Chapter 237 The Surprise From Sakaki Ryoko, Hakuto's Trouble-Magnet Constitution
Faced with Alice's question, Hakuto said, "If it's purely from the perspective of taste, there is a winner. But from the perspective of the person who made it, there is no winner."
Seeing that Hakuto played Tai Chi, redirecting the matter so cunningly, Erina and Alice rolled their eyes at him and didn't continue to press him.
Then Erina and Alice tasted each other's dishes. Finally, Erina voluntarily conceded. "I lost this time."
Purely in terms of the Peony Fish Slices, Erina was slightly inferior. Alice had the upper hand.
The main reason was that Alice had used molecular cooking techniques to boldly modify the original Peony Fish Slices recipe. It was precisely this modification that gave Alice the edge.
Alice squinted her eyes and smiled. "It's not just this time. From now on, Erina, you will lose to me countless times."
Erina crossed her arms and let out a cold snort, but didn't say anything. However, it was clear that Erina was in a very bad mood at the moment.
Hakuto also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Erina and Alice hadn't started fighting. Otherwise, Hakuto really wouldn't have known how to resolve this.
Then Hakuto continued the assessment. He hadn't been paying much attention at first, but when he tasted Sakaki Ryoko's dish, his expression changed.
From Ryoko's dish, Hakuto tasted a trace of the Heart of Cooking.
Although it was very faint, it was indeed the Heart of Cooking. This left Hakuto somewhat dumbfounded.
[I know that the supporting characters around the protagonist are also very strong, that's true. But isn't this level of strength a bit problematic? Sakaki Ryoko actually has the Heart of Cooking too. Although it's very faint, even far from a real Heart of Cooking, she actually has it. Isn't there something wrong here? To become a Super Chef, although having the Heart of Cooking isn't the only requirement, isn't this Heart of Cooking a bit too cheap?]
Ryoko smiled and looked at Hakuto in front of her, asking, "Instructor, is my dish acceptable?"
"Oh, acceptable. Your dish is excellent."
Hakuto snapped out of it and gave an affirmative assessment of Ryoko's dish. A smile appeared on Ryoko's face. Hakuto's affirmation undoubtedly made her very happy.
Hakuto looked at Ryoko. He wanted to say something but held back. Finally, he didn't speak. Instead, he said, "Since it's over, those who passed come with me. Those who didn't pass, stay here. A bus will take you away."
After speaking, Hakuto left directly. Alice and Erina, however, looked at Ryoko with a hint of doubt and uncertainty in their eyes.
They suspected whether Ryoko was also a diary copy holder.
If she was a diary copy holder, then there was nothing strange about it. But if she wasn't, then Ryoko's talent needed to be properly examined.
[In the original plot of "Food Wars", most of it was Yukihira Soma's story. Then there was the female lead Erina and the second female lead Tadokoro Megumi. Sakaki Ryoko only appeared a few times as a background character. But I didn't expect this background character to give me such a big surprise. Including Tadokoro Megumi, who should also have mastered the embryonic form of the Heart of Cooking. Sheesh, this Polar Star Dormitory is so terrifying!]
For some reason, Alice and Erina felt an impulse to roast Hakuto when they saw the words "so terrifying".
[Finally, Sakaki Ryoko's Heart of Cooking gives me a familiar feeling. But because the Heart of Cooking is too faint, I can't figure out what kind of Heart it is. Whatever, I won't think about it. It's probably one of the Hearts of Cooking I've used myself. Ordinary people can only have one type of Heart of Cooking, either positive or negative. But my Heart of Cooking can become whatever I want it to be. I've probably used it myself at some point.]
[And finally, let me talk about Sakaki Ryoko as a person. Hmm, she has a great figure. That's the first impression Sakaki Ryoko gave me.]
All the women: Pfft, Hakuto, you pervert.
[Then, Sakaki Ryoko's personality. In the few times she appeared in the story, she showed a gentle big-sister personality. That's a big plus.]
All the women: In other words, it's just your personal preference, right?
[Sakaki Ryoko's considerate, big-sister personality easily attracts people's goodwill. Unfortunately, she appeared too little in "Food Wars". Plus, there were too many beautiful girls in "Food Wars". This caused her to not have much popularity. If Sakaki Ryoko had more screen time, her popularity would at least be much higher. At the very least, it shouldn't be less than the second female lead, Tadokoro Megumi.]
Erina: Everyone knows what's on your perverted mind.
Alice: How annoying. Why is Erina the female lead while I'm just a supporting character? Unfair, so unfair!
[Based on the above, there's no problem with me liking Sakaki Ryoko, right?]
All the women: Sure enough, you still said it. You pervert!
Leading the group of students who passed the assessment back to the Totsuki Resort, Hakuto had nothing to do and directly returned to his room.
The breakfast-laden table from the morning had been cleaned up by the servers. The room had also been fitted with new sheets. The female server from the morning seemed to have appeared on the last day of the lodging training camp with a name, but Hakuto couldn't remember it.
After returning to his room, Hakuto made a phone call. Soon, someone answered on the other end.
"Master!"
Takagi Souichirou's voice came through.
"What is it?"
On the way back, Takagi Souichirou had sent Hakuto an encrypted message. But the environment at the time wasn't suitable for a call, so Hakuto waited until he got back to make this call.
"The Restoration Society is making a move. They've hired a group of mercenaries to enter Japan. Their target seems to be the Totsuki Resort. They want to kill all the students and chefs conducting the training camp there."
Hakuto: "???"
[Could I really be a trouble-magnet? Does trouble follow me wherever I go? I come to participate in a lodging training camp, and the Restoration Society coincidentally hires mercenaries to massacre the Totsuki Resort?]
