for him. Hikigaya was stunned for a moment and just stared at Tadokoro Megumi.

Perhaps because she felt a little embarrassed to be stared at like this, Tansho Kei lowered her head and said:

"I have never repaid you the thank you gift from that time. Anyway, this is just a thank you gift."

Hachiman clearly saw something strange in Tanadore Megumi's eyes. Since they had not agreed in advance to taste each other's food, Hikigaya did not prepare a portion for Tanadore Megumi, but...

Looking at Tanomo Megumi in such a state, Hachiman gently took the food handed to him by her.

If you can’t express it in words, then let the food do the job.

Unlike Hikigaya's hamburger saury, the dish chosen by Tanomo Megumi this time still uses the vegetables she is good at as side dishes, and combines them with the saury as the basic ingredient to complete the dish.

Vegetable stew and saury rice.

Various vegetable leaves are used as spices and stewed in a pot to maintain the compatibility of the ingredients. At the same time, the grilled saury is chilled, cut into equal pieces and added to the rice.

Chilled and grilled saury, this method originated from the ancient East. Through the use of both grilling and chilling, the taste of saury is brought to the extreme.

Okamoto: "It looks good... but after having eaten such delicious food, can I really forget the texture and taste of it?"

Anton: "I have to say that the food just now was impeccable, and if you want to surpass him, you have to do better..."

"Is there really anyone in this world who can do this?"

While the judges were still hesitating, Hachiman had already put the food into his mouth. There was no special feeling at the moment of biting the vegetables, but as the fish and rice entered his mouth at the same time, an incomprehensible warmth arose spontaneously.

Hachiman: "Is this... the scent of sunflower seeds?"

Rather than saying this is a dish, it is more like a perfect recipe that can heal the spirit. No matter how many times you eat it, Tanomo Megumi's food always gives you such a feeling.

At the same time, I and other judges also put the dishes into their mouths. The unspeakable shock accumulated in their hearts, and for a moment, they couldn't find a way to determine the winner.

Okamoto: “Incredible, incredible, so incredible!”

"Totsuki Academy is truly an amazing place..."

“I thought that kind of cooking had never been surpassed…”

"But in Totsuki, any student, any person may make unexpected dishes."

Judge Anton smiled unconsciously, but he couldn't hide his inner joy, and said softly:

"The grilling technique needs to be improved, and the taste control is not perfect, but it still gives people such a comfortable feeling. Why is that..."

Hachiman: "They used mushrooms and seaweed..."

Tadokoro Megumi: “Huh?”

Hachiman: "Tanoko, you have thought about it, right? Although we have to stand here for eight hours or even longer to consume our physical energy, the judges are also like this. After tasting food again and again, they have to sit here for about ten hours in a row. The physical consumption is no less than that of our contestants, so..."

"Tadokoro-kun, you are the one who thought of using the effects of seaweed and mushrooms to relax the judges, right?"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Tanomo Megumi had no way to avoid it. She just put her hands on her blue hair and started to turn them around embarrassedly.

Obviously the mushrooms and seaweed have been crushed into powder and sprinkled in with peppercorns. Normal people cannot taste this faint smell at all, but...

"As expected, Hikigaya-san is amazing..."

Just as Tanomo Megumi was thinking this, Hachiman had already appeared in front of her without her noticing.

"Thank you, Tadokoro-san."

“Your cooking is delicious.”