Chapter 518 Erza: I want to win the championship fairly!
Kira didn't know why Erza appeared here, but in this situation, the reason was no longer important. He just hoped that nothing would go wrong in the next game.
Erza on the stage was wearing an exquisite and hot lace hollow cook's outfit, with her fiery red hair tied up high. She was holding an 80-centimeter-long ladle and concentrating on cooking delicious food in front of the stove.
Even without armor, she still looked heroic and looked like she was treating the arena as a battlefield.
Thinking of the time when Erza was in Kiltina and participated in the "Dessert Competition" without hesitation, Kira couldn't help but secretly complain, "This girl really likes to join any competition..."
"But I am the same!"
In this regard, Kira has a clear understanding of himself. After all, he also likes these activities, otherwise he wouldn't always hold competitions. Isn't it all for watching the fun?
"Since Erza is here, then Natsu and the others should be here too?"
Thinking of this, Kira swept his eyes from the stage to the audience, and finally found those familiar figures in a corner of the crowd.
The restless Natsu, the drooling Happy, as well as Lucy, Gray, Wendy, Xia Lulu and others, all of them are present. In addition, there is also Brandish who brought them here as a tour guide, and Timaria who looks no different from the third party between Lucy and Brandish, but is still deliberately trying to seduce the little loli Wendy.
"How did these two get together with Erza and the others?" Kira was surprised.
Just then, several people noticed Kira's gaze and turned to greet him with a warm attitude, just like they were in the guild.
However, seeing their attitude, Kira's heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling came over him - the last time he had this feeling was when his small treasury was spent by Urrutia a few days ago.
After waving, nodding and smiling stiffly to Natsu and the others, Kira suddenly lost all his sleepiness and paid full attention to the changes around him. This was the limit of what he could do now!
This is the Albares Empire, not Magnolia! The people here have no idea of the destructive power of the Fairy Tail wizards, and the stadium has no defensive measures. If Natsu, Erza, or Gray accidentally start a fight, that scene...
Tsk tsk… this city can’t afford it!
Erza was one of the 77 people who passed the first five levels. At this moment, she saw that Kira had discovered her, so she turned around and gave him a faint smile.
Kira's gaze pierced through the air dozens of meters between the two of them, and he immediately received Erza's silent words: "Don't cheat! I want to win the championship fairly and get the honor based on my real ability!!"
Ever since returning from the last dessert competition, Erza has gone to the most famous restaurant in Magnolia to learn every three days. She has also practiced her knife skills and her cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. Therefore, she is fully confident about this competition.
As the 'Fairy Queen', she will never fall in the same place twice.
Based on real ability?
Kira's mouth twitched, and he roared in his heart: "Are you kidding me?! How can you, a half-baked cooking enthusiast who is a main magician, compare with a group of chefs who are immersed in cooking?!"
But on second thought, Erza can make it this far, it seems that she does have some skills, and this also shows that the chefs in several nearby cities are likely not very skilled.
From this perspective, the level of this first edition of God’s Glory seems a bit high...
The questions in the previous five rounds were decided by audience votes and covered a wide range. It is difficult for a chef to cover all aspects, so many people were eliminated.
This is actually not difficult to understand. For example, some chefs are good at cooking seafood and advance to the second level, but they may stop at the third level because they are not good at cooking meat. This does not mean that their cooking skills are not good, but they just happened to encounter an area they are not good at and were unlucky.
But the remaining chefs who were able to pass five levels in a row were undoubtedly experienced. Even if they did not surpass others in any one aspect, at least the average level of each level was qualified.
If we use learning as an analogy, then these five levels are to eliminate those who are not good at one subject. Even if a student can get full marks in math, but fails in English, he will still fail.
In comparison, the next three stages are to select the best talents in a single subject.
Kira came as the mayor's assistant to represent Irene. He is an official figure and the main person in charge of this competition, so he is naturally the first person to ask questions.
"Ahem... My topic is 'Ramen', and the time limit is also 20 minutes!"
If you were to ask which anime has the most famous ramen, it would definitely be Ichiraku Ramen from Naruto. The ramen in the Fairy Tail world is not only mediocre, but it can only be said to have no highlights.
But this is not surprising. This is not a food anime, and ramen does not provide spiritual or material needs for some of the protagonists, so naturally it is not famous.
When it comes to ramen, dough, knife skills, broth and seasoning are the four most important things. The ingredients used in this competition are all provided by suppliers. Even if some of the chefs have some magical secret recipes passed down from their ancestors, they cannot use them. Therefore, this is the most basic test.
Soon, portions of steaming hot ramen came out of the pot. The boiled noodles were thin, tender and smooth. The chefs exposed them to the air to cool fully. After draining the original juice, they were swirled into a ball and poured into a bowl. A few pieces of meat slices, fish cakes and eggs were added, and seasonings such as chopped green onions and coriander were added. Finally, the essence of ramen, the soup, was poured in.
The rich aroma immediately caused the audience to howl - their stomachs howled - with Kira howling the loudest.
Kira was so moved that he almost cried: Finally...finally there is something to eat that will fill you up!!
He thought that as a judge today, he would be able to enjoy all the dishes of the famous chefs around him, so he came here without even having breakfast. Who would have thought that he has not had a full stomach since the start of the competition! !
Although he had tried many dishes before, in order to maintain his image, he only ate a small bite of seafood, poultry, meat, fried rice, and fruit each time, and never felt full! !
In order to fill the emptiness in my stomach, I had no choice but to eat something like ramen, which was very filling .
As the ramen goes down with the soup, an indescribable warmth instantly spreads from the stomach to the whole body. It is a wonderful feeling like drinking sweet spring water in the desert, eating hot pot in the snow, and encountering light in the darkness.
After eating the ramen, strength continued to surge from his body. Kira was immersed in the happiness of having his hunger satisfied, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
But on the other side...
"Contestant, I'm very sorry, you've been eliminated!"
The gourmet assistant looked at Erza's bright red hair with curiosity, but said the most cruel and heartless words in the world.
“Why… is this happening…”
Upon hearing the news that she was eliminated, Erza was instantly petrified. An expression of disbelief and surprise was frozen on her pretty face, which was stained with two drops of brown soup. She was speechless for a long time.
In the audience, Brandish and Dimalia were laughing, Natsu and Gray were sighing, Lucy, Wendy, and Xia Lulu were feeling regretful, and Happy was crying.
"The judges think that your control over the heat of the noodles is not good enough. Look, the noodles here are all connected together, and this piece is not cooked yet. Such food is not up to standard!"
"No... Not qualified..." Erza murmured softly, losing her strength and falling backwards.
"Yes, it doesn't fit... Eh?! What's wrong with you, contestant?! Doctor! Is there a doctor?!"
Erza left before the doctor arrived. Although it was a pity that she didn't win the championship, she had to accept the fact that she was eliminated. As the "Fairy Queen", she was not someone who could not afford to lose.
As Gray and the others couldn't stop laughing, Erza was reluctantly pulled off the stage. Before leaving, she cast a resentful look at Kira.
Kira, who was eating noodles diligently, suddenly shuddered.
"Why do I feel a chill on my back... Never mind, it's more important !!"
