Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Sure enough, there is a problem..." Liu Lousan said, looking at the glasses of "water" in front of him.

It was already the second day that Liu Maoxing and Liu Maoyuan came to "Yangquan Restaurant". In the test the day before, Liu Maoxing showed extraordinary sword skills and fire skills...

Even while shocking everyone, Liu Lousan was tempted and promised to add his "Ma Po Bomb" to the menu.

But Liu Lousan's original intention to test Liu Maoxing has reached an impasse!

Judging from the results of the two tests, it is impossible for Liu Maoxing not to have comprehended the "essence of sword skill" and "spirit of firework"...

Although the two tests are related to Liu Maoxing's creativity, if there is no amazing sword skills and pyrotechnics, even if the creativity is shared, others will never be able to do it!

Liu Maoxing also confessed to him later that besides "super vision", there are also things like "super touch". Anyway, these elders of the Liu family have probably already guessed it, because in his previous cooking records, many of them are It can't be done without ESP.

However, Liu Lousan insisted that even considering the influence of these other additional abilities, Liu Maoxing’s condition was very problematic, so when Liu Maoyuan had already started the planned practice the next day, Liu Lousan was still working with Liu Maoxing separate test.

That's the seasoning test ahead!

There are seven cups in front of Liu Lousan, which are filled with liquids that are either colorless or have a faint color. Starting from the left, behind the first three cups, there is a small cup also filled with liquid. From the bowl to the fourth cup, there is a piece of paper with writing on it...

And each piece of paper depicts a "taste". The paper behind the fourth cup has the most words on it, while the ones behind it are less and less.

The content of the test is to let Liu Maoxing mix the corresponding taste according to the liquid in the bowl behind the cup, or the text description!

The medium liquid in the small bowl behind the first three cups was prepared by Liu Lousan with various spices. Although each taste is more complicated than the other, they were perfectly copied by Liu Maoxing.

This is Liu Lousan's most terrifying ability in taste and spice matching that Liu Lousan has ever seen!

You must know that among the spices that Liu Lousan provided to Liu Maoxing, some of the spices used to mix with him are different...

Originally, he wanted to see if Liu Maoxing would find out about this, and offered to bring it up.

Liu Maoxing's original appearance of "not aware of anything" also made him have some doubts about the ability of "super taste", but when he tasted it immediately, he found that Liu Maoxing actually used different spices, and the ratio was out of order. Infinitely close to the taste!

And then Liu Maoxing also revealed the spices and the ratio used by Liu Lousan...

This also shows that Liu Maoxing not only has a strong sense of taste and smell, and "analyzed" the ratio of spices, but also has an extraordinary ability in the use of spices. He can use different spices to "calculate" the same smell!

What surprised Liu Lousan the most was that this "calculation" process was only shown by Liu Maoxing's thinking for a while, but he didn't make any experiments and directly succeeded once!

Naturally, Liu Maoxing doesn't think it's so difficult, because this kind of purely using spices, without any other ingredients for "interference" test method, his "spice multivariate inequality" can be fully utilized...

But the next four results are the reason why Liu Lousan feels something is wrong!

The four pieces of paper are all using words to describe different flavors. The first paper is the most specific, while the fourth paper is only a very abstract description of the feeling that this flavor brings to people...

However, these four results are worse than the other, and they are not at the same level as the first three.

Therefore, Liu Lousan also understood that Liu Maoxing's ability is more inclined to the ratio of "copying" and targeting accurate targets, but when it is necessary to construct an imaginary flavor by himself, it is completely weak.

"It's very strange. Generally speaking, according to your knife skills, fire skills, and the ability you showed in the first three cups of spice tests, you shouldn't have any signs of realizing the 'spiritual essence' anyway." Liu Lousan muttered road.

"It's true that I was also skeptical before... Yuanyue College also has a 'Super Taste' owner. They call it the 'God's Tongue'. You should know it?"

"Of course I know..." Liu Lousan replied naturally.

"I have also studied the ability of 'God's Tongue' with her, but now she can already 'out of thin air' construct the taste of her imagination, and then use ingredients and spices to realize it, as if she had really tasted it. The food is the same, but I have never been able to do it... I always thought it was my 'super taste', which is somewhat flawed in this aspect compared to her 'God's Tongue'..."

"But now I find out that the truth is that your talent is too bad?" Liu Lousan continued.

Liu Mao stared blankly at him and didn't respond, and he had also discovered that Liu Lousan had intermittent and high-occurrence venomous tongue addiction.

"So her 'super-taste' has been fully awakened? I still wanted... Ahem, I don't need to talk about you first. Your judgment now is correct, but this is really strange!" Liu Lousan seemed He wanted to say something, but suddenly changed his mind.

Liu Maoxing didn't notice this, but asked directly: "What do you mean? If you want to say that my talent is so bad that it feels strange, then it goes without saying." Liu Maoxing sealed his poisonous tongue in advance.

"Your understanding of the 'spirit' may not be very intuitive...Let's put it this way, have you heard the story of the oil seller?"

"Of course I've heard of it."

Well, Liu Maoxing regretted it after he finished speaking!

Who knows if the "oil seller" in this world is the same version as the one I heard before time travel?

Fortunately, Liu Lousan immediately went on to say: "'There is no one else, but you are familiar with it', this sentence can actually explain the original meaning of 'spiritual essence'! After 'familiarity with hands', it will naturally produce a mental state. An almost intuitive special perception!

In terms of knives, it is "instinct" to find the most appropriate place to drop the knife and the force that should be used; in terms of pyrotechnics, it is "instinct" to find the most suitable temperature, heating or cooling time; in spices , it is naturally an 'instinct' to imagine the smell of the target, and think of the corresponding spice..."

"Inspiration? Instinct? Wait, why do I feel something is wrong? I have seen some people in Yuanyue College have this kind of 'instinct' when they first came into contact with spices." Liu Maoxing couldn't help but interrupted .

"This is exactly what I want to say! Everyone's talent is different. If you compare 'hands-on' to 'proficiency', some people may have 0 proficiency and 1 proficiency, and they will start to learn the 'spiritual essence'." , It's easier than ordinary people to really reach the realm of 'Divine Essence', and ordinary people may need 100 proficiency, but you... 10000 proficiency has no sign of getting started!" Liu Lousan spread his hands.

"Then what should we do?" Liu Maoxing ignored his metaphor, but directly asked the solution.

"Then... you try to increase the 'proficiency' to 100,000? Well, I also think this idea is not very reliable, now your situation is obviously problematic, I have to think again, after all, the 'spiritual essence' 'It is a kind of 'inspiration' ability that bursts out from the depths of a cook's heart, and it cannot be mastered by direct 'learning'."

Liu Maoxing was also a little helpless when he heard the words, but he knew his own situation, maybe it was because only the aborigines of this world could comprehend the "spiritual essence"? So I would like to express my gratitude to Liu Lousan for his help...

"It's nothing! Actually, I'm also very curious... At first, I was curious about how much your sword skills and pyrotechnic skills will be enhanced after you realize the 'spirit'! But now I'm curious, how 'stupid' are you?" To what extent, hahaha..."

After Liu Lousan left with a smirk, Liu Maoxing began to think for himself.

"I can't 'directly learn', but can only comprehend it by myself? That's right, if it's something like 'inspiration', no one can teach it. After all, it is a natural occurrence in everyone's heart... Wait! Heart? "Liu Maoxing's eyes suddenly lit up.

That's right, what Liu Maoxing thought of was "super vision"!

"Super vision" can not only copy the body movements of the target 100%, but also copy the "cooking heart" used by the other party...

The reason why this effect can be produced is that "super vision" can read the "surface thoughts" in the other party's mind, which is similar to the effect of "mind reading", but it is more vague than the legendary "mind reading" and cannot be excavated. The true thoughts deep in the other party's heart.

"However, if the 'inspiration' comes from the bottom of my heart, then the 'super vision' may not be able to observe... Just like Ye Shanliang has also comprehended the 'essence of spices', and has already started a long time ago, but I have not What can be seen from him...

And even if you see 'inspiration', can it really be equivalent to 'learning'? "Liu Maoxing became entangled again.

"Forget it! This kind of thing has no precedent at all, let's try it!" Liu Maoxing suddenly stood up and said.

Indeed, there is no precedent!

Although Liu Maoxing is not the first person to have "super vision", but the owners of "super vision" in the past have improved their culinary skills as quickly as if they were on the go. After learning the three basic essences, how can there be any need to use "super vision" to learn from others?

But Liu Maoxing is different. His knife skills, pyrotechnics, and the use of spices are stronger if they are strong, but they are like precision machines. His knife drop position, force, temperature, time, and the ratio of spices... ...is always the result of a calculation!

It was already evening at this time, Liu Maoxing specially went to take a look at the French restaurant on the third floor, Liu Maoyuan was here, so the first day of French restaurant training should be over...

Using the pass given to him by Liu Lousan, Liu Maoxing went all the way to the kitchen door of the French restaurant, but because he was asking for help again, Liu Maoxing didn't interrupt the other party's study, but waited obediently outside.

Until a young chef inside saw Liu Maoxing outside and found him looking at Liu Maoyuan from time to time and said, "Huh? Subaruyuan, someone is waiting for you to get off work, is your boyfriend?"

Liu Maoyuan, who was practicing a French method of dicing vegetables, raised his head in doubt after completing all the procedures in hand, and said, "Huh? Wait for me? Did you read it wrong?" He turned his head while speaking.

After discovering that it was Liu Maoxing, he didn't know whether it was because he was worried about being misunderstood or for other reasons, he couldn't help but blushed, and then he said: "What boyfriend! It's the guy who came to study with me, just look at his expression. I know... there must be something to ask me for!"

Seeing Liu Maoyuan's reaction and expression, several younger chefs couldn't help but look at each other, and then said with a smirk: "Haha, we understand!"

"What are you doing! Chatting in the kitchen! Are the pre-processing materials you have prepared ready?"

Although the side near the door is the area where the chefs pre-process the ingredients, the chatter was too loud, and the head chef was still attracted.

"Huh?" At this time, the head chef also saw Liu Maoxing outside the door, then checked the time, and then looked at the diced vegetables that Liu Maoyuan had already cut.

"Subaru, come here today!"

"Eh? Master Dong, I can still..."

"Okay, your Chinese food foundation is actually better than mine, so you are familiar with French cuisine skills very quickly. I have taught you a lot today. Go back and consolidate it. You will report to the kitchen at six o'clock tomorrow."

"Oh! Thank you Master Dong!"

"It should be..."

Seeing Liu Maoyuan coming out, Liu Maoxing immediately leaned over "shamelessly": "Yuanyuan, I..."

At this moment, Liu Maoxing suddenly noticed that Liu Maoyuan seemed to be "disgusted" or something else.

Although the sound insulation effect of the kitchen is very good, Liu Maoxing remembered the reaction of Liu Maoyuan and the chef next to him just now, and immediately guessed something, and changed his words: "I... treat you to dinner!"

Seeing Liu Maoxing's blunt expression, Liu Maoyuan couldn't help shivering: "Hey...it feels so awkward, you should just ask me for something!"

"Uh, this... talking while eating?"

In the end, Liu Maoxing invited Liu Maoyuan to a Spanish restaurant in the indoor resort for dinner. The dinner was very sumptuous, the two of them ate more than a dozen servings, and Liu Maoyuan ate less than one-tenth of it.

"This is the first time two of us ordered at the restaurant, and it felt like a buffet!" Liu Maoyuan couldn't help but sighed.

Indeed, two mouthfuls of each dish is basically enough for Liu Maoyuan...

"Do you mean to have a good meal with me?"

"From a strange point of view, it is indeed so!" Liu Maoyuan said with white eyes.

"Actually, I want to ask you to do me a favor tonight..."

"Well, basically anyone who has known you for more than three days can tell... let's talk."

"Ahem, I'd be embarrassed if you said that...it's actually like this...how should I put it...that's..."

Liu Maoyuan couldn't help looking at the murmuring Liu Maoxing suspiciously.

This wasn't the first time Liu Maoxing asked her for help, but it was the first time that this kind of ambiguity happened.

"What's going on? Try to sum it up in one sentence!"

"Please let me into your heart!"

"..."

I saw Liu Maoyuan's face turned red visibly with the naked eye, and it was getting redder and redder!

"You, you, you...too sudden, right? Thinking, thinking..." This time it was Liu Maoyuan who spoke incoherently.

Although Liu Maoxing didn't know what was wrong with her, she also vaguely felt that there might be a problem in mutual understanding during the communication between the two of them.

So I explained it again in a "short story, long story" and in detail.

Only then did Liu Maoyuan calm down, and then kept staring at Liu Maoxing.

"Eh? What are you staring at me for?" Liu Maoxing asked.

"It's nothing, I just think your elementary school teacher taught you really well! The summary is really general!"

Although Liu Maoxing felt that he had been complained "inexplicably", the good news was that Liu Maoyuan still accompanied him to the kitchen...it was still the same room as yesterday's test, and no one usually used it.

And because Liu Lousan hasn't formulated Liu Maoxing's training plan for the time being, so he left the key here for him, and he can come to practice at any time.

"Is it just the process of cutting vegetables?" Liu Maoyuan confirmed again.

Liu Maoxing also asked Liu Maoyuan before, and now she only has the "sword skill essence" to get started.

"That's right...it's better to magnify the mental activity!" Liu Maoxing also told her some principles of her own "observation".

"Even if you say that, I still don't know what to 'magnify'." Liu Maoyuan said, and he started to cut the tofu with his hands.

At this time, basic ingredients such as tofu, vegetables, meat, etc. have been prepared on the cooking table. They were brought by Liu Maoxing before, and they can be made into supper later.

And Liu Maoxing started staring at Liu Maoyuan...

Thinking that Liu Maoxing could now see his "emotions" to a certain extent, Liu Maoyuan could not continue calmly...

"Why do I feel that you are hesitating?" Liu Maoxing asked doubtfully.

"Shut up!"

"..."

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Liu Maoyuan to enter the state of appetite, forcibly obliterating the interference of external emotions.

And Liu Maoxing was concentrating, using "super vision" to observe Liu Maoyuan's "heart"...

Of course, "super vision" is not a real "mind reading technique" after all. Although Liu Maoxing has intentionally controlled himself, not looking at Liu Maoyuan's body movements, but only paying attention to his heart, but he still just feels it. "Flash and go" psychological planning, and sometimes there will be "mind blank"!

"No, rather than 'blank', it should be said that I can't see the three parts? That is to say, the inspiration derived from the so-called 'essence' is actually... the 'subconscious thinking' beyond the control of sensibility And judgment'?" Liu Maoxing was thinking in his heart.

But knowing this is useless, because he can't see the depths of his heart or the existence of his subconscious mind, so "super vision" doesn't seem to be able to relieve his current crisis.

Liu Maoxing could directly imitate her movements, but that doesn't make much sense...

"Is it a dangerous situation... Forget it, let's just pretend that I don't know about it! Anyway, my skills have reached a level that other people can't reach even if they have mastered the essence. Who can say that I must Only by comprehending the essence can we enter the 'Lin level'?" Liu Maoxing felt a little regretful...

The moment Liu Maoxing stood up and was about to make Liu Maoyuan stop, because the "super vision" had not been lifted, Liu Maoxing suddenly discovered something!

As if in the "bottom of heart" of Liu Maoyuan, he "saw" a flash of light!

It's not that he really saw Liu Maoyuan become a luminous body, but he entered a kind of observation perspective at the spiritual level, which gave him the feeling of "light".

"Wait! This is it?" Liu Maoxing couldn't help being stunned.

Then suddenly the perspective returned to the perspective of reality, Liu Maoyuan was in front of him, chopping vegetables conscientiously...

"The state just now is..."

Liu Maoxing guessed that when he got up, the shaking of his perspective made the position of the object he was staring at relative to his perspective change, so he "just happened" to enter another spiritual perspective!

Thinking of this, Liu Maoxing went up and down and twisted his neck to change his perspective, but it seemed that the situation just now was just an illusion, but it never happened again.

"Coincidence? No, in this coincidence, there is certainty and necessity! That is to ignore the things in front of you as much as possible, but continue to maintain super vision, which is the key to entering the depths of the opponent's heart! But how to do this?" Liu Maoxing thought to himself. language.

At this time, Liu Maoyuan also noticed that Liu Maoxing seemed to have encountered some difficulties, so she couldn't help but stop and asked, "Is there any difficulty? Otherwise... I will slow down?"

"No, it's not a question of speed, it's good as it is now! Otherwise, if your superficial psychological state changes, the effect of the 'spiritual essence' may not be able to be manifested..." Liu Maoxing said.

Immediately after Liu Maoxing took a quick pace, he said, "Otherwise, when you start chopping vegetables later, I might have some physical contact with you, won't it affect you?"

"Huh? What does physical contact mean?" Liu Maoyuan wondered.

Liu Maoxing also explained his conjecture after hearing the words, but Liu Maoyuan still questioned: "You don't want to use physical contact to know my movements, do you?"

"It should be enough to just touch your arms. After all, when cutting vegetables, it's mainly your arms and hands that move. I have a super-tactile sense. You can judge the strength of your muscles and bones with just a little touch... Let's go Can you try it with me?" Liu Maoxing begged.

Liu Maoyuan dodged his eyes a little bit, as if he felt a little weird, but then he said: "If it's just the arms...it's not impossible! But be careful, it can only be 'contact', otherwise it may affect me!"

Liu Maoyuan started to demonstrate again, and gradually entered the state of "feeling food", and "spiritual blankness" appeared again.

At this time, Liu Maoxing stood opposite her, and put his hands lightly on her wrists. Liu Maoyuan paused for a while, but because he was prepared, he didn't get out of the state of "feeling food", and immediately adjusted...

effective!

But Liu Maoxing immediately discovered that although it was effective, he couldn't interpret the "flashes" he saw after entering the perspective of the mind...

"Could it be because of the opposite?" Liu Maoxing suddenly thought that his current left and right hands are the opposite of Liu Maoyuan!

Moreover, the human body is not symmetrical. For example, the heart is only on the left side. There is a big error in Liu Maoxing's judgment...

At the same time, because of the current highly concentrated use of "super vision", Liu Maoxing's EQ and IQ are suppressed to an extremely low level, so after letting go, with straight eyes, he wandered around the cooking table blankly , behind Liu Maoyuan...

Well, even Liu Maoxing, whose IQ is only one-tenth left and still online, knows what kind of movements should be done so that the two people's left and right hands can be aligned!