Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

The moon rises quietly.

The distant mountains in the night have blurred outlines, as if shrouded in a veil, making them appear very mysterious and profound.

Nearby, the trees cast mottled shadows under the bright moonlight, swaying gently in the breeze, breaking the silence of the night and adding a bit of vitality.

At this moment.

In Neon Country, Hokkaido area.

"Dear candidates, please note that the doors have been closed and the Moon Shadow train is about to leave."

In the train, the sound of the announcement became louder, and soon the train, which had a luxurious and elegant interior, was speeding quickly, like a bolt of lightning that was so fast that one could not see it clearly with one's eyes open.

"Miss."

"This train will pass through many stops along the way, and it seems that at every stop, students will get off."

"Could it be that the location of the third exam is different for everyone?"

Looking at the scenery passing by quickly outside the window, Fei Shasha, who was sitting in the train, could only say lightly.

"right!"

"I remember that there were different routes to advance to the exams."

"For example, in this carriage, there are only three of me, you and Alice. Of course, there must be other students in other carriages, but the stations each carriage reaches should be different!"

"Obviously, starting from the third exam, our moving routes began to diverge, or merge!"

Erina, after taking a look at Hisako, explained.

…

"hiss!"

"The weather in Hokkaido is really cold!"

"If I had known it would be a snowy day, I shouldn't have taken this job in the first place. Alas...it was such a mistake."

At this moment, Kobayashi Ritsou, who is currently the second seat of the Ten Elites, appeared behind Erina and others.

I saw her tonight, wearing a heavy down jacket, always tightening her body involuntarily, with her shoulders high, her hands tightly clasped together, and she kept making rubbing movements.

Um!

You can tell.

Her whole body seemed a little stiff, and her movements were inevitably a little slow.

The whole body seemed to be bound by this coldness.

If you look at her carefully, you can still see her golden eyes, which are as beautiful as stars and are particularly eye-catching!

"Huh? Ringtong-senpai?"

Erina looked back, feeling a little surprised.

"Haha, are you surprised that I appear here?"

After Ryo Kobayashi finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile slightly. The two rows of white teeth seemed to be shining with light, complementing the blush on his cheeks.

Those eyes also curved into a crescent shape, shining with joy and goodwill.

"Senior, what are you doing here?"

Erina frowned deeply. She was more worried about the sudden appearance of the second seat of the Ten Elites.

After all, as a third-year student in the Department of Advanced Studies, she shouldn't be on this Moon Shadow train.

"To make a long story short."

"You also know the results of the first two exams. The Central Food Agency must be very dissatisfied."

"And I haven't temporarily lost the second seat of the Ten Elites, so Commander-in-Chief Nakiri Thistle personally issued an order to let the Ten Elites who are directly affiliated with the central gastronomy agency serve as assessors."

"So, tomorrow morning."

"At the new assessment location, I will personally appear to deal with you."

Kobayashi Rgentan first found a seat in the carriage and sat down, then continued to smile and said to Erina and others.

…

"Yeah?"

"My father is so anxious that he even comes in handy for you."

Although she knew in her heart that it would be very difficult to completely crush the power of the Central Food Agency in this promotion exam, Erina really didn't expect that she would tell her seniors in advance, especially this group of representatives. Fight against the most powerful person in Yuanyue!

So, she was silent for a moment, and then asked Kobayashi Rgentan: "What then? In this carriage, me, Fei Shasha, and Alice, are all your opponents?"

"clever!"

"The three of you will have to compete with me in cooking."

"However, I can secretly let it slip. Although the procedures and rules of the competition must be followed, I still have to decide whether I win or not."

Xiaolin Ringtong blinked his eyes and said.

"ah?"

At this moment, Erina, Hisako and Alice all looked at each other.

"Are you kidding me?"

"In the third exam, we actually competed against the top ten?"

"Are we required to make dishes that satisfy the top ten? Or do we have to defeat the top ten to pass this test? The former may be in a good situation, but the latter may not be able to reach the sky!"

Finally, Nito Hisako, who reacted first, said weakly.

"I can tell you that in this promotion exam, you group of villains have been divided into four routes."

"Erina, Alice, Hiisako, the three of you are assigned to the same carriage, which means that the three of you are a team, and as you can see, your opponent is me, Ringtong Kobayashi! "

"And this time, you are going to compete with me, the top ten."

"And the condition for victory is that you must make delicious dishes to defeat me!"

Xiaolin Gentian said calmly.

"All students taking the promotion exam will be separated. We have expected this for a long time, but I did not expect that my father... would actually be..."

Erina's bright eyes are inevitably a little lost and desperate.

"Hmph, isn't this obviously trying to make things difficult for others?"

"If I can defeat the top ten heroes, why should I take the promotion test?"

Alice Nakiri, who was beside her, was so angry that she almost went crazy. The first two exams were obviously designed to find various conditions to torture and make things difficult for them. As a result...the next third exam, the methods were even more... Cruel!

"Well, Alice, you can't have this mentality."

"Anyway, let me tell you a little bit about your exam instructions this time. The cooking topic of the exam is cake."

"cake?"

Alice Nakiri was confused for a moment.

Then, she and Erina next to her looked at each other, and then she said: "Erina, I never thought that one day, you and I would join forces to cooperate."

Hearing this, Erina just brushed her messy hair and responded arrogantly: "Alice, you'd better not hold back when the time comes."

…

night.

Izakaya is open for business.

The crystal clear snapper fillet is as delicate as the peach blossoms in spring.

Under the slight luster, the texture of the fish meat is clearly visible. It is very delicate and light. You can feel the unique elasticity of the fish meat by gently picking up a piece with chopsticks.

Put it in your mouth, and the fresh and tender taste immediately blooms on the tip of your tongue.

The fish meat is delicate and elastic, always giving Nakiri Shinagi a light and pleasant feeling.

Then, you can also feel the deliciousness of the ocean, the original flavor of the fish and the slight sweetness, which begin to intertwine to form an intoxicating taste experience.

Um!

Every bite.

They all make people feel like they are in the sea.

"Managi?"

The voice was full of surprise.

"Well, you ended up here after all."

Looking at Nakiri Thistle behind him, Nakiri Shinagi's eyes became sharp.

Nakiri Thistle's face was filled with astonishment. He never thought that the most terrifying person in the world would appear in such a small izakaya.

Well, of course.

He even didn't expect Zhang Fan in front of him.

His own cooking skills were actually able to conquer even Nakiri Managi's God's Tongue ability!

…

"thistle."

"You and I really haven't seen each other for many years, right?"

"Originally, I thought that you could take good care of Erina for me and take care of the affairs of the Nakiri family, but I didn't expect that what you are doing now is getting more and more outrageous!"

"You must know that Totsuki Academy belongs to our Nakiri family. When will it be your turn as an outsider to give guidance?"

"And you actually dare to contact a group of top ten men to ask my father to step down."

"Although you have married into our Nakiri family, it does not mean that you can be so domineering as the son-in-law of the Nakiri family. What's more, from the moment I ran away from home, the relationship between you and me The relationship should exist in name only!”

At this moment, I watched Nagi cut thistle.

Nakiri Shinagi's initial anger was like a strong wind blowing through her heart.

Then, her emotions began to become more complicated, with too much regret, helplessness, and anger!

When she ran away from home, she would never have thought that Nakiri Thistle would treat Erina like this, so every time she thought of this incident, she felt extremely angry towards Nakiri Thistle.

Especially the recent incident at Totsuki Academy made her even more disappointed in Nakiri Thistle.

Now, he actually appeared in front of him.

All the emotions hidden in my heart naturally burst out at this moment!

…

"Sanagi, there's a reason why I did this."

Normally, this majestic Nakiri Thistle was as submissive as a frightened deer when facing Nakiri Shinagi.

He really didn't expect that Nakiri Shinagi would be so angry when she met him again.

However, when he thought about how he had treated Erina like this before, Nagiri Thistle was speechless!

"I don't want to pursue the past matters anymore. After all, it is meaningless to pursue them."

"But if you dare to do something like that to Erina again in the future, I, Shinagi, will make you pay the price."

"Don't think that just because you own Totsuki Academy, you can be domineering. No matter when, as long as I give an order, I can make all your efforts come to nothing!"

"In short, you have to take care of yourself in the future!"

After saying this, Nakiri Managi averted his gaze and stopped paying attention to Nakiri Thistle.

"Yes, I understand."

Nakiri Thistle couldn't help wiping cold sweat and said with fear.

…

"Zhang Fan, hurry up!"

"I'm so hungry. Can you cook me something new quickly?"

However, after getting angry, Nagi Nakiri stared straight at Zhang Fan with a pair of bright eyes.

Upon closer inspection, her eyes were full of reverence, even a little humble, just like the look a servant would have when looking at his master.

"Ah... um~"

Then, she continued to look at the fierce fresh sea bream mountain in front of her, and couldn't help but swallow.

Then, I couldn’t wait to taste it!

If only one kind of fish can represent the temperament of traditional fish, it must be:

snapper!

When the freshness from the ocean is perfectly combined with the Arhat Crystal Slash and the Beichen Sirius Blade, the quality of the fish fat is sublimated at this moment!

Even Nagiri Shinagi, who has the tongue of God, from this moment on, every taste bud was deeply captured by this dish.

Elegant and complex, yet so addictive!

Just take one bite, the fresh fish meat has a clear taste with a hint of sweetness.

The firm texture is like taking a bite of spring!

Involuntarily, Nakiri Shinagi couldn't help but exclaimed.

…

"Well, if you compare Chinese food to a big show with singing and dancing, frying, stir-frying, stewing, roasting, and frying, it's really full of excitement and variety!"

"So relatively speaking, Japanese material is like a thick novel, with a profound plot and often unexpected twists and turns. You will never know the ending until you read the last page?"

"Just like snapper, the taste itself is restrained and does not require any seasoning or cooking skills at all."

"Just chew it carefully, and you can taste the sweetness just by looking at the quality of the sea bream!"

"However, what a surprise!"

"Surprisingly, just by simply handling the sea bream, you can bring out its original flavor to this level."

"Moreover, no matter how many times I eat it, I never get tired of it. As expected, only Zhang Fan's cuisine in this world can completely conquer me!"

After saying that, strange phenomena quickly appeared in the entire izakaya.

A gust of wind began to sweep through the entire interior of the izakaya. After a while, the gust of wind stopped!

…

"What? Isn't this the skill of teaching pulse?"

Seeing the scene in front of him, Nakiri Thistle, who was in a daze, finally came back to his senses.

He looked at Nagi Nakiri, and the skill "Teaching Pulse" appeared due to a sea bream dish. In an instant, he knew that Zhang Fan's cooking had indeed conquered Shinagi Nakiri's tongue of God!

And this situation made it difficult for him to calm down for a while!

Because this means that everything he did was just a joke in Zhang Fan's eyes.

Because what he is after is something that Zhang Fan can easily get with one hand. It is not even an exaggeration to say that nowadays, Zhang Fan's cooking skills and abilities are enough for him to dominate the entire cooking world. !

…

"Ji, you should understand, right?"

"In this world, a chef who can break the curse of God's Tongue has appeared."

"And this chef is Zhang Fan standing in front of you!"

"It doesn't matter if it's me."

"It's better to be Erina."

"From the moment Zhang Fan appeared, our fate was destined to be conquered and captured by him, and we would never be able to escape from his grasp!"

Listening to Shinagi's words, Nakiri Thistle was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, he had no choice but to accept this reality and said, "Really? The person who can lead the new era in the future is not me or Erina, but Zhang Fan!"