Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 1006 Prepare More Dishes as Alternatives

"Don't run, there's a chicken up ahead!"

"Help, Grandpa Pig! I'm not going to bother with you anymore, please don't chase me!"

After 45 students entered a two-kilometer-wide mountainous area, a disturbance soon broke out.

Some students were carrying large nets and chasing after free-range pheasants all over the place.

Some students had provoked the free-range pigs and were being chased by them.

There are no wild beasts in the semi-grazed forests, but the pigs raised in the semi-wild environment still have a wild nature.

Standing on the high slope, Tadokoro Megumi watched the students being chased by pigs below. Instinctively, she hid behind Broly and tugged at his clothes: "Maybe we shouldn't bother with the pigs?"

"Japanese cuisine still uses a lot of pork-related ingredients. I think we can dig a trap and lure a Kagoshima black pig over here —"

Soma Yukihira, however, had a different opinion. There were many breeds of pigs raised in this mountain forest, some of which were quite rare.

Take, for example, the Kagoshima Black Pig he's mentioning now. This breed of pig is relatively small, but its fat is quite sweet, making it comparable to Kobe beef among pork varieties.

If we could actually catch a Kagoshima black pig, we could cook this high-quality meat for free.

Of course, if Soma Yukihira were alone, he probably wouldn't have thought of provoking such a difficult animal, but he had his good older brother Hilori by his side.

If we disregard the question of how to catch up with a Kagoshima black pig weighing 60 or 70 pounds, Broly could probably easily hold it down with one hand.

"Fool, someone actually wants to catch a pig. Not to mention that it's not easy to catch, even if you do catch one, it will take a lot of time to slaughter it."

Moreover, these free-range pigs obviously did not undergo pre-slaughter rest and were prone to stress during the capture process. Under these circumstances, the quality of the meat after slaughter will likely be unsatisfactory.

Takumi said from a short distance away, seemingly mocking the unfortunate guy being chased by a pig below, but actually satirizing Soma Yukihira's choice to also catch a pig.

"Brother, shall we go fishing?"

"No, let's go catch the ducks first."

"And this fishing rod?"

"Take it with you, just in case the wild ducks fly away and you can't catch them."

The Takumi brothers took the fishing rod but didn't use it; instead, they took the net and went to catch wild ducks.

"There's no need to dig traps, we can just catch them directly. But, Yukihira, are you sure you want to use pigs as ingredients for your research dish?"

"If you can catch it, Brother Broly, this is a versatile tool, but even if you can't, there's no need to force it. We can just take a basin and scoop some fish out of the stream."

Soma Yukihira wasn't really planning on catching the pig; well, mainly because he had overheard Takumi's words.

Although Totsuki Academy is a school that promotes competition, there is still camaraderie among classmates, as evidenced by this way of reminding them.

[I don't even know that person's name—]

As Soma Yukihira watched the two brothers catching mallard ducks, he couldn't help but think to himself.

"Brother Broly, you caught him already?"

Beside him came Tadokoro Megumi's exclamation. Soma Yukihira turned around and saw that Broly had already returned carrying a Kagoshima black pig that wasn't struggling much.

"Ah, no, how did you catch me? I was just momentarily distracted, wasn't I?"

Soma Yukihira stared wide-eyed at Broly.

"That's the pig. It just poked its head out from under those bushes over there, and Brother Broly rushed over. I saw Broly..."

Brother, he slapped the pig's head with his palm, and the Kagoshima black pig didn't resist. Broly then carried it back in his arms.

Tadokoro Megumi answered for Broly, gesturing wildly as she spoke, trying to recreate Broly's heroic act of catching the pig with her body language.

"The pig has been caught. What are you planning to cook it with?"

"Broly asked."

"I plan to make the classic Kagoshima black pork dish, tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet) rice bowl. I'll cut the best pork shoulder into 2-centimeter-thick slices, give it a simple salt marinating, and then fry it in a pan."

"Do you want it coated in flour or breadcrumbs?"

"You can wear it or not, which do you prefer, Broly?"

I like them both.

"Then I'll make both. Before submitting the dishes for the lecturer, I'll make a few for you to try, Brother Broly."

"Ahem, Soma, I think we need to be careful when making dishes for research projects. How about I catch a few more fish, chickens, and ducks, and we can make a few more dishes as backups?"

"I understand what you mean, but apart from fish, other ingredients are quite time-consuming to prepare. If the quantity is too large, I..."

One person cannot handle it all.

"No problem, leave it to me. You go back and boil some water."

"Then I'll carry the pig back with me."

"it is good."

"Did any of you bring a rope?"

"What do you need that for?"

"Tie up the Kagoshima black pig's hands and feet to prevent it from causing trouble once it wakes up."

Yukihira answered truthfully.

"I don't need that stuff. To prevent this little guy from being stressed, I've already destroyed its brain tissue. It looks alive now, but it's essentially a plant-like pig."

Broly waved his hand and said.

Then he saw Soma Yukihira and Megumi Tadokoro looking at him with a subtle gaze.

"Why are you two staring at me like that?"

He asked the two of them, somewhat puzzled.

"Brother Broly, don't you realize you've said some rather creepy things?"

Soma Yukihira asked him a question in return.

"Mmm-h ...

Tadokoro Megumi nodded in agreement.

"What creepy things did you say?"

Broly frowned slightly.

"You just said that you damaged the pig's brain tissue."

"So what?"

"But it's still alive."

"This is to keep the meat fresh. Don't worry, I understand the principle of a chef killing without abusing life. When the brain tissue is damaged, I act quickly. There may be pain, but it's only for a moment. Right now, this pig shouldn't feel any pain."

"Well----"

"Do you have any other questions?"

"What I mean is, Broly, you just destroyed a pig's brain with your bare hands."

"What, do you want me to smash your skull with one slap?"

"No, what I'm trying to say is, if it were a pig that walks upright and weighs over 100 pounds, could you also achieve a similar effect of destroying its brain with your bare hands and still keeping it alive?"

"I understand. You're worried that I might turn you into this pig too?"

"I didn't say that."

"But you didn't argue. Okay, to be honest, I can do it, but you don't need to be afraid of me. After all, you're not pigs, and I wouldn't do that to you."

Broly reached out his hand, and Tadokoro Megumi instinctively closed her eyes as Broly's large hand covered her head.

A tingling, numb sensation quickly spread from the scalp.

"Hmm~"

The girl let out a soft moan, and the electric current from the top of her head spread throughout her body, instantly raising goosebumps.

"How are you feeling?"

Broly asked.

"So comfortable."

Tadokoro Megumi answered instinctively, and then opened her eyes.

"Brother Broly, what's this?"

"A technique called Finger Acupoint Fist can both damage the internal parts of the body through the flesh and massage and relax the body and mind of others, just like we are doing now."

Well, there's no such thing as a good or bad technique; it all depends on how the person wields it. A knife can be used by a bandit, but it can also be used by a chef, right?

"I'm sorry, Brother Broly, we didn't mean to think of you as a bandit."

"Alright, Yukihira, carry the pig back first. Megumi, you take the bucket and keep following me. Let's go catch fish. Opportunities for a free feast don't come around often."

"Uh, we're preparing so many dishes, won't we get scolded for doing this?"

"Probably not, since Ms. Inui Hinako didn't say we can't make multiple portions of the dish."

Soma Yukihira carried the pig back, while Broly and Megumi Tadokoro went to the stream.

Here, quite a few students are already casting their fishing rods.

Compared to catching chickens, ducks, or even pigs, fishing is definitely safer and less strenuous.

Of course, there is the risk of air power.

"You come here to catch fish without even bringing a fishing rod? Are you planning to use your hands?"

When a student saw Broly unarmed, he instinctively said something.

Then, he saw the burly boy walk into the stream bend down and casually scoop up a fish with his hand. The fish flew out of the water with the current and landed precisely in the bucket in the hand of the girl on the bank.

"Wow, you can actually scoop it up with your hands?!"

Broly splashed around in the water a dozen times, catching a dozen fish, before leaving the creek.

After Broly left, the student who had witnessed the whole thing with his fishing rod looked at the few small fish scattered in his bucket.

After thinking for a moment, the man dropped his fishing rod and followed his example, walking into the stream. Amidst the skeptical looks of the other students, he began to paddle in the water.

"Is this some kind of 'what the hell' attitude? Are they planning to enjoy playing in a mountain stream before getting expelled?!"

Some students who had failed to obtain other ingredients and were planning to fish saw people paddling in the stream and asked them about it curiously.

"Ugh, so much pressure, another one's gone crazy~"

In addition, some people sighed and said.

Hinako Inui was drinking tea and eating snacks when she saw Soma Yukihira carrying a Kagoshima black pig back.

Catching free-range pigs is quite an achievement, and she didn't intend to say much. But soon, she noticed the girl with braided hair returning with a bucket of fish.

Next, Broly led a few ducks and chickens, and the two of them went out again, carrying a basket of mushrooms and wild vegetables.

After several trips back and forth, the things she brought back almost filled both stoves, forcing her to run over and ask, "What kind of dish are you planning to make? Pork, fish, chicken, duck, wild vegetables, mushrooms—are you planning to make a mixed stew, a sumo hot pot?"

"Sounds pretty good, this is a good option."

"Even if we were to make this, we wouldn't need this many ingredients, would we?"

"Chef Inui, you've misunderstood. We're planning to make more dishes."

"Make a few more portions?!"

Hinako Inui looked at the Kagoshima black pig weighing over 60 kilograms, as well as the other miscellaneous ingredients on the two stoves.

How many servings is this?

"That's right, we'll make several dishes, taste them, and then choose the best one to serve you."

"By the way, these ingredients should be provided free of charge, right?"

"During the training camp, all the expenses for ingredients will be reimbursed by the academy, so you don't need to worry about that. However, it would be bad if we cooked too much food and wasted it, so please be careful."

She would only eat a small bite of the food the students prepared to taste it; the rest was for the students' lunch.

"It won't be wasted, please don't worry."

"That's right, we will clean all the ingredients we bring back."

Soma Yukihira and Megumi Tadokoro said with great confidence.

Of course, these two weren't confident in themselves, but rather in Broly's appetite.

These days, Broly's appetite remains a mystery in the Polaris Dormitory.

He can eat six bowls of rice, and even six pots of rice is no problem. But when asked if he's full, his answer is always Schrödinger's "seven-tenths full."

"Okay, as long as you can clean it up, that's fine. But with two cooking stations and a total of six stoves, is it realistic to expect to cook all this food in two hours?"

Hinako Inui raised another question, mainly because she was worried that these people might be eliminated because they exceeded the time limit while cooking.

"You're right, but aren't there still many empty stoves on those cooking counters over there?"

Bro spoke in a tone that suggested the sidewalk wasn't very wide.

"But those aren't yours."

Inui Hinata reminded him.

"It's alright. We can return those cooking stations to their owners when they come back. We can also give them some ingredients as compensation. Hmm, Instructor Inui, is that alright?"

"As long as we don't cause any disputes, it's fine."

After thinking for a moment, Inui Hinako shrugged and replied, then sat back down in the chair next to her.

Broly picked up a kitchen knife, ready to slaughter the pig.

Megumi Tadokoro also picked up a kitchen knife and helped kill chickens and ducks.

After practicing my murderous swordsmanship (crossed out) and decapitation knife skills for so long, they've finally come in handy.

Hinako Inui watched from the side, her eyelids twitching. What did it mean to be beheaded in a queue? This was what it meant to be beheaded in a queue.

She looks like a delicate and frail girl, but when it comes to chopping off chicken and duck heads, she's incredibly efficient and decisive.

But what's even more incredible is that burly young man; after the pig was bled out, he chopped off the entire pig's head with a single stroke.

Seeing this made Hinako Inui subconsciously touch her neck, worried that her head might fall off too.

Slaughtering pigs, chickens, ducks, and fish —

The three from Polaris Dormitory worked side by side, and they gradually started using the other empty cooking stations as well.

During this time, students would occasionally bring things back.

After discovering that someone else was using her kitchen counter, she was initially annoyed and wanted to protest.

But after Broly approached them and engaged in friendly negotiations, most of the students accepted the compensation of food.

To be honest, the fat of that 60-plus kilogram Kagoshima black pig is quite attractive; it's an excellent raw material for enhancing the aroma of the oil.

"No, we just caught some ducks. How did they manage to process so many chickens, ducks, and fish in such a short time?"

Takumi wanted to show off his knife skills, but before he could even do so, he was instantly killed by a Saiyan's knife skills, who treated him like a roadside knife.

When the half-moon cleaver was taken out, no one in the room glanced at it; everyone was focused on the three people tending to the dozen or so stoves.

Over an hour, dishes were served one after another. While other students were busy cooking, Broly started acting as a food critic.

Under the guise of presenting the best dishes for the research project, they were actually using public funds to satisfy their own cravings.

Soma Yukihira and Megumi Tadokoro were also influenced and started tasting the food they had made. Hinako Inui waited and waited, but when she noticed that the three of them were only focused on eating, she couldn't help but stand up, take her bowl and chopsticks and go over: "Let me try some too."

"Chef Inui, but we haven't picked out the best dish yet."

With stewed pork sauce still on her lips, Tadokoro Megumi blurted out something without thinking.

"It's alright. As long as you have a dish that satisfies me, I'll consider you to have passed."

Are you kidding me? She's already starving from drinking tea, and now you expect her to watch others eat what looks like delicious food? Isn't that torture?

She didn't want to be tortured; she'd eat first.

"But we haven't yet assigned who cooked the dishes."

"It doesn't matter who did it, I saw the whole cooking process, so the kitchen staff's execution ability is definitely up to standard."

"This fried pork cutlet is delicious, and this tonkotsu ramen is amazing. The pan-fried sweetfish is also pretty good."

Hinako Inui was satisfied, but the other students only felt more pressure.

In a cooking exam, the standards used by an examiner who is hungry and an examiner who is already full may differ.

"Oh no, it's overcooked."

Some people get impatient, and when they get impatient, they are prone to making mistakes.

"Oh dear, this year's students really can't handle pressure. I hope they can make a dish that satisfies me within the time limit, otherwise, I'll have to eliminate them with tears in my eyes."

As she said this, Hinako Inui ate another piece of salt and pepper fried mushroom, and the satisfied expression on her face made it seem as if she felt the pressure on the scene wasn't intense enough and wanted to continue pushing the other students.

A smiling examiner savoring the food, a group of students bustling around like ants on a hot pan—it all seemed like a hellish scene of demons supervising their children's work.

Comments like "unqualified" and "eliminated" are cruel pronouncements that send some busy little devils who make mistakes to the deepest abyss.