The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 508 - 506 Ranking

Chapter 508: Chapter 506 Ranking

The boss lost control,

This situation was indeed dangerous, but for the circus folk, it wasn’t the first time they faced such a challenge. Not to mention, Jian and Mr. Rabbit were seated right next to the boss.

Mr. Rabbit, who was enjoying the hot spring service, immediately snapped awake. The eye-holes of his headgear glared with a deep red glow as he exchanged a look with Jian across from him, completing their communication.

Slap!

Jian slammed his hand down on the table! A black curtain dropped down, shrouding the boss behind it, temporarily concealing his growing flesh and dark hair. But this makeshift barrier couldn’t hold for long.

"What is this..."

Even separated by this magic barrier and despite William sitting at the furthest end of the table from the boss,

It was still possible to see that behind the curtain, some twisted, ancient body was forming, its floating black hair like that of a monster, or perhaps some kind of intrinsic soft tissue structure.

Even though it had not fully taken shape,

It aroused a strong primal fear in William’s soul,

His shaking knees wanted to give way and kneel, and even his lips and tongue began to tremble, as if wanting to speak in some ancient tongue to express reverence and worship for the being before him.

Just then,

Mr. Rabbit quickly appeared behind the boss, ignoring the black hair lashing and piercing his body.

Slap! A palm strike hit the back of the boss’s accumulating flesh on his neck.

The force of the palm strike rippled through, effectively locating the Golden Needle trapped between the folds of neck flesh, driving and plunging it in!

Sizzling~

Accompanied by a large amount of steam, the excess flesh piled on the boss’s body fell to the ground in liquid form,

An attendant with a biological vacuum cleaner arrived simultaneously, cleaning up the floor in a short period, obviously not the first time they had done this kind of job.

The curtain was withdrawn,

Jian and Mr. Rabbit took their seats in succession, and everything returned to normal.

"Sorry, my body is really getting worse," the boss said, after returning to his normal state, and continued, "I didn’t expect the food William made could bring such a different experience, it even reminded me of some good times from the past.

Very creative and of high standards, to be able to make such food during the Open Source Stage is truly astonishing."

William replied formally:

"It’s an honor that the boss would give such praise.

Being able to present such personally styled dishes in the Magic Banquet Room is also thanks to Chef Timi’s ’Kitchen Gold Card’, otherwise I couldn’t have produced a dish worthy of this banquet hall."

As William responded, he stood up and performed a perfect gentleman’s bow.

The boss with black hair coiled about him nodded, "Hmm! Due to my loss of control, it disrupted everyone’s tranquil and comfortable immersion in the food, so I’ll add an extra point as compensation in the following evaluation."

"You really don’t need to do that, dining is full of uncertainties, and if my dish is affected by an uncertainty, then it certainly cannot be considered a qualified dish."

"Hahaha! Alright, let’s all continue our meal," the boss laughed heartily, provoking shock among those present, as due to physical reasons, the boss hadn’t laughed openly like this in a long time.

The Red Oil Dumplings, simmered with Evil Sun’s heat, retained their original temperature, and everyone continued to savor the dumplings, returning to that comfortable deep mountain hot spring sensation, like ’continuing a dream’.

When the dumplings in the bowl were finished, Beast Tamer Zock even stood up to see if there were any left in the clay pot, but to no avail, as William had portioned exactly ten pieces per person, without any spare.

Seeing the satisfaction on everyone’s faces and considering the boss’s physical condition, Chef Timi decided not to serve dessert and moved directly to the final evaluation phase.

"This concludes the dining portion of the Magic Banquet. Next, we will score all the dishes. Since we are not food critics, just score based on personal feeling and preference.

Choose a number between 0-10 and write it down on a card,

To ensure confidentiality, the cards will be provided by Jian; you only need to gaze at the card to imprint the number in your mind onto the inner side of the paper."

Having said that, Jian had already clipped the scoring sheets in his hand and gently tossed them, causing the pieces of paper to land in front of everyone.

The scores would be personally tallied by the boss, who would then start announcing from the last place:

"Ranked tenth, Assistant Clown—Catherine ’Brain Bursting Mini Octopus.’ The bursting effect did not meet expectations, and the boss’s scalp meat stuffed in the octopus head leaked, resulting in poor completion, but the innovation was still commendable. I hope you can continue to work hard next time."

Although being at the bottom wouldn’t do much, Catherine still looked quite aggrieved as she hugged her knees with both hands.

Ranked ninth, Ventriloquist—Harida [Sedative Curry-flavored Omurice]

Ranked eighth, Assistant Beast Tamer—Carlo Pess [’Boss and Snake’ Grilled Meat Skewers]

Ranked seventh, Mozander from the Circus [Ham and Chicken Burger]

Ranked sixth, Beast Tamer Zock [Deep Sea Flavored ’Pig Bone’ Stewed Fish Brain Soup] *There is a problem with the name; the boss doesn’t like it very much.

Ranked fifth, Natalie sisters from the Circus [Signature Meat Sauce Pasta]

"Fourth place, Mr. Rabbit ’Muscle Rabbit Vegetable Jellies.’ Being an appetizer was already a disadvantage; besides, not everyone necessarily likes such physique-oriented shapes, and even though it was exquisite, it still suffered a slight disadvantage."

Mr. Rabbit didn’t mind the ranking at all, even seemed rather pleased. As the second-in-command of the Circus, he didn’t care about such things; as long as everyone could have fun at the Magic Banquet, that was what mattered.

However, with Mr. Rabbit being ranked fourth, it also meant that William, participating in the Magic Banquet for the first time, would be ranked in the top three.

Catherine, who had been downcast, had already moved her chair closer to William, "Wow—you’re dumplings actually made it into the top three!"

"Yes."

William seemed very calm, but his actual heart rate had doubled by now.

"Third place... Art’s [Super Extra-large Braised Fried Meatballs]. The handling of the meat was unrivaled in this Magic Banquet, and the embedding of consciousness allowed the meatballs to vary upon entering the mouth according to the oral environment of different diners.

The only issue was the appearance; at first glance, they weren’t very appetizing. If it weren’t for Rabbit’s appetizer, I might not have been keen to take a bite."

"Ah, I never really get the hang of this image thing—it’s like the way those guys from Cancer Palace used to disdain me for my fashion sense, this kind of inherent thing is truly hard to change!"

Art spread his hands and then turned his gaze to William,

"My meatballs are ranked third, so could this new kid possibly take first place? If he does manage to get it, it would be a first in the history of the Circus, wouldn’t it?"

"Quiet."

At the boss’s stern command, Art directly bit off his own tongue and chewed it before swallowing.

"Second place, temporary contestant, William’s [Red Oil Dumplings], lost to Jian’s [Thousand-layer Pork Magic Rice Bowl] by a margin of two points.

In my view, both of you almost perfected your dishes, and William, you even used the most difficult ’scalp meat.’

Regrettably, in the details, especially the cutting standard of ingredients, the uniformity of the meat pieces was far inferior to that of the loin... Moreover, William, you played a bit of a trick by bringing the clay pot here for so-called ’heat preservation,’ which really was due to insufficient cooking time."

"Yes..."

"I understand; after all, you only have Open Source. To reach such a level of completion on your first Magic Banquet participation, I am personally very satisfied and fond of you as an innovator willing to break the norms and maintain stability.

Therefore, in addition to rewarding the top scorer, I will also give you an opportunity."

A black hair on the center of his face woven into an eyeball, stared at William sitting at the very end of the table,

This stare also made William sit very stiff, as his frequent beating heart was suddenly suppressed to its lowest value.

"The upcoming formal performance, originally a break time for the audience, will be handed over to you, William.

Control the duration to be between 15 to 30 minutes, during which you can perform any kind of performance without restrictions and interact with the audience freely.

If your intermission performance can achieve a good enough warm-up effect, or even garner some genuine fear, I will upgrade you to a main member in advance and allow you to establish a brand-new department.

But I must also remind you, the formal performance is very strict, and no mistakes are allowed.

Are you willing to take this opportunity?"

"Thank you for the trust, boss; I will definitely complete the performance."

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