"You didn't do it on purpose, did you?"
Looking at Nakiri Alice, who was excitedly playing with the camera, Nakiri Erina couldn't help but twitch the corner of her eye.
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Nakiri Alice put on a blank expression.
Nakiri Erina said speechlessly, "If she finds out about these videos of yours, she will probably kill you to silence you."
Nakiri Alice shrugged and waved her hand nonchalantly. "It's fine, Asuna-chan has a good temper, and she can't beat me anyway."
Nakiri Erina: "..."
Is this a question of whether we can beat her or not? Aren't you afraid that people will turn against you?
But forget it, she had already reminded her anyway; even if there was a problem by then, it would be none of her business.
In the arena, Yuuki Asuna also recovered.
It wasn't that she didn't care about other people's gazes; it was mainly because this sudden social death passed as quickly as it came.
The other contestants just thought she was merely going through the motions and didn't pay much attention to her. In addition, the competition had already begun and they didn't want to waste time, so they quickly went back to their own business.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to this area, Yuuki Asuna quickly pulled Arato Hisako aside and started asking how to make curry.
"Just follow the normal routine, and I'll figure out the rest."
Arato Hisako, who had made a mistake that caused a series of social deaths for Yuuki Asuna, also promptly began to seriously educate Yuuki Asuna about the science at this time to make up for her mistake.
Arato Hisako, who came from a professional background, was better in theoretical knowledge. Yuuki Asuna, who started halfway as a novice, had a far more solid foundation. The explanation was comprehensive and easy to understand.
Soon, Yuuki Asuna understood it.
"Sorry to trouble you. Time is tight, you should go back to work quickly."
"Um."
Time was limited, and Arato Hisako didn't exchange any more polite words with Yuuki Asuna. She turned around and went back to her station to start working.
After she left, Yuuki Asuna also started to act.
After this small interlude, the competition was back on track.
The cooking process was not dull. With so many people cooking on the same theme at the same time, someone would always come up with some new ideas.
These people attracted the attention of the judges and were commented on by them, so it didn't seem boring. On the contrary, the audience watched it with gusto and expressed that they had gained a lot of knowledge. As a highlight of this competition, the judges were also very concerned about Yuuki Asuna, the first external contestant to participate in Totsuki's internal activities.
However, Yuuki Asuna, who did not want to suffer social death anymore, had always been very low-key and cooked in an ordinary way, without any fancy work or showing off her skills. This caused the judges and the host to be unable to find any chance to bring the topic to her, so they could only express their expectations in a neutral way.
Until the tasting and scoring stage.
The characters from the original work submitted various tricks. The innovative curries made the judges shocked, and the audience was amazed and greedy, wanting to eat them.
Yuuki Asuna also came out to submit her dish.
The work was just an ordinary curry chicken.
"Sure enough, I couldn't make any amazing works just by cramming~"
"What were you expecting? She's just here to go through the motions."
"Exactly, rather, it's good that she can even present something."
"It's true, but I just don't know if it tastes good..."
"It's hard to say."
"By the way, how many points do you think she can score? I think it's zero points."
"That's not the case. After all, she has a relationship with the Totsuki Group, so they still have to give face, and she should have at least ten points."
The contestants didn't care. They didn't think Yuuki Asuna's work could be that good. They all had a gloating mentality, waiting for Yuuki Asuna to be given a low score and make a fool of herself.
But a slap in the face happened.
The judges didn't pay much attention at first. After all, Yuuki Asuna's work was too ordinary compared to those before. But when they took the first bite, they collectively opened their eyes in shock, and then silently started to shovel food into their mouths, trying to devour the ordinary curry chicken in front of them.
"Wait? What's happening here?"
"Hiss~! Only the one with the high score before made the judges react like this, right?"
"Could it be that there is some mystery hidden in this curry chicken?"
When the contestants saw this situation, they were immediately stunned, and even the audience was the same.
Not only the other audience members, but even Nakiri Erina in the VIP seat above could not help but look at Nakiri Alice curiously.
"Has she really never made curry before? This doesn't look like it."
Nakiri Alice nodded with a smile. "It's true, we have never taught her how to make curry."
Otherwise, why do you think she would let Yuuki Asuna compete even if she used favors? It was because she knew Yuuki Asuna couldn't do it!
"We?"
"Yes, Asuna was taught by me, Hinako, and the others. Of course, it was mainly me who taught her, and it only took a few months."
Having said this, Nakiri Alice couldn't help but put her hands on her hips for a moment proudly.
Nakiri Erina looked at her cousin, and then at Yuuki Asuna below.
Alice has already reached this level? Actually being able to teach such a disciple... it only took a few months to train a novice to this level, let alone Nakiri Alice's level, which must be several times better than the disciple.
Then I can't fall behind!
Seeing how much progress Nakiri Alice had made, Nakiri Erina was even more determined to join Dimension City.
At this time, the judges also quickly finished Yuuki Asuna's work. They all had expressions of lingering aftertaste.
The head judge Sendawara Takumi even said, "If I hadn't eaten so much before and have to continue tasting later, I could devour another pot!"
The other four judges also nodded in agreement.
And their evaluation was that there were not too many fancy words to praise, just one word: perfect!
However, when scoring, they did not directly reach the full limit, giving an average of 18 points, for a total score of 90.
Even so, this score still shocked all the players and the audience.
They all expressed their confusion as to why an ordinary curry chicken could get such a high score.
The judges' explanation for this was: "Everything about it is just right and perfect. If the recipe weren't so ordinary, the score could even be higher."
"And although this recipe is just a common standard model, it is also one of the perfect models recognized by chefs around the world."
"It is very rare to be able to make it perfect. Even some star-rated chefs may not be able to achieve this level. It is worth this score."
"By the way, is this really your first time making curry?"
At the end of the words, the judges unanimously asked Yuuki Asuna a question common to everyone present.
"It's not like you can do this for the first time."