Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

The competition was halfway through, and although all the contestants were short of suitable kitchen utensils due to the "theft" in the waiting room, they were still busy preparing the dishes.

"There are still ten minutes left until the end of the competition. All contestants, please hurry up and cook!"

At the reminder of the host Siwei Te, all the contestants sped up the process. Among them, Musashi was still elegant. He was confident and calm as he gave orders to Tu Biao Ke.

"Painter, use 'Chop' on the berries you collected to add more flavor to my pancakes!"

As the painter chopped up more and more fruit and mixed it into the batter in the iron basin where Musashi was stirring it with a pestle, the chopped fruit pieces and juice became darker and darker in color as they collided with the batter, and the batter gradually turned into a dark brown color.

The host Siwei Te, who was patrolling on the scene, took a glance at the color of the batter in the Musashi iron basin, and a few sticky bubbles appeared and burst in the batter at the right time.

With an embarrassed look on his face, Siwei unconsciously moved away from Musashi's cooking table and spoke in a low voice.

"As expected of Maria Musashi, the dishes she makes always give people a sense of grandeur..."

Just as Witt left, Musashi also seized the opportunity, taking advantage of the moment when no one noticed him. He opened the takeaway seasoning box, took out a handful of red spicy seasoning from it, and then, in violation of the rules, secretly put the takeaway seasoning that was not allowed in the competition into the competition dish.

"The red powder in this box should be the spicy seasoning, right?"

After completing this series of illegal actions at lightning speed, Musashi continued to stir the batter in the bowl in his hand as if nothing had happened.

Musashi poured the seasoned dark brown batter with a little scarlet into small pieces of dough, then put them into the oven for the final baking.

As time went by, a delicious aroma continued to waft from the No. 20 cooking table at Musashi's location. As Musashi cut the cake into small pieces and put them into the oven for baking, the aroma continued to spread, making everyone present salivate.

The audience, judges, hosts, and contestants were all fascinated by Musashi's cooking. Unlike the audience, the other contestants swallowed their saliva unconsciously. In the absence of suitable cooking utensils, they also had to face the mental pressure of the seeded contestant Musashi. They were unwilling to waste a minute of the game, adjusted their state, and went all out.

In the audience, as the aroma of Musashi's cuisine filled the venue, Xiaoqing was also attracted by the aroma among the fascinated audience. However, after briefly coming to her senses, she felt that the smell was very familiar, so she looked at Xiaozhi who was standing beside her.

Xiaozhi was also fascinated by the fragrance like the audience around him. Xiaoqing gently shook Xiaozhi's shoulder and said.

"Xiaozhi, Xiaozhi! Wake up... Don't you think this smell is familiar?"

Xiaozhi, who was awakened by Xiaoqing, also recalled after Xiaoqing's reminder.

"Yes, this taste... is very similar to the "Secret Spicy Seasoning" guarded by the treasure owner Mililong in the "Big Pot Lake". It is protected by the treasure owner Mililong and a group of wild eating tyrants, so it should not fall into the hands of others. Could it be that there are others who defeated the treasure owner Mililong like us?"

Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing's discussion did not come to any conclusion. Papa, who was on the scene, also noticed a familiar smell, but he was so focused on cooking that he had no time to pay attention to it. In addition, Papa had the experience of vaguely noticing something unusual before, so naturally he didn't think too much about it.

"Three, two, one... the game is over!"

With the command from the host Siwei Te, the 30-minute cooking competition came to an end. The 20 chefs present stopped their actions one after another and managed to finish the cooking in time despite unfavorable conditions.

Siwei Te led Mr. Kujinpo, Steph Fry, and Lip, who were sitting on the judges' table, to walk among the twenty cooking tables on the field and began their tasting work.

After picking up the contestants' dishes, he commented on them one by one.

“The spicy meatballs stimulate the taste buds and increase appetite...but the dried bonito flakes seem not thin enough and lack texture...7 points.”

"This "spicy hand roll" is spicy enough to make you sweat a little...but the vegetables are different in thickness, which is surprising...8 points."

"I like this one, ...9 points."

"...Not fancy enough,...6 points."

As the judges continued to score, host Siwei Te said.

"Too, too amazing! In this cooking competition with the theme of "Spicy Flavor", among the five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, this flavor is the least likely to cause contestants to stray from the topic. Even under such excellent competition conditions, it is not easy to get low scores. Surprisingly, almost all contestants were deducted points by the judges not for the taste, but for the appearance, which is the most intuitive way to receive food information, and received low scores!"

"Also, among the judges this time is Ms. Lip, the leading model and makeup artist in Padiya. She is the most ruthless when it comes to scoring appearance! This is undoubtedly a disaster for all the contestants' scores!"

The scoring process was nearing its end. With no stunning works being selected, changes finally occurred as the final three contestants were approaching.

As the four judges approached the final three contestants - Papa, Dunzi, and Musashi - the audience's emotions were reignited in the somewhat dull performance venue.

First, the judges came to Dunzi's cooking table. The spicy dish served on his table was a bright red "Scallion Spicy Fruit Soufflé" dish decorated with a touch of green.

“So… so gorgeous!”

As a top makeup artist, Lip fell in love with the gorgeous appearance of Dunzi's soufflé dish at first sight. After all, among the contestants' dishes with unsatisfactory appearance, Dunzi's dish was beautiful in appearance.

"Not bad, Dunzi's dish looks gorgeous. The color scheme cleverly uses the red of the chili powder, the light yellow of the fluffy dough, and the cool color of the green onion shreds on the warm color scheme. The overall combination complements each other... I give it 5 points!"

After wiping the spicy powder from the corner of his mouth, President Kujinpo took over the conversation.

"That's right. I don't know why. All the contestants in this competition were penalized for the appearance of their dishes, but Dunzi cleverly used the characteristics of baked dishes such as soufflé, which can expand and shape, to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, avoiding risks..."

"In addition, the excellent sense of smell of the Mahua Dog was used to find the most perfect taste combination. In the spicy taste of the spicy fruit, a hint of the spicy taste of the "scallion" was highlighted, making the spicy taste more layered. This is also what I appreciate. I give it 4 points!"

The host Siwei said excitedly.

"Match point has appeared. The first high-scoring player of this competition is about to appear! The next score left for Mr. Stefley is..."

“I give it 3 points…”

"what?!"

The last judge, Mr. Stefley, gave a score that was far beyond the expectations of everyone present, causing them to raise questions.

Stefley continued to comment.

"Because..., I don't really like spicy food!"

This made the host Siwei ashamed and he continued to host.

"I see... I see! It seems that the judges' personal tastes will also greatly determine the final scores of each contestant. Dunzi's final score is - 12 points! He is already the first contestant to score in double digits among all the contestants present!"

The audience's enthusiasm was still high. The judges came to the next contestant, Musashi. When everyone looked at Musashi's cooking table, people's original emotions dropped to a low point.

In front of Musashi's cooking table was a plate of purple sticky pizza dotted with a little scarlet powder, and Musashi introduced it proudly.

“This is the dish I carefully prepared - the “Purple Chili Pizza”.”

Faced with this dish that did not score highly in terms of appearance, the three judges present were reluctant to taste it. However, the unexpected flavor emanating from the dish made the judges dare not underestimate it.

It was the host Siwei Te who broke the silence first.

"Contestant Musashi Maria's cooking is still as rough and unrestrained as ever! Please, our three judges, take the time to taste and comment on it."

The three judges, who were originally put off by the appearance, were attracted by the aroma at some point. When they came to their senses, each of them had a piece of pizza in their hands.

After solemnly swallowing their saliva, the three judges took a bite of the pizza in their hands. An unusual delicious taste hit their taste buds... and soon, the dish was eaten up by them.

Seeing them enjoying the meal, not only the other contestants and host Siwei Te were drooling, but even the audiences were staring with wide eyes, greedily watching the judges tasting the "Purple Chili Pizza", so their eyes were dry and filled with tears.

Xiaozhi and Pikachu who were present searched their dry eyes after staring at them and said curiously.

"What does the dish prepared by contestant Musashi Maria taste like?"

Xiaoqing beside her shook her head and said.

"I'm not sure, but the taste is really familiar..."

By the time Xiaozhi and Pikachu wanted to take a good sniff at the scent wafting through the air, the scent had already disappeared along with the CDs of the three judges.

Papa, who was also on the field, raised his hand to clear his nose. After a long period of adventurous life, he had a cold and his nose was blocked. Just as his nose was cleared, the smell on the field had dissipated from far to near.

Lip was the first to comment.

"Contestant Musashi Maria also used fermented baked goods as the food for this competition. Although the purple paste color may suppress my appetite, the taste was really amazing. I picked up the food and ate it all without realizing it... I give it 4 points!"

The next judge, President Ku Jinpo, was equally surprised.

"Indeed, this is a smell that makes people unable to stop... But what exactly is this smell coming from? It feels like a different smell that I have never experienced before. How is this smell made..."

Ku Jinpo then shook his head, came out of his thoughts, and continued his comments.

"The spicy taste is not too strong, and the multiple layers of rich flavor are amazing. I give it 5 points!"

Another judge, Stefle, gave the score.

"I like the spiciness of this, I give it 4 points!"

"In the end, Maria Musashi scored 13 points! She surpassed Dunzi's 12 points and became the highest score in the competition so far. She has basically secured the title of the champion of this competition... It all depends on the cooking of the last contestant, Papa!"

"Great!"

The excited Musashi was so happy that he opened the champagne at halftime. In the backstage, Kojiro and Meow Meow were also so happy that they hugged each other.

"It worked! It was worth all the hard work we put in to help Musashi..."

"Musashi must win this last "Taste Badge" meow, and successfully enter the "Cooking Competition" in Padiya, meow!"

All the audience's eyes followed the judges to the last contestant, and came to Papa's cooking table. On the table was a plate of lightly baked wheat fragrance, with a greasy glow on the bread, mixed with red onion shreds and green pepper rings, and the faint "sizzle" of the spicy sausage could be heard, and the fragrant butter slowly flowed down.

Papa's dish is the "Green and Red Pepperoni Butter Sandwich", which looks very appetizing, and is in sharp contrast to Musashi's previous "Purple Paste Chili Pizza", which makes Musashi somewhat dissatisfied and disdainful, and he secretly criticizes it in his heart.

"What's the point of looking delicious? I have the 'divine powder' to bless me. All of you can only run with me..."

After the three judges had tasted Papa's food, the scoring of the last contestant was underway.

Lip, who pays attention to the appearance of food, continued to praise it highly.

"The plain appearance does not affect the wonderful taste inside at all. The flaws are not enough to overshadow the merits. The rich layers are mouth-watering. I give it 5 points!"

President Ku Jinpo continued to comment.

"The spicy sausage is the main ingredient, with the richness of butter, the contrast between red onions and green peppers, and the soft bread baked at the appropriate temperature, creating a wonderful Maillard reaction."

"Papa's exquisite cooking skills, coupled with his partner, the Insect Saint's "divine power" to process the food, further enriched the taste... I give it 5 points!"

The voice of host Siwei Te rang out again.

"It's amazing! Both judges gave them full marks. The match point in the final competition fell on the last judge, Mr. Stefley, who doesn't like spicy food..."