Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 200 - 199: Colorful Amusement Park

Chapter 200: Chapter 199: Colorful Amusement Park

"That idiot, does he really deserve you risking a Shokugeki to save him?"

Tiqie Helinai looked at Tanaka Hikari.

But her gaze quickly shifted to Sen Tian Makoto.

"That girl, her name is Sen Tian Makoto, right?"

"Um, one of the two transfer students this year, so composed, with clean knife skills and cooking steps that are neither hurried nor delayed..."

Several graduates also began to express their admiration.

Including Dojima Yin, who cast a surprised glance at Sen Tian Makoto, "How could such a spirited girl make a mistake with the ingredients?"

"It shouldn’t be."

Dojima Yin slowly shook his head, his eyes filled with bewilderment.

If Tanaka Hikari was an unpolished gemstone, then Sen Tian Makoto was like a piece of jade that had just begun to be polished, shining brightly.

Importantly, under the gaze of the graduates, she did not show the slightest discomfort. She created a world of her own and, even when cutting vegetables and rolling cabbage leaves with a rolling pin, she was humming a tune, giving off a cheerful aura, as if she were a girl in the sweet throes of first love.

Hmph!

Tiqie Helinai felt inexplicably annoyed, thinking back to that "Emperor Crab Thick Egg Omelette" she had once made, and she couldn’t help muttering to herself, "Dog food!"

Meanwhile, Tanaka Hikari’s cooking efficiency was less than half of Sen Tian Makoto’s.

Perhaps sensing Tanaka Hikari’s tense nerves, the graduates did not make any sound in the following two hours, and the underground kitchen was quiet as a tomb.

"Done!"

After covering the cabbage leaves and the lid of the container, Tanaka Hikari placed the box in the refrigerator and turned around to be greeted by a beaming face.

Sen Tian Makoto waved her fist and said, "You did it, Xiao Hui!"

Half an hour earlier, Makoto had already placed her own container in the refrigerator.

She initially thought Tanaka Hikari would be an hour behind but had barely started to catch up.

"Ah!"

Tanaka Hikari’s mind abruptly cleared, and even now, it was still a blank slate. She looked down at her almost steady hands, her eyes showing disbelief.

"Xiao Hui, you’re amazing!" Makoto said, giving a thumbs-up, and then leaned in to whisper, "How did you do it?"

The girl’s cheeks flushed crimson with a burst of laughter.

Tanaka Hikari looked down and stammered, "There seemed to be a voice in my head, guiding me all the time..."

"Whose voice?" Makoto asked, astonished.

"That..." Tanaka Hikari was at a loss for words.

She wasn’t lying. Even now, her head was still filled with the colorful world that the "Nine Treasures French Vegetable Freeze" had created, and the voice had come from that world:

"Okra needs to have the tops and tails removed, and the little hairs should be rubbed off with saltwater to make them perfectly smooth."

"Zucchini should be peeled and cut into long strips."

"The asparagus needs the tops and tails removed too. The tail is too hard, it doesn’t taste good, and isn’t suitable for the dish. The head isn’t fit for a French freeze, either."

Quietly clenching her fists, Tanaka Hikari couldn’t help but cast a grateful look at the young lecturer, who was sound asleep on the other side.

"So, cooking can contain so many things," she thought to herself.

An hour later.

"Time’s up!"

Dojima Yin checked his watch, while Tanaka Hikari and Sen Tian Makoto had finished their French vegetable freezes’ plating one after the other.

On the table, there were two dishes that were nearly identical.

But upon closer inspection, the graduates noticed that, in terms of appearance, Sen Tian Makoto’s was much more refined.

This refinement came from the outer layer of cabbage, the evenly sized strips of vegetables inside, and the perfect French consommé, all contributing to its delicacy. Missing any of these elements would not have resulted in such refinement.

"You were actually deemed ’unqualified’ by that guy?"

Mizuhara Fuyumi felt it was unbelievable; Sekishou Hei, Donato Wutongtian, and the onlookers Qian Rixiangzi, Xingping Chuangzhen, and Tiqie Helinai, were all suffocated by this "delicacy."

Sen Tian Makoto just smiled slightly and pointed to the fork on the plate beside her, "Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy—"

Gurgle.

The mere appearance was enough to whet the appetite. Qian Rixiangzi was the first to grab a fork and cut a corner off the vegetable freeze. She opened her mouth in an "Ah" and swallowed, her cheeks puffing up.

"Oh my God!"

Qian Rixiangzi immediately covered her mouth, exclaiming in surprise.

"Such harmonious flavors!"

"The sauce is nearly perfect..."

Upon taking a gentle bite, the tenderly cooked nine kinds of vegetables released their sweet juice in the mouth, and moans unintentionally slipped out.

Forehead burning hot.

Rixiangzi caressed her own forehead, stunned, her pupils seemingly dyed in color.

Amusement park!

Joyful laughter reached her ears, and Qian Rixiangzi found herself standing in a colorful amusement park, with a huge Ferris wheel stretching across the sky in front of her, its steel arms spreading out like umbrella ribs, transparent and colorful.

At that moment, the sweet chatter of young men and women came from behind.

Qian Rixiangzi turned her head; it turned out that behind her was a carousel pavilion, where several young couples sat on adjacent up-and-down carousel horses, their hands tightly entwined in mid-air.

A couple happened to walk by, the young woman holding a small vial, giving it a shake, then taking out a small and exquisite heart-shaped plastic mold. She gently blew into it, and whoosh, sheets of colorful bubbles danced in the wind.

These bubbles hit Rixiangzi, and each bubble brought the flavor of a different vegetable.

Refreshing!

Smooth!

Sweet!

"Too sweet..." With a cry that was almost a sob from Qian Rixiangzi, the amusement park world shattered, and what lay before her eyes was still the kitchen at night.

"Vibrant, magnificent!!"

Dojima Yin stared at his fork, the vegetable freeze in his mouth already chewed and swallowed. His handsome face surprisingly revealed a trace of strange red light; his eyes, too, were soft, that kind of look one gives a lover.

Sekishou Hei, Donato Wutongtian, and Mizuhara Fuyumi also showed similar gentle expressions.

Clang!

The fork dropped to the ground, and Tiqie Helinai’s eyes flashed with panic. She quickly bent down to pick up the fork and brushed the corner of her eye swiftly with the back of her hand, concealing any trace.

Dojima Yin’s fork was lifted again, clearly wanting to taste more of the French freeze, but it never fell for quite some time.

This steady, determined man was, astonishingly, indecisive over a plate of food, unsure whether to dig in.

"Forget it!"

After a long moment, he put down the fork, his knitted brows slightly relaxed. Dojima Yin looked at Shigong Xiaoci Lang and said, "Shigong, you try it, too."

Even without Dojima Yin’s call, Shigong Xiaoci Lang had already come over.

Holding the fork, he pierced a piece of the cut French freeze and put it into his mouth. Shigong Xiaoci Lang instantly bowed his head and pushed his glasses up, "The flavor is really good, but if it’s just this level..."

His words abruptly stuck in his throat.

The hand holding the fork was visibly strained.

"What’s going on!"

His pupils dilated in a flash, and Shigong Xiaoci Lang also arrived at the colorful amusement park.

"Hey, Shigong, you made it!"

Behind him, in the pavilion, Dojima Yin waved to him.

Shigong turned his head and froze.

Several graduates, Rixiangzi, Sekishou Hei, Wutongtian, and Mizuhara Fuyumi, as well as Xingping Chuangzhen and Tiqie Helinai, were all sitting on a carousel horse, their faces clearly etched with sweet smiles.