「 Mille Feuille de Fraise 」

After 30 minutes of preparing themselves, Akira and Kumai were ready in the kitchen, they had arranged the ingridients that they needed on the table.

Everyone is present and seated, except for Rentaro who just standing there, he kinda pissed but control his emotion pretty well, at least for now. While Akira just looking around, raised his eyebrows in confusion.

" Hmmmm... "

"Oh? What's wrong Akira-kun?" Mea asked, tilted her head.

"Emmmm, you said earlier that the number of judges must be in odd number, but why are there four of you?" Akira asked.

Mea just smiled indegenously when he heard that from Akira.

"Ah ~, don't worry Akira-kun, Ren-chan is here just as a spectator, irrelevant, ignore him~ just cook for three of us."

Blue vein popped out of Rentaro's head.

" Fu*k you mea!!!" Rentaro yelled as he tried to strangle Mea by the neck, he had enough with her shit.

"I'm just joking Ren-chan, you're too serious. You'll still get your parts, don't worry." Mea giggled with Rentaro's funny response.

"Tsk, do what you want." Rentaro said before he also sat beside Mea. Mea complaining but she can't do nothing about it.

After that, Kazune then stand up and opened her mouth.

"Alright, both participants prepare, the duration is 2 hours, Shokugeki ... Begins !!!"

Immediately after Kazune said that, Kumai had begun to cook his dishes, while Akira just casually wore his black headband before started moving too.

First, Kumai is seen inserting a special mixture into a flat baking sheet and is cut into the same size. About 8 x 8 cm.

Seeing what Kumai doing, Kazune commented.

"Hmm? Is Kumai making Puff Pastry? It looks like he made it by himself." Kazune murmured.

"That's right, it seems like he has prepared the Dough in the 30 minutes time that you gave earlier, Kazune-san" said Mea, still watching both participant carefully.

Kumai is seen putting various kinds of ingredients such as sugar, water, and an orange juice into a pan, then cook it over medium heat.

After it boils, Kumai then took those mixture and put it in a blender, he also add some strawberries, and blend all of it until it reach the right consistency.

He then whisking a cream using a balloon whisk in a fairly large iron bowl. After that, he was seen compiling all the ingredients into a single unit. He does everything so smoothly.

Meanwhile, Akira is seen stirring a mixture, mixed with various ingredients.

And seems to preparing some white material for the topping. He then put the dish into the oven and baked it at a temperature of around 200 degrees Celsius.

After that, the cooking process continued, and there are only a few minutes left for Akira and Kumai to serve their dish.

"10 minutes remaining!!!" Kazune yelled as she need to make sure that Kumai and Akira didn't overtime. But right after she said that, Kumai is already finished his dish and advancing towards the judges while carrying four trays that had a lid on top of it.

" Enjoying yourself? " Kazune said to Kumai.

"Of course." Kumai said with confidence, he then put the four trays in front of each person, including Rentaro of course, his eyes shine in happiness.

"Oh!! Thank you Shige, you are indeed my best friend." Rentaro with a big smile, then his face turned ugly and irritated as he turned his gaze to Mea and said.

"Unlike this bitch, right here. "

Mea just ignored him as usual, and the four of them began to open the lid that covers Kumai's dish.

When the lid is open, the four of them finally can see the true looks of Kumai's dish. Its a dish that is dominated by red and white, with strawberry slices on top.

Seeing that the four of them gasped, and Mea muttered.

" This is..- "

Before Mea could finished her words, Kumai continued and declaring the name of his dessert.

"Enjoy my dish. Mille Feuille de Fraise (Mille Feuille Strawberry)"

Kumai said in confidence. He looks pretty satisfied with his works.

"Woah ~, it looks very tempting, then without further ado, Itadakimasu~." Said Mea, she then cut a little piece of that Mille Feuille made by Kumai, and put it straight into her mouth.

Instantly the crunchy texture of Puff pastry, the sour and sweetness from strawberry and raspberry cream combined into one and give it an amazing taste in the tongue.

"Ah ~, this is amazing, Shige, you also added the Gelatin to the cream and the roughly minced strawberry into the mixture. It gave this nice sweet and sourness that came from the strawberry." Said Rentaro as he returned to the mouthful of Mille Feuille.

"That's right, I chopped the strawberries into finely chopped pieces and then added to the cream mixture along with sugar, salt, and 2 sheets of Gelatin, then stirred it using french whisk as i want the consistency to be thick enough but still light and didn't left that sour after taste." Kumai explained.

"In addition, the strawberry in this is also used to balance the sweetness. Perfect to be eating at night."

Kazune muttered, both of her hands on the cheek. Enjoying Kumai's dish so much.

*CRUNCH*

Mea who felt the crunch once more in his mouth then opened her mouth.

"Ummmmm ~, the Puff Pastry you made is very crispy, is there some kind of secret when you make the Puff Pastry Dough?" Mea asked, devouring every single bite of Kumai's dish into her mouth.

"I'm glad you noticed it. That's right, I made the dough with freezing temperature, besides making the batter not easily damaged and stale, the puff pastry will get crispier when you baked it. I also add a little bit of vinegar to the mixture. There is actually nothing special except maybe the fact that use a special fat... " Kumai said, he still looks creepy, but his tone brought a lot of confidence.

"Special fat?" Mea tilting her head.

"That's right, the fat i'm using is a mixture of animal and vegetable fat. "

"Ohhh, so that's how it is."

After eating a few spoon of the mille feuille, Rentaro then checked the white layer above the Puff Pastry, and slightly tasted it by its own.

"Hmm? This seems to consist of sugar and orange juice." Rentaro said after he found out

"That's right, I also added a little touch of hot water and sprinkled it with an irange zest to give it like an orangy, tangy taste to it. That's how i'm perfected this Milleu Feuille de Fraise." Kumai declared as if he's win already.

Then the four of them continued to eat Kumai's Mille Feuille until its completely finished. There is nothing left on their plate. Kumai then turned around and opened his mouth as he trying to intimidate Akira.

"Look at that, transfer student. That's the level of Totsuki second year, I hope you finally understand the gap between yourself and me. But you must be proud because you lost to my Mille Feuille- "

" Senpai, you talk too much. "

Akira cut Kumai off with a cold look on his face. He has finished the cooking process and the plating. He then walking slowly towards the judges with a tray on his hand, before distributing all the five plates on the tray to everyone.

"I also made it for you, be sure to enjoy every but of it cause you won't taste anything like this ever again in your life." Akira said with a pride and big smile on his face.

It pissed Kumai surely, he has a subtle changes on his creepy expression. Because he thought that Akira is being disrespectful. Even though that's just make him a hypocrite basically. Everyone is also kinda surprised when Akira said that, they know he is very full of himself before but not at this degree.

But, thats not the main focus. It's what Akira's dish gonna taste like. Its in front of them, covered by a lid just like Kumai. The five of them then slowly lift up the lid and when they see what is inside, their eyes widened in shock.

""""" The fuck!!!??? """""

Akira then stretching his hand and said.

"Behold!"

He looked at four of them in a cold look before finished his words. Declaring the name his dish.

"Tarte Meringue, Vagues de l'ocean. "