Problem Girls Strategy

"Hehe, okay, okay." After enjoying Jiang Zao's praise, Goto Ichiri quickly hid in the space under the sink. If Jiang Zao hadn't been there, participating in such a group activity would have been no less than staying in hell for her.

Fortunately, I learned some cooking knowledge from my mother in advance, and it’s great that I can help Jiang Zao.

The space under the sink was very clean, otherwise Jiang Zao would have to stop what he was doing and pull Goto Ichiri out.

Seeing their intimate interaction, Gabriel's anger at not being able to slack off was fueled, burning even more fiercely: "Look, everyone else has already finished peeling the berries, and you've only just started the third one! Hurry up!"

"Aren't you only the fourth one?"

"If I wasn't here to guide you, would I be so slow?"

"Then let's have a competition to see who finishes peeling the potatoes first. Whoever wins gets to give the braised pork that Jiang Zao has prepared!"

"Let's compete, who's afraid of who?" Gabriel felt that Satania was courting death. She was just trying to slack off, so she was inefficient, not because she couldn't peel the skin like her.

Gabriel, who usually had no interest in doing anything except playing games, was now getting serious with Satania. Vinate looked at Jiang Zao, who was concentrating on cooking, with a complicated expression. She remembered Gabriel's abnormal behavior on the day after the band's performance.

Gabriel, you won't do that to Jiang Zao... No, it's too early to draw a conclusion now. Gabriel is the top graduate of the Angel School, it's impossible for her not to know the strict rules of the angels. More importantly...

The lifespan of angels is much longer than that of humans.

Love between angels and humans has appeared throughout the history of time, but most of them ended in regret because not everyone can go to heaven after death.

Compared to angels, demons are much more relaxed and do not have those troublesome rules.

Worried about your lover's lack of lifespan? Then transform them into your dependents.

Do you have too many crushes? Then just start a harem.

The demons' way of dealing with things is so simple, direct and brutal.

"Vinate, it seems that just making a dish of braised pork is not enough, right?" Jiang Zao interrupted Vinate's contemplation: "Do you have any other dishes prepared?"

"Ah, yes, Satania, did you bring the fish I asked you to bring?"

The potato-peeling competition between Satania and Gabriel was at a critical moment. Gabriel never expected that Satania would get the hang of it so quickly and her efficiency was comparable to his own. However, Vinate's words interrupted Satania's movements and made her lose the game.

"Damn it, Vinate, don't talk to me at this critical moment!"

"Sorry, so where's the fish I wanted? You didn't forget, did you?"

Satania took out a fish that looked like an anglerfish, with a purple body, an unusually protruding chin, and a mouth full of sharp teeth, and held it in her arms: "Of course I didn't forget it, look!"

"Wow!" Vinate saw that the fish was still shaking, so she didn't dare to approach rashly: "It's still alive. Where did you get this fish from?"

"Hehe," Satania proudly introduced to her, "This is what I caught in the Demonic Lake this morning!"

Did you even go back to hell for the fish?

"Why are you so serious about this kind of thing?"

Satania covered her cheek with her left hand, looked into the distance with her red eyes, and pretended to be in a high position and felt lonely: "A first-class chef is very picky about the freshness of the ingredients."

"You're not the chef at all, and don't forget to give me the braised pork later."

Satania's defense was broken instantly: "The previous match doesn't count, I was disturbed by Vinate!"

Jiang Zao let them quarrel happily. He had already blanched the sliced ​​pork belly and set it aside to drain it, and was preparing to fry the sugar color.

Pour cooking oil into the pot, turn on medium heat, wait until the oil temperature is about 50% to 60% hot, add white sugar and stir gently with a spatula. The delicate white sugar will soon melt gradually, and large white bubbles will begin to bubble up on the oil surface. Continue stirring the jujube.

As the large bubbles gradually transformed into dense small bubbles, and then gradually dissipated, the color of the sugar water in the pot gradually changed from light yellow to date red. Jiang Zao immediately poured the drained pork belly into the pot with a dense "sizzling" sound.

Jiang Zao skillfully stirs the spoon to evenly coat each piece of pork belly with sugar color. When the meat is fried with fragrance, he immediately adds star anise, cinnamon, garlic and other spices, then adds boiling water to cover the ingredients and pours them into the stew pot to simmer.

When you can easily pierce the whole piece of meat with chopsticks, add the chopped potatoes. This way, the potatoes will be soft and tasty when stewed instead of becoming a paste that breaks into pieces with a pinch of the meat.

After finishing the braised pork, Jiang Zao turned around to check on the situation over at Vinate's side.

They seemed to be making fish soup?

As a result, Jiang Zao discovered that Vinate was holding a kitchen knife and was hesitant to use the knife on the strange-looking demon fish.

Her hands trembled slightly, as if she was in a dilemma. In the end, she chose to put down the kitchen knife: "No, I can't do anything to Satania."

"I already told you that it wasn't me!"

Jiang Zao felt that if he didn't go over to help, he would probably only have braised pork to eat in the end.

Satania, who was about to pick up the kitchen knife to replace Vinate, was hit on the face by the fish's beautiful tail fan and fell to the ground unconscious. Jiang Zao picked up the "anglerfish" and killed it cleanly and neatly.

A trace of purple blood splashed onto Jiang Zao's face, and his unhesitating movements when killing the fish made Gabriel's heart pound.

If I really make Jiang Zao angry, he won’t cook me as well, right?

Although this fish was a product of hell, it was no different from ordinary fish except that its blood was purple. Jiang Zao scraped the scales and removed the bones in minutes. "Vinate, the fish is cut. Now it's up to you."

"Um... Jiang Zao..." Vinate showed an expression of wanting to cry but not being able to, and tremblingly pointed at the ingredients that Gabriel was responsible for bringing: "I think it may still depend on you."

Jiang Zao looked over and saw that Gabriel had been supposed to be responsible for buying tofu and kelp, but for some reason, onions, potatoes and carrots were now on the table.

Jiang Zao had not put down the kitchen knife in his hand, nor had he wiped the fish blood. He wore a smile that warmed the others but chilled Gabriel's back. He asked word by word, "Defendant Gabriel, do you have anything else to say?"

"Gulp..." Gabriel swallowed nervously, put his hands in front of him to signal Jiang Zao to calm down, and slowly moved towards the back door: "I think..."

"Sataniyan soldiers, go capture the prisoner!"

"Yes! Commander Jiang Zao!"

There are not many opportunities to make Gabriel lose face, so Satania quickly got behind Gabriel and held her firmly in place.

"Jiang, Jiang Zao, Jiang Zao! Don't come over here!!!"

Chapter 72: Demon! World! Fish! Soup!

Gabriel's cheeks, as white and tender as freshly peeled lychees, were rubbed and pulled by Jiang Zao like dough kneading, until her entire face turned red and even a little numb, and only then did Jiang Zao let go.

"Don't buy groceries on a whim next time!"

"OK..."

"Hahahaha, you deserve it, Gabriel!" Seeing the miserable appearance of her rival, Satania bent over and laughed so hard that tears were about to come out.

Gabriel seemed to have lost her soul due to being "abused" by Jiang Zao. She squatted on the ground, covering her red cheeks, and her violet eyes had lost their luster.

That guy's hands are unexpectedly rough...

"I'll go to other groups to see if they have any extra curry. Vinaite, you ask them to cut the vegetables."

"Ah."

Vinate nodded. The cooking had been handed over to Jiang Zao, so she had to at least prepare the food. She rolled up her sleeves with great enthusiasm: "Satania, Xiaojia and Goto, let's cut the vegetables quickly."

Vinate gave the task of peeling potatoes to the skilled Goto Ichiri, asked Satania to cut onions, and Gabriel to cut carrots, while she herself was in charge of supervision.

Satania raised two kitchen knives eagerly, her eyes flashing with excitement.

"Satanija, just one is enough..."

Satania placed the round onion on the cutting board, with the sharp blade of the knife hanging over the top of the onion: "How do I cut this?"

Vinate half-clenched her right hand into a fist: "Make your hand into a cat's paw, then cut the onion in half, press your hand on it and cut it carefully."

"so?"

"Yeah."

After teaching Satania, Vinate turned around and found that Gabriel was slacking off again. She took the unprocessed ingredients and piled them into a tower.

"Xiaojia, stop being lazy."

"I'm making vegetable towers now. I'm very busy."

Gabriel's perfunctory attitude made Vinate angry. She squeezed out two words from between her teeth with lifeless eyes: "Work!"

It is not funny to see an honest person get angry. Gabriel became obedient instantly, and the carrot was cut into irregular orange-red pieces under the knife.

“Vinate…” Satania rubbed her eyes with tears in her eyes: “I feel like I can’t stop crying!”

"Is this a kindergarten? I can't take care of it all!"

Fortunately, Jiang Zao came back in time and prevented Vinate from completely breaking down: "I'm back, why is Satania crying?"

Glancing at the onions on the chopping board, he couldn't help but laugh: "So you're chopping onions. Satania, go wash your face, I'll do the chopping."

"Hey, Jiang Zao, why are you only helping her cut? Come over and help too..." Before Gabrielle could finish her words, Vinate's deathly gaze came over, so she quickly shut up and continued cutting carrots.

"Satania, let me tell you how to cut onions so that you don't choke and cry." Jiang Zao said, putting the kitchen knife in the sink and wetting it with water, then quickly cutting the onion into pieces: "The gas emitted by onions is soluble in water, so as long as you wet the kitchen knife before cutting, you can effectively prevent choking and tears."

"You know a lot."

"After all, I often cook at home."

The ingredients for the curry were quickly cut. Jiang Zao first heated the pan and then added cold oil. Vinate was curious why he did this, so he explained, "There's a saying in my hometown that a hot pan and cold oil won't stick to the pan. This way, when cooking, the ingredients won't stick to the pan because of the high oil temperature after they're put in."

Jiang Zao poured the onion pieces into the pot and stir-fried them slightly. When the spicy smell of the onion became softer and mixed with the cooking oil in the pot to form a special onion fragrance and the color became somewhat transparent, he added potatoes and carrots and stir-fried them.

There is no need to fry the potatoes and carrots completely, as long as they are coated with the onion fragrance in the pot, then add cold water and cover the pot and wait for the water to boil. The curry that Jiang Zao borrowed from the next group is the common curry cubes in supermarkets. The flavor has been adjusted in advance, and you only need to decide how much to put in according to the number of people. If it is curry powder, it needs to be fried with oil in advance for a while to stimulate the aroma.

Moreover, the amount of curry powder is difficult for novices to grasp. Most people choose more convenient and quick curry cubes when making curry themselves.

Seeing that the soup in the pot had begun to jump actively like a small spring, Jiang Zao lifted the transparent lid, put the curry cubes in, and stirred gently until they dissolved. The soup that originally had translucent yellow oil floating on it turned into dark brown curry soup. He then transferred the curry in the pot to another stew pot. He was going to deal with the fish next.

Jiang Zao was not sure how to cook this fish, a specialty of hell, so to be on the safe side, he chose to make it with normal fish soup.

Put the fish head and body into a pot and fry the snow-white... no, purple fish meat over medium heat until it reaches the brown texture that Michelin three-star chefs love most. Then add shredded ginger, boiling water and fish offal, and simmer for about half an hour. Generally speaking, if it is a normal fish, the soup should have turned into a milky white color that makes people drool at this step.

But! This fish is not ordinary. It comes from hell, the Demonic River. This also means that it will not produce a mediocre soup like ordinary fish.

Jiang Zao couldn't bear to look at the purple soup in the pot. The fish head and body kept tumbling in the boiling soup, as if they had come back to life. Jiang Zao felt that he could even call himself a "necromancer" based on this pot of soup.

After all, it is a dish I made myself, so let’s not talk about the appearance first, let’s just taste it…

Jiang Zao scooped some purple fish soup with a spoon with a fearless spirit, and put the spoon into his mouth with a frown. Vinate was ready to call 120. Only Goto Ichiri had almost blind trust in her, and he wanted to taste the fish soup made by Jiang Zao with saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth.

To Jiang Zao's surprise, the fish soup had a light milky aroma, which bloomed at the tip of the tongue the moment it entered the mouth and filled the entire mouth. It had a mellow taste and was also very delicate, as if it had merged with the Demonic River, giving off an endless sense of vitality and vigor.

Although Jiang Zao had never seen the Demonic River, he could vaguely see its appearance through this fish soup.

"It tastes pretty good."

"Hehehe, the fish I caught myself, Satania, of course, must taste good!"

The fish soup is ready, and Gabriel and the others can finally start tasting the delicious food made by Jiang Zao.

The braised pork is fat but not greasy, lean but not dry, and every bite is full of rich meaty flavor. The potatoes stewed together are soft, sweet and tasty, which can relieve greasiness while containing the tempting meaty aroma.

Since the curry is made with curry cubes, the taste is as expected.

Demonic Fish Soup, this was the name given by Jiang Zao. The taste amazed everyone's taste buds. After Satania was full, she started to think about some tricks.

"Jiang Zao, do you want to become the future great devil's personal chef?"

Jiang Zao smiled and shook his head: "Forget about the royal service. If you want to eat the food I cook, you can just come to my house and eat for free."

When his life is about to end, I will transform him into my follower.

Satania thought so and smiled with a plan in mind.

Chapter 73: The Party Struggle between Elves, Succubi and Orcs

The joint cooking internship at Muten High School has ended. Jiang Zao thought that he could quickly travel between the two schools through the Problem Children's Countermeasures Team. In addition, solving the problems of Eriri and the others is a higher priority at the moment, so he decided to focus on Mihama Academy for the time being.

In the morning, I accompany Gabriel to school, and then go to Mihama Academy through the Countermeasures Department. It is also convenient if I want to have lunch with Goto Ichiri at noon before going back. I can go back if I want to after school, and I can stay in Mihama Academy if I don’t want to go back. After all, I still have the title of "dormitory janitor".

Does this mean I have already mastered the basics of time management?

Jiang Zao rubbed his chin with his right hand and thought complacently.

He first planned to help Ying Lili solve the problem. Among the three, her relationship with Jiang Zao was the best. To stimulate her true potential, he must first step by step reveal her identity as a book artist that she had concealed, or at least let himself know it. If he couldn't even do this, how could he talk about solving the problem?

With a general direction, Jiang Zao quickly thought of a solution. He specially bought some popular novels and comics and brought them to Mihama Academy.

Let’s start by chatting with Eriri about otaku topics!

The self-study teaching style of Mihama Academy did not affect Kasumigaoka Utaha at all. After all, she was an excellent student who could always sleep in class and still get the first place in the school. However, even for her, when there were only ten people in the classroom including the teacher, she felt embarrassed to continue her usual habit of sleeping in class as she did in the private Toyosaki School.

Not to mention that the girls here are all very enthusiastic. Even if Kasumigaoka Utaha wants to give off an aura of "keep away from strangers", it will always be inadvertently broken by the silly Matsushima Mitsuru and the innocent Komine Yuki, who are naturally able to restrain people like her.