At this moment, there is a dead silence in the arena.

Everyone held their breath and looked directly at the two people facing each other on the stage, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, who can have the last laugh?

"Can you still move, Miss Paper. ”

Guo Shouque took the lead in asking, looking at Huai Shi's pale face, "Can you still stand up?

"Of course—"

Huai Shi replied in the words of the past: "Is there anyone else who will be fooled by your appearance of being strong and doing things in the middle?"

"Even if it's a strong outsider, it's just each other, right?"

Guo Shou shook his head clearly, "The kitchen demon duel, but it's very cruel, Miss Huai Paper." Even if you know my weakness and succeed in forcing me to the weakest of the worst situations, do you still have the strength to make food, and do you still have enough strength to defeat me?"

As he said.

Today's Huaishi has reached its limit.

After producing two works at a super level in a row, and being suppressed and eroded by two Taidao in a row, the divinity of his own young master has swelled to the brink of danger.

If we don't find an opportunity to recuperate and wait for this rootless miracle to gradually dissipate, Huaishi's self will probably be dissolved by the divinity represented by the paper and completely disappear from this world.

This is where the brutality of the Kitchen Demon duel lies.

By the time you see the hope of the end, you may have exhausted your strength during the long run and could not cross the final brutal distance.

Silently fell into the darkness.

But the premise of this assumption is that Huai Shi really ran out of strength and could not get up again, falling in front of the end.

Wasn't it for the moment he had been waiting for so long, with all his scheming and strength, to get to victory?

How could it end here?

At that moment, Miss Huai Paper raised her eyes, and her smile became playful and pleasant.

"It doesn't matter. ”

"I don't need to do it anymore," she said. ”

Because the final work, as early as the beginning of the competition, was already placed on the stove!

At this moment, behind Huai Shi, on the cooking table, there was a low boiling sound in the pot that had been stewed with water from the beginning of the game and placed on the fire.

A hot mist of water slowly rises from under the lid and fills the air, but there is no smell of the expected aroma.

Plain and moist, plumping on the tip of the nose.

It's refreshing and curious.

The final piece is complete.

This is Huaishi's scheming preparation from the beginning, hidden in Guo Shouque's blind spot, and finally offered a lore to the enemy.

All it takes is the last straw to crush the camel.

Everything in front of me is just for this moment.

This time, when Huai Shi propped up her body and lifted the lid of the pot, there was no dazzling light gushing out of it. Only the moist heat tossed, bringing a burst of subtle warmth.

There is not the slightest taste, and there is not the slightest miracle.

It's just ...... It's just a pot of boiling water!

Everyone subconsciously got up and watched carefully, but no matter how they looked at it, they could only come to one conclusion - no ingredients, no processing, and no changes.

That's a pot of boiled water!

Now, the water in the pot is almost boiling, and only a large bowl is left.

When poured into the bowl in front of Guo Shouque, the cracked face revealed an indescribable dazedness and sluggishness, and immediately, he felt unprecedented absurdity.

"What is this?"

Guo Shouque's shoulders trembled, laughed, and showed his broken teeth: "Could it be that your so-called lore is this pot of boiled water?" No, you can also say ...... Is it the old man's favorite boiled cabbage?"

"I'm sorry, but there's no such thing as cabbage in the ingredients. ”

Huai Shi stretched out her hand and picked out the soup bag that was still exuding hot heat from the bottom of the pot, weighed it in her hand, and threw it on the table, and there was a crisp and heavy sound.

It's like a heavy object colliding.

The opening of the soup bag filter bag is detached, and the hidden material in it tumbles out, with a beautiful or unpretentious texture, tumbling on the smooth tabletop, revealing its own face.

Stone.

"See?" Huai Shi smiled, "At best, it's just a few stones, don't be surprised." ”

This is the decisive dish of Motoko Kaishi.

stones and boiling water, a pot of soup made from stones.

In the long silence, Guo Shouque did not speak, not even have any unhappiness or anger, but just reached out and picked up the boiling water that had been boiled in the bowl.

Sniffing the heat, the uneasy omen in my heart is getting stronger and stronger.

"I'm afraid...... It's not just stones, right?"

He stared at the hot water in the bowl, his dark pupils shrank slightly, and his expression became meaningful.

"Drinking plenty of boiled water is good for your body, isn't it?"

Huai Shi sat opposite him, stared into his eyes, and solemnly told him: "Guo Shouque, this is the last work I created for you."

Now, it's your turn—"

Guo Shouque lowered his eyes and did not hesitate.

Picked up the bowl and swallowed the hot water in it, not afraid of the hot temperature.

But what is surprising is that the hot water, which has just been boiling for a short time, does not look hot or cold at all after entering the mouth, but has a pleasant warmth, and the curling heat spreads from the mouth to the nasal cavity, and the breathing is unobstructed in an instant.

Refreshed.

But the taste was exactly the same as expected.

Bland!

It's clearly just a bowl of boiling water, so how can it taste otherwise?

However, when I swallowed the second bite, there was a strange taste in the faint taste, a little bit, but the taste was too thin to distinguish.

It just feels, so familiar......

Is it the smell of stones, the smell of boiling water, or something else?

His movements paused for a moment, and he could not discern the origin of the taste from the subtle bitterness of the stone and the dullness of the boiling water.

It's as if the taste comes from you!

"It is said that a long, long time ago. ”

On the opposite side of the cooking table, Huai Shi picked up the stone on the table for stew, looked at the fine textures on it, and whispered: "There is an old monk who came to a small town with three young monks. ”

"The old monk's name is empty, and the little monk's name is Fu Lu Shou. ”

"They went all the way over the mountains, and when they came here, they were hungry, thirsty and hungry. But all the people in the town were closed, bleak and cold, and no one was willing to give alms. ”

Then the old monk said to the little monk - go and tell these kind people that we are newcomers and have nothing to do, so we can only cook a pot of stone soup as a gift for everyone. ”

"Everybody was curious about how the stone was going to make the soup, so everyone surrounded it with three layers inside and three layers outside. I saw the old monk light the firewood, throw the stone into the water urn, and boil the water. ”

Huai Shi's gaze rose from the stone and fell on Guo Shouque's face: "At this time, the old monk said, it's a pity that there is no salt, otherwise the stone soup will be more delicious, at this time, there are good people who volunteer to take out their own salt——"

No one spoke anymore.

The plot of the rest of this story needs no more to say.

If there is no salt, add salt, and if there is a lack of pepper, add pepper. If you feel like meat is better, why not throw meat into it?

All the people in the town contributed a small part of this pot of stone soup.

In the end, everyone tasted something they had never said before.

"Stones have no value, Guo Shou is lacking. ”

Huai Shi whispered, "The ingredients for this soup need to be put by yourself." ”

Now, please pour into this empty stone soup and throw in something enough to defeat you!

Using the purest stone and white water as materials, after a long night of thinking, countless attempts and exercises in the book of destiny, finally completed this pot of pure stone soup.

This is the decisive work of Huaishi!

It doesn't matter if it's bland and tasteless, everything has to go through from scratch.

After a long boil, Huai Shi has pushed the stone to the top of the mountain.

If you accidentally inject something into it, upsetting this fragile balance, the stone will roar like rolling down from the top of a mountain, and it will crush everything with an unstoppable roar.

In the moment of curiosity, it is already destined for the next development.

No matter what is put into it, it will arrive at the 'destination' carefully preset by Huai Shi.

In the end, what Guo Shouque got from it was the most distant, thinnest, and cruel miracle in the world.

That is what Huai Shi has been pursuing countless times in the past 18 years, and has been looking for it since its birth, and still can't grasp and have it.

- The illusion called happiness.

At this moment, the bland and tasteless stone soup in his mouth was dyed with the color of memory.

On the edge of the precipice of hell, unprecedentedly weak, Guo Shouque has lost his resistance to resist this guidance.

The stone soup in his mouth changed rapidly, became cold, and eventually, turned into an unexpected poisonous juice and cut into his throat.

The familiar tingling and consternation tugged at him, flying backwards with time, falling into the deepest recesses of memory.

Back to the time when he thought he was closest to perfection and the most powerful.

Back to the day when he was completely defeated by his own students!

His most proud work will use all his strength to defeat mercilessly, from cold dishes to platters, from soup pots to grills, from inside to outside the plate......

The moment his most trusted student blew the horn of rebellion, he ushered in defeat when he was at his strongest!

Since when did that child grow into an adult?

From the bottom of his heart, he wondered: since when did the child outperform himself in the means of play, was it because of old age, or was it because of his own laziness?

None of them are right.

It's just because that kid is more than he imagined...... Stronger than yourself!

That's all.

At this moment, Guo Shouque's fate as the Yiya Kitchen Demon ushered in the end.

Now, the kitchen demon who unconsciously changed from a teenager to a man, thinking about Guo Shouque, who was like a gossamer, came step by step. Kneel on the ground, bow your head, bow to him, and bow to him.

Heartfelt greetings and gratitude.

"Thank you for taking care of me for so many years, teacher, thank you for your teaching, and thank you for trusting me. He said goodbye softly, "However, I don't want to follow your arrangement anymore and become a kitchen demon." ”

When he raised his head, his eyes showed an unprecedented look, and he solemnly told the old man in front of him: "In addition to cooking, because there are more important things to do in this world." ”

Just looking at such an innocent expression, Guo Shouque couldn't help but feel sad for him from the bottom of his heart.

For his innocence, but also for his own weakness.

Didn't he know that as long as he was alive, he would never be able to escape the fate of the Yiya Kitchen Demon?

"Stupid, stupid, I'll ...... Revenge on you, at all costs, fool!"

His eyes widened, and he used all his strength to retort, "Do you want people to know...... Himself, are you a student of Guo Shouque's demonic Outer Taoism?"

"Why!"

He asked angrily, "Why didn't you kill me?"

In the long silence, there was only the sound of rain outside.

The man just knelt on the ground and looked at him quietly, his smile gradually becoming gentle.

"Do you need to ask, master?"

He bent down and hugged the old man in front of him defenselessly, even if what he was hiding was the final blow of the fish's death net, he must tell him the answer:

"Because I love you more than cooking, more than all the things in this world. ”

What kind of stupid thing is that?

It just makes people laugh!

Are you really the student I taught?

Are you really, Toothy Chef?!

At that moment, countless gloomy and vicious words accompanied by anger came to his mind, and it was impossible to criticize his funny and ridiculous with words, nor to correct the innocence and stupidity of his students.

But now, at this moment, even if it's just looking back, Guo Shouque can't help but want to...... Smile.

Happiness.

If there was a moment when I was happy, it must have been at that moment, right?

When he was hugged by that child, he felt that even failure was no longer important. When he was sure that his love came from the heart, he experienced the supreme joy and happiness.

Why did even yourself become so stupid?

Guo Shouque didn't know, but just remembering made him feel fulfilled and made him realize what the so-called happiness was, and he couldn't give it up.

He was intoxicated by this fleeting and indescribable sweetness, and he did not want to wake up again.

Wandering again and again.

Even if it dissipates so quickly, it becomes so cold when it leaves.

Until the last wisp of warmth fell into his throat.

This ephemeral dream dissipated completely.

Guo Shouque lowered his head sluggishly, staring at the empty bottom of the bowl, as if petrified.

In the dead silence, only the murky droplets of water fell into it.

There was a small echo.

In the stands, everyone froze in place, staring at them wide-eyed, unable to believe what they were seeing, and unable to believe ......

It wasn't until the rickety old man finally lifted his face, revealing the embarrassed wet marks on his cheeks.

Tears.

After the two shifts, ask for a monthly pass.

The stone soup in the text comes from a French fairy tale, but interestingly, it is obviously France, but the background is ancient China...... It can only be said that everyone is romantic, and they will pin their love and hope on the distance.

(End of chapter)