Food Wars: Taste Reversal

There are 50 minutes left until the end of the assessment.

"Did you hear that? There was a somen booth at Venue A, and it was said to be very popular."

"Just now, my wife asked me to hurry over... But there are too many people there, right?"

"Are you stupid? It's because it's delicious that there are so many people!"

"Hurry up and have a look, won't you?"

At first, after the rumors of the flowing water somen spread, many people were attracted to Venue A. Although the queue was long and people didn't want to continue at a glance, which of the judges here was not a gourmet?

Therefore, after the first 20 minutes of snowballing, there were more and more people in front of Shiraki's booth. The most fatal thing was that these people still had no intention of leaving, especially those who had already eaten the noodles. They were like glue on the soles of their feet and couldn't be persuaded to leave.

After seeing this situation, Dojima Gin couldn't react at first. You know, it's not the first time these examiners he hired have come to do this work. When has such a situation happened in previous years? Seeing that the situation in Venue A was about to be uncontrollable, and other booths that were still a little popular 20 minutes ago now had no diners in line, Dojima Gin hurriedly pulled Hinako, who was queuing in front of the flowing water somen booth.

"Hinako, don't eat it! What's the situation now?"

Looking at the number of passing students, with only two people, Dojima Gin pressed his temples with a little headache. Although he intended to eliminate more than half of the students originally, according to the current situation, let alone eliminating more than half, there might only be a few first-year students left. This was already more terrifying than the 1% graduation rate and could be regarded as an assessment accident.

"What's the situation? Isn't it obvious? This 'flowing water somen noodles' is very popular."

Hinako Inui, who was still immersed in the (SSS+) level somen she had just eaten, replied without turning back.

Hearing this, Dojima Gin on the side was directly speechless.

Of course, he knew that this "flowing water somen noodle" was very popular, but the problem now was that it was too popular!

The guests who had already tasted the food were reluctant to leave, so no one was at the other students' booths!

But now, he couldn't force these guests away, could he?

Just when Dojima Gin was worried, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Chef Dojima."

Hearing someone call his name, Dojima Gin was slightly stunned. When he looked back, it was Shiraki.

"Shiraki jun, you came just in time. Can you give me some more somen noodles separately?"

As soon as Hinako saw him, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she leaned in with a smile.

"Alright, Hinako."

Dojima Gin held his forehead to stop Hinako's move and turned his head to look at Shiraki. "Shiraki, is there something wrong?"

"That's right, Chef Dojima. I think the number of people on the jury is a bit too small right now, so would you like to join the jury? Do you think it's okay?"

Shiraki pointed to the crowd queuing up at the flowing water somen booth. When he mentioned this, Dojima Gin's head began to hurt again. He had seen Shiraki tasting at other people's booths just now, but now the number of judges was a little insufficient. Basically, two-thirds of the people had gathered at the flowing water somen booth in Venue A, okay?

The rest of the judges were either full or still on their way to Venue A, and the number of judges who could taste the dishes from other booths could be counted on one hand. So even if Shiraki joined, there might not be more than five people who passed in the end.

Originally, Dojima Gin had begun to consider invalidating this assessment. But since Shiraki wanted to join the jury, he agreed. In any case, the assessment was still ongoing, and everything would be decided when the time expired.

If only a single-digit number of students passed... whether this assessment was effective or not should indeed be reconsidered.

After all, the most exaggerated situation in previous years was eliminating more than half of the students. Now, this assessment directly eliminated 90% of the students. Even he would have trouble explaining this to the commander-in-chief.

It couldn't be said that these 90% of the students were "abandoned children" who were not needed by Tōtsuki, right?

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[Ding , Hidden Mission: Big Stomach King ]

Timelimit: 40 minutes.

Description: Within a limited time, the more servings the host eats, the higher the points will be earned.

Reward: 200–20,000 points.

Failure Penalty: None.

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This was the hidden mission Shiraki had triggered just now.

The reward was huge, with a maximum of 20,000 points. Although Shiraki felt that this capped 20,000 could only be achieved by eating all the students' dishes by himself, even two more stomachs wouldn't make it possible.

But that wasn't important. What mattered was that he had just noticed a one-time item card in the system mall.

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[Item Name: Mini Black Hole.]

Item Origin: Doraemon World.

Item Description: After devouring this item, a small black hole will be created in the esophagus, devouring all objects.

Effective Time: 30 minutes.

Price: 1,000 credits.]

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After eating 80 servings, Shiraki's points had risen to 2,300. Spending 1,000 points to buy a 30-minute mini black hole item card was more than worth it.

Without hesitation, Shiraki exchanged for the mini black hole, found a place where no one could see, swallowed the black hole, and headed straight to the other venues.

Because of this, Dojima Gin soon witnessed a scene that shattered his worldview.