Chapter 436: Shengzai Reappears with Ultimate Knife Skills!

"Enough, enough, these fish are enough for our two groups to make dishes."

Looking at the full bucket of stream fish, Ryoko and Megumi Tadokoro both looked at Shengzai with admiration.

They didn't expect that Shengzai was not only good at cooking but also had such excellent physical ability.

The difficulty of the task given by Hinako Gan this time was actually not the Japanese-style cuisine, but the additional condition of obtaining ingredients from nature.

Although the entire Totsuki Resort was rich in resources, since it was limited to nature, it was naturally impossible to use the farmed and planted ingredients of the Totsuki Resort.

And the shorter the time to collect ingredients, the more sufficient the time they could cook dishes, which was probably the reason why Hinako Gan let them team up.

After all, relying on one person, one had to find suitable ingredients from nature and cook dishes within the specified time, which was not a simple matter.

And at this moment, Ryoko also sincerely believed how correct her decision to find Shengzai to team up before was.

Originally, she just saw that Shengzai had no partner and wanted to take care of her friend, so she took the initiative to find Shengzai to team up, but she didn't expect that the person who was carried was actually her.

"You guys take these fish and go first; I just found another good thing in this stream while catching fish.

So I changed my mind now and don't intend to use stream fish as the main ingredient."

Hearing Shengzai's words, Chuangzhen Xingping and the others were also stunned for a moment; originally he wanted to ask if Shengzai needed help, but thinking of the physical ability Shengzai just showed, he chose to shut up instantly.

"The dish I want to make was already decided; since you don't need help, then we'll go first."

Although Chuangzhen Xingping was also curious about what good ingredients Shengzai found, time was limited; besides passing the assessment this time, he also had to have a food war with others.

He had already thought about the dish to make, and for this, he even snatched the persimmon seeds that the lecturer was using as a snack from the lecturer's hand.

Changing the dish temporarily was definitely not okay, so after thanking Shengzai and the others, he and Megumi Tadokoro hurried away with the bucket.

It was Ryoko, as Shengzai's partner, who was very curious about what Shengzai's so-called good thing was, so she leaned over at this moment.

However, when she looked carefully at the so-called "good thing" in Shengzai's hand, the expectant expression on her face instantly turned into a bitter melon face.

"Your so-called good thing, could it be the crab in your hand..."

That's right, what Shengzai was holding in his hand at this moment was a small crab with an ugly and wrinkled shell.

Compared to hairy crabs in lakes and rivers or various crabs in the sea, there were generally river crabs in streams, but because of their small size, this kind of crab was generally not well-regarded.

"This kind of wild river crab, as long as it is cooked properly, the taste is also very delicious."

Hearing Shengzai's words, Ryoko reached out and took the crab from his hand, but soon she found that the crab in her hand was not only small but also ugly.

"It's true that river crabs in streams are delicious, but these crabs are too small, not only with little meat, but also the quality of this crab is... is this kind of crab really better than those stream fish just now?

While there is still time, why don't we catch some more fish?"

Originally Ryoko thought that the crab Shengzai caught just now was an exception, but soon she found that the crabs constantly thrown into the bucket in her hand were all small and ugly-looking.

"These crabs are not of poor quality, but have just gone through the molting period, so they look wrinkled.

This season is just the molting period for the crabs here, and the dish I want to make needs exactly this kind of crab."

Hearing Shengzai's explanation, Ryoko quickly picked up a crab from the bucket, and by pressing with her fingers, she soon found that the shell of the crab, which should have been very hard, was actually quite soft.

But even so, Ryoko was still somewhat puzzled about what dish Shengzai was preparing to make that required specifically choosing this kind of crab.

Crabs were not as good as stream fish; although they were quite flexible in the water, they were obviously much easier to catch than stream fish.

So while Shengzai was keen on catching crabs, Ryoko also helped catch quite a few.

Some Totsuki students on the side who hadn't caught fish also had their eyes light up when they saw them catching crabs, thinking that since fish couldn't be caught, catching some crabs would also be okay.

But when they caught those crabs, they found that these crabs were not only small but also soft-shelled crabs in the molting period, so they threw them away with disgust.

Obviously, in their view, even if they caught such crabs and used them as ingredients to cook dishes, they would definitely not pass the assessment.

"Ryoko, since you are good at fermented dishes, can the dipping sauce and miso soup parts be left to you?"

When Shengzai and Ryoko returned to the cooking classroom with a bucket of crabs, Chuangzhen Xingping and Takumi, who was having a food war with him, had already started cooking.

Besides crabs, on the way back, they also collected some wild vegetables and mushrooms to make a side dish clear soup, which was not a difficult task for Ryoko.

But the point was, Ryoko was very curious now about how Shengzai would deal with those small but soft-shelled crabs.

"So that's it, is it crab..."

And in fact, the people paying attention to Shengzai at this moment were not just Ryoko alone.

Chuangzhen Xingping and Hinako Gan, who was the lecturer, also looked toward Shengzai's side.

Chuangzhen Xingping looked toward Shengzai's side, on one hand, because he was curious about what the "good thing" Shengzai found by the river was, and because he was extremely competitive, although his food war opponent this time was that yellow-haired guy named Takumi, he also regarded Shengzai as a potential opponent.

He had lost to Shengzai so many times before, but never had a chance to get back at him.

Since coming to Totsuki, Chuangzhen Xingping could also feel that his level had improved a lot, and now that the opportunity was rare, he naturally wanted to defeat Shengzai and Takumi with his own cooking this time.

As for why Hinako Gan paid attention to Shengzai, the reason was even simpler; she was also very curious about what kind of dish Shengzai could serve up, as a young man who dared to refute Senior Shinomiya and was valued by Senior Tangdao and the Totsuki Director.

When the first crab was taken to the cutting board by Shengzai, everyone still looked normal, but when Shengzai instantly dismembered the crab with a sharp small knife, and in just a few moments, picked out all the crab meat and crab roe from the crab legs, everyone was instantly dumbfounded.

Picking out crab meat and crab roe was not a big deal in itself, and even many novice kitchen helpers could easily do it.

But the point now was, Shengzai's speed was really too fast!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 437 =====