One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

Normally, the foreplay should have ended by this point.

But unexpectedly, the host suddenly changed the subject, "The people we're about to invite are very special, because they are special judges randomly invited by our food festival organizing committee from among all the customers!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Abel made a dazzling entrance with Baby-5 and Buffalo, and then walked confidently to the seats that had been reserved for the five judges.

The scene was in an uproar!

"Three kids as judges? What's going on?!"

"Who says otherwise? This isn't child's play; it's practically a joke."

"Did I hear that right? These three children were randomly selected from all the customers?"

"Huh? I think I've run into them before. Weren't they together?"

……

Amidst the noise, the host first wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then forced himself to remain calm and said according to the pre-rehearsed lines: "I know everyone must have many questions, please let me explain."

"Our organizing committee has always believed that the purpose of holding a food festival is to reach the public and bring delicious food to every guest."

"But we are very uneasy about losing everyone's participation on such an important day as the final selection."

"Therefore, at this year's food festival, we decided to add a special judge's seat, which will be filled by three lucky audience members who will be selected completely randomly, so that everyone can participate."

"Also, please don't worry about the professional aspects. The special judges have no scoring authority; they can only give a rating of 'delicious' or 'bad' after tasting your dishes, without any points being awarded. Therefore, whether or not to consider the age and preferences of the special judges is entirely up to the participants, and you can completely ignore it."

"Our organizing committee believes that the chefs who win at our Beihai Food Festival must be the strongest ones who can win over all the judges!"

The host's words completely dispelled the viewers' concerns and greatly aroused their interest.

After all, these 'special judges' actually represent each of them, although the fact that they were all randomly selected as children is highly questionable and raises suspicions...

But at least the starting point was good, and it added a lot of interesting points.

That would be really interesting if a dish that all five judges were satisfied with ended up being rated "disgusting" by a "special judge"!

Although the audience was excited, the chefs participating in the competition all wore bitter and resentful expressions, extremely depressed.

This temporary 'special judge' may seem useless, but in reality, he has presented them with a huge challenge!

Chapter Sixty-One: Acrobatics and Poisoning

According to the previous rules, each contestant only needs to make the dish they are best at and most confident in, and several professional judges will give the fairest judgment.

However, with three more children becoming 'special judges,' they had to consider the differences in tastes between children and adults!

Although the host just said that the 'special judges' do not score and do not affect the judgment of other professional judges, they can be ignored.

But the question is, who can ignore it, and who dares to ignore it?!

The 'special judges' represent all the guests present!

If a chef doesn't care about the preferences and tastes of his customers, then even if he makes something incredibly delicious, the professional judges probably won't give him a high score.

This is a matter of principle!

Therefore, they must produce a dish that can be recognized by both professional judges and praised as delicious by these three 'special judges' in order not to ruin their reputation.

This significantly increases the difficulty level.

"Damn, the organizing committee this time is really weird. They actually came up with such a tricky angle to increase the difficulty."

"Who can argue with that? It pleases every guest and adds to the entertainment value. If I weren't a contestant, I'd definitely be waiting to watch the show right now."

"Now I'm sure these three special judges, who are so young, were specially selected by those bastards on the organizing committee."

"I second that, otherwise what a coincidence!"

"Blanching! What do kids like to eat? Should I make desserts? But I don't know how!"

"What's your hurry? Old Wang next door, who specializes in spicy food, hasn't said anything yet."

"Hey Lao Wang, aren't you going to say something?"

"What should I say? A withdrawal speech? I've already thought of one."

"..."

Those present could never have imagined that this was entirely a result of pure chance.

In fact, this "special judge" was forcibly set up by Abel and Senor, who were using the Don Quixote family's name as a cover!

Since those professional judges are hard to move, then I won't move either. At worst, I'll just ask the organizing committee to add another seat!

His only goal was to eat the food selected in the final competition; he didn't care who won first place.

If the girl he scared away last time were still here, he might have been able to find a way to support her, but since she's gone, he'll just have to let it go.

The organizing committee of the food festival was terrified when they heard the words "Don Quixote Family".

I didn't even dare to verify it, and quickly agreed to their request.

If the other party is genuine, then of course everyone is happy, and it's as if nothing happened.

Even if the other party is an imposter, there is no loss; it's just a matter of having a few more tables and chairs.

But who in Beihai would dare to impersonate a member of the Don Quixote family, just for a couple of bites of food?

Is it worth it?

That's why what just happened occurred.

As for bringing Baby-5 and Buffalo...

Firstly, after hearing about it, the two insisted on coming.

Secondly, Abel also felt that he might have overestimated his own thick skin, so he simply dragged the two of them along to share the public's attention.

He had originally planned to bring Señor along, but the guy decisively refused, saying that "a real man doesn't show off like that!"

If they don't come, they don't come. Abel doesn't care. Anyway, he won't get any good food. As long as he doesn't regret it.

Soon, amidst lively discussions, the final judging stage of this year's Beihai Food Festival officially began!

Each of the ten people started showing off their skills based on their own ideas and understanding.

Some people can cut all kinds of side dishes with just a flash of their knife, while others can even carve tofu with a small knife.

Many people watched it with great interest.

But the most eye-catching figure was a bald, burly man.

The chef, who looked more like a butcher, was shirtless and had two thick, long chains strapped to his back.

He took out two huge iron balls, tied them with iron chains, and then, amidst gasps of surprise, began to swing them around.

As the two large iron balls swung rapidly, they suddenly burst into flames!

And so the two large fireballs began to tumble and fly up and down, attracting a lot of attention.

"Amazing!"

I was completely mesmerized by Baby-5!

Abel was also dumbfounded. Was this cooking or a juggling act?

Then everyone smelled an extremely strong odor, and many people were choked by it and their eyes welled up with tears.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an ordinary-looking middle-aged chef.

The middle-aged chef, seemingly provoked by something, was frantically throwing all sorts of lethal amounts of chili peppers into the pot, as if he had given up all hope.

That smell completely overwhelmed any other odor present.

Moreover, it's unclear what kind of chili peppers this guy used, but when the smoke dissipated, it immediately triggered a chain reaction.

"Ouch! My eyes! They hurt so much!"

"What is this smell?! Cough cough cough, I can't take it anymore!"

"Who the hell is poisoning us? I'll fight you to the death!"

……

The middle-aged chef's dishes almost provoked public outrage, but he didn't seem to care.

Not only did they not care, they even went further.

"This is the Death Pepper that my master brought back from the Grand Line. It is said that just one bite can instantly knock out a young and strong adult."

"If I eat it all... I'll die!"

His senior brother died from a perforated stomach after swallowing one whole because he didn't believe in superstitions.

When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor told them to go to the cemetery as soon as possible so they could get a good spot.

The middle-aged chef took a deep breath and threw the brightly colored Death Pepper directly into the pot.

In an instant, a terrifying spicy aroma, permeated with the scent of 'death,' swirled above the pot.

Some people even saw a skull formed from the smoke...

"Come, let me show you the ultimate culinary art my master has dedicated his life to researching—the Devil's Feast!"

The middle-aged chef seemed to have broken down, letting out a very eerie laugh.

The final competition had barely begun when the two people closest to the middle-aged chef announced their withdrawal, foaming at the mouth.

And if this continues, others will probably follow in their footsteps sooner or later.

Abel was shocked to see this!

I didn't do anything, but I missed out on two delicious dishes.

So he immediately gestured for the host to come over, and then gave a stern speech.

After hearing this, the host immediately went to find someone from the organizing committee.

The organizing committee took Abel's reaction very seriously and quickly found workers to isolate the middle-aged chef in a separate space using wood.

During this process, at least five or six workers collapsed.

It was only after a moment of inspiration that they managed to get a few gas masks on the spot, and that solved the problem.