Food Wars: The Golden Hands

Please don't kill me about the story being slow.

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"If I win, you, Shinomiya Kojirou will work for me." Alexander pointed at Shinomiya with a serious expression.

His condition made everyone go nuts, This guy wants an Alumni, a Totski's graduate to work under him?!!!!

"Oy! isn't this too much?! this is not fair. If you want to get Kojirou to work for you even you being expelled and kneeling down isn't enough to get him to work for you for just one week." Hitoshi stepped forward and his closed eyes are opened now, this is a serious matter. This may be unofficial Shokugeki but Shinomiya's honor is on the line.

"It's not for you to decide." Alexander pointed Shinomiya and continued " Do you agree or not." he said.

Shinomiya adjusted his glasses and smirked " Such greedy kid..." he can't wait to show the kid his place " Let it be. If I lost I will work in your restaurant." he said, Shinomiya can't imagine a scenario where he is losing.

"Hmph!! proud geezer!! " Said Alexander almost starting another fight.

Doujima clapped his hands once bringing everyone's attention to him. " Then it is decided, a Shokugeki between Alexander and Kojirou will take place today, the match will be monitored by me and the judges will be Me, Chef Inui, Chef Hitoshi, Chef Mizuhara, and lastly Chef Donato who is not here currently. making it 5 judges in total." Doujima's aura turned to that professional one he had when he gave his speech.

"Is everyone okay with that?" he asked.

"No problemo." Said Mizuhara.

"Let's do this." Inui was excited about this whole thing, she doesn't know why but she is sure something unexpected is going to happen

"...." Hitoshi didn't agree or disagree, he only looked at Alexander with a blank face, he is really something!! calling a Totsuki's Alumni to work for him, this kid is something special!! he thought.

"Inui-san, can you please do us the honor and call for chef Donato after he finished his assignment?" Doujima requested from Inui, she is currently the one with the freest time.

"Okaay~" Se replied with a cheerful jump.

"Since we don't want to throw away the camp's program we will hold this Shokugeki after all of today's assignments are over. is this clear??" said Doujima, he went back to his desk and sat down, " This problem will be solved today's evening after we are done at the hotel's annex." he said.

Everyone nodded and understood the situation. Alexander turned to leave after everything was cleared, he still has one assignment today, surprisingly with chef Mizuhara.

'sigh~i just hope everything goes okay this time' thought Alexander ' I'm tired from running around.' he wasn't aware that this day was the worst day of his life, troubles just keep on following him today.

After Alexander went to his room to rest for a moment, he thought he will find his group here but it seems they have an assignment of their own. He took the chance to take a nap before his assignment, there is still one hour left.

Back at Doujima's office.

"God! I can't believe you Kojirou!" Hitoshi was scolding Kojirou about his recklessness and how he punched a student. If Alexander wanted he could even due him for this.

"Relax, Hitoshi, he is just a student, in the end, I will make him pay for it." Kojirou is sitting on a couch with his legs crossed, he seems to be taking this rather easy.

"I wouldn't underestimate him if I was you." Doujima said suddenly surprising the 4 chefs, he didn't take his eyes from his paperwork, he continued as he wrote something down " Does the four of you remember who was the person you went as stagiaires to??" he asked

As soon as he said that, the four chefs felt a shiver run down their spine, they still can remember her, that woman was about to end their career. She was truly a devil in a human form.

"T-There was no need to remind us of such a thing, Doujima-san" Mizuhara broke her character and faked a light laugh

"And besides, what does she have to do with this situation??" Inui was sweating heavily as she still can hear that woman's screams,

'You useless shit!!' ' Is your brain in your ass or what!!!' 'what's that piece of shit you're cooking!!!' 'Great job on f.u.c.kin my sauce!!!'

All these words are still echoing in her head as if she heard them yesterday.

"Nothing much aside from that Saiba Alexander is her son," Doujima said with a monotone voice. Immediately silent fell inside the office.

"C-C-can I not participate in this?? my stomach isn't feeling good," said Inui, she was trembling a little as she remembered Alexandra " I do not want to get in trouble with Shinomiya-senpai too." she said.

"Tsk..." Shinomiya clicked his tongue in annoyance, he too has a terrible experience with that woman but that doesn't change the fact he is still destroying her son. "It doesn't matter if he is the son of Alexandra-senpai or not, I am still going with we had planned," he said before leaving to do another assignment.

"Indeed, we have an agreement, and we should honor it." Said Doujima as he flipped the pages in front of him.

An hour later, Alexander woke up from his short nap by his mobile phone's alarm that he had set earlier, he washed his face and wore his white uniform and went down to his group.

On the 45th floor, Chef Mizuhara was the one responsible for their assignment for this day. Alexander met with Soma and Megumi who started throwing questions at him the moment they saw him. The students from his group are surprised more than anyone else.

"Don't worry, we've solved thing between us after talking with the general head." Said Alexander. He didn't want to continue talking, he is getting tired of this stuff.

"Then you won't get expelled!!" Said Megumi with a hopeful tone, her happiness is unmeasurable at the moment, she was happy that Alexander won't get expelled because of her.

"Don't worry, I won't...Let me go to my place." Alexander left the two who were happy and relieved that the trouble is gone now. They can finally put their heads on the bed calmly tonight.

After a few moments, Chef Mizuhara came in and greeted the students, " Good day to you all." she said, the students returned her greeting and wait for her to speak. But all she did was squat on the chair and look at them blankly with her Red-Violet eyes.

"E-excuse me...What should we do??" One girl stepped forward after the few moments of the awkward silence.

"Mizuhara snapped from her silent and said " Eh! I thought you got the news! " she said with a surprised face.

"What new!!" The students are freaking out again, is this another weird teacher with an impossible assignment!!!!!

"You only need to cook an Italian soup for me," she said, " I gave this to every group yesterday, you guys don't share news between yourselves!!!?" she asked with a confused face. Her assignment is simple, in fact too simple. The students sighed in relief as they can finally do something without working their brains out.

"Then what should we cook, Mizuhara-senpai, can you give us the recipe?" The same girl asked again on behalf of the whole group.

"There is no recipe, you will cook any Italian soup you can make." Mizuhara said in a monotone voice she pointed at the tables of ingrediants behind them "All kinds of ingrediants, spices, seasonings, and tools are there. " she said.

This assignment is simple, that's what they thought, they now realized something, they only knew a few Italian dishes!!!!

"Oi!! do you know any Italian Soup??" one student asked his friend

"No, we didn't start the soup lessons with Teacher Michael yet!!!" Answered his friend.

Students started to freak out again, the majority of them only know simple soup recipes and not sure if she will like them or not.

As if answering their questions Mizuhara remembered something and added " Ah!! If any of you presented me anything lower than a 2 stars hotel soup, he will be immediately disqualified and expelled." she said before returning to her low mode.

I know it!!! Most of the students felt despair now, the test is so simple and so hard. Most of the fools here rely on the recipes to cook since every day in school the teachers will give them the recipes of the dishes they'll be cooking, they'd never thought that this will come back to bite them later on.

But this didn't apply to some students who can remember recipes from the class or are Italians. This is like a walk in the park for them.

"The time limit is 1 hour!. Said Mizuhara. Like always the students raced for the ingrediants and tools, they got what they need and started the preparations. Although they got the ingrediants, most of them were just look at the ingrediants with a blank face.

"Now what!?" They thought.

Some students are already making their thing.

Alexander is in his kitchen cutting carrots and onions, he is planning on making [SPRING MINESTRONE SOUP], he was in his own world cooking without any problems.

In a large pot over medium heat, Alexander heated oil. Added onion and carrots and cooked them until they slightly softened for about 5 to 7 minutes.

Being done with that he proceeded to the next step.

Seeing people like Alexander, Soma, Megumi, and a few others working fine. The students who were with no recipes to work with started copying them, Each one chose someone to copy, surprisingly so many people choose to copy Alexander. Since he managed to survive Chef Shinomiya's trick then he must be great at what he is doing.

Mizuhara saw this but she didn't bother to stop them, in the end even if you copied someone's cooking there is no way they can all bring the same flavor. While Alexander is working with his own pace the others will have to wait for him to finish his moves before doing what he did. There will always be that delay of 5 to 15 seconds between Alexander and the others.

Alexander Added zucchini and cooked it for 2 to 3 minutes more. Seasoned it with salt and pepper, then added RAGÚ Old World Style Traditional Sauce, broth, and water. Bring it to a boil on high, then reduced the heat to medium-low and simmered it.

He Stirred in asparagus and pasta and cooked it until liquid is slightly reduced and pasta is al dente, about 12 minutes.

'I need to make a lemon juice' he thought, Alexander took off to get a tool to squeeze it out.

While Alexander is away, the students who were copying him were waiting to know what he was looking for so they can do the same. When they saw him getting a squeezer, they all ran to it to get it fast leaving almost all of the behind of the kitchen empty.

While everyone is hurrying to get the tool, two students were at the back at Alexander's kitchen, they used this chance to do their little mission.

"What should we do to him??" asked one of them, he had black hair and a scare on his cheek, it was from a fight he got in from the middle school.

"Eizan-sama said to wait for the last moment and try to get a chance to ruin his cooking. and this is it" Another boy with red hair that he dyed lately said to his friend. His eyes are sharp and narrow, they can be described as almost closed.

"But isn't this too soon, there is still over 15 minutes." said the black haired boy

"Don't worry. just watch..." The red hair answered with a giants shit-eating grin. He picked the salt jar and poured half of it in Alexander's pot, then they left before he comes back.

Mizuhara saw this but again, that wasn't her problem, everyone should watch his dish and she isn't their guardian. She just kept her low-mode and waited for the hour to finish so she can kick someone out. Although she had the urge to help Alexander because he is her senpai's and teacher's son but it wouldn't be fair to the others.

Once Alexander came back he was shocked with the scene he saw, his pot has stuff spread all over it. His cooking for the past 43 minutes went like this with salt. He looked around and two guys looking at him and laughing.

He didn't want to jump to conclusions but they were the only ones behind him and everyone is at the tools shelves, the first half is far down to do anything to him and not notice.

"Just hope it's not you.." Alexander put the squeezer down on the table and spoke to the two men behind him. " I don't like people messing with my cooking!" a dark aura surrounded Alexander's body as he was tempted to go and crush these two's skulls. But he realized he doesn't have much time left, only 17 minutes are left.

He quickly removed the salt and did everything he can do to remove all the salt from all corners.

'Should I use potatoes or sugar?" Alexander thought quickly as his brain is working with lightning speed.

The other students returned and saw Alexander cutting potatoes in small pieces not realizing what he is doing but still they copied him anyway.

Food like potatoes, rice, noodles, and pasta will absorb the salt and help thicken the soup. Since the closest to him is Potatoes Alexander used Potatoes, he didn't want to use sugar because it may destroy the flavor and add too much sweetness so he decided to just absorb the salt out using the potatoes.

Cutting the potatoes in small pieces will help to take the salt out in a faster way. When he tasted the pot earlier he noticed that the salt didn't spread too much and there is stim hope for him.

Alexander was racing against the clock, he would taste the pot each second just to make sure the salt level returned to normal.

The two boys from earlier are looking at him with somehow an uncomfortable look, Shouldn't he panic at the moment??!! they wondered at how can he be so calm in his current situation. They just added salt to his pot and he just proceeded to think about a solution.

"Oi! isn't this bad, he is using potatoes to take out the salt." the black haired boy with the scar said,.

In the whole training camp, they couldn't get into the same group with Alexander to try and get him in trouble due to the sudden decision of the teachers shuffling the groups each day.

It was decided that the groups would be fixed and the two of them should get in the same group as him using Eizan's help, but since Doujima was here they couldn't get anyone to help them out of fear from Doujima finding out.

And to their luck, they managed to meet him here. If they missed up here then no one knows what Eizan will do to them.

By this time Soma and Megumi had passed the assignment after presenting their soups so Mizuhara dismissed them, she has no use for students walking around the kitchen with no purpose.

After making sure that the salt in his pot is okay, Alexander smiled at his success and In the last few minutes that are left, he added peas. Removed the pot from the heat and stir in lemon juice he squeezed in between the salt tasting. Finally, he Garnished bowls with Parmesan and parsley.

He finished his dish and sighed but he still didn't forget to give the two behind him a death glare. He will remember this later.

Mizuhara who noticed this smiled, it seems he really isn't just a talker. If he could come out of this salty situation he is indeed the son of Alexandra.

"Here it is the Spring Minestrone soup, please enjoy it." Said Alexander with a smile. Mizuhara nodded and got her spoon out, she took one spoon to taste his soup, she was expecting some saltness at first but she couldn't detect any hint of any excessive salt. But in fact, she felt the ingrediants dancing in her tongue. It's as if a party is going inside her mouth. Mizuhara leaked a voice expressing her enjoyment.

She took his bowl and continued eating, she didn't want to let such hard work go to waste, it will be a shame.

After she finished eating, she wiped her lips and went to squat on the cair again with a blank face.

"Um..Er.I passed right??" asked Alexander, The Alumni in here are all strange.

"Eh? ah!! yes, you passed." Mizuhara said with a blank expression, its as if her previous expression from eating Alexander's soup were fake.

Alexander ran his finger across his hair and pushed it back.

'I'm done for today...' He thought, he turned to leave but he stopped when he remembered the two who played with his dish. he took out his phone and took a picture to get their faces. He then left.

'No one f.u.c.ks with my cooking!!!' Alexander had volcanos exploding inside of him. He was going to get his revenge on these two or whoever is behind that, but not now, later.

After Alexander left, there were still many students left. Most of them were the unlucky ones who decided to copy Alexander. They have Potatoes in their hands that they were cutting like Alexander, they didn't understand the purpose of such ingredients there, but after they understood, it had nothing to do with the soup.

They were stuck there in their places not knowing what to do.

"There is still 7 minutes left." Said Mizuhara in a low voice but it was clear to send chills down their spines.

On that day, out of 47 students, only 12 passed.

The Red-haired boy and the black-haired kid failed by the way. Their soups were thrown in the garbage can after the first spoon Mizuhara took.

"I asked for an Italian soup, not Swamp soup." She said to the two of them without any mercy.

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