Regarding the judges' questions, Yuuki Asuna just said calmly, "It is indeed my first time cooking this, but cooking according to recipes is one of my more prominent strengths."
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Yuuki Asuna's growth environment was different from that of Totsuki's students. She was trained in the workplace and learned skills while working.
From starting as a handyman to her current level as a kitchen assistant, she had always followed the instructions of Nakiri Alice and others, tempered by actual combat.
And this environment, to a certain extent, determined the direction of her culinary skills.
Cooking according to recipes was one of her strongest abilities.
With her natural talent and the reaction speed and sensitivity brought by her physical strength, she could reproduce almost any recipe perfectly.
In terms of innovation, she might not be as good as Totsuki's students, but in terms of practical execution, she was more than a level above them.
With an ability to reproduce recipes comparable to the Sharingan's copying, Yuuki Asuna could definitely quickly establish a foothold in any hotel kitchen if she sought a job outside.
With her professional ability, she was undoubtedly the talent most bosses desired and the assistant most chefs wanted.
This was also the main reason why Yuuki Asuna could perform so well even when improvising.
After all, her ability was, to a certain extent, almost omnipotent. It left her with practically no shortcomings in her cooking skills.
Otherwise, Nakiri Alice would not have dared to ask Yuuki Asuna to enter the competition knowing she couldn't make curry.
Because even without Arato Hisako's crash course, Nakiri Alice believed that Yuuki Asuna could achieve excellent results by watching other contestants' operations and copying the answers on the spot.
"Is that actually the case? It turns out that's it. No wonder."
The judges were slightly stunned after hearing this answer, and then they were relieved.
No wonder she dared to participate even without knowing the theme. It turned out she didn't care at all.
The contestants also realized this and couldn't help but cast looks of awe at this harmless-looking girl they had previously despised.
Anyone can cook according to a recipe, but it is very difficult to perfectly recreate the dishes in a recipe.
Even among Totsuki's students, there are many who feel afraid because they are dominated by recipes. They are most afraid of the kind of assessment where a recipe is handed to them and they are asked to reproduce it in practical class.
Because they fail to perform well, they receive failing grades. In the end, many first-year students are expelled due to poor cumulative grades. In the original work, Tadokoro Megumi encountered just such a crisis.
Even second and third-year students who pass the tests cannot guarantee they can do it perfectly, let alone on the first try.
This shows how difficult it is.
And Yuuki Asuna actually did it perfectly on her first try!
In the eyes of Totsuki students, this level was already that of a boss they could not match.
A certain Medicine King's originally casual expression turned serious: "So strong..."
The Aldini brothers: "Another great rival..."
Tadokoro Megumi: "It's amazing..."
Yoshino Yuki: "It's cheating. This is..."
Sakaki Ryoko: "I'm afraid a professional player has come to blow up the fish pond..."
Well, Sakaki Ryoko made the most appropriate summary with a sigh. With Yuuki Asuna's strength, participating in this competition was indeed like blowing up a fish pond.
Of course, while some were in awe, others were naturally indifferent.
For example, a certain unmotivated follower, Kurokiba Ryo.
Another example is Hayama Akira.
They didn't think there was anything great about perfectly reproducing recipes; they felt it was just following the script. Making dishes of their own style was what was truly great.
But no matter what, after handing in her dish, Yuuki Asuna saw that she had nothing to do with them anymore, so she immediately calmed down and had no intention of interacting further.
At the same time, she didn't want to show off anymore.
After all, experiencing social death again just a short while later made her truly afraid.
Yuuki Asuna returned to the VIP room with a calm face. Seeing Nakiri Erina there, she didn't pay much attention, just nodding to her as a greeting, and then asked Nakiri Alice:
"How about it? Did you see anything?"
Nakiri Alice had already put the camera into her spatial backpack and smiled naturally, "I found many good seedlings, and there was an unexpected harvest among them."
"Um? What unexpected gain?"
Seeing Yuuki Asuna's curiosity, Nakiri Alice handed over a list.
She was not just filming Yuuki Asuna's dark history, but also carefully observing every contestant on the field to judge whether their cooking skills met the recruitment requirements.
Yuuki Asuna took the list and saw it was a list of participants. Some names were marked with a red pen, and they were all people who had won high scores in this competition.
They were also characters who had appeared in the original work, like the protagonist group from the Polar Star Dormitory: Tadokoro Megumi, Yoshino Yuki, Sakaki Ryoko, etc.
Also included were Mito Ikumi and Arato Hisako.
Well, since Nakiri Erina was also willing to join, naturally her two subordinates could not be left behind.
However, there were also some people who scored high but were not marked.
For example, Hayama Akira.
As for the reason?
For no other reason than Nakiri Alice was just unhappy with such an arrogant guy.
Moreover, such people were not conducive to her management, so she simply eliminated them.
But there was one name that was specially circled, with a few extra circles for emphasis.
"Hojo Miyoko? Is there anything special about her?" Yuuki Asuna asked doubtfully.
"It's not quite right to say she's special, just more appropriate. She specializes in Chinese cuisine."
"Oh, that does fit."
She understood. It fit the needs. This was a big advantage.
"Let's go, the competition is over, it's time to go over and talk to them."
Seeing that the competition below was over, Nakiri Alice took the lead and walked out.
People had been selected, but whether they were willing to join Dimension City would not be known until they were invited.
And this was what they would be mainly busy with. As for the graduates, the Nakiri family was helping with recruitment, so they didn't need to worry about that.
But even so, this task was unlikely to be completed in one day, and they would have to work here for several days.
But neither of them cared about it. One was just visiting her hometown, and the other treated it as a trip.
...
At this time, Takumi also took Sakura, Illya, and Irisviel to play around in Fuyuki City, and returned to Dimension City after dark.
Then he had dinner with everyone, washed up, and was about to take a rest when he was stopped by Artoria.
Well, Artoria stayed in the Harry Potter world during the day to manage her new Kingdom of Camelot. She would come back to rest and eat in the evening and at noon. Her role as King was no different from clocking in to work...
"What's wrong, Artoria? What's up?"