Hayashi's knife skills and flowing movements were two shining points - how could they not attract Tohsaka Rin's gaze?
For a moment, Tohsaka Rin looked at Hayashi once again.
She just supported her face with one hand like this, watching Hayashi's every move with appreciative eyes.
Meanwhile, Takanashi Touka and Nakiri Erina, who were sitting idly on the side monitoring Tohsaka Rin.
Seeing this, they were so angry their teeth itched - wasn't this exactly the same as when they first started?
The two girls hadn't expected that all their various green tea-like tactics would now crumble without attack.
Because they discovered that Tohsaka Rin had never planned to be their enemy from beginning to end, so all their attacks were meaningless.
Tohsaka Rin's behavior, in their eyes, was actually no different from cold violence, causing both girls' mentalities to somewhat collapse for a moment.
Most importantly, Takanashi Touka and Nakiri Erina had nothing to do right now.
As for Hayashi's knife skills and various surprising aspects of his cooking, they had long been accustomed to seeing them, which was why they had the leisure to play around.
As time passed minute by minute.
In the blink of an eye, another twenty minutes had passed.
Adding the previous preparation time, it was equivalent to both Hayashi and Arato Hisako having cooked for half an hour.
Now, both their dishes had reached the truly critical moment.
At this time, Arato Hisako was highly focused, doing her best to control every ingredient and timing to the optimal state.
Even at this moment, due to excessive attention and an extremely strong desire to win, her forehead was already covered with a layer of fine sweat beads.
Actually, the main issue was that Arato Hisako could barely stand anymore - drowsiness was overwhelming her, causing her to have moments of distraction and confusion.
She was already extremely tired to begin with.
Then all those things happened earlier, delaying at least nearly twenty minutes, even half an hour.
This consumed much of her already limited energy, causing Arato Hisako to barely hold on at this point.
Suddenly, she lost her balance and stumbled, falling to one side.
Fortunately, Hayashi was quick-eyed and fast-handed - with one hand stirring the dish and the other directly supporting Arato Hisako, he asked with concern:
"Hisako, are you alright?"
Nakiri Erina also hurriedly ran from the bar to Arato Hisako's side, her eyes full of worry as she looked at her.
Arato Hisako shook her head, looked at Hayashi gratefully, then focused on her cooking again, saying:
"I'm fine, Hayashi-kun."
"Don't worry, I will definitely make this dish perfectly."
Seeing that Arato Hisako seemed to have no problems, Nakiri Erina and Takanashi Touka both breathed sighs of relief.
Hayashi quietly transmitted a trace of power into Arato Hisako's body.
Instantly, Arato Hisako, who had just been somewhat tired, felt the fatigue in her body and mental drowsiness immediately disappear.
Then her body was filled with endless energy, as if her entire being had reached the optimal mental state.
This seemed even better than if she had slept soundly for a whole day.
Arato Hisako was very pleasantly surprised and subconsciously thought this must be her adrenaline at work, feeling extremely grateful to her own body.
She hurriedly took advantage of this time to complete her dish - after all, such opportunities were rare.
Perhaps this state could only last for a while, and it would be too regrettable to miss it.
At this time, Tohsaka Rin watching from the side was already so shocked she was speechless.
Just now when Arato Hisako suddenly stumbled and fell, the process was too fast.
So fast that even she, as a mage, only had her eyes react, but her body couldn't keep up at all.
You had to know, she usually trained her reaction abilities regularly.
If not exceeding heroic spirits, exceeding ordinary people was definitely certain!
Yet in that instant, Hayashi not only stirred his dish with one hand, but could also accurately support Arato Hisako with his other hand.
This reaction speed and the coordination ability of using hands and feet simultaneously had far exceeded the scope of normal people - incredibly strong.
Just achieving this point alone could already be called invincible.
At least that's what Tohsaka Rin thought.
Even those heroic spirits, having experienced countless battles with strength so formidable it was terrifying, even possessing super-strong power that could destroy a town.
Even so, they couldn't perform such seemingly effortless yet extremely difficult movements.
For a moment, Tohsaka Rin's heart was stirred once again.
Indeed, Hayashi-kun really was hiding his true abilities.
As for Tohru, she only glanced once at that scene and didn't pay attention.
Even if the sky fell and Hayashi was cooking with one hand while holding up the sky with the other, she wouldn't be the least bit surprised.
In her eyes, Hayashi was like a god-like existence - there was nothing in the world Hayashi couldn't do.
What did such a small action amount to? Really making a big fuss over nothing.
Time quickly flowed by again, and in less than fifteen minutes, Hayashi finally perfectly completed this dish.
Instantly, a rich aroma hit their nostrils.
This dish was mainly tofu with other ingredients as accompaniments, and both the sauce and broth were extremely important.
When they intertwined together, the entire tofu appeared crystal clear and translucent.
The texture of the broth traces on top made this tofu look even more delicious and appetizing.
Just from its appearance alone, it greatly increased one's appetite, making one unable to resist wanting a taste.
Combined with that rich aroma, it made people feel upon smelling it - how could there be such delicious cuisine?
This kind of dish shouldn't appear in the human world - it should appear in fairyland.
The aroma of this dish could no longer be simply expressed with words like "aromatic."
Even praise like "fragrance drifting ten li" or "fragrance drifting a hundred li" wasn't sufficient to describe its deliciousness.
For a moment, all the girls excitedly looked at the small plate of cuisine in front of Hayashi.
The dish Hayashi made this time wasn't much.
Even for a girl, it could probably be finished in four or five bites.
Moreover, there were a total of five people present.
This meant that if they really wanted to taste this delicious dish Hayashi made, each person could basically only have one small bite.
But at this time, every girl had an impulsive thought in her heart.
That such cuisine, even if they couldn't eat all of it, even if they could only have one small bite, that would already make life complete without regrets.
Even Arato Hisako, who was preparing the final step, was attracted by this aroma. She sniffed, licked her lips, and looked at Hayashi's dish with shining eyes, wanting to eat it terribly.