I really can't control myself.

Chapter 3546: Faceless

When seeing Yukihira Joichiro appear, most of the audience did not recognize him. The status of world-famous chefs is quite high, and they often appear on TV and newspapers, so Yukihira Joichiro was questioned by some viewers because he was not famous.

However, most of the audience did not say anything. After all, his identity as the former second seat in Totsuki Academy was enough to explain a lot.

"Hello, Miss Fubuki." Yukihira Joichiro greeted Fubuki, and the atmosphere was quite friendly.

Fubuki nodded slightly. She had to say that she was enjoying the food battles these days. She could only say that she was quite used to this world dominated by food.

Before her, Fubuki wanted to be a hero, so she naturally liked to enjoy the flattery of others. And now, she was also flattered, but it was changed to cooking. The degree of admiration for chefs in this world was beyond her imagination. In the past few days, she basically enjoyed the treatment of a top star, and this feeling made Fubuki quite enjoyable.

She even had the thought from time to time that being a chef would be a good thing, but she knew that this was limited to this world, so she just had to enjoy it for a few more days.

"Today's Shokugeki rules are a little special." The host continued, "Both sides failed to implement the proposed Shokugeki theme. Today's Shokugeki theme will be decided temporarily by the judges on the spot."

The rules of the food battles have been somewhat different these days. Previously, some were proposed by the other party, and some were proposed by Fubuki herself. Previously, they were decided in advance, but today they were directly changed to improvisation.

Linton estimated that the reason for the impromptu decision was because the contestant, Yukihira Joichiro, had just returned at midnight yesterday. Yes, Yukihira Joichiro was traveling abroad to learn cooking skills and was called back at the last minute. Even if you notify him in advance, he will not be able to prepare anything.

Of course, the temporary choice of theme was also informed to Linton and the others in advance, so Linton naturally accepted it casually. After all, he was not the one participating in the food battle, so he was not the one who had the headache.

As I said, if you are awesome, you should brag about it. If you lose, the world will be destroyed.

"Mr. Linton, have you thought of a theme?" Nakiri Senzaemon next to him looked at Linton and asked. Linton was also one of the judges, so naturally he would ask for Linton's opinion on the theme.

"Whatever." Linton said the most difficult topic in the world, two words that could be called a nightmare.

"Well... let me think about it." Nakiri Senzaemon thought for a moment, then said, "How about this, I want to eat noodles today."

"Noodles?" Everyone in the audience was stunned. They didn't expect that Nakiri Senzaemon would come up with such a topic.

"We've been serving meat dishes for the past few days. Let's keep it simple today and make noodles." Nakiri Senzaemon explained briefly, then looked at the other three judges, "What do you think?"

"I think it's good." "Yeah, me too."

The other judges obviously had no objection, and they didn't dare to offend Nakiri Senzaemon. After all, Nakiri Senzaemon's status in the food industry is quite high.

"Oh? Speaking of noodles, I have an idea as well." Linton suddenly said, "Since you, old man, have proposed a theme, how about I propose one too, and let the two of them complete dishes that meet the themes we both proposed? What do you think?" "Oh? That's a good idea." Nakiri Senzaemon nodded directly. It feels fair that both sides proposed a theme. "Then you should also propose a theme, my friend."

"Since your theme is faces, then the theme I propose is... non-faces." Linton said with a smile.

"Huh?" Linton's words startled all the audience who were listening to the conversation. Isn't that what he meant? Are you playing the opposite tune? No, that's not right. Linton just said that the dishes should meet the themes proposed by both sides, but the problem is that these themes contradict each other, okay?
What is noodles that are not noodles? Is there such a thing? For a moment, everyone was unable to imagine what kind of dish this was.

"Non-face? Hahahaha, good, it is indeed very interesting." Nakiri Senzaemon was also stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed. He looked at the three judges next to him and asked, "What do you think of this theme?"

"I agree." "It's really interesting." The three of them nodded directly.

"What about you? Do you agree with this theme?" Nakiri Senzaemon continued to look at Fubuki and Yukihira Joichiro in the middle of the field and asked.

"No problem for me." Yukihira Joichiro agreed without much thought, although he didn't have a very clear idea in his mind at the moment.

"Me too." Fubuki was a little speechless, because she was the only one who knew that Linton was obviously ordering food, okay?

"Then the theme of this Shokugeki competition is... Noodles, Non-Noodles." The host continued, "I now declare that the Shokugeki competition has begun!"

One thing that was not mentioned in this food battle is the issue of betting between the two parties, but in fact there is a bet.

The requirement of Totsuki Academy has always been to let Fubuki join Totsuki Group directly, and their bets are some economic and interest-related matters. Of course, these things are all agreed upon by Asuna and Totsuki Group, and Linton is not very concerned about the details. After all, he is just here to have lunch, and it doesn't matter what the other party is betting on.

For the academy, although the assets at stake are a lot, they are not very important compared to the academy's reputation, which is beginning to collapse. They are already under great pressure, but if they can beat Fubuki, she will join the academy, and the reputation they lost before will naturally be earned back, which is why they take it so seriously.

As the competition officially began, the first step for the two was to choose the ingredients.

In the past, students had to prepare their own food for most of the food battles, and the academy would not provide any. But for Fubuki's food battle, the academy promised to provide any food.

After all, Yukihira Joichiro only came back at midnight yesterday, so he didn't have the time to prepare the ingredients himself, so he just let the academy provide them for both sides.

The two of them went directly to the food area next to them, where many common ingredients had been prepared. Of course, if there were special needs, they could just tell the staff on site and they would immediately find a way to prepare it.

"Both sides' contestants have started to choose their ingredients. Let's see what kind of ingredients you two will choose to complete this food battle." The host was also reporting at any time, "Unexpectedly, neither of them reached for flour or other ingredients right away. Instead, they both walked towards the fish and seafood area at the same time!"