Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

After the remaining three people except Xiaozhi picked up their respective pieces of sushi, they carefully handed it to their mouths, fearing that their movements would shake off the delicate food in their hands.

After raising it to their mouths, their noses smelled the aroma of sushi first. The taste was mouth-watering. After they took all the sushi into their mouths, the delicious taste hit their taste buds, making the other three people also feel the same. Like Xiaozhi, he was speechless for a moment, chewing crazily with his mouth movements... Even though the sushi had flowed down the throat and fallen into the stomach, they still licked the corners of their mouths unconsciously.

Xinye Miao, who was sharing a piece of sushi with Xiaoqing, also had a look of happiness on her face. Her whole body felt comfortable and she lay limply on the ground with warmth.

As for Sabaji's previous "arrogance", Xiaozhi and his team immediately knew that the other party did have the confidence to be "arrogant", which was due to their affirmation of their own cooking abilities.

Young people do have their own bloody nature, just like Xiaozhi and the others met Joel in Anza Town. He was also so "arrogant" at the beginning. After being educated by Uncle Yatetsu, he changed his bad behavior of despising others. Something wrong.

Isn't the Mack in front of them exactly the same as Joel at that time? It was the blessing of young people who mastered skills far beyond ordinary people at a young age, which made them unconsciously proud. The method to correct this problem in him is also very simple. Joel and Piper, who are both cooks, can't help but give him a friendly "education" in the next cooking competition.

After Xiaozhi and the others had eaten delicious food, the "answer" that Sabo wanted to see showed on their faces, the bad habit of despising others was once again provoked, and they were about to say something else.

Suddenly, inside the door of Erlang's shop, a middle-aged man wearing loose white clothes, wooden clogs, and a bandage on his head appeared. He quietly came up behind Sabi Si, raised his hand to his mouth to breathe, and punched Sabi Si on the back of the head.

"It hurts!... Damn it, stinky old man..., oh no, it's the master."

Xiaozhi and the others were startled by this sudden scene.

The middle-aged man grabbed the back of Sabagi's neck, pulled his ear to his mouth and shouted.

"Damn you brat! Don't think that just because you are my deputy, you can do whatever you want and come here to be lazy. With your idle behavior, you will be easily killed in the next cooking competition..."

With that said, the middle-aged man pressed Saba's head again and bowed to Xiaozhi and the others.

"I'm sorry, everyone, my idiot apprentice did something strange again, please forgive me."

Regarding the appearance and voice of this middle-aged man, Xiaozhi seemed to feel a little familiar, as if he had met someone not long ago. Xiaozhi raised his hand to his temple, frowning in thought, tentatively asked.

"That... uncle! Have we met somewhere?"

The middle-aged man also looked at Xiaozhi, Xiaoqing and Pipa carefully under Xiaozhi's reminder and said.

"After you said that, I seem to have the same feeling. Where is it..."

Xiao Qing said after supporting the Pokémon egg that was slipping slightly in her hand.

"Isn't this uncle Xiaozhi the same bidder who also auctioned legendary kelp in Ziqin Market?"

Xiao Qing said this, and the uncle and Xiao Zhi clapped their thighs and said.

"Yes, you were the person at that time..."

Mackerel couldn't understand what Xiaozhi and the others were talking about, so he asked the middle-aged man.

"What's wrong, master? Do you know these people?"

The middle-aged man crossed his arms in front of him and answered Sabaji's question.

"That thing... didn't I set out to Zheqin City to purchase some ingredients not long ago? These boys were the bidders I met when I was auctioning kelp from the Fengyuan area. Alas... at that time It’s all my fault that I spent all my money on other auction items and didn’t plan how to allocate my money, so I couldn’t take the auction…”

Just when Xiaozhi and the others thought that the other party was upset about this, unexpectedly, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his head and said.

"However, it's nothing. If you gain something, you will lose it. I also got a lot of good ingredients at the Zhiqin market. I have some doubts about the 'legendary kelp' that the stall owner said, but in I heard that the kelp comes from the same hometown of Fengyuan, so I became interested. However, good ingredients can be cooked into delicious food that people can’t stop eating in the hands of good cooks, which can also realize the value of the ingredients themselves.”

After listening to the conversation between the other party and Xiaozhi and the others, Joel seemed to suddenly remember something and said.

"Erlang's shop? Ono! Excuse me..., are you the chef of Erlang's shop, Mr. Ono?"

The middle-aged man nodded, raised his hand and shook hands with Joel.

"Yes, I am the chef here - Xiaoye, please give me your advice!"

Joel said after holding the other party's hand equally enthusiastically.

"It's true, you are Chef Ono from the Fengyuan area, the number one person in Japanese cuisine! My name is Joel, I am the sous chef of this Haidai Club, and I am also Chef Haidai's apprentice."

Ono said happily after shaking hands with Joel and loosening them.

"Nice to meet you. I've heard a little bit about the main members of the Haidai Club, but this is the first time we've met in person..."

Then Ono continued to talk.

"As you said, I am a chef from overseas. When I came here, I had a wish, which is to have a cooking competition with the "three national treasures of the world" in the Padia region. "

"It is understood that one of them is the female chef Afeng of the Paisure Muzi restaurant. It is not my style to treat women as opponents. Then I went to the Orange\u0026 Grape Academy, I interviewed Mr. Savaro, the home economics teacher, hoping to have a cooking competition with him. But what he told me was that he had become a teacher in the college and had stopped improving his cooking skills. However, he He also strongly recommended the last one to me, Chef Haidai of Haidai Club.”

Xiaozhi said in surprise.

"So, Mr. Haidai is such an amazing person! This is the first time I've heard of it..."

At this moment, a familiar voice appeared behind Xiaozhi and his party.

"Don't talk about you Xiaozhi, this is the first time I've heard that you were tricked by that old boy Savaro!"

Following the direction of the sound, Xiaozhi and his party turned their heads. It turned out to be Haidai, who had just fought against Xiaozhi. Ono and Shiji from Erlang's shop were looking at Haidai up and down.

After Haidai greeted Xiaozhi and the others, Joel on the side said to Haidai.

"Chef Haidai, are the work in the gym and the arrangements for the cooking competition completed?"

Haidai made an "OK" gesture towards Joel.

Afterwards, Haidai looked at Ono and Sabuji and asked.

"May I ask who these two are..."

Ono, who was behind Sabuji, took a step forward and came to Haidai and said.

"Hello, Chef Haidai, my name is Ono, and this is my apprentice Mackerel. I opened the Erlang shop behind you. It's rare to meet you..."

Haidai smiled, shook hands with the other party enthusiastically, and said.

"It turns out it's you. I'm the manager of the Haidai Club behind you. From now on, we are neighbors. When we first met..."

"First meeting? This is not the first time we have met. We met once at the auction in Zhiqin market, but we didn't know each other's identities at that time. We just missed each other without words..."

Facing the answer from Ono, who was probably a few years younger than him, Haidai was a little confused. After all, he couldn't remember the other person at all, and was frowning and thinking hard.

Seeing Haidai who was so entangled, Xiaoye interrupted him and said.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a small thing. When I was bidding on the legendary kelp, I was also one of the bidders in that auction... In fact, I should have recognized you earlier. After all, I don't care about your physical appearance. I've heard about it a little bit, but you were so coy at that time that even the auction was done by Xiaozhi, and you didn't have the image of a 'national treasure in the world' at all..."

Haidai immediately blushed, stopped the other party sheepishly, and said.

"Okay, okay..., I get it!"

As he said this, he gestured towards Ono and put a finger in front of his mouth to make a "shush" gesture, which made Ono in front of him also look confused.

Then Joel said.

"Yes, it is indeed in line with Chef Haidai's daily performance. Different from his rough appearance, he is such a coquettish character who is easy to lose his temper at critical moments."

Haidai then curled his lips, refuted Joel's words, and said.

"Where, how can there be..."

Ono didn't intend to let Haidai and Joel continue the conversation when they were about to say something.

"Well, I think..."

But he was interrupted by the enthusiastic Hai Dai.

"I'm sorry, Chef Ono, I took away the legendary kelp you planned to take. I can't use the ingredients you cherished so much. I can still understand the frustration... In order to express my apology. , I’ll treat you to my newly developed kelp dish!”

Facing Hai Dai who was entertaining him so kindly, Ono was about to shirk and express his desire to learn cooking skills from Hai Dai. Unexpectedly, Hai Dai walked to the entrance of Hai Dai Club by himself, talking to Hai Dai as he walked. Looking at Xiaozhi and the others, they said.

"Xiao Zhi..., you guys should come together, you guys played a big part in taking the photo of the legendary kelp."

Xiaozhi was so happy that he almost jumped up, followed Haidai and Joel into the room, and said.

“Great, I’m really lucky today and can enjoy delicious food again!”

Ono had no choice but to see everyone entering the store together, so he had no choice but to follow them in silently with Sabaji and Akimo.

When they came to the store, there were many diners. Seeing this scene, Mackerel said sheepishly.

"Oh, you still have so many diners dining. If you want to invite us to dinner, will it disturb you..."

Joel spread his hands and said.

"Originally, there might not even be any empty table space, but thanks to your help, the newly opened Erlang Shop has attracted nearly half of our customers, and we have such 'free' time."

Mack didn't answer Joel's words. Joel was also leading Mack's master and apprentice. After sitting at a table with Xiao Zhi and his group, he followed Hai Dai and went into the back kitchen to get busy.

After a while, exquisite dishes were brought out one after another by waiters and placed in front of everyone, looking at the steaming food. Originally, everyone planned to wait for Haidai and Joel to come out before enjoying it. Unexpectedly, the saliva in their mouths burst like a dam, and their hands seemed to be uncontrollable, picking up the knife and fork in front of them.

Xiao Qing stopped Xiao Zhi and said.

"Xiao Zhi, please wait a moment, it's too irregular."

Xiaozhi couldn't help but immerse himself in the delicious food. After filling his mouth with delicious food, he muttered.

"No...I'm sorry, I can't control my hands."

Pikachu on the side also puffed his cheeks and said.

"Pica, Pica..."

"Hey, Xiaozhi, you are really..."

Pipa woke up Xiao Qingdao who was still sighing just now.

"Xiaoqing, you too..."

After Pipa's reminder, Xiao Qing noticed that she had also picked up the knife and fork at some point and began to enjoy the meal with Xiao Zhi.

Piper shook her head and said.

"Then I also..., as expected!"

After Piper glanced at his own, he also noticed that he was cutting delicious food with a knife and fork.

Sabuji's eyes were bright when he saw it, and he turned his head to look at Ono who was standing aside... After Ono nodded, he said.

"Then let's use chopsticks too..."

The moment the remaining two people put the food into their mouths, the initiative in their bodies temporarily ceased to belong to them. After drinking and drinking, everyone had a happy time.

Suddenly, after all the delicious food had disappeared, everyone slowly came back to their senses. What happened just now seemed so dreamy. Without everyone paying attention, Haidai didn't know when. and Joel stood beside them. Seeing the happy expressions on the faces of Xiaozhi and others, Haidai and Joel also felt happy.

The gratitude was beyond words, and just when Xiaozhi and the others were about to say something, Ono wiped his mouth with a napkin and said.

"Thank you for the hospitality. These delicacies are from Chef Haidai..."

Ono hadn't finished what he said, but Haidai took it over and said.

"...Only the kelp roll was made by me, the other dishes were all made by Joel."

After listening to Haidai's words, Ono and Sabu felt a hint of shock on their faces, and then Ono stood up and said.

"As expected of Haidai, who was rated as the number one 'national treasure on earth' by Savarro. For overseas ingredients that I have never come into contact with, the taste of the overseas ingredients is exactly the same as that of Fengyuan's local cuisine. This makes me a native of Fengyuan." People from the Yuan area can deeply feel the taste of their hometown..."

Haidai scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and said.

"It's nothing, you're too complimentary..."

However, what Ono said next made Haidai feel embarrassed.

"Please, Chef Haidai! Accept my request to compete with my cooking skills!"