Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"So it's still possible to do this? Even Yu Mei didn't think of it...and this kind of cooking..."

After Liu Maoxing tasted the "mysterious woman" ramen, he couldn't help muttering.

And the young female ramen chef who was extroverted (da) patted Liu Maoxing on the shoulder and said, "Hahaha, how is it? It tastes good, right? Unfortunately, I'm afraid you can imitate it." No... But seeing how young you are now, and willing to work hard, there will be no problem reaching the finals in a few years!"

"How do you know I'm working hard?"

"It's almost dawn, and you're still preparing for the competition. Isn't that hard enough? But...forget it, the most important thing is to participate!" The female ramen chef acted like I don't want to hit you.

"..."

That's right, Liu Maoxing has been completely despised by others!

The reason was very simple, the other party obviously felt that Liu Maoxing was the kind of person who stayed so late because he was too bad!

And after Liu Maoxing tasted her cooking, he knew he had misunderstood!

This guy is definitely not a contestant who is worried that she will not be able to pass the preliminaries. Even as far as the topic of the preliminaries is concerned, her works are not too different from the ramen she prepared...

"Yes, yes..." Liu Maoxing could only grin in agreement.

Because he really couldn't explain, if he wasn't "worried about not being able to pass the preliminaries", why did he still stay here at this time when he was "obviously afraid of being alone"?

Wouldn't that be more realistic, the reason why I came in now is to "strike up a conversation" or something?

As for Liu Maoxing's original purpose...it doesn't even make sense! Although I can comment on the bowl of ramen in front of me, but is it necessary?

If this level fails to enter the preliminaries, Yuanyue Academy will be wiped out. Liu Maoxing should take everyone back to their hometown and join Liu's family!

"Huh? Are you leaving? I won't hit you, right?" the female ramen chef said quickly.

"No, I... I'm sleepy!" Liu Maoxing said bravely and left with the ingredients.

Only the female ramen chef was left in the cooking room to review whether she had hit a young ramen chef who was "not talented but very hardworking". perfection of...

And Liu Maoxing went back to the hotel room, ready to rest for a few hours, and this time he paid extra attention to the charging of the mobile phone.

Four hours later, Liu Maoxing and Erina arrived at the No. 1 competition area...

Erina was the first group of people who went to rest yesterday. Even though Erina is not very good at ramen noodles, it is only the preliminaries, which is not enough to give her a headache. Although Liu Maoxing just squinted for a while, but because of the physical and internal strength Due to the double reasons, he did not show his fatigue.

As for why you still slept late when you came here?

Liu Maoxing could only say that he was just falling asleep and playing... Who knew that the phone was out of battery, so the regular alarm clock didn't go off! Not being physically tired and being able to get up on time are two different things, right?

"By the way, how is this 'competition area' arranged? Obviously, the first-year students all signed up together, but they were messed up in different campuses..." Liu Maoxing wondered.

"Obviously, the competition area is randomly assigned." Erina said.

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be a coincidence? We just happen to be in the same competition area...and only the two of us are in the first competition area?"

Indeed, 99 students signed up for the competition and were divided into ten competition areas, and only Liu Maoxing and Erinai were divided into the first competition area...

"Probably because it is the No. 1 competition area, it should be different! It should be that the players who have achieved results before and are very promising are all placed in the No. 1 competition area. After all, there are spectators in the preliminaries. I think the audience in other competition areas should Not so much." Erina speculated.

Liu Maoxing also nodded when he heard the words, and felt that this guess was very reliable. After all, many people who signed up were just playing for fun.

Therefore, although there are also "masters" in other competition areas, the No. 1 competition area is the only one with guaranteed overall visibility.

"You don't know much about this competition either?" Liu Maoxing was rather strange about this.

After all, Liu Maoxing has only been in this world for almost a year, and Erina has been famous in this world for a long time, he thought that Erina would know more about these things.

"Hmph, this kind of competition...and it's still in the youth group, so what's there to pay attention to!" Erina's arrogance obviously came up again, and she said with a "call me queen" expression.

But at this moment, there was another vaguely familiar voice from behind Liu Maoxing: "Hehe, Miss Erina is still so proud, do you 'look down' on common people's dishes like ramen? I don't know who couldn't bear it back then. I drank all the soup, but in the end I still said it was unpalatable..."

Erina hesitated when she heard the words, and then turned around together with Liu Maoxing.

The person who spoke was some distance away from the two of them, and there are a lot of people in the competition area, so Liu Maoxing didn't notice it before.

Turning around at this time, Liu Maoxing couldn't help but froze...

The reason is very simple, the person who spoke was last night... No, it should be said that it was the female cook that Liu Maoxing met in the early morning of this morning!

Unfortunately, she is also in the first competition area...

But Liu Maoxing recalled Erina's words just now, and felt that with her strength, it was strange that she was not in the No. 1 competition area!

But Liu Maoxing was still a little surprised. Coincidentally, she also knew Erina, but her words seemed a bit gunpowder?

"Tch, your grandpa's ramen does have some merits...but what's your attitude? Those who don't know think that you can make that kind of ramen too! Why? It's not really thinking, 'Hitori Ramen "Is it your credit for being rated as a star restaurant? I'm afraid that what you have done has only played less than one percent of the effect!" Erina also replied very "Erina".

Seeing this posture, Liu Maoxing can probably think of what happened. Judging from Erina's previous reminder not to be careless, she does not discriminate against "Ramen"...

But that only means that there is no such thing now. Erina also said that many ramen masters come to her for tasting every year. With Erina's character, the experience of tasting for the first time may not be very pleasant...

And Erina belongs to the type that even if she made a mistake, she will only correct it next time and will never admit it. For example, when Liu Maoxing mentioned the fried rice they made for her when they met for the first time, she was still stubborn. Unpalatable!

If there were descendants of ramen masters who were also young at that time, they would naturally have a very bad impression of Erina.

But Liu Maoxing was surprised by the identity of the female ramen chef who stayed up all night, and blurted out: "Is she the grandson of Hitori?"

Both Erina and the female ramen chef couldn't help showing awkward expressions, but Erina still said: "...I always feel that your words seem a bit awkward, but it is indeed her! The successor of Hitori Ramen, Shiratori Iris."

It was only then that Liu Maoxing realized that although grandson and granddaughter can be written as two words in Japanese, "granddaughter" can only be a granddaughter, but the Japanese word "grandchild" does not limit gender, but he reflexively thought it was a male grandson before!

"Wait, Shiratori? Isn't it Sunbird?" Liu Maoxing asked doubtfully.

"The surname is Shiratori, and the name of the store is Ridori... It is said that her great-grandfather made a very successful improvement to the ramen formula during the typhoon, and then the business improved. ' Blown into 'Nitori Ramen', but her great-grandfather thought it was God's will, and then changed the name to 'Nitori', and the refurbished signs are all 'Nitori'... Tsk tsk, you just changed your surname too much Convenient? Save yourself having to explain it every time!"

Most of the hiragana characters in the island country are the evolution of cursive script of Chinese characters, and there is no distinction between simplified and traditional characters for "white" and "日", so Liu Maoxing naturally understood it immediately.

While Erina was explaining to Liu Maoxing, Shiratori Iris also looked at Liu Maoxing suspiciously, as if she thought he looked familiar, but she had been studying ramen before, and her memory of other things that happened during the period was weak, and it took a long time to remember it.

"Ah! You were the cowardly man last night!" White Bird Calamus exclaimed, pointing at Liu Maoxing.

"..."

"Huh? Cowardly boy? What's the matter?" Erina looked at Liu Maoxing suspiciously, with a dangerous gleam in his eyes.

"There's actually a reason for this..." Liu Maoxing wanted to explain embarrassingly.

And at this moment, Calamus also reacted, and said with a horrified expression: "No! Since you are also in the No. 1 competition area, it is impossible to stay so late and practice while being afraid... You want to talk to me!"

Seeing Calamus's expression, Liu Maoxing really wanted to say something: You look so terrified, why do you have the feeling that "talking to you is a terrible thing in itself"?

But now Liu Maoxing obviously has no time to complain, because Erina's eyes have changed from suspicious to "serious"!

"Hit up? Heck, he's really busy..."

Liu Maoxing immediately said in a serious manner: "Sun Bird... Ah no, Miss Shiratori, usually at this time, isn't it because you suspect that I'm going to spy on the enemy?"

Shiratori Calamus was even more shocked when he heard the words: "Ah! So you are here to inquire about the enemy's situation!"

"Of course not!" Liu Maoxing naturally denied it immediately.

"...Then you're still here to strike up a conversation?" Shiratori Acorus curled her lips, her eyes seemed to say: Then why are you explaining?

"I said, 'I'm just passing by, and I want to teach you and show you a master'...do you believe me?" Liu Maoxing looked at Erina and Shiratori Acorus with a mournful face.

"Hehe, what do you think?"

"Hehe, what do you think?"

At this time, the two have a tacit understanding...