74 Shivers!!

Please! Forgive my mistakes, they are not intentional and mostly escaped my eyes!

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Alexander looked at his station for his ingredients, since he was not here to hear about the theme, Totsuki's staff must at least provide him with the basic ingredients so he can make a dish in accordance with the theme.

And he was right, when he opened his station storage, he found his ingredients, he looked through them and checked if he still needs anything else

Most of his ingredients are there but the most important one and a variant of the theme of this battle is not there. Brown rice.

Alexander put his ingredients on his station, he turned to Doujima who was acting as the person in charge of being the MC and the one keeping things in order

"Excuse me, Doujima, can I go to the storage of the ingredients?" Said Alexander

Doujima didn't expect this to come from Alexander, but he didn't think too much of it "yes, you can, please return fast." He called for one of the staff and instructed him to escort Alexander to the storage

While Alexander is leaving, the other four judges had their eyes on him

"What's wrong with that punk? Did he forget something or what?" Tsunozaki Taki looked at Alexander with an annoyed expression "I hate this type of chefs the most." She said with her eyes shooting venom at Alexander

Inui tilted her head in confusion "what type?" She said while stretching her words

"The unprepared ones, they always bring disasters behind them in the kitchen..." Taki had a bad experience with people like that, so, seeing Alexander behaving the same way made her feel even angrier than before

"We are not here to express our opinions about them..." Koujiro said suddenly "...they don't work for us, as long as they deliver their dish, that is enough for us...Tsunozaki..." Koujiro gave his kouhai a cold glare "... Stop screaming in my ear and sit down." Koujiro ordered. Tsunozaki felt a shiver run down her spine, she was about to talk back but she was grabbed by Mizuhara by her shoulder

"Just...sit down," Mizuhara said calmly

"...Mizuhara-senpai!" Tsunozaki looked at her senpai and then shifted her gaze at Koujiro, she then gritted her teeth and sat down reluctantly

"Oh, here he comes!" Said Inui as she pointed at the door where Alexander was coming back with a small bag filled with brown rice

"Sorry for the inconvenient, Doujima." Alexander laughed a little as he passed by Doujima

"Don't mind it, it is your right." Said Doujima

Alexander put down the bag and started cooking.

As soon as he grabbed the cooking tools, his aura changed and everyone could feel it

And Soma wasn't an exception, he felt like there is a knife held in his throat. He shivered in fear and slowly turned back

But what he saw was only Alexander stirring butter and shallot in a large sauce pan peacefully

'Was it my imagination?' Soma thought

Alexander noticed his nervous eyes and asked " what is wrong? "

"Nah, nothing... I was just checking on you since you left the stage earlier." Soma said as he shook that expression off

Alexander smiled "I just went to grab some Brown Rice," he said

"You're using brown rice? I am using white rice in here" Soma told his brother about what he is using as ingredients

Alexander raised his eyebrow and smiled more "Are you perhaps making a Garlic Butter Rice?" He asked

"You can tell?!" Soma laughed casually not minding even one bit that his dish was exposed, that doesn't matter, after all, Alexander seems to be making something entirely different than him

" I am making a Lemon Brown Rice with Garlic and Thyme, so we will see who has the better dish...do your best!" Alexander said the last part with all honesty as he added his rice to the pan, after all, Soma will really need that luck. Alexander was not holding back at all...well, he was actually!

But he was using his flavor extraction skill, every ingredient he used in his dish was exposed to his golden hands thus making use of each of the ingrediants maximum flavor

Alexander added the stock, salt, and pepper. He covered it and let it simmer over low heat until the broth is absorbed and the rice became tender.

That went for about 45 minutes.

In the meantime, Alexander didn't sit idle. In a skillet, he heated the oil, garlic, thyme, and chili flakes over moderately low heat. Cooked it until the garlic is just beginning to brown, for about three minutes

Alexander shifted his gaze and relaxed a little as most of the work is done, he looked at his brother and tried to see what he is up to

Until now, the judges never moved their eyes from Alexander, there is something about that sudden change of aura that made them feel awe and respect, even the hot-blooded Tsunozaki and Koujiro.

For Koujiro, he felt this aura before when he battled Alexander, but he was too arrogant to even feel it in this way

Now that he cooled down and felt it in a neutral light. He definitely has to admit, there is a mysterious feeling to the way Alexander cooks

No sooner, Alexander added lemon zest and juice. Seasoned the Garlic with salt and pepper and then Tossed it with cooked rice.

He raised his hands signaling he had finished making his dish.

[Our first server will be Saiba Alexander, may the judges step into the arena and take their seats] Doujima called for his fellow judges as they came down from their high chairs where they could observe the stage clearly.

Doujima and the others took their seats as Alexander served them a tightly closed pot each.

Koujiro, Doujima, Inui, Tsunozaki, and Mizuhara could smell the faint breathtaking aroma from the closed the pot. They could not contain a hungry expression to appear on their face

Alexander smiled and reached for the 5 pots and opened them to let the hungry judges see the wonderlands!

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