"You... you just wait and see!"
Looking at Dylan, who let out a long breath and whose face was full of relief, Jessie staggered to his feet and pointed a finger at Dylan's nose before finally spitting out those words.
"Of course, I'll wait and see. I just don't know if your cooking has the power to make me willingly admit defeat."
Dylan looked at him with a mocking expression, as if looking at a clown. He had asked someone to buy Jessie's dishes from his restaurant, tasted them, and replicated them.
He had some skill, but not much. Anyone from the underground cooking world could easily beat him.
Therefore, Dylan didn't understand why such a weak chef dared to be so arrogant. He probably passed the top-class chef exam by fluke, which was also common. And his restaurant was only two-star.
"The space here is too small. How about we move outside? I happen to have portable cooking stations here that you two can use."
Dylan's sudden action startled everyone present, especially the fish shop owner, who was now a little afraid to meet his eyes.
"I have no problem. He shouldn't either. Let's do it."
"There's only one sea bream here. How are we going to divide it? If you take all the good parts and leave me with just the offal, I won't acknowledge the results of such a competition even if I lose!"
Looking at Dylan with resentment, Jessie clenched his fists and said in a muffled voice. With this guy's strength, he might very well do something like that.
Clearly a chef, yet he admired brute force. He was truly a disgrace to the culinary world!
"Don't worry, I wouldn't stoop to using such petty tricks against trash like you."
Dylan glanced at him disdainfully. He had built this physique to make idiots talk to him calmly and reason with him.
Of course, whether they were willing to listen to his reasoning was his decision.
As for relying on force and playing petty tricks? In cooking, the only word in his mind was fairness. He was even willing to provide the other party with more favorable conditions to increase the difficulty of the competition.
For no other reason than that winning this way gave him a sense of accomplishment! And this way, the gap between the two wouldn't be too big. A competition without suspense was the most boring!
Relying on scheming and creating unequal conditions to win a culinary competition was meaningless.
Thinking of this, Dylan looked around the shop and saw the fish-cleaning knife on the nearby cutting board. He walked over and picked it up.
"You... what are you doing?! This is a society ruled by law. Don't mess around!"
Looking at Dylan walking towards him with the knife, Jessie swallowed hard and retreated uncontrollably, wanting to escape the shop. However, he was tripped by Turpin, who was trying to get up from the ground.
"Ouch, what are you doing!"
Jessie cried out in pain and fell to the ground again. Looking at Dylan slowly walking towards him with the fish-cleaning knife, his face was full of fear, and his body kept moving backward, using both his hands and feet.
"Idiot."
Turning his head and glancing at Jessie, Dylan thought of himself when he had just transmigrated and cursed without politeness, then walked to the sea bream tank.
Without hesitation, Dylan reached into the fish tank, skillfully grabbed the one swimming most happily, and forcefully threw it into the air.
In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to him.
"What are you doing? Sea bream isn't for you to waste like that..."
Seeing Dylan's actions and the sea bream about to fall to the ground, the fish shop owner said with great distress. He had provided this sea bream for free to promote his shop's reputation, not for Dylan to ruin it!
However, before he could finish his words, a silver-white light flashed, and the lively sea bream in the air instantly split into two halves, landing steadily in the stainless steel basins on both sides.
At the same time, the sounds in the area abruptly stopped. The fish shop owner stared at everything in shock, looking at the sea bream halves in the two basins that were still 'lively and kicking', unaware of their death. He rubbed his eyes hard, unable to believe what he was seeing.
What astonishing knife skills was this? He could actually split the sea bream into two while they were still alive, and even the dorsal fin on its back was perfectly divided!
"Gulp."
Swallowing his saliva, the fish shop owner stepped forward to check. After seeing the half sea bream in the stainless steel basin, the shock on his face not only didn't subside but his mouth widened even more.
In the two stainless steel basins, the sea bream was perfectly divided into two halves. Not only the dorsal fin but also the internal organs, the middle spine, and the head were all divided into two identical parts!
Especially the middle spine of the sea bream, he had never seen a spine separated vertically and still remaining in the fish's body in his entire life. It was truly eye-opening!
"You choose first. Don't say I took advantage of you later."
Looking at Jessie, who was lying on the ground with a face full of disbelief, Dylan frowned and urged him. This guy had been lying on the ground since just now and hadn't gotten up. Was he trying to surrender because he saw how strong Dylan was?
"I'll choose first then! I want the left half of the sea bream meat. And by the way, cooking isn't just about having great knife skills!"
Dylan's astonishing knife skills made Jessie swallow his saliva. For the first time, he took this young man seriously. He had originally thought Dylan was young and easy to bully, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
However, what could a kid this young, even with some skill, be capable of? He was a well-established top-class chef!
"Amazing? This is just insignificant basic skill. As long as you polish your skills tirelessly day and night, anyone can do it."
As Dylan spoke, he looked at Alice Nakiri behind him, who was also surprised. The girl lowered her head in shame after hearing his words until he looked away.
The reason was simple: she couldn't do it!
"Then, bring out the cooking stations."
As Dylan spoke, he looked at the fish shop owner, Ang. Although his voice was calm, it still made Ang shudder.
"Okay, please allow us 15 minutes to prepare. We guarantee that the two of you can start the competition after 15 minutes. Mir, come over and help!"
"Okay, coming right away!"
Forcing a smile, the fish shop owner called out to his brother-in-law, asking him to help move the cooking stations from the back kitchen to the street outside.
As a seafood shop owner, he also took on the business of helping people process seafood and make seafood dishes. In terms of chef level, he was also a second-class chef.
Soon, with the efforts of the fish shop owner and his family of three, two cooking stations were moved to the street outside the shop, occupying the area in front of the door.
Because it was almost lunchtime, there were quite a few people outside the shop. However, because there was a conflict here and the noise was very loud, many customers who wanted to come in to buy seafood stopped in their tracks.
But now, they gathered again.
A culinary duel, especially in this public form, was undoubtedly the highest level of entertainment in this world that respected food.
In just ten minutes, twenty to thirty people had gathered around. Dylan and Alice Nakiri even had to squeeze through the crowd to get in.
However, this was much more interesting.
Standing in the center of the crowd, directly opposite was the head chef of the [Noyu] restaurant. Dylan suddenly found some of his old feelings returning, and he felt a little excited!
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