"Shirou, you...maybe it's more suitable to be a cook than a magician..."

This is what Kiritsugu said with a smile after eating Shirou's food for the first time. Shirou can't forget that smile to this day!

In fact, in Shirou's mind, that faint smile was second only to Kiritsugu's sincerely happy expression when he opened his eyes for the first time and saw him!

Thinking of this, Shirou's eyes were filled with perseverance!

That's right! I insist on cooking just because I want to see that smile again! As long as someone makes me happy because of it, I will continue!

and……

Shirou glanced at Red A, who was concentrating on cooking in an orderly manner, and then thought.

It doesn’t matter if you say that the cooking Shirou Emiya cooks is meaningless, and it doesn’t matter if you say that the intention of cooking for others is hypocrisy!

Moreover, no matter which cook first learns to cook, he starts by blindly imitating the master's skills. In this case...

Thinking of this, Shirou made up his mind. After putting down the kitchen knife in his hand, he put his two hands under the cooking table where the onlookers could not see.

Then I will copy his cooking methods, copy his techniques, analyze his seasoning methods, and finally... deduce his cooking techniques!

Projection starts——!

Looking at Shirou who took out the two projected kitchen knives that were exactly the same as those in Red A's hand, Shinji also felt that although there was something slightly wrong with this scene, it was inexplicably ignited!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Tape, recorder, switch!

LastStardust, BGM starts!

"The downpour never stops~"

Looking at Shinji who put the tape into the tape recorder nearby, closed the tape compartment, pressed the play button, and played the BGM that he seemed to have heard before, Rin's expression became a little subtle.

"what are you doing?"

Shenji folded his hands and stared intently at the fierce competition, saying casually: "Don't worry, I'm just cheering for Emiya."

cold:……

At this moment, Taiga suddenly noticed something, and seeing Shirou and Red A, whose movements on the field were almost exactly the same, couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Oh! What's going on? Is it an accident? Or is it Shirou doing it on purpose? The two people's movements are surprisingly consistent!"

Cut vegetables at the same time, stir the spoon at the same time, control the firepower at the same time and even add seasonings at the same time!

Seeing such operations, Illya couldn't help but exclaimed that Shirou was so enlightened that he could actually create his own use of projection magic!

Of course, this is also the smartest way. After all, the other party's cooking taste is at its ceiling, and this is the only way to fight against it.

——Start by imitating the other party's techniques, learn little by little, and eventually surpass!

Seeing Shirou imitating himself, Red A also snorted disdainfully, and said even more disdainfully in his heart:

Projection? This is really the only trick you have left. With false desires and false ideals, you can only do this!

However, a fake is just a fake after all, and it cannot be as good as the real one! This time, I want to completely make him realize the gap between us!

I want to defeat him!

We must completely crush Emiya Shirou's naive thoughts!

Imitation? Haha!

The premise is that you can catch up! Emiya Shirou!

Thinking of this, Red A's face also showed seriousness, and the operations in his hands continued to accelerate.

Just now, the afterimage of the knife technique could barely be seen, but gradually it became difficult for the people around to capture even the afterimage!

At the same time, Shirou also felt pressure due to Red A's gradually accelerating and difficult to see clearly, and the sweat on his forehead also seeped out drop by drop.

However, he did not show an expression of failure or discouragement, but kept up with the opponent's movements while speaking.

"Archer, I admit that whether it's cooking skills or seasoning, or years of cooking experience and unique cooking ideas, I can't compare with you in all aspects. And I also know that imitating your skills cannot be accomplished overnight.

But..."

Stopping here, Shirou raised his kitchen knife and pointed at Red A seriously, changing the topic, "Even if I'm familiar with it now, one day I will create a dish that surpasses yours! As long as someone is willing or wants to eat the food I cook

, I won’t put down the kitchen knife in my hand!”

Hearing this, Red A's expression also changed slightly, and at the same time he realized again that no matter what he did, this Emiya Shirou was not ordinary stubborn!

"It doesn't matter even if it's a false ideal, it doesn't matter even if it tastes unsatisfactory, it doesn't matter even if it's criticized as imitation, as long as someone feels happy because of it... As long as this intention is true! I will never give up this.

Mind!"

At this point, with the climax of the BGM "even if he is covered in bruises", Shirou shouted those words seriously.

"As long as I have this self-esteem as a chef, I will never lose to you!"

When did you become a chef, Emiya!

Shen Er was also furious in his heart, why is Mao's development getting more and more wrong? Are you not a magician? Is it because you are aroused by the other party's competitive spirit?

Thinking about this, Shinji looked at Red A, who was gnashing his teeth in displeasure because of Shirou's words. He thought to himself, why are you gnashing your teeth? Your mission is complete, buddy!

He is so excited by you that he wants to become a chef! He has forgotten about magicians and other things, buddy! By the way, you are really awesome, how did you come up with the idea?

"You guy...!"

Red A gritted his teeth and then suddenly thought of a good idea, pretending that he accidentally bumped into Shirou.

"ah!"

Shirou stumbled when he was hit, and the potatoes he was peeling instantly fell from his hands and fell into the trash can. Just when he was about to complain, he heard Red A say lightly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice you were there, but this should be your responsibility. If you didn't get in the way, this accident wouldn't have happened."

"What did you say!"

Shirou was extremely angry, and while secretly scolding Red A for his lack of martial ethics, he also thought of a good plan to treat the other person with his own way.

"Oops! Who dropped the dishwashing liquid on the floor?"

Shirou's foot slipped intentionally or intentionally, and he pushed Red A. Because of this unexpected slip, Red A sprinkled all the chili powder in his hand into the food he was cooking.

So far, the gap between the two of them in this game has been completely settled, and then, the non-stop operation of you accidentally pushing and I accidentally bumping began.

Three minutes later, Red A, who was bumped again by the other party and added the wrong amount of salt with the excuse of "Why is there a banana peel on the ground?" finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Ah! My hand slipped accidentally! Be careful!"

Clang!

Shirou clenched his teeth as he held the kitchen knife against it, and complained bitterly in his heart: Didn't you start acting shamelessly first? Why did you get so anxious first? Are you really an adult...person?

Just like that, in extreme speechlessness, Shenji, Rin and other onlookers witnessed a wonderful competition of double-knife swordsmanship in a kitchen king competition.

"Tohsaka, I said..." After a long silence, Shinji pointed at the two people who were fighting so hard that sparks were flying and silently asked Rin who was standing aside, "What is going on now should be a cooking competition, right?"

What are the two of them doing?"

"Don't ask me! I still want to ask!"

At this moment, Dahe, who was temporarily serving as a judge, glanced at the alarm clock on the wall, and then blew his whistle.

"time up--!"

After hearing this sentence, Shirou and Red A stopped attacking each other at the same time, and finally remembered that this was originally a battle about cooking!

For a while, the two of them silently turned their heads to look at the food on the stove at the same time. Looking at the two pots of food that had become horrible because they didn't pay attention to the heat, both Shirou and Red A had slightly subtle expressions.

After turning off the fire, the two of them lowered their heads in the same manner, maintaining a certain silence with dark faces and not saying a word.

"It's all Archer/Shirou Emiya's fault!" x2

They spoke at the same time, accused at the same time, and gnashed their teeth at the same time. The synchronization rate between the two Emiya Shirou was as high as 100%!

"Silence, silence!"

Sitting at the table, Dahe, who was the chief judge of the competition, patted the table and made a fair voice: "In short, the next step is the tasting and scoring. Please present your dishes to the competitors."

…

The results are self-evident.

Compared to the two people who could no longer watch their cooking, Ju Xia, who was not affected by the two, performed steadily and won the first Emiya Cup Chef King Competition!

Facing Ju Xia's cooking, the six judges (Taiga, Illya, Saber, Miyu, Rin, and Shinji) all gave perfect scores.

When asked about his cooking experience, Juxia’s words, “I just want to cook the most delicious food for my sister,” impressed and moved everyone present!

Especially the girls, several of them were moved to tears! How could it not be delicious if it was made just for one person?

Therefore, after a short discussion by the judges, the final result was reached, and Dahe, as the representative of the judges, announced the final result of the competition with tears of emotion.

——Not only in terms of taste, but also in terms of the meaning of cooking, Juxia also surpassed Shirou and Archer!

Of course, even if they lost to the giant hero in terms of their hearts, Shirou and Red A were not too discouraged just for the sake of one person's cooking.

"Who is second?!" Shirou asked, pointing to his and Red A's dishes on the table and asking seriously, "Is it my food or Archer's?"
To be continued...