Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

early morning.

As the birds wake up and emit their crisp chirping, a new day begins!

At Totsuki Academy.

In a tall building rising from the ground.

There is a particularly spacious kitchen here, which is the exclusive kitchen for Erina, the tenth seat of the current Ten Elites.

When you walk into the kitchen, you will see all kinds of kitchen utensils that are used daily.

Stoves, ovens, microwaves, steam cabinets, stew pots, refrigerators, freezers, etc., are all sparkling under the daily careful care of the secretary Fei Sha, as if they can tell the story of the kitchen!

At this time, Erina, who had already put on the chef's uniform, was breathing calmly.

Then, she began to imitate Zhang Fan's method, adding her own coffee and plum jam to the rice bran bought from the grain station.

"Miss!"

"This kind of civilian cuisine shouldn't be worthy of your research, right?"

Next to him, Nito Feishako said in confusion.

"No!"

"Fei Sha."

"I just want to find out the flaws in all Zhang Fan's dishes and improve them."

"When the time comes, use these improved dishes to completely overthrow his cooking philosophy!"

Erina, obviously still felt very unwilling.

"But."

"Even if we defeat him, what will happen?"

Nito Hisako scratched the back of his head and asked again in confusion.

She always felt that Erina was too serious about this matter!

But at the same time, she was looking forward to how far this noble lady with the talent of God's Tongue could push Zhang Fan's cooking to another level?

Is it to stand on his shoulders and surpass him?

Or will he be completely trampled under his feet, and no matter how many times he struggles, he can only be forced to accept the fact of failure?

"You do not understand!"

"His cooking has already made me want to waver!"

"If I can't use my own methods to outshine others, I'm afraid the path I will stick to for the rest of my life will completely collapse!"

After saying this, Erina's eyes became as sharp as a sword, and she immediately started making chocolate brownies.

…

time.

A moment passes.

Pots of green plants beside the windowsill bring fresh air to the entire kitchen.

On the chopping board, there are three Western-style fast food items: beef hamburger, anchovy chips, and chocolate brownie! Judging from the appearance of the dishes, they are almost the same as what I saw at the izakaya last night!

"sharp!"

"As expected of Miss Erina."

"Sure enough, no one in this world can hide their cooking from you!"

Seeing Erina, using her own God's Tongue ability, finally perfectly recreated Zhang Fan's dishes, she couldn't help but marvel.

"Um!"

"I'll just say it!"

"His cooking is nothing more than that."

Putting away the kitchen knife, Nakiri Erina looked at her work and felt very satisfied.

But she also knows very well that the taste of a dish is often more important than its appearance.

Even if they are made exactly the same in appearance, it will be of no use if the taste is not superior!

Just like Chinese cuisine, which is No. 1 in the entire cuisine world, there are many stews and boiled dishes. The appearance, color, ingredient combination, etc. are not very amazing, but the taste is very rich!

same.

Erina was shaken.

It's not that Zhang Fan's cooking is so beautiful, but... it's so delicious!

So next, Erina started to pick up the beef hamburgers she made. She smelled it first, and after feeling that there was nothing wrong with it, she took a bite.

…

"Well!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Unexpectedly, the moment she took the bite.

She just felt dizzy, and a particularly disgusting feeling emerged from her heart, making her face even more ugly!

Helpless, she had to quickly cover her mouth and keep making "oooooooo" sounds.

Such a situation naturally frightened Hisako next to her. She seemed to understand something and quickly found a disposable vomit bag and handed it to Erina!

"Hey!"

Finally, Erina vomited everything she ate in her mouth.

"Are you okay?"

"Miss Erina."

Fei Shasha asked with worry and concern.

"fine!"

"It just tastes too much like toast."

"And the taste of this food disgusts me!"

Erina, who slowly calmed down, finally waved her hand quickly, indicating that Hiisako didn't need to worry too much about her.

"ah?"

"how could this be?"

One listen, Erina made the beef burger.

The taste was so much like toast, Fei Sha couldn't help but be surprised.

This means that Erina can no longer use the power of God's Tongue to peek into all the secrets of Zhang Fan's dishes!

No!

Impossible, right?

In this world, it is outrageous enough that a dish can conquer the tongue of God!

As a result, Zhang Fan's cooking not only conquered the God's Tongue, but also completely disabled the ability of the God's Tongue?

…

"Fei Sha!"

"Tell me if there is a way."

Erina's face gradually became serious, and she continued: "Is it possible to surpass Zhang Fan's cooking by other means without using the power of God's Tongue?"

"IMHO."

"With the power of God's Tongue, you can't surpass him."

"The only person in this world who can defeat him is himself!"

Fei Shasha heard this and replied without thinking.

You know, the ability of God's Tongue is not a physical superpower. It also represents Nakiri Erina's own cooking experience and knowledge!

After all, since she was a child, under the strict training of her "ghost father", she had already developed the ability of God's Tongue to the extreme.

Even his own cooking experience and knowledge are already beyond the reach of ordinary people!

therefore.

Any dish.

She Erina can really reproduce it perfectly or even improve it after tasting it once.

This can be seen in the plot of the original work, when she improved Souma Yukihira's "Peanut Butter Squid Legs" and directly defeated Shi Yingshi and Kobayashi Ringtong.

However.

Facing Zhang Fan's cooking.

Her God's Tongue ability seemed to be malfunctioning.

Naturally, this ending made Erina deeply shocked again!

"Why?"

"I...I clearly remember the taste of his dishes!"

"And when we were at the izakaya, I could clearly see his every move in front of the cooking table and the entire process of cooking."

"But why can't I make his food at all?"

"He...he...what kind of person is he?"

Until this moment, Erina felt deep fear of Zhang Fan from the bottom of her heart!