Eriri then picked up a piece of sushi. The smooth taste was like flowing water, instantly melting in her mouth. With just a simple bite, she experienced the advantage of this sushi. It's no exaggeration to say that even as a copy, this dish is still top-notch. Perhaps with a first-impression advantage, it might even surpass the original.
It must be said that, as one of the ingredients in the sushi, Mimasaka Subaru's sushi perfectly brought out the flavor of every part of the tuna. With the red vinegar underneath, it made the whole dish full of unique character.
Because it's made with sake lees, the high-end product generally takes five to six years to complete. Because it has less sugar, it has a mellow flavor and can make very soft vinegared rice. This is the best ingredient for sushi.
Correspondingly, if you strengthen the harmony between the vinegared rice and the fish, you need to make more detailed adjustments. Mimasaka Subaru needs to copy even this level. There is no doubt that this is Mimasaka Subaru's strength, like a snake, dense and sparkling with ruby-like passion. Just a little taste can make the body hot, even calling it a burn would not be an exaggeration.
Because the sushi is most delicious when it's just made, and now Mimasaka Subaru's dish has happened to land on all sorts of advantages, plus such perfect imitation, it's simply breathtaking.
Even Mimasaka Subaru showed a faint smile at this time. After all, although he was a step slower just now, he discovered places where he could add to his dish, making it even more perfect. As long as he can guarantee this product, even Hikigaya Hachiman can be defeated.
Hoshino Ai: "Okay, now it's this side."
Hoshino Ai looked very expectant. After all, as a player she approves of, no matter how many times, as long as she can taste Hikigaya Hachiman's cooking, she's willing to do anything. Now, the thing she's looking forward to is finally here.
Before everyone could react, Hoshino Ai already put Hikigaya Hachiman's dish in her mouth. The specially smoked soy sauce, combined with the contrast of the meringue and chopped green onion tuna paste, created a special and deeper taste at the moment of entry. Compared to Mimasaka Subaru's sushi, Hikigaya Hachiman's sushi still showed its characteristics even though it was served later. The perfect knife work in the fish cutting, while melting in the mouth, can also maintain a long-lasting delicious aftertaste. The so-called details determine success or failure. Perhaps only when all the details are truly done well can everyone's approval be obtained.
Sakurajima Mai didn't slack off at all. After eating Mimasaka Subaru's sushi, she quickly put Hikigaya's dish in her mouth. Obviously, they are two of the same dishes, but they burst out different tastes in her mouth. Although it is a subtle difference, it is so frightening to think about. Everything is like it has been calculated in advance. As the mellow fragrance lingers in the mouth, this seemingly controversial game has already had its own result in the minds of each judge.
Yukinoshita Mother didn't say anything, just gently moved her gaze to Hayama Hayato, as if hinting something. Hayama also nodded slightly, preparing himself off stage.
Kawashima Urara: "The results of the competition are out. This competition is still a crushing situation, and Hikigaya Hachiman wins!"
Hearing Kawashima Urara's announcement, Mimasaka Subaru was obviously unable to accept this so-called result. He just ran to Hikigaya Hachiman and looked at his sushi, obviously not believing its energy.
Hachiman wasn't in a hurry. He just handed his sushi to Mimasaka Subaru in front of him:
"The so-called cooking is about injecting your own efforts while constantly transforming it. Your perfect tracking has undoubtedly perfectly copied my previous cooking, but the one standing here in the competition is the current me. Improving during the competition is what I have always been doing."
Mimasaka Subaru wanted to deny it, saying that it was impossible to improve while cooking, but...
Until he put this sushi in his mouth, maybe everything already had its own answer. He never believed that anyone could do this, but... he did indeed start to doubt himself.
"How on earth is this dish made!"
Hachiman: "It is impossible to do it by simply imitating and learning. Because I understand this truth, I will never let the central system reform this school."
Cooking doesn't belong to anyone, and it shouldn't be defined by anything. As long as you know this, it's enough.
Three consecutive wins, almost all with crushing situations, also gave the rebel side hope again, and ignited the enthusiasm of the entire venue.
Komachi: "Wow haha, when did my brother become so amazing!"
Erina: "Has he been improving all the time? Every dish... has become his stepping stone. I see."
Yukinoshita: "Being able to do this is miracle enough, isn't it."
Hikigaya of the three-game winning streak stood in front of the competition stage, seemingly not planning to replace players. This silent provocation made the Ten Elite a little headache for a while.
If even Tsukasa is defeated, then the blow they will suffer will be irreversible. Right now, slowly depleting his energy is the smartest choice.
However, I didn't expect that just a Hikigaya Hachiman would be so difficult to deal with, even more troublesome than Erina, an old opponent.
Hayama Hayato glanced at Hikigaya, and stood up calmly:
"Let me go next."
Yukinoshita Haruno still kept her smile, just noticing that Yukino didn't play, so she agreed:
"Okay."
Kawashima Urara: "After Hikigaya's three consecutive wins, he welcomes a familiar old opponent!"
"Hayama Hayato!"
Although Hayama Hayato had dropped out of school earlier, he was caught by Yukinoshita Haruno during that time, and through short-term training, he completed his catch-up in cooking.
This time, it was Haruno's semi-forced style that brought Hayama back to this stage.
Compared to Yukinoshita Mother , Erina's father, and Haruno, he doesn't have a clear goal, and he doesn't want to do the sleeping quarters thing at all, but... being able to challenge Hikigaya again here is pretty dreamy.
Thinking so, he smiled faintly.
"Long time no see, Hikigaya-kun."
"Oh, oh."
"Let's have a good match?"
"Let's do it."
The theme is ribs.
The two cannot be considered arch-enemies, or even enemies. Even if Hachiman had some opinions about Hayama Hayato for a period of time, that was after all a time of adolescence, and it has long passed now.
Compared to this, the two are only standing on opposite positions, fighting for their respective positions, whether it is Hachiman or Hayama Hayato, it is the same at this moment.
Perhaps long ago, Hayama Hayato already knew that it was indeed difficult for him to become friends with Hachiman. After all, the two's ideas are extremely incompatible, and even in many aspects, there are still some contradictions.
Even now, this matter has not changed. Hayama Hayato, who is pursuing such justice, no longer understands whether he is justice or hypocrisy, but one thing is certain, everything now has nothing to do with anyone, what he has to do is just forget everything, and then entrust all his thoughts to this cooking.
Perhaps he has never been a very powerful or talented player, and being able to stand here is just by some means, but even so...
Hayama cuts the ribs one by one, washes them with rice wine to remove the fishy smell, and releases their flavor faster.
Hachiman on the other side is also doing the simplest steps. Neither of them has any fancy moves, it's like returning to the most common cooking. Compared to the battle of the gods just now, their cooking speed is not that fast now, but even so... no one will underestimate their cooking because of this, and even becomes more nervous for a while.
The well-stirred honey is added to the ribs with an equal proportion of water, and marinated with both hands to allow the flavor to penetrate. At the same time, at this point, everyone already understands what Hayama's cooking is. He wants to make sweet and sour ribs that are different from the usual, and the honey sauce is the biggest secret of this dish.
Looking at Hikigaya on the other side, after simply frying the ribs, they showed an extremely golden and dazzling state, and this is just the beginning. Taking out the ice cubes he had prepared earlier, it was like being in two worlds, the ribs that had been fried were placed in the ice cubes.
Finally, pour a pot of light sweet and sour sauce on it.
"Hikigaya-style sweet and sour iced ribs, complete!"
At the same time, Hayama Hayato's cooking also came to the final stage.
"Central Kitchen-style sweet and sour ribs!"
The tastes of sour and sweet seem to have collided fiercely at this moment, just like the ideas that the two have always held.
Erina: "I didn't expect Hayama Hayato to improve so much during this time."
Yukinoshita looked calm. After all, as a Yukinoshita, she naturally knew that being able to improve her strength in such a short period of time, apart from the monster Hikigaya, the only one who could do this was probably her sister. He must have used Haruno's method to become like this.
Komachi: "It feels very ordinary."
Takumi: "After all, the two's cooking styles are obviously very similar, but they are completely different."
Hearing Takumi say this, everyone nodded, and at the same time, the two on the stage also handed the dishes to the judges.
Eririna: "Then, let's try it!"
Sakurajima Mai: "This time, let's start with Hikigaya-kun's cooking first."
Togawa Sachiko: "Indeed, it is very rare for Hikigaya-kun to be able to complete the cooking first."
Hachiman: "Please, don't complain about this."
Yukinoshita Mother looked at Hikigaya in front of her with a faint smile, and then picked up a fork and put the dish in her mouth first.
"Obviously it is fried food, but it does not have the greasiness of fried food at all. Instead, it brings out all the advantages. With the ice cubes, this two-layered taste of fire and ice has to be said to be really amazing."
Yukinoshita Mother 's long paragraph instantly filled the remaining judges with anticipation. Yukinoshita Mother once again looked at Hikigaya in front of her with great interest, and said faintly:
"Are you interested in joining us? Of course, I will definitely not bind you with conditions, so this school will not let you drop out."
Yukinoshita's Mother words are not only full of majesty, but also full of expectation.
Because she knew that she was the mother of those two, Hikigaya became even more cautious and said:
"I don't think we'll lose."
"Oh? Are you such a stupid guy? You know, there are opponents there that you can't defeat."
The person Yukinoshita Mother was talking about was naturally Haruno, and even after tasting so many of his dishes, she still didn't think she could defeat her, which made Hachiman curious about how strong she was.
Before Hikigaya could answer, Yukinoshita Mother said again with a smile:
"You are very good. You are fully qualified to become our son-in-law. In fact, if it is such an excellent person, I don't resist. And this depends on your choice."
Yukinoshita's Mother words are already very clear. In order to win over Hikigaya, who has such skills, to the Yukinoshita family, she can even use her daughter as a dowry.
But...
"This isn't funny."
Yukinoshita Mother smiled faintly at Hikigaya's answer.
Hikigaya: "I already have my own choice, and... this is probably a very fair choice for your other daughter as well."
Yukinoshita Mother still kept her smile, just glanced at Yukino meaningfully: "I see, it seems that I can't move you just with words."
After all five judges tasted the dishes, the final result was still announced by Kawashima Urara.
"Then the result of this game is still a victory for Hikigaya Hachiman."
"Take a break, let's enter the next game!"
Looking at himself who had tried his best but still failed, Hayama Hayato just smiled helplessly:
"As expected, I can't be like you."
"Maybe."
"As expected, I still hate you very much."
"Me too."
Hikigaya's fourth consecutive win once again broke the record, and because of one person's comeback, the situation returned to equal again.
These last few games will continue after a short break.
On the rebel side, Hachiman, Yukino, and Erina.
On the Ten Elite side, there are Tsukasa, Haruno, and Nene.
Perhaps, now is the final battle.
The enthusiasm in the audience once again seemed to have raised the anticipation for this game to the highest level.
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