At this moment, Nene Kinokuni had already begun kneading the dough, her movements graceful and serene, exuding an indescribable beauty. The unique aroma of Soba gradually diffused into the air.
At this time, Erina Nakiri also arrived at the high-floor private room with Hisako Arato.
"Such astonishing technique! Rather than a chef, she's more like an artisan! It's impossible for Senior Kinokuni, with her slender physique, to make such forceful movements, right?"
Hisako Arato exclaimed in surprise.
"The key is in her lower body. By stepping, she transfers the strength from her waist and legs to her hands."
Erina Nakiri calmly watched the two on the Shokugeki stage and said, "The Kanda Soba Shop has been operating Soba cuisine for hundreds of years, and the accumulated techniques are incredibly formidable. If you want to directly compete with her in Soba, there's simply no chance of winning."
"Then… what should we do?"
Hisako Arato was startled and began to worry for Satou.
"I don't know either. I wouldn't have a very good solution if it were me. We can only try a different approach."
Erina Nakiri pondered for a moment, then shook her head dejectedly.
"Amazing!"
"Yes, as expected of Senior Kinokuni!"
"Let's crush the arrogance of this transfer student!"
The students below the stage couldn't help but shout when they saw this.
At this moment, Kobayashi Rindo and Kuga Terunori also came to the stage.
"Nene's flexibility is truly excellent; she's a genius."
Seeing this scene, Kobayashi Rindo wasn't very surprised, having evidently witnessed her dough-kneading technique before.
"Hey, Sumaki-chan, you must do your best, don't lose to this woman!"
Kuga Terunori, who had always had a tense relationship with Nene Kinokuni, shouted.
"Shut up! You shorty, get lost!"
Nene Kinokuni, who was calmly kneading dough, had a vein throbbing on her forehead. She turned her head and snapped angrily.
"Sumaki-chan, ignore this woman who's on her period! It's normal for emotions to be unstable during that time!"
Kuga Terunori continued to shout.
Nene Kinokuni's face turned pale with anger, and she really wanted to go down and fight that guy.
"Head Chef, don't let him affect your mood!"
At this moment, someone from the Soba Research Society below the stage shouted.
Nene Kinokuni's heart tightened, and she quickly calmed down. She looked at Satou coldly and sneered, "You and that shorty conspired, didn't you? But even so, in Soba, you absolutely cannot defeat me. Open your eyes and watch my technique in this area!"
"Yes, I see it. It's indeed very good."
Satou smiled faintly.
"You…"
Nene Kinokuni was stunned. After seeing her dough-kneading technique, Satou didn't seem very surprised at all!
"Because I already demonstrated it to him yesterday," Mimasaka Subaru said with a faint smile from below the stage.
Tadokoro Megumi, Yuki Yoshino, and others beside him were all sweating profusely.
Thinking of Mimasaka Subaru, that burly, rough-looking guy, dressed up as Nene Kinokuni yesterday, kneading dough with "elegant and quiet" movements, made their skin crawl.
"Oh? You know Nene Kinokuni's technique?" Kuga Terunori looked at him with a hint of surprise.
This should be a technique only passed down to the heir of Kanda Soba Shop, right?
"Oh, I once tracked Senior Nene Kinokuni for three months for simulation training, observing her cooking methods, but I didn't learn everything," Mimasaka Subaru said calmly.
This perverted experience instantly stunned Kuga Terunori, Kobayashi Rindo, and the others!
"This… this is like a textbook pervert! He spent three months stalking a girl!" Yuki Yoshino gasped.
Even Kobayashi Rindo and Kuga Terunori looked at Mimasaka Subaru differently.
On the other side, Satou was also preparing his dish.
However, he wasn't kneading dough; instead, he was adding Soba flour to eggs and milk, then stirring it with a whisk.
Satou, of course, knew that he had no chance of winning by directly competing with Nene Kinokuni on Soba.
But in the Soba domain, Nene Kinokuni wasn't invincible.
Soba isn't just made into Soba.
It's just that in Japan, when Soba is mentioned, people naturally think of Soba, and among all Soba dishes, Soba holds a dominant position.
Nene Kinokuni might be very strong in Soba dishes, but in other Soba dishes, she seemed relatively weaker.
Of course, to be an Elite Ten, one must have considerable achievements in any field and no obvious weaknesses, but for Satou, this was enough.
He quickly stirred the Soba flour in the large bowl, his movements extremely fast, and in no time, the pasty substance inside turned into a vortex.
"So fast! And not a single drop of batter spilled out!" Many students exclaimed.
Every student could do this stirring motion, but to do it so fast and without spilling any batter was not so easy to achieve.
"What astonishing speed and strength!" Senzaemon Nakiri's eyes flashed as he spoke.
Mimasaka Subaru below the stage also had a complex expression; his copied dish had been defeated so simply and roughly by Satou.
"Wait a minute, what he's making doesn't seem to be Soba?"
"That's right, what dish is he making?" At this point, other students also noticed the problem.
"I see, he found Nene's blind spot," Kobayashi Rindo below the stage realized.
"Blind spot?" Tadokoro Megumi couldn't help but ask.
"That's right, the theme this time is Soba, not Soba," Kobayashi Rindo said, "Although Kanda Soba Shop has been operating Soba for generations, their main efforts have been focused on Soba, and their accumulation in other Soba dishes, while not unfamiliar, is not as profound."
"I see, so this is the winning point?" Kuga Terunori nodded, "As expected of Sumaki-chan."
"I see, it's not Soba after all?" Nene Kinokuni was also greatly surprised, but she quickly calmed down and said coldly, "Even so, you can't possibly win against me. Because my Soba has already maximized the Soba flavor!"
Soon, both sides had finished their dishes.
The first to finish was Nene Kinokuni.
"Kinokuni Style Nine-Part Soba."
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