Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"That boy over there is 'Liu Maoxing', right? He's so young..."

"Yeah, seeing him is like seeing thistle back then!"

"Ji? But is he really as dazzling as Ji? When Ji was in the second year, he had already won the first seat..."

"However, I have learned from Ji's lesson, why is it so easy for the 'Gourmet Demon King' to entrust his granddaughter to him?"

"Is it Erina or Alice? Why is it so messy in the rumors?"

"The son of my cousin's classmate's cousin is a second-year student at Yuanyue College. According to him, it seems that the two sisters Liu Maoxing, Zhenzhen and Nakiri... and even other girls have 'unclear' contacts……"

"Huh? Really? How is it possible?"

"No, compared to these rumors, have you noticed? This person's surname is 'Liu', and there is a word 'Suaru' in his name!"

"What do you want to say? Don't tell me... you can't? With the temper of the 'Gourmet Demon King', would you really negotiate peace with the Liu family?"

"I don't know, but at the same time, in this year's academy, there is also a third-year student who is directly transferred to the class, and his name is 'Liu Maoyuan'... Don't you think there is something tricky in it?"

"Let's wait and see!"

Many of the guests invited by Yuanyue are not professional cooks, but shareholders and operators. While they are spectators, they are also discussing things other than the competition.

Compared to Liu Maoxing's cooking skills, they seemed to be more concerned about whether Yuanyue really cooperated with the Liu family again.

But most of the students, as well as the professional cooks, put almost all their attention on the cooking skills of Shijie!

Of course, as a human instinct, "gossip" will definitely distract them a little bit.

Especially in a college like Yuanyue, where there are more men than women and few women, it is inevitable that people will resent a pig that ruined half an acre of cabbage!

This is the first time that the "Top Ten Qualifying Tournament" is held, so it needs to be well packaged. The contestants come out with their own carts. This seemingly frustrating form has not been adopted...

The ten people, including Liu Maoxing, are all masculine and high-spirited, appearing like they are on a runway show!

When everyone entered the field, Rei Kawashima introduced his deeds. He also specially turned off the lights in the whole city and used spotlights to accompany the ten heroes entering the field. Video playback, even everyone has their own exclusive BGM...

Finally, after all ten people appeared on the stage, ten collective spotlights shone on ten people, following the moon that was almost completely exposed from the roof of the shed, it was quite a star-studded posture!

Afterwards, in each person's own cooking table, the ingredients and equipment they need have been prepared. The venue of "Between the Moon and the Sky" is also spacious enough, even enough for Liu Maoxing to carry out the "firewood circle play". Ten cooking tables are naturally arranged as before. Surplus.

There are also some fresh products that need to be selected. They are not on the field yet, but they are ready. Players can apply directly when they need it!

As soon as they came up and made the most basic preparations, Liu Maoxing, Erina, and Kurokiba Ryo all raised their hands to signal...

I saw the staff push the three huge aquariums to the edge of the field.

"Huh? The three of them are going to cook with aquatic ingredients?"

"That's... cuttlefish, sea cucumber, and... black fish?"

"It seems that Ms. Erina is going to use 'Sea Cucumber', Liu Maoxing is going to use 'Squid Fish', and that Kurokiba player wearing a turban is using 'Black Fish'!"

"Wait, sea cucumber and black fish obviously use their own colors to denote 'dark cuisine', but cuttlefish...is not black..."

"Probably use the 'ink' of cuttlefish?"

The audience in the audience began to speculate.

The three people on the field stepped forward one after another and picked out the aquatic products they needed. Ryo Kurokiba, who was the first to do it, picked up a fishing net from the huge aquarium, and directly picked up a fish that looked very lively. black fish!

"It's you! Good strength..." Kurokiba had an almost instinctive judgment on aquatic products, and instantly selected the black fish he needed.

Seeing Hei Muchang casually grabbing the struggling black fish from the fishing net, many students broke into a cold sweat for him...

Black fish belongs to freshwater fish, and among freshwater fish, it is an extremely ferocious species!

They are not good at swimming, but they know how to hide themselves, and wait until the prey is close to make a fatal blow. Moreover, snakeheaded fish are very voracious. At most, their stomach capacity can reach 60% of their own body weight. Two-thirds of its own kind for food.

At the same time, the gills of black fish have a special structure, which has the ability to store air, and can survive for several days in a dry environment after leaving water. If it is in moist soil or wetland, it can even "dry sleep" for several weeks!

Therefore, the black fish that just came out of the water is still very active, especially the one that Ryo Kurokiba chose is a large black fish, which is still as long as an arm...

Moreover, it is impossible for Kurokiba to choose the seemingly most convenient method of slaughtering after being knocked unconscious, because the blood stasis will destroy the meat quality and flavor of snakeheaded fish.

Even among Yuanyue's students, most of them probably have no choice but to use live black fish. After all, what they learn is more inclined to use decomposed fish meat for further processing.

However, in the eyes of those who know Ryo Kurokiba, this is nothing to worry about. For Ryo Kurokiba, who was born in a dark restaurant in the Nordic pier, slaughtering live fish is not a problem at all!

At this time, Liu Maoxing also fished out five cuttlefish...

Counting the coat of the torso and the arms and feet, each cuttlefish is about the length from the elbow to the fingertips.

The basis for Liu Maoxing's selection is mainly from super vision, super sense of smell and super hearing, and judges that these five cuttlefish are the most suitable for taking ink.

Cuttlefish, also known as cuttlefish, is not a fish, but a marine mollusc. It has a tough mantle outside its torso. There are fins on both sides of the mantle, two eyes on the lower edge of the mantle, and ten arms and legs below it. long.

The fins can not only assist swimming, but also a "tool" for gliding. The cuttlefish has a strong jumping ability and can jump out of the sea. With the help of the fins, the ability to stay in the air is amazing!

The most impressive feature is that when encountering a strong enemy, the cuttlefish will eject the black ink stored in the ink sac in the body to intimidate the predator, and also to confuse the audience...

Ink can also be used as ingredients. Fresh squid juice has the fragrance of the sea. Italian squid ink noodles are made of ink and pasta as the main ingredients!

That's right, Liu Maoxing is indeed going to use the cuttlefish's ink sac now.

Five fresh cuttlefish were placed on the cooking table by Liu Maoxing. In just a second or two, the body of the cuttlefish showed a color similar to that of the cooking table...

In addition to spitting ink, cuttlefish are also masters of color change in the ocean. They can adjust the pigment sacs in their bodies while visually recognizing their surroundings.

Liu Maoxing picked up the small but heavy shell-opening knife, and instantly cut out the knife at the connection between the "jacket" of the five cuttlefish and the lower body, and pulled out the knife immediately after piercing it...

The five cuttlefish instantly turned white, which was the color of fresh raw cuttlefish that everyone saw in the market!

Because the central nervous system in the back was damaged, the cuttlefish's color-changing ability stopped completely, and within a second or two, it turned back to the "base color" of white.

And right after that, Liu Maoxing's actions were incomprehensible. He did not disassemble the cuttlefish immediately, but took out a few "talisman seals" from nowhere, and pasted them on the five cuttlefish's " coat", and then clasped his hands together as a gesture of consolation...

"What is he doing? Save the squid?"

"I don't know... are you joking?"

"In the cooking showdown, if there is any 'performance art', there will be no extra points, right?"

"It's probably to attract everyone's attention..."

The audience who didn't know Liu Maoxing very well couldn't help discussing, even the students who knew Liu Maoxing were wondering what was the point of Liu Maoxing's actions?

Jue Yue also muttered at the judges' table: "It's true that some cooks have this habit, but I didn't expect that the young Liu Maoxing would also..."

"Ah Xing is really kind!" Only Yuan Guo said with stars shining in his eyes.

For this act of showing a good person in the eyes of a beholder, the other four judges could not refute anything while looking sideways.

Only a few people, including Senzaemon and Dojima Gin, understood what Liu Maoxing was doing!

"Sacrifice and sacrifice? Have you already started? No wonder... After all, if you have 'super hearing', it is equivalent to walking on the shortcut of 'sacrifice and sacrifice'!" Ling'er raised her head from the state of prayer, looked at Liu Maoxing and muttered said a word.

That's right, during this week, in addition to preparing recipes, Liu Maoxing also went to the library to find the content of "Sacrifice and Sacrifice".

That's what Ryan would do after slaughtering animal ingredients during the "Zhonghua Yiyi" period.

Through means similar to "sacrifice and prayer", restore as much as possible the source of loss during the slaughter process, and when you are skilled, you can even increase the source of ingredients!

Liu Maoxing saw the relevant records of "sacrifice and sacrifice" in the library, and the method of proceeding, and immediately understood why "sacrifice and sacrifice" is difficult for ordinary cooks to grasp...

Because the "source" of the ingredients cannot be seen or touched, it is difficult to see whether there is any effect after the "sacrifice".

The "sacrifice and sacrifice" itself requires the user to be firm, but the effect cannot be seen, which means that confidence cannot be built, and the sacrifice will naturally become superficial.

Therefore, there are only two kinds of people who are suitable for learning "sacrifice and sacrifice". One is like Ren, who is full of respect and gratitude to the animals that become ingredients in his heart, and deep down in his heart, he really wants to commemorate these ingredients without bringing them There are other utilitarian cooks who can make the "sacrifice sacrifice" effective.

And the other is like Liu Maoxing, in terms of "sincerity", it is obviously not as good as the pure heart of Ren, but he can accurately judge the change of the "source" of the ingredients!

The existence of "super hearing" allows Liu Maoxing to directly feel the changes in the source of ingredients. For Liu Maoxing, "sacrificing sacrifices" is like communicating with ingredients...

For Liu Maoxing, there is no question of sincerity or belief, because any slight changes in the "source" of the ingredients are in his observations, and he believes more firmly than anyone else in his heart that what he does Things make sense!

At the same time, because of the existence of "super hearing", Liu Maoxing can use the best means to "please" the ingredients.

That's right, Liu Maoxing now believes that the essence of "sacrifice" is actually to "please" the ingredients!

After the ingredients are "cooked", they become a necessity to "pleasing" people, and even to maintain human survival, while "sacrifice" is to give back the ingredients first.

Although this kind of thing is not interesting at all for normal creatures, the ingredients are fundamentally different from ordinary creatures. In short, it is true that "sacrifice" is effective for ingredients.

After the cuttlefish's back central nervous system was cut off, it was already dead as a "creature", and Liu Maoxing had "cut it straight" as much as possible, without causing it unnecessary pain. This method of killing is already very suitable for the cuttlefish...

The "cuttlefish" that existed as "ingredients", after Liu Maoxing's "sacrifice and sacrifice", the "source", which itself suffered little loss, returned to its best condition.

After touching for about a minute, Liu Maoxing took down some talismans...

Because of the existence of "super-auditory", Liu Maoxing clearly understands that this talisman seal is actually not prepared for "ingredients". As another form of existence different from ordinary life, it is impossible to be happy because of some specious symbols. The talisman is to help the user himself to improve his concentration!

Although Liu Maoxing has shortcuts, he is still a beginner after all, so he still needs to use this auxiliary method.

Even if the cuttlefish is dead, the body will curl up its limbs when it encounters electrolytes such as salt or high temperature, but this is a stress response caused by external stimulation of the nerves.

Because cuttlefish have the ability to break off part of their arms and legs and "fake" their real body to get rid of natural enemies when they are alive, so even dead and detached limbs can easily feel external stimuli and then generate activities.

However, Liu Maoxing, who has "super hearing", can naturally confirm that the "squid" that existed as a living creature in front of him has died, and now it is the "squid" that exists as a food.

After the "sacrifice" was completed, Liu Maoxing took out a smaller carving knife and cut a small opening on the top one-fifth of a cuttlefish's "coat", which was barely big enough for the middle finger and index finger to enter. After that...

Hand of the Eagle!

I saw Liu Maoxing's two fingers stretched into it sensitively, and after a short time, a thumb-sized, faintly black sac was taken out...

That's right, Liu Maoxing did want to use the ink of the cuttlefish, and it was the ink sac of the cuttlefish that was taken out now.

Decomposing the cuttlefish by ordinary methods can easily break the ink sac, and then not only the ink can no longer be used, but also the cuttlefish meat must be washed.

And if you want to take out the ink sac completely, you usually cut the "coat" first, separate the cuttlefish's torso together with the arm and foot parts from the "coat", then carefully cut the torso, separate the internal organs, and then use your hands to remove the ink sac. Peel off the ink sac under the cover of visceral tissue!

At the same time, the ink sac also has an ink sac tube that leads directly to the outside. If the ink sac is separated in the usual way, it will inevitably break the ink sac and the ink sac tube, that is, there will be a break in the former, as if the blower is not tied. Like a balloon with a mouth open, usually external auxiliary items are used at this time, such as clips and the like to seal the ink sac...

However, the ink sac that Liu Maoxing took out with the "hand of the eagle" was connected with a part of the ink sac tube, and when it was taken out, the ink sac tube was already tied, and the entire ink sac was airtight and sealed!

As for using only the middle finger and index finger, and in the body of the cuttlefish, how did you complete such a delicate operation? Then only those who have the "Hand of the Eagle" will know!

"This, how did you do this?"

"Even the ink sac tube is intact and fastened..."

"Such dexterous fingers..."

"Sister, why are you blushing? Aren't we here to protest for Ye Shan?"

"Ahem, what do you know! I'm just surprised by this technology!"

Off the court, including the Chiba sisters, many female audiences who were invited to come showed strange expressions at this time.

Originally, Qianyou Xiaya came to complain about Ye Shanliang's failure to be selected as one of the top ten heroes, and wanted to see if there was a chance to "pack up and take away" Ye Shanliang...

"But I didn't expect him to like that type!" Qian Yu looked at Ye Shanliang and Jun Xijian who was sitting next to him, resentful.

And when everyone was shocked by Liu Maoxing's "Hand of Eagle" skill, Liu Maoxing did the same, taking out the ink sacs of the other four cuttlefish completely.

"Liang, what's wrong with you?" Xi Jian looked at Ye Shanliang who was sitting next to her in doubt.

"No, it's nothing...I always feel like someone is watching me!" Ye Shanliang trembled when Qianyou Xia Ya watched from afar.

Suddenly, Ye Shanliang froze, and looked in the direction of Yisehui with a cold expression. I saw Yisehui was taking out the ingredients prepared by the competition committee before. It looked like... lamb chops? That's right, lamb chops with pieces of ribs attached!

"Black goat?" Ye Shanliang's sense of smell made him judge off the court that the mutton that Yisehui took out was the lamb chops of the black goat!

In the finals before, Yisehui defeated Ye Shanliang's black goat meat with Yuyang Tongcook, and now Yisehui actually took out the black goat meat in the qualifying match?

This made Ye Shanliang very upset, always felt that this smiling guy was mocking him.

At the same time, he was also wondering how Yishihui planned to embody "dark cuisine". Although the skin of the black goat is black, the meat inside is still red, which is close to the color of beef!

And now the one who is most likely to be carrying out the "dark cooking" that Liu Maoxing knows is counting Fei Shazi. I saw that she has taken out a few "turtle shells", that is, the plate armor on the lower abdomen of the turtle, and some that look like Medicinal ingredients with a suspicious smell...

Oda Nobuna, who has received much attention because of her arrogant remarks at the opening ceremony, took out pieces of pork belly at this time, making it hard to see what her ingredients have to do with "dark cuisine" .

Known as the "Prince of Meat", Mito Yumei, who had various scandals with Liu Maoxing and was also Liu Maoxing's nominal maid, at this time "lived up to everyone's expectations" and took out the silky...

Liu Maoxing once won the position of the leader of the Chinese Cuisine Research Institute with "silk chicken" in the food halberd with Jiuga Zhaoji!

As for the "Princess of Molecular Gastronomy" Alice Nakiri, so far no one has seen what she is doing, nor do they know what ingredients she uses, but they have seen that it contains the blood of more than one animal!

Well, the red and viscous liquid is obviously blood, but what kind of blood it is cannot be seen from the appearance...

In addition, Alice has been operating various separators, mixers and other equipment, and the ingredients used are all powder, liquid or lumps that cannot be seen in their original appearance.

The rest of Xingping Chuangzhen and Tian Suohui's ingredients all looked a bit shabby, and even attracted discussions from the audience...

"What are you doing? What are those things..."

"It looks so shabby. Could it be...are they poor?"

"I've heard people say that those two second-year 'seniors', one came from a family that ran a 'dining restaurant', and the other just ran a country inn..."

"The ingredients for the qualifying competition are not provided by the academy, so they just need to fill in the report?"

"Hehe, probably because I haven't used any good ingredients, so I only cook these?"

"Looking at it makes people feel sad. Fungus, water chestnuts, black beans, black rice, rye, black mung beans... Tsk tsk, what will be made?"

That's right, the two ingredients are some very common black vegetable grains!

And after Liu Maoxing took out the ink sac with the hand of the eagle "amazingly skilled", he prepared a special marinade, and the pickled one was the ink sac...

At the same time, on the other side, a broth made of kelp and fish bones was being cooked.

During the cooking of the broth, Liu Maoxing took out another ingredient. The others looked a little strange, but Erina, Alice, Fei Shazi, and Liu Maoyuan off the field were quite familiar with an ingredient... bracken!

Bracken, also known as "leading vegetable", was one of the few vegetables that Liu Maoxing and others obtained when they were in Jiuzhaigou.

What made Liu Maoyuan curious was that the edible part of the bracken was its shoots, but now Liu Maoxing took out the whole bracken with stems and roots...