Chapter 1015: The Tsundere Ojou-sama's Suggestion

On the third day of the training camp, Chinese cuisine took center stage; this time students were allowed to team up, and Broly was still paired with Tadokoro Megumi.

Unlike before, when few people paid him any attention, this time the gazes directed at him were far more numerous.

"Did you hear? That's the guy who had a private chat with Head Chef Shinomiya — that hellish instructor who expels people without blinking — and yesterday not a single student in the group he supervised got expelled."

"Yeah, I heard. My friend happened to be assigned under Head Chef Shinomiya yesterday; he said if it weren't for that guy, he might've had to drop out."

"Do you know how he convinced Head Chef Shinomiya to show mercy to the students?"

"Word is he used force — used his fists to make Head Chef Shinomiya behave."

"Hah, you're joking, right? This is the Totsuki Resort Grand Hotel, not a street corner. You really think some thug tactics can intimidate a Head Chef who's won the Pluspol Medal?"

"I've heard my uncle talk about Head Chef Shinomiya. As a foreigner, he opened a top-tier French restaurant in Paris, France — the troubles he ran into were all kinds. You think street thugs never came by to cause trouble?"

"And the result? His restaurant opened, and it's doing great, highly praised and patronized by French customers. You think he could've done that without guts and means?"

"Uh, true as that may be, who knows? What if that ridiculously strong guy threatened his life?"

"You mean, in a law-abiding society, a student risked becoming a criminal just to avoid expulsion, and threatened an instructor with his life?"

"Uh, okay. Then how do you think he made Head Chef Shinomiya behave?"

"I figure that guy's got serious backing behind him. That's why a figure like Head Chef Shinomiya had no choice but to change his attitude — showing restraint not just toward him, but toward the other students too."

"What kind of backing exactly?"

"I heard he used to frequent the Sixth Cooking Building at the academy, and he's also close with Nakiri Erina-sama, the Totsuki Ten's last seat —"

"What are you implying?"

"Right. I suspect the one backing him is the Headmaster himself. As for why the Headmaster supports him, a friend told me it might be to recruit him as a future live-in grandson-in-law for the Nakiri Family."

Broly kneaded the noodle dough, occasionally catching snippets of students whispering about him; one could only say these students' imaginations were truly impressive.

Some guessed the correct situation outright, but under the guise of rational analysis they all unanimously dismissed the most accurate answer.

Instead they pinned on him a bridegroom-recruitment theory he found somewhat amusing.

【Wonder if the Nakiri Family's bridegroom recruitment allows the grandson-in-law to have many other wives on the side————

Broly thought as he pulled the dough portions into ramen.

"Hey, you lot — focus while you're cooking! If you keep slacking off chatting about stuff unrelated to today's assignment, don't blame me for firing all of you!"

The instructor overseeing today's Chinese cuisine task spoke up; the students who'd been gossiping up a storm shrank their necks and shut their mouths.

The slightly plump instructor looked toward Broly, and after seeing his practiced ramen-pulling motions, nodded.

Not to mention anything else — this student really has a knack for ramen. Compared to those who just use machines to replace hand-pulled ramen, his skill is a huge plus.

Take the high-end restaurant he runs in Ginza Sanchome — if he wanted to hire a ramen chef, he'd absolutely pick a student like Broly with hand-pulled ramen skill, not those who only know how to operate a ramen machine.

Even if machine-made and hand-pulled ramen don't have an exaggerated gap in texture ceiling, the mere claim of a high-end restaurant's signboard pursuing the best ramen texture is enough for him, as head chef and owner, to make that personnel choice.

【Broly, an excellent student. Just wonder what he said to that guy Kojiro Shinomiya yesterday — made that poker-faced cold fish actually greet him, this senior, on his own initiative today————】

The Chinese cuisine instructor was a bit curious — everyone has a gossipy heart — but he didn't let that curiosity affect his actual duties as an instructor.

The Chinese Cooking instructor was a bit Curious, everyone has a heart for Gossip, it's just that he didn't let this kind of Gossip heart Influence his own main duties as an instructor.

"Then boil the noodles."

A bowl of beef bone stock ramen fitting the Chinese cuisine theme was soon served before the instructor.

"Did you add allspice berries to this beef bone soup?"

Head Chef Uemura asked, surprised, after tasting the first sip, addressing the two before him.

"Yes. When simmering the beef bone stock, I added a bit of allspice (another name for allspice berries).

Tadokoro Megumi stepped forward, looking still a bit nervous, and gave the answer.

"Can you tell me why you added this spice — which isn't all that common in Chinese cuisine — to a Chinese-themed dish?"

Allspice berries, also called allspice, are mainly produced in Jamaica. They're named 'allspice'/'hundred-flavor' because a single berry carries cinnamon's sweet warmth, clove's pungent fragrance, nutmeg's mellow warmth, and pepper's slight heat. They're common in Western cooking, but a rarity in Chinese kitchens.

"Head Chef Uemura, you're not gonna get pulled aside for a private chat by Broly too, are you?"

A student standing nearby who'd overheard the conversation whispered.

The voice was low, but Broly heard it, leaving him somewhat speechless.

Fact is, as long as the instructor follows the rules, he won't do anything excessive.

If yesterday's incident was truly his own fault, even if he got expelled, Broly would accept it.

But the problem is, it wasn't his fault — it was Kojiro Shinomiya not playing by the rules, which forced him to show a hint of his 'not eating beef' ability.

That's not on him; it's the instructor's own problem————

Broly gathered a faint Qi at his fingertips; if this instructor showed any sign of expelling Tadokoro Megumi, he'd knock him unconscious before the words 'fired' left his mouth.

Hmm, he wouldn't use underhanded threats on a rule-abiding instructor, but making the examiner's physical condition glitch slightly — leaving him indisposed and unable to render an expulsion verdict — that's just a tiny bit of willfulness from someone with his power.

"It's because allspice berries contain volatile oil components like eugenol, which can mildly stimulate the oral and gastrointestinal mucosa, thereby promoting digestive fluid secretion.

Head Chef Murakami, these past days as the supervising instructor you must've tasted many students' dishes; your palate and gastrointestinal tract are surely under no small burden.

I wanted to use cooking to lighten your body's burden a little, so————"

Tadokoro Megumi's explanatory voice grew quieter and quieter.

"Head Chef Murakami, if you feel using allspice — an uncommon spice in Chinese kitchens — isn't good, we can also use some compound spices that have a similar effect of promoting digestive fluid secretion but are more common in Chinese kitchens as substitutes, and make another passing Chinese ramen."

"Head Chef Murakami, if you feel that using the uncommon seasoning Polyflavor Fruit in the Chinese Cooking Kitchen is not good, we can also use some Composite Spices that have a similar effect of promoting Digestive Fluid secretion to Polyflavor Fruit, but are more Commonly seen in the Chinese Cooking Kitchen, as substitutes, and then produce One Share of Qualified Chinese Cooking Ramen."

"No need."

"Then what do you mean?"

Broly asked, the index finger of his right hand resting by his trouser leg curling slightly, ready to fire off a long-range finger strike that would knock Head Chef Uemura unconscious at any moment.

"Truly great cooking should be delicious, but the way you two — considering the diner's physical condition and adjusting the dish accordingly — is undoubtedly the mark of excellence. Therefore, your beef bone stock ramen passes this Chinese ramen assessment. Congratulations — you pass!"

Head Chef Uemura didn't stint on his praise and appreciation for Tadokoro Megumi. Compared to Kojiro Shinomiya's forced compliment, today's Head Chef instructor was sincere.

Head Chef Murakami was not stingy with his praise and appreciation for Tadokoro Megumi; compared to Kojiro Shinomiya's forced praise, today's Head Chef instructor spoke from his true heart.

"Takumi-kun, you will definitely become a gentle chef in the future. If you want to intern after graduation, please consider my Chinese restaurant."

Chef Murakami said, pulling a business card from his pocket and handing it to the braided girl.

", this————"

When Tadokoro Megumi reacted, a business card had already appeared in her hand.

"Broly-kun, you too. Your ramen technique is very skilled, not much inferior to the ramen master chef at my restaurant. If you graduate and want to find a place to intern, please also consider my Chinese restaurant."

Not only Tadokoro Megumi, but Broly also received a business card printed with the other party's name and shop address from the hands of this Chinese cooking instructor.

One day passed quickly————

"I'm exhausted."

"Me too."

"Today's cooking subject assessment actually assessed for a whole day, I feel like my whole person is exhausted to the point of collapse."

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After completing today's assignment, when the people of Polar Star Dormitory met, they all complained about the fatigue brought by cooking all day today.

"Fortunately, on the third day of the training camp, no one from Polar Star Dormitory has been eliminated, and today we don't need to continue working."

Yoshino Yuuki, who had soaked in the hot spring and properly relaxed her tired body, had just stretched and said this when the hotel's broadcast sounded.

"All students of Totsuki Academy, please note. Starting from now, one hour later, that is 22:00, please change into your student uniforms and gather at the Grand Banquet Hall."

"No way, can't we go back to our rooms to sleep?"

"Yoshino Yuuki, it's all your fault, jinx."

"No, can this be blamed on me?"

"The day before yesterday you also talked about a big meal, and the result was that each person needs to make fifty dishes in one hour."

"Well, this time it really isn't Yoshino's jinx. The free activity and rest time for tonight in the training camp manual is not clearly marked."

Sakaki Ryouko defended her friend's mouth that seemed to have been blessed.

", really, I saw it before, and thought it was a printing error on the booklet."

Tadokoro Megumi leaned to Sakaki Ryouko's side and said.

"Wait, does this mean that we have no rest time tonight?"

Soma Yukihira asked.

"Pa~"

Marui Zenji, who had the worst physical strength, after hearing this, directly chose to fall to the ground.

"Don't scare yourself. Maybe there is something important to announce."

Tadokoro Megumi's words of comfort to Marui Zenji came true.

At 22:00, a group of students who had not been eliminated came to the Grand Banquet Hall. Dojima Gin, the Executive Chef of Totsuki Resort Hotel, directly announced the reason for summoning the students.

Simply put, it is to announce tomorrow's assignment in advance. As for why the assignment is announced in advance, it is because tomorrow's assignment requires students to first think about what dish they want to make.

"Please, everyone, provide breakfast new products suitable for this Totsuki Resort Hotel's customers tomorrow."

"Breakfast is the face of the hotel, an important meal that starts the day's life for the staying guests. I hope you can make a dish that adds pleasure to the guests, fresh and full of surprises."

"The main ingredient is eggs. Japanese, Chinese, or Western cooking methods are all fine, but it must be provided in the form of a buffet."

"The review time is six o'clock tomorrow morning. To allow the judges to taste at that time, please make psychological preparations."

"Until morning, you can freely use your time. You can either go to various kitchens to try making tomorrow's egg dishes, or go back to your rooms to sleep, to have a better mental state for making dishes tomorrow."

"Then, see you tomorrow morning. Dismissed now!"

Dojima Gin casually threw out this sentence, and the students below let out a chorus of wails.

"Impossible————"

"My spirit is already hazy, and my body is even more on the verge of collapse————"

"In this state, my brain simply can't think normally!"

As for going back to the room to sleep and replenish spirit, joking. If they wait until tomorrow morning to think about what egg dish to make, the time left for them to prepare would be too short.

Even thinking with their butt, these students who have spent three days of training know that cooking is not finished just by making it; it also needs to meet standards and be qualified.

Of course, there are also people who already have ideas in their heads.

"Shi Nature Lao Shi, what egg dish do you plan to make tomorrow morning?"

"Eggs Benedict. You?"

"I haven't decided yet. The egg dishes I know are either egg fried rice or pudding and such."

Broly scratched the back of his head. Tomorrow morning's assignment really made him feel a bit troubled.

"Do you need me to give you some advice?"

", Shi Nature Lao Shi, are you going to tell me specifically what dish to make?"

Broly's eyes lit up.

"No, if so, it would be like directly giving you the answer to copy. I won't do such a thing. I will only tell you the general direction. As for specifically what egg dish to make, it is something you should decide yourself."

"Alright, then please give me your guidance."

For this answer from the girl, Broly was not disappointed. He performed a fist salute and bowed, making a pose of listening to the teacher's instruction.

"First, you need to think about what your cooking advantage is. Second, then consider what dish that fits the assignment can be made. Combine the two to choose the egg dish you want to make————"

False transmission of ten thousand volumes of books, true transmission of one sentence. Nakiri Erina's advice, although without specific content, was basically given according to Broly's situation.

"My advantage————"

Broly fell into contemplation.

"Broly's advantage lies in extreme knife skills. The dish that best demonstrates knife skills, is related to eggs, and fits a high-end hotel breakfast, ————"

Beside them, Hisako Arato looked at her Big Sister with some surprise.

"I understand, Erina-sensei, thank you for your advice."

At this moment, Broly also revealed a look of sudden realization.

"Well, I'm just giving you a general directional suggestion; as for what specific cooking to make, that is your own decision."

Facing the burly youth's thanks, Nakiri Erina turned aside her gaze, but her cheeks slowly reddened; after a while she said: "If you also want to make Eggs Benedict, I can allow you to try cooking together at the cooking station beside me.

However, don't misunderstand, I absolutely don't have the intention of letting you copy answers; it's just that Eggs Benedict just right belongs to the category most able to show

technique, and is also the egg breakfast cooking most able to bring out your strengths."

This absolutely isn't her wanting husband-follows-wife, letting Broly make the same cooking as herself.