Chapter 268 The Person Who Fell Into the Dark Abyss

In Tianzhu.

Chai refers to tea.

Masala Chai is a kind of black tea mixed with spices and milk, and is made into milk tea!

It is said that the earliest milk tea can be traced back to the ancient royal court 5,000 years ago. It was used to treat diseases. It was not until the 1930s that black tea was added to milk tea.

And this cup of ancient milk tea made by hand can be infinitely derived:

fragrant.

pungent.

bitter.

hot.

sweet.

Various flavors.

Although every home-made Masala Chai has its own version, the basic ingredients of ginger and pepper are essential.

At this time, at the Shiomi Research Association in Totsuki.

Although the outside world is making a fuss because of the appointment of Nakiri Hisashi and the complete abolition of all research associations, hobby clubs and scientific research groups.

However, Shiomi Jun didn't seem very anxious. She was leisurely drinking the spiced milk tea she prepared.

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2 cups of milk, 2 cups of water, 4 cloves, 2 crushed green cardamom, 2 ground peppercorns, 1 cinnamon stick, peeled and chopped ginger, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of black tea.

After preparing these things, add milk, water and various spices.

Cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.

Add sugar and black tea leaves and cook for another 5 minutes.

Only the buds and leaves can be seen slowly sinking to the bottom of the cup, and then gradually emerging.

Swaying along the direction of the water flow, sinking and floating, the tea leaves are slightly curled, like small wrinkles!

Ginger and pepper are the standard base, while cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves further enhance the flavor of this cup of spiced milk tea.

Finally, prepare the filter gauze.

Strain the brewed spiced milk tea and it's ready.

Take a sip and the rich aroma of five spices will instantly spread in your mouth.

This five-spice flavor is not a single flavor, but is carefully blended from a variety of spices. It is slightly spicy, slightly sweet, and has a subtle herbal fragrance.

This complex aroma is both unique and harmonious, as if it performs an elegant dance on the taste buds.

Milk tea has a mellow and silky taste.

Like delicate silk, it glides gently on the tip of the tongue.

With every sip, you can feel the rich layered texture, including the slight bitterness of tea and the rich fragrance of milk. Coupled with the embellishing of five spices, the whole taste is really wonderful!

As the spiced milk tea slowly melts in the mouth, the aroma becomes more and more obvious, making people look forward to tasting it next time.

…

A cup of milk tea.

It may seem like a simple combination of tea and milk, but it has magical powers.

From the butter tea of ​​the border people, to the German cream tea of ​​Europe, to the pearl milk tea that people often drink, people speaking different languages ​​can always immerse themselves in this ever-changing milk tea country!

Jun Shiomi, who has been to Tianzhu for experience, also knows the importance of milk tea in the food world, so recently she has been studying how to better use some spices in drinks such as milk tea.

"Well, at this time."

"Sure enough, let's have a cup of spicy five-spice milk tea. It tastes really delicious!"

After swallowing, Xi Jianrun only closed his eyes and said drunkenly.

Only those who have actually tasted it know that this kind of spiced milk tea is more like a home-cooked dish and a delicacy than milk tea.

It uses black tea as a base and is cooked to release the tea flavor and aroma.

Adding some spices and milk, the taste is very pure and the texture is very unique.

So much so.

Seeing Run, Xi suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment!

Maybe in this world, it’s not just wine that can make people drunk, but also this slightly spicy milk tea!

…

Gradually, Xi Jianjun entered an artistic conception.

She gently stepped into the bathtub filled with milk, and the warm milk instantly enveloped her body, bringing an unprecedented sense of comfort.

The delicate texture of milk is in close contact with the skin, as if countless small hands are gently massaging it, soothing the tired body. It is like a dreamlike feast for the senses, making people intoxicated and forgetting the troubles of the world.

In the bathtub.

Milky white milk, very silky.

With the injection of hot water, the milk gradually becomes warmer and emits a more attractive aroma.

Close your eyes, the noise and pressure of the outside world seem to disappear at this moment, leaving only the aroma of milk and the gentle whisper of warm water in your ears.

Such tranquility and comfort made Jun Shiomi suddenly fall into a fairyland isolated from the world.

Then, over time.

The magic of the milk bath began to show, and her skin became smoother, more delicate, and whiter. Under the light, it even had a faint natural luster!

However.

That's when.

The sudden appearance of a figure inexplicably broke the peaceful and beautiful atmosphere.

"Run, long time no see!"

The voice was a little rough and rough, but it was more majestic and... very familiar!

"Um?"

"You...you are..."

Shiomi Jun suddenly opened his bright eyes, still immersed in the taste of spiced milk tea, and suddenly woke up.

She couldn't help but look back, and her expression changed drastically after seeing the true appearance of the visitor!

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"Senior...senior, good...long time no see!"

As Jun Shiomi, a graduate and professor of the 73rd class of Totsuki Academy, it was natural that he had crossed paths with Hisaki Nakiri.

When she was in the Jokusei dormitory, the three members of the upper division, Gin Dojima, Joichiro Saiba, and Itsuki Nakamura, all treated her as a junior. Especially Nakamura Thistle in front of her took great care of her, unlike Caibo who always liked to tease her with dark dishes.

Therefore, in Shiomi Jun's mind, she still respects and admires Nakamura Itsuki.

Of course.

bother you for something.

Totsuki Academy has just experienced an earth-shattering coup, which has put everyone in danger.

And at such a critical juncture, this "senior" whom he had not seen for many years actually came to visit him in person.

Run, definitely wouldn’t naively think that he was here to reminisce about the past!

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"I really didn't expect that."

"I haven't seen you for so many years, but you haven't changed at all. You are still so young, no, you are childish!"

Looking at Jun Shiomi who still looked like an 18-year-old girl in front of him, Nakiri Kiku just smiled faintly, then found a chair by himself and sat down with his legs crossed.

"Senior!"

"If you have anything to say, please speak directly."

Xi saw Run and replied seriously.

"Okay, I like dealing with smart people like you."

"Then I'll just open the skylight and speak out. I want to invite you to join the newly established central gastronomy agency. With your extremely excellent spice knowledge, you can definitely become my right-hand man!"

"You also know that Yuanyue is currently undergoing a period of change and needs some talents."

"so……"

"No!"

"Senior, after all, you and I are not on the same path."

"I'm very happy that you can value me so much, but I will never work for the central food agency."

Before Nakiri Hisashi finished speaking, Shiomi Jun interrupted and refused.

"Um?"

When Nakiri Thistle heard this, his eyes tightened!

…

"It seems that you are very dismissive of me as a senior!"

Finally, Nakiri Thistle calmed down the powerful aura on his body, took out a document directly from his pocket, and said: "You should know about the abolition of the Research Association. After the school festival is over, The first culinary research association to be abolished was..."

"What?"

"You...you want to destroy the Shiomi Research Association?"

Seeing Run, Xi finally looked a little panicked and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"I am the new commander-in-chief, and the life and death of any research association is already in my hands."

"And I don't need to explain what will happen to those who dare to resist me. Just go and see the three top ten who were directly deposed by me!"

Nagi cut thistle and sneered.

"you……"

Xi Jianrun, a drop of cold sweat slowly flowed from his forehead.

It wasn't until this moment that she realized that the Nakiri Hisashi standing in front of her was no longer the senior Nakamura Hisashi she knew back then!

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"Run!"

"Let me do it."

Hayama Ryo, who collected some vanilla plants from outside, saw this scene just after returning to Shiomi Research Association.

So, he stood up directly and said to Nakiri Thistle: "I am willing to join your central gastronomic organization in place of Jun Shiomi, but the condition is that you must retain the Shiomi Research Association."

"you?"

"Is it Ryo Hayama who won second place in the autumn selection?"

Nakiri Thistle looked at the sudden appearance of Hayama Ryo, and was stunned. Then he searched for some information he had learned in his mind, and finally came to some understanding.

"It's okay if it's you!"

"But the Shiomi Research Association must be abolished. This is the general trend, but I can set up a new institution for you in the central gastronomic institution that specializes in spice research, and can provide you with more resources and power!"

After thinking for a moment, Nakiri Thistle directly stated his conditions.

"Okay, I hope you can do what you say."

Ye Shanliang nodded.

"No, Ryo Hayama, you are conspiring with a tiger!"

Si Jianjun on the side had a look of compassion, and his tone sounded like pleading.

"Run, you picked me up from the slums. You are the most important relative to me. I will never make you sad or sad, let alone the Shiomi Research Association where you have spent most of your life. Destroyed!"

Ye Shanliang replied comfortingly.

"Haha, the Central Food Agency will hold the preliminary selection of the top ten in the near future, Ryo Hayama, I'm waiting for you to participate."

After saying this, Nagi Kiriji turned around and left.

…

During the fall season.

Gin Dojima once said: "An ability that is too powerful will eventually stretch out its claws on itself."

Don’t the commander-in-chief known as the “Food Demon” understand this?

No!

He understands it too!

As a leader in the gourmet industry, Yuanyue's commander-in-chief, a veteran.

Moreover, it is logically the most reasonable for the commander-in-chief to say such words of encouragement and warning to the talented juniors.

But why did Gin Dojima say it? It happened that he stood up and poured cold water on this genius, making the entire hot scene feel gloomy?

That's because when Dojima Gin was growing up, he encountered examples of overly powerful talents reaching out to him!

Um!

This person is not Ichiro Saiba, but this Nakamura Thistle.

In other words, the genius before Hayama Ryo, the person with the ultimate powerful talent to extend his claws to him, was Thistle.

And Dojima Gin saw that Hayama Ryo, who had outstanding performance in the autumn selection, was the Thistle of that year.

…

In the original plot.

Nakamura Thistle has indeed completely lost himself because of his excessive power.

He eventually became an Avenger. As the first seat of the year, he worked in Totsuki's agency after graduation. Gin Dojima, who has always maintained close contact with Totsuki, knows it best.

That's why he warned Yeshan, hoping that he would not make the same mistake as Ji did back then.

On the other hand, this also shows that Hayama and Ji are the same in a certain sense, which implicitly implies that Hayama is likely to follow the same path as Ji in the future.

On the other hand, another one, Yukihira Souma, who also performed well in the autumn selection, at first, the belief that supported him in fighting was only his father's approval.

to be honest.

I just want to "become a better cook than my dad."

And with a series of encounters, Chuangzhen also understood that in order to reach the pinnacle of cooking, he must step out of Yukihira's restaurant, step out of his father's shadow, learn more about ingredients and cooking techniques, see the wider world, and enrich his weapons. , serving his "must-have dishes" to diners.

Therefore, Soma's starting point for thinking about the problem began to turn to "cooking", and began to understand the essence of making oneself stronger, which is to make cooking bring people happiness.

Of course, if you want to make a further breakthrough, you need to meet the woman you love who allows you to dedicate all your cooking to her!

…

Tonight, the business of the izakaya is still pretty good.

After Nakiri Managi and Nito Hisako, many diners came one after another. Among them, the most unexpected thing for Zhang Fan was the arrival of Kobayashi Ringtong and Akanekubo Momo!

"Zhang Fan, have a bottle of wine."

Xiaolin Rgentan found a seat and sat down, and then said to Zhang Fan.

"Okay, wait a minute." Zhang Fan went back and got a bottle of peach blossom wine and handed it to Xiaolin Gentian.

As a foodie, Kobayashi Ringtong doesn't like drinking. But at this moment, feeling depressed, she hurriedly opened the cork of the wine bottle and poured herself a glass of wine!

Smell carefully, the wine has a rich but not pungent aroma.

After taking a sip, you can quickly feel the fragrant wine sliding across your tongue.

A complex wine aroma with rich cellar aroma reverberates in your mouth instantly! If you taste it carefully, you can find that there is also a fascinating peach blossom fragrance.

Involuntarily, Kobayashi Rgentian couldn't help but exhale a faint smell of alcohol.

…

"It's really enjoyable."

"As expected, the wine from the izakaya is the best!"

Xiaolin Ringtong put down her wine glass and couldn't help but praise it. After that, she turned to Zhang Fan and ordered a few plates of appetizers.

They are:

Fried peanuts with sugar.

Songhua eggs.

Coleslaw.

Stir-fried beef.

Plus two bottles of wine, a bowl of white rice, and a plate of fish fillets!

"Tao, do you want to eat something?"

After ordering the dishes to go with the drinks, Kobayashi Rgentan turned to look at Akanekubo Momo and asked.

"Xiao Lin, I just want a French apple tart."

Akane Kubo was stunned for a moment, then spoke.