"Sure, I'll go. Say thank you to your uncles."

Thank you so much, Uncle Haru. Thank you for the meal! Bulgogi made by my uncle was so delicious. No, it's totally a screenshot! As much as the universe!

Tae-young bowed to Haru and Choi Han-seok several times while holding the envoy's hand.

The envoy was the man who had previously received Haru's autograph, and he was looking at Haru and Taeyoung alternately with an expression that he was still amazed to death.

He smiled awkwardly when Haru met his eyes.

It's very different from the feeling of the envoy I was thinking about...I thought ….

Haru, if we meet again, I'll cook something delicious for you. My mom said that. If someone bought you something delicious, you have to buy me one too!

"Yes, Taeyoung. I'll be waiting. You're going to buy something delicious for your uncle, right?”

Yes! Yes! And Ike too! Thank you for helping me a lot. I'll be there first, so hurry up and come. I'm sure the others are waiting for you.

After greeting Haru, Taeyoung's eyes soon turned to Ike.

Ike was the father and mother of the abandoned children on the street at the same time.

I wonder what he's thinking right now. Especially when Taeyoung told me to come quickly.

Don't worry. I'll be there soon. Taeyoung needs to go and be well with the others. You got it!

Ike, I'm going to miss you!

Ike waved to Taeyoung with a slightly dark look.

The envoy, who stared at the clock with anxious eyes, hurried the way.

"Dear, it's about time. We have to go quickly.”

Oh, yes! I'm fine now. Let's go, mister!

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It's my job. Thank you again today. Of course. Next time."

Boom---!

The envoy led Tae-young's hand and walked out the door with clear light leaking out.

Then the door closed, and the darkness sank again.

Time when the door is closed. The bodies of the ghosts all returned translucent.

-Taeyoung.

Ike plopped down on the sofa in the room of the room.

To avoid being seen by other children who are not yet holy, a drop of tears was shed and wiped with sleeves.

Then he smiled as gallantly as ever.

Thank you for today, Uncle Haru. Thank you for the meal! You guys should say hello, right?

Thank you for the meal!

Lastly, to say hello to other kids.

Looking at him, I couldn't stop laughing a day.

After sending Taeyoung, Ike and the kids went back like that.

It was a scene that became a daily routine.

"Ike, what the hell is he doing?"

Fewer and fewer children. Ike's back looked somewhat lonely.

* * *

Time flew by.

It felt more like that because it was overseas, and even more so because it was holding an important competition.

It felt like this.

Time goes by really slowly until the CSAT, but when I wake up to the CSAT day, I feel like the past days are a blink of an eye.

'Sigh, I don't know what I'm thinking.’

I felt like I was escaping from reality.

But as with all escapism, the reality has never changed in the end.

"Are you all ready? Then we'll go right into the queue."

"Yes, yes."

"I look forward to your kind cooperation today."

"Let's survive!"

It was literally.

On the day of the quarterfinals.

Haru and the seven surviving chefs stood in the studio again.Wearing a pure white cooking suit.

Let's shout fighting to each other and burn the thought of surviving and staying here.

"Yes, let's survive. All three of us."

"Way to go! Way to go!

Haru shouted at Jamie and Tanaka.

Jamie looked quite relaxed compared to other chefs, as if what he had said in the pub was not a lie, and Tanaka had a gentle smile on her face as always.

And one day?

'……I miss you, Yumi.’

Like most chefs, I was doing my best to keep my composure.

His eyes twirled and his heart beat fast.

All the chefs stood in front of their respective countertops in line with Bacon's gesture.

The counter, which was full of 16, was reduced to eight at some point. It was demolished in the meantime.

'Will it be my dish?’

One good thing, though, is that unlike the round of 16, which was quite tight, the dish was decided easily this time.

I was worried that the preparation time was much less than the round of 16, but the amount of practice itself was higher than before.

It wasn't that difficult to cook in the first place.

Originally, I was going to make tteok-galbi.’

Tteok-galbi is the dish that Haru is most confident in.

It is the dish that I have made the most and am confident to make the most delicious.

Adam had visited the day just by looking at the visuals in the past, and in a way, it was a dish that made Park Joo-hyuk's taste buds go away and made the day today.

Also, if you put it on a hot stone plate, it can satisfy the topic of hot cooking.

But I changed my mind.

The topic is hot food.’

Anyone can simply make a dish that is hot.

But shouldn't a cook do more than that?

For example, completely cooled but still warm. Like that bulgogi from a few days ago.

The important thing in taste is the temperature.

Depending on the temperature, even if they give you delicious food, it becomes a waste that you won't eat.

But there may be something else important about food.

So I changed the recipe from the tteok-galbi I prepared to another dish.

It's a hot dish by a chef named Haru that can heat your heart as well as your body.

"Korean hot food, baeksuk, isn't it?"’

We can't discuss the hotness of Korean food except for rice soup and baeksuk.

Then let's put the two together.

That's how it came out, but how will the judges see it?

Well, you'll find out soon enough.

"Well, then let's get started!!”

Behind the cameras packed on stage, Bacon shouted vigorously and hit the slate.

Flames shot up in the chefs' eyes of the chefs.

As expected, the host of the show is Giovanni. She continued her remarks in a cheerful voice.

The comments themselves were nothing special. The number has only decreased from the round of 16 to the quarterfinals.

Yes, it's a number. After all, it's just a number.

"Good luck, Chef Haru."

"You have to."

Unfortunately, Tanaka stood next to Haru. With the new seating arrangement, the counter was attached.

I don't know what Tanaka is trying to make. But I thought it was rather good.

If you start anyway, you don't have enough time to care about others, so it's better for the person next to you to be close.

"Then... run!!”

Giovanni drew her right hand big in the air like a racing girl.

At the same time, the chefs began to run frantically toward the ingredients.

In Giovanni's words, like a herd of buffalo running through the meadow.

Haru, who picked up a large basket, began to sweep the ingredients he had seen in advance.Chicken wings, pork, garlic, green onions, onions to be the main ingredients.….’

I picked up all the supplementary ingredients. Now I just pick up the main ingredients that I've brought in advance.

The main ingredient in a regular meat dish is of course the meat. It's common sense.

But from the chef's point of view, Main was separate.

This is the end of the contest.’

Soybean paste

One of the chapters that contains the spirit of Koreans.

It's not just doenjang either. It is a high-end miso that Park Chu-hyuk has received as a special delivery from oral fairy tale.

At the same time, Haru was a food ingredient that he knew very well.

All of these sauces have different taste and seasoning, so it takes a long time to adapt when used for the first time.

However, I could use this soybean paste with my eyes closed because it was already used a lot for a day.

by the way

"Chef Tanaka?"

"What, Chef Haru?"

As if they had seen a ghost, the two were surprised.

At the same time, they reached out to the same place.

Of course, Tanaka didn't mean to use the soybean paste brought by the day.

Because the ingredients he's going to take were right next to the soybean paste of the day.

It is almost incomparable for those who do not know much about Korean or Japanese food culture.

But it's so different for us who know the taste.

"Chef Tanaka...…. Do you smile?"

"Chef Haru is miso. Ha, what a coincidence this is.”

Soybean paste and smile.

Haru and Tanaka were both smiling awkwardly, but in fact, they were both on the same page.

Of course, the most important thing is to survive in the top four.

But now one more goal has been added.

'I'm winning.’

It's a battle of pride, now.

The heads of South Korea and Japan will face each other head-on.

With a heavier step, the two returned to the counter with ingredients at the same time.

Jamie had already brought all the ingredients and started cooking.

It's already been three minutes. We have 27 minutes left.

Haru and Tanaka held a knife without even looking at each other.

* * *

It's a very difficult dish. You have to concentrate to finish in time.’

It was a day when I didn't like difficult and complicated dishes, but this time it was a little different.

To increase the chances of survival, and to meet the needs of the judges.

I prepared a difficult and complicated dish.

One day, I loved home cooking in the first place.

It was the same to create a table heaven, and it was the same when I worked in oral fairy tales in the past.

But that doesn't mean I can't cook difficult dishes.

He had skills, and there was a stage worthy of them.

Since I was a cook, I have to adjust the TPO.

Having a home meal here was tantamount to suicide or deception. It's not a family.

Chef Park Joo-hyuk once said this.’

What Park Joo-hyuk said still stuck in my ears.

It's not that I can't cook difficult dishes, but I don't.

And if those chefs really make up their minds and think about showing off their skills while cooking?

That's literally the end of the story.

I had to put an end to it.

From now on, I had to be a chef, not a chef.

That's the only way to survive this battlefield.

First of all, cooking.

Haru pulled out a kitchen knife. He was a very sharp guy.

I caught my eye and fixed it. Until the end of the competition, until the end of the cooking.

His gaze was never going to look elsewhere.First, I had to make good use of the gift left by Tae-young.

Not to feel sorry for him, and to be honorable.

I don't want to die.’

I'll win. No matter what happens.

From now on, one day was a chef.