83: Chapter 83: Fresh Live Sashimi 83: Chapter 83: Fresh Live Sashimi “Raw cod sashimi?”

Sashimi is essentially raw fish slices, and it was precisely for this reason that the female chef, Yuchuan Meisha, managed to complete a flavorful platter of fresh sashimi in just a short span of ten to twenty minutes.

But Liangzi Lina simply took a few more looks at the exquisitely arranged sashimi dish before firmly setting her gaze on the female chef.

“Did you communicate with the ingredients before making this dish?” Liangzi Lina suddenly asked.

The venue went abruptly silent because of this bizarre question.

Communicate with the ingredients?

Most of the chefs in the audience probably did not grasp the profound meaning behind this question.

Tiqie Helinai, Niho Fuyuka, and Hozoi Midori were among the few chefs outside the competition who stared at Yuchuan Meisha with surprised looks.

Xia Yu, who had noticed the older sister chef’s peculiarity upon arriving at the venue earlier, wasn’t very surprised by the remark.

“Communicate?

You could say that.”

Yuchuan Meisha spoke softly, her face adorned with a smile that made it impossible for anyone to feel the slightest bit of dislike.

“I was listening to the voice of the cod, which told me how cold the Antarctic Sea is, how dangerous the area it lived in was, and how it was caught by the fishing boat and brought to the Pacific Islands…”

As she spoke, a touch of distress appeared on her face.

“Then, I prayed for it to become part of my dish, saying many, many words.

That’s also why it took me so long to present my dish, I’m very sorry!” Yuchuan Meisha bowed deeply.

Dojima Yin, Shinohara Shigetaro, and Liangzi Lina all fell silent.

The audience was also as quiet as a graveyard.

“This kind of talent…

is damn powerful!” Xia Yu listened on the side, somewhat taken aback.

Geez, communicating with the ingredients—this unique ability is not the least bit inferior when compared to ‘Divine Tongue’ or ‘Divine Sense of Smell.’

Wait a second!

A sudden insight flashed through Xia Yu’s mind, and he couldn’t help but exclaim internally, “Communicating with the ingredients, hearing the voice of the ingredients…

could that be ‘super-hearing’?”

Anyone who has read the original works of ‘Small Fry’ would be clear about how terrifying talents like ‘super-hearing,’ ‘super-touch,’ ‘super-vision,’ ‘super-smell,’ and so on could be, and they would not be overrated if called the ultimate talents of a chef.

Speaking of ‘super-hearing,’ for instance, if the talent is in the fully awakened stage, it’s not just about hearing the voice of the ingredients.

By using one’s own hearing alone, just by listening to the cooking process, one could tell the final taste of the dish and whether it is delicious or not.

And the talent of female chef Yuchuan Meisha doesn’t seem to have reached such a twisted stage.

Perhaps it’s still nascent?

Xia Yu didn’t have enough information about her to be sure.

“Dear judges, please taste my dish—” Yuchuan Meisha made a gesture of invitation, “I transformed the lively cod into a dish on the plate, and I believe the three judges will be satisfied!”

Her gentle voice betrayed the strong confidence of a chef.

Not only Xia Yu, but the entire audience held their breath in anticipation.

The square-faced chef, Dubian Junya, who had already passed, and the five chefs who had failed, were also staring intently at the broadcast screen from the resting area of the venue.

It must be said, aside from the unbelievable talent of communicating with ingredients, Yuchuan Meisha’s basic skills were also truly terrifying.

Dojima Yin was the first to pick up his chopsticks, selecting a rose-shaped piece made from raw cod sashimi.

It was already past evening, all the lights above the venue were on, and the bright lighting illuminated the rolls of fish slices, the snow-white, fine-textured fish flesh, thin as paper and almost transparent under the lights.

Not in a hurry to put the raw fish slice into his mouth, Dojima Yin placed the fish slice on the edge of the plate and gently tapped it with his chopsticks.

Rip.

It was as if a robe was undone, its constraints lost, a rose made of sashimi blossomed on the table.

It unfurled like sleek satin, eventually becoming a palm-sized white fish slice, thinly spread upon the table.

Under the light, the blooming of the sashimi rose made the audience faintly perceive a plump cod leaping in the Antarctic Waters.

Many chefs rubbed their eyes hard, then stared back at the broadcast screen, only to find a quiet sashimi slice lying on the table.

It seemed like an illusion.

“No wonder, Mr.

Dojima, you saw right through my little tricks.” Yuchuan Meisha pursed her lips and gave a light smile.

“Little tricks?”

Dojima Yin shook his head, “This knife work, even the old head chefs who have specialized in Japanese cuisine for decades, might not be better than you.”

Shinohara Shigetaro and Liangzi Lina exchanged glances, then simultaneously reached out with their chopsticks, picked up a rose roll of sashimi, and put it in their mouths.

Solemn!

As soon as the sashimi touched their lips, their expressions changed.

“Ah, what is this taste!” Shinohara Shigetaro’s pupils dilated slightly.

He bit down on the sashimi rose roll in his mouth, and the delicate and smooth fish slice unfurled in his mouth.

In an instant, he seemed to see a large cod, wrapped in a storm, swimming towards him!

“So cold!

Did you specially use ice to lower the temperature of the fish, sealing in the ‘freshness,’ making it taste pure and original?”

Liangzi Lina lowered her face, her shoulders shivering.

Rustle.

She seemed to hear the sound of stormy waves from the Antarctic Waters, and the icy sea surrounded her.

She was swimming through the deep and dark seabed, huh, Liangzi Lina let out an ambiguous hum, looking down at her naked body underneath, it turned out to be a gigantic silver-white cod carrying her, let her behold the scenery of the deep sea.

Other cod swam towards her, gently nuzzling her with their heads, and she felt as though she had transformed into the queen of the deep sea, wielding a trident, clothed in seaweed and sea grass, adorned with pearls and shells, riding the great cod to survey her domain, with more and more cod voluntarily following behind her.

Turning her head back, it was a dense swarm of cod!

Before long, three separate schools of cod collided in the Antarctic Sea.

Dojima Yin, Shinohara Shigetaro, and Liangzi Lina stared at each other in disbelief in the deep sea, finding themselves surrounded by layers of cod.

Back in reality.

The chopsticks of these three examiners never stopped, picking up slice after slice of cod sashimi rose rolls, bringing them to their mouths, tasting, and chewing.

Unlike before, on their faces were vivid expressions: amazement, realization, savoring.

“Finished, eaten all?”

“Unbelievable!

That plate of cod sashimi actually satisfied the appetites of three top-grade chefs!”

Through the broadcast screen, witnessing the scene where the three head examiners devoured the entire plate of cod sashimi like a typhoon, the audience was shocked into silence.

You should know, even the two previously qualified dishes, the ‘Pastoral Cod Giant Burger’ and the ‘Classic Western-style Lemon-Grilled Cod,’ only warranted a small taste from the three examiners, not the feasting that was now occurring.

“This woman…”

Tiqie Helinai bit her thumb, a twinge of wariness in her eyes.

Through the screen, her ‘Divine Tongue’ seemed to protest, the excessive secretion of saliva telling her that this cod sashimi was certainly more delicious than one could imagine.

Finally managing to cage that appetite back, Tiqie Helinai took a light breath and glanced sympathetically and pitifully at Xia Yu, who stood beside the examiners’ table, waiting for evaluation.

If such a strong opponent were to serve their dish first during a Food Duel, and let the examiners taste it.

His disadvantage would not be just a little bit.