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PsyDuck: "Quack?"
after that.
The chef set out on his journey again and came to Aromatherapy City.
The process is still to taste the local food first. The fungi and spices in Aromatherapy City are very famous, which has greatly improved the chef's skills in using spices.
But unlike before, he did not rashly break into the kitchen to challenge the chef there.
After all, he had the unanimous approval of the other gym leaders, so he didn't need to prove himself through self-destruction.
at the same time.
In addition to continuing to hone his cooking skills, he finally began special training for Pokémon.
Kashiwagi was almost in tears.
The talented chef actually had a day to train Pokémon, and it almost made people think that he didn't need to do anything and could easily defeat eight gyms and dominate the conference.
After defeating the gym in Aromatherapy City, the chef came to Fengxu Town, where the climate is cold but wheat-based foods have a unique flavor.
And here he met his sixth Pokémon——
Coal turtle.
[You have tamed the coal turtle and obtained the coveted fierce stove - your traveling companions have increased]
High flame stove...
Indeed, the only thing between a chef and a Chinese chef is a high-fire stove with blue flames.
Apart from the fire-breathing camel with two stoves, the only other thing in the world that meets this condition is the coal turtle that can carry a pot on its back. It is simply a fateful encounter.
Kashiwagi didn't know what to say.
But since Coal Turtle joined, the chef's cooking skills have indeed improved again, perhaps he has mastered a special technique called "wok qi".
on the other hand.
Psyduck still hasn't evolved, but he successfully passed the seventh gym, the Psychic-attributed Hyaku-ke Gym.
Where exactly is the difference?
When Kashiwagi was guessing, the head of the Hyakukei Gym, Miss Geji, who had the ability to predict, explained the reason to him through narration.
[You learned from Geji that Psyduck and you have different bodies but the same heart. The reason why it hasn't evolved is that you still have unfulfilled obsessions.]
PsyDuck: "Quack?"
The fat yellow duck shook its head in confusion.
Unfulfilled obsession?
Kashiwagi was stunned for a moment. After the chef clarified his own goals and the direction to move forward, what else could affect Psyduck's obsession?
Seeing that the chef in the picture was stunned for a long time, he realized that the matter might not be simple.
-
Ge Ji's words did affect the chef to a certain extent.
As a result, he was unable to fully display his fighting power when he challenged the eighth gym - Yingxue Gym.
To tell the truth.
Kashiwagi was a little nervous.
Because Yingxue Gym is the second gym leader besides Sala Gym who can use Mega Evolution, and it is also the place where Zhiwa transforms after being greatly deflated.
Unfortunately, Psyduck did not transform here, and the battle process was a bit difficult, but because the gym owner did not let his Blizzard King super evolve, the final badge was also obtained.
The chef successfully qualified for the conference.
Chapter 102 High Reward (Thanks to my really cool name
What is the chef's obsession?
Before Kashiwagi could hesitate for too long, the chef who returned to Miare City revealed the answer through narration and black and white flashbacks.
Simply put, two words -
【family】.
The chef is not a helpless orphan. On the contrary, his family is very wealthy and his father is the president of a large company.
But the company's main business is very interesting.
It's a pre-made dish.
That is, convenient food that is centrally produced and scientifically packaged in a central kitchen according to modern standards, including but not limited to ready-to-eat, ready-to-cook, ready-to-heat, and ready-to-serve types.
It belongs to the hottest catering industry in Carlos nowadays.
Chef's House is the leader in pre-prepared meals, not only selling them in the Kalos area, but also spreading them to the outside world.
Naturally, the chef's father hopes that the chef can inherit the business, but the chef, who has lived with his grandfather, a professional chef, for many years, stubbornly believes that some pre-prepared dishes are heretical.
'This kind of thing only makes people unable to distinguish between good and bad food, and has no meaning at all.'
At the same time, he believes that those Western chefs who graduated from Western food training schools are more like machines than chefs, always preparing a dish with the same ingredients and the same heat.
It's only natural that it's been replaced by pre-prepared meals.
So after falling out with his family, he resolutely took the wok and iron spoon passed down to him by his grandfather and went to a Western food training school in the hope of making a different world.
Unfortunately, he thinks too highly of himself and is bound to run into obstacles everywhere.
When he had a falling out with his family, he also expressed his ambition to make a name for himself and quoted Zhimi's classic quote.
"Only by constantly worrying, researching, absorbing knowledge and practicing, and making such down-to-earth efforts, can we explore the brilliant, momentary beauty of cooking."
"This is something that pre-prepared dishes that are made by machine and seasoned according to recipes can never achieve."
The latter sentence is the chef’s personal opinion.
to here.
The memory killing in the picture is over.
Kashiwagi was in mixed feelings. He didn't expect the chef to have such an experience. No wonder he was unwilling to turn back even if he hit a wall. Turning back was tantamount to compromising with pre-prepared meals.
So pre-prepared meals are an obsession?
Apparently not.
Kashiwagi saw the chef lying on the bed and constantly saying "...", as if he was struggling with something. He understood that the chef's mentality had grown during his travels in the Kalos region and he was no longer so hostile to pre-prepared meals.
So how will he resolve his obsession?
The next day.
The chef gave Kashiwagi the answer.
[You go to your father's house and ask to talk to him.]
Your father agreed.
In an office, a chef and a middle-aged man were staring at each other across the table.
[You talked about your recent situation and asked each other if they were in good health.]
[You find that your father is aging and feel sad]
[You apologized to your father, saying that pre-prepared meals do have their reasons, and not all pre-prepared meals are as worthless as he once thought.]
[Your father was very pleased, but when you reiterated your dream, your father fell silent]
[You tell him that the key seasoning that makes food delicious is joy. If you enjoy food with a happy smile on your face, the taste you feel will be several times greater than before. And seeing others enjoying food with a smile is also the joy of the chef. In order to make others and yourself happy, no compromise is allowed.]
[You will definitely become a first-class chef and a powerful trainer. You will participate in the Miare Conference to prove your determination.]
[You didn’t wait for your father’s response, you bowed and left.]
Long narration.
But it is filled with the chef's will.
When walking out of the company building, Kashiwagi saw the chef basking in the sun, and his Psyduck poked its head out of the bag and then jumped out.
next moment.
The light of evolution enveloped Psyduck's body.
"I've let go of my obsession..."
Kashiwagi smiled. It seemed that the chef's obsession was that he had not been able to apologize to his father and to speak seriously about his dream.
After meeting these conditions, Psyduck, which represents his soul's will, evolved into Golduck.
"Quack~"
Although the blue human-shaped duck is not as fat as before, it still has that lazy expression as if it can eat five meals a day.
-
The Miare Conference was held on time.
Although the chef failed to achieve super evolution, Kashiwagi knew that the chef would definitely achieve a good result.
The power of enlightenment has already been manifested in him.
really.
The chef made it through the three qualifying rounds with great ease.
As a trainer who has obtained eight badges, the chef is clearly the best among them.
The team of food manufacturing and processing machines he possesses not only has the ability to assist him in making dishes, but is also extremely powerful in combat.
From the queen bee to the coal turtle, they all proved that the glowing food they usually eat is not in vain.
The queen bee has learned the dodge skill of passing through thousands of bushes without getting a single leaf on her body by collecting nectar quickly.
Snorlax gained super endurance and a terrifying physique by digesting a large amount of failed food.
By raising five Pokémon and one person, Milkman has mastered the skill of recovering from a beating by [drinking milk].