Chapter 122 What She Has, You Must Have Too
Looking at the bear paw before him, Hakuto picked up a knife and cut it. The sauce immediately flowed out.
The sauce was a light pink color. Hakuto looked at Tsukasa and said, "Peony sauce. 'Bear paw cooked with peony sauce'. Although Mei Cheng of the Han Dynasty satirized it in his fu, he also acknowledged that bear paw paired with peony sauce would be a delicacy of the human world."
A smile appeared on Tsukasa's face.
"Yes. And to reduce the use of other seasonings, I only used peony sauce, restoring the most primitive deliciousness of the ingredients."
Looking at Tsukasa, Hakuto didn't say anything, but he could basically determine that Tsukasa's dish was inferior to Erina's.
If Tsukasa didn't break this mindset, he would be like this for his entire life. He would never comprehend Heart of Cooking.
What was Tsukasa's culinary philosophy?
To leave as little trace as possible in the dish. But if you leave no trace at all, then what good are you?
Why not just eat it raw?
But Tsukasa wasn't anyone important to Hakuto. He had no obligation to remind him.
With the mentality of taking advantage whenever possible, Hakuto still tasted it. But just one bite made Hakuto give up.
Hakuto only took one bite before giving up, but Dojima and Senzaemon still finished it graciously.
Tsukasa looked at Hakuto.
"Um, does my dish not suit your taste?"
Hakuto had originally only taken one bite to freeload, but who knew that the two big shots within him wouldn't even entertain the idea.
"It's quite delicious, but I want to save room for Erina's dish."
Tsukasa frowned slightly but didn't say anything.
Hakuto suddenly felt a surge of energy coming towards him, but the next moment, just as it was about to touch him, it disappeared.
By this time, Senzaemon beside Hakuto was already down to only a loincloth.
Gin Dojima was similarly down to a pair of boxer shorts.
The corner of Hakuto's mouth twitched. He decisively looked away, 'Damn it, how could I have forgotten about this? It's over. Should I buy some bleach to cleanse my eyes? I need eyes that can go back ten seconds.'
Alice beside Hakuto, however, had anticipated this and hid beside Hakuto. So when the energy was blocked by Hakuto, her clothes didn't burst.
"Alice, I think if your family's influence wasn't big enough, this superpower of yours would probably land you in a detention center."
Alice rolled her eyes at Hakuto, but she also found her family's superpower quite annoying.
[I almost forgot about the Nakiri Family's traditional superpower. Once they eat a delicious dish, their clothes burst, and it also affects others around them. Sigh, going naked just to eat a dish? Isn't that a loss?]
[I need to think of a way. How can my wives be taken advantage of like that? I'll go back and talk to them and see if there's a way to make a little change.]
Erina glanced at the diary, then took a deep breath, picked up her dish, and prepared to walk over.
But suddenly, Erina felt her vision blur, and then her entire body uncontrollably fell backward.
The dish she was holding also started to fall to the ground.
But before anyone could react, in the blink of an eye, another person appeared beside Erina: Hakuto!
Hakuto, who had just been at the judge's bench, had appeared beside Erina in an instant. Not only did he catch Erina, but his other hand also caught the dish Erina had made.
"Alice, bring the paper cup over to me."
"Okay!"
Alice also reacted, then picked up the paper cup and walked to Hakuto.
Hakuto looked at Alice, Senzaemon, and the others who had hurried over and said, "Don't worry. She'll be fine. Erina just fainted from exhaustion."
Hakuto took out the box containing the Century Soup and opened it. A seven-colored aurora appeared in the air. The Century Soup drew everyone's attention.
"That is..."
Senzaemon's pupils contracted, 'Wasn't that Century Soup?'
When Rindou's portion of Century Soup had been sent for testing, the ingredients couldn't be detected at all. In the end, the only thing detected was that Century Soup contained powerful energy.
Hakuto poured some Century Soup from the sealed box and then gradually fed it to Erina using the paper cup.
As the soup entered her mouth, it instantly flowed down her esophagus and into her stomach. Almost immediately, Erina woke up.
"Drink all of this soup, and you'll be fine."
Seeing Erina wake up, Hakuto handed the paper cup to her.
"Thank you, but my hands and feet have no strength right now. So please feed me."
Without being pretentious, Erina said to Hakuto.
After Hakuto had fed all the Century Soup to Erina, her body had already recovered by twenty percent.
After steadying herself, Erina took a deep breath and said, "Now let's continue the competition."
Hakuto returned to the judge's bench and then placed the sealed box in Alice's hand.
"The remaining soup in here is yours, but you need to return the box to me."
Alice looked at Hakuto. "Why are you giving it to me?"
"Because what Erina has, you must have too."
A single sentence directly hit the softest part of Alice's heart. Since childhood, Alice had not wanted to compete with Erina over anything. She was just unconvinced. Why did everyone's attention focus on Erina, leaving her destined to be a foil?
Holding the container with the Century Soup, Alice naturally understood what this container was. It could produce 100 milliliters of Century Soup every day. The value of this container alone would be beyond even selling Totsuki to afford.
Yet Hakuto had given it to her.
For a moment, Alice looked at Hakuto with eyes full of tenderness.
"Idiot."
Looking at Hakuto, Alice said softly.
Hakuto: ???
Erina looked at Alice and gave a light snort. Could she not see what that look in Alice's eyes meant?