Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"...Number 4! Chef Liu Maoxing, the leader of the 'Germinate Team', has drawn number 4, while the previous 'Dragon Chef Alliance Team' has drawn number 3, which means that the semi-finals have been decided!"

In the lottery venue, the master of ceremonies immediately announced the number Liu Maoxing had drawn...

Because Liu Maoxing drew number four, there was no need for the "Seed Team" and "American Development Association Team" to draw again, and it didn't make sense to decide who was number one and who was number two.

"Then according to the rules, next Saturday, there will be a match between the 'Seed Team' and the 'American Development Association Team', and on Sunday, there will be a match between the 'Germinate Team' and the 'Dragon Chef Alliance Team'! At the same time, today, the individual titles of the two groups of competitions will be announced..."

Because the whole process was being broadcast live, the emcee paused on purpose to stretch his popularity. I don't know if the TV station will put in an advertisement at this time!

"In the first day of the competition, the topics of the three individual competitions were 'future', 'present', and 'past'..."

Liu Maoxing couldn't help muttering: "Past, present, future... Isn't this topic too erratic?"

Of course, no matter how erratic it is, it has nothing to do with him. This is the problem of Erina and others playing against Nakiri Ji's team.

"As for the second day's competition, the titles of the three individual competitions are 'Sun', 'Moon' and 'Star'!" the master of ceremonies continued.

"Eh? The sun? Happiness came a little suddenly..." Liu Maoxing muttered, and Erina next to him kept glancing at him, as if to say: Listen to me, drawing number four is really right, right?

Indeed, although "Sun, Moon, and Star" is a bit too vague as the topic of cooking, with Liu Maoxing's culinary heart, it is absolutely right to directly choose "Sun" as the topic of his appearance!

It's no wonder that Erina lamented Liu Maoxing's good luck...

After the lottery ceremony was over, the players of each team also left the venue, but just as Liu Maoxing and Erina were about to leave, Nakiriji appeared to block the two teams from the Yuanyue department... to be precise, they blocked Erina !

"My lovely daughter, I really didn't expect it! You actually chose me as your opponent, is it because you miss your father?" Nakieji's voice seemed sinister, which made the others feel uncomfortable.

However, Liu Maoxing and Erina didn't feel strange. If Lin Yi or Seiichiro from the Dragon Chef Alliance were here, the situation would probably get out of control now!

With the intensification of the "curse" effect, Liu Maoxing and Erina unsealed the "Jade Dragon Pot", and the Long Chef, who was affected by the curse, became more and more subconsciously hostile towards them.

Xie Yunlong had also discussed with Liu Maoxing about the effect of the "curse" based on his own feelings...

The so-called "out of control" means that under the guidance of the "curse", Chef Long's hostility towards Liu Maoxing or Erina is too strong, and when Chef Long himself has to question his own consciousness, the "curse" will be further intensified. Time will almost completely swallow Chef Long's consciousness!

For example, when the bosses of Michelin and Brahman confronted Liu Maoxing and Erina directly, a similar situation occurred.

Xie Yunlong, on the other hand, temporarily suppressed the effect of the "curse" by relying on the effect of "comforting the soul" and cooking his heart.

Later, Xie Yunlong also explained to Liu Maoxing that Xie Yunlong was not only "restraining", but also using the method of "dispelling" at the time!

For example, when the "curse" led him to be hostile to Liu Maoxing, and he really challenged Liu Maoxing subjectively, then the influence of the "curse" on him would be reduced...Because the "guidance" was very smooth, there was no need to erode its will.

In the same way, now Nakieji doesn't need to worry the least, because he already has hostility towards Liu Maoxing and Erina!

If it were Seiichiro or Lin Yi, when they were so close, they would probably have an "explosion".

In fact, there was something strange in the venue before, but Xie Yunlong was there, and he had already taken Lin Yi and Chengichiro away...

But now Nakie Ji can control the desire to fight Liu Maoxing or Erina immediately, because he is hostile to the two of them, so the "curse" has less impact on his personal consciousness, but it sounds like the sound now Something weird.

"It's not a 'choice', it's just a coincidence. The lottery was arranged by the American Development Association. Don't you trust it?" Erina said pretendingly.

Only then will the idiot admit that the result of the lottery is his own "choice"!

"Hehe, whatever you want to say... Do you want to try it out, how do you face me? Then I suggest you choose the 'past' scene! Think of being with Dad, tasting real food every day, instead of putting Time to waste the happy time on the feed!" said Nakiri Thistle.

Without waiting for Erina to reply, he turned and left.

"Erina, there's no need to face him in the individual competition." Liu Maoxing whispered beside him.

"No, even if he doesn't come to me, I will choose to 'past'!" Erina said.

"..."

Liu Maoxing didn't say anything more to persuade him, he also understood Erina's meaning.

Now Erina's biggest obstacle is the psychological shadow of her childhood. It is precisely to overcome this shadow that Erina chose to confront her father Nakiriji. As the most "perfect" topic of this battle, in fact It is "past"!

It's not that the topic of "the past" is beneficial to Erina, but it means that using "the past" as the topic and confronting Nakiri Thistle head-on once can make Erina get out of the shadow of the past...but the premise is to "win".

But simply considering the outcome, Liu Maoxing felt that this topic was not good for Erina, and was overwhelmed by Nakiriji in terms of momentum, which was equivalent to Erina fighting against the combination of "past self" and "Nakiriji" at the same time...

But it was clear that Erina had made up her mind.

Another "Liu Maoxing" once said to Liu Maoxing that he already possessed all the conditions of a dragon chef other than cooking skills, but now Erina, the only condition that is lacking in addition to cooking skills is his son. The shadow of time has not been completely cleared...

Therefore, Liu Maoxing has no reason to persuade her.

In the following week, the only thing Liu Maoxing could do was to prepare the recipes he would use in the individual competition.

On the other hand, Xie Yunlong has also notified Liu Maoxing that Lin Yi will be in charge of the "Sun" match in the order of the Dragon Chef Alliance.

Liu Maoxing is not surprised by this. After all, it is normal for Lin Yi and Cheng Yilang to face Xie Yunlong. As long as Xie Yunlong decides that he chooses "moon" or "star" at will, there will be one of the other two. Choose "Day", and for Liu Maoxing, it doesn't make any difference who comes first...

However, what Xie Yunlong said to Liu Maoxing about Lin Yi and Chengichiro's cooking characteristics flashed in Liu Maoxing's mind at this moment.

The cooking characteristics of the two can be said to be completely opposite...

Liu Maoxing could guess some of Seiichiro's cooking characteristics before.

After leaving Totsuki 20 years ago, Seiichiro wandered around the world as a wandering chef. Seiichiro, who was good at mixing and matching the styles of the world's major cuisines when he was in college, has completely mastered the styles of various cuisines after traveling thousands of miles. Great cuisine... No, it should be said that in Seiichiro's mind, the concept of "cuisine" no longer exists!

All the cooking skills in the world are just a kind of "skills" in his opinion. When cooking, he doesn't even have the concept of what "skills" to use in his mind, he only thinks about how to make the cooking more perfect.

When others lamented that Seiichiro perfectly combined the skills of various cuisines, in fact, Seiichiro never thought of "combining" in his heart, he just used the means he felt suitable to present his will to the diners.

In contrast, Lin Yi's cooking style is completely different from his... Lin Yi's current cooking style is generally inclined to traditional Chinese cuisine!

It's not that Lin Yi is complacent. Unlike the Liu family's insistence, although Lin Yi was born as a Chinese cuisine cook at the beginning, but after he was a teenager and laid the foundation of culinary skills, he went to other two major cooking organizations to study. Before the age of forty, he spent much more time in the civilization circle of other cuisines than in the civilization circle of Chinese cuisine that he laid the foundation for at the beginning.

In the past, Lin Yi was once a famous chef who was full of flowers and did not have any inclinations in cooking, but after forty years old, Lin Yi suddenly began to pursue the ultimate, and gradually returned to the starting point...

It's not that Lin Yi forgot the knowledge of other cuisines he had learned before, but used them as an important supplement to fill in his original "Chinese cuisine" that he was good at.

It is said that after Lin Yi's culinary skills have surpassed his mentor, who was the previous head of the Lan family, his mentor gave Lin Yi the precepts left by his ancestors as a gift for him.

Unlike the few prophecies left by Liu Maoxing, Lan Feihong only left two admonitions back then. The first is the rules that the Lan family and the cooks taught by the Lan family must abide by.

And according to Lan Feihong, only by doing this well can one become a "Dragon Chef", and no matter whether he can reach the peak or not, this principle must also be recorded in the personal principles of all cooks who accept his inheritance...

That is..."Cooking can't just be delicious, it must bring people happiness".

This was Lin Yi's first day of apprenticeship, and he was told by his mentor that he must keep it in mind.

Another admonition is a sentence that can be used as a reference when you are in a bottleneck, whether it is his successor or other learned cooks..."When you are at a loss, Think back to where you came from as a chef.”

It's a magic word. Generally speaking, this kind of sentence that can be said to anyone by replacing the word "chef" with something else can be collectively referred to as "nonsense".

However, it is precisely this admonition that most people regard as "nonsense" has become the key for Lin Yi to break through the dragon chef after decades!

I don't know if it's a "coincidence" or only people with high savvy can appreciate the deep meaning from this nonsense.

Both Lin Yi and Chengichiro have reached the dragon level, which also proves that there are two ways, from divergent to more divergent, from divergent to unified, there is no difference in the road, and both can reach the peak...

It's just that there are obvious differences between the two in terms of cooking characteristics!

"By the way, I've seen it before, Master Lin Yi's chef's heart looks like a tree..." Liu Maoxing said to himself.

That's right, because Chef Long's culinary heart has reached the strongest state, it is revealed.

Although in order to prevent the "curse" from getting worse, Liu Maoxing seldom looks at other Long Chefs to avoid eye contact, but Lin Yi always looks like he is covered under the tree canopy, and it is very difficult for Liu Maoxing not to see it!

However, Liu Maoxing didn't understand the function of the kitchen heart purely from the appearance of the kitchen heart, but after hearing Yunlong's words, Liu Maoxing somewhat guessed it.

This tree-shaped kitchen heart is probably another kind of special function kitchen heart. It is a symbol of Lin Yi providing Chinese cuisine with the knowledge and skills of all other cuisines as "nutrients"!

It is speculated that the effect should be "return to yuan", "return to one" or the like...

"The heart of the chef is similar to 'returning to one', the ability to integrate all his skills into 'one'. The cuisine is obviously inclined to Chinese cuisine. With the title of 'sun', how would he choose?"

"By the way, there is also the Garou Luo Dao...the Garuda Luo Dao, which symbolizes all poultry ingredients, if it defeats the Yulong Pot, humans will gradually begin to reject all poultry ingredients and become allergic to poultry... Within two years, Poultry will disappear from the human diet!"

"The fully functioning 'Garlou Luo Knife' has the effect of purifying the odor of poultry ingredients and purifying game. It should be the most likely to use poultry ingredients at that time..." Liu Maoxing muttered.

Because judging from the previous few times, Xie Yunlong may not be able to see the dishes prepared by the other two.

And Liu Maoxing didn't intend to inquire!

"Dark Cuisine Showdown" also has its rules. It is said that it is the will of all the ingredients, and those who violate the rules of "Dark Cuisine Showdown" will be abandoned by the ingredients.

Knowing the opponent's strength in advance and finding out who the opponent is has nothing to do with the "Dark Cuisine Showdown" itself, at most it violates the "All? Blue" regulations.

But Liu Maoxing is not sure if he finds out the other party's recipe in advance, whether it will be considered a violation...

On the one hand, Liu Maoxing guessed from Lin Yi's cooking characteristics, the cooking style that he will appear in the competition, and on the other hand, he also designed his own recipes.

A cooking duel is different from a direct confrontation. No matter how much you know about your opponent, there is only one way to win, and that is "more delicious"!

But Liu Maoxing didn't mind making use of his understanding of Lin Yi... Money can't be wasted, can it?

Although I don't know Lin Yi's recipe, but I can roughly guess, so Liu Maoxing also chose a kind of poultry as the main ingredient...