180 BLUE - I Am Still Standing!

After his brief meeting with Tsukasa, Media channels and magazine writers assaulted Tsukasa and surrounded him for an interview. Alexander even saw some familiar faces. From the jest of it, Tsukasa was hot news and the light chefs' Ace against the Noir Chefs.

Uh- Hello! The guy who defeated him and 5 of his peers is just standing right beside him. Even Tsukasa's face turned red when he was being praised as the most likely to win chef. He chuckled awkwardly and tried not to look at Alexander. It is quite an embarrassment if you ask.

Having enough of this, Tsukasa excused himself and headed for the store.

Alexander chuckled and looked at his distancing back while he is making his way to the store. Takumi looked at him and spoke, "Wasn't the central showdown broadcasted on Tv? how come no one recognized us?"

Alexander shrugged his shoulder "Who knows, though, they are Media, Articles, and news about Tsukasa sells. So, you can't blame them." He spoke.

"Tsk! That's why I hate Media man! Always about money, their oath went down the hill." Takumi frowned.

"Don't sweat it, just get your dish ready." Alexander stretched his arms and spoke.

"It is halfway done." Takumi pointed at his station near the door of the store where something was on fire.

"Oh, you move fast, huh?"Alexander shook his head and walked to the store. Once he was inside he noticed many people walking around, some wear troubled faces, some nervous, and some so relaxed as if they were walking in their homes. Those were mostly Noir Chefs and the most skilled light chefs.

Soma got his things and went out running to start cooking. Ace was looking at the ice cream sections.

Alexander shook his head 'How can she be distracted by her sweets craving in the middle of a trial. how unprofessional!' He thought. He passed by the comic books section and one book caught his interest 'Hm? They have it here too? oh shit! it's the latest release!' Alexander laughed and took the book to read it.

(Spongebob) [30 Minutes Later!]

Alice came from behind Alexander and slapped him on the neck "THE HELL ARE YOU DOING??" she shouted.

Alexander dropped his book on the ground and grabbed his neck "God!! that hurts!!" He shouted, "What was that for?" Alexander looked at his girl with puppy eyes, but she was far from falling for his act now.

"What was that for? look outside, everyone is looking at you!" She pointed at the glass wall in front of them where everyone is looking at Alexander.

"Why?" he mumbled.

"Perhaps I should remind you that it has been half an hour since the trial started. Everyone is done or in the middle of cooking. And you are here reading comic books." Alice wanted to laugh from the absurdity of the situation. There are already 20 people who were disqualified and he is wasting time.

"Damn it! is that why you hit me? I tough the world is ending. There is still a damn hour left." Alexander frowned and glared at some Noir Chefs who were clearly mocking him.

He placed his book down and cracked his neck "What about you? are you done?" Alexander asked.

Alice crossed her arms and smiled "Of course, Me, Yukihira-kun, Takumi, and Tsukasa-senpai too. Only is left." she wore a proud face "Do you know how much my price tag got?"

Alexander shook his head and waited for her to continue.

Alice laughed "810$!!" she said. "Though. that idiot of Takumi was behind my tail just by 2 points with his 808$, your brother got 790$ while Tsukasa-senpai got a cool 900$"

Alexander froze in his place and was surprised "The fuck did you make your dish with, Caviar?"

"Hahaha!! aren't I awesome!!" Alice basked in his shock and then decided to leave him to be.

Alexander frowned 'What I hade in mind won't work anymore, I was just going for the 100$ mark, but now I can't fall behind." He then quickly thought of something to make. He toured inside the store and started collecting his ingredients.

Being done with that, he left the store and looked for his station. Takumi, Soma, Tsukasa, and Alice were sitting beside the table where Lanterby is sitting.

"Oh! You finally graced us with your presence?" Lanertby said when she noticed Alexander standing at the door "Your the first one to ever daze off during a trial of BLUE. You're as good as lost."

Not even giving her time, Alexander found his station and headed for "LISTEN WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING TO YOU!!" Lanerby shouted with a red face.

Alexander rolled up his sleeves and Preheated a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat while he Patted fish filets dry with a paper towel and lightly sprinkled lemon pepper seasoning on each side. Sprinkled the flour on each side of the filets afterward and shake it off any excess. Alexander moved swiftly, his hands didn't flinch when handling the fish filets. Though they were of low quality, he can make do.

'Cooking normally won't do...[Extraction] it is then." Deciding to harmonize the flavor of each ingredient with the others perfectly to bring out the Maximus flavor. Alexander added olive oil to the hot pan.

In 20 minutes. He was ready, a strong aroma traveled through the dark and cold night sky to everyone's nose giving them a light tease about what Lanterby is going to eat.

Lanterby was shocked 'He is still far away and the aroma of his dish is already making me feel this good?!!' she thought with her eyes widening.

Coming to her table, Alexander put his dish on the table and smiled "Eat up." No words were needed. He may be confident and arrogant when he says that if he put effort into any cooking, he is sure that it will come out as the best food in the world.

Lanterby couldn't utter a word as she saw the dish in front of her "This is ?" she mumbled.

"Seared Cod with Lemon Caper Sauce...Enjoy." Alexander spoke. Alice, Soma, Tsukasa, and Takumi all came behind Lanterby to see. They were already filled with jealousy that she will be the one to eat such a thing.

Though, it still hurts their pride.

Lanterby didn't waste any time and took out a fork and took a mouthful in. Her eyes opened in shock, her body trembled as he tastes buds danced in joy to taste such heavenly food.

"This, I can feel like I am on the beach!!!" She shouted. In her mind, she was a fisher that traveled the ocean for one single motive, to catch the fish, the same fish that is making her feel this good now.

Alexander smirked and rolled down his sleeves "Humph! don't get ahead of yourselves, I am still standing!" Alexander looked at every chef who was proud of his dish here and was confident to win this BLUE. His words addressed the light and dark chefs.

The message was delivered. Everyone looked at him and smirked 'Just wait! I will make you fall on my hands!' They all shared the same thought.

With a hand raised in the night sky in front of Lanterby. The words were spoken "1000 DOLLARS!!!" Lanterby shouted.

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