"Yayako, you stay behind to take care of Miss Bai. I brewed some brown sugar ginger tea; give it to her to drink later." The moment the designated Mo Bai stepped out of the small courtyard gate, two girls, one large and one small, immediately ran out after him.
Between Miyamoto Yayako's mature beauty with her melon-seed face and Luo Ziyan's chubby, baby-fat round face, Mo Bai leaned towards the obviously more reliable former.
"Oh." Miyamoto Yayako's expression darkened, looking exactly like a dog whose owner didn't take it out for a walk.
"Miss Bai, come drink some brown sugar ginger tea!"
Ten minutes later, Bai Zishu stood in the small courtyard repairing the wall, while Miyamoto Yayako sat on the steps, happily sipping the brown sugar ginger tea.
"Miss Bai, are you really not going to drink some? It tastes quite good~"
Bai Zishu could only face Miyamoto Yayako with a smile; perhaps this silly girl didn't even know the specific efficacy of brown sugar ginger tea.
"Unexpectedly, there's actually someone who would brew this for me." Bai Zishu's faint tone betrayed no emotion regarding what she truly felt.
In the Hua nation, there were those who coveted her beauty, and those who avoided her like snakes and scorpions, but she had never seen anyone so—
—Intent on seeking death!
Brewing brown sugar ginger tea for a healthy girl?
Is he tired of living?
The stainless steel handle of the trowel twisted violently in her hand, mirroring her gnashing teeth expression.
"Miss Miyamoto, do you want to go find Mo Bai?" The smile that surfaced on Bai Zishu's face was dangerous and alluring.
"Of course I do!" Miyamoto Yayako stood up immediately, but then sat right back down. "But he told me to take care of you."
"...Is it me taking care of you, or you taking care of me?" Bai Zishu did not voice this hurtful sentence.
"Let's go, I'll go find him. If you follow me, aren't you also taking care of me?"
"That's right! Then let's go!" Miyamoto Yayako suddenly realized.
"...Did this former investigator miss adding points to something when leveling up?" The corner of Bai Zishu's eye twitched.
Standing on the judging platform of the large living room with Auxis and Chapelle, Mo Bai was still at a loss and overwhelmed.
How did he, an eighteen-year-old youth, end up acting as a judge for his peers?
At this moment, no one knew the bitterness in Zhang Yu's heart.
The one who should have been responsible for this exchange joint training camp between the two academies was Tōtsuki Resort's General Head Chef, Dōjima Gin. But unexpectedly, he went out to find a miko... and he went down.
After the boss went down, the second-in-command of Tōtsuki Resort, Deputy Head Chef Sena Hiromi, should have taken charge. But he had already gone down before Dōjima Gin. Even if he returned, with Sena Hiromi's personality of not working until his vacation was fully used up, he resolutely wouldn't take the post.
With the group leaderless, it fell to him, the Hidden BOSS who could command respect (emphasis added), to step forward—who would have thought that just to put on a trivial pretension, he would also damn well go down.
Zhang Yu, suffering from a stitch in his side, had a flash of inspiration while worrying about a scapegoat candidate, and thinking about it carefully terrified him.
The inducing factor for the first two incidents was entirely because of Mo Bai.
Finding a miko with Mo Bai—went down.
Drinking with Mo Bai—went down.
Showing off with Mo Bai—got a stitch.
This position seemed like a demon sword shrouded in an ominous aura; whoever took it would be unlucky.
And the true body of this ominous aura—was impressively Mo Bai!
"Hiss! This old man actually stumbled twice at the hands of an eighteen-year-old boy?!" Zhang Yu inadvertently spoke what he truly cared about.
From Zhang Yu's fear of the Daoist, it could be seen that he still firmly believed in metaphysics.
Thus, Mo Bai was designated.
"Anyway, he is familiar with the Head Chefs of various restaurants, and it was even exposed that he possesses the God's Tongue."
That was what Zhang Yu thought.
"Cough, cough, cough, I hope Chef Chapelle can hold out." Zhang Yu cast his gaze out the window, silently praying for Chapelle.
"Chef Mo Bai, these are the lines you need to explain."
"Oh, okay." Mo Bai took the papers Chapelle handed over, and after looking at them a few times, he was dumbfounded.
He hadn't expected that when Chapelle and Auxis stirred up trouble, they would be even more formidable than him.
"Is this serious?" Mo Bai couldn't help but ask.
The response he got was the simultaneous nodding of the two men.
"Alright." Mo Bai took a deep breath and went on stage.
"Please listen carefully. I will now begin the explanation for this joint training camp." Mo Bai silently mourned for this group of students in his heart, then stood expressionlessly in the center with the microphone. The dark crowd in the entire hall instantly fell silent. "The friendship and exchange accommodation training itinerary is a total of six days and five nights. Cooking-related topics will be assigned every day."
"Any student whose evaluation from the instructor of their group falls below the passing line will be sent to the waiting bus in advance, sent back to the academy, and expelled."
While the crowd of students gasped in cold air, Mo Bai changed his tone, and a smile appeared on his expressionless face. "Of course, that was the rule in previous years."
"This year is different from previous years. The students from the Phoenix Academy exchange group will join you to experience this joint training camp."
"Likewise, we have made some small reforms."
Smiling, Mo Bai made a heart shape with his index finger and thumb.
"Pfft, haha!" Some students off-stage couldn't help but laugh out loud. Bold girls formed hearts with their hands in return, and the hall was instantly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
"Alright, alright, everyone stop for a moment." Mo Bai made a pause gesture, but the smile vanished without a trace.
"This joint training camp—"
"The instructors will not evaluate whether the cooking passes or fails, but will give a specific numerical score. The passing line for the assessment is determined by the final average score of the entire group."
"That is to say—half of everyone present today will leave Tōtsuki Resort, be sent back to the academy, and be forcibly expelled."
The voice fell, and the large living room that had just been filled with a cheerful atmosphere became so silent that even the sound of breathing was incomparably clear.
Mo Bai could see the changes in every frame of expression on the faces of the students, who had just been laughing and talking, as if time had stopped. A sense of incomparable pleasure instantly rose in his heart.
"Eliminate half!?"
"Idiot, the real point isn't about eliminating half! The passing line is determined by the group's average score!"
"If you can't get a high score within the group, any mid-tier score has a possibility of being eliminated."
"And as people strive for high scores, the passing line will rise higher and higher over time. Scores that were originally safe might become unsafe."
"Chef Mo Bai, are you a demon!?"
The scene instantly spiraled out of control!
Various noisy sounds erupted from the crowd in an instant, accompanied by panic and uneasiness.
The students of the Phoenix exchange group looked at the panicked expressions of the surrounding students, calm and at ease.
The corners of Mo Bai's mouth hooked up in a strange arc, causing the little hearts of the Phoenix exchange group students to thump uncontrollably.
They faintly felt a bit uneasy.
"Of course, in the spirit of treating everyone equally, I, Mentor Chapelle, and Professor Auxis have reached a consensus."
The expressions of the Phoenix exchange group students suddenly collapsed; they felt a dark cloud looming over their heads.
"If everyone from the Phoenix exchange group fails to reach the average line, you will also be expelled from Phoenix Academy." Mo Bai did not disappoint the Phoenix students.
This youth—is a devil!
This sentence surfaced in the hearts of students from both sides.
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