The story of Shokugeki begins when Alice picks him up and brings him home

Hearing Leonora Nakiri's teasing but somewhat harsh words, Nakiri Alice nodded seriously and then replied angrily.

"But the shaomai are really delicious. I'll have to ask Bai Yuan to make some more. Whether it's breakfast or a midnight snack, it's absolutely delicious!"

After making a casual complaint, Leono Nakiri finally let go of her worries. She then began to miss the delicious food she had just tasted, and her saliva started to flow in her mouth.

There were 100 bite-sized steamed buns. Bai Yuan finished 50 and the two of them finished 50. Their stomachs were full, but they didn't notice anything at the time and just kept stuffing food into their mouths.

Even though I can’t eat any more now, when I think of the delicious steamed buns, I still can’t help swallowing my saliva and want to have another plate!

"The master is really amazing. He has such a strong kneading technique, and can also make golden ratio siu mai that emits golden light..."

Thinking of Shirobuchi, Alice Nakiri could hardly hide the admiration on her face. After more than a year of getting along, she thought she was not far away from him, but she was wrong, very wrong...

The more she learned, the more she understood the gap between herself and Bai Yuan. He was only a few years older than her, so why was he so powerful?

This is also the question that Alice Nakiri and Leonora Nakiri are most puzzled about. Where did Bai Yuan come from? Such a great chef definitely cannot be unknown!

Her cousin, Erina Nakiri, is worshipped as a god and regarded as the hope of the Japanese culinary world simply because she has a divine tongue.

And Bai Yuan...

To this end, Leonora Nakiri even used her own network of connections to find out the information of all the famous chefs in the world who were only twelve or thirteen years old.

But she still got nothing about Bai Yuan's identity.

This person seemed to appear out of nowhere, with no identity, no origin, and full of mystery. Yet he happened to be a top chef.

"No matter who he is, he is Alice's master now!"

Looking at Alice Nakiri who was praising Bai Yuan in a cheerful voice, Leonora Nakiri made up her mind secretly.

No matter what, she will protect this person!

·

·

Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Bai Yuan was shirtless, lying on the ground with three fingers supporting himself. Sweat from his forehead kept dripping to the ground. He was doing one-handed three-finger push-ups, with a slender girl sitting on him.

The girl was wearing a beige shirt as a base, a tan striped skirt, and thin black stockings. At the moment, she was sitting with her legs crossed, holding a food magazine in her hand, reading the introduction to new dishes launched by the surrounding restaurants.

"Brother Bai Yuan, the vanilla waffle ice cream in this store looks very appetizing. The new fruit fried milk in this tea restaurant is also very good. Let's go have afternoon tea after lunch."

That’s right, this person is Alice Nakiri. As she grows older, Alice no longer calls him Brother Shirabuchi, but instead calls him Brother Shirabuchi.

The first time she called him that was half a year ago. Her cheeks felt very hot after calling him brother, so she changed it to brother.

Bai Yuan was sad for a few days because of this, but he could also understand Alice Nakiri. After all, reduplication of words is a privilege of children, and she is an adult now.

Although he is only thirteen years old, he has a well-developed body. Except for his slightly tender cheeks, he looks no different from a high school student.

In addition, she lives in Northern Europe and her personality developed relatively early. Most people don’t ask her age and really treat her as a high school student.

"If you want, you can go together, but you have to finish your morning practice first."

"Hey... I feel like my knife skills are pretty good now, why don't I take a day off today? I can go out and relax~"

Alice Nakiri took Bai Yuan's hand and started to act coquettishly. After five years of practicing day and night, her knife skills had reached a superb level.

Today, she easily passed the assessment of a first-class chef last year, and has been widely praised by the Japan Chefs Association for her novel concept of molecular cuisine.

"Didn't you just rest the day before yesterday? Don't think you've passed the knife skills test just because you passed it yesterday. You still have a lot to learn!"

"I'm almost tired of hearing your words! What's more, I specialize in molecular cuisine, so I don't need to practice my knife skills so well!"

“Even if you are learning molecular cuisine, the basics are also very important, such as knife skills, food preparation, flipping the pan, seasoning…”

Bai Yuan moved his body as he spoke, and Nakiri Alice immediately understood and jumped off him.

After standing up, the boy's whole body was wet with sweat. Looking at his serious and earnest look, her face couldn't help but turn red.

"Master, let's have a competition!"

Taking a deep breath and thinking about the hard practice over the past few years, Nakiri Alice suddenly changed the way she addressed Shirafuchi and looked at him seriously.

Chapter 23: Expanding Alice, Knife Skills Competition

"Comparing what? Knife skills?"

After hearing what Alice Nakiri said, a strange look appeared on Bai Yuan's face, but he still spoke seriously.

"That's right, let's compare knife skills! You cut a dish and I cut a dish, and I promise I can do it exactly the same as you!"

As she spoke, Alice Nakiri seemed to have found some kind of confidence and began to speak with her hands on her hips.

She has been following Bai Yuan over the years, and she learned whatever he taught her. Her knife skills have already reached the pinnacle. She can even easily make Wensi tofu, which is known as the ceiling in the knife skills world!

"Okay, but what if you can't do that?"

Bai Yuan looked at the guilty Alice Nakiri with a half-smile, and decided in his heart to teach this "arrogant" apprentice another lesson. He really became arrogant after learning a little bit of knowledge.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the chef world, Shao An is the most vivid example. Of course, he knows Alice's character and she would never do such a thing.

However, not doing such a thing does not mean that Bai Yuan is willing to indulge her.

Even though she has considerable ability now, she is still just a small fry in the vast chef world, and there are countless people who are better than her!

"If you lose, I will be your bed warmer and warm your bed every day before you go to sleep. How about that?"

Hearing Bai Yuan's words, Nakiri Alice's eyes rolled and she immediately had an idea in her mind. She took two steps forward and spoke in a delicate voice.

"Girl, who taught you to say such things? I don't need you to warm my bed. If you lose, you have to double the amount of knife practice you have to do every day!"

Looking at Alice Nakiri, Bai Yuan pretended to look away casually, his face slightly red. This guy was growing really fast, he had grown so big in the blink of an eye.

"Well, Brother Bai Yuan, you really don't understand romance!"

Hearing Bai Yuan's words, Nakiri Alice curled her lips and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes. Does this guy really not understand, or is he rejecting her?

Or maybe he was concerned about their status as master and disciple and didn't want to do anything too outrageous.

"Ahem, it's better to do it now than wait for a good day. During this period, you can often see sea bream on the market. There is no inedible part of the sea bream, but because there can't be any failure, it is particularly difficult to handle.

In other words, it is a fish that can only be delicious if you use a lot of knife skills, which makes it a very suitable theme for this competition."

Looking at Alice Nakiri's resentful eyes, Bai Yuan didn't dare to look at her and anxiously brought the topic back to knife skills.

Even though she was already very mature, he couldn't make a mistake because of his age! If he did that, he wouldn't forgive himself, not to mention others.

"Okay, let's go buy some snapper now!"

"Yeah, that's what I thought too."

Since it is a competition, we must show all our strength. This is Bai Yuan's idea, and he already has the answer in his mind for the dish that can best demonstrate his knife skills.

Fierce ice fresh sea bream mountain!

Amazing dishes that can only be made by utilizing the icy properties of Beichen Sirius Blade!

Beichen Sirius Blade is an amazing kitchen knife made from ice taken from the bottom of a northern glacier, which took several years to forge without melting.

After being forged, its blade is as sharp as a razor. The icy air it contains can prevent the effects of heat on the meat, making it a perfect kitchen knife.

It was also a coincidence that Bai Yuan met the chef who forged this blade in the dark culinary world because of food. Later, due to some special reasons, the other party told him the method of forging this special kitchen knife.

This is also a disposable kitchen knife. Once unsheathed, it can only be used for cooking for a maximum of two hours, and it will cause great damage to the user's hands.

In addition, Bai Yuan also learned how to use secret kitchen knives from the dark culinary world, such as the Hundred Holes Knife and the Seven Star Knife, from several knifesmiths in the dark culinary world after spending enough money.

With the support of a large amount of financial resources, he had already created and put into use a series of dark cooking utensils such as the Seven-Star Knife and the Beichen Sirius Blade.

Today, he has become much stronger than when he was in the dark cooking world.

I cook day and night, and at the same time I buy a large number of food books by top chefs from various countries, learning from their strengths and making up for my own weaknesses.

Of course, Bai Yuan also knew that those core cooking skills would not be written in the published recipes.

Even the delicacies in the recipes are eliminated versions. If you want to learn the real stuff, you still have to fight with chefs of the same level!

"Maybe it's time to leave..."

Looking at Alice Nakiri walking down the stairs in front of him, the girl's steps were light and agile. Many thoughts emerged in Bai Yuan's mind. If he continued to stay here, it seemed that he had no room for growth.

After five years of growth, his height has reached 1.82 meters, his body is full of muscles and his body has smooth lines. With the help of internal strength, he is confident that he can kill an elephant even if he faces one!

"Kurokiba? Why are you here? Are you here to challenge me again? Unfortunately, my time is on Master's today. You should wait until tomorrow!"

Suddenly, Alice Nakiri in front stopped, and Bai Yuan also came to his senses and was stunned to see Kurokiba Ryo waiting in the living room of the villa.

"There is an event in the store tomorrow, so I can't spare the time. Is your business urgent? If not, you can compete with me first. One hour will be enough."

In five years, Kurokiba Ryo has grown into a big man, but the dark circles under his eyes have become heavier, and he looks listless.

"Then let's postpone it. Today I have a knife skills competition with my master. If you don't mind, you can be our referee."

As if she had thought of something, Nakiri Alice said to Kurokiba Ryo with a smile, with pride in the depths of her eyes. After all, this was what the other party had been looking forward to.

Now she did it first!

"What!? You actually took the lead in competing with Teacher Bai Yuan! This is unforgivable. I want to join in, too. Let me join this battle!"

When he heard the name Nakiri Alice, Kurokiba Ryo's lazy expression changed instantly, his eyes widened a little, and even though he didn't tie the scarf wrapped around his hands on his head, he looked very excited.

Obviously, just the thought of fighting with Bai Yuan was enough to make him excited.

"No, this is a battle between me and my master, no third person is allowed to interfere!"

Alice Nakiri refused without a second thought. This was her first duel with Bai Yuan in all these years and it was of great significance. She absolutely could not allow outsiders to interfere.

Although after so many years of competition, Kurokiba Ryo has become one of her good friends, but this relationship is far inferior to that of Bai Yuan!

"Okay, then I'll be the referee. It's been a while since I've had Mr. Bai Yuan's cooking. I hope you don't lose too badly."

"No way! I have learned most of Mr. Bai Yuan's skills. Even if I lose, it will only be by a small margin!"

Looking at Alice Nakiri's eyes, Kurokiba Ryo seemed to have deflated his body and softened to his previous listless attitude.

"Are you two going to compete? That's rare. Did you have a fight?"

In the kitchen, Leonora Nakiri, who had just made tea, walked out of the kitchen. She was surprised to hear the conversation between the three people. She then looked at Alice Nakiri and revealed the truth in one sentence.

"We didn't quarrel! I just suddenly wanted to compete. As the saying goes, the disciple surpasses the master. Although I don't think I can surpass my master now, if it's just a duel of knife skills, I should be able to fight evenly!"

Nakiri Alice blushed at Leonora's words, and she said anxiously that she would never say that all this was caused by her laziness!

However, competing with Bai Yuan has always been her wish.

"But in this case, there is still one person missing. In order to determine the winner, an odd number of judges is required."

As she spoke, Leonora Nakiri seemed to have thought of something, and a worried expression appeared on her face.

"Please ask Mr. Jonah to be the judge. That way there will be exactly three of us."

At this moment, Bai Yuan, who had been silent, spoke up and said that it was unrealistic to just pick someone from outside to be a judge. Instead of that, it would be better to let Jonah be the judge.

As Nakiri Alice's bodyguard and Shirafuchi's errand boy, Jonah's meals had improved significantly over the years, and he had also developed an excellent taste for gourmet food.

If nothing else, it was easy to be a judge in this competition.

Chapter 24 Buying bream, disputes will arise

After finalizing the judges for the competition, Shirabuchi went out with Nakiri Alice to buy sea bream.

Recently, a fishing boat discovered a sea bream habitat in the ocean, which has increased the number of sea bream in the local fishery market.

"Brother Bai, I'm at the market. I just got some fresh crucian carp. Would you like to order two?"

"Not for now, Milge. We are here to buy sea bream today. Do you have any channels? It would be best if they are alive and fresh."

As soon as the two entered the seafood market, a guy selling fish greeted them enthusiastically. Bai Yuan waved in response and asked him for information.

Although the amount of sea bream on the market has increased recently, its price is generally high and not affordable for ordinary residents.

Therefore, whenever sea bream is caught, it will be sent to larger seafood stores, and most of them are reserved in advance. If you want to buy fresh ones, you have to rely on your luck.