Chapter 51: It's normal for cooking to glow
"The topic of my cuisine is sushi." The pink-haired woman said with a smile of expectation.
"Sushi?"
"What's that?"
"Is there any food called sushi?"
The candidates present were puzzled, and looked at each other left and right with blank expressions.
"Hmph, it's normal for you not to know, this is the traditional food of a small island country." The pink-haired woman explained.
"Okay, the rice and other tools you need to make sushi are ready here." She let the seventy candidates who had passed into the examination room.
It is filled with a private cooking station, rice, sugar, salt, vinegar, and three knives for handling different ingredients.
"Just use rice, okay?" Xiaojie looked at the rice and asked curiously.
"But these processing tools ......," Kurapika reached for a knife.
"I think I'll need something else." Someone speculated.
Aitto looked at the rice that was only on the side.
Nigiri sushi, he's made it for Brother Tou before.
But there's no food here......
Salmon, tuna, shrimp......
Nothing like that.
"I remember that there was a written record that sushi was made from fish and rice...... "Kurapika recalls.
"It's a forest! Where did the fish come from! Leoli was shocked.
"Can't you just be quiet? And don't there be rivers and streams in the forest? Kurapika clenched her fists and asked rhetorically.
The surrounding candidates looked at them, and suddenly, they all rushed out.
"Caught a Fish——!"
Leoli and Kurapika rushed out with them.
"Damn, these eavesdropping guys." Leoli gritted his teeth.
“…… Only the deaf can't hear. Kurapika complained.
"We're all going to catch fish...... said Aitto, looking at the suddenly empty examination room.
"Aren't you going? What are you still doing here? Menqi asked, crossing his arms.
"Miss Menqi, the fish you said you need for nigiri sushi is not a fish from the forest." The white-haired teenager spoke in a calm tone and smiled gently.
Even if there is a river and a stream in the forest, it is the fish that sushi needs...... It's all saltwater fish.
How can there be saltwater fish in the forest?
Aito thought for a moment and opened the system store.
Anyway, Uncle System has everything there!
"Are you going to give up the exam?" Menqi asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Ah, I'm just thinking about what fish to use." Aitto said as he picked up the fish.
There is processed sashimi in the system mall.
And it's all fresh.
Well, Aitto trusts the system very much.
If it says it is fresh, it must be fresh.
And the price is also very cheap.
The price of the food is very cheap, except for those that have a special effect.
Aito looked at the foods that had various effects such as healing +10 and mental resistance +2, but could not be purchased, and silently shifted his gaze.
Bought several different fillets.
"Whew." Big Bear pulled out a box of salmon sashimi from his black trench coat.
Then he touched it and took out a box of tuna and a box of yellowtail.
It was placed on Aitto's cooking table.
“…… Just kidding, right? How do you have the ingredients ready? Menqi was stunned.
What did that doll bear put in its clothes?
"This is what we were going to eat for ourselves." Aitto explained in a serious way.
"How can a doll bear eat!" Menqi asked without hesitation.
"Whew." Daifuku opened his mouth and pointed to his own.
"Look, Daifuku says it can be eaten." Aito translated for Daifuku.
Menqi's eyebrows couldn't help jumping.
"Even if you have ingredients, I won't let you pass if it's not delicious." She dropped a sentence and turned back to her seat and sat down.
"Come on, your roasted whole pig tastes great." Buhara said with a smile.
The candidates who ran to catch fish soon returned.
With their loot, all sorts of fish.
Of course, there can be no marine fish.
"The ratio of salt, sugar, and vinegar is 1:5:10...... and Aitto began to make rice vinegar.
The rest also started making sushi.
"I'm done!" Leoli came confidently to Menqi with the tray.
Lift the lid.
Menqi's expectant expression suddenly disappeared without a trace.
"How can you eat something like this—" Without saying a word, she threw out what Leori had made.
The fish, which was buried in the rice with only its head and tail exposed, was still struggling.
"Why can't you eat it? You little girl—" Leoli was angry and angry.
"Do you want to withdraw from the exam? If you don't want to, make me a new one to eat. Menqi said confidently.
Leoli had no choice but to retreat.
Immediately afterwards, Xiaojie served his own food.
A rice ball wrapped in a whole fish.
"What's the difference between you and Leoli—" Menqi threw away without saying a word.
"I'm doing the same as Leoli......" Xiao Jie said in a trance as if he had been hit hard.
"Cheer up, Jay—" Kurapika reassured.
"Unqualified."
"Nope."
"Next."
Menqi poured one by one, becoming more and more unscrupulous.
"This is the cocktail-flavored nigiri ...... I made," Killua said, smiling confidently as he brought his tray.
"Disgusting." Menqi said and poured the other party's food without hesitation.
"Cut." Killua suddenly showed a subtle expression.
"I haven't tasted a single one so far, are you trying to starve me?!" Menqi put down his chopsticks, knocked on his legs, and said with his hands on his shoulders.
"In that case, try mine." Aitto served his sushi.
"Definitely perfect nigiri sushi!" Lift the lid.
The food in the tray was glowing with golden light.
"Hair ...... Glow! A candidate said in disbelief.
"Glowing cuisine? Interesting. Menqi had an expectant expression.
"It's glowing......" Aitto nodded.
Ingredients other than rice are provided using a system.
And under the control of the six eyes, all the proportions are just right, and the relationship between the ingredients is very harmonious.
The result was a dish that shines brightly.
That's normal, right?
Aito looked at the detailed introduction under the ingredients in the system mall.
[There is a chance that you can make a dish that shines.] This line of small print stands out.
So it's normal for the dish to glow.
After all, Uncle System said so.
The light faded away, and everyone could see the food in the tray clearly.
Each rice ball is covered with a slice of sashimi.
There are three different types of sashimi.
A total of nine sushi dishes were made, and there were three for each type of sashimi sushi.
The presentation is simple and elegant, with some mint leaves for decoration.
"Please taste it." Aitto said with a bright smile and anticipation.
Menqi was silent for a moment, finally willing to try.
She picked up a piece of sushi with her chopsticks and slowly dipped it into the plate on the table before putting it in her mouth.
"How's it taste?!" Aitto's eyes under his sunglasses were full of anticipation.
"Uh-huh......" Menqi groaned slightly.
"This kind of precise control, even a chef can do it for at least ten years, you ......" Menqi looked at the white-haired teenager.
Is there such a craft?
Rice, rice vinegar, fish...... The relationship between them is harmonious and the taste is harmonious.
"Passed." She announced.
"Yummy! Passed! Ato jumped up and pounced on Daifuku.
"Whew." Daifuku patted the boy on the back.