Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Are the dishes made with low-toxic ingredients delicious?"

Erina's first sentence "pushed Liu Maoxing to a dead end". At this critical moment, Liu Maoxing's EQ improved sharply, and he realized how to explain to her now that "there is no actual relationship." It will also be counterproductive, if you want to break the game...

"It tastes good, but I want to eat it with you more!" Liu Maoxing said with an elegant smile.

As expected, Erina, who was defeated by the army, immediately blushed, and the previous cold expression could no longer be maintained...

"You, you, what nonsense! Who wants to eat with you, with you... I, I will go to the academy to see!"

Erina, who is also not high in emotional intelligence, and especially not good at dealing with such problems, came to Xingshi angrily to ask her guilt, but in the end she just acted like a baby, hit Liu Maoxing with the folder in her hand, then turned around and ran away with her head down.

Although most of the people's attention was on the cooks on the stage, there were also a few boring people who saw the scene where the two top ten "maintaining order" were "flirting" on the sidelines.

"It seems that Erina has learned to ignore Nakirji's gaze..." Liu Maoxing muttered to himself, while looking in the direction of Nakirji in the auditorium.

Sure enough, Nakie Ji was looking at him with a dead face, while Liu Maoxing looked at him more provocatively!

Unfortunately, after cutting thistle, he did not respond to his provocation, and seeing this, Liu Maoxing had no choice but to continue to observe the cooking situation of other members of the "Central Gourmet Organization"...

The rule of the exhibition is that only young people under the age of 18 can participate, which corresponds to the age of graduation for about three years old.

At the beginning, Liu Maoxing wanted to find those graduates who had already graduated but were only a few months away from turning 18. After all, some people went to school early...

But later, I also felt that with such a guilty conscience, only the current students can best reflect the strength of Yuanyue Academy. The representatives sent by Yuanyue in the end are also current students, and among them, the top ten are not the representatives of cooking.

After all, if the first six seats fell to five seats, and the top ten also played, where would it be?

And the strength of this year's first-year students is surprisingly high. Out of the 50 places, first-year students accounted for 16 people...

In the autumn trials, the seven who entered the quarter-finals, besides Liu Maoxing, were Subaru Misaka, Ikumi Mito, Ryoko Sakaki, Zenji Marui, Jun Ibuzaki, Yuki Yoshino, Nao Sadazuka, and Isa Mi Aldini and Miyoko Hojo are nine people. In the past, these people actually have the strength to enter the finals of the "Autumn Selection Competition".

The most selected ones are naturally three-year students, a total of twenty-five people, all prospective graduates, they are very happy to hear about this "exhibition", and they just take this opportunity to show their faces in front of many people in the culinary industry, and prepare for the future after graduation. Whether you start a culinary career or continue to study abroad, lay the foundation.

Of the fifty members of Yuanyue College, Liu Maoxing naturally knows how strong they are. All of them have super cooking skills. The strongest Ha Shanliang, Kurokiba Ryo, and Xing Ping Chuangzhen are also considered to be at the top of the super three stars, and they have just learned some food sense. fur...

After the field training and the school festival, everyone's culinary skills have obviously increased to varying degrees. During the autumn selection competition, they already had super-level abilities. Among the first-year students, there are now more super-level two-stars than first-level one-stars!

Fifty super cooks are nothing in Yuanyue Resort, but considering their age, they are already amazing!

Especially Meizuo Subaru, Liu Maoxing discovered that his cooking skills are already at the same level as the Big Three in the first echelon...

And what Liu Maoxing wants to observe now is the fifty people who are the opponents of the "Central Gourmet Organization"!

In other words, he wanted to gain more of the cooking heart's ability to cut thistles by observing them.

Gradually, Liu Maoxing also discovered some strange things. For example, according to his own cooking skills, most of the fifty people in front of him should be senior three to five stars, much weaker than Yuanyue Academy...

But these people all have a "sense of food"!

You must know that among the fifty students in Yuanyue College, only about ten have the "sensitivity to food", and among the sixteen annual students, only the group of four including Subaru Misaka have the "sensitivity to food".

This kind of low cooking skills, with the taste of food, naturally reminded Liu Maoxing of the Liu family...

"Could it be that they only use ancient cooking methods? No, they obviously also use spices from various countries, as well as cooking equipment."

Liu Maoxing was puzzled for a while, and then he understood...

The Liu family follows the ancient method and has little contact with other cooking methods, so it is easy to improve their concentration and comprehend the "sense of food" early. Although these people do not follow the ancient method, it is obvious that the cooking skills that everyone comes into contact with are only their own. A small piece of responsibility!

The difference is that although the people of the Liu family use ancient cooking methods, the ingredients, spices, kitchen utensils... are all those included in Chinese cuisine in the early days of the "Culinary Fusion Era".

As for the achievements in the middle and late stages of the "Great Cuisine Fusion Era", the Liu family simply "disdains" to enjoy it...

But just like that, Chinese cuisine can also be made in countless ways, which is enough for them to study for a lifetime, but there is no "by analogy", and they do not accept new techniques, so it is difficult to improve their cooking skills.

The cooks of these "central gourmet institutions" are different. They will use the latest technology, techniques, and ingredients... There is no problem of conservative cooking skills and ingredients, but the cooking skills and ingredients they come into contact with can only be mastered by themselves. a part of!

Just like advanced "cooks", just mechanized learning some targeted cooking skills, natural concentration will be easily improved, but at the same time Liu Maoxing also noticed that these people's "eating sense" compared with Liu Maoxing and others Speaking of which, it seems lifeless...

Compared with "cooks", these senior chefs can indeed complete special dishes independently, but that's all. Except for some fixed recipes and skills, they probably don't even have the basic knowledge of cooking!

It is also more focused on cooking. The food sense of Liu Maoxing and others makes them appear more agile when cooking, and their thinking is running quickly. With high concentration, it brings not only precision, but also various creativity and inspiration under the collision of thinking. Flash will also increase.

However, the chefs of the "Central Gourmet Organ" became dumbfounded in the state of "eating sense", only possessing precision and the ability to make some corrections according to individual ingredients...

This is the first time Liu Maoxing has seen it, and the members of the Liu family were not in the same state of "food sense" before.

"Huh? Is the impact so great? The kitchen heart that Nakiriji 'lend' to him can only be used when the mind is calm? No... it should be used when he is in the state of 'eating sense'!" Liu Maoxing looked in front of him. Suddenly it lit up.

But he realized that among the fifty people in the "Central Gourmet Organization", Lian Nantaro didn't use the "demon". At the same time, he himself noticed this, and became more and more anxious, but his performance became worse and worse!

Liu Maoxing also gradually understood the principle of this "demon", it seems that it can only be applied in the state of "food sense"...

No wonder he has trained so many "senior chefs"!

Liu Maoxing glanced at these people regretfully. Although they are acting like the elites of Yuanyue, these people not only have no future at all, they can only be the shadows and puppets of cutting thistles, and even if they reach the special level, they are also very good at cooking. The development of the world is not helping...

"How about it? These treasures of mine..."

The sound of Nakie Ji sounded from behind Liu Maoxing, and Liu Maoxing was not surprised, he had heard Nakie Ji's footsteps a long time ago.

"Treasures? Treasure dolls?" Liu Maoxing said disdainfully.

"Dojima Gin's set is outdated! His quasi-cooks can play a cornerstone role in the development of the 'cooking world'? Cuisine is an elegant existence. How can these garbage be allowed to tarnish the elegant art? Cuisine If the world wants to progress, it must undergo a major cleansing!

Only the top chefs are worthy of being called cooks, and other garbage can be used as tools for cooking, lest they continue to produce feed!

I will create an era in which only those who are 'qualified' can carry out the artistic creation of cooking. Others must give up their boring fantasies, stop holding back the culinary world, and just make tools honestly ..." Nakiri Ji said emotionally, as if he had already indulged in his own fantasy.

"Are you serious? Do you think the three major culinary organizations will allow you to do this?" Liu Maoxing gave him a surprised look.

Secretly said: This guy doesn't look like he is lying, but he seems to believe it! Originally, I thought that he did these things to win back Joichiro who "abandoned" him, and everything else was just an excuse...

"It will definitely! Because of the existence of Yuanyue College, the world influence of the island nation's culinary world is not small, but the influence of the three major culinary organizations here is not too strong. As long as you occupy Yuanyue College, you can start from here , Occupying the entire island culinary world...

As long as the world's culinary world can see that it is the best model for the culinary world to divide chefs into "people" who can create and "tools" that are simply used, and make the best use of all resources! As long as the wind of change begins, the three major culinary organizations will not stop, nor will they be able to stop this storm! "Nagiri looks like a heretic who is obsessed with his own fantasies.

"Do you think this is the best for the culinary world?" Liu Maoxing asked strangely.

"Of course! Only those who are 'qualified' can create. Others can't waste resources and act as tools honestly. It can not only save the time of 'qualified' cooks, but also prevent them from thinking wildly, wasting time, It's a waste of resources! It will continue to produce feed..." Nakiri Ji said disdainfully.

Liu Maoxing finally understood that it wasn't that Nakieji hadn't thought about the development of the culinary world, but that his thinking was...extremely extreme. On the contrary, he believed that his changes were beneficial to the culinary world, not selfish in a narrow sense.

"Eligible? No, I think it is a step backwards to attribute the creation of cooking to the definition of 'qualified'."

The reason is very simple. In ancient times in any part of the world, there were very few literate people. Basically, the older the age, the fewer the literate people. Whether it is men farming and women weaving, or horses Fangnanshan , supporting a small number of "intellectuals", but comparing the past and the present, which one is better?

Liu Maoxing definitely does not think that the "cooking world" can make faster progress with the wisdom of a very few people.

It seems that the future goal of Nakiriji is not only in Yuanyue and the island country, but also in the whole world, prohibiting "unqualified" chefs from carrying out any form of innovation, making it a "standard"...

"Don't worry, in my opinion, you can also be qualified, if you can be smarter! How about it, let's create a new era with me!" Nina cut thistle suddenly sent an invitation to Liu Maoxing.

Liu Maoxing also suddenly understood why Si Yingshi supported Nakie Ji. Except for Ruishan, those few people should also be "qualified" cooks in Nakieji's opinion. As for Ruishan... he was originally a cook. Treat it as a tool, and think that the idea of ​​cutting thistle can maximize the benefits!

When Si Yingshi is cooking, his heart is too slender, so he can't cooperate with others, lest someone will not follow his will...

And the other side of this kind of performance, isn't it also the "dislike" of other cooks?

It's just that Si Yingshi, who has a cowardly personality, doesn't dare to initiate changes like Nakiriji, so he can only do everything by himself.

Probably he thought the same thing in his heart: Why do these scumbags create by themselves? As long as everything is carried out according to my will, don't I have to worry about it?

In this way, it is reasonable for Si Yingshi, who has a weak personality, to participate in the "reform" of Nakiri Ji.

"Create a new era? Not interested." Liu Maoxing resolutely refused.

"You'll be interested... When he invited me like this before, I answered the same way, but in the end he convinced me!" Nakiriji's eyes flashed with reminiscence.

"'He'? So you weren't the one who went crazy first?" Liu Maoxing frowned.

"Oh? You don't even know about this?" Nakiri Ji said with a strange tone.

"Should I know? Wait... you mean...Mr. Shiroichiro?" Liu Maoxing suddenly realized that it was because he "borrowed" Shiroichiro's cooking heart once that he thought that Shiroichiro would Tell yourself, right?

"That's right! This ambition is the best gift that Saiba-senpai gave me back then! But he himself... has sunk in this decadent culinary world!"

Hearing what Nakieji said, Liu Maoxing couldn't help shivering... Secretly said: Fortunately, you didn't say that "Erina's child" is the best gift Mr. Shiroichiro left you, otherwise it's not just trembling, my three views It's going to collapse!

But Liu Maoxing finally understands the "grievance" between Nakiri Ji and Joichiro...

Well, it was probably Mr. Joichiro who limped Nakiri Ji in the past, but then rode away by himself...

"Yuanyue, the island country, the world...? It's a pity that you won't be granted your wish in just one step!" Liu Maoxing turned around at this moment.

"Like, you are actually very similar to me back then!" Nakieji's words made Liu Maoxing's skin crawl.

"Oh? That's right. If you mean that they are all like the son-in-law of the Nakiri family, I will reluctantly accept it."

When Liu Maoxing mentioned this matter, Nagini Jiji's eyes obviously changed, and he turned back to the direction of the auditorium. At the same time, he turned his back to Liu Maoxing and said, "It's useless, no one can stop me from realizing Caibo-senpai's transformation. willing!"

As for the observation of the "Central Gourmet Organ", Liu Maoxing has almost completed it. In the following time, Liu Maoxing has been thinking about the words of cutting thistle... not thinking about its correctness. This is Liu Maoxing's denial at the first time Instead, I was thinking about how to find the weakness of Nakiriji from this.

As time passed, the three groups of people gradually began to present dishes to the auditorium. Each group of three dishes is the smallest portion. Each guest can taste two or three groups of dishes...

This "exhibition" is different from the food halberd. It just allows the guests to roughly compare which group of cooks is better. It is enough to have an impression in mind, so there is no need to taste all of them.

"Sure enough, Yuanyue Academy is superior!"

"Actually, it's almost the same. Is it the central gourmet institution? It can actually train students who can stand up to Yuanyue..."

"However, among the top students, I'm still more optimistic about this Kurokiba Ryo from Totsuki Academy..."

"Ha Shanliang and Xingping Chuangzhen are also good!"

"In comparison, the small Gu class members of the Central Gourmet Agency are still a little worse..."

"Especially Shi, whose name is Lian Nantaro, the position of the station seems to be very important, but it is actually very common!"

"It can't be said that if you reach the average level, you are already an elite among your peers."

"Don't forget, Yuanyue Ten Heroes are not among them!"

"These come out of the curtain area to cook... how should I put it! Although it is not bad, it is not at the same level as the first two!"

"Indeed, I heard that it was the newly elected top ten who insisted on letting them try. Who is in it? They can't be from other culinary schools, right? Is it to highlight Yuanyue's excellence?"

The performance of the audience did not exceed Liu Maoxing's expectations...

Although the students of Yuanyue Academy have better culinary skills, but because of the "devil" parasitism, the psychological senses given to the diners are actually almost the same!

The power that the "demon" can exert seems to be related to the degree of intention in the differentiation of thistle, as well as the strength of the parasite's own appetite.

These people's food senses are just beginners, so they just managed to make up some gaps.

After the tasting time was over, Senzaemon started his speech of "pursuit of victory", as if to completely convince everyone that cutting thistles will not bring better development to Totsuki...

But Liu Maoxing always felt that something was wrong. From the perspective of the concept of cutting thistles, these "puppet chefs", or "cooking human tools", will have a great advantage in cooking demonstrations and initial progress. , why are they all slightly weaker when facing Yuanyue?

According to Liu Maoxing's "reform" of cutting thistle, the number of high-level and special-level cooks may increase significantly, but they do not have any innovative ability, they are just tools in the hands of real "cooks", and tiger-level cooks are bound to be extremely powerful. Significantly reduced...

As for the number of cooks above the tiger level, whether it will increase or decrease, Liu Maoxing dare not say for sure!

Sure enough, at this moment, Nakiri Ji, who was the general counsel, also stood up and said: "It is true that Yuanyue Academy has developed very well under the leadership of my dear father! But I have the confidence to develop him even better... ...I want to explain two things, first, half of the people sent by my 'Central Gourmet Organ' this time are only 14 or 15 years old, and a small half are 16 years old, and there are very few people who are 17 years old!"

"What? 14, 5 years old? You mean... half of them are junior high school students?"

Liu Maoxing didn't know if the shocked-looking director was really shocked, or if he was just a babysitter...

At this time, Liu Maoxing also remembered that when he used the excuse to question the ages of Xiong Jing and Lian Nan, Ji Zhiguo Ningning just said that all the materials were submitted, but he did not show them to himself!

And these people's faces and eyes couldn't see any aura, and Liu Maoxing didn't notice the fact that these people were too young!

Partners and directors, as well as people from the culinary industry who were invited to come, couldn't help talking about it. Looking at it this way, it seems that the "central food agency" is better?

Nakiriji said after the discussion had fermented for a while: "That's right, and I also want to emphasize the second thing, their training cost is only one-tenth of Yuanyue College on average... Considering the strength of teachers, the cost It may be even smaller!"

This time the scene was completely out of control, and Nakiri Ji also continued: "Yes, Yuanyue's education has allowed us to witness its success in the past few decades, but compared with my cooking revolution now, It is undoubtedly... a waste of time and money! In the time saved, we can train more chefs like this, save money, and allow top trainees to create more perfect dishes..."

The concentration of resources and the maximum efficiency of the puppet chefs who "exist as tools" are the core of the reform of Nakiriji, and the banning of research societies, research associations, and dormitory private property is all around this core.

Seeing that there seemed to be quite a few people present who were about to be persuaded, Liu Maoxing suddenly said, "Wait a minute, everyone, I also have something to say."

Although Liu Maoxing is only a student, other people obviously know and recognize the ten outstanding system of Yuanyue Academy. They don't think Liu Maoxing is abrupt, and they acquiesce that he is also qualified to speak on behalf of Yuanyue!

"Since Mr. Nakamura Ji has emphasized two issues, I also want to say a few words... Are you not interested in the 'cooker' in the curtain?" Liu Maoxing asked.

The scene was a little silent, it seemed that everyone was really not very interested... because their cooking level was much lower than that of Yuanyue Academy and the Central Gourmet Organization!

"Okay, I feel everyone's strong thirst for knowledge, but before that, I'd like to ask Mr. Nakamura Ji a question... Your cooks, who can be regarded as 'students', may be very limited in the cooking they can apply to. Right? The most important thing is, if it’s a one-on-one halberd battle, and let them prepare according to random topics, Yuanyue’s students can completely match 50 to 0, you won’t deny this, right?”

After knowing the topic, if the other party sends someone out, or if the other party chooses the topic, it will be hard to say whether the winner will win or lose!

Moreover, the total victory Liu Maoxing mentioned refers to Yuanyue's group of four, who faced Xiong Jing, Lian Nan and others in the Central Gourmet Organization, not Tian Ji's horse race, otherwise the elites of the Central Gourmet Organization would indeed have the "strength" to sweep away... …

Facing Liu Maoxing's questioning, Ning Qieji said without any panic: "You are right, but I hope you understand that Yuanyue's eating halberd rules don't make any sense! There are only two aspects to a dish: whether it is delicious or not. The difference of a word, not in the ability to adapt!

Their responsibility is to 'learn' to cook, not to produce feed. As for their ability to respond to food problems, is it important to them?

If I want, I can make a group of five students from the central gourmet agency, and the coverage will naturally be wider. Moreover, the training cost is still less than 30% of that of the Yuanyue students. "

Liu Maoxing smiled slightly at this time, as if he was waiting for Nakiriji to say this...

As for "cheating" methods such as parasitic "demons", Liu Maoxing did not mention it at all. In the eyes of most people, it is indeed not the strength of a parasitic cook, but it is indeed the strength and bargaining chip of cutting thistle!

Many people have actually seen this, but they understand that this is just an "expedient measure", and it is not important in fact. It is his own philosophy that he wants to carry forward...

As long as Yuanyue is occupied, even if he no longer uses parasitic "demons", he can still train a qualified puppet chef!

"Well, now, let me solemnly introduce to you a few friends from the 'Athena Intelligent Cuisine Research Institute' in the United States..."

At this moment, the curtain was raised, and what appeared in front of everyone were a handful of five waiters wearing waiter clothes, and several rows of automated cooking equipment!

Everyone has the impression that these five people are the "waiters" who brought up the dishes in the curtain area...