True Cooking Master Boy
During the 19th century China, the protagonist, Liu Maoxing, wins the title of Super Chef and is the youngest to do so in history. His master, Zhou Yu, suggests that he broaden his skills as a chef even more, so he goes on a journey around China with his friends Shirou and Meili. Mao’s mother, Bei, had wished for everyone’s happiness and fought against the Underground Cooking Society. In order to continue his mother’s wishes and protect the Legendary Cooking Utensils from the Underground Cooking Society, Mao and his friends go on a journey...

Season 1

E1 - Dream Maker
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SIGN    Cooking Master Boy
[01:53] Zhilao
    I'm hungry, Mao.
[01:56] Meili
    You're the only one riding
    the horse. Be patient.
[02:00] Zhilao
    I heard your stomach growl—
[02:02] Zhilao
    That hurts.
[02:04] Meli
    Sorry. Don't mind us.
[02:05] Zhilao
    Your stomach was—
[02:09] Zhilao
    Anyway, why'd Mao have to spend our
    last bit of money on that book?
[02:15] Zhilao
    It's like he loses stops caring about anything
    else whenever cooking's involved.
[02:20] Zhilao
    I'm starving!
[02:26] Meili
    Shirou, where are you?
[02:27] Mao
    Shirou!
[02:29] Zhilao
    I'm fine.
[02:31] Meili
    What are you doing?
[02:33] Mao
    Huh?
[02:36] Meili
    Isn't that a town?
[02:41] Zhilao
    A town? All right! They'll have food!
[02:48] All
    It's a town!
[02:51] Zhilao
    Chickens! They all look delicious!
[02:54] Meili
    There are chickens everywhere.
[02:58] Meili
    I see! This is the Chicken
    Town I've heard about.
[03:02] Mao
    That's right. This town is the land's
    greatest producer of chickens.
[03:09] Zhilao
    You're actually excited for once.
[03:11] Mao
    The town's famous chicken
    dish competition is nearby.
[03:14] Meili
    Chicken dish competition?
[03:16] Mao
    It's a contest of skill based
    around chicken dishes.
[03:19] Mao
    Winning is a huge honor.
[03:23] Mao
    Huh? What are you doing, Shirou?
[03:26] Zhilao
    I'm harvesting persimmons
    from this abandoned house.
[03:29] Mao
    You shouldn't steal from houses,
     even if they're empty!
[03:32] Zhilao
    I refuse to starve to death when
    there's food right in front of—
[03:34] Zhilao
    Ow!
[03:35] Zhilao
    Ow! Ow, ow, ow!
[03:37] Zhilao
    Help me, Mao!
[03:40] Zhilao
    Ow...
[03:43] Tia
    Can you not take things from
    my house without permission?
[03:46] Zhilao
    I thought it was a trashed, abandoned house.
[03:49] Tia
    Sorry my house isn't up to your standards.
[03:51] Mao
    In any case, we're sorry.
[03:57] Tia
    It's fine. Have one.
[04:01] Tia
    Here.
[04:02] Zhilao
    Thanks for the food!
[04:03] Tia
    Those are sour persimmons.
[04:16] Tia
    So you're broke after buying this cookbook, huh?
[04:18] Tia
    You're kind of naive.
[04:20] Zhilao
    Don't be ridiculous. Mao is—
[04:24] Tia
    Sounds like my own dumb brother.
[04:26] Mao
    Your brother?
[04:29] Tia
    My brother opened this chicken restaurant.
[04:34] Tia
    As you know, this town profits from shipping
[04:37] Tia
    its high-quality chicken
    to the rest of the country.
[04:40] Tia
    We've got a lot of rich people here.
[04:42] Zhilao
    Then why's this the only run-down shop?
[04:45] Tia
    Because we can't get customers, obviously.
[04:48] Mao
    Why not?
[04:50] Tia
    It's none of your business.
[04:58] Tia
    It's late. Why not stay here tonight?
[05:01] Tia
    You don't have any money, right?
[05:03] Zhilao
    What?
[05:04] Tia
    I'm Tiya. What are your names?
[05:07] Meili
    I'm Meili.
[05:08] Zhilao
    My name's Shirou.
[05:10] Mao
    I'm Mao.
[05:12] Mao
    Thank you for everything.
[05:24] Zhilao
    What's up, Mao?
[05:26] Mao
    I can't stop thinking about it.
[05:28] Mao
    This is the only shop that isn't flourishing.
[05:31] Zhilao
    It just means their food sucks.
[05:34] Mao
    But Tiya's brother doesn't seem to be here.
[05:39] Zhilao
    Who cares about that?
[05:41] Zhilao
    You're always interested in weird stuff, Mao.
[05:44] Zhilao
    What's that?
[05:48] Both
    Black chickens?
[05:50] Tia
    Don't touch them.
[05:52] Tia
    Their misfortune will rub off on you.
[05:54] Mao
    What?
[05:56] Tia
    These are the chickens of misfortune
    that killed my brother.
[06:06] Tia
    It's been almost a month
    since my brother died.
[06:11] Tia
    After honing his skills at a big
     restaurant in Guangzhou,
[06:15] Tia
    three years ago, my brother
    opened his chicken restaurant,
SIGN    Black Feather Tower
[06:18] Tia
    "Black Feather Tower," in this
    highly competitive place.
[06:23] Tia
    One day, my brother bought
    some pitch black chicks.
[06:27] (Flashback) Kurou
    Tiya, these chicks could
    change this town's history.
[06:34] Tia
    But these chickens are awful.
[06:37] Tia
    They have hardly any vitality,
    and they only lay a few eggs.
[06:42] Tia
    Every time one died, my brother
    would buy another chick.
[06:45] Tia
    He ran all around town looking
    for higher quality feed.
[06:49] Tia
    And even the friends who
    were initially helpful,
[06:51] (Flashback) Friend
    Wuluo is obsessed with those birds.
[06:51] Tia
    moved by my brother's passion...
[06:53] (Flashback) Friend
    It's pointless to raise those black chickens.
[06:54] (Flashback) Friend
    His misfortune was all brought
     on by those black birds.
[06:55] (Flashback) Friend
    They're birds of misfortune.
[06:57] (Flashback) Friend
    Stay away. You'll be cursed.
[06:59] Tia
    They were labeled birds
    of misfortune and feared.
[07:05] (Flashback) Kurou
    Tiya, I'm sorry for the pain
    I've caused you for so long.
[07:13] (Flashback) Kurou
    But this year, my dream will become reality.
[07:20] Tia
    My brother held onto his
    naive dream until the end,
[07:26] Tia
    leaving behind his black chickens and debt.
[07:29] Tia
    I've tended to the chickens
    as my brother did,
[07:33] Tia
    but not a single shop bought a black
    chicken at the last competition.
[07:40] Tia
    Once the festival ends, the debt
     collectors will return.
[07:46] Tia
    I can't believe he risked
    his life for these things.
[07:51] Tia
    He was an idiot.
[07:55] Mao
    Tiya.
[08:04] Mao
    Tiya, could I participate in
    tomorrow's competition?
[08:09] Tia
    What? You're planning to use
    those unlucky birds?
[08:13] Mao
    They're not birds of misfortune.
[08:18] Mao
    Tomorrow, with my own hands,
[08:20] Mao
    I'll make your brother's dream come true.
[08:31] Tia
    What are you doing?
[08:33] (Flashback) Chouyu
    You will participate in
    a certain test in Guangzhou.
[08:39] (Flashback) Chouyu
    This trial may show you
    the path you should follow.
[08:46] (Flashback) Chouyu
    See how far your strength will take you.
[08:51] (Flashback) Mao
    I will, Zhou Yu!
[09:02] Tia
    He told us to go without him so
    he could pick out the best bird.
[09:07] Meili
    It's okay, Tiya. He'll come.
[09:10] Tia
    But...
[09:11] Meili
    Trust him. Mao always keeps his promises.
[09:17] Tia
    How can you trust him so much?
[09:22] Meili
    Didn't you trust your brother, too?
[09:28] Tia
    I'm not sure. That's what
    I got for trusting him.
[09:33] Meili
    But even after your brother died,
    you kept taking care of those chickens.
[09:39] Tia
    I didn't have a choice. I wasn't
    doing it because I wanted to.
[09:44] Meili
    It's because you believed in your brother.
[09:47] Meili
    I think your brother never gave
    up on those chickens, either.
[09:52] Meili
    If you stopped believing in them, it would've
     been like doubting your brother.
[10:01] Announce
    The chicken dish competition will now begin.
[10:05] ---
    As in the past, judging will be
    done carefully and impartially
[10:10] ---
    by chicken dish authority, Governor Tong,
    as well as the mayor and vice-mayor.
[10:17] Announce
    The winning restaurant will
    be awarded a statue of honor
[10:21] ---
    and cash prize to further
    study chicken dishes.
[10:25] Announce
    Begin!
[10:27] Tia
    See? He's not coming.
[10:29] Meili
    It's okay. Wait a little longer.
[10:40] All
    What are those?
[10:46] All
    The black birds! The birds of misfortune!
[10:52] Mao
    Sorry I'm late.
[10:54] Zhilao
    Mao tried too hard to pick the right birds.
[10:57] Zhilao
    I'm covered in scratches.
[11:03] All
    "Black Feather Tower" is participating?
[11:05] All
    Isn't Wuluo dead?
[11:06] All
    That kid is taking Wuluo's place?
[11:08] All
    What is Tiya thinking?
[11:09] All
    They're actually going to use those birds.
[11:11] Tia
    Will he really be okay?
[11:13] Tia
    What if no one eats those chickens?
[11:17] Zhilao
    I don't know, but I can say
     one thing for certain.
[11:23] Zhilao
    Believe in Mao.
[11:28] Tia
    Believe?
[11:37] (Flashback) Pai
    Open this during your most critical moments.
[11:43] All
    That kid is dexterous, but can he actually cook?
[11:44] All
    All the chefs in this town are incredible!
[11:47] ---
    Kids don't belong in this competition!
[11:49] All
    What?
[12:03] (Flashback) Reika
    This is your final assignment.
[12:05] (Flashback) Reika
    Score your own dish.
[12:12] (Flashback) Reika
    Very good.
[12:14] (Flashback) Reika
    I will now announce the winner of this test.
[12:20] Announce
    Time's up! The judging will now begin.
[12:25] Announce
    Judging will be done in order.
[12:27] Announce
    First up, Phoenix Restaurant.
[12:30] Announce
    Peking duck-style sweet miso chicken.
[12:38] Touri
    This is high-quality Peking-style chicken.
[12:41] Touri
    The sweet miso is delicious, as well.
[12:44] Touri
    The flavors are superb. Impressive.
[12:48] Chef
    Thank you for your kind words.
[12:50] Announce
    Next, Seabird Palace. Pudong chicken.
[12:54] Mayor
    This restaurant is highly-rated, as well.
[12:59] Touri
    How did you achieve such flavor and aroma?!
[13:03] Chef
    This soup is not boiled,
    but steamed in a steamer.
[13:07] Chef
    It keeps the temperature stable,
    allowing for slower cooking.
[13:12] Announce
    Next!
[13:13] Announce
    Next!
[13:14] Announce
    Next!
[13:17] Announce
    Finally, Black Feather Tower.
[13:20] All
    There it is: the birds of misfortune.
[13:23] All
    How did his dish turn out?
[13:26] All
    There's pitch black meat inside that pot.
[13:27] All
    I don't even want to imagine it.
[13:32] Tia
    Does he stand any chance?
[13:34] Tia
    How will he make my brother's dream come true
[13:37] Tia
    when not a single person
    in this town understood it?
[13:40] Announce
    Open the lid.
[13:45] All
    What?
[13:45] Touri
    What?
[13:47] Touri
    Rice?
[13:52] Mayor
    Son, do you understand?
[13:55] Mayor
    This is a very serious
    chicken dish competition.
[13:58] Mayor
    Why have you submitted a
    pot full of white rice?
[14:02] Mao
    Don't worry. That's definitely a chicken dish.
[14:06] Vicemayor
    There's no need to taste this.
[14:09] Vicemayor
    Governor Tong, let us make our decision.
[14:13] Tia
    Brother—
[14:15] Mao
    Wait.
[14:18] Mao
    Please. One bite, and you'll understand.
[14:23] Vicemayor
    What?
[14:26] Mao
    Ever grain of rice is packed full
[14:30] ---
    of one chef's determination
    and passion for chicken!
[14:43] Fei
    He hasn't changed.
[14:47] Touri
    I shall taste your white rice.
[14:51] Vicemayor
    S-Sir!
[14:58] Staff
    I examined the entire pot,
    but there is only rice inside.
[15:02] Touri
    It matters not.
[15:11] Touri
    This glow...
[15:13] Touri
    This aroma...
[15:20] Touri
    I-It's chicken!
[15:23] Touri
    That's definitely the flavor
    of chicken! And it's superb!
[15:28] Touri
    Such dignified and magnificent sweetness!
[15:32] Touri
    Such richness that strikes like raging
    billows, before fleetingly pulling away!
[15:37] Touri
    All the blood in my body booms
    as it courses through me!
[15:48] All
    Th-They finished all of it!
[15:51] All
    And look at their expressions of ecstasy...
[15:57] Mao
    Yes!
[15:59] Touri
    Son, I have two questions.
[16:03] Touri
    First, your dish looks like rice,
     but tastes like chicken.
[16:06] Touri
    What kind of dish is this?
[16:11] Mao
    Take a look at this.
[16:20] All
    There's rice inside the chicken!
[16:23] Mao
    This dish involves stuffing
    rice inside a chicken
[16:27] ---
    and slowly boiling it with spices and liquor.
[16:32] Touri
    I see. But why only rice?
[16:34] Mao
    Because I wanted to convey the splendor
    of this chicken in the best form.
[16:38] Touri
    What?
[16:40] Mao
    By boiling the meat,
     I extracted only its flavor.
[16:43] Mao
    The rice stuffed inside the chicken
    completely absorbed its flavor.
[16:49] Touri
    I see.
[16:50] ---
    The chicken's richness was
    exquisitely controlled by the rice,
[16:55] ---
    bringing out the very flavor
    of the chicken itself.
[16:59] Touri
    The greatest mystery is this chicken.
[17:02] Touri
    All the blood in my body
    suddenly began booming.
[17:06] Touri
    I am brimming with energy.
[17:09] Touri
    Tell me, what chicken is this?
[17:12] Mao
    Governor, this chicken...
[17:18] Mao
    is the legendary sacred bird,
[17:20] Mao
    the Silky Fowl.
SIGN    Silky Fowl
[17:25] Touri
    This?
[17:27] ---
    This is the legendary and
    mystical bird, the Silky Fowl?!
[17:32] Mao
    Its silk-like feathers are weak,
    preventing it from flying high.
[17:36] Mao
    It can't protect itself from predators.
[17:38] Mao
    There are only a few of them,
    and they are rarely encountered,
[17:42] Mao
    but they're prized for their
    flavor and analeptic properties.
[17:52] Mao
    Pitch black inside and out,
[17:55] ---
    this is the only animal
    in the world of its kind.
[18:00] Mao
    Raising such perfectly black Silky Fowl
[18:03] ---
    takes the blood, sweat,
    and tears of their breeder.
[18:09] Touri
    I heard the townsfolk reviled
    these as birds of misfortune,
[18:13] ---
    but these surely are birds of good fortune
[18:16] ---
    who bring infinite happiness to people.
[18:20] Mao
    Wuluo gave his life to raise
    these pure Silky Fowl.
[18:25] Mao
    Telling everyone in town about the
    wonders of these birds was his dream.
[18:31] Mao
    And if Tiya hadn't kept caring for these birds,
[18:36] ---
    they would've disappeared from
    this town a long time ago.
[18:41] Touri
    I see. Wuluo raised them,
    and Tiya took over their care.
[18:47] Touri
    It must have been difficult for you, Tiya.
[18:52] Tia
    No. I had my brother's
    strength to support me.
[18:58] Touri
    But the last step is always the hardest.
[19:01] ---
    Such is the way of the world.
[19:03] Touri
    The eye to identify good ingredients,
[19:05] ---
    the skill to draw out their flavors...
[19:06] Touri
    And most importantly,
[19:08] ---
    the tenacious soul of a chef that
    made Wuluo's dream come true.
[19:13] Touri
    Who are you?
[19:28] Touri
    That crest...
[19:30] Touri
    Only those who have passed the most
    difficult test earn the right to wear it.
[19:34] Touri
    And the previous winner of it was...
[19:42] (Flashback) Reika
    Both of you performed
    impressively on this test.
[19:46] (Flashback) Reika
    Therefore, both of you are
    awarded the title of Super Chef.
[19:54] Touri
    The youngest Super Chef in history...
[20:00] Touri
    Liu Maoxing!
[20:10] All
    Super Chef? The highest title a chef
     can earn on this continent?
[20:12] All
    That kid—rather, him?
[20:14] All
    I knew he could do it.
[20:16] All
    Liar. You were insulting him like crazy.
[20:21] Touri
    Of course he's that skilled.
[20:23] Touri
    The results are already clear,
[20:26] ---
    but I shall now announce
     the winner of this competition.
[20:30] Touri
    Black Feather Tower!
[20:37] Tia
    Brother...
[20:42] Fei
    He's clearly just a kid, but his
    cooking draws people to him.
[20:49] Fei
    It must be because he pours his
    soul into everything he does.
[20:57] Mao
    Fei, we tied this time, but next time I'll win!
[21:02] Fei
    I've been waiting to hear you say that.
[21:04] Zhilao
    You did it, Mao!
[21:08] Fei
    I look forward to our next battle, Mao.
[21:24] Mao
    This is great news, Tiya.
[21:27] Mao
    The entire town's gonna
    help you raise your Silky Fowl.
[21:31] Tia
    Yeah. I'll work harder at raising them.
[21:36] Tia
    And if things go well here,
[21:38] ---
    I'll move out to Guangzhou someday.
[21:42] Mao
    I expect you to raise delicious and nutritious
     Silky Fowl that will energize everyone.
[21:48] Meili
    Huh? Isn't that where Shirou
     fell from the cliff?
[21:52] Zhilao
    Seriously?
[21:57] Tia
    I'm sorry I nearly gave up
    on what you believed in.
[22:02] Tia
    It's okay now, though.
[22:09] Tia
    I'll make it out to Guangzhou someday!
[22:15] Tia
    Thank you, Mao!
[22:19] Tia
    I understand your dream now.
[22:22] Tia
    The little Super Chef made it come true.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Dim Sum Master"
[24:24] Text
    "Dim Sum Master."

E2 - Dim Sum Master
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:31] Chouyu
    It's been a while, Mao.
[01:33] Chouyu
    Tell me: what is the answer
    to your journey this time?
[01:37] Chouyu
    What is the purpose of cooking?
[01:43] Mao
    It's to make people happy.
[01:46] Chouyu
    That's right.
[01:48] Chouyu
    Chefs must grant all manner of
    happiness to people, large or small.
[01:54] Chouyu
    It is the mission of Super Chefs in particular
     to bring great happiness to people.
[01:59] Mao
    Yes, sir!
[02:01] Chouyu
    Now, continue diligently forward.
[02:05] Mao
    Yes, Chef Zhou Yu.
[02:08] Mao
    I, Liu Maoxing, shall
    devote myself to cooking!
[02:12] Shirou
    Guangzhou, the capital of food,
    has over a thousand restaurants.
[02:18] Shirou
    And this is Guangzhou's greatest and
    most famous, Yang Spring Restaurant.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[02:23] Shirou
    Come lunchtime, the kitchen
    becomes a battlefield!
[02:28] Shirou
    This is my brother Mao,
[02:30] Shirou
    the boss, Chef Zhou Yu,
[02:33] Shirou
    and Chef Zhou Yu's only daughter Meili.
[02:36] Shirou
    Then there's me, the pub's newest
    apprentice and lowest-ranking errand boy.
[02:40] Chef
    Shirou, I'm out of firewood.
[02:42] Chef
    Shirou, me, too!
[02:43] Shirou
    I know, I know!
[02:47] Shirou
    Damn it. Mao's my only master.
[02:52] Shirou
    Then there's Head Chef Luo.
[02:55] Shirou
    I heard that even in
    Guangzhou, a genius like him
[02:58] ---
    might only be seen once every 50 years...
[03:00] Shirou
    but to me, he just looks like an old drunk.
[03:07] Chouyu
    Master Luo and I are off to the
    Guangdong Chefs' Alliance meeting.
[03:12] Chouyu
    You're responsible for
    the kitchen for a while.
[03:15] Chouyu
    We'll be back this evening.
[03:17] Mao
    Yes, sir.
[03:20] Meili
    Mao's been so strong since
    we returned from our trip.
[03:25] Meili
    We began our journey after Dad told us to.
[03:30] Meili
    We went through a lot together.
[03:33] Meili
    I need to work harder
    so I can keep up with Mao.
[03:39] (Flashback) Man
    Hey! Hold up, kid!
[03:42] (Flashback) Shirou
    Brother, I bought pork buns!
[03:45] (Flashback) Shirou
    Hurry up and pay him!
[03:49] Meili
    Jeez! Nothing good happened
    on that trip after that.
[03:53] Meili
    But still, Mao...
[03:55] Shell
    One vegetable stir fry, please.
[03:57] Meili
    Got it!
[03:59] Meili
    Mao, one vegetable stir fry.
[04:03] Shirou
    Huh? Mao...
[04:05] Shirou
    Oh, right. Come to think of it...
[04:08] Mao
    I'm going to the storage shed
    out back to get some spices.
[04:12] Shirou
    All right, I'll give it a shot!
[04:15] Shirou
    How simple is this?
[04:17] Shirou
    Anyone can make a vegetable stir fry.
[04:21] Meili
    Oh, it's already done.
[04:24] Meili
    Mao could've said something.
[04:31] Mao
    Huh? Where'd this vegetable
    stir fry come from?
[04:34] Shirou
    Oh, I made some so I could eat it myself.
[04:37] Mao
    Really? You did?
[04:39] Mao
    Let me have some.
[04:46] Mao
    You can't skip key steps
    while cooking, Shirou.
[04:49] Shirou
    What? Key steps?
[04:52] Mao
    I'm telling you—
[04:53] Shell
    Hey! Get your manager out here, now!
[04:58] Shell
    I heard Yang Spring Restaurant
    was supposed to be the best...
[05:03] Shell
    But you have no problem
    serving soggy vegetable stir fry
[05:07] ---
    that hasn't been quick-fried first?
[05:10] Shirou
    Quick-fried? Oh, right.
[05:14] Shirou
    He means deep frying the ingredients before
    sauteing in order to harden their surface,
[05:18] ---
    trapping their flavor and juices inside.
[05:21] Shell
    Hey, kid.
[05:22] Shell
    Bring me the man who made
    this vegetable stir fry.
[05:28] Mao
    I'm responsible for this kitchen.
[05:30] Shell
    What? You?
[05:33] Shell
    Just so you know, your customers
    don't care that you're only a kid.
[05:39] Shell
    Once he's received an order,
[05:41] ---
    a professional serves food appropriate
    for the price he's charging.
[05:45] Mao
    You're quite right to be angry.
[05:48] Mao
    If you don't mind, could you give
    me a chance to regain my honor?
[05:52] Mao
    I'll cook you a dish that will
    satisfy all your demands.
[05:59] Shell
    Interesting. In that case,
[06:03] Shell
    cook me an egg dish.
[06:07] Shell
    But an ordinary egg dish would be boring.
[06:10] Shell
    I want you to use three kinds of eggs!
[06:12] Meili
    What?
[06:13] Shirou
    Three kinds?
[06:15] Shell
    I want to eat an egg dish that
    draws out the flavor of all three.
[06:20] Shell
    Well? Can you do that, kid?
[06:22] Mao
    Your order has been received.
[06:26] Meili
    This is all your fault.
[06:28] Shirou
    It's your fault for being
    tricked by my cooking.
[06:31] Meili
    Anyway, it's ridiculously difficult
    to cook with three types of eggs.
[06:36] Meili
    And you can't draw out
    the flavors of all three.
[06:39] Meili
    Whether you fry, steam, or saute,
    the flavors are sure to mix.
[06:43] Shirou
    The bigger mystery is this man.
[06:46] Shirou
    Normally no one would notice something
    as subtle as quick-frying,
[06:50] Shirou
    but he noticed immediately
    and made strange demands.
[06:53] Shirou
    Then there's that long
    stick wrapped in cloth.
[06:56] Shirou
    Who is he, anyway?
[06:58] Mao
    Thank you for waiting.
[07:02] Shirou
    A steaming basket? All right, open it.
[07:10] Shell
    Ah, you made shumai.
[07:13] Shell
    Just so you know, I'm real
    picky when it comes to shumai.
[07:17] Shell
    Yellow skins topped with shiny black bits.
[07:21] ---
    How colorful.
[07:23] Shell
    I see.
[07:25] Shell
    The first is chicken eggs.
[07:28] Mao
    That's right!
[07:29] Shell
    The second is duck eggs.
[07:32] Shell
    And the black bits glistening on top
    of these shumai are century eggs.
[07:36] Mao
    All that just by looking?
[07:38] Shell
    It seems I'll have to try them
    to know what the third is.
[07:48] Shell
    So, this is the third egg.
[07:52] Shell
    Delicious!
[07:53] Shell
    The sweetness of the chicken
    eggs mixed into the skins
[07:56] ---
    and exquisitely enhanced by the saltiness of
    the century eggs together play the prelude.
[08:00] Shell
    The lively melody of the third
    egg mixed into the stuffing
[08:04] ---
    makes all the flavors
    move in an animated way.
[08:06] Shell
    The identity of the third egg is...
[08:11] Shell
    Crab eggs.
[08:15] Mao
    That's right.
[08:16] Mao
    I stuffed the meat jam full
    of Shanghai crab eggs,
[08:20] ---
    which are at their most
    delicious this time of year.
[08:24] Shell
    Chicken, duck, and finally crab eggs.
[08:28] Shell
    Three choices with impressive synergy.
[08:32] Shell
    I'm also impressed by your spirit
    to serve a shumai egg dish.
[08:38] Shell
    Interesting.
[08:40] Shell
    Bluntly speaking, you're quite interesting.
[08:44] Shell
    I'm Xie Lu, a dim sum chef
    from Shanxi Province.
[08:47] Shell
    When it comes to shumai, I consider
    myself the best in the land.
[08:52] Shell
    I need you to accept my challenge
[08:56] ---
    so I can do something with my boiling blood.
[08:58] Shell
    I have no reason. No wager is necessary.
[09:02] Shell
    I challenge you to a shumai
    contest, man-to-man.
[09:08] Shell
    And besides, you can do better than this.
[09:12] Shell
    The time has finally come
    for me to use this again.
[09:18] Mao
    What are those marks?
[09:20] Shell
    My personal history.
[09:23] Shell
    I carve a mark into my staff for
    every top class chef I defeat.
[09:32] Luou
    Walking around with that
    vicious looking thing.
[09:35] Luou
    You must be Xie Lu.
[09:37] Meili
    Xie Lu?
[09:38] Luou
    Traveling all across the land,
[09:41] ---
    the young prodigy who never
    stops studying cooking:
[09:44] Luou
    Dim Sum Master Xie Lu of the Steel Staff.
[09:47] Cook
    The Dim Sum Master?
[09:48] Cook
    I've never seen him before.
[09:51] Shell
    So the eminent Master Luo
    and Chef Zhou Yu have arrived.
[09:56] Shell
    Interesting.
[09:57] Shell
    You'll be the ones to judge this contest.
[10:01] Cook
    Who does he think he's talking to?
[10:03] Luou
    I work here.
[10:05] ---
    I might judge in Mao's favor.
[10:09] Shell
    Regardless, you'll choose me.
[10:12] Luou
    You heard him, Mao.
[10:15] Mao
    I won't lose.
[10:20] Chouyu
    You have two hours.
[10:21] Chouyu
    You can use any of the ingredients and
    tools available to you in this kitchen.
[10:26] Chouyu
    Your goal is to cook enough
    shumai for 50 people.
[10:31] Chouyu
    Master Luo will judge their taste.
[10:39] Chouyu
    Begin!
[10:43] Shirou
    Fifty people?
[10:45] ---
    That old drunk makes some
    ridiculous requests.
[10:49] Cook
    So fierce.
[10:50] Cook
    I've never seen anyone use
    their hands like that.
[11:00] Cook
    Xie Lu set a bunch of dough balls in a row.
[11:04] Shell
    Now, then.
[11:11] Mao
    He's finally going to use his steel staff.
[11:24] Both
    What?!
[11:44] Cook
    Unbelievable.
[11:45] Cook
    He flattened dozens of skins in an instant.
[11:48] Mao
    H-He's amazing...
[11:50] Shirou
    Mao, this is no time to be gawk!
[11:54] Shirou
    What are you going to do?!
[11:55] Mao
    I'm actually going to spin mine, too.
[11:57] Shirou
    What?
[11:59] Mao
    Here we go.
[12:04] Meili
    He's spinning the skin itself. The skin...
[12:07] Meili
    The skin keeps...
[12:09] All
    Getting bigger!
[12:12] Mao
    Shirou, prepare the round table!
[12:14] Shirou
    G-Got it!
[12:21] Shirou
    Wow, Mao! They're super thin!
[12:25] Both
    Yes!
[12:28] Cook
    Xie Lu is choosing his
    ingredients for his filling!
[12:33] Shell
    The Yang Spring Restaurant
    doesn't disappoint.
[12:35] Shell
    I'm impressed that you have this.
[12:38] Chouyu
    He's taking the Kinka pork I planned
    to use in tonight's main dish.
[12:42] Meili
    Kinka pork?
[12:44] Chouyu
    Famous for producing the highest quality ham,
[12:46] ---
    it comes from the rarest and finest
    pigs raised in Zhejiang Province.
[12:53] Cook
    What's he doing now?
[12:56] Cook
    He split his staff in two!
[13:00] Cook
    He's pounding the meat with brute force!
[13:02] Cook
    I don't believe it!
[13:03] ---
    The Kinka pork's turning
     right into minced pork!
[13:05] Cook
    He knows exactly how to cut the pork!
[13:12] Shirou
    Mao, this isn't good.
[13:13] Mao
    Don't worry, Shirou. I have a secret plan.
[13:17] Shirou
    A secret plan?
[13:25] Cook
    The pouch is split into four sections!
[13:27] Cook
    Each one has a different filling. How clever.
[13:30] Cook
    What's up with their weird shape?
[13:32] Cook
    You should've made all four the same.
[13:39] Shell
    You don't understand.
[13:42] Shell
    This is the ultimate form of shumai:
    the Golden Ratio Shumai!
[13:46] Cook
    Golden ratio?
[13:47] Cook
    What does that mean?
[13:49] Shell
    Try one and you'll understand.
[13:51] Luou
    I shall.
[14:06] Luou
    Marvelous.
[14:08] Luou
    The tender mouthfeel of the minced shrimp.
[14:10] Luou
    The brilliantly fresh
    crispness of the greens.
[14:14] Luou
    The soft sweetness of the yolks.
[14:17] Luou
    And finally, the supremely rich and
    smooth flavor of the Kinka pork.
[14:22] Luou
    Its greatest achievement lies in the balance
[14:25] ---
    of not only the colors but also the
    amount of each ingredient used.
[14:29] Luou
    Isn't that right, Xie Lu?
[14:31] Luou
    I'm impressed, Master Luo.
[14:34] Luou
    All my shumai follow the same ratio
    of meat to other ingredients.
[14:39] Luou
    8 to 5.
[14:40] Shell
    In other words, the golden ratio.
[14:44] Meili
    So that's why they have such a strange shape.
[14:47] Cook
    I see. They're delicious!
[14:49] Cook
    The ingredients work so well together!
[14:52] Cook
    I had no idea the ratio had
    such an effect on the flavor.
[14:54] Cook
    And the techniques he used
    to create it were impressive.
[14:58] Cook
    No wonder they call him the Dim Sum Master!
[15:02] Shirou
    What? That's nothing.
[15:04] Shirou
    After all, Mao has a secret strat—
[15:08] Shirou
    Mao?
[15:11] Mao
    I can't do it, Shirou.
[15:13] Mao
    I lost this contest.
[15:16] Shirou
    What?
[15:16] Mao
    My dish is exactly the same as his.
[15:19] Mao
    My secret strategy was to cook
    with four different ingredients.
[15:32] Mao
    What should I do?
[15:33] Mao
    I chose to accept his challenge.
[15:37] Mao
    I want to fight back.
[15:40] Mao
    Is there anything I can do?
[15:43] Shirou
    Mao, there's no time!
[15:45] Shirou
    Fifty people! You have to make at
    least enough shumai for 50 people!
[15:51] Mao
    Fifty.
[15:56] Shirou
    Mao!
[15:58] Meili
    Fresh flour? You're going to start over now?
[16:02] Shirou
    What are you thinking, Mao?
[16:05] Shell
    Th-This kid...
[16:09] Cook
    But he has only half the time left!
[16:11] Cook
    He can't cook a dish to beat Xie Lu's now.
[16:13] Cook
    Not even Mao can pull that off.
[16:17] Shirou
    Believe in Mao!
[16:21] Shirou
    Mao, what should I do?!
[16:24] Mao
    Get the steaming basket in the back!
[16:27] Shirou
    Got it!
[16:36] Chouyu
    It's time, Mao. Present your dish.
[16:42] Cook
    What is that?
[16:43] Cook
    What's he thinking?
[16:47] Chouyu
    Open it, Mao.
[16:55] Mao
    I call it the Big Bang Shumai.
SIGN    Big Bang Shumai
[16:57] Mao
    It's done!
[16:59] Cook
    This shumai certainly would feed 50 people.
[17:03] Shell
    A desperate bluff.
[17:06] Shell
    A giant shumai like that won't
    be cooked properly in the middle.
[17:12] Cook
    It's shaped like a shumai.
[17:14] Cook
    But how does it taste?
[17:22] Shell
    I knew it. It's not cooked properly.
[17:25] Luou
    Mao.
[17:26] Luou
    You used that, didn't you?
[17:29] Luou
    Charcoal. Isn't that right, Mao?
[17:32] Mao
    Yes.
[17:33] Mao
    Before steaming it, I cooked
    the filling over charcoal.
[17:37] Mao
    A smokeless charcoal cooks
    from the inside out.
[17:53] Meili
    The master is taking bites
    from all over the place.
[17:56] Meili
    Why is he eating with such poor manners?
[18:00] Luou
    I see.
[18:04] Luou
    That's why you call it the Big Bang Shumai.
[18:09] Shell
    What?
[18:11] Shell
    The cross section looks like marble?
[18:14] Luou
    You understand the meaning of these
    ever-changing patches, don't you, Xie Lu?
[18:20] Shell
    Could it be?
[18:21] Luou
    Here he pounded tough flank meat,
[18:24] ---
    drawing out the gamy flavor.
[18:28] Luou
    These are boneless ribs.
[18:30] Luou
    He pounded these, as well, producing a
    marbled fatty meat with juicy flavor.
[18:37] Shell
    This is the womb.
[18:39] Shell
    This is chewy stomach.
[18:41] Shell
    This is pork feet.
[18:46] Shell
    You're one interesting guy.
[18:50] Shell
    In other words...
[18:51] Mao
    That's right.
[18:53] Mao
    I captured the deliciousness of
    an entire pig in this shumai.
[18:58] Luou
    That's right.
[19:00] Luou
    In this single shumai is a
    universe of one single organism.
[19:08] Shell
    You can wrap however much of whichever
    part you want in this silky skin.
[19:13] Shell
    The flavor changes from place
    to place. You can't stop eating.
[19:17] Shell
    Each section is delicious on its own,
[19:19] ---
    but even is better when two
     layers coincidentally overlap,
[19:21] ---
    creating unlimited combinations,
[19:23] ---
    playing a harmony of flavors
    beyond imagination!
[19:27] Cook
    Let me have some!
[19:28] Cook
    Me, too!
[19:31] Cook
    This is the head.
[19:33] Cook
    I found some heart.
[19:34] Cook
    You're taking too much at once!
[19:36] Cook
    This is great!
[19:37] Cook
    It's like a treasure hunt.
[19:39] Shell
    The Big Bang Shumai, huh?
[19:42] Shell
    As someone who only saw shumai as dim sum,
[19:45] ---
    it's a world a million light years away.
[19:47] Cook
    So good!
[19:49] Shell
    His imagination is on such an enormous scale.
[19:53] Shell
    It's amazing. You're truly
    amazing, Liu Maoxing.
[19:58] Shell
    You won this battle.
[20:00] Shell
    Right, Master Luo?
[20:05] Shell
    Kid, I now understand
    just how skilled you are.
[20:09] Shell
    But yours is no ordinary strength, is it?
[20:19] Shell
    I see.
[20:21] ---
    So you're the rumored youngest
    Super Chef ever, Liu Maoxing.
[20:28] Shell
    And you're the one who cooked that
    soggy vegetable stir fry, aren't you?
[20:35] Shell
    Thanks. Because of you, I met Mao.
[20:40] Shell
    And when Mao was cornered,
[20:42] ---
    you're the only one who didn't
    stop believing in him.
[20:47] Shell
    Thank you.
[20:49] Shirou
    What?
[20:50] Mao
    Of course, Xie Lu.
[20:53] Mao
    After all, Shirou is...
[20:56] Mao
    my one and only partner.
[20:59] Shirou
    Mao!
[21:01] Shell
    A spirit that doesn't give up
    even on the brink of despair.
[21:04] Shell
    A heart that fervently believes in him.
[21:08] Shell
    The Big Bang was born when
    those two came together.
[21:12] Shell
    You guys are the best!
[21:25] Meili
    I couldn't believe in Mao back there.
[21:29] (Flashback) Shirou
    Believe in Mao!
[21:31] Meili
    I've been studying cooking
    so I can be useful to Mao.
[21:40] Meili
    Maybe I'm not good enough.
[21:42] Meili
    Maybe I can't become Mao's partner.
[22:10] Meili
    What's this?
[22:11] Man
    An invitation to a dinner party.
[22:14] Man
    For you, your father, and one more.
[22:20] Man
    We'd like for your friend to come, as well.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Strange Invitation"
[24:23] Narration
    "The Strange Invitation."

E3 - The Strange Invitation
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:56] Man
    Do you understand?
[01:57] Man
    Yes, sir.
[02:07] Man
    Have you told him about the Super Chef?
[02:12] Man
    We have a different target this time.
[02:14] Man
    He has his own personal reasons.
[02:16] Man
    It's too soon to deal with the Super Chef.
[02:20] Man
    Understood.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[02:44] Shirou
    Sis.
[02:46] Shirou
    Sis!
[02:48] Shirou
    What's wrong with you? At least answer me.
[02:51] Meili
    Would you shut up, already?!
[02:53] Meili
    I told you to stop calling me that, too!
[02:56] Shirou
    What are you putting on airs for, Sis?
[02:59] Shirou
    What's that?
[03:00] Meili
    It's nothing.
[03:02] Shirou
    Oh, wow!
[03:04] Shirou
    It's an ice sculpture!
[03:06] Zhouyu
    Mao.
[03:06] Mao
    Yes, sir.
[03:09] Shirou
    Isn't it amazing, Mao?
[03:10] Mao
    Yeah. His skills are on another level.
[03:13] Mao
    There isn't another chef in
    Guangzhou as talented as Zhou Yu.
[03:17] Shirou
    But, Mao, what does this sculpture have
    to do with the flavor of his dishes?
[03:22] Mao
    Cooking isn't just about flavor, Shirou.
[03:24] Mao
    Flavor, color, smell, form...
[03:27] Mao
    Only when all four come together
    is a dish truly great.
[03:30] Mao
    And the ultimate manifestation of form
    is the creation of ice sculptures.
[03:36] Meili
    In a manner of speaking, my dad
    is the ultimate cooking fiend.
[03:40] Meili
    His passion for cooking was
    so single-minded and strict
[03:44] ---
    that he got into trouble when he was young.
[03:48] Mao
    Trouble?
[03:52] Man
    Impressive!
[03:56] Meili
    I received this from a foreigner yesterday.
[03:59] Meili
    I thought it was a prank,
    so I was hesitant to give it to you.
[04:03] Zhouyu
    "Tomorrow night, come to the Western-style
    mansion in Haizhong Park South."
[04:08] Zhouyu
    "We shall prepare the highest quality
    dishes made with seasonal meats
[04:12] ---
    and vegetables and await your arrival."
[04:15] Zhouyu
    An invitation to a dinner party.
[04:18] Zhouyu
    Who's it from?
[04:20] Zhouyu
    This mark...
[04:25] Luou
    With that mark on the letter, you have to go.
[04:29] Zhouyu
    Master.
[04:30] Mao
    Huh? What does this mark mean?
[04:32] Zhouyu
    In the Guangzhou culinary world,
     this mark means "absolute obedience."
[04:37] Mao
    Absolute obedience...
[04:39] Meili
    But why was I invited along with Dad and Mao?
[04:44] Luou
    Indeed.
[04:45] Luou
    Well, you'll all be together.
    There's nothing to worry about.
[04:49] Luou
    Zhou Yu, don't worry about the restaurant.
[04:53] Luou
    Go enjoy your dinner party.
[04:56] Zhouyu
    Understood.
[04:59] Mao
    What a dense forest.
[05:02] Meili
    Around here, it's even
    dim during the daytime.
[05:04] Meili
    The townsfolk find it creepy
    and stay away from here.
[05:10] Zhouyu
    Don't worry. It's just a bird.
[05:16] Meili
    I was anxious when I received the letter,
[05:19] Meili
    but I'm curious what they'll
    serve at the dinner party.
[05:21] Mao
    Yeah.
[05:26] Zhouyu
    We're here.
[05:36] Meili
    What?
[05:37] Mao
    What is this place?
[05:40] Zhouyu
    A group of foreigners once barricaded
    themselves in this Western-style mansion
[05:43] Zhouyu
    when we clashed with them.
[05:46] Zhouyu
    It's been in ruins ever since.
[05:55] Old Man
    We've been waiting for you.
[06:11] Old Man
    In here.
[06:21] Mao
    Those are titans of
    the Guangzhou culinary world.
[06:25] Mao
    Did they receive invitations
    with that mark, too?
[06:29] Mao
    And who invited them?
[06:36] Old Man
    Prominent chefs of
    the Guangzhou culinary world,
[06:39] ---
    thank you for coming today.
[06:44] Old Man
    Tonight, please enjoy the dishes
    thoughtfully prepared by my master.
[06:51] Old Man
    We shall begin with this.
[06:54] Old Man
    Enjoy.
[07:00] Mao
    Uh, what is all this?
[07:03] Zhouyu
    From the outside. Use this for the soup.
[07:13] Meili
    It's delicious!
[07:14] Zhouyu
    It's onion soup.
[07:17] Zhouyu
    The pieces floating in it are bread.
[07:19] Mao
    This is bread?
[07:20] Mao
    Anyway, I can't believe such a flavorful
    soup can be made with onion.
[07:26] Zhouyu
    Mao.
[07:28] Zhouyu
    Eat quietly.
[07:30] Mao
    Huh?
[07:35] Zhouyu
    You mustn't make noise while you eat here.
[07:40] Mao
    I'm sorry.
[07:41] Mao
    It was just so good, I couldn't slow down.
[07:56] Old Man
    Today's main dish is dove
    fried in oyster sauce.
[08:07] Chef
    Such unusual flavors.
[08:10] Chef
    This isn't just oyster sauce.
[08:12] Chef
    He's using interesting spices.
[08:14] Chef
    It's good. It goes perfectly
    with the vegetables.
[08:20] Meili
    They're right. This dove isn't gamy at all.
[08:23] Meili
    It has a kick to it, and it's really good.
[08:30] Zhouyu
    This flavor...
[08:38] Mao
    Guys, don't eat the food!
[08:41] Chef
    What? Why not? But it's so good.
[08:44] Chef
    I've never tasted a better
    prepared dove dish.
[08:48] Mao
    This isn't dove.
[08:50] Chef
    Yeah, right.
[08:52] Chef
    What do you know about cooking?
[09:00] Chef
    My whole body is numb!
[09:06] Meili
    Mao...
[09:10] Mao
    Meili!
[09:24] Mao
    Are you okay, Meili?
[09:27] Zhouyu
    Her pulse is a little fast.
[09:29] ---
    She's only paralyzed for now, but...
[09:32] Zhouyu
    Anyway...
[09:34] Mao
    This is the meat of the poisonous brown frog.
[09:37] Mao
    It's a fake dish that cleverly disguises
    it as the very similar dove meat.
[09:43] Mao
    Who would do something like this?!
[09:49] Voice
    The most prominent chefs of the
    Guangzhou culinary world are such fools
[09:53] ---
    even when they're lying on their backs.
[09:55] Voice
    But I'm impressed, Zhou Yu.
     You weren't fooled.
[09:59] Zhouyu
    Who are you?
[10:07] Mask
    Surely you haven't forgotten me, Zhou Yu.
[10:14] Mao
    A masked chef?
[10:16] Mao
    Was it you who poisoned the chefs?!
[10:38] Mask
    It's been a while, Zhou Yu.
[10:41] Mask
    Don't tell me you've forgotten me.
[10:43] Zhouyu
    You're still alive?
[10:47] Zhouyu
    After inviting us here
    with your damned letter,
[10:49] ---
    you cooked a poisoned main
    dish using brown frog meat.
[10:53] Zhouyu
    What do you want?
[10:55] Mask
    Revenge.
[10:57] Mask
    Zhou Yu, I have lived for the sole
    purpose of getting revenge on you today.
[11:01] Mask
    I challenge you, Zhou Yu. You cannot refuse.
[11:05] Mao
    Revenge?
[11:07] Mao
    What happened between the two of them?
[11:16] Mask
    Unless I administer the antidote
    before this clock runs out,
[11:20] ---
    your daughter will die.
[11:23] Mask
    You can't get the antidote
    unless you defeat me, Zhou Yu.
[11:29] Mao
    This is inhuman!
[11:39] Mask
    Of course you can't reject my challenge
    when your daughter's life is on the line!
[11:45] Zhouyu
    It's fine. Take care of Meili.
[11:48] Zhouyu
    How will we compete?
[11:51] Mask
    It goes without saying.
[11:53] Mask
    Just like then, three courses of longxia.
[11:57] Zhouyu
    You...
[11:57] Mao
    Like "then"?
[11:59] Mask
    A three-round contest using
    longxia, or spiny lobster.
[12:04] Mask
    As you know, the first contest
    is a contest of garnishes.
[12:08] Mask
    We shall prepare these lobsters under
    a certain condition, of course.
[12:13] Mao
    What?
[12:17] Mao
    Blindfolds?
[12:19] Mask
    Eyes covered and in the dark, we will
    blindly prepare a dish of live lobster.
[12:25] Mao
    Zhou Yu can't lose a contest of garnishes.
[12:29] Zhouyu
    Why are you doing this now?
[12:32] Zhouyu
    No matter how many times
    you try, you can't beat me!
[12:38] Mask
    You've always been the same.
[12:40] Mask
    You've always looked down on me.
[12:43] Mask
    But I'm different now! And don't forget...
[12:46] Mask
    Your daughter's life is
    in my hands right now.
[12:51] Zhouyu
    Shut up. Let's begin.
[12:54] Mask
    Such an infuriating voice.
[12:55] Mask
    It feeds my hatred for you.
[12:59] Mask
    Zhou Yu, you don't stand
    a chance against me now.
[13:07] Mao
    The garnish contest in the dark has begun!
[13:17] Mao
    Amazing. Even though he's blindfolded,
    he uses his knife just the same.
[13:21] Mao
    Impressive, Zhou Yu.
[13:59] Mao
    Zhou Yu! Zhou Yu, wake up!
[14:06] Mao
    A scorpion!
[14:07] Mao
    Was it mixed in with the lobsters?
[14:15] Mask
    What's wrong? Do you forfeit?
[14:17] Mask
    What happened to your
    extraordinary chef's spirit?
[14:21] Mask
    As you can see, I've finished.
[14:23] Mask
    Since you've forfeited the contest, I win.
[14:31] Mao
    How could you do this?
[14:32] Mao
    You're willing to cheat to win?
[14:35] Mask
    Cheat? Boy, did you just say I cheated?
[14:40] Mask
    Then let me tell you.
[14:42] Mask
    That man Zhou Yu once did
    the same thing in a match against me.
[14:57] Mao
    No way... You're saying Zhou Yu cheated?
[15:01] Mask
    I have achieved my revenge.
[15:04] Mask
    It's all over now, Zhou Yu.
[15:06] Mask
    You will know the full extent of the
    humiliation I have tasted since that match.
[15:18] Mao
    Hey, wait.
[15:21] Mao
    Are you forfeiting the match?
[15:23] Mask
    What was that, boy?
[15:26] Mao
    Two contests remain.
[15:38] Mao
    Your opponent will be Chef Zhou Yu's
    apprentice, Liu Maoxing the Super Chef.
[15:46] Mask
    You're a Super Chef?
[15:55] Mask
    I will grant that is indeed
     the mark of a Super Chef.
[15:59] Mask
    However, my revenge is complete.
[16:03] Mask
    You have no right to challenge me.
[16:12] Mao
    Tell me! What's the second contest?
[16:15] Mask
    I suppose I can tell you.
[16:17] Mask
    The next contest is fried foods.
[16:20] Mask
    Are you saying you can beat
    me at fried foods, boy?
[16:24] Mao
    What's the condition?
[16:26] Mask
    The second contest is a contest of speed.
[16:28] Mask
    Our cooking time will end once
    either one of us has finished.
[16:32] Mask
    Then we will judge each other's dishes.
[16:35] Mask
    I'll be finished cooking while
    you're still heating your oil.
[16:40] Mask
    Well? Are you still determined to engage
    in this reckless battle, hatchling?
[16:45] Mao
    Cook as fast as you can.
    Otherwise, you won't beat me.
[16:49] Mask
    What was that?!
[16:58] Mask
    I see. You're better than I expected, boy.
[17:03] Mask
    Either way, you're impudent.
[17:05] Mask
    You'll regret picking a fight with me.
[17:11] Mao
    Done!
[17:14] Mask
    I-Impossible!
[17:15] ---
    In so little time?
[17:18] Mao
    Let's judge each other's dishes.
[17:20] Mao
    Show me what you made.
[17:22] Mask
    My dish is nut-crusted lobster.
[17:26] Mask
    I coated the lobster in crushed nuts
    and fried it until golden brown.
[17:30] Mask
    Correctly managing the temperature of the oil
[17:33] ---
    for both ingredients requires great skill.
[17:36] Mask
    Frying the crunchy nut coating
    amplifies their aroma.
[17:40] Mask
    Nothing is more delicious.
[17:42] Mask
    When combined with the special sauce,
    together they create the ultimate flavor.
[17:46] Mask
    This combination of fried lobster and
    sauce is the quintessence of fried foods.
[17:53] Mao
    So, where's the sauce?
[17:55] Mask
    The sauce...
[17:56] Mao
    Where is the sauce?
[17:57] Mask
    The sauce...
[17:59] ---
    would've been completed easily
    if I'd had another minute.
[18:02] Mao
    In other words, it's incomplete?
[18:08] Mao
    An incomplete dish doesn't need to be judged.
[18:13] Mask
    You impudent brat!
[18:14] Mask
    Boy! What did you make?
[18:20] Mask
    Is this all?
[18:22] Mao
    Yeah.
[18:24] Mask
    Don't be absurd!
[18:25] Mask
    Yours is incomplete, too!
[18:28] Mao
    No, it's done.
[18:30] Mask
    Boy, you don't seem to
    understand. Listen closely!
[18:34] Mask
    The essence of fried lobster lies in
    the combination of the fragrant flavor
[18:38] ---
    of lobster fried to a golden
    brown color and a rich sauce.
[18:42] Mask
    I refuse to consider your dish
    complete without a sauce.
[18:45] Mask
    And look how ugly it's been fried!
[18:49] Mask
    You simply threw one whole
    lobster into the oil!
[18:52] Mask
    There's no way you fried it properly in
    the short time it took for me to only fry mine!
[19:01] Mask
    I can't believe I played
    along with a stupid brat.
[19:05] Mask
    You've ruined my victory over Zhou Yu.
[19:08] Mao
    You don't get it.
[19:12] Mask
    What don't I understand?!
[19:16] Mao
    You'll see once you taste it.
[19:21] Mask
    Impudent brat.
[19:25] Mask
    Very well. I'll have one bite.
[19:32] Mask
    What is this deliciousness?
[19:35] Mask
    There's...
[19:37] Mask
    sauce inside!
[19:39] Mask
    Could it be?
[19:42] Mask
    This smooth sauce is made
    with egg yolks and oil,
[19:46] ---
    with a touch of milk and sugar.
[19:48] Mask
    The fragrant aroma of the fried
    cashews coating and lobster.
[19:53] Mask
    Together with the smooth sauce,
     they form an impressive combination.
[19:57] Mask
    But how?
[20:01] Mask
    If you put the sauce inside the coating,
[20:04] ---
    it should leak out while frying.
[20:10] Mask
    That's...
[20:12] Mask
    That's tofu skin.
[20:13] Mao
    That's right. I wrapped tofu skin
    between the lobster and coating,
[20:16] ---
    sealing the sauce inside.
[20:19] Mao
    The tofu skin protects the sauce,
    preventing it from leaking out.
[20:24] Mao
    Spiny lobster wrapped in clouds of tofu skin.
[20:27] Mao
    I call it the Gold Rain Flying Dragon!
SIGN    Gold Rain Flying Dragon
[20:39] Mao
    I thought I told you to cook quickly.
[20:43] Mask
    Th-This boy did all this work in the time it
    took for me to simply fry the lobster.
[20:50] Mask
    Such skill. Such awesome talent.
[20:53] Mask
    He had the keen sense of taste to identify
    the poison of the brown frog right away.
[20:58] Mask
    And he's a Super Chef at such a young age...
[21:02] Mask
    This boy is the apprentice Zhou Yu
    raised with great care.
[21:07] Mask
    He may one day become a dragon that
    disrupts the world of Chinese cuisine.
[21:21] Mask
    I underestimated you, boy.
[21:27] Mask
    It seems my revenge is incomplete
    unless I defeat you.
[21:32] Mask
    Listen closely, boy.
[21:34] Mask
    On the right is the antidote
    to revive your friends.
[21:37] Mask
    On the left is a poison that could
    kill an elephant with a single drop.
[21:41] Mask
    Our longxia battle has three rounds.
[21:43] Mask
    I won the garnish contest,
     and you won the frying contest.
[21:47] Mask
    That makes us evenly matched.
[21:49] Mask
    The next contest will determine the winner.
[21:51] Mask
    If you win, I'll give you the antidote.
[21:54] Mask
    But if you lose...
[21:58] Mask
    You'll drink the poison.
[22:12] Mask
    Well? Do you accept, boy?
[22:17] Mao
    Yes!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Pot of Grudges"
[24:24] Narration
    "Pot of Grudges."

E4 - Pot of Grudges
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[01:37] Shirou
    Huh? This plate broke on its own.
[01:41] Shirou
    It gives me the creeps.
[01:44] Shirou
    Come to think of it, those three
    sure are late coming back.
[01:48] Xielu
    Hey!
[01:50] Xielu
    Huh? It's just you, kid?
[01:55] Shirou
    Zhou Yu and Mao are out, so I closed early.
[02:00] Shirou
    So, what do you want?
[02:02] Xielu
    I heard a strange rumor.
[02:06] Xielu
    Where did Mao go?
[02:08] Shirou
    To a dinner party at a Western-style
    mansion in the woods.
[02:11] Shirou
    I bet Mao's eating his fill of tasty food.
[02:17] Xielu
    Then you should hurry up and
    make a name for yourself
[02:19] ---
    so you can get invited to dinner parties.
[02:21] Shirou
    Mind your own business!
[02:28] Mask
    So far our three-round longxia
    battle is one to one.
[02:33] Mask
    The third contest will determine the winner.
[02:36] Mask
    If you win, I'll give you the antidote.
[02:40] Mask
    But if you lose, you'll
    drink all of this poison.
[02:46] Mao
    What's the theme of this contest?
[02:48] Mask
    Stew!
[02:51] Mask
    In other words, hot pot.
[02:53] Mao
    Hot pot?
[02:55] Mask
    If you don't hurry,
[02:58] ---
    the poison will take full
    effect, and they'll die.
[03:03] Mao
    How can you use cooking for your revenge?
[03:07] Mao
    Don't you have any pride as a chef?
[03:10] Mask
    Pride?
[03:12] Mask
    I threw my pride away long ago,
[03:15] ---
    on that day 16 years ago!
[03:21] Mask
    There was a woman I loved
    from the bottom of my heart.
[03:25] Mask
    Her name was Meixiang.
[03:27] Mask
    She was the daughter of the proprietor
    whose restaurant I trained at.
[03:30] Mask
    Not only was she good-natured, but she
    was famous in town for her beauty.
[03:36] (Flashback) Mask
    Now this is a problem.
[03:37] (Flashback) Meika
    I knew it'd be impossible.
[03:39] (Flashback) ---
    I'm sorry for making such a rushed request.
[03:42] (Flashback) Lien
    Oh, no.
[03:44] (Flashback) Lien
    Okay. You said thirty people, right?
[03:48] (Flashback) Lien
    I'll figure something out.
[03:49] (Flashback) Meika
    Really? You're a lifesaver! Thank you so much.
[03:54] Mask
    For that smile, I would've given my life.
[03:58] Mask
    Then, one day,
[04:01] Mask
    a cooking contest was held
    with her as the prize.
[04:05] Mask
    The man standing in my
    way was my rival, Zhou Yu.
[04:12] Mask
    We competed in a three-round longxia battle.
[04:16] (Flashback) Lien
    Meixiang.
[04:18] (Flashback) Lien
    I'll do it. I promise I'll make you happy.
[04:23] (Flashback) Meika
    Sure.
[04:24] Mask
    The contest was just about to begin.
[04:36] (Flashback) Mob
    What happened?
[04:37] (Flashback) Lien
    Th-This is...
[04:39] (Flashback) Lien
    Zhou Yu, did you...
[04:46] Mask
    Because of the anesthetic-tipped needle
    Zhou Yu hid in the lobster, I collapsed.
[04:52] Mask
    Without waiting for all the matches
    to conclude, Meixiang became Zhou Yu's!
[04:58] Mask
    Defeated by Zhou Yu's dirty trap,
    I lost my way as a chef!
[05:04] Mao
    You're obviously lying!
[05:06] Mao
    Zhou Yu would never do something like that!
[05:09] Mask
    Quiet, boy!
[05:11] Mask
    You know nothing of my decade of suffering!
[05:15] Mask
    I abandoned everything I'd achieved so far,
[05:18] ---
    covered my face with a mask,
    and donned this armor.
[05:22] Mask
    I threw myself into the cooking underworld
[05:25] ---
    and swore I'd one day get
    my revenge on Zhou Yu!
[05:33] Mask
    Gaze upon my treasures that
    have absorbed my hatred!
[05:38] Mao
    Guan huo!
SIGN    Guan Huo!!
[05:40] Narration
    Guan huo refers to dried
    foods made from abalone,
[05:43] ---
    scallops, shark fin, and other ingredients.
[05:46] Narration
    They are dried not only for preservation,
[05:50] ---
    but also to create profound flavors not found
[05:53] ---
    in fresh ingredients when rehydrated.
[05:57] Mask
    Yes. These guan huo are the
    ingredients I failed to use
[06:01] ---
    in the contest 16 years ago
    because of Zhou Yu's trap!
[06:05] Mask
    The more time that passes, the more the
    unique flavor of the guan huo increases.
[06:09] Mask
    In other words, these are
    the greatest of guan huo.
[06:14] Mask
    Using these, I will create
    the greatest hot pot
[06:17] ---
    I couldn't make back then and defeat you!
[06:19] Mask
    It will be the grand finale of my revenge!
[06:24] Mask
    Let us begin, boy!
[06:26] Mao
    Yeah!
[06:31] Mask
    The soul of cooking is the stock.
[06:34] Mask
    This high-quality guan huo
    produces a rich stock.
[06:38] Mask
    There is no way you can beat its
    deliciousness accumulated over 16 years, boy!
[06:47] Mask
    He's making a stock from fruits of the land.
[06:50] Mask
    You've got a keen eye, boy.
[06:53] Mask
    But you're still only a hatchling.
[06:56] Mask
    Our short cooking time will
    result in a fatal failure!
[07:14] Mask
    You underestimated your ingredients, boy.
[07:17] Mask
    If you boil that many
    ingredients simultaneously,
[07:20] ---
    they'll produce an endless amount of scum.
[07:23] Mask
    Any scum remaining in the
    pot will ruin the flavors.
[07:26] Mask
    Too bad for you.
[07:29] Mao
    I grew up in the mountains of Sichuan.
[07:31] ---
    I know all about scum.
[07:33] Mask
    What?
[07:36] Mask
    What's that?!
[07:37] Mao
    This is my ace in the hole.
[07:43] Mao
    I'll show you my true strength!
[07:48] Mask
    His true strength?
[07:50] Mask
    He claims he hasn't used
    all his strength yet?
[08:01] Mask
    This is it.
[08:02] Mask
    This is the best Chinese stock
    squeezed from the ultimate guan huo.
[08:07] Mask
    There's no way I can lose with this stock!
[08:10] Mask
    No matter what you try, it's pointless.
[08:13] Mask
    Your pot is full of scum.
    The star ingredient is ruined.
[08:18] Mask
    I'm done!
[08:20] Mao
    Me, too!
[08:22] Mao
    We're running out of time. Judge the dishes.
[08:25] Mask
    Slow down, boy.
[08:27] Mask
    I've arranged for the perfect
    person to judge our final battle.
[08:35] Shirou
    Ouch...
[08:36] Mao
    Shirou! What are you doing here?
[08:39] Shirou
    Sorry, Mao.
[08:40] Shirou
    I was worried, so I came after you.
[08:44] Shirou
    Then I got caught.
[08:46] Mao
    What do you think you're doing?
[08:47] Mao
    You're getting more innocents involved?!
[08:51] Mask
    We'll have him judge the dishes.
[08:53] Both
    What?
[08:55] Mask
    He'll compare and judge the dishes
[08:57] ---
    without us telling him who cooked which one.
[09:02] Mask
    What? It's simple.
[09:04] Mask
    If this brat chooses your
    dish, you'll all be saved.
[09:10] Mask
    And if he chooses my dish, then
    you'll still drink this poison.
[09:16] Shirou
    Which means if I chose the masked man's dish,
[09:22] Shirou
    Sister Meili and her dad, all the
    important chefs of Guangzhou,
[09:26] Shirou
    and Mao will all be poisoned?!
[09:39] Shirou
    The white pot has lobster in
    the middle, with scallops,
[09:42] ---
    sea cucumbers, and shark
    fin around the edges.
[09:45] Shirou
    They're all expensive ingredients.
[09:48] Shirou
    The black pot has lobster in the middle,
[09:50] ---
    with mushrooms, mountain
    vegetables, and burdock.
[09:53] Shirou
    It's got rustic, earthy ingredients.
[09:56] Shirou
    But...
[09:59] Shirou
    Both of them smell really good.
[10:02] Shirou
    Which is it? Which one is Mao's pot?
[10:06] Shirou
    I can't eat them.
[10:08] Shirou
    Once I do, I'll have to make
    my decision immediately!
[10:12] Mask
    If you don't hurry, you'll run out of time.
[10:16] Mask
    Not that I mind.
[10:20] Shirou
    Damn it!
[10:22] Mao
    Shirou, don't try to choose my dish.
[10:25] Shirou
    Huh?
[10:27] Mao
    Choose the dish you wholeheartedly
    believe tastes better.
[10:30] Mao
    That's my dish.
[10:32] Mao
    Taste carefully and compare the
    scenes that unfold on your tongue.
[10:36] Shirou
    Mao...
[10:39] Shirou
    Got it. I understand, Mao.
[10:42] Shirou
    I'll dedicate all my focus onto my tongue.
[10:45] Shirou
    Okay. First up...
[10:56] Shirou
    The sea. These are the
    rich flavors of the sea.
[10:59] Shirou
    The flavor of shrimp is surpassed by
    the umami of the high-quality seafood.
[11:04] Shirou
    The rich stock surges
    dynamically like raging waves.
[11:08] Shirou
    Not only that, but these guan huo
[11:11] ---
    have spent years absorbing
    the rays of the sun.
[11:14] Shirou
    Such incredible depth...
    It's undeniably delicious.
[11:20] ---
    Okay...
[11:20] Shirou
    This one's next.
[11:28] Mask
    There's no way he could've produced decent
    flavors in a pot with that much scum.
[11:34] Mask
    Those guan huo accumulated
    my 16-year-old grudge.
[11:38] Mask
    The winner is my hot pot that drew out that
    supreme deliciousness without a single flaw!
[11:47] Shirou
    I'll make my judgment now.
[11:50] Shirou
    I don't know which dish is Mao's.
[11:53] Shirou
    But it's clear to me which one
    I thought was truly delicious.
[11:57] Shirou
    That is...
[11:58] Mask
    My white pot or his black pot?
[12:05] Shirou
    The black one!
[12:06] Mao
    Yes!
[12:07] Shirou
    Mao!
[12:10] Shirou
    Good. Everyone will be saved.
[12:13] Mask
    Wh-Why?!
[12:15] Mask
    Why did you choose the black pot?
[12:19] Shirou
    Because of the scale of the dish, Masked Man.
[12:23] Mask
    What?!
[12:24] Shirou
    The stock you used in your
    hot pot was excellent.
[12:27] Shirou
    But isn't the star of this dish the lobster?
[12:31] Shirou
    The lobster lost to the strong
    seafood-based stock you made.
[12:37] Shirou
    But Mao's dish blended together
    various fruits of the land,
[12:40] ---
    creating a complex but mild stock.
[12:43] Shirou
    It drew out the mellow sweetness
    of the lobster perfectly.
[12:47] Shirou
    The mountain-based stock exquisitely
    supported the ocean-based umami,
[12:51] ---
    creating flavors on a grander scale.
[12:57] Mask
    It's true that stock made from fruits
    of the land is a well of flavor.
[13:00] Mask
    Perhaps it does draw out the
    flavor of the lobster better.
[13:04] Mask
    But you couldn't have produced
    a decent dish with so much scum.
[13:08] Mask
    How did you do it?!
[13:10] Mao
    This is my secret:
[13:13] Mao
    a paper hot pot.
[13:14] Mask
    Nonsense!
[13:16] Mask
    There's no way this should function as a pot!
[13:19] Mao
    Then I'll show you.
[13:24] Mao
    See? As you can see, even inside
    a paper hot pot, the water boils.
[13:29] Mask
    You're saying paper that has
    absorbed water doesn't burn?
[13:32] Mask
    But why does it matter that the pot
    is made of paper? This is ridiculous!
[13:37] Mao
    You'll see.
[13:39] Mask
    Wh-What's this?
[13:41] Mask
    The paper walls are absorbing the scum.
[13:46] Mask
    I can clearly see the letters on the bottom.
[13:49] Mask
    This is how you removed the scum
    and cooked a perfectly clear soup?!
[13:55] Mask
    I am defeated. I lost, boy.
[14:01] Both
    Yes!
[14:03] Mao
    Shirou, give everyone the antidote.
[14:05] Shirou
    Got it!
[14:14] Zhouyu
    Mao...
[14:15] Mao
    You're awake.
[14:17] Zhouyu
    Where's Meili?
[14:18] Mao
    I'll give her the antidote now!
[14:22] Mao
    Meili?
[14:24] Zhouyu
    How is she?
[14:25] Mao
    Well...
[14:27] Zhouyu
    It's probably because of how much she ate.
[14:30] Zhouyu
    Her color is returning.
[14:32] Zhouyu
    She should wake up eventually.
[14:35] Zhouyu
    Mao, watch Meili for me.
[14:38] Mao
    Okay.
[14:39] Chef
    Where am I?
[14:41] Chef
    Why was I sleeping?
[14:49] Mao
    Zhou Yu!
[14:53] Mask
    My revenge was prevented.
[14:56] Mask
    But, Zhou Yu, I'll never forget
    what you did to make Meixiang yours.
[15:04] Mask
    You did the most underhanded
    thing a chef could do
[15:06] ---
    when you put that anesthetic-tipped
    needle in my lobster cage.
[15:10] Chef
    Zhou Yu, you...
[15:11] Chef
    If that's true, you're the worst.
[15:14] Mao
    Maybe the person responsible...
[15:16] Mao
    Maybe it was Meixiang.
[15:19] Mask
    What?!
[15:21] Mask
    How dare you suggest the unspeakable?!
[15:27] Zhouyu
    16 years ago, Meixiang and I had already
    promised to spend our futures together.
[15:36] Zhouyu
    But her strict father arranged for
    a cooking contest to win Meixiang's hand.
[15:43] Zhouyu
    You volunteered yourself.
[15:46] Zhouyu
    Meixiang was troubled.
[15:49] Zhouyu
    After giving it much thought,
    without my knowledge...
[15:56] Mask
    I don't believe you.
[15:57] Mask
    You're lying!
[15:59] Mask
    If that's true, then why
    didn't you tell me? Why?!
[16:05] Zhouyu
    Because your feelings
    for Meixiang were too pure.
[16:12] Zhouyu
    I chose to hide everything.
[16:14] Zhouyu
    I believed only I needed
    to suffer your hatred.
[16:20] Zhouyu
    But perhaps I was wrong.
[16:24] Zhouyu
    She asked me to tell you
    if I ever saw you again...
[16:30] (Flashback) Meika
    I'm sorry.
[16:31] (Flashback) Meika
    I'm so sorry.
[16:40] Mask
    I see.
[16:41] Mask
    She apologized.
[16:46] Mask
    You've always been this way, Zhou Yu.
[16:48] Mask
    You speak too little.
[16:51] Mask
    But in the end, whatever the reason,
[16:54] ---
    the moment I sold my chef's
    soul for revenge...
[16:59] Mask
    perhaps my defeat was already decided.
[17:03] Zhouyu
    You!
[17:05] Zhouyu
    Those scars...
[17:07] Mask
    Surviving in the cooking underworld
    takes a certain degree of mettle.
[17:12] Mask
    It's all over now, though.
[17:16] Mask
    Thanks to you, I didn't fall
    as far as I could have.
[17:20] Mask
    Thank you.
[17:22] Mask
    In the very end, I became a true chef.
[17:27] Meili
    Mao... Dad...
[17:30] Mao
    Meili!
[17:33] Meili
    What happened?
[17:38] Mask
    You look just like her. It saddens me.
[17:43] Mask
    Zhou Yu, was Meixiang happy?
[17:47] Zhouyu
    Yes.
[17:48] Mask
    I see.
[17:57] Zhouyu
    Li Yan!
[17:59] Zhouyu
    You drank the poison!
[18:01] Lien
    You finally called me by my name, Zhou Yu.
[18:06] Lien
    After everything I've done,
    I don't deserve a long life.
[18:11] Lien
    And this is the result.
[18:13] Lien
    They don't forgive mistakes.
[18:16] Lien
    I'd die either way.
[18:18] Lien
    Be careful, Zhou Yu.
[18:20] Lien
    The cooking underworld will come for
    you and the boy for defeating me.
[18:26] Zhouyu
    The cooking underworld...
[18:28] Lien
    Zhou Yu, have you ever battled that boy?
[18:32] Zhouyu
    No, not yet.
[18:33] Lien
    He'll be huge someday.
[18:36] Lien
    Better than you were when you were young.
[18:41] Lien
    Only those who have fought him know.
[18:43] Lien
    His true strength is bottomless.
[18:50] Chef
    Do you smell something burning?
[18:52] Chef
    Is there a fire?
[18:57] Zhouyu
    Li Yan! You started a fire!
[18:59] Lien
    No. It wasn't me.
[19:02] Chef
    We need to get out of here!
[19:03] Zhouyu
    Don't!
[19:10] Underling
    Is it all right if it burns?
[19:13] Old Man
    In some ways, it's more convenient for us.
[19:16] Old Man
    They haven't noticed it yet.
[19:19] Underling
    Yes, sir.
[19:27] Shirou
    Mao, none of the doors will open!
[19:29] Shirou
    What should we do?
[19:32] Lien
    They set us up.
[19:34] Mao
    At this rate...
[19:44] Xielu
    Is everyone okay?
[19:45] Mao
    Xie Lu!
[19:46] Xielu
    Hurry! The fire's spreading quickly!
[19:49] Shirou
    Got it!
[19:50] Meili
    Dad!
[19:54] Zhouyu
    Li Yan.
[19:55] Lien
    It's too late for me.
[19:57] Lien
    Farewell, Zhou Yu!
[20:00] Zhouyu
    Li Yan!
[20:03] Meili
    Dad, hurry!
[20:09] Zhouyu
    Li Yan... you're unbelievable...
[20:15] Xielu
    We made it.
[20:17] Shirou
    What are you doing here, Xie Lu?
[20:19] Xielu
    That's all you have to
    say after I've saved you?
[20:22] Xielu
    I just followed you here.
[20:37] (Flashback) Xielu
    Is she... Could it be?
[20:43] Mao
    Li Yan...
[20:45] Mao
    Li Yan!
[20:52] Mao
    Li Yan!
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[21:08] Shirou
    Hey, listen.
[21:10] Shirou
    Sis, do you not remember your mom?
[21:13] Meili
    Huh?
[21:17] Meili
    She died before I could remember.
[21:20] Meili
    Is something wrong, Shirou?
[21:23] Shirou
    It's nothing. Now what's next?
[21:28] Meili
    I sort of remember the caped man
    from the mansion, though...
[21:51] Zhouyu
    When I consider the difference
    in strength between Mao and Li Yan,
[21:55] ---
    Mao should've had less than a one in
    ten thousand chance of beating him.
[21:59] Zhouyu
    But still...
[22:02] (Flashback) Lien
    Only those who have fought him know.
[22:04] (Flashback) Lien
    His true strength is bottomless.
[22:10] Zhouyu
    Mao, has your true strength
    already surpassed mine?
[22:17] Zhouyu
    What do you hope to do
    in this vast land of food
[22:22] ---
    with that tongue and those skills, Mao?
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Ambition of the Cooking Underworld"
[24:23] Narration
    "Ambition of the
     Cooking Underworld."

E5 - Ambition of the Cooking Underworld
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:39] Xielu
    Dang, lost him.
[01:42] Mao
    Xie Lu!
[01:44] Xielu
    Mao?
[01:45] Xielu
    Hey!
[01:52] Shirou
    You even use your staff to fish?
[01:55] Xielu
    Once you get used to it, it's way better
    than some unreliable fishing rod.
[02:03] Xielu
    I'm just off my game today!
[02:05] ---
    By the way...
[02:06] Mao
    Thank you for coming to
    the mansion to save us.
[02:12] Xielu
    This brat snuck out of the restaurant
    in the middle of the night.
[02:16] Xielu
    I only followed him because I was curious.
[02:18] Shirou
    "Brat?" Well, I can't call him out this time.
[02:24] Xielu
    You went toe-to-toe with
    that underworld guy, right?
[02:28] Mao
    Yes.
[02:29] Xielu
    And you won, right?
[02:31] Mao
    Yes.
[02:32] Xielu
    I see. Things might get
    difficult around here.
[02:36] Mao
    Huh?
[02:38] Xielu
    The cooking underworld is a terrifying
    organization scattered all across the land.
[02:44] Xielu
    They're a group of chefs with a twisted
     kind of passion for cooking.
[02:49] Xielu
    Word is they're always
    plotting wicked schemes.
[02:53] Xielu
    On top of that, I hear they're
    as vindictive as snakes.
[02:57] Xielu
    It's bad news if they set
    their sights on you.
[03:11] Xielu
    Be careful, Mao.
[03:20] Shirou
    The cooking underworld sounds kind of scary.
[03:23] Meili
    Dad seemed to know about them.
[03:26] Meili
    Mao, do you know anything?
[03:28] Mao
    N-Nothing specific...
[03:31] Meili
    Be careful, Mao.
[03:33] Meili
    Xie Lu said you should be careful, too.
[03:36] Mao
    Yeah, I will.
[03:39] Shirou
    Mao?
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[03:46] Chef
    Welcome back, Meili.
[03:48] Chef
    Lei En's coming back tomorrow.
[03:51] Meili
    What? Lei En is?
[03:52] Chen
    Our chicken vendor got a letter from him.
[03:56] Chen
    I bet you miss him, Meili.
[03:58] Meili
    Yeah.
[03:59] Mao
    Lei En...
[04:00] Shirou
    Who?
[04:01] Meili
    Lei En was a genius chef as good as you
    who used to work at the restaurant.
[04:07] Mao
    Really?
[04:08] Shirou
    You're in a really good mood, Sis.
[04:11] Meili
    It's been four years since
     Lei En left to train.
[04:16] Meili
    His legendary genius is
    still the talk of the town.
[04:22] Meili
    Just one week after he started training here,
[04:24] ---
    he was already making
    decorative frozen desserts.
[04:27] Meili
    In his first month, he made half
    of dad's repertoire his own.
[04:33] Meili
    Even Master Luo considered him
    a possible future head chef.
[04:40] Meili
    He was so kind.
[04:43] Meili
    Sometimes he cried while cooking.
[04:48] Meili
    I wondered if he was too
    kind to become a chef.
[04:55] (Flashback) Leon
    Meili.
[04:57] (Flashback) Leon
    I know I have to become stronger.
[05:00] (Flashback) Leon
    I want to become a chef who
    makes people truly happy.
[05:09] Meili
    He wanted to travel in
    order to improve himself.
[05:12] Meili
    He said as much to Master Luo and Dad,
[05:15] ---
    and left on his journey that day.
[05:20] Meili
    Since we haven't heard from him in four years,
[05:22] ---
    I was convinced he wasn't coming back.
[05:25] Meili
    I wonder what kind of chef he's become.
[05:28] Meili
    I'm so excited to see him.
[05:31] Shirou
    Mao?
[05:52] Xielu
    What a haul.
[05:54] Xielu
    I won't have any money for traveling expenses
[05:58] Xielu
    unless I can make dim sum from fishing.
[06:00] Xielu
    Shumai, shumai...
[06:04] Xielu
    Blue, white, yellow...
[06:15] Xielu
    Who's there?
[06:24] Xielu
    What the hell was that for?!
[06:26] Man
    You're Xie Lu of the Steel Staff.
[06:29] Man
    A chef's tools are his life.
[06:31] Man
    Without your staff, your "best shumai
    in the land" are nothing.
[06:36] Xielu
    Who do you think you are?!
[06:39] Xielu
    That crest...
[06:47] Mao
    What? Your staff?
[06:49] Xielu
    Yeah. It was stolen.
[06:51] Mao
    By who?
[06:53] Xielu
    There's no doubt about it.
[06:54] Xielu
    He definitely belongs to the underworld.
[06:57] Xielu
    He has a unique crest on his hand.
[07:00] Xielu
    It means the cooking underworld
    has finally spread to Guangzhou.
[07:05] Xielu
    Mao, you and Zhou Yu defeated
    that underworld chef.
[07:10] Xielu
    They could come for you at any time.
[07:15] Xielu
    The next time we meet, he'll pay.
[07:18] Shirou
    Mao, you shouldn't be lounging around here.
[07:21] Shirou
    We need to get ready for the welcoming party.
[07:23] Xielu
    Welcoming party?
[07:24] Mao
    Oh, right. Lei En's coming back.
[07:29] Mao
    What a magnificent water buffalo.
[07:31] Chen
    It's tonight's main dish.
[07:32] Chen
    We'll welcome Lei En back with this.
[07:35] Mao
    All right. I'll prepare the best beef dish.
[07:39] Meili
    We're counting on it.
[07:40] Shirou
    All right! Let's butcher this thing, Mao.
[07:44] Mao
    We'll start by following
    the grain of the meat.
[07:48] Shirou
    Can't we just cut it up?
[07:50] Mao
    No. If the surface of the meat is coarse,
[07:53] ---
    it feels different when
    you put it in your mouth.
[08:15] Chen
    An entire giant buffalo...
[08:17] Chef
    Butchered in an instant!
[08:19] Mao
    Incredible. His technique was perfect!
[08:22] Mao
    He cut so quickly without
    severing any fibers!
[08:27] Meili
    Are you...
[08:30] Meili
    Lei En?!
[08:32] Chen
    Lei En? Are you really Lei En?
[08:34] Yon
    I hardly recognized you!
[08:36] Yon
    You're a grown man now!
[08:38] Meili
    Lei En, welcome back. It's me, Meili!
[08:42] Meili
    Do you remember me?
[08:43] Meili
    How was your training?
[08:53] Leon
    Don't touch me.
[08:54] Leon
    A chef's tools are his life.
[09:01] Meili
    I-I'm sorry...
[09:04] Leon
    Where are Luo and Zhou Yu?
[09:07] Meili
    They're out at the market right now.
[09:10] Meili
    Anyway, Lei En, we want to
    celebrate your return tonight.
[09:13] Meili
    Let's celebrate our reunion
    with a huge party!
[09:19] Chen
    We get it. You want to rest first.
[09:22] Chen
    Meili cleaned up your room for you.
[09:26] Shirou
    Anyway, that was amazing.
[09:29] Shirou
    He swung that big knife around without
    getting a single drop of blood on the floor.
[09:34] Mao
    That's the first time I've seen
    the Raging Bull Blue Dragon Cut.
SIGN    Raging Bull Blue Dragon Cut
[09:40] Shirou
    What?
[09:41] Mao
    A technique for quickly
    butchering an entire buffalo
[09:44] Mao
    without spilling a single
    drop of blood or juice.
[09:48] Mao
    It's a miraculous technique
    known only in the underworld.
[09:52] Shirou
    The underworld?
[09:55] Shirou
    How do you know about that, Mao?
[09:59] Mao
    His unbelievable transformation
[10:02] ---
    and use of a secret underworld technique...
[10:07] Xielu
    The Raging Bull Blue Dragon Cut
    and "a chef's tools are his life."
[10:17] Xielu
    You took my staff!
[10:22] Mao
    Xie Lu!
[10:24] Xielu
    He's unbelievably strong!
[10:27] Xielu
    How dare you steal my staff!
[10:33] Leon
    Are you the Super Chef who
    defeated Li Yan the Masked?
[10:37] Xielu
    Answer my question!
[10:41] Mao
    That's right. I'm Mao the Super Chef.
[10:46] Leon
    Interesting.
[11:05] Zhouyu
    What's going on here?
[11:12] Zhouyu
    What's going on here?
[11:14] Yon
    Master Luo, Zhou Yu. Welcome back.
[11:17] Zhouyu
    Is something the matter?
[11:21] Luou
    Ah, Lei En. You're back.
[11:25] Luou
    Come to my room.
[11:28] Luou
    Chen, bring some tea.
[11:30] Chen
    Yes, sir.
[11:39] Xielu
    That jerk!
SIGN    Head Chef's Office
[11:47] Zhouyu
    Know your place, Lei En!
[11:53] Luou
    I thought you'd be returning soon.
[11:55] Luou
    Lei En, have you been well?
[12:00] Leon
    Spare me the pleasantries.
[12:03] Leon
    As promised, I have completed
    my training and returned.
[12:06] Leon
    Master Luo, give me the legendary utensils.
[12:11] Yon
    What are these legendary utensils?
[12:22] Leon
    Surely you haven't forgotten
    the promise you made that day.
[12:27] (Flashback) Luou
    Lei En.
[12:29] (Flashback) Luou
    When you return, I shall give
    you the legendary utensils.
[12:35] (Flashback) Leon
    Master.
[12:41] Xielu
    The legendary utensils really do exist, huh?
[12:44] Shirou
    Huh?
[12:45] Xielu
    It's an old legend.
[12:48] Xielu
    Some cooking utensils with mysterious powers
[12:50] ---
    were sealed away in a region of this land.
[12:54] Xielu
    It's said any chef who possesses
    them gains unlimited power.
[12:59] Xielu
    And they're here in Guangzhou,
[13:03] Xielu
    in the possession of Master Luo.
[13:08] Leon
    I have met your conditions.
[13:10] Leon
    As promised, give me the—
[13:11] Xielu
    Hold on, now.
[13:14] Xielu
    Master Luo, wait to decide
    until you've seen this.
[13:18] Xielu
    He's an underworld chef who stole
    my staff under cover of darkness.
[13:23] Xielu
    If you give him the legendary utensils,
    we'll be in big trouble!
[13:26] Chen
    Is that true, Lei En?
[13:28] Yon
    When did you join the underworld?
[13:32] Meili
    The underworld? What's going on, Lei En?
[13:35] Meili
    What happened during your
    four years of training?
[13:39] Chen
    You can't give him the legendary utensils!
[13:42] Zhouyu
    Why not?
[13:44] Chen
    Zhou Yu!
[13:45] Zhouyu
    He broke down a buffalo
    without spilling any blood.
[13:48] Zhouyu
    It's proof that he's trained
    his knife skills extensively.
[13:52] Chen
    Zhou Yu, what are you talking about?
[13:54] Chef
    He's bad news!
[13:56] Zhouyu
    However, you're right.
[13:59] ---
    If the wrong person inherits
    the legendary utensils,
[14:02] ---
    the rules of the Chinese
    culinary world will collapse.
[14:05] Zhouyu
    Whether or not you're worthy of
    receiving the legendary utensils
[14:08] ---
    will be determined in a knife
    skills contest before the gods.
[14:12] Zhouyu
    The contest will take place at the Daxian
    Temple dedicated to the utensils.
[14:17] Zhouyu
    Lei En, there you will show us what
    you learned over four years.
[14:22] Leon
    This is ridiculous.
[14:25] Leon
    But if that's what it takes to
    acquire the utensils, then I accept.
[14:28] Leon
    Will you be my opponent, Zhou Yu?
[14:31] Zhouyu
    No. Mao, you will face him.
[14:38] Leon
    This is nonsense.
[14:39] Zhouyu
    Mao, show him your true strength.
[14:45] Mao
    I understand, Zhou Yu.
[14:48] Leon
    His "true" strength?
[14:53] Zhouyu
    Master, please let me have
    my way just this once.
[15:01] Luou
    Very well.
[15:03] Luou
    We'll gather the elders of Guangzhou.
[15:06] Luou
    Is that all right, Lei En and Mao?
[15:10] Leon
    Let's see this "true strength" of yours.
[15:20] Meili
    Wait!
[15:24] Meili
    Lei En...
[15:27] Xielu
    This is getting out of hand.
[15:30] Xielu
    Zhou Yu forced onto you
     the heavy burden of protecting
[15:34] ---
    the legendary utensils from
    an underworld chef on a whim.
[15:39] Xielu
    And a knife skills contest will make full use
[15:42] ---
    of his exceptional skills and that
    well-maintained giant knife.
[15:49] Xielu
    What are you supposed to do?
[15:52] Mao
    Xie Lu, I already have an idea, actually.
[15:55] Xielu
    Huh?
[15:58] Xielu
    What?!
[15:59] Xielu
    Wh-What are you talking about?
[16:01] Xielu
    There's no time for that.
[16:03] Mao
    You're the only one I can ask.
[16:06] Xielu
    Mao...
[16:09] Xielu
    Fine.
[16:11] ---
    I'll make it work.
[16:13] Mao
    Thank you, Xie Lu!
[16:17] Narration
    Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
[16:19] Narration
    Standing quietly in the middle of
    Hualin Mountain is the Daxian Temple.
[16:23] Narration
    At this ancient temple counted among
    the five great mountains of Guangdong,
[16:27] ---
    once a year, the chefs of
    Guangdong gather to hold
[16:32] ---
    a memorial service for
    their old cooking utensils.
[16:37] Narration
    The oldest of the temple's
    buildings is the treasury.
[16:41] Narration
    Enshrined centuries ago, the masterless
    legendary utensils slumber inside the treasury.
[16:48] Mob
    The legendary utensils are in there?
[16:50] Mob
    It's a contest between
     two Yang Spring pupils!
[16:53] Meili
    Mao... Lei En...
[16:58] Luou
    By ancient rites, we shall now
    hold a knife skills contest
[17:02] ---
    before the gods at Daxian Temple.
[17:05] Luou
    Your ingredient is...
[17:07] Luou
    Sea bream!
[17:09] Mob
    Those are giant sea bream!
[17:11] Mob
    I've never seen anything like them!
[17:14] Luou
    Competitors, to the front.
[17:19] Luou
    Of Yang Spring Restaurant, Lei En.
[17:21] Mob
    Are those all knives?
[17:23] Mob
    Wow. He's armed to the teeth.
[17:26] Mob
    With all those knives,
[17:28] Mob
    he can easily cut through large
    bones or remove small ones.
[17:32] Luou
    Also of Yang Spring Restaurant, Mao.
[17:36] Mob
    What?!
[17:38] Mob
    He's empty-handed!
[17:39] Meili
    Huh?
[17:40] Shirou
    What is Mao thinking?
[17:43] Shirou
    Lei En's got seven knives!
[17:49] Meili
    He's changed.
[17:52] Meili
    He's not that kind Lei En anymore.
[17:56] Meili
    But why did he become an underworld chef?
[18:00] Zhouyu
    "Chushi kongzhi de zhishi."
[18:04] Zhouyu
    In other words, controlling
    the people through cooking.
[18:06] Zhouyu
    That is the secret ambition
    of the cooking underworld.
[18:10] Both
    What?
[18:11] Zhouyu
    From peasant to emperor,
    people die if they don't eat,
[18:15] ---
    and an unbalanced diet can cause
    fatal harm to their health.
[18:20] Zhouyu
    You could argue it's the reason chefs hold
    to the key to the life of all people.
[18:26] Zhouyu
    And the cooking underworld is composed
     of those who wish to use chefs
[18:30] ---
    in cunning and bold ways toward evil ends.
[18:35] Zhouyu
    They've enforced strict training for
    centuries in order to nurture chefs
[18:40] ---
    to whom they can pass down
     closely-guarded secret techniques.
[18:44] Zhouyu
    However, only a handful master them.
[18:49] Zhouyu
    It's a miracle that Li Yan was even alive.
[18:54] Zhouyu
    And...
[18:55] Meili
    Lei En endured that harsh training, too.
[18:59] Meili
    This knife skills contest
    is no ordinary contest.
[19:03] Shirou
    What do you mean?
[19:06] Zhouyu
    You'll see once the contest begins.
[19:09] Luou
    Lei En, Mao.
[19:11] Luou
    You are to produce four sea bream dishes
[19:13] ---
    according to your own convictions as chefs.
[19:17] Luou
    But first, I have one thing to tell you.
[19:21] Luou
    These giant sea bream were
    caught this morning at sunrise.
[19:28] Luou
    Now... Begin!
[19:35] Chen
    He's using all seven knives!
[19:38] Leon
    My Seven Star Knives cut
    all things in an instant.
SIGN    Seven Star Knives Instant Cut
[19:47] Mob
    Such incredible speed!
[19:48] Mob
    He's using different knives in each hand,
     but he's controlling his strength perfectly!
[19:52] Yon
    This is his secret technique?
[19:54] Zhouyu
    What are you looking at?
[19:55] Zhouyu
    He hasn't used any secret techniques yet.
[19:58] Chen
    What?
[20:00] Zhouyu
    He's simply making the best possible cuts
[20:03] ---
    using the right knife for each section.
[20:08] Zhouyu
    He's just doing it with
    tremendous speed and accuracy.
[20:13] Zhouyu
    A chef's greatest enemy while
    butchering is hesitation.
[20:17] Zhouyu
    But he doesn't have a shred of hesitation.
[20:21] Zhouyu
    Lei En is to be feared.
[20:24] Leon
    First dish, finished.
[20:27] Mob
    What?!
[20:31] Mao
    Th-That's amazing.
[20:33] Chen
    Mao's doing it again.
[20:36] Shirou
    He'll be fine.
[20:37] Shirou
    For some reason Mao knew its name
[20:40] ---
    when Lei En used his secret technique
    to butcher the buffalo.
[20:43] Mob
    What?
[20:44] Shirou
    Mao's true strength is even
    greater than we realize.
[20:48] Meili
    His true strength?
[21:00] Yon
    What?!
[21:02] Chen
    He's removing the tough scales just
    by running his hands over them!
[21:07] Zhouyu
    Wrong. Look closely.
[21:12] Chen
    That's steel wire.
[21:14] Shirou
    That's amazing!
[21:16] Shirou
    I had no idea he had a secret weapon!
[21:19] Zhouyu
    That won't be enough.
[21:21] Zhouyu
    The most the thin steel wire can
    accomplish is removing its scales.
[21:25] Zhouyu
    It's impossible for it to
    cut through meat or bone.
[21:27] Shirou
    No way...
[21:29] Xielu
    Hey!
[21:34] Xielu
    Sorry I'm late, Mao!
[21:36] Xielu
    I got what you asked for!
[21:41] Mao
    I've been waiting for you, Xie Lu!
[21:46] Shirou
    What's that?
[21:48] Shirou
    It's bending all over the place!
[21:49] Mao
    Thanks, Xie Lu!
[21:55] Chen
    It's bending along the sea bream's body!
[21:58] Chen
    What is that thing?
[22:01] Leon
    Impossible...
[22:03] Leon
    Known only in the cooking underworld,
    that's a Hundred Hole Knife.
[22:08] Meili
    A knife known only in the cooking underworld?
[22:18] Meili
    Mao, you, too?
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Seventh Knife"
[24:24] Narration
    "The Seventh Knife."

E6 - The Seventh Knife
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:30] Leien
    Known only in the cooking underworld,
    that's a Hundred Hole Knife.
[01:36] Meili
    A knife known only in the cooking underworld?
[01:46] Meili
    Mao, you, too?
[01:52] Shirou
    His knife is bending all over the place.
[01:54] Shirou
    Using that knife, he can cut the fish
    without damaging the organs.
[01:58] Shirou
    Not only is he using steel wire,
     but he's got that knife, too!
[02:01] Shirou
    This must be Mao's true strength!
[02:04] Meili
    Mao...
[02:06] Xielu
    He's one formidable chef, that one.
[02:09] Xielu
    Mao's a real slave driver, though.
[02:11] Xielu
    He had me make that thing in just one day.
[02:15] Xielu
    Beating it was backbreaking work,
[02:18] ---
    but no matter how much you bend it,
     its strength is guaranteed.
[02:27] Xielu
    And since the holes let air through,
[02:30] ---
    the flesh of the sea bream doesn't stick to
    the knife, allowing you to cut efficiently.
[02:35] Xielu
    Whether Lei En has seven or eight secret
    weapons, there's no need to fear them!
[02:41] Leien
    Why is an ordinary Super Chef
    using an underworld knife?
[02:48] Leien
    There's something more to him.
[02:50] Leien
    I can't afford to cut corners
    in this competition.
[02:56] Luo
    The four elders of the Guangdong Chef's
    Alliance will now judge the dishes.
[03:03] Luo
    Lei En, present your first dish.
[03:08] Leien
    I present sashimi made from the cheeks,
    back, stomach, and tail.
[03:15] Guan
    Unbelievable!
[03:16] Guan
    Those parts are all difficult to cut!
[03:19] Yan
    This is the ultimate
    demonstration of knife skills.
[03:24] Sifu
    These slices cut with unparalleled
    accuracy produce a fragrant aroma.
[03:34] Luo
    These pieces are cut from
    the highly-mobile tail.
[03:38] Luo
    The firm flesh has a pleasant bounce
    to it that drives back the teeth.
[03:43] Mao
    Impressive.
[03:44] Mao
    Your skills are the real deal.
[03:47] Leien
    My second dish is boiled
    fish head with vegetables.
[03:53] Guan
    Such a rich soup.
[03:55] Guan
    The fragrant aroma of the sea
    gently greets the nose.
[04:00] Guan
    I must sample it immediately.
[04:10] Guan
    Delicious!
[04:14] Guan
    The fatty sea bream heads melt in my mouth!
[04:20] Yan
    The heads have been meticulously cleaned,
    leaving no trace of unpleasant odors.
[04:24] Sifu
    Delicious! Such excellent flavors!
[04:27] Guan
    Wh-What's next?
[04:28] Guan
    What kind of dish is next?!
[04:32] Guan
    Extremely thin-cut sashimi.
[04:34] Guan
    The technique is impressive,
[04:36] ---
    but it's a bit disappointing
    after the first dish.
[04:40] Leien
    You're wrong.
[04:43] Leien
    My third dish is the main dish.
[04:46] Leien
    Dip the pieces in this
    boiled sea bream stock.
[04:51] Guan
    How unusual.
[04:52] Guan
    But we'll see how it compares
    to the first two dishes.
[05:02] Guan
    Such transcendent flavors!
[05:05] Guan
    Thin as silk, the smooth
    mouthfeel of the sea bream
[05:08] ---
    and perfectly drawn out stock
    produce a rich combination!
[05:14] Xielu
    I kind of wish I could try that myself...
[05:17] Leien
    My fourth dish is steamed fish head.
[05:20] Yan
    You chose an archetypal stable
    dish to finish the meal.
[05:26] Luo
    How delicious. I think my tongue is burning.
[05:31] Guan
    Applying top-tier skill from head to tail,
    you did a perfect job
[05:35] ---
    using simple techniques to make
    great use of the sea bream.
[05:39] Guan
    It's no wonder Luo called you a prodigy.
[05:48] Zhouyu
    Though they appear flashy at first glance,
[05:50] ---
    all his skills are all faithfully
    fundamental and orthodox.
[05:55] Zhouyu
    He didn't use a single underworld technique.
[05:58] Zhouyu
    Why not?
[06:00] Luo
    Next, Mao.
[06:02] Luo
    Present your dishes.
[06:09] Xielu
    What's that?
[06:10] Shirou
    Sea bream.
[06:11] Meili
    We can see that!
[06:13] Mob
    Just one sea bream?
[06:15] Mob
    They were supposed to
    make four dishes, right?
[06:20] Leien
    Let's see what dish you created
    using your Hundred Hole Knife.
[06:25] Mao
    Come here, Shirou!
[06:28] Shirou
    Who, me?
[06:29] Mao
    Listen closely, Shirou. We'll cut
    these threads at the same time.
[06:35] Shirou
    Got it.
[06:37] Mao
    Okay. Here we go, Shirou.
[06:40] Mao
    Ready, and...
[06:45] Shirou
    Wh-What is this?!
[06:47] Shirou
    The body is spreading like a fan!
[06:51] Shirou
    Mao, this sea bream...
[06:54] Shirou
    Could it be? Could it be?!
[06:58] Shirou
    All of China is inside the sea bream!
[07:01] Shirou
    You made your sea bream look
    like the Chinese land mass!
[07:05] Mao
    Liu Maoxing's special Sealed
    Land Mass Sea Bream!
SIGN    Sealed Land Mass Sea Bream
[07:09] Guan
    H-He used the sea bream to
    recreate the Chinese land mass!
[07:13] Yan
    Such incredible knife skills!
[07:15] Guan
    Let's eat.
[07:22] Guan
    Could this be?
[07:25] Yan
    You're right. I'm certain of it.
[07:29] Guan
    This sea bream contains the flavors
    of the four major regions of China.
[07:36] Xielu
    What?! Four flavors in a single sea bream?!
[07:40] Mob
    What does that mean?
[07:41] Mob
    I don't get it.
[07:43] Mob
    Explain it to us, elders.
[07:45] Guan
    This is Beijing.
[07:47] Guan
    Slices of back meat were
    dredged in salt and grilled,
[07:50] ---
    then wrapped with green onions inside
    flour skins commonly used in Peking duck.
[07:55] Luo
    This is Sichuan.
[07:56] Luo
    The fatty middle section was
    wrapped in flour, fried,
[08:00] ---
    and covered with a thick, piping
    hot red oil-based sauce.
[08:05] Yan
    This is Shanghai.
[08:06] Yan
    Chinese mitten crab paste was
    wrapped in generously cut pieces
[08:10] ---
    of springy tail sashimi in
    this supremely luxurious dish.
[08:14] Sifu
    And this is Guangdong.
[08:16] Sifu
    Sea bream stomach tataki
    and heaping helpings
[08:19] ---
    of Guangzhou's famous fresh vegetables
    were dressed with rich oyster sauce.
[08:24] Sifu
    Nothing is fresher than this lively
    and crunchy sea bream and vegetables.
[08:30] Sifu
    When alternating dishes, I can't stop eating!
[08:33] Sifu
    I can't stop!
[08:36] Xielu
    He captured an entire
    country inside a sea bream!
[08:39] Xielu
    Mao's ideas are as imaginative as ever!
[08:41] Shirou
    He did it! Mao's true strength is exploding!
[08:47] Meili
    Mao's true strength...
[09:02] Mob
    Who won?
[09:07] Luo
    This contest...
[09:08] All
    Is too difficult to judge!
[09:11] Mob
    What?!
[09:14] Luo
    As a result, this contest is a tie.
[09:18] Leien
    Wait!
[09:22] Leien
    We'll settle this with an extra round.
[09:26] Mob
    What?
[09:27] Mob
    Extra round?
[09:28] Mob
    I've never heard of that before.
[09:33] Mao
    Bring it on!
[09:39] Luo
    An extra round? Very well.
[09:42] Luo
    Perhaps that's what's
    best for the both of you.
[09:46] Luo
    But, Lei En, we have only a single
     sea bream remaining.
[09:50] Lou
    What do you intend to do?
[09:53] Leien
    That's plenty. I'll settle things using this.
[09:57] Zhouyu
    This isn't good. Mao's at a disadvantage.
[10:00] Meili
    What?
[10:01] Shirou
    Why? Mao's just as good
    with a knife as Lei En.
[10:07] Zhouyu
    Count carefully.
[10:08] Zhouyu
    Lei En has Seven Star Knives,
[10:11] Zhouyu
    but he's only used six so far.
[10:16] Zhouyu
    He's still got an ace up his sleeve.
[10:23] Leien
    I didn't expect to use this here.
[10:33] Leien
    This is the last of my Seven Star Knives.
[10:37] Leien
    A secret knife of the underworld,
    Heavenly North Star Wolf.
SIGN    Heavenly North Star Wolf
[10:42] Meili
    A secret underworld knife?
[10:45] Mob
    He brought out his last knife!
[10:47] Mob
    He's finally wielding the seventh knife!
[10:50] Leien
    His Sealed Land Mass Sea Bream was
    undoubtedly the work of a Super Chef.
[10:57] Leien
    But he also used a Hundred Hole Knife,
[11:00] ---
    known only in the cooking underworld.
[11:03] Leien
    Just who is he?
[11:06] Leien
    I don't know who you are,
    but one thing is clear.
[11:11] Leien
    You are an obstacle blocking my path.
[11:16] Leien
    What's so funny?
[11:18] Mao
    Not funny, fun.
[11:22] Mao
    You're an incredible chef.
[11:24] Mao
    I know you'll create another amazing dish.
[11:28] Leien
    Do you think this a friendly game?
[11:33] Leien
    Now that I've drawn this knife,
     you cannot win.
[11:39] Leien
    I'll let you choose whichever
    part you want first.
[11:42] Leien
    The rest is enough for me.
[11:47] Mao
    Lei En, you've got the wrong idea.
[11:50] Mao
    Because you're a such great chef,
[11:52] Mao
    I treat you with respect and do my very best!
[12:01] Xielu
    He cut it straight down the middle,
    including every single bone.
[12:05] Xielu
    Now they're on totally equal footing
    when it comes to ingredients.
[12:10] Mao
    Use your strongest underworld techniques.
[12:12] Mao
    Otherwise, you can't beat me.
[12:15] Leien
    Interesting.
[12:16] Leien
    The larger the obstacle,
    the more worthwhile it is to crush.
[12:20] Shirou
    Mao is serious! He could win this contest!
[12:24] Xielu
    No, Mao is still disadvantaged.
[12:27] Shirou
    What? Why?
[12:29] Xielu
    Mao's tools are still only the steel wire
     and Hundred Hole Knife.
[12:33] Xielu
    In other words, Lei En knows exactly
    what options are available to Mao.
[12:37] Xielu
    In contrast, Lei En has
    his seventh, unknown knife.
[12:46] Leien
    I shall break the seal.
[12:53] Shirou
    What is that knife?
[12:58] Xielu
    His knife is glowing.
[13:01] Xielu
    So this is the Heavenly North Star Wolf.
[13:06] Xielu
    What an eerie blue glow.
[13:09] Xielu
    What in the world is that knife?
[13:13] Leien
    I didn't want to use this.
[13:17] Mao
    What?
[13:18] Leien
    You said these sea bream
    were caught this morning.
[13:21] Leien
    Whoever impresses the tongues
     of the four elders
[13:24] ---
    in this extra round will be
    the winner of the contest.
[13:29] Leien
    The dishes made up to this
    point were merely sideshows.
[13:33] Leien
    With ultimate slices cut
    from the same sea bream,
[13:36] ---
    I shall make the four elders
    taste heaven on earth.
SIGN    Arhat Crystal Cut
[13:45] Leien
    Heavenly North Star Wolf: Arhat Crystal Cut!
[13:50] Xielu
    What awesome cuts!
[13:53] Xielu
    The speed and sharpness of his
    cuts is nothing like before!
[13:56] Xielu
    So why is he wearing such
    a ghastly expression
[14:00] ---
    as though he's cutting his own flesh?
[14:05] Leien
    Look upon the sharpness of my cuts!
[14:12] Yan
    What?!
[14:15] Sifu
    My face!
[14:18] Guan
    Our faces are reflected in the sashimi!
[14:22] Both
    What?!
[14:28] Lou
    These paper-thin slices reflect
    even our faces like a mirror.
[14:32] Luo
    How can something so sharp exist?
[14:37] Xielu
    That blue glow, its awesome sharpness,
[14:41] ---
    and his agonized expression.
[14:44] Xielu
    C-Could it be? No, it must be!
[14:47] Shirou
    What?
[14:48] Xielu
    The secret underworld knife,
    Heavenly North Star Wolf,
[14:52] ---
    is a knife made of ice!
[14:55] Shirou
    A knife made of ice?
[14:57] Xielu
    I've heard rumors.
[14:59] Xielu
    Extracted from deep within
    glaciers in the north,
[15:02] ---
    miraculous ice knives sharpened over years
[15:06] ---
    while maintaining their coldness
    are used by the underworld.
[15:11] Xielu
    The sharpened blade is razor-sharp,
[15:15] ---
    and the chill surrounding the blade
     imparts no heat to the fish.
[15:21] Xielu
    They cut instantly through fish
    without damaging its flesh.
[15:25] Xielu
    They are the ideal and ultimate knife.
[15:28] Shirou
    Th-Then why didn't he use that
    amazing knife from the start?
[15:34] Zhouyu
    Look at his hands and you'll know why.
[15:39] Shirou
    Lei En's right hand is turning purple!
[15:43] Zhouyu
    It's frostbite.
[15:45] Zhouyu
    His hand is already beginning
    to die because of the ice.
[15:48] Meili
    But why? There must be plenty of ways
    to handle it, like wrapping it in cloth!
[15:53] Zhouyu
    As you master your skills,
    even a single layer of cloth
[15:56] ---
    can throw off your sense
    of touch in your hands.
[15:59] Zhouyu
    It's impossible to produce
    those exquisite knife skills
[16:01] ---
    unless he holds it directly in his hand.
[16:05] Zhouyu
    He's sacrificing his chef's lifeblood—
    his right hand—to cut his ingredients.
[16:10] Zhouyu
    It's a double-edged sword.
[16:12] Shirou
    What will Mao do?
[16:22] Shirou
    The sea bream!
[16:22] Meili
    It exploded!
[16:24] Xielu
    Every time he brings the knife down,
    tiny bits of sea bream go flying!
[16:27] Xielu
    What's going on?
[16:34] Shirou
    What did he do?
[16:37] Shirou
    This is...
[16:39] Shirou
    ...a steel wire knife!
[16:41] Shirou
    He wrapped the steel wire around
    the holes in his Hundred Hole Knife!
[16:45] Xielu
    That's it.
[16:46] ---
    The countless rings sticking out tore
    tiny pieces of flesh from the sea bream.
[16:51] Xielu
    Those bits flew into the air,
    causing an explosion!
[16:56] Leien
    Do you have any idea what you've done?
[17:01] Leien
    Tearing the fish into tiny pieces
    will do the same to its flavor.
[17:06] Leien
    How do you intend to restore its flavor?
[17:08] Mao
    It's fine the way it is.
[17:10] Mao
    This sea bream will be
    transformed by my hands.
[17:14] Leien
    What?
[17:16] Zhouyu
    Their knife skills are evenly matched.
[17:20] Zhouyu
    But their approaches to
    cooking are total opposites.
[17:24] Zhouyu
    Which chef will the legendary
    utensils choose?
[17:30] Shirou
    Mao's chopping vegetables into thin strips.
[17:33] Shirou
    He must plan to add them
    to a sea bream tataki.
[17:35] Xielu
    Those are bamboo shoots,
    shiitake mushrooms, and carrots.
[17:39] Xielu
    They can't be eaten raw.
[17:41] Xielu
    What's he planning to do with them?
[17:48] Mob
    His ice knife shattered!
[18:02] Shirou
    Lei En's hand!
[18:03] Xielu
    That's a serious case of frostbite.
[18:10] Meili
    That talisman...
[18:15] (Flashback) Meili
    You made graves for the livestock again?
[18:18] (Flashback) Meili
    There's no end to them.
[18:20] (Flashback) Leien
    There's only a fine line between the lives
    of ingredients and the lives of people.
[18:24] (Flashback) Leien
    Since I extended my own
    life by taking theirs,
[18:29] (Flashback) ---
    I want to at least help them rest in peace.
[18:33] Meili
    He hasn't changed.
[18:36] Meili
    Lei En hasn't changed.
[18:44] Leien
    The time has come.
[18:49] Leien
    He hasn't finished yet,
    but you will judge my dish now.
[18:55] Leien
    My culinary career has led to this moment.
[18:59] Leien
    This is...
[19:03] Leien
    The ultimate slice!
SIGN    Frozen Sea Bream Iceberg
[19:06] Leien
    Frozen Sea Bream Iceberg!
[19:09] Guan
    What? An iceberg?
[19:13] Guan
    Extremely thin pieces are
    stuck to the iceberg.
[19:17] Guan
    Impressive presentation.
[19:19] Leien
    It's not for presentation.
[19:21] Leien
    Sashimi is truly delicious when kept
    ice-cold until just before it's eaten.
[19:26] Leien
    When eaten with this sesame oil paste,
[19:30] ---
    you will be taken to a blue heaven.
[19:34] Leien
    Know the true power of the underworld
     knife, Heavenly North Star Wolf.
[19:43] Guan
    A blue heaven? Surely you exaggerate.
[19:54] Guan
    The wind...
[19:56] Guan
    The powerful winds of the North Pole
     are blowing through my mouth!
[20:01] Leien
    The winds will stop soon.
[20:04] Leien
    After a moment's refreshing burst,
[20:07] ---
    the life frozen by my Seven
    Star Knives will begin to melt.
[20:15] Yan
    My mouth's warmth is making the mild flavor
[20:18] ---
    of the sea bream spread throughout my mouth.
[20:21] Guan
    Such a clean and pure mouthfeel.
[20:24] Guan
    The flavor is top notch.
[20:29] Luo
    It truly is heavenly.
[20:31] Luo
    It's delicious enough to risk
    exposing your right hand to danger.
[20:37] Luo
    But the greatest reason your dish is
    so delicious is the time you served it.
[20:44] Luo
    It's been six hours since
    the sea bream was caught.
[20:48] Luo
    This is the golden moment when
    the sea bream is at its most delicious.
[20:55] Luo
    You responded impressively
    to your greatest challenge.
[20:59] Lou
    Brilliant, Lei En!
[21:04] Shirou
    Mao...
[21:10] Guan
    You took a long time to finish your dish.
[21:13] Guan
    Are you ready, Mao?
[21:14] Mao
    Yes. Thank you for waiting.
[21:17] Mao
    Enjoy!
[21:18] Guan
    Huh? These are...
[21:21] Guan
    Spring rolls?
[21:28] Leien
    I win, boy.
[21:31] Leien
    You shredded the sea bream
[21:33] ---
    and wrapped it in its skin to create
    fragrant fried spring rolls.
[21:38] Leien
    Your technique is impressive,
[21:40] ---
    but a knife skills contest is about
    the flavor of the sea bream itself.
[21:45] Leien
    You cannot win.
[21:48] Zhouyu
    Unfortunately, he's too late.
[21:51] Zhouyu
    The sea bream's window of peak
    deliciousness has passed.
[21:54] Shirou
    What?
[21:56] Shirou
    Does that mean Mao's sea bream is no good?
[22:00] Zhouyu
    Just as lost time can never be regained,
    lost flavors can never return.
[22:08] Guan
    Let the judging begin.
[22:11] Guan
    Maoxing, you took too long mincing
    the sea bream and wrapping it in its skin.
[22:20] Guan
    This sea bream is already dead.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Two Successors"
[24:24] Narration
    "Two Successors."

E7 - Two Successors
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:30] Zhouyu
    Mao, what hope do you have of winning?
[01:37] Meili
    Mao...
[01:40] Guan
    Let the judging begin.
[01:48] Guan
    Maoxing, you took too long mincing
    the sea bream and wrapping it in its skin.
[01:57] Guan
    This sea bream is already dead.
[02:13] Guan
    Wh-What?!
[02:18] All
    It's alive!
[02:23] All
    And delicious!
[02:25] Luo
    It's incredibly fresh, as though a living
    sea bream is leaping inside my mouth.
[02:32] Leien
    What?!
[02:36] Guan
    This surprising flavor
    that melts on the tongue
[02:39] ---
    along with the vegetables is
    the sea bream's peak deliciousness!
[02:43] Yan
    Sealed inside these spring
    rolls is a golden flavor
[02:48] ---
    just as delicious as Lei En's!
[02:53] Luo
    But the sea bream was prepared long
    after its peak deliciousness ended.
[02:58] ---
    How?
[03:00] Leien
    I-Impossible...
[03:06] Leien
    C-Could it be?
[03:11] Meili
    Mao!
[03:12] Shirou
    Mao's hand!
[03:14] Leien
    Th-These burns...
[03:16] Leien
    Could it be?
[03:19] Mao
    That's right, Lei En.
[03:23] Mao
    I thrust my third knife
    directly into the fire...
[03:29] Mao
    and used its heat to
    seal the flavor inside.
[03:32] Leien
    Heat!
[03:33] Zhouyu
    That's it. The heat...
[03:39] Zhouyu
    While slicing the sea bream with his knife,
[03:42] ---
    the heat instantly seared its surface,
[03:46] ---
    sealing the flavor of the meat inside.
[03:53] Xielu
    And Mao held that white-hot
    knife in his bare hand.
[03:57] Xielu
    Just as Lei En sacrificed
    himself to slice his sashimi,
[04:00] Xielu
    Mao sacrificed himself to cook his own dish.
[04:08] Leien
    Not bad, kid.
[04:11] Mao
    You, too.
[04:13] Mob
    The elders have begun their discussion!
[04:15] Mob
    No matter how you look at it,
     it's Mao's spring rolls.
[04:18] Mob
    He transformed the sea bream!
[04:20] Mao
    But it was Lei En's frozen
    sashimi that brought out
[04:23] ---
    all the sea bream's flavor in a simple form!
[04:26] Mob
    They've been talking for a long time...
[04:27] Mob
    Maybe it's not going well.
[04:29] Mob
    Lei En and Mao...
[04:30] Mob
    Which Yang Spring Restaurant chef
    will inherit the legendary utensils?
[04:40] Luo
    We will now issue our judgment.
[04:46] Luo
    Lei En, you used an ice
    knife to cut the sea bream,
[04:49] ---
    presenting the ingredient
    in its ultimate frozen form.
[04:54] Luo
    Mao, not only did you masterfully use
    both knives, but you also combined both
[04:59] ---
    and used heat to seal the flavor
    of the ingredient inside.
[05:07] Luo
    Based on all the facts, we are now
    prepared to announce our decision.
[05:13] Luo
    In this knife skills contest
    before the goods...
[05:19] Luo
    In his infinite ingenuity that revived
    the sea bream in an unexpected way,
[05:26] ---
    we saw the potential of Chinese food!
[05:30] Luo
    The winner is...
[05:32] Luo
    Super Chef Liu Maoxing!
[05:39] Shirou
    Yes!
[05:40] Xielu
    Nicely done, Mao!
[05:42] Xielu
    Now that underworld jerk won't
    get the legendary utensils!
[05:59] Luo
    After the previous owner passed away,
    a successor never appeared,
[06:04] ---
    leaving the legendary utensils to slumber
    within Daxian Temple for four hundred years.
[06:11] Luo
    Super Chef Liu Maoxing, as the victor
    of this knife skills contest,
[06:17] ---
    you have earned the right to
    inherit the legendary utensils.
[06:22] Luo
    Chief priest.
[06:24] Priest
    Yes. Liu Maoxing, come with me.
[06:29] Mao
    O-Okay.
[06:32] Zhouyu
    The legendary utensils...
[06:34] Zhouyu
    Mystical utensils said to be
    forged from an iron meteorite
[06:38] ---
    by legendary chef Xiu Li
    one thousand years ago.
[06:45] Priest
    Unseal the utensils!
[06:55] Leien
    Th-That's...
[06:58] Zhouyu
    The secret of Xiu Li.
[07:01] Zhouyu
    The legendary utensil, "Ever-Soul Knife."
SIGN    Ever-Soul Knife
[07:10] Mob
    There's no rust on it at all!
[07:11] Mob
    It looks like an ordinary knife, though.
[07:33] Mob
    Look! Something's appearing on the blade!
[07:38] Lou
    Mao, the mark of the dragon
    appearing on the blade
[07:42] ---
    after four hundred years says it all.
[07:45] Luo
    That mark proves that you, Liu Maoxing,
[07:50] ---
    are the true successor of
     the legendary utensil, "Ever-Soul Knife!"
[07:55] Shirou
    Mao!
[07:57] Guan
    I don't believe it...
[07:59] Sifu
    I never thought I'd see
    the dragon's mark in my lifetime!
[08:06] Zhouyu
    When Lei En brought out
    his Seven Star Knives,
[08:10] ---
    Mao combined his two knives
    to create a new one.
[08:16] Zhouyu
    When Lei En tried to finish
    him with his ice knife,
[08:20] ---
    he made a miraculous comeback with
    an unprecedented spring roll dish.
[08:24] Zhouyu
    The more precarious his situation,
    the more his power bubbles forth,
[08:28] ---
    almost joyfully, like water from a spring.
[08:32] Zhouyu
    Your mother, Bei—the Szechuan
    Fairy—was the same.
[08:37] Zhouyu
    Mao, I still don't know the full
    extent of your power.
[08:45] Mao
    Master Luo, may I try using this knife?
[08:49] Luo
    Yes.
[08:50] Mao
    How sharp is it?
[08:57] Mao
    What is this?
[08:59] Mao
    It's so sharp!
[09:01] Mao
    It's like the knife is cutting on its own!
[09:08] Shirou
    It's glowing?
[09:09] Shirou
    Am I seeing things?
[09:12] Shirou
    I thought I saw the slice glow for a second.
[09:19] Mao
    I wonder how this sea bream cut
    by a legendary utensil tastes.
[09:31] Mao
    It's alive...
[09:34] Mao
    This sea bream is long past its
    moment of peak deliciousness,
[09:37] ---
    but its flavor has been completely revived!
[09:40] Mob
    How can that be?
[09:42] Mob
    Is this the power of the legendary utensils?
[09:44] Mob
    In any case, it's amazing!
[09:45] Mob
    Let us have some!
[09:47] Guan
    Luo...
[09:48] Luo
    Yes. The legends were true.
[09:59] Luo
    It's said that one thousand years ago,
    Master Xiu Li forged the Ever-Soul Knife
[10:05] ---
    from an iron meteorite that
    had fallen from the sky.
[10:10] Luo
    The blade is undoubtedly sharp,
[10:11] ---
    but they also say ingredients cut by
    the knife regain their lost flavor.
[10:16] Shirou
    That's amazing, Mao!
[10:18] Xielu
    Mao, you're the true successor
    chosen by the gods!
[10:24] Mao
    There's another successor.
[10:36] Mao
    Lei En.
[10:44] Leien
    What do you think you're doing?
[10:47] Mao
    This knife is amazing.
[10:49] Mao
    You should try it, too.
[10:51] Mao
    It's true that you used
    underworld techniques, but...
[10:58] Leien
    I didn't want to use this.
[11:03] Mao
    You didn't use them because you wanted to.
[11:05] Mao
    The tenacity to sacrifice yourself
    to create something delicious.
[11:09] Mao
    The kindness to pray for
    even your ingredients.
[11:12] Mao
    I heard the underworld's
    dishes make people unhappy,
[11:15] ---
    but I can't imagine your
    cooking making anyone unhappy!
[11:25] Mao
    Take it, Lei En.
[11:36] Luo
    What?!
[11:38] Luo
    The dragon mark of the successor
    appeared clearly for Lei En, as well!
[11:52] Luo
    What?! The Ever-Soul Knife...
[11:55] Guan
    It recognizes Lei En,
    the loser, as a successor...
[11:58] Yan
    And the mark on his left hand...
[12:01] Sifu
    It's being erased!
[12:03] Mao
    I knew it.
[12:05] Mao
    The Ever-Soul Knife has proven everything.
[12:13] Meili
    Does this mean Lei En doesn't
    belong to the underworld?
[12:16] Mao
    Lei En, tell us everything.
[12:23] Leien
    You're a strange one, Mao.
[12:28] Leien
    You're right. Perhaps you'll understand...
[12:34] Leien
    the thirst I felt.
[12:40] Leien
    Perhaps you'll understand...
[12:43] Leien
    the thirst I felt.
[12:47] Leien
    I'd been called a prodigy since I was young.
[12:50] Leien
    Having completed my training
    at the Yang Spring Restaurant,
[12:53] ---
    I left on a journey in search of new worlds.
[12:58] Leien
    I spent two years traveling
    throughout Southern China,
[13:02] ---
    but I found nothing worth studying.
[13:05] Leien
    My thirst was not satisfied.
[13:43] (Flashback) Leien
    I finally made it...
[13:45] Leien
    That's why I requested an apprenticeship
    with the cooking underworld.
[13:52] Leien
    I was accepted, had their mark
    tattooed on my left hand,
[13:56] Leien
    and my harsh training began.
[14:08] Leien
    Those days of training
    were unimaginably severe.
[14:13] Leien
    However...
[14:18] Leien
    I enjoyed it. It made my heart leap.
[14:24] Mao
    I understand that feeling, Lei En.
[14:28] Leien
    But it became my downfall.
[14:30] Leien
    Having mastered the underworld's techniques,
     I became arrogant, and so...
[14:35] Leien
    I made an irrevocable mistake.
[14:40] Leien
    Something no chef—no,
    no person should never do.
[14:50] Leien
    For the first time, I realized how
    terrifying the cooking underworld could be.
[14:56] Leien
    Prepared to die, I left the organization.
[15:07] Leien
    It was the only key to
    resisting the underworld.
[15:10] Leien
    I needed the legendary utensils
    Master Luo once promised me.
[15:21] Leien
    I returned so I could fight
    against the cooking underworld.
[15:35] Shirou
    I can't believe Lei En was a successor
    to the legendary utensils, too.
[15:42] Shirou
    It's weird that a guy who belonged
    to the underworld has that right.
[15:47] Shirou
    Of course you would, Mao, but...
[15:51] Mao
    What's wrong?
[15:53] Shirou
    It's nothing. Want some more tea?
[16:02] Mao
    Meili? What's with the face you're making?
[16:05] Meili
    Mao, I have a question for you.
[16:13] Meili
    I've been wondering about something.
[16:15] Meili
    Lei En said the Hundred Hole Knife
    you used in the knife skills contest
[16:21] ---
    is used only by the underworld.
[16:31] Meili
    Mao, are you and Lei En the same?
[16:36] Meili
    Were you once part of
    the cooking underworld, too?
[16:42] Shirou
    That's right. I've actually been wanting
    to ask you the same thing, Mao.
[16:59] Mao
    Sorry, Meili. I didn't
    mean to make you worry.
[17:03] Meili
    Mao...
[17:05] Mao
    I knew I had to tell you eventually.
[17:10] Mao
    Have a seat and wait here.
[17:15] Mao
    Finely chop green onions and ginger.
[17:18] Mao
    Cube fatty pork ribs with the skin still on.
[17:22] Mao
    Season the cubes with five-spice,
    boil over low heat,
[17:26] ---
    season again, and drain the excess fat.
[17:32] Mao
    Quickly fry the meat to
    seal the flavor inside.
[17:36] Mao
    Finish the dish by quickly searing
    the green onions, ginger, soy paste,
[17:40] ---
    and sugar over high heat for flavor.
[17:44] Mao
    Add vinegar, and—
[17:47] Meili
    What kind of magic is that, Mao?
[17:50] Meili
    The cooked white pork is turning
    cherry-colored right before my eyes.
[17:55] Mao
    Your bei shi tang cu yingtao rou is done.
[18:00] Meili
    It's beautiful.
[18:01] Shirou
    Mao, why'd it turn this pretty cherry color?
[18:04] Mao
    One of the five spices, chanchin,
    contains copious amounts of pigment.
[18:11] Mao
    It reacts to vinegar by turning
    a beautiful cherry color.
[18:16] Meili
    Huh.
[18:17] Shirou
    Your knife skills have gotten even better.
[18:21] Shirou
    Your cubes are all exactly the same size.
[18:24] Mao
    Try it.
[18:38] Shirou
    The juicy and fragrant
    sweet and sour pork cubes
[18:42] ---
    fall apart the moment they touch
    my teeth, before melting away...
[18:48] Meili
    The flavor is so mild and fresh,
[18:51] ---
    like flower petals scattering in a peach
    orchard at the height of spring...
[18:57] Meili
    The mild flavor of the meat
    drawn out by the boiling,
[19:01] ---
    frying, and searing is supreme bliss.
[19:05] Meili
    The five-spice is fragrant,
     the amount of vinegar is perfect,
[19:09] ---
    and the flavors are fresh.
[19:11] Meili
    Mao, I sense in this dish
    something completely different
[19:14] ---
    from what you've cooked before.
[19:17] Meili
    What is this heart-meltingly sad kindness?
[19:23] Mao
    This is my mom's dish.
[19:27] Meili
    What?
[19:28] Meili
    The Szechuan Fairy, Master Bei?
[19:33] Mao
    Yes.
[19:35] Mao
    It was written in my mom's recipe book.
[19:40] Shirou
    So that's what's in that old
    book you'd read sometimes.
[19:43] Meili
    What's written in that book?
[19:47] Mao
    Recipes, of course.
[19:49] ---
    But not ordinary recipes.
[19:52] Meili
    What?
[19:53] Mao
    In this book are things I never knew.
[19:57] Mao
    A shocking side of my mom.
[20:00] Mao
    This book...
[20:03] Mao
    records the heroic battles
    my mom fought in her youth
[20:07] ---
    against the chefs of the underworld!
[20:13] Meili
    Records of Bei's battles
    against underworld chefs...
[20:18] Shirou
    That's it.
[20:19] ---
    In other words, the underworld chefs'
    recipes are also recorded in there.
[20:23] Shirou
    That's how you knew about
    underworld techniques!
[20:28] Meili
    I'm so glad. Mao wasn't part
    of the underworld, then.
[20:35] Mao
    This book contains a record of
    a triple-cooked pork contest
[20:40] ---
    in which my mom used her
    secret chanchin technique
[20:45] ---
    to boil, fry, and sear
    the pork to make this dish
[20:49] ---
    and defeat an underworld chef.
[20:53] Shirou
    That's amazing.
[20:55] Mao
    The underworld rarely reveals itself.
[20:58] Mao
    Since I couldn't find any trace of them,
     I kept this book a secret.
[21:04] Mao
    But since returning to Guangzhou...
[21:07] Mao
    Since battling Li Yan and Lei En,
[21:10] Mao
    all the blood inside me is screaming.
[21:13] Mao
    I must carry on my mother's wishes.
[21:15] Mao
    My mom wanted to make people
    happy with her cooking,
[21:19] Mao
    and Zhou Yu taught me techniques
    to create happiness.
[21:24] Mao
    I'm not sure how much I can
    accomplish right now, but...
[21:29] Mao
    as a Super Chef, I will fight
    against the cooking underworld!
[21:34] Meili
    Mao...
[21:36] Shirou
    Mao!
[21:37] Luo
    The say even a snake in the lake can become
    a dragon in the sky with enough rain.
[21:43] Luo
    No wonder you're Bei's son.
[21:45] Luo
    I admire your determination.
[21:48] Mao
    Master Luo, Zhou Yu.
[21:52] Meili
    What?
[21:54] Luo
    The Szechuan Fairy Bei was said
[21:58] ---
    to have mastered the use of
    all spices and seasonings.
[22:03] Luo
    This unique aroma and color could
    only have been created by Bei.
[22:08] Luo
    You've replicated it impressively.
[22:14] Luo
    Mao...
[22:16] Luo
    You have the determination and the skills.
[22:20] Luo
    The time has come to reveal
     the secret of the legendary utensils.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Eight Legendary Utensils"
[24:24] Narration
    "The Eight Legendary Utensils."

E8 - The Eight Legendary Utensils
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[00:02] Council
    The existence of the Ever-Soul
    Knife has been confirmed?
[00:06] Shaoan
    Master Luo of the Guangdong Chef's Alliance
    had hidden it within Daxian Temple.
[00:11] Council
    We must do whatever it takes
[00:14] Council
    to acquire the legendary Ever-Soul Knife.
[00:17] Council
    We're going to Guangzhou.
[00:19] Shaoan
    Let us handle this task.
[00:23] Shaoan
    We have already made preparations.
[00:25] Council
    You work quickly.
[00:27] Council
    Let's see how you do.
[00:30] Council
    The job is yours.
[00:32] Shaoan
    Yes, sir.
[01:00] Mao
    I'm not sure how much I can
    accomplish right now, but...
[01:05] Mao
    as a Super Chef, I will fight
    against the cooking underworld!
[01:12] Luo
    Mao...
[01:13] Luo
    You have the determination and the skills.
[01:17] Luo
    The time has come to reveal
     the secret of the legendary utensils.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:55] Mao
    The secret of the legendary utensils?
[02:58] Luo
    Listen, Mao.
[02:59] Luo
    Guangzhou's Ever-Soul Knife is only
    one of the legendary utensils.
[03:04] Mao
    There's more than one? Master, you mean...
[03:08] Luo
    That's right. There are
    eight legendary utensils.
[03:12] Luo
    The eight legendary utensils were scattered
    across the eight regions of China.
[03:18] Luo
    They're said to protect
    the Chinese culinary world.
[03:24] Luo
    One thousand years ago,
[03:27] Luo
    the legendary Tang era chef
    Xiu Li forged eight utensils
[03:32] Luo
    from a meteorite that
    had fallen from the sky.
[03:39] Luo
    These eight utensils held great power.
[03:41] Luo
    It's said they caused tremendous
    conflict at the time.
[03:46] Luo
    Ultimately, seeking peace in both culinary
     circles and the rest of the world,
[03:51] Luo
    Xiu Li sealed the utensils
    away in eight regions
[03:55] Luo
    so they would never come together again.
[04:12] Zhouyu
    The eight legendary utensils
    are a double-edged sword.
[04:16] Luo
    When used properly by a legitimate chef,
     they exhibit marvelous effects.
[04:21] Luo
    However...
[04:23] Luo
    if the eight utensils fall into the hands
     of the cooking underworld
[04:26] Luo
    and their powers are used for evil,
[04:29] Luo
    harm will come not only to
    the Chinese culinary world,
[04:32] Luo
    but to all people everywhere.
[04:35] Mao
    Master Luo, Zhou Yu.
[04:37] Mao
    Let me go on a journey to collect
    the eight legendary utensils.
[04:41] Mao
    My mother once battled the cooking underworld
[04:44] Mao
    to bring happiness to the people.
[04:47] Mao
    Now that I've battled Li Yan and Lei En,
[04:50] Mao
    I refuse to believe this problem
    has nothing to do with me.
[04:54] Mao
    Please let me do this.
[05:02] Luo
    Perhaps this is his destiny.
[05:05] Luo
    When his mother Bei was young,
[05:09] Luo
    she traveled in search of the eight utensils.
[05:18] Zhouyu
    Mao, we understand how you feel.
[05:21] Zhouyu
    But there's much we don't know
    about the cooking underworld.
[05:26] Zhouyu
    If you set off on a solo journey now,
     it's hard to imagine it turning out well.
[05:30] Mao
    But...
[05:31] Luo
    Slow down, Mao.
[05:33] Luo
    There's too many unknowns to send you alone.
[05:38] Xielu
    Hold on, Mao!
[05:41] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En.
[05:43] Leien
    I'll accompany you on your journey.
[05:46] Leien
    The extermination of the cooking
    underworld is the only thing I live for.
[05:50] Mao
    L-Lei En.
[05:52] Xielu
    I won't let you guys have all the fun.
[05:56] Xielu
    Take me with you.
[05:57] Mao
    Xie Lu.
[05:59] Zhouyu
    Know your place.
[06:01] Xielu
    We're well aware.
[06:04] Leien
    Wait until you've seen this.
[06:08] Zhouyu
    Could it be?
[06:15] Xielu
    That's right.
[06:27] (Flashback) Leien
    Already here, are you?
[06:29] (Flashback) Leien
    How admirable that you were so quick to act.
[06:40] (Flashback) Leien
    That staff...
[06:42] (Flashback) Leien
    I see. You're the man who attacked Xie Lu.
[06:52] (Flashback) Scar
    Traitor. But your appearance
    here is quite convenient for us.
[06:57] (Flashback) Scar
    Now you die.
[07:19] (Flashback) Xielu
    I finally got it back.
[07:21] (Flashback) Xielu
    Anyway, why'd you have so
    much trouble with this scrub?
[07:26] (Flashback) Leien
    I didn't want to damage your precious tool.
[07:31] (Flashback) Xielu
    Thanks for the consideration.
[07:33] (Flashback) Xielu
    Who's he?
[07:35] (Flashback) Leien
    A servant of the underworld.
[07:36] (Flashback) Leien
    He came to steal the legendary utensil.
[07:39] (Flashback) Leien
    I didn't think they'd act the night
    of the transmission ceremony.
[07:42] (Flashback) Leien
    They're moving quicker than I expected.
[07:46] (Flashback) Xielu
    You're right.
[07:47] (Flashback) Xielu
    Well, now my staff has returned to me.
[07:50] (Flashback) Xielu
    I can continue traveling.
[07:53] (Flashback) Xielu
    I know. I'll carve a notch
    into my staff for this guy.
[07:57] (Flashback) Xielu
    You should be grateful.
[07:59] (Flashback) Leien
    Instead of doing that, help me.
[08:01] (Flashback) Xielu
    Huh?
[08:02] (Flashback) Leien
    I can't tie him up with this hand.
[08:08] (Flashback) Xielu
    You...
[08:11] (Flashback) Xielu
    Fine.
[08:13] Luo
    It's been one thousand years since
     the legendary utensils were sealed away.
[08:16] Luo
    The cooking underworld
    had been operating covertly
[08:20] Luo
    but have finally made their move
    and appeared in the open.
[08:23] Luo
    After the man known as the Masked Chef acted
[08:27] Luo
    and this incident, it has become clear.
[08:30] Zhouyu
    Yes, sir.
[08:32] Luo
    Perhaps the time has come for
    us chefs to gather the utensils
[08:37] Luo
    before they can be stolen
    by the cooking underworld.
[08:40] Zhouyu
    Mao, are you ready?
[08:42] Mao
    Yes. I'll gather the other utensils.
[08:48] Luo
    I don't have to worry about the three
    of you traveling to gather the utensils.
[08:56] Shirou
    Gramps! Me, too!
[08:58] Shirou
    Mao's number one apprentice
    Shirou will be going, too!
[09:03] Luo
    You'll stay and help around the restaurant.
[09:06] Shirou
    No way! I'm going, even if it kills me!
[09:09] Luo
    I'm joking.
[09:10] Shirou
    That was a joke?
[09:11] Luo
    Zhou Yu, bring them.
[09:13] Zhouyu
    Yes, sir.
[09:17] Mao
    Master, what are these eight maps?
[09:21] Luo
    I was given these 30 years ago
[09:23] Luo
    when I was appointed caretaker
    of the Ever-Soul Knife.
[09:26] Luo
    They show the locations
    of the sealed utensils.
[09:30] Luo
    The only thing we know is that
    this is a map of Shanghai.
[09:35] All
    Shanghai!
[09:37] Leien
    The metropolis known as the City of Devils.
[09:41] Luo
    That's right.
[09:42] Luo
    The only place other than
    Guangzhou that's known
[09:45] Luo
    to hold a sealed utensil is Shanghai.
[09:49] Luo
    Through your travels, you must
    decipher these maps more clearly
[09:53] Luo
    so that you may reach the legendary utensils.
[09:57] Luo
    And to do that...
[09:58] Luo
    Xie Lu, the information
    network you've established
[10:02] Luo
    while traveling the land will be essential.
[10:05] Luo
    And Lei En, the knowledge
    and techniques you learned
[10:09] Luo
    in the cooking underworld will
    surely reveal numerous mysteries.
[10:14] Luo
    Mao, most important of all
    is your special ability.
[10:19] Luo
    Your memory for flavors
    will be the critical key.
[10:24] Mao
    My memory for flavors?
[10:27] Luo
    It's said the legendary utensils
    respond to young souls.
[10:33] Luo
    This journey can only be
    made by you youngsters
[10:35] Luo
    with exceptional knowledge,
    courage, and spirit.
[10:39] Luo
    Mao, Xie Lu, Lei En, and Shirou.
[10:42] Luo
    You must complete this
    task by working together.
[10:46] Luo
    I'm counting on you.
[10:47] All
    Yes, sir!
[11:00] Luo
    Promise you'll return to Guangzhou.
[11:05] Shirou
    Yes, sir!
[11:10] Shirou
    Big Sis Meili didn't come to see us off.
[11:13] Mao
    Yeah.
[11:16] Xielu
    Don't look so down on the
    morning of our departure.
[11:20] Mao
    Right.
[11:44] Mao
    Meili?
[11:47] Meili
    I've decided I'm coming with you again, Mao!
[11:50] Meili
    After all, I don't want
[11:53] Meili
    to wait for you to come back.
[12:01] Luo
    Are you sure?
[12:03] Zhouyu
    Yes. It's what she wanted.
[12:07] Luo
    You must feel conflicted as her father.
[12:16] Mao
    It'll be a dangerous journey.
[12:18] Meili
    I know.
[12:24] Mao
    Then it's decided, Meili.
[12:26] Mao
    Let's go together!
[12:29] Meili
    Yeah!
[12:36] Mao
    The weather's nice again.
[12:38] Mao
    The wind's on our side, too.
[12:40] Mao
    At this rate, we'll arrive in
    Shanghai sooner than expected.
[12:43] Shirou
    But we've been looking at
    the same scenery. I'm bored.
[12:46] Xielu
    Quit your whining.
[12:48] Xielu
    Once we arrive in Shanghai, you might
    not get to relax and enjoy the scenery.
[12:53] Shirou
    What? Don't threaten me like that.
[12:56] Xielu
    By the way, Mao, I heard
    your mom was a chef, too.
[13:01] Mao
    Yeah.
[13:02] Xielu
    Did you choose this path because of her?
[13:08] Xielu
    What's with you, youngest Super Chef ever?
[13:11] Xielu
    Don't like to open up
    about your personal history?
[13:15] Mao
    No.
[13:16] Mao
    It wasn't that easy for
    me to become a Super Chef.
[13:22] Mao
    When my mom was still alive...
[13:26] (Flashback) Pai
    Reconsider, Shao An.
[13:28] (Flashback) Pai
    If you leave, this restaurant...
[13:31] (Flashback) Shaoan
    If I can get my certification of
     mastery, I don't need this place.
[13:35] (Flashback) Mao
    Mom!
[13:37] (Flashback) Pai
    S-Shao An...
[13:44] (Flashback) Pai
    The year's salary we got from the state...
[13:47] (Flashback) Keling
    Shao An took all of it with them.
[13:52] (Flashback) Shaoan
    This is hardly enough for
    ten year's severance pay.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[14:03] (Flashback) Pai
    Open this when you need it most.
[14:14] (Flashback) Mao
    Mom...
[14:15] (Flashback) Mao
    Mom...
[14:17] (Flashback) Mao
    No! Mom!
[14:22] Mao
    A month after my mom died...
[14:24] (Flashback) Keling
    A new head chef is finally
    coming to this restaurant.
[14:29] (Flashback) Keling
    Mao, you asked for this contest.
[14:32] (Flashback) Keling
    If you lose, we'll have
    to leave this restaurant.
[14:36] (Flashback) Mao
    I'll beat him, no matter what.
[14:42] (Flashback) Shaoan
    You seem to be doing well, kid.
[14:45] (Flashback) Mao
    Shao An.
[14:46] (Flashback) Shaoan
    That old hag Bei died, huh?
[14:50] (Flashback) Mao
    Because of you, my mom...
[14:53] (Flashback) Keling
    Don't Mao!
[14:55] (Flashback) Mao
    I'll never forgive him!
[14:58] (Flashback) Shaoan
    What can a boy who's all talk do?
[15:04] (Flashback) Li
    Restrain yourselves, both of you!
[15:11] (Flashback) Li
    This contest will determine the new
    head chef of the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[15:14] (Flashback) Li
    Shao An, Mao.
[15:17] (Flashback) Li
    You will be cooking the legendary mapo tofu.
[15:20] (Flashback) Shaoan
    Le...
[15:21] (Flashback) Mao
    Legendary?
[15:38] (Flashback) Li
    This is the legendary ground meat.
[15:41] (Flashback) Li
    This meat was used to cook mapo
    tofu by the Sichuan Fairy, Bei.
[15:48] (Flashback) Li
    She's both your former master,
    Shao An, and your mother, Mao.
[15:52] Shaoan
    Bei's mapo tofu?
[15:55] (Flashback) Li
    That's precisely why you
    were given this task.
[15:58] (Flashback) Li
    You solved the mystery of
    this meat. Impressive work.
[16:02] (Flashback) Li
    You are the new head chef, Mao!
[16:07] Mao
    That's when I traveled to Guangzhou to train.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[16:12] Mao
    I worked at the Yang Spring Restaurant.
[16:15] Xielu
    That's Zhou Yu's place.
[16:18] (Flashback) Mao
    He cleanly flipped over
    all those ingredients!
[16:22] (Flashback) Meili
    The man in the back is the deputy head chef.
[16:25] (Flashback) Meili
    He's my dad.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[16:34] (Flashback) All
    I'm stuffed.
[16:36] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    You know what this means, Sanjie.
[16:38] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    You're expelled.
[16:39] (Flashback) Mao
    Wait!
[16:41] (Flashback) Mao
    Give him another chance!
[16:43] (Flashback) Mao
    I promise Sanjie and I will cook a
    delicious pepper steak by tomorrow!
[16:51] (Flashback) Chen
    Such new flavors!
[16:53] (Flashback) Yang
    The delicate sweetness grants
    depth to the flavors!
[16:58] (Flashback) Luo
    What is the tradition of
    Yang Spring Restaurant?
[17:01] (Flashback) Both
    To overturn tradition, sir!
[17:04] (Flashback) Luo
    Good.
[17:05] (Flashback) Luo
    There is no flavor this
    restaurant adheres to.
[17:09] (Flashback) Luo
    Your willingness to explore new
    flavors is deserving of recognition.
[17:14] (Flashback) Mao
    You mean...
[17:16] (Flashback) Meili
    Yes!
[17:22] Sanjie
    Mao, I'm glad I met you.
SIGN    Liu Maoxing
[17:26] Sanjie
    I'm leaving the restaurant.
[17:28] Sanjie
    I'm going to return to my own restaurant
    and start my training over.
[17:33] Sanjie
    If you ever come to Shanghai,
    I'll cook you a delicious meal.
[17:37] Mao
    I'll keep working at Yang Spring
    Restaurant for you, too.
[17:42] Mao
    I met and lost a lot of
    people along the way...
[17:45] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    You will participate in a certain
    test taking place in Guangzhou.
[17:51] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    This test may determine
     the path you should follow.
[17:57] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    See how far your strength will take you.
[18:02] (Flashback) Mao
    Yes, Zhou Yu.
[18:12] (Flashback) Linghua
    Mao of Yang Spring Restaurant,
    who served noodles made from catfish paste.
[18:17] (Flashback) Linghua
    And Fei of Datong House, who served
    substantial noodles using potatoes.
SIGN    Noodles
[18:23] (Flashback) Linghua
    Congratulations on making it this far.
[18:26] (Flashback) Linghua
    This is your final assignment.
[18:30] (Flashback) Linghua
    Score your own dish.
[18:39] (Flashback) Linghua
    First, Mao. Announce your score out of ten.
[18:44] (Flashback) Mao
    Ten.
[18:46] (Flashback) Meili
    Mao, full marks?
[18:49] (Flashback) Mao
    Maybe I'm still only an apprentice chef,
[18:53] (Flashback) Mao
    but I pushed my tongue, skill,
    and heart to the limit
[18:56] (Flashback) Mao
    to serve the best dish I could.
[18:58] (Flashback) Mao
    As a chef, I can only give myself full marks!
[19:02] (Flashback) Linghua
    Fei, what about you?
[19:06] (Flashback) Fei
    My dish is also a ten.
[19:08] (Flashback) Fei
    He's already said everything I wanted to say.
[19:12] (Flashback) Fei
    I'm proud to call him my rival.
[19:24] (Flashback) Linghua
    Then I will now announce the winner
    of this Super Chef test.
[19:30] (Flashback) Linghua
    Fei, Mao. As far as I could tell,
[19:32] (Flashback) Linghua
    your noodle dishes were perfectly equal.
[19:37] (Flashback) Linghua
    You both have the skills to be Super Chefs.
[19:40] (Flashback) Linghua
    My final question was meant
    to test your pride as chefs,
[19:44] (Flashback) Linghua
    and both of you performed
    impressively on this test, as well.
[19:48] (Flashback) Linghua
    Therefore...
[19:51] (Flashback) Linghua
    both of you are awarded
    the title of Super Chef.
[19:55] (Flashback) Mao
    Yes!
[19:56] (Flashback) Meili
    Mao!
[19:58] (Flashback) Mao
    Yes! I did it, Meili!
[20:01] (Flashback) Mao
    I'm one step closer to my mom!
[20:08] (Flashback) Mao
    Hey, you seem to know my mom...
[20:11] (Flashback) Mao
    How?
[20:13] (Flashback) Fei
    Well, I guess I can tell you that
    you and I are fellow students.
[20:19] (Flashback) Mao
    What?
[20:20] (Flashback) Fei
    If you want to know more,
    you'll have to beat me again.
[20:25] (Flashback) Mao
    Fei, that's not fair.
[20:28] (Flashback) Mao
    Hey! Tell me, Fei!
[20:38] Xielu
    Shumai...
[20:40] Mao
    Fei, huh? Brings back memories.
[20:43] Mao
    I haven't seen him since the Super Chef test.
[20:48] Mao
    I hope I can battle him again.
[20:55] Chen
    Hey, wake up! Hey!
[20:58] Chen
    Report this to Zhou Yu!
[21:01] Council
    He failed? The fool.
[21:05] Council
    He couldn't even exterminate the traitor
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[21:10] Council
    But they must know there's more
    than one legendary utensil, too.
[21:17] Shaoan
    Governor, send me next.
[21:20] Council
    It's not worth sending you.
[21:23] Shaoan
    No, I know who will stand in our way next.
[21:29] Shaoan
    He is a Super Chef and I despise
    him with my entire being.
[21:35] Council
    You seem to have some
    history with him, Shao An.
[21:39] Sahoan
    Yes. I owe him quite a lot.
[21:50] Narration
    The best dim sum master in the land,
    Xie Lu of the Steel Staff.
[21:55] Narration
    The young master of knife skills,
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[22:00] Narration
    And the youngest Super
    Chef ever, Liu Maoxing.
[22:04] Narration
    Together, four exceptional young
    chefs have raised their forces
[22:09] Narration
    and begun their battle against
    the cooking underworld.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Shanghai, City of Devils"
[24:09] Narration
    "Shanghai, City of Devils."

E9 - Shanghai, City of Devils
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:31] Mao
    Captain, what do you think?
[01:33] Captain
    The object you seek is at the location
    indicated by this map, right?
[01:38] Mao
    Yes.
[01:40] Captain
    I've come to Shanghai numerous times,
    but I have no idea what I'm looking at.
[01:45] Mao
    I see.
[01:47] Captain
    If there's something you want to
    know about cooking in Shanghai,
[01:51] Captain
    you should visit the Grand Alliance.
[01:53] Mao
    The Grand Alliance?
[01:55] Captain
    Yeah.
[01:56] Captain
    The Shanghai Chefs' Grand
    Alliance off Nanjing Road.
[02:02] Captain
    They say the Grand Alliance knows everything
    there is to know about cooking in Shanghai.
[02:07] Crew
    Shanghai is in sight!
[02:13] Captain
    Mao, I know you'll achieve your goals.
[02:17] Captain
    I'll be praying for your success.
[02:19] Mao
    Thanks, Captain.
[02:24] Narration
    A harbor city located where the
    Huangpu River meets the Yangtze estuary.
[02:30] Narration
    Though it was once little more
    than a rustic fishing village,
[02:33] Narration
    foreign capital flows into this new city,
[02:35] Narration
    and it is rapidly developing into
    an international trading port.
[02:43] Narration
    The people call this place
    the City of Devils.
[02:49] Shirou
    So this is Shanghai.
[02:51] Shirou
    This place is so busy, I can't relax.
[02:54] Meili
    Look at all the foreigners.
[02:58] Meili
    Guangzhou can't compare to this.
[03:00] Sailor
    Jerk!
[03:03] Meili
    Some sailors are fighting.
[03:05] Xielu
    It's got all the hot-blooded
    guys you'd expect
[03:08] Xielu
    from a young city with an unknown future.
[03:10] Xielu
    And it's crawling with shady types
     who have come from China
[03:15] Xielu
    and abroad dreaming the Shanghai dream.
[03:20] Fei
    No one from the Grand Alliance showed up.
[03:23] Shirou
    I'm hungry.
[03:27] Fei
    Yeah, right.
SIGN    Shanghai Grand Restaurant
[03:32] Mao
    Chinese mitten crab!
[03:40] Shirou
    It's so good!
[03:42] Xielu
    The real thing is in a league of its own.
[03:45] Mao
    Yeah. Shanghai never uses dead crab.
[03:49] Xielu
    Come to think of it, Mao.
[03:51] Xielu
    Didn't you serve me shumai packed with
    mitten crab eggs the first time we met?
[03:57] Xielu
    I only got to eat that because
     I was fed Shirou's terrible stir fry.
[04:02] Shirou
    You don't have to mention that part, bro!
[04:07] Leien
    According to Master Luo,
[04:09] Leien
    the second legendary utensil
    is somewhere in Shanghai.
[04:17] (Flashback) Luo
    The eight legendary utensils were scattered
    across the eight regions of China.
[04:23] (Flashback) Luo
    They're said to protect
    the Chinese culinary world.
[04:27] (Flashback) Luo
    Through your travels, you must
    decipher these maps more clearly
[04:31] (Flashback) Luo
    so that you may reach the legendary utensils.
[04:35] Mao
    But all we've got is a single, unlabeled map.
[04:41] Leien
    Our only clue is the Grand
    Alliance the captain mentioned.
[04:46] Xielu
    The Grand Alliance is a
    trade association of chefs
[04:49] Xielu
    like the Guangdong Chefs' Alliance.
[04:52] Xielu
    The difference is it's way more mobile,
[04:56] Xielu
    and uses its tremendous influence.
[04:59] Mao
    Why?
[05:00] Xielu
    The restaurants that have gathered in
    the new city of Shanghai have short histories.
[05:05] Xielu
    Lots of places don't know how
    to handle foreign customers.
[05:09] Xielu
    On top of that, tons of ingredients
     make their way here
[05:12] Xielu
    from China and abroad along
    the Yangtze River and the sea.
[05:16] Xielu
    People yearned for a
    powerful trade association
[05:19] Xielu
    to make sure they were distributed fairly.
[05:34] Cloak
    We've been waiting for you.
[05:35] Shaoan
    The results?
[05:37] Cloak
    The first step of our plan
    has already been completed.
[05:44] Cloak
    But, Governor,
[05:45] Cloak
    this morning, the group from Yang
    Spring Restaurant landed in Shanghai.
[05:50] Cloak
    What shall we do?
[05:54] Shaoan
    We'll have to crush them.
[05:56] Shaoan
    I hold a deep grudge against that boy.
[06:03] Mao
    Meili, let's be sure to make
    time to visit this place.
[06:08] Meili
    Longzhen Restaurant?
[06:11] Meili
    That's Sanjie's shop.
[06:12] Shirou
    Sanjie?
[06:14] Mao
    Didn't I tell you about him?
[06:16] Xielu
    Have you noticed, Lei En?
[06:17] Leien
    Yes. We're being followed.
[06:20] Xielu
    Is it the underworld?
[06:22] Leien
    I don't know, but...
[06:23] Mao
    Anyway—
[06:25] Mao
    Excuse me.
[06:27] Mao
    Huh?
[06:30] Shirou
    Who are these guys?
[06:36] Big Boy
    You're Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[06:40] Mob
    Lei En?
[06:42] Mob
    The rumored Lei En?
[06:44] Mob
    The underworld!
[06:45] Mob
    They belong to the underworld!
[06:47] Mao
    Underworld?
[06:50] Mob
    Death!
[06:51] Mob
    Death!
[06:51] Mob
    Death!
[06:53] Mob
    Death!
[06:54] Leien
    These men are insane.
[06:55] Shirou
    What do they think we did?
[06:55] Mob
    Death!
[06:58] Mob
    Death!
[07:00] Meili
    No!
[07:00] Mob
    Death!
[07:01] Sanjie
    Wait!
[07:02] Sanjie
    These guys don't belong to the underworld.
[07:07] Mao
    You!
[07:11] Mao
    Sanjie!
[07:14] Meili
    Sanjie!
[07:16] Sanjie
    What a surprise.
[07:18] Sanjie
    It's been forever.
[07:20] Sanjie
    Good to see you again, Meili.
[07:22] Sanjie
    You've finally become a woman.
[07:23] Meili
    What does that mean?
[07:25] Man
    Boss, you know these underworld men?
[07:28] Sanjie
    You idiot! How could they
    belong to the underworld?
[07:31] Sanjie
    This is the pride of Guangzhou, the youngest
     Super Chef ever, Liu Maoxing!
[07:37] Mob
    What?!
[07:39] Mob
    A Super Chef?
[07:41] Man
    Forgive us!
[07:43] Man
    We had no idea you were the boss's savior!
[07:47] Sanjie
    Come to my restaurant, brother.
[07:50] Sanjie
    As promised, I'll cook you a delicious meal.
[07:53] Mao
    Okay!
[07:54] Leien
    I'm going to head to the Grand Alliance first.
[07:57] Meili
    Now, now. Let's enjoy
    Sanjie's cooking together.
SIGN    Longzhen Restaurant
[08:03] Xielu
    The Longzhen Restaurant
    is one of a few places
[08:06] Xielu
    in Shanghai that have a long history.
[08:09] Meili
    Sanjie once trained at Yang Spring
    Restaurant as senior apprentice to Mao.
[08:14] Xielu
    Senior apprentice?
[08:15] Meili
    He always skipped work and teased Mao.
[08:20] Meili
    My dad expelled him for
    his lack of motivation,
[08:24] Meili
    but the truth was he couldn't hold a knife
    properly because of a childhood trauma.
[08:29] Xielu
    Huh...
[08:31] Meili
    Giving up on his dream of becoming a chef,
[08:33] Meili
    when Sanjie tried to leave the restaurant,
[08:35] Meili
    Mao dragged him back into the kitchen.
[08:39] Meili
    Ultimately, with Mao's help,
[08:42] Meili
    he completed the final task
    given to him by my dad.
[08:45] Meili
    He achieved his dream of becoming a chef
[08:48] Meili
    and returned to his hometown of Shanghai.
[08:52] Sanjie
    I'm not perfect yet, but...
[08:57] Meili
    You overcame your fear of knives.
[08:59] Sanjie
    Yeah.
[09:02] Snajie
    Here.
[09:03] Snajie
    This is the famous Guangdong dish
    Mao and I used to impress Zhou Yu.
[09:11] Meili
    That was delicious.
[09:13] Shirou
    The seasoning was perfect. I ate too much.
[09:18] Sanjie
    By the way, Mao, why did
    you come to Shanghai?
[09:25] Sanjie
    Th-The legendary utensils?
[09:27] Sanjie
    So you came looking for it, too.
[09:32] Mao
    What?
[09:33] Sanjie
    The truth is the Shanghai culinary world
[09:36] Sanjie
    is currently in an uproar
    over that legendary utensil.
[09:40] Mao
    What do you mean?
[09:42] Sanjie
    The Shanghai Chef's Grand Alliance
    receives threatening letters daily
[09:46] Sanjie
    from some mysterious group
    called the cooking underworld.
[09:51] Sanjie
    Everyone's on edge.
[09:55] Sanjie
    That's why they surrounded you earlier.
[09:58] Sanjie
    I'm really sorry about that.
[10:00] Mao
    So that's why...
[10:02] Xielu
    They must've realized it's here, too.
[10:04] Mao
    Could you take a look at this?
[10:08] Sanjie
    It's... a map, right?
[10:10] Sanjie
    But only a shape has been drawn.
[10:12] Sanjie
    There isn't a single label on it.
[10:14] Mao
    According to Master Luo
    of Yang Spring Restaurant,
[10:17] Mao
    a legendary utensil is
    hidden here in Shanghai.
[10:20] Mao
    This map apparently indicates its location.
[10:24] Sanjie
    Maybe my dad will know something.
[10:28] Mao
    Really?
[10:29] Meili
    Is your dad at the restaurant now?
[10:32] Sanjie
    Right now my dad and the other
    leaders of the Grand Alliance
[10:35] Sanjie
    are holding a meeting on the Huangpu River
[10:37] Sanjie
    to discuss how to handle the underworld.
[10:40] Sanjie
    They're supposed to come
    up with a clear strategy.
[10:47] Mob
    What's that?
[10:48] Mob
    Is that a person?
[10:50] Sanjie
    Elder Singchi of Jinjiang Restaurant!
[10:53] Sanjie
    That's impossible!
    He should be at the meeting!
[10:58] Sanjie
    Who's there?
[11:05] Mao
    Lei En, this is...
[11:07] Leien
    That's definitely the symbol of the cooking
    underworld, the Black Cloud Kirin.
[11:11] Cloak
    Tang Sanjie.
[11:13] Cloak
    In three days, we will be waiting
    for you on the Huangpu River.
[11:16] Cloak
    You cannot run.
[11:19] Cloak
    We've taken the leaders of
    the Grand Alliance hostage.
[11:23] Sanjie
    Dad?
[11:28] Xielu
    That's her...
[11:39] Xiang
    In three days, we shall reveal
    the secret of the legendary utensil
[11:44] Xiang
    if you can decipher this.
[11:53] Sanjie
    I'm sorry I dragged you into this.
[11:58] Mao
    No, this is what we want, Sanjie.
[12:02] Mao
    We won't learn anything
    unless we meet our enemies.
[12:15] Cloak
    Thank you for waiting.
[12:17] Cloak
    I'll take you to the meeting place.
[12:28] Leien
    Hostages, huh? Their methods
    are as underhanded as ever.
[12:32] Leien
    They're probably after our map
    to the legendary utensil.
[12:37] Xielu
    Yeah.
[12:39] Mao
    The winds have changed.
[12:41] Mao
    We're out at sea.
[12:47] Cloak
    Please remove your blindfolds.
[12:53] Shirou
    It's too dark to see.
[12:55] Xielu
    It's a shadow. We're inside a giant shadow.
[13:11] Both
    What?
[13:12] Sanjie
    That's...
[13:13] Sanjie
    A giant aquatic pavilion!
[13:17] Leien
    Could this be the rumored cooking
    underworld's Warship Pavilion?
[13:23] Xielu
    It's stupid big...
[13:25] Xielu
    I've never seen anything like it!
[13:30] Mao
    The entire ship must be
    full of enemies, Lei En.
[13:34] Leien
    We'll be cooking with enemies on all sides.
[13:37] Leien
    Be careful.
[13:38] Leien
    The underworld is always working to use
    cooking to force chefs to submit to them.
[13:43] Leien
    They're motivated by their twisted
    sense of pride and justice.
[13:48] Leien
    The ambition of those seeking the legendary
     utensil will become clear shortly.
[13:54] Man
    I'm impressed you didn't run.
[13:56] Man
    Now, enter our main battlefield.
[14:00] Leien
    Bring it on.
[14:02] Xielu
    Will we find a demon king waiting
    for us beyond that door?
[14:06] Xielu
    Or...
[14:16] Xielu
    It's larger than I expected.
[14:19] Mao
    This giant competition kitchen
    fits inside this ship?
[14:26] Shirou
    All these guys look shady.
[14:29] Shirou
    Do they all belong to the underworld?
[14:33] Xiang
    You know what we want: the legendary utensil.
[14:40] Xiang
    But can't unconditionally receive the Shanghai
     culinary world's legendary utensil.
[14:46] Xiang
    That is why we have fairly and openly
    requested a contest to earn the utensil.
[14:52] Sanjie
    There's nothing fair or open
     about taking hostages!
[14:55] Sanjie
    Return my dad and the others!
[14:58] Xiang
    Hostages? Don't say it like that.
[15:00] Xiang
    The elders are waiting in another room.
[15:03] Xiang
    You can leave with them once
    the contest has concluded.
[15:09] Xiang
    Tang Sanjie, your father has
    gladly offered us something
[15:13] Xiang
    that shows the location
    of the legendary utensil.
[15:17] Xielu
    That can't be!
[15:19] Leien
    That's one way to put it.
[15:22] Xiang
    But this is not enough
    for us to figure it out.
[15:25] Xiang
    We've heard you hold the key
    to deciphering this code.
[15:29] Sanjie
    You seem to have the wrong idea.
[15:32] Sanjie
    I'm not the one who holds the key.
[15:34] Sanjie
    It's my friend here,
[15:36] Sanjie
    Super Chef of Guangzhou, Liu Maoxing!
[15:41] Xiang
    That must be it.
[15:44] Xiang
    No!
[15:48] Mao
    Only the winner will hold
    both the code and the map!
[15:52] Mao
    I challenge you, cooking underworld!
[15:57] Xiang
    Very well.
[15:58] Xiang
    Then let us begin the Huangpu River
    Warship Pavilion banquet contest.
[16:03] Xiang
    Each side will choose three
    chefs to participate.
[16:06] Xiang
    The subject of the contest
    will be determined then.
[16:08] Xielu
    Three each? You're down one.
[16:12] Xiang
    Do not worry. He will be arriving later.
[16:16] Xielu
    "He?" No matter who comes,
    our victory is certain.
[16:21] Sanjie
    That's right. We'll crush you
    guys and take back the elders.
[16:26] Sanjie
    Mao, let me go first.
[16:29] Mao
    Okay.
[16:32] Xiang
    Then allow me to introduce the judges.
[16:38] Sanjie
    Impossible! You're...
[16:40] Meili
    Who are they?
[16:43] Sanjie
    That's the boss of Shanghai's
    marketplace, Governor Zhang.
[16:48] Sanjie
    Leader of the sailors, Governor Hu.
[16:51] Sanjie
    Union president of the shopping
    center, Governor He.
[16:54] Sanjie
    In other words, the top men who lead
    Shanghai's various associations.
[16:59] Sanjie
    The Grand Alliance is one such association.
[17:03] Sanjie
    But...
[17:05] Sanjie
    but why are you working with the underworld?
[17:09] Sanjie
    You and the Grand Alliance
    have always worked together.
[17:14] Zhang
    Listen, Sanjie. Don't get the wrong idea.
[17:17] Zhang
    We don't care whether
     the Shanghai culinary world
[17:20] Zhang
    is controlled by the Grand
    Alliance or the underworld.
[17:25] Hu
    All we want is for the strongest group
[17:29] Hu
    to rule Shanghai and maintain order.
[17:32] He
    We hear the cooking underworld
    has plenty of chefs
[17:36] He
    who outstrip even Super Chefs.
[17:39] Hu
    We thought we'd see that strength for
    ourselves with our tongues today.
[17:45] Zhang
    Don't worry, Sanjie.
[17:47] Zhang
    We'll only vote for the dish we
    truly believe to be delicious.
[17:51] Zhang
    Naturally, we won't go easy on you.
[17:54] Zhang
    But...
[17:56] Sanjie
    But?
[17:57] Zhang
    The skills of the young chef of Longzhen
    Restaurant have improved considerably.
[18:01] Zhang
    But the uneven ingredients we sometimes find
    mixed into your dishes are unsatisfactory.
[18:07] Mao
    These guys aren't just talk.
[18:10] Mao
    They even know Sanjie's weakness.
[18:16] Zhang
    Take my advice.
[18:18] Zhang
    Let your friends handle the contest
[18:22] Zhang
    so you can go back home with your father.
[18:26] Mao
    Sanjie.
[18:27] Meili
    Sanjie...
[18:28] Xielu
    Unfortunately, the judges know your weakness.
[18:32] Leien
    They may be impartial,
[18:34] Leien
    but they'll be harsh judges of
    a chef whose weakness they know.
[18:40] Mao
    Sanjie...
[18:43] Sanjie
    I know, Mao.
[18:46] Sanjie
    I'll let you guys handle this contest
[18:48] Sanjie
    for my dad and the future of
    the Shanghai culinary world.
[18:55] Xiang
    In that case, the first subject
    of the banquet contest is...
[19:03] Xiang
    Dim sum!
[19:05] Xiang
    Now choose your chef!
[19:09] Xielu
    Who else could we choose?
[19:11] Xielu
    The country's greatest dim sum master,
[19:13] Xielu
    Xie Lu of the Steel Staff, will take you on!
[19:17] Xiang
    So you're the famous Xie Lu
     of the Steel Staff.
[19:20] Xielu
    Who will it be?
[19:22] Xielu
    Which unfortunate soul will I fight?
[19:26] Cloak
    Such a lively challenger.
[19:31] Both
    That old fogy?
[19:31] Both
    That man?
[19:33] Xielu
    The old man is my opponent?
[19:35] Xielu
    Try not to suddenly die
    from overexerting yourself.
[19:39] Luokong
    Don't be a showoff, youngster.
[19:41] Luokong
    If you're a novice dim sum master,
    you must recognize this mark.
[19:47] Xielu
    What?
[19:47] Leien
    Is that the crest of the Bai Luo family?
[19:52] Zhang
    Impossible! One of them yet lives?
[19:56] Mao
    Lei En, what's the Bai Luo family?
[19:56] Mob
    The Bai Luo family?
[19:58] Mob
    Luo Kong?
[19:59] Leien
    The Bai Luo family is a family of dim
    sum masters descended from the chef
[20:03] Leien
    who served Zhuge Liang of Sichuan
    during the Three Kingdoms Era.
[20:07] Leien
    But I'd heard their line died
    out 50 years ago with Luo Kong,
[20:12] Leien
    the man known as the dim sum king.
[20:15] Both
    What?
[20:16] Xielu
    Gramps, are you...
[20:19] Luokong
    That's right.
[20:21] Luokong
    I am the sole living survivor
    of the Bai Luo family, Luo Kong.
[20:28] Xielu
    The legendary dim sum master
    who perfected dim sum
[20:32] Xielu
    and was invited to work for
     the emperor stands before us...
[20:36] Mao
    But you said he died 50 years ago.
[20:39] Leien
    That's right. If he were alive,
    he'd be over 100 years old.
[20:44] Leien
    A living fossil.
[20:45] Xielu
    Why? All dim sum masters
    aspire to be like you.
[20:50] Xielu
    Why work with the underworld?
[20:52] Luokong
    That goes without saying.
[20:54] Luokong
    I came to learn the underworld's secret
    dim sum technique not even known to me.
[21:01] Luokong
    Just as the sweet bun created by my family's
    founder consoled the spirits of soldiers fallen
[21:08] Luokong
    in battle and quelled agitating
    streams cutting through the lines,
[21:12] Luokong
    the true path of dim sum
    is the repose of souls
[21:15] Luokong
    from which gently suppresses the waves
     of an unsettled mind and body.
[21:26] Xielu
    Named for the way it renews the heart,
[21:30] Xielu
    dim sum is meant to be eaten when you are
    troubled for a refreshing change of mood.
[21:34] Xielu
    Rather than boasting about ourselves,
    why don't we take it easy, Gramps.
[21:41] Luokong
    You do not quail before me.
    You truly are lively prey.
[21:45] Luokong
    Now choose the subject of our contest.
[21:54] Xiang
    The subject is sweet buns!
[21:57] Leien
    He shouldn't have hit that.
[22:00] Leien
    The Bai Luo family's greatest secrets
    must be hidden in sweet bun making.
[22:09] Luokong
    Dim sum boy.
[22:11] Luokong
    You've erased any chance you had of winning.
[22:15] Xielu
    I'll carve a star for you and your
    big mouth onto my staff, gramps.
[22:22] Mao
    The sweet bun contest of
    the century has begun.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Clash of Super Dim Sum!"
[24:08] Narration
    "Clash of Super Dim Sum!"

E10 - Clash of the Super Dim Sum
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:41] Shirou
    Amazing!
[01:43] Mao
    Yeah.
[01:44] Luokong
    You're using both hands to simultaneously
    knead two balls of dough?
[01:47] Luokong
    So you weren't all talk when you
    proclaimed yourself the best in the land.
[01:52] Xielu
    I don't see your hands moving, gramps.
[01:54] Xielu
    Though I doubt you can knead dough properly
    with the feeble hands of an old man.
[02:01] Luokong
    I am Luo Kong the Dim Sum King.
[02:05] Luokong
    If you're the best in the land,
    then I'm the best in the world.
[02:11] Luokong
    Let me teach you something.
[02:13] Luokong
    Dough is not kneaded with strength.
[02:16] Luokong
    It is the circular motion of
    my fingers, arms, and cane.
[02:20] Luokong
    In other words, the essence of
    dim sum cooking is rotation.
[02:24] Luokong
    The extent of a dim sum chef's mastery of
    rotations is an expression of his skill.
[02:30] Luokong
    Bai Luo Rotational Kneading!
SIGN    Bai Luo Rotational Kneading!!
[02:35] Xielu
    He's using torque to knead
    the smoothest possible dough.
[02:39] Shirou
    Mao, what does that mean?
[02:41] Mao
    The majority of a sweet
    bun's flavor is determined
[02:45] Mao
    by how soft and fluffy the skin is.
[02:49] Mao
    When you knead yeast made
    from fermented potatoes
[02:52] Mao
    into flour and let it rest, the dough rises.
[02:58] Mao
    Th-That's...
[03:00] Luokong
    This is what gives life to
    my sweet buns: lao mein.
[03:04] Shirou
    Lao mein?
[03:06] Luokong
    This is the dough passed down from
    the founder of the Bai Luo family
[03:10] Luokong
    since the Three Kingdoms
    Era, Shuhan Lao Mein.
[03:13] Luokong
    It contains the ultimate yeast,
    having survived for 1600 years.
[03:24] Meili
    It's so delicate from being thoroughly
    kneaded and abundantly fluffy.
[03:28] Mao
    It'll definitely produce incredible sweet
    buns like nothing anyone's ever tasted.
[03:32] Mao
    Xie Lu!
[03:34] Xielu
    Don't worry. I've already finished my skins.
[03:38] Mao
    What?
[03:39] Mao
    It's flat.
[03:41] Shirou
    You can't win that sad flat skin, bro!
[03:48] Mao
    The filling is usually made
    primarily from ground pork,
[03:52] Mao
    but what will Xie Lu do?
[03:55] Shirou
    What?
[03:56] Shirou
    Beef? That's not pork, Mao.
[03:59] Shirou
    Is he going to be okay?
[04:01] Mao
    No, it's smart.
[04:02] Mao
    If you want to maximize the juiciness
    of the filling, you should use beef.
[04:06] Shirou
    Which means Xie Lu's finally
    getting ready to use his staff.
[04:11] Shirou
    A knife?
[04:15] Mao
    Steaks?
[04:19] Luokong
    You're wrapping chunks of
    meat in deflated flat skins?
[04:23] Luokong
    Just so you know, serving something
    that can't be described
[04:26] Luokong
    as sweet buns is out of the question.
[04:32] Xielu
    Sounds like you don't know what I'm doing.
[04:35] Xielu
    You've fallen so far, Dim Sum King.
[04:39] Luokong
    It seems most dim sum masters
    still have to have the last word.
[04:46] Luokong
    These should be ready soon.
[04:50] Xiang
    Eight clay pots...
[04:52] Xiang
    Could it be?
[04:57] Meili
    Bamboo?
[04:59] Luokong
    Allow me to show you the Bai
    Luo family's ultimate dim sum.
[05:05] Both
    It's done!
[05:17] Meili
    This light...
[05:25] Mao
    A treasure ship packed with heaping
    mountains of multicolored sweet buns.
[05:29] Mao
    And golden sweet buns glittering
    on the back of the golden dragon.
[05:33] Mao
    It's practically blinding.
[05:37] Xiang
    Let the judging begin.
[05:38] Xiang
    First, Dim Sum King Luo Kong.
[05:43] He
    I see. You used the bamboo you cut earlier
    to build this treasure ship steamer.
[05:48] He
    By the way, what do they say?
[05:50] Luokong
    Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise,
    Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger.
[05:55] Luokong
    With each of the Four Guardians of the four
    cardinal directions in their place,
[05:58] Luokong
    they quell the seas,
    and ease the hearts of men.
[06:00] Luokong
    They are the noble Requiem
    Sweet Buns of prayer!
[06:04] Xiang
    Spare me the theory.
[06:06] Xiang
    It only matters if they're good or not.
[06:16] Xiang
    Not only are the skins as soft as cotton,
[06:19] Xiang
    but they're overflowing with rich juices.
[06:22] Xiang
    The mouthfeel and softness
    are of the highest quality.
[06:28] Xiang
    This is sea cucumber!
[06:31] Xiang
    It's damn impressively rehydrated!
[06:35] He
    This one contains scallops!
[06:36] He
    They dance from the skin
    with the excellent broth,
[06:38] He
    just begging to be eaten!
[06:40] Hu
    I had no idea abalone could
    be so crisp and soft!
[06:43] Xiang
    The ultimate seafood has been sealed
    inside the ultimately fluffy skins,
[06:47] Xiang
    producing supreme bliss!
[06:49] He
    Not only that, but they've
    all been cooked low and slow
[06:52] He
    to perfection in eight separate clay pots!
[06:57] Hu
    They're treasures. Treasures of sweet buns.
[07:01] Sanjie
    Just from eating high quality seafood?
[07:04] Sanjie
    What's going on?
[07:06] Luokong
    The secret is in the skin.
[07:10] Luokong
    East is sourness.
[07:11] Luokong
    North is saltiness.
[07:13] Luokong
    West is spiciness.
[07:15] Luokong
    South is bitterness.
[07:16] Luokong
    By applying the appropriate flavor
    according to each direction
[07:19] Luokong
    of the cosmic dual forces and five elements,
    the ultimate balance is maintained.
[07:24] Luokong
    These are the Bai Luo family's ultimate
    sweet buns, passed down for generations:
[07:28] Luokong
    The Four Guardians Seafood
    Eight Treasure Buns!
SIGN    Four Guardians Seafood Eight Treasure Buns
[07:37] Xiang
    Few have mastered the Four Guardians
    Seafood Eight Treasure Buns.
[07:41] Xiang
    No one can surpass 1600 years of history.
[07:45] Luokong
    Boy, you never stood a chance at winning.
[07:54] Xiang
    Next, Xie Lu.
[07:56] Hu
    Gold, huh? How flashy.
[07:59] Hu
    The golden dragon is a
    brilliantly crafted, too.
[08:04] He
    Those flat skins have puffed up quite a bit.
[08:08] Xiang
    What's wrong with this dragon?
[08:10] Xiang
    It's holding on tight and won't let go.
[08:13] Xiang
    There!
[08:18] Xiang
    It laughed! The sweet bun laughed at me!
[08:22] Judges
    What's going on?
[08:25] Luokong
    Quiet, amateurs!
[08:29] Luokong
    The essence of these sweet
    buns lies elsewhere.
[08:33] Luokong
    The cracks in the sweet buns.
[08:36] Luokong
    The two pots.
[08:38] Luokong
    The strange glow of the dragon.
[08:40] Luokong
    You fool, Xie Lu!
[08:42] Luokong
    You fried your sweet buns!
[08:45] Xielu
    Exactly. These are fried sweet buns.
[08:48] Luokong
    Amateur! The meat's juices
    have flowed out of the cracks
[08:51] Luokong
    created in the skin by the hot oil!
[08:55] Luokong
    A sweet bun without a single drop of
    juice left is a shell of a sweet bun!
[08:59] Xielu
    Are you sure about that?
[09:00] Xiang
    Hot!
[09:02] Xiang
    Hot, hot, hot!
[09:03] Hu
    Hot, hot, hot!
[09:07] Xiang
    Inside my mouth...
[09:08] He
    Piping hot, meaty juices are pouring out!
[09:12] Judge
    They're stuffed with full-bodied
    juices rich with beef flavor!
[09:17] Hu
    But it's so refreshing,
    and not too heavy at all!
[09:21] Xiang
    Not only that, but the juices perfectly
    match the fluffy, crispy, and fragrant fried skins!
[09:27] He
    It's a new kind of snack!
    The ultimate deliciousness!
[09:30] He
    This super dim sum is
    supremely enjoyable to eat!
[09:34] Luokong
    Impossible! How?
[09:36] Luokong
    There should be no juices left!
[09:40] Xielu
    Try breaking open the insides of a sweet bun.
[09:47] He
    What? This is...
[09:49] He
    Vermicelli!
[09:52] Xielu
    That's right.
[09:54] Xielu
    The filling of a fried bun
    should be light and refreshing.
[09:56] Xielu
    That's why I absorbed the meat
    juices into the vermicelli.
[10:00] Xielu
    I seared thick cuts of steak to
    seal the flavor inside of them.
[10:04] Xielu
    Then I cut them into chunks and
    stuffed them inside, gramps.
[10:11] Mao
    I see.
[10:14] Luokong
    Then why did the sweet buns laugh?
[10:18] Xielu
    Listen closely, Dim Sum King.
[10:20] Xielu
    These cracks didn't come from
    frying them. I made them.
[10:24] Xielu
    I made small incisions from the start.
[10:27] Xielu
    My dough was flat because I used baking soda,
[10:30] Xielu
    a rising agent that rises
    when exposed to heat.
[10:33] Xielu
    I used the rapid expansion of the skins
[10:36] Xielu
    during frying to create these cracks.
[10:39] Xielu
    And these are the true identity of the laugh.
[10:42] Luokong
    That's...
[10:43] Xielu
    Light chunks of beef that had
    their juices sucked out of them.
[10:47] Xielu
    The oil that seeped in through the
    cracks hardened these chunks, as well
[10:53] Xielu
    as the inside of the skins and the surface
    of the vermicelli, sealing the juices inside.
[10:58] Xielu
    The meat chunks rattle around
    in the space created inside,
[11:02] Xielu
    producing the sound of laughter.
[11:05] Xielu
    They are the Golden Open-Mouthed Laugh!
SIGN    Golden Open-Mouthed Laugh!!
[11:12] Xielu
    In other words, laughing golden sweet buns.
[11:14] Xielu
    This joy is what dim sum is really about.
[11:18] Mao
    The soothing top-of-the-line sweet buns,
[11:20] Mao
    the Four Guardians Seafood Eight Treasure
    Buns and the joyful, over-the-top sweet buns,
[11:25] Mao
    the Golden Open-Mouthed Laugh.
[11:27] Mao
    Who will win?
[11:32] Sanjie
    Tell us your judgment.
[11:35] Mao
    Who will they choose?
[11:36] Shirou
    Xie Lu, unanimously.
[11:39] Meili
    It doesn't look that way, Shirou.
[11:41] Shirou
    What?
[11:48] Shirou
    They're struggling to decide!
[11:51] Meili
    The votes are split.
[11:54] Xiang
    I've decided! I've made my choice!
[12:00] Judge
    So have I.
[12:01] Hu
    Yes. The choice is clear.
[12:04] Sanjie
    All right.
[12:07] Sanjie
    Very well, tell us the results of your judgment.
[12:14] Sanjie
    If you choose Xie Lu of the Steel
    Staff, raise your red spoon.
[12:26] Mao
    N-No way.
[12:35] Sanjie
    Wait, seriously?
[12:38] Meili
    No one's raising their red spoon.
[12:40] Audience
    No matter how talented, a youngster
    in his twenties can't beat him.
[12:46] Xielu
    I don't believe it. I can't
    believe I lost this badly.
[12:52] Xiang
    Then if you choose Luo Kong the Dim
    Sum King, raise your white spoon.
[13:03] Sanjie
    What is this?
[13:05] Xiang
    What?
[13:08] Mao
    No one's raising their white spoon, either.
[13:10] Shirou
    What's going on?
[13:12] Sanjie
    Governor Xiang, what's the meaning of this?
[13:20] Xiang
    Sanjie, I once told you the Han Feizi's
    story of the spear and the shield.
[13:26] Sanjie
    The spear and the shield?
[13:27] Xiang
    Once upon a time, a strange weapons
    dealer from the land of Chu
[13:32] Xiang
    who was selling a spear
    that could pierce anything
[13:36] Xiang
    and a shield that nothing could pierce.
[13:40] Xiang
    Xie Lu's supremely delicious
    laughing fried buns,
[13:43] Xiang
    the Golden Open-Mouthed Laugh,
[13:45] Xiang
    are the spear that can pierce anything.
[13:48] Xiang
    In contrast, the collected 1600
    years of wisdom and technique
[13:51] Xiang
    that are Luo Kong's Four Guardians
    Seafood Eight Treasure Buns
[13:55] Xiang
    are the shield that nothing can pierce.
[13:58] Xiang
    "So what happens when you strike
    that shield with that spear?"
[14:01] Xiang
    The story ends with the befuddled
    weapons dealer being asked this.
[14:07] Xiang
    Right now, we feel like that weapons dealer.
[14:10] Xiang
    In the rest of the world, this
    spear and shield don't make sense.
[14:13] Xiang
    We call it a paradox.
[14:15] Xiang
    But it's also true that an unstoppable spear
[14:18] Xiang
    and invincible shield can't be compared.
[14:21] Xiang
    Therefore, this contest is a draw!
[14:32] Meili
    It's...
[14:33] Mao
    ...a tie?
[14:53] Mao
    Guys...
[15:04] Xielu
    What dreary sweet buns.
[15:06] Xielu
    There's nothing fun about them.
[15:09] Luokong
    Did you think you could beat me
    with such foolish tricks, brat?
[15:14] Xielu
    What was that, gramps?!
[15:15] Xielu
    Anyway, you shouldn't be
    writing on your sweet buns!
[15:17] Xielu
    It's unappetizing!
[15:19] Luokong
    Silence, boy!
[15:20] Luokong
    The oil from your sweet buns
    made my hands sticky!
[15:23] Luokong
    How will you make it up to me?!
[15:24] Xielu
    Why is your steamer shaped like a boat?
[15:26] Xielu
    Make a normal shape!
[15:28] Luokong
    It's the best shape for circulating
    the aroma of the bamboo, you moron!
[15:31] Luokong
    And your dragon is the most
    useless thing imaginable!
[15:34] Xielu
    What's an old man doing
    with long hair, anyway?
[15:37] Xielu
    You should trim your sideburns, damn it!
[15:39] Luokong
    You never used your staff a single time!
[15:42] Luokong
    If it's just for show, take yourself
     and your staff to the Shaolin Temple!
[16:02] Xielu
    It was generous of them to call it a tie.
[16:06] Xielu
    No matter how you look at it, your sweet
    buns are undeniably delicious, gramps.
[16:12] Luokong
    More importantly, boy, frying
    your sweet buns was a bold idea
[16:16] Luokong
    not even found in the Bai
    Luo family's dictionary.
[16:20] Luokong
    Who taught you to do that?
[16:23] Xielu
    The Shanxi Province where I
    was born has few ingredients.
[16:27] Xielu
    Since I was a kid, I've been
    traveling across all of China
[16:30] Xielu
    in search of ingredients
    and dishes I've never seen.
[16:35] Xielu
    These sweet buns are my
    twist on a recipe I learned
[16:38] Xielu
    from the locals when I
    traveled far to the north.
[16:42] Xielu
    In bitterly cold lands, you can't make
    fluffy hot sweet buns by steaming them.
[16:46] Xielu
    That's why they fry them.
[16:49] Xielu
    This land is vast.
[16:50] Xielu
    Practices we'd never think of are being
    used all over the place all the time.
[16:55] Xielu
    And encountering those
    ingredients, dishes, and chefs
[17:00] Xielu
    is almost more fun than I can bear.
[17:09] Xielu
    King, what's this?
[17:12] Luokong
    Boy, I've decided.
[17:14] Luokong
    I'm going to travel across China to
    learn all the flavors it has to offer.
[17:18] Xielu
    What?
[17:22] Luokong
    I've spent the past century learning
    the Bai Luo family's techniques
[17:26] Luokong
    and working in the palace kitchens.
[17:28] Loukong
    I haven't seen sunlight since
    I joined the underworld.
[17:31] Luokong
    It seems I've been indoors for far too long.
[17:39] Luokong
    Boy.
[17:42] Luokong
    When I think of all the new talent like
    you sprouting across this vast land,
[17:47] Luokong
    I can't sit idly by.
[17:50] Luokong
    Xie Lu, you won this battle.
[18:01] Xielu
    You can't be serious, gramps!
[18:03] Xielu
    You can't just decide that!
[18:04] Luokong
    The word "tie" doesn't exist in
    the Bai Luo family's dictionary.
[18:07] Luokong
    There's no point in a
    contest without a winner.
[18:09] Xielu
    Maybe so, but I don't remember winning!
[18:13] Luokong
    Don't get the wrong idea.
[18:15] Luokong
    You didn't seize victory.
    I'm giving you the win, for now.
[18:19] Luokong
    And my staff.
[18:21] Luokong
    We'll fight again ten years from now.
[18:24] Luokong
    And when we do, I'll crush you thoroughly so
[18:28] Luokong
    I can take back my staff and the victory.
[18:31] Xielu
    Fine, gramps.
[18:33] Xielu
    Xie Lu of the Steel Staff
    will hold onto this for you.
[18:38] Luokong
    You heard me.
[18:39] Luokong
    I appreciate what the underworld has
    done for me, but I'm quitting now.
[18:45] Xiang
    After acknowledging your own defeat,
[18:47] Xiang
    you think you'll be allowed to
    leave the underworld, Luo Kong?
[18:58] Mao
    H-He vanished.
[19:00] Luokong
    Don't forget, boy. Ten years.
[19:03] Xielu
    Ten years? Gramps, how long
    are you planning to live?
[19:09] Xielu
    King... He's a crafty old man.
[19:12] Narration
    The first round of the Huangpu River Warship
    Pavilion banquet contest is won by Xie Lu!
[19:23] Henchman
    Dim Sum King Luo Kong was defeated
    by Xie Lu of the Steel Staff,
[19:27] Henchman
    then fled the scene.
[19:31] Henchman
    Wh-Wh-What shall we do, Shao An?
[19:36] Shaoan
    This is fine.
[19:38] Shaoan
    We will undoubtedly have one victory
    and one loss after the second round.
[19:43] Mao
    You did it, Xie Lu!
[19:44] Shirou
    That was amazing, bro!
[19:46] Shirou
    One more victory, and we win!
[19:48] Xielu
    Their backs are to the wall
    now. They have to win.
[19:52] Xielu
    The second round is the main
    dish round. Brace yourselves.
[19:56] Meili
    They'll send that woman leader next.
[20:00] Meili
    I get the sense she's incredibly dangerous.
[20:03] Xiang
    Lei En of the Seven Star
    Knives, step forward!
[20:06] Shaoan
    After all, she cannot lose.
[20:10] Shaoan
    And in the third round, I, Shao An,
[20:13] Shaoan
    will thoroughly crush Mao,
[20:16] Shaoan
    and get revenge for what happened
    at the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[20:23] Mao
    Lei En.
[20:25] Mao
    Are you okay? Won't it be hard fighting
    another member of the underworld?
[20:29] Leien
    Mao, I once told you
[20:32] Leien
    that I made an unforgivable mistake.
[20:35] Leien
    I escaped the underworld after it made me
    lose my way, knowing it would kill me.
[20:44] Leien
    I have no hesitation!
[20:55] Xiang
    Open the bilge tank!
[21:02] Xiang
    The skills of a spineless
    runaway decline every day.
[21:07] Xiang
    I shall generously make the subject of
    our contest your specialty, seafood.
[21:11] Leien
    That pridefulness of yours once
    made me commit that mistake.
[21:16] Leien
    I swore an oath that I would
    never commit the same error.
[21:26] Mao
    The water burst!
[21:29] Leien
    The appetizer comes before the main course.
[21:31] Leien
    Taste this, judges.
[21:35] Leien
    Seven Stars Army Destroyer Raw Cuttlefish!
[21:38] Xiang
    The cuttlefish! The cuttlefish
    has already been sliced!
[21:42] Mao
    Incredible! The Seven Star Knives
    are sharp enough to cut water!
[21:47] Leien
    I, Lei En, seek nothing else from this world
[21:51] Leien
    than to settle my debts
    with my Seven Star Knives.
[21:56] Xiang
    This is why you're naive.
[21:59] Xiang
    You still haven't let go of that incident.
[22:03] Leien
    What?
[22:05] Xiang
    Such weakness will prevent you
    from properly seeing this!
[22:10] Xiang
    I am the cooking underworld's
    Ten Feet of Blue Xiang!
[22:15] Leien
    I-Impossible.
[22:18] Leien
    It can't be...
[22:20] Leien
    Those knives are the Seven Star Knives!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Clash of the Two Seven Star Knives"
[24:07] Narration
    "Clash of the Two Seven Star Knives."

E11 - Clash of the Two Seven Star Knives
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:31] Xiang
    The skills of a spineless
    runaway decline every day.
[01:35] Xiang
    I shall generously make the subject of
    our contest your specialty, seafood.
[01:40] Leien
    That pridefulness of yours once
    made me commit that mistake.
[01:50] Xiang
    The cuttlefish has already been sliced!
[01:53] Mao
    Incredible! The Seven Star Knives
    are sharp enough to cut water!
[01:59] Leien
    I, Lei En, seek nothing else from this world
[02:02] Leien
    than to settle my debts
    with my Seven Star Knives.
[02:07] Xiang
    This is why you're naive.
[02:10] Xiang
    You still haven't let go of that incident.
[02:14] Leien
    What?
[02:18] Xiang
    I am the cooking underworld's
    Ten Feet of Blue Xiang!
[02:22] Leien
    I-Impossible.
[02:23] Leien
    It can't be...
[02:25] Leien
    Those knives are the Seven Star Knives!
[02:33] Xiang
    That's right. Just like yours, these
    are the bloodied Seven Star Knives.
[02:37] Leien
    H-How do you have those?
[02:40] Xiang
    It's no wonder you're surprised.
[02:42] Xiang
    As far as you're concerned,
    it's like you've just met a ghost.
[02:48] Xiang
    But these are indeed
    genuine Seven Star Knives.
[02:52] Xiang
    Observe, and you will have
    no choice but to believe me.
[03:00] Shirou
    A sturgeon?
[03:06] Xiang
    Seven Stars Army Destroyer Quick Incision!
SIGN    Seven Stars Army Destroyer Quick Incision!!
[03:12] Shirou
    She removed the roe.
[03:14] Mao
    Look.
[03:15] Mao
    The cut is closing itself.
[03:21] Xiang
    Have an appetizer from me.
[03:23] All
    Her knife skills are so quick and exquisite.
[03:26] All
    She's on another level.
[03:30] Xiang
    You haven't seen anything yet.
[03:36] Both
    Wh...
[03:37] Both
    What?!
[03:44] Meili
    That sturgeon had its stomach sliced open,
     but is swimming like nothing happened.
[03:48] Mao
    They instantly cut through everything.
[03:50] Mao
    The cells surrounding the wound don't
    even realize they've been sliced.
[03:53] Leien
    That sharpness and sheen is undoubtedly
    that of the Seven Star Knives.
[03:58] Leien
    Why do you have those?
[04:00] Leien
    Only one set of Seven Star Knives
    should exist in this world.
[04:03] Xiang
    The impossible is possible
    in the cooking underworld.
[04:08] Xiang
    As one who feels guilt over that incident,
    you could never understand.
[04:13] Xiang
    Remember this, foolish deserter, Lei En.
[04:18] Xiang
    No matter how far you
    flee from the underworld,
[04:22] Xiang
    no matter how many times you submerge
    yourself in mountain spring waters,
[04:29] Xiang
    your bloodstained hands
    can never be washed clean.
[04:51] Meili
    Lei En!
[04:52] Mao
    Lei En!
[04:55] Meili
    What's wrong, Lei En? Keep it together.
[04:58] Meili
    Lei En, tell me.
[04:59] Meili
    What happened after you left Yang
    Spring Restaurant four years ago?
[05:07] Xielu
    Spit it out!
[05:08] Xielu
    You'll never cook anything delicious
    while you're worrying about the past!
[05:13] Xielu
    Tell us everything and relieve your mind!
[05:16] Leien
    It's none of your business.
[05:22] Mao
    That's not true.
[05:24] Mao
    It is our business.
[05:26] Mao
    We swore we'd share each other's fates
[05:30] Mao
    when we left on this journey!
[05:35] Mao
    Tell us, Lei En.
[05:40] Leien
    Mao, I don't deserve to live anymore.
[05:45] Mao
    What?
[05:47] Leien
    As I told you on the day of
    our knife skills contest,
[05:50] Leien
    I left on a journey to correct my weakness.
[05:55] Leien
    Higher. Aim higher.
[05:58] Leien
    Those who master cooking
    can stand above all others.
[06:03] Leien
    I followed the underworld's training
    and mastered all their techniques.
[06:08] Leien
    It was said that I was unrivaled
    when it came to knife skills.
[06:11] Leien
    But the strange feeling
    of elation didn't stop.
[06:15] Leien
    Higher. Even higher.
[06:17] Leien
    Isn't there anything I can do?
[06:20] Leien
    Then one day, I heard rumors about Lang Tie,
[06:24] Leien
    the world's greatest knife-maker.
[06:35] Leien
    With the best knives,
[06:38] Leien
    I could stand at the pinnacle of all chefs.
[06:42] Leien
    Those knives were the
    miraculous Seven Star Knives.
[06:53] (Flashback) Langtie
    What do you think of the Seven Star Knives?
[06:56] (Flashback) Leien
    It's hard to imagine anything
    this sharp being of this world.
[07:01] (Flashback) Langtie
    I know.
[07:02] (Flashback) Langtie
    You're lucky.
[07:04] (Flashback) Langtie
    I never make the same knife twice.
[07:08] (Flashback) Langtie
    The Seven Star Knives I forged today
    are the best I've ever created.
[07:18] (Flashback) Langtie
    A chef's tools are his life.
[07:20] (Flashback) Langtie
    I want a chef like you to use the best tools.
[07:26] (Flashback) Leien
    Thank you.
[07:30] Leien
    The best knives...
[07:34] Leien
    I am now the best chef.
[07:45] (Flashback) Langtie
    Have a seat. Drink some tea.
[08:11] (Flashback) Leien
    Now no knife greater than the Seven
    Star Knives will ever be created.
[08:16] (Flashback) Leien
    I will forever be the ultimate
    knife skills master.
[08:27] Leien
    When I came to my senses,
[08:28] Leien
    all that remained in my hands were
    the bloodstained Seven Star Knives.
[08:33] Leien
    I could not recover from my remorse.
[08:35] Leien
    When I confessed my crime to the
    higher-ups of the underworld,
[08:39] Leien
    they jeered and said,
[08:42] Leien
    "You did well. That ambition
    is what feeds us."
[08:46] Leien
    In that moment, I learned of the cooking
    underworld's bottomless horror.
[08:52] Leien
    Mao.
[08:53] Leien
    I may not be worthy of
    sharing your fate after all.
[09:05] Xiang
    While you cling to the past and
    have lost your will to fight,
[09:09] Xiang
    you stand no chance against me.
[09:12] Mao
    If that story is true, then how do 
    you have a set of Seven Star Knives?
[09:18] Xiang
    The grudge of the knife-maker Lang Tie
[09:21] Xiang
    who you slew lives on in
    these Seven Star Knives,
[09:25] Xiang
    murderer!
[09:29] Meili
    No. Lei En... killed a man...
[09:42] Shirou
    Mao!
[09:44] Mao
    Didn't you decide to fight
    so no one else would suffer?
[09:52] Mao
    Killing another at the end of his
    training and falling to ruin himself...
[09:57] Mao
    That's not the way of a true chef!
[10:00] Leien
    Mao!
[10:04] Mao
    What's important is making
    the next delicious dish!
[10:10] Mao
    If you believe your arrogance in your skills
[10:11] Mao
    made you inflict irredeemable
    misfortune on another,
[10:15] Mao
    then use those same skills
[10:16] Mao
    to make people ten thousand—no,
    100 million times happier, Lei En!
[10:26] Leien
    Happy, huh?
[10:28] Leien
    You're always reminding me of the basics
    of cooking that I'd nearly forgotten.
[10:38] Leien
    Tell me. What kind of
    seafood do you wish to eat?
[10:42] Leien
    As a chef, I shall lead you to happiness
[10:44] Leien
    with the ingredients of your choosing.
[10:52] Mao
    Lei En.
[10:53] Xielu
    That's a sharp idea coming
    from a boorish man.
[10:56] Xielu
    He'll have the judges choose his ingredients.
[10:59] Zhang
    There is no question.
[11:02] Zhang
    Orange eggs resembling precious jewels.
[11:05] He
    The richest, thickest innards.
[11:08] Hu
    Soft, moist, and mellow flesh of pure white.
[11:12] Zhang
    Indeed. It's not Shanghai cuisine without it!
[11:17] Zhang
    Chinese mitten crab!
[11:24] Mao
    Chinese mitten crab?
[11:25] Shirou
    That stuff is crazy good.
[11:27] Sanjie
    Chinese mitten crab, huh?
    It's a difficult ingredient.
[11:32] Shirou
    Why, Sanjie?
[11:36] Sanjie
    Chinese mitten crab is certainly delicious.
[11:38] Sanjie
    But unlike red frog crab and swimming crab,
[11:42] Sanjie
    they're small.
[11:44] Xielu
    Bigger crabs have longer and thicker legs.
[11:47] Xielu
    They've got bigger shells, too.
[11:49] Xielu
    The meat packed inside is easy to
    remove and has a solid mouthfeel.
[11:53] Xielu
    But...
[11:54] Sanjie
    Yeah. Because the small Chinese
    mitten crab has so little meat,
[11:59] Sanjie
    no matter how desperately you dig at them,
[12:02] Sanjie
    you never get the satisfaction
    of a full meal.
[12:04] Sanjie
    Preparing the slender yet supremely
    delicious Chinese mitten crab
[12:08] Sanjie
    depends heavily on the
    skills of the chef himself.
[12:15] Xiang
    Chinese mitten crab? I thought
    they might choose that.
[12:19] Xiang
    Open the crab tank.
[12:29] Xiang
    Behold the brilliant blue of their shells.
[12:32] Xiang
    The golden glow of the fringe on their legs.
[12:34] Xiang
    Taken only from Yangcheng Lake,
    the most famous of places,
[12:38] Xiang
    at the crack of dawn, they are supremely
    fresh and exquisitely delicious.
[12:43] Xiang
    The most genuine and authentic
    of Chinese mitten crabs.
[12:48] Shirou
    No fair!
[12:50] Shirou
    She took all the biggest, meatiest ones!
[12:54] Xiang
    The early bird gets the worm.
[12:57] Xiang
    What are you standing around for, Lei En?
[12:59] Xiang
    The contest starts with the
    choosing of ingredients.
[13:07] Xielu
    He's being so slow.
[13:10] Xielu
    Is he still hesitant?
[13:12] Mao
    No. If I'm right, Lei En
    will probably choose...
[13:18] Shirou
    So small.
[13:19] Shirou
    Lei En's choosing all the small crabs, Mao.
[13:23] Shirou
    And their color looks poor.
[13:25] Shirou
    Aren't Chinese mitten crabs
    small enough already?
[13:28] Shirou
    Why's he putting himself at a disadvantage?
[13:30] Xielu
    His guilt is still making him punish himself.
[13:34] Mao
    It's okay.
[13:36] Mao
    His eyes are confident and clear
[13:39] Mao
    like they were during our
    knife skills contest.
[13:46] Meili
    He's fragile.
[13:48] Meili
    He's always been this way.
[13:50] Meili
    Too serious, inflexible,
    always worrying on his own.
[13:56] Meili
    His fragile and clear heart is too pure.
[14:02] Meili
    So... so...
[14:06] Xielu
    Yeah.
[14:07] Xielu
    Pure-hearted men become increasingly
    unpredictable as their purity increases.
[14:13] Mao
    And because Lei En is like that,
    when his powers are awakened...
[14:20] Mao
    he creates dishes replete with supreme bliss,
[14:24] Mao
    unmarred by a single cloud.
[14:29] Leien
    Peerless knife-maker Lang Tie,
    I won't ask for your forgiveness.
[14:34] Leien
    However, if you'll allow me to go on living,
[14:37] Leien
    I will use these Seven Star Knives to
    create as much happiness as possible
[14:44] Leien
    and in doing so, make
    atonement to your spirit.
[14:49] Mao
    Frying starch?
[14:51] Mao
    He's putting frying starch on
    his small, oddly-colored crabs.
[14:55] Mao
    I knew it.
[14:57] Mao
    You could win this round, Lei En!
[14:59] Sanjie
    Huh? What do you mean, Mao?
[15:01] Shirou
    How can he win?
[15:05] Xielu
    I don't like it.
[15:06] All
    What?
[15:09] Xielu
    After choosing her crabs,
[15:11] Xielu
    that woman has been sitting perfectly
    still and watching Lei En.
[15:16] Xielu
    What's she planning?
[15:19] Xiang
    You still don't get it, Lei En.
[15:21] Xiang
    Chefs make people happy.
[15:24] Xiang
    Put another way, they can
    also make people unhappy.
[15:28] Xiang
    If they control the happiness of people,
[15:31] Xiang
    then the logical conclusion is that
    chefs have the power to control people.
SIGN    Great Shanghai Restaurant
[15:39] Chef
    Yeah. The Grand Alliance is in an uproar
[15:43] Chef
    since the underworld took
    the higher-ups away.
[15:45] Chef
    Longzhen Restaurant's Sanjie
    went to get them back,
[15:48] Chef
    but we haven't heard anything yet.
[15:50] Fei
    I see.
[15:54] Chef
    Hey, wait.
[16:04] Sanjie
    So this is the strength
    of the man once called
[16:06] Sanjie
    the young prodigy of Yang Spring Restaurant.
[16:09] Sanjie
    My inadequate knife skills
    are nothing like his.
[16:12] Sanjie
    He's so incredibly accurate,
    you forget to blink.
[16:14] Sanjie
    His cuts are so delicate and magnificent.
[16:20] Shirou
    What? Not a single sliver of meat is left!
[16:24] Shirou
    But the legs are so slender.
[16:25] Sanjie
    He completely removed all the insides.
[16:28] Sanjie
    I'd expect no less from Lei
    En and the Seven Star Knives.
[16:32] Shirou
    From the bold Raging Bull Blue Dragon
    Cut made by the giant Army Destroyer
[16:36] Shirou
    to delicate knife work using small knives.
[16:40] Shirou
    The Seven Star Knives are like
    farming tools capable of cultivating
[16:43] Shirou
    every last inch of the world
    inside of living beings.
[16:50] Sanjie
    He harvested so much slender pure white meat.
[16:54] Sanjie
    He's fragrantly sautéing it
    with minced onions and ginger
[16:59] Sanjie
    and packing it into the shells
    along with the crab innards.
[17:01] Sanjie
    And on top of it he's
    sprinkling... frying starch!
[17:05] Sanjie
    I've got it! I figured it out, too, Mao!
[17:08] Sanjie
    I know what Lei En is making—
[17:13] He
    One more!
[17:13] Xiang
    Okay, okay. Here you go.
[17:16] Hu
    Pour some for me, too!
[17:18] Xiang
    Oh, please.
[17:19] Xiang
    I thought we were just taking a little break.
[17:26] Sanjie
    Hey! What is she doing?
[17:29] Xielu
    After picking at the crabs
    with her Seven Star Knives
[17:33] Xielu
    and cracking some eggs, she ditched
    her cooking station to go do that!
[17:39] Xielu
    Damn it! I'm kind of jealous of the judges!
[17:43] Sanjie
    But Lei En is taking the
    contest so seriously!
[17:46] Shirou
    She's trying to seduce the judges!
[17:49] Mao
    No. I can tell
[17:52] Mao
    she's more of a chef than that.
[17:56] Mao
    She's up to something.
[18:01] Xiang
    I'd better get back to cooking.
[18:04] Xhang
    Why? Is it over already?
[18:06] Xiang
    We'll continue this later.
[18:08] Xiang
    More importantly, you'd better
    keep those two promises you made.
[18:13] Zhang
    Sure thing.
[18:20] Xiang
    Now, then...
[18:24] Xiang
    I'll mix the eggs with
    the crab meat I removed,
[18:27] Xiang
    cook the ingredients,
[18:29] Xiang
    and pour a sauce over the top.
[18:32] Xiang
    Crab and eggs!
[18:35] All
    Looking good, Xiang!
[18:39] Xielu
    What the hell!? You used good crab
    to make basic crab and eggs?!
[18:43] Sanjie
    Are you even trying?!
[18:47] Mao
    Xiang of the Seven Star Knives...
[18:50] Mao
    What are those knives that shouldn't exist?
[18:55] Both
    Done!
[18:59] Zhang
    Xiang made standard crab and eggs.
[19:02] He
    Lei En made the finest of
    Shanghai dishes, xieduo.
[19:06] Hu
    And it's no ordinary xieduo.
[19:08] Hu
    He wrapped them in batter and
    fried them to a golden brown.
[19:12] He
    I'm starting to drool, damn it!
[19:14] Hu
    Which should we eat first?
[19:16] Zhang
    Lei En's, natura—
[19:18] Xiang
    Governor Zhang!
[19:20] Xiang
    Keep your first promise.
[19:21] Xiang
    Taste my dish first.
[19:25] Zhang
    Oh, that's right.
[19:28] Zhang
    But, Xiang, just so you know,
[19:29] Zhang
    if you think you've won me over by
    pouring me drinks, you're wrong.
[19:33] Zhang
    I'll be judging your dish harshly.
[19:35] Xiang
    Of course.
[19:37] Hu
    Crab and eggs is the most standard
    of standard crab dishes.
[19:42] He
    Not only that, but it's crab and eggs made
    by the skilled underworld chef Xiang.
[19:46] He
    She must've done something
    really special with them.
[19:54] Zhang
    It's good. It's definitely good.
[19:56] He
    Yeah. No complaints here.
[20:00] Zhang
    Thick pieces of crab with thinly sliced
    bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms,
[20:04] Zhang
    all cooked to perfection.
[20:06] Zhang
    The rich creamy sauce, the soft eggs.
[20:11] Zhang
    However,
[20:12] Zhang
    that's all as a completely
    ordinary dish of crab and eggs.
[20:17] Sanjie
    If it's plain old crab and eggs...
[20:19] Shirou
    Then this contest is decided.
[20:21] Mao
    Is it really just ordinary crab and eggs?
[20:26] Xiang
    Here. I made crab soup to go with it.
[20:29] Zhang
    What? It's not just crab and eggs?
[20:32] Xiang
    Your second promise
[20:34] Xiang
    was to eat every last bit of
    what's served to you, remember?
[20:38] Zhang
    Y-You're right. In that case,
    before it gets cold...
[20:49] Xiang
    This contest is mine.
[20:53] He
    How strange.
[20:55] Zhang
    Crab and eggs and crab soup.
[20:57] Zhang
    For relatively small light dishes,
[21:00] Zhang
    I distinctly feel like I've eaten crab.
[21:04] Zhang
    All right. Next, Lei En!
[21:07] Leien
    First, allow me to point out that
    these crabs have just recently molted.
[21:11] Leien
    I used my knife skills to
    remove every bit of meat
[21:15] Leien
    and pack it back into the crab's shell.
[21:18] Leien
    Because the shells of recently
    molted crabs are so soft,
[21:21] Leien
    if you wrap them in batter and fry them,
[21:23] Leien
    you can eat the entire thing, shell and all.
[21:27] Zhang
    Rather than sucking out the flavor
    of the Chinese mitten crab,
[21:30] Zhang
    you can properly taste
    the concentrated flavor.
[21:32] Zhang
    Now this is a true crab dish!
[21:39] Shirou
    I see. That's why he chose such small crabs.
[21:41] Sanjie
    You finally noticed, Shirou?
[21:43] Sanjie
    Did she think she could beat knife skills
    master Lei En's high quality fried shells
[21:48] Sanjie
    with some measly crab and eggs?
[21:50] Shirou
    We won!
[21:52] Shirou
    Hand over the map and code!
[21:54] Sanjie
    Hand it over!
[21:55] Shirou
    Lei En won! Yes!
[22:00] Mao
    Why?
[22:02] Mao
    Why do I feel so apprehensive?
[22:07] Zhang
    Hey, Lei En.
[22:14] Zhang
    Your food sucks!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Man of Destiny"
[24:09] Narration
    "Man of Destiny."

E12 - Man of Destiny
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:33] Zhang
    Your food sucks!
[01:36] Meili
    Lei En's ultimate crab dish...
[01:39] Shirou
    Sucks?
[01:43] He
    Yeah, it sucks!
[01:45] Hu
    Are you mocking us?
[01:47] Zhang
    It's decided.
[01:49] Zhang
    The second round of the banquet contest
[01:52] Zhang
    featuring Chinese mitten crab
    goes to Ten Feet of Blue Xiang!
[01:59] Xiang
    And you swear not to reverse
    your decision, no matter what?
[02:06] All
    Yes!
[02:07] Shirou
    You can't be serious!
[02:08] Shirou
    They fell for Xiang's seduction!
[02:11] Meili
    He can't possibly have lost
    to mere crab and eggs!
[02:14] Sanjie
    Yeah! Lei En put all his
    strength into that dish!
[02:18] Sanjie
    Claiming it sucks could
    only be a false accusation!
[02:21] Zhang
    Restrain yourself, Sanjie!
[02:24] Zhang
    Remember what we said at the start.
[02:26] Zhang
    Our job is very simple: to vote
    for the better tasting dish.
[02:31] Zhang
    That's all.
[02:33] Zhang
    Try them, and you'll understand.
[02:34] Sanjie
    He stuffed the crab shells with crab
    meat and fried them to a golden-brown.
[02:42] All
    So good!
[02:45] Sanjie
    The fine, silky pieces of
    crab meat are plump with fat.
[02:48] Sanjie
    The bursting crab eggs are so luxurious.
[02:51] Meili
    The innards are so thick and smooth,
    and the roe is viscous and rich.
[02:55] Shirou
    The moment you bite into the
    fragrantly fried shells,
[02:58] Shirou
    the Chinese mitten crab's
    flavor comes bursting forth.
[03:00] All
    It's a flood! A flood of crab!
[03:05] Shirou
    All right, Sis.
    Let's try the crab and eggs.
[03:07] Meili
    Yeah. It's certainly good,
[03:10] Meili
    but she didn't do anything
    particularly special.
[03:12] Shirou
    Right? I knew it was bogus!
[03:16] Shirou
    No matter how you look at it,
    your decision was clearly fishy!
[03:20] Zhang
    Wh-What was that, boy?
[03:22] Mob
    Hey, what's going on?
[03:25] Mob
    If their reactions are this different,
    then one side must be lying.
[03:31] Mao
    Neither of them are lying.
[03:40] Mao
    Xiang, you're a dishonest person!
[03:44] Shirou
    What's wrong, Mao?
[03:46] Mao
    Drink this, Shirou. Every last drop.
[03:49] Shirou
    Huh?
[03:50] Shirou
    Who cares about a side soup?
[03:57] Shirou
    It's a rich crab soup.
[03:58] Shirou
    It's full of crab shell extract.
[04:01] Mao
    Now try Lei En's fried
    crab shells again, Shirou.
[04:05] Shirou
    What? Eating them again
    won't change anything.
[04:08] Mao
    Just do it!
[04:10] Shirou
    Fine, Mao.
[04:16] Shirou
    Gross!
[04:21] Shirou
    It doesn't taste at all like crab.
[04:24] Shirou
    It leaves only something
    flavorless, flabby, and muddy
[04:27] Shirou
    and a heavy greasiness in my mouth.
[04:29] Shirou
    This isn't edible at all.
[04:31] Meili
    What's going on, Mao?
[04:35] Mao
    It definitely tastes like crab soup,
[04:37] Mao
    but this is an ultra concentrated crab soup
    made from thoroughly boiled crab shells
[04:42] Mao
    to achieve a level of concentration
    several times stronger than normal.
[04:47] Shirou
    But...
[04:48] Meili
    But why?
[04:50] Mao
    Ever heard of olfactory fatigue?
[04:52] Mao
    Even if a room smells bad,
    if you stay in there long enough,
[04:56] Mao
    your senses become numb to the smell.
[04:59] Mao
    While it's not as extreme as your sense of
    smell, your sense of taste behaves similarly.
[05:04] Mao
    By drinking this extremely
    concentrated crab soup first,
[05:07] Mao
    their tongues became numb
    to the flavor of crab,
[05:10] Mao
    making them unable to taste the
    crab flavor they ate afterwards.
[05:14] Mao
    That's why they couldn't detect
    the deliciousness of Lei En's dish
[05:18] Mao
    loaded with crab flavor, leaving
    only greasiness in their mouths.
[05:23] Mao
    Honestly, this crab dish Lei En
    made is the best in Shanghai.
[05:27] Mao
    It's the reason the tastier a crab dish is,
[05:30] Mao
    the worse it tastes after
    you drink this soup.
[05:39] Mao
    That's why Xiang started
    by observing her opponent.
[05:42] Mao
    She chose this strategy once she knew
    Lei En was making stuffed crab shells.
[05:47] Mao
    Ignoring the pursuit of true deliciousness
[05:50] Mao
    to cook something just to
    discredit your opponent
[05:54] Mao
    isn't something an honest chef does!
[05:56] Sanjie
    That's unfair.
[05:58] Xiang
    It's no wonder he recognizes
    your superiority, Liu Maoxing.
[06:03] Xiang
    I'm impressed you saw through the
    underworld's taste paralysis technique.
[06:08] Xiang
    However, the decision can't be reversed.
[06:11] Leien
    I-I failed.
[06:16] Xiang
    You've fallen so far, Lei En.
[06:17] Xiang
    Despite your abundance of talent,
[06:19] Xiang
    your naivete made you lose
    to such a basic trick.
[06:23] Xiang
    I can hardly believe you're the chef
[06:25] Xiang
    who killed a man in order to become the best.
[06:27] Xiang
    You're no longer worthy of
    possessing the Seven Star Knives.
[06:34] Leien
    You're absolutely right.
[06:40] Xiang
    Victory is mine!
[06:42] Xiang
    And I alone am the chef who should
    possess the Seven Star Knives!
[06:47] Xielu
    I see.
[06:50] Xielu
    I get it now, Xiang.
[06:56] Xielu
    I know why you have a set of Seven
    Star Knives that shouldn't exist.
[07:02] Meili
    What do you mean, Xie Lu?
[07:04] Shirou
    Why does Xiang have a set
    of Seven Star Knives?
[07:07] Xielu
    The Seven Star Knives are
    the greatest masterpiece
[07:09] Xielu
    made by the extraordinary
    knife-maker, Lang Tie.
[07:12] Xielu
    That's why one year ago, when Lei En
    lost his way, he killed Lang Tie
[07:16] Xielu
    after he completed the Seven Star Knives
    so he could never forge a better knife.
[07:20] Xielu
    It doesn't make sense for there to
    be a second set of Seven Star Knives.
[07:25] Xielu
    Xiang seemed to suggest her Seven Star Knives
[07:28] Xielu
    were made by Lang Tie's hatred itself,
[07:31] Xielu
    but that's not possible.
[07:34] Xielu
    In that case, there's only one answer.
[07:38] All
    What?
[07:39] Xielu
    The injury Lei En inflicted
    probably wasn't fatal.
[07:49] Xielu
    I've heard the underworld possesses
    all manner of medical secrets.
[07:54] Xielu
    When Xiang discovered the dying Lang Tie,
[07:56] Xielu
    she must have used all the underworld
    techniques at her disposal
[08:00] Xielu
    to save him so he could forge knives again.
[08:05] Xiang
    Indeed. That's exactly right.
[08:10] Xiang
    It was one year ago.
[08:12] Xiang
    I traveled into the mountains
    to reach Lang Tie's workshop.
[08:16] Xiang
    But on the way...
[08:24] (Flashback) Xiang
    Hey! Are you all right?
[08:30] (Flashback) Langtie
    Lei En...
[08:31] (Flashback) Xiang
    Lei En? Lei En the chef?
[08:34] (Flashback) Xiang
    He did this to you?
[08:43] Xiang
    The underworld's greatest secrets even
    include techniques that control life and death.
[08:48] Xiang
    With my surgery and medicines,
    Lang Tie returned to life.
[08:54] (Flashback) Langtie
    I can't believe a strange
    young woman stayed with me
[08:57] (Flashback) Langtie
    in the mountains for a whole month.
[09:00] (Flashback) Langtie
    Thank you, Xiang.
[09:01] (Flashback) Langtie
    I can't find the words to thank you enough.
[09:04] (Flashback) Xiang
    What are you talking about?
[09:06] (Flashback) Xiang
    As a knife-maker, you're a national treasure.
[09:09] (Flashback) Xiang
    And helping the injured recover
    is also the duty of a chef.
[09:15] (Flashback) Langtie
    I'm no more than a single knife-maker.
[09:18] (Flashback) Langtie
    I'm not capable of much, but if there's
    anything I can do for you, just ask.
[09:23] (Flashback) Langtie
    I won't be satisfied until I thank you.
[09:27] (Flashback) Xiang
    In that case, I do have one request.
[09:37] (Flashback) Langtie
    The Seven Star Knives.
[09:39] (Flashback) Langtie
    Perhaps they're so terribly cursed
    that they lead people astray.
[09:44] (Flashback) Langtie
    I was hesitant to make these again,
[09:46] (Flashback) Langtie
    but if that's what you want, I can't refuse.
[09:48] (Flashback) Langtie
    This is greatest thanks I can offer you.
[09:51] (Flashback) Langtie
    Take them, Xiang.
[09:53] (Flashback) Xiang
    Thank you, Lang Tie!
[09:56] Xiang
    At my request, Lang Tie forged a second
    set of the miraculous Seven Star Knives
[10:01] Xiang
    that he was not meant to have made again.
[10:05] Leien
    So that's what happened.
[10:07] Leien
    If that's true, then Lang Tie...
    Lang Tie is alive...
[10:13] Leien
    Xiang, is Lang Tie still alive?
[10:23] Leien
    Y-You didn't...
[10:26] Xiang
    I'm not as naive as you.
[10:29] Xiang
    This time, I actually finished him off.
[10:46] Xielu
    You healed Lang Tie with
    the intention of killing him
[10:49] Xielu
    so he would make you a second
    set of Seven Star Knives.
[10:52] Xielu
    What a terrifying woman.
[10:55] Xiang
    Open your eyes, Lei En.
[10:57] Xiang
    I did it all for the world ruled by
    chefs that will someday come to be.
[11:03] Leien
    I should never have survived this long.
[11:08] Leien
    I'm taking you to hell with me, Xiang.
[11:15] Leien
    Don't worry. I'll be right behind you.
[11:21] Mao
    Lei En!
[11:27] Xiang
    Is this how you'll atone for
    what you did to Lang Tie?
[11:31] Leien
    This act is motivated by
    my anger against you alone!
[11:34] Leien
    Once I kill you, I'll kill myself!
[11:44] Xiang
    What is this?
[11:46] Leien
    An illusion?
[11:47] Both
    L-Lang Tie!
[11:50] Langtie
    Lei En, why do you still draw your
    blade against another person?
[11:56] Langtie
    Remember what I told you.
[11:58] Langtie
    The stars of the Big Dipper
    govern life and death.
[12:02] Langtie
    The noble duty of the Seven Star Knives
[12:04] Langtie
    is to channel the lives of ingredients
    into the lives of people.
[12:09] Langtie
    To lead people to happiness
    with their sublime cuts.
[12:16] Langtie
    The path of suffering you've followed
[12:19] Langtie
    with the Seven Star Knives
    since that day wasn't wrong.
[12:24] Langtie
    Do not stain the Seven Star Knives
    with blood and lose your way again.
[12:29] Langtie
    I won't permit you to die.
[12:31] Langtie
    Continue living, Lei En.
[12:33] Langtie
    Use my Seven Star Knives to keep on working
[12:38] Langtie
    for as many new lives as possible.
[12:46] Xiang
    Impossible!
[12:50] Mao
    The Seven Star Knives... shattered?
[12:57] Xiang
    Impossible!
[12:59] Xiang
    My Seven Star Knives!
[13:06] Mao
    Lei En's Seven Star Knives
    are shining even brighter.
[13:10] Mao
    I see. This must be the answer given
[13:12] Mao
    by the soul of Lang Tie
    that's been living inside
[13:15] Mao
    the two sets of Seven Star Knives.
[13:18] Mieli
    Yeah. While suffering from burning agony,
[13:23] Mieli
    Lei En has used his Seven Star
    Knives to make people happy.
[13:28] Meili
    Lang Tie's soul has recognized him as
    the true owner of the Seven Star Knives!
[13:37] Xielu
    You may have fooled the judges,
[13:40] Xielu
    but you can't fool the
    Seven Star Knives, Xiang.
[13:45] Xielu
    The dish you made was a mockery.
[13:47] Xielu
    I doubt you've ever used your Seven
    Star Knives for anything decent.
[13:52] Xielu
    You're the one who was unworthy of
    holding these great knives, Xiang!
[14:04] Leien
    The smell of blood that
    stained my hands is gone.
[14:09] Leien
    Lang Tie, does this mean you forgive me?
[14:15] Leien
    Then I swear to you, I will bear
    your soul for the rest of my life
[14:20] Leien
    and continue fighting for the
    people's happiness until I die!
[14:29] Leien
    Judges,
[14:31] Leien
    I accept that your decision cannot
    be reversed, no matter the reason!
[14:36] Leien
    I have lost this battle!
[14:39] Mob
    He's Lang Tie's chosen chef.
[14:41] Mob
    He accepts their judgment
    regardless of the reason for it.
[14:44] Mob
    Impressive, Lei En!
[14:53] Leien
    I'm sorry, Mao.
[14:55] Leien
    My weakness resulted in
    a painful loss for us.
[15:00] Mao
    Lei En, you couldn't have fought better.
[15:06] Zhang
    It's finally time for the final round!
[15:09] Zhang
    Are you both ready?
[15:12] Shirou
    Judges, clear your ears and listen closely!
[15:16] Shirou
    It's finally time our unbeatable
    captain made his appearance!
[15:19] Shirou
    He is the youngest Super
    Chef ever, Liu Maoxing!
[15:26] Zhang
    And who will represent the underworld?
[15:30] Xielu
    You've been putting on airs this whole time!
[15:32] Xielu
    Who's your third competitor, Xiang?
[15:36] Xiang
    Don't get carried away after
    beating underworld dropouts
[15:41] Xiang
    like the masked Li Yan
    and Lei En, Liu Maoxing.
[15:45] Xiang
    A man who once became famous in your
    hometown of Szechuan will be your opponent.
[15:51] Mao
    Famous in Szechuan?
[15:54] Xiang
    He's already arrived on this ship.
[15:58] Xiang
    A man who knows you very well.
[16:08] Mao
    Could it be? Could it be?
[16:11] Mao
    Could it be?!
[16:15] Shaoan
    Born deep in Szechuan, from which the
    headwaters of the Yangtze River flow,
[16:20] Shaoan
    we spent ten years together.
[16:23] Shaoan
    Now we meet again two
    thousand kilometers away
[16:26] Shaoan
    at the end of the Yangtze River in Shanghai.
[16:30] Shaoan
    It's been a while,
[16:34] Shaoan
    Mao.
[16:36] Mao
    S-Shao An?
[16:40] (Flashback) Sister
    A new head chef is finally
    coming to this restaurant.
[16:43] (Flashback) Sister
    Mao, you asked for this contest.
[16:47] (Flashback) Sister
    If you lose, we'll have
    to leave this restaurant.
[16:51] (Flashback) Mao
    I'll beat him, no matter what.
[16:55] (Flashback) Shaoan
    Bei's mapo tofu?!
[16:57] (Flashback) Li
    That's precisely why you
    were given this task.
[17:01] (Flashback) Li
    You solved the mystery of
    this meat. Impressive work.
[17:05] (Flashback) Li
    You are the new head chef, Mao!
[17:11] (Flashback) Mao
    Thank you!
[17:13] (Flashback) Li
    And Shao An, the loser is stripped
    of the right to be a chef forever.
[17:19] (Flashback) Li
    You know this.
[17:22] Shaoan
    Stripped of my right to be a chef forever?
[17:25] Shaoan
    I swear this won't end like this.
[17:28] Shaoan
    You'll pay for this, Mao!
[17:36] Meili
    The former apprentice of Mao's mother,
[17:40] Meili
    the Szechuan Fairy Master Bei.
[17:42] Sanjie
    He's the evil man who walked
    off with all the chefs
[17:46] Sanjie
    and money from Mao's family restaurant
[17:49] Sanjie
    and drove Bei to work herself to death.
[17:54] Xielu
    He's famous in Szechuan for disappearing
    after losing to Mao in a mapo tofu contest
[17:59] Xielu
    to determine the next head chef and
    being stripped of the right to work
[18:05] Xielu
    as a chef according to the regulations.
[18:08] Leien
    The young prodigy from Szechuan who
    experienced exceptional success
[18:13] Leien
    after entering the underworld, Shao An.
[18:17] Leien
    I've heard his name before.
[18:20] Leien
    This truly is a battle of destiny.
[18:25] Mao
    Why did you join the cooking underworld?
[18:28] Shaoan
    Why?
[18:30] Shaoan
    You think I had anywhere else to go
[18:32] Shaoan
    after losing everything
    to you in that contest?
[18:38] Shaoan
    The cooking underworld with
    their Black Cloud Kirin
[18:43] Shaoan
    were the only ones to extend a hand to me.
[18:46] Shaoan
    I joined them without hesitation.
[18:48] Shaoan
    It's where my dream was.
[18:51] Shaoan
    Let me tell you about the wonderful
    significance of our rematch, Mao.
[19:11] Sanjie
    Dad!
[19:12] Mob
    Sir!
[19:13] Mao
    What?
[19:14] Shaoan
    I know.
[19:16] Shaoan
    In addition to the legendary utensil,
    let's wager the life of Tang Li,
[19:21] Shaoan
    top man of the Shanghai culinary
    world, on this contest.
[19:26] Shaoan
    If I somehow lose to you,
[19:30] Shaoan
    then Xiang will report
    everything to the higher ups,
[19:34] Shaoan
    and I will lose everything again.
[19:37] Shaoan
    But if I win and Tang Li dies,
[19:41] Shaoan
    then not only will I rule all of Shanghai,
[19:45] Shaoan
    but my future in the underworld
    will be guaranteed,
[19:49] Shaoan
    and I'll get to see you cry with
    the shame, pain, and sadness
[19:54] Shaoan
    over being personally
    responsible for the death
[19:58] Shaoan
    of Longzhen Restaurant's head chef!
[20:04] Sanjie
    You can't be serious! Release my father!
[20:07] Shaoan
    In other words, Mao, defeating you
    and forcing you to grovel at my feet
[20:14] Shaoan
    will be the glorious starting
    point of my dream!
[20:20] Mao
    You kidnapped Sanjie's father for that?
[20:25] Mao
    Why?
[20:26] Mao
    Why are you always like this?!
[20:33] Shaoan
    It's to make you taste the hell of losing!
[20:37] Meili
    Mao!
[20:38] Shirou
    Mao!
[20:39] Shaoan
    You know nothing!
[20:41] Shaoan
    You don't know the misery
    of being swatted away
[20:42] Shaoan
    like a fly despite possessing
    first-rate talent!
[20:45] Shaoan
    You don't know the pain of
    having rocks thrown at you,
[20:47] Shaoan
    or the bitterness of drinking mud!
[20:49] Shaoan
    You even abandoned the head chef's position
[20:51] Shaoan
    at the Chrysanthemum Tower
    that I failed to win!
[20:54] Shaoan
    And on top of that, you're a Super Chef!
[20:58] Xielu
    I'll crush you!
[21:00] Leien
    You fiend!
[21:03] Xielu
    Mao?
[21:18] Meili
    Those scars...
[21:20] Mao
    Just like the masked chef Li Yan,
[21:24] Mao
    did you get those enduring the unimaginably
    difficult training of the underworld?
[21:32] Xiang
    Do you understand now?
[21:33] Xiang
    Just surviving in the
    underworld is no small feat.
[21:37] Mao
    You stay out of this.
[21:42] Mao
    Very well. The pain of your scars.
[21:45] Mao
    The pain of my mom's death.
[21:48] Mao
    Let's settle everything from
    our mangled pasts, now!
[21:57] Shirou
    Mao...
[21:58] Mao
    There's only one ingredient we
    can use to settle our pasts.
[22:03] Shaoan
    The ingredient I've rued since
    the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[22:09] Mao
    Yes. It is...
[22:13] Both
    Tofu!
[22:20] Zhang
    So the theme is tofu?
[22:23] Zhang
    Ready-made tofu would be a wet blanket
[22:27] Zhang
    on the final round of such an
    exciting cooking contest.
[22:31] Zhang
    How do you feel about making
    the tofu itself from scratch?
[22:36] Hu
    Besides, we're full from
    eating too much good food.
[22:40] Hu
    Could you give us a break?
[22:42] Shaoan
    No objections here. Well?
[22:46] Mao
    No objections.
[22:48] Zhang
    It's decided, then.
[22:49] Zhang
    This time of year, the beans need
    to be soaked for about nine hours.
[22:54] Zhang
    It will take about 12 hours total
    for the tofu to be completed.
[22:59] Zhang
    Including time to plan and prepare
    your dishes as well as breaks,
[23:03] Zhang
    we'll reconvene 18 hours from now.
[23:05] Zhang
    I'm looking forward to it.
[23:07] Shaoan
    No matter how many hours we wait,
[23:09] Shaoan
    you'll still be the one to break
    at the end of the Yangtze River!
[23:13] Shaoan
    Tomorrow I will achieve
    my long-cherished dream!
[23:19] Mao
    As someone who bears this
    crest, you should know.
[23:23] Mao
    This contest isn't the
    starting point of your dream.
[23:27] Mao
    Shanghai, this city at the end of the
    two thousand kilometer Yangtze River,
[23:30] Mao
    is where you rotten dream ends, Shao An!
[23:50] Fei
    So that's the great warship pavilion.

E13 - The Transcendental Tofu Battle!
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[00:02] Narration
    A giant ship floats off
    the shore of Shanghai.
[00:05] Narration
    A cooking battle takes place
    on the great warship pavilion
[00:08] Narration
    between the Cooking Underworld
    and the Guangdong chefs.
[00:14] Narration
    The battle for a legendary utensil and
    the life of Sanjie's father Master Tang Li
[00:19] Narration
    currently stands at one to one.
[00:22] Narration
    The final battle pits old enemies Mao
    and Shao An against one another.
[00:29] Narration
    In just over ten hours,
    the fate of Shanghai,
[00:33] Narration
    the booming City of Devils,
    will be revealed.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:16] Xielu
    Hup.
[02:19] Sanjie
    Dad...
[02:23] Shirou
    It'll be okay, Sanjie.
[02:25] Shirou
    Believe in Mao. Right?
[02:28] Mao
    Don't worry, Sanjie.
[02:30] Mao
    I'll make a tofu dish like
    nothing you've ever seen.
[02:35] Sanjie
    I'm counting on you, Mao.
[02:38] Shirou
    But Mao, even if you start making
    tofu now, will you finish in time?
[02:42] Mao
    Letting the soybeans soak and absorb
    enough water is the longest step.
[02:47] Mao
    It takes about nine hours.
[02:49] Mao
    I'll mash the softened
    soybeans and boil them.
[02:53] Mao
    I'll strain it through a cloth bag so
    I can separate the soy milk from the pulp.
[02:57] Shirou
    Sounds like it takes a long time.
[02:59] Mao
    Then I'll add bittern to the soy milk.
[03:01] Shirou
    Bittern? What's that?
[03:04] Mao
    It makes soy milk coagulate into tofu.
[03:07] Mao
    It's made from sea water.
[03:09] Shirou
    Huh...
[03:11] Mao
    When the bittern is uniformly
    and gently mixed in,
SIGN    So Fluffy
[03:14] Mao
    it produces a fluffy, unpressed tofu.
[03:17] Mao
    I'll place that inside a mold box
    and put a weight on it.
[03:20] Mao
    Remove the mold while it's
    underwater, and it's done.
[03:25] Meili
    It's a lot of work, but you're
    making it from scratch.
[03:29] Meili
    I'm sure it'll taste good.
[03:31] Mao
    All right. I'm done choosing
    my soybeans and washing them.
[03:39] Meili
    Mao, why don't you take a break?
[03:41] Meili
    We'll keep an eye on this
    while it's soaking.
[03:44] Shirou
    She's right, Mao!
[03:45] Shirou
    You'll need to save your strength so
    you can knock out that huge jerk!
[03:49] Xielu
    Yeah. He's absolutely disgusting.
[03:52] Xielu
    Has he always acted like that?
[03:55] Mao
    Yeah. He's always been that way.
[03:59] Mao
    We started arguing as soon
    as he came to our shop.
[04:02] Mao
    My mom often stopped us.
[04:05] Mao
    That's not all, though.
[04:08] Mao
    My mother, the so-called "Szechuan Fairy,"
    taught him everything she knew.
[04:13] Mao
    He's a Szechuan cuisine genius.
[04:14] Mao
    Battling him is like going up against my mom.
[04:19] Mao
    It was just coincidence that I beat him
    at the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[04:23] Mao
    He senses it, too.
[04:25] Mao
    That's why I want to settle
    things for real this time.
[04:29] Meili
    Mao...
[04:31] Shirou
    C'mon, time for bed, everybody!
[04:34] Meili
    I'll keep watch, too.
[04:37] Meili
    This is all I can do for you.
[04:41] Mao
    Thanks.
[04:42] Mao
    In that case, I'll get some rest.
[04:45] Meili
    Good night.
[04:46] Mao
    Good night, Meili and Shirou.
[04:49] Meili
    We need to do our part so Mao
    and the others can rest.
[04:53] Shirou
    Yeah.
[05:00] Shirou
    It's so bitter.
[05:01] Meili
    It's called kuding tea.
[05:03] Meili
    Something this bitter should keep you awake.
[05:06] Meili
    It's said to be effective
    for losing weight, too.
[05:09] Shirou
    Why don't you drink it yourself, then?
[05:11] Meili
    Did you say something?
[05:13] Shirou
    Ouch.
[05:14] Shirou
    I didn't say anything!
[05:18] Xiang
    Lord Shao An.
[05:20] Xiang
    That boy suggested the ingredient.
[05:22] Xiang
    Are you certain he doesn't have
    some trick up his sleeve?
[05:25] Shaoan
    Don't worry.
[05:27] Shaoan
    I know everything there is to know
    about tofu. It's my specialty.
[05:30] Shaoan
    This is exactly what I wanted.
[05:32] Shaoan
    I'm different now, Mao.
[05:36] Shaoan
    I've surpassed Master Bei.
[05:47] Meili
    Take this.
[05:48] Shirou
    Ow!
[05:49] Shirou
    Sis, more tea.
[06:03] Meili
    Oh, no! Did I fall asleep?
[06:07] Meili
    What is this powerful smell?
[06:22] Shirou
    What? What is it, Sis?!
[06:24] Meili
    The beans... the beans are...
[06:28] Xielu
    What is it, Meili?
[06:30] Meili
    I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!
[06:33] Meili
    We fell asleep, and then...
[06:35] Meili
    The soybeans...
[06:38] Sanjie
    Why are the soybeans being cooked?
[06:46] Xielu
    What a smell!
[06:48] Leien
    It's sort of...
[06:51] Sanjie
    What? The soybeans are sticky...
[06:55] Xielu
    Shirou, what did you put in here?
[06:57] Shirou
    I didn't do anything.
[06:59] Shirou
    Huh? This smell...
[07:01] Shirou
    It's natto, right?
[07:03] Mao
    Natto?
[07:04] Shirou
    It's a health food my mom used to make.
[07:08] Shirou
    People eat natto in the place
    where my mom was born.
[07:19] Mao
    They got us.
[07:21] Mao
    This is rice straw.
[07:23] Meili
    Rice straw?
[07:25] Mao
    Shirou's mom said rice straw
    has natto bacteria on it
[07:30] Mao
    that causes soybeans to ferment rapidly.
[07:31] Mao
    Someone threw this straw in the soybeans
    while you two were asleep.
[07:45] Xielu
    You've got ten hours left.
[07:46] Xielu
    Even if you start now, you'll have
    barely enough time to make tofu.
[07:50] Leien
    You can't use those beans.
[07:52] Leien
    What will you do, Mao?
[07:53] Meili
    I'm sorry. If only we'd kept watch better.
[07:56] Shirou
    I'm sorry, Mao.
[08:12] Mao
    Thanks, Meili and Shirou.
[08:14] Mao
    My mind feels clear after some sleep.
[08:16] Shirou
    Huh?
[08:17] Meili
    Mao?
[08:18] Mao
    Just making tofu will take
    everything I have.
[08:22] Mao
    I see. Within disaster is the opportunity
    to transform misfortune into bliss.
[08:28] Mao
    Xiang!
[08:31] Mao
    Thanks to you, I think I'll be able to
    make the tofu dish of the century.
[08:48] Sanjie
    It's time for the final battle.
[08:54] Narration
    After his defeat at the Chrysanthemum Tower,
[08:57] Narration
    Shao An was permanently
    stripped of his chef's title.
[09:02] Narration
    Meanwhile, Mao became
    the youngest Super Chef ever.
[09:08] Narration
    The Szechuan cuisine battle of destiny
[09:10] Narration
    between two students of
    the same school begins now.
[09:15] Xiang
    The countdown to the fall
    of Shanghai starts now.
[09:18] Shaoan
    Mao, listen to this requiem
    I've composed for you.
[09:23] Shaoan
    My tofu trio.
[09:25] Mao
    Tofu trio?
[09:31] Hu
    Most impressive.
[09:33] He
    It's as imposing as a wall of white marble.
[09:38] Sanjie
    That's a bamboo knife.
[09:44] Xielu
    He's no joke.
[09:47] Xielu
    His tofu that's 10% soybeans and 90% water
    is barely holding itself together,
[09:53] Xielu
    and he cut that delicate
    ingredient into perfect cubes.
[09:56] Xielu
    He knows that any breakdown in form
    will also break down the flavor.
[10:02] Leien
    And he knows to use a bamboo knife
    to avoid the smell of steel.
[10:08] Shaoan
    Double Knives!
[10:15] Gov
    His scorching spirit even burns away sweat!
[10:18] Gov
    What a fiercely passionate chef!
[10:20] Sanjie
    Mao...
[10:21] Sanjie
    What?
[10:23] Sanjie
    Damn it.
[10:25] Sanjie
    Shao An is making so much progress.
[10:28] Xielu
    Since Mao's tofu isn't ready,
    he can't even begin cooking.
[10:32] Hu
    Look. Shao An is...
[10:36] Shaoan
    Double Pots!
[10:38] Mob
    Shao An's making a noodle dish.
[10:40] Mob
    He's making a starchy sauce
    in the other pot.
[10:43] Mob
    He's making tofu soba in a thick sauce.
[10:45] Shaoan
    Behold the reason why
    I have surpassed Master Bei!
[10:53] Shaoan
    It's done!
[10:57] Mob
    Wow! His noodles twist so
    mysteriously and beautifully!
[11:00] Mob
    Such a fragrant sauce.
[11:02] Mob
    His tofu gleams like white diamonds!
[11:06] Shaoan
    Not yet.
[11:07] Shaoan
    You'll be truly surprised
    once the tasting begins.
[11:11] Sanjie
    Five more minutes.
[11:13] Sanjie
    Even Shao An exercised extreme care
    when cutting and cooking his tofu.
[11:18] Sanjie
    You won't be able to do anything
    with only five more minutes, Mao!
[11:22] Shirou
    Believe in Mao, Sanjie.
[11:26] Meili
    He's right. Believe in Mao.
[11:28] Meili
    I'm sure he has a plan.
[11:33] Meili
    Otherwise, he wouldn't be
    wearing that expression.
[11:46] Sanjie
    Hey, Shirou!
[11:47] Sanjie
    You still think I should trust Mao?
[11:51] Mao
    Now, then.
[11:53] Mao
    It's time.
[11:55] Sanjie
    Too slow, Mao!
[11:57] Sanjie
    You may have finished your
    tofu, but it's too late!
[12:07] Mob
    He presented the mold to the judges?!
[12:10] Both
    What?!
[12:12] Xielu
    Does Mao intend to enter
    using his freshly-made tofu?
[12:17] Xielu
    But that's not going to cut it.
[12:19] Zhang
    Only tofu? That's rough.
[12:22] He
    Not only that, but it's still in the mold.
[12:24] He
    It's too unrefined.
[12:27] Mao
    I'll remove the mold now.
[12:40] Mao
    Liu Maoxing's special Magical Panda Tofu!
[12:45] Both
    Magical Panda Tofu?!
[12:51] He
    The black and white are clearly divided.
[12:53] Hu
    It's a giant tofu mille-feuille.
[12:56] Mob
    What is that tofu?
[12:57] Mob
    I can't imagine what it tastes like!
[13:00] Xielu
    When did Mao make that tofu?
[13:03] Leien
    What is it, even?
[13:06] Xiang
    Impossible!
[13:07] Xiang
    His unpressed tofu was practically a liquid
    before he poured it into the mold.
[13:11] Xiang
    It shouldn't be possible for it to have
    split into differently-colored layers.
[13:15] Shaoan
    Competing using tofu as his only
    ingredient is out of the question.
[13:19] Shaoan
    No, this is him we're talking about.
[13:23] Shaoan
    He must be hiding something.
[13:26] Zhang
    All right. Let's begin the tasting.
[13:30] He
    Hold on.
[13:32] He
    Serving up a whole block of tofu
    and telling us to eat it is hardly sexy.
[13:37] He
    At least cut the thing for us.
[13:40] Mao
    That's not necessary.
[13:41] Hu
    Not necessary?
[13:44] He
    What do you mean, boy?
[13:46] Mao
    This isn't just tofu.
[13:49] Mao
    It's a tofu dish.
[13:50] Mao
    And the magic begins now!
[13:57] Zhang
    Impossible.
[13:58] Zhang
    Cuts appeared in the tofu
    that was just removed from its mold.
[14:06] He
    Wh-What is this?!
[14:09] Zhang
    There's a red soup beneath
    the bamboo leaves.
SIGN    Magical Panda Mapo Tofu
[14:14] Mao
    Liu Maoxing's special Magical
    Panda Mapo Tofu is complete!
[14:20] All
    It's mapo tofu.
[14:23] Zhang
    The black and white tofu falls apart
    on a bed of bamboo leaves.
[14:26] Hu
    What a cute and fun dish.
[14:29] He
    It's like my heart's been
    transported to Szechuan,
[14:31] He
    the homeland of pandas, where
     the headwaters of the Yangtze River flow!
[14:34] All
    So unbearably nostalgic!
[14:40] Shirou
    Now this is what you call...
[14:42] Sanjie
    ...the magic of the century!
[14:44] Xiang
    What's going on?
[14:46] Xiang
    How did simply removing the tofu
    from the box cut it like that?
[14:49] Zhang
    All right. Let's taste it!
[14:51] Hu
    I'm so curious to try Mao's dish.
[14:54] He
    The two colors must taste different.
[15:00] He
    I'll start with the white.
[15:01] Xiang
    The heat is the best part of mapo tofu.
[15:04] Xiang
    Cold tofu he had no time
    to cook can't possibly—
[15:06] He
    Hot!
[15:07] Xiang
    What?
[15:08] Gov
    How strange. It's more than warm enough.
[15:12] Zhang
    Now, how does the black tofu taste?
[15:20] Zhang
    Unbelievable. It's a sweet tofu.
[15:22] Zhang
    No only that, but it's so mild and rich.
[15:25] Mao
    It's my original sweet black tofu recipe
[15:27] Mao
    made from mixing brown sugar
    with rich black soybeans.
[15:34] Hu
    So spicy!
[15:36] Hu
    Now this is real, spicy Szechuan mapo.
[15:40] Mao
    Exactly. Try eating it with the tofu.
[15:50] All
    Happy sweat is pouring off
    the judges like a waterfall!
[15:55] Gov
    The spiciness of the chili burns my tongue.
[15:58] Gov
    And the Szechuan pepper numbs the tongue.
[16:02] He
    The sweetness of the black tofu draws out
    the depth of the mapo's spiciness!
[16:09] Zhang
    The cycle of red, white, and black attacks
    with wave after wave of flavor!
[16:15] Hu
    It truly is the magic of the century!
[16:20] Zhang
    Everything about this dish is magical.
[16:23] Zhang
    There are too many mysteries.
[16:26] Zhang
    Tell us, Mao.
[16:27] Zhang
    First, how did you turn
    your slushy, unpressed tofu
[16:30] Zhang
    into layers of black and white?
[16:32] Hu
    Not only that, but it naturally fell apart
    simply after removing it from the mold.
[16:36] He
    And why was the tofu cooked?
[16:39] Mao
    All my secrets lie in this mold.
[16:42] He
    The mold?
[16:43] Mao
    This is the secret behind the magic.
[16:47] Zhang
    Threads are crisscrossing
    the bottom of the mold.
[16:52] Mao
    This is a special
    raised-bottom box mold I made
[16:54] Mao
    because I needed
    to shorten the cooking time.
[16:57] Mao
    First, I laid a sheet
    of lard over the threads.
[17:02] Mao
    I laid the black unpressed
    tofu on top of that.
[17:06] Mao
    Then I laid down another sheet of lard,
[17:08] Mao
    and laid the white unpressed
    tofu on top of that.
[17:11] Mao
    After laying down more sheets of lard,
[17:14] Mao
    I was ready to make my tofu mille-feuille.
[17:17] Mao
    When the tofu was 80 percent coagulated,
    I placed hot charcoal under the box.
[17:22] Mao
    The mold served as a steamer,
    and the lard sheets separating the layers
[17:26] Mao
    melted over the heat
    and seeped into the tofu.
[17:30] Mao
    That completes the tofu mille-feuille.
[17:33] Zhang
    So the black and white layers of tofu
    were warm because of the lard.
[17:38] Hu
    No wonder the tofu was cooked.
[17:41] Hu
    The mold served as a steamer, as well.
[17:44] Mao
    That's right.
[17:46] Mao
    Once steamed, place a platter beneath
    the mold and pull the mold upwards.
[17:54] Mao
    The weight of the tofu
    and thread cuts it into pieces,
[17:57] Mao
    leaving the tofu on the plate.
[18:00] Mao
    Finally, remove the bamboo leaves
    and combine it with the mapo underneath.
[18:06] Mao
    This completes the dish.
[18:11] Zhang
    What an incredible idea.
[18:13] Zhang
    Where did that idea come from?
[18:16] Mao
    Someone secretly gave me an important hint.
[18:20] Mao
    When I woke up this morning,
    I found that my tofu had turned into this.
[18:24] Mob
    What is that?
[18:26] Mob
    That's a unique smell.
[18:28] Mao
    This is natto, a fermented
    tofu dish from Japan.
[18:33] Mao
    When I saw this natto,
[18:34] Mao
    ideas for producing my own
    dish popped into my mind.
[18:38] Mao
    The natto's threads
    inspired the cutting method.
[18:42] Mao
    Cutting the tofu using thread
    leaves a perfectly textured surface,
[18:45] Mao
    allowing the mapo flavor to
     thoroughly blend with the tofu.
[18:49] Mao
    Next, I used the sterilizing
    effect of the bamboo leaves
[18:52] Mao
    to prevent the remaining soybeans
    from fermenting any further.
[18:55] Mao
    Pandas eat bamboo leaves, and
    pandas are from my home, Szechuan.
[19:00] Mao
    And Szechuan's signature
    tofu dish is mapo tofu.
[19:04] Mao
    That certain someone gave me a great hint
    when I was running out of time.
[19:09] Mao
    I'm disappointed the soybeans
    I had soaking in water were ruined,
[19:13] Mao
    but I'm grateful that they created
    the opportunity for me to create this dish.
[19:23] Zhang
    Impressive! You amaze me, boy.
[19:26] Zhang
    This dish is more than suitable
    for the star dish of a banquet!
[19:31] All
    Yes!
[19:33] Xiang
    I can't believe he turned
    my interference in his favor.
[19:37] Xiang
    What's going on inside this boy's head?
[19:46] Leien
    I don't like it.
[19:48] Leien
    How can he remain so calm after seeing
    the impressive dish Mao produced?
[19:58] Zhang
    It's time to taste the final dish
    in this three round cooking battle.
[20:03] Zhang
    It's a shame you had to follow
    the panda tofu, Shao An.
[20:09] Shaoan
    Don't worry.
[20:11] Shaoan
    My dish will send the judges
    tripping through another world.
[20:17] He
    It's tofu soba in a thick sauce.
[20:20] Mob
    It's exactly what it sounds like.
[20:22] Mob
    Where does Shao An's confidence come from?
[20:36] Zhang
    This feeling... Could it be?
[20:38] Hu
    Hold on.
[20:39] He
    Sorry. Do you mind?
[20:40] Zhang
    Hold on, you jerks.
[20:48] Shirou
    What are those expressions?!
[20:51] Shaoan
    This sight is the reason
    I have surpassed Master Bei.
[20:55] Shaoan
    This is the skill on display in my tofu trio!
[20:59] Shirou
    The tofu...
[21:00] Sanjie
    ...trio?
[21:03] He
    I can hear the sound
    of three stringed instruments.
[21:09] Gov
    The three melodies harmonize,
    but each is different.
[21:12] Gov
    Their rich sweet sounds
    are playing on my tongue.
[21:18] Gov
    They transform into a light snow
    that melts together,
[21:22] Gov
    then vanishes in the back
    of my throat like mist.
[21:30] He
    The earthy aroma spreads throughout my mouth
[21:33] He
    and up through my nasal cavity.
[21:35] He
    It feels like mist tickling
    and dampening my throat.
[21:39] He
    I see it.
[21:41] He
    I see it shrouded in mists.
[21:45] He
    The fertile land of Szechuan.
[21:49] Shaoan
    Mao, I've won this contest.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Outstretched Hand"
SIGN    "Outstretched Hand."

E14 - Outstretched Hand
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:33] Both
    What the heck is a tofu trio?
[01:37] Mao
    The tofu trio.
[01:39] Mao
    The ingredients are tofu, noodles, and meat.
[01:43] Mao
    That's all he used.
[01:47] Mao
    No, wait...
[01:49] Mao
    Could it be?!
[01:51] Sanjie
    Huh? Where's Shirou?
[01:54] Xielu
    What are you doing?
[01:58] Xielu
    What?
[02:00] Xielu
    Man, you're as cunning as ever.
[02:03] Xielu
    You better have washed your hands properly.
[02:05] Shirou
    Yeah, of course.
[02:11] Xielu
    It's ordinary tofu after all.
[02:15] Xielu
    Could it be?
[02:16] Xielu
    This isn't meat. It's tofu!
[02:19] Sanjie
    Tofu?
[02:21] Meili
    What do you mean?
[02:23] Xielu
    He sauteed the pulp produced
    during the tofu making process,
[02:26] Xielu
    seasoned it with chili bean
    sauce and soy sauce,
[02:28] Xielu
    coated it in mountain yam, and fried it.
[02:31] Sanjie
    Then what's the last ingredient?
[02:35] Mao
    Noodles,
[02:36] Mao
    and these noodles
    are the third type of tofu.
[02:39] He
    What?
[02:40] He
    These deliciously plump but firm
    noodles are made from tofu?!
[02:44] Shaoan
    Indeed.
[02:45] Shaoan
    After removing the moisture
    from the tofu with a heavy stone,
[02:50] Shaoan
    I mashed it and combined it
    with flour, which I then kneaded
[02:53] Shaoan
    and formed into special tofu noodles.
[02:55] Shaoan
    The starchy tofu sauce, meat made
     with tofu pulp, and tofu noodles!
[03:00] Shaoan
    The 3-D mouthfeel they construct together
    is the true nature of my tofu trio!
[03:12] Zhang
    I knew it.
[03:14] Zhang
    Then this dish must be that one*.
[03:18] Zhang
    We won't be able to come to a conclusion
    without discussing it first.
[03:23] Zhang
    Men, come with me.
[03:25] All
    Yes, sir.
[03:26] Shirou
    This isn't good.
[03:32] Shaoan
    Mao, have you ever walked
    barefoot on a beach?
[03:38] Shaoan
    I grew up deep in the mountains of Szechuan.
[03:41] Shaoan
    That's what I did when I left Szechuan
    and reached the ocean for the first time.
[03:46] Shaoan
    The feeling of the water
    surrounding my bare feet.
[03:49] Shaoan
    The smell of the seashore assailing my nose.
[03:51] Shaoan
    The sound of the surging waves.
[03:54] Shaoan
    They take different forms,
    but they're all seawater.
[03:58] Shaoan
    And it's a tri-sensory bliss
    that comes only from seawater.
[04:02] Shaoan
    Cooking works the same way.
[04:08] Shaoan
    There is a certain 3-D sensation
    experienced only when a single ingredient
[04:13] Shaoan
    takes multiple forms that are united as one.
[04:16] Shaoan
    You've lost this tofu battle.
[04:21] Mao
    He's huge.
[04:22] Mao
    Shao An seems unbelievably giant.
[04:54] Mob
    Have they decided?
[04:55] Mob
    Who won?
[04:56] Mob
    It better not be a tie.
[05:02] Zhang
    Thank you for waiting.
[05:07] Zhang
    Unfortunately, we couldn't come
    to a single conclusion.
[05:12] Xielu
    What?!
[05:14] Zhang
    We'll now have each judge announce
[05:16] Zhang
    whether he is voting
    for Mao or Shao An's dish.
[05:21] Zhang
    Regrettably, it was too difficult
    to choose between their dishes.
[05:26] Zhang
    We'll begin with Governor Hu.
[05:28] Hu
    Very well.
[05:34] Hu
    I'm voting for Shao An's tofu trio.
[05:40] Hu
    He made the primary ingredient sing,
[05:42] Hu
    producing a 3-D mouthfeel that comes
    at you from three directions.
[05:44] Hu
    It's a marvelous tofu dish.
    A true masterpiece.
[05:48] Sanjie
    It's okay. There are still more judges.
[05:51] Zhang
    Next!
[05:53] Gov
    I'm voting for Mao!
[05:55] Both
    All right!
[05:56] Gov
    The magic trick and depth of flavor
    that repeatedly stimulated the tongue
[06:00] Gov
    were overflowing with originality.
[06:07] Gov
    I'm voting for Mao, as well.
[06:09] Gov
    This is the first time I've experienced
    such pleasure while eating.
[06:14] Both
    Yes!
[06:15] Sanjie
    One more vote.
[06:16] Shirou
    And Mao wins.
[06:23] Zhang
    Next!
[06:26] He
    I struggled to choose a winner.
[06:29] He
    But I'm voting for Shao An.
[06:32] He
    He knows everything there is to know
    about the ingredient's properties
[06:35] He
    and drew out its true flavor
    in multiple ways.
[06:38] He
    I'd pay all the money in the world
    for that top-tier skill.
[06:41] Mob
    That makes it two for two.
[06:42] Mob
    The next vote will determine the winner.
[06:44] Mob
    Who will it be?
[06:46] Zhang
    Both dishes are masterpieces that approach
    the limits of what a tofu dish can be.
[06:52] Zhang
    Both are equally well-made.
[06:55] Zhang
    But as the man who runs
    the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai,
[06:57] Zhang
    my decision came down to
[07:01] Zhang
    creativity and universality.
[07:04] Shaoan
    Creativity...
[07:05] Mao
    And universality?
[07:07] Zhang
    Mao's dish began with
    a performance before the meal.
[07:10] Zhang
    Everything down to the clever treatment
    of the two-tone, dual black and white tofu
[07:13] Zhang
    demonstrated a spectacularly
    inspired creativity.
[07:17] Zhang
    It overflowed with a universality that would
    make anyone in the world happy in an instant.
[07:22] Zhang
    Then there's Shao An.
[07:24] Zhang
    He transformed the tofu
    into a variety of forms.
[07:26] Zhang
    The starchy tofu sauce,
    the tofu pulp meat, and tofu noodles.
[07:29] Zhang
    The unique appeal of each was drawn
    out by the culinary creativity
[07:33] Zhang
    of the 3-D mouthfeel that enthralled us.
[07:36] Zhang
    Using only the limited ingredient of tofu,
[07:38] Zhang
    he granted us an image that turned
    its universality on its head,
[07:42] Zhang
    reviving the land of Szechuan
    before our eyes.
[07:47] Zhang
    However, this is my answer.
[07:59] Shaoan
    Silence!
[08:04] Shaoan
    Governor Zhang, tell me!
[08:06] Shaoan
    I left Szechuan, studied cooking
    all across China,
[08:10] Shaoan
    and even mastered
    the Underworld's techniques.
[08:13] Shaoan
    My dish surpasses even Master Bei's cooking.
[08:15] Shaoan
    I cannot understand how it loses to Mao's
    dish in creativity or universality.
[08:24] Zhang
    Shao An, your dish isn't original.
[08:28] Mao
    Not original?
[08:30] Shaoan
    What do you mean?
[08:32] Zhang
    I've eaten this dish before.
[08:37] Shaoan
    You... what?
[08:41] Zhang
    It was seven years ago.
[08:44] Zhang
    Though I've since settled down
    in Shanghai's marketplace,
[08:47] Zhang
    at the time I was a foodstuffs merchant
[08:50] Zhang
    who traveled up and down
    the Yangtze River basin.
[08:52] Zhang
    That's when I encountered that dish
    at a certain restaurant.
[09:03] Zhang
    Meat, but not meat.
[09:05] Zhang
    Noodles, but not noodles.
[09:07] Zhang
    I was intoxicated by the earthy fragrance
    that spread through my mouth
[09:10] Zhang
    and fleetingly gentle feel
    of the dish sliding down my throat.
[09:12] Mao
    That restaurant... Could it be?
[09:15] Zhang
    That's right. It was
    the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[09:19] Zhang
    In other words, Shao An, your tofu
    trio is Master Bei's original dish.
[09:33] Mao
    You learned that dish from my mom?
[09:37] Shaoan
    Impossible. She didn't teach me.
[09:39] Shaoan
    The tofu trio is my original dish!
[09:43] Shaoan
    I was able to produce that dish
    because I left Bei,
[09:45] Shaoan
    crossed the mountains,
    and swam in the ocean!
[09:49] Shaoan
    It's mine. Mine...
[09:52] Zhang
    It's ironic, Shao An.
[09:54] Zhang
    You tried to put distance
    between yourself and Bei,
[09:58] Zhang
    but the destination you arrived at
[09:59] Zhang
    was Bei's own dish, and one
    she never taught you to make.
[10:04] Zhang
    People's hearts always return
    to their homeland.
[10:09] Zhang
    Perhaps the city of Shanghai
[10:11] Zhang
    at the end of the 16,000 kilometer
    Yangtze River was your limit.
[10:24] (Flashback) Bei
    That's it.
[10:26] (Flashback) Bei
    Place the first knuckle of your
    left middle finger against the knife.
[10:32] (Flashback) Bei
    You pass.
[10:33] (Flashback) Bei
    Shao An, you have great instincts.
[10:35] (Flashback) Bei
    I'm excited for your future.
[10:37] (Flashback) Shaoan
    Thank you, Master Bei.
[10:42] Zhang
    And Mao, the deciding factor
    for your dish's flavor
[10:47] Zhang
    may have been the aroma
    of the bamboo leaves.
[10:50] Mao
    The aroma of the bamboo leaves?
[10:52] Zhang
    This sweet fragrance added depth
    to your otherwise flashy dish.
[10:59] Zhang
    It added the beautiful color of nostalgia.
[11:05] Zhang
    And now for the results.
[11:06] Zhang
    With a score of three to two,
    the winner is Super Chef Liu Maoxing.
[11:11] Zhang
    The winner of the three round cooking battle
    is the Shanghai Chef's Grand Alliance.
[11:21] All
    Yes!
[11:36] Fei
    Hey, are you okay?
[11:40] Man
    Sir, how did the match go?
[11:43] Man
    Wait, who are you?
[11:44] Fei
    That's my line.
[11:45] Fei
    Why were you sleeping here?
[11:47] Man
    I was guarding an important
    document hidden in the ceiling.
[11:53] Man
    What's the meaning of this?
[12:01] Fei
    Looks like they put you to sleep.
[12:04] Man
    Damn!
[12:05] Man
    More importantly, how did
    the contest turn out?
[12:08] Fei
    Contest?
[12:08] Man
    The young master's acquaintances are
    facing off against the Cooking Underworld.
[12:12] Man
    Crap, I don't have time for this!
[12:14] Fei
    Do you work for at the Longzhen Restaurant?
[12:16] Man
    What? Yeah, I do.
[12:18] Fei
    I want to ask you about Master Tang Li.
[12:21] Man
    What are you talking about?
[12:32] Man
    There's nobody here.
[12:33] Fei
    They were here a moment ago.
[12:36] Man
    Master!
[12:40] Man
    Are you all right?
[12:42] Man
    Let's leave this place immediately.
[12:45] Fei
    Let's hurry off this ship.
[12:46] Fei
    It's odd that there aren't any guards.
[12:48] Man
    The young master and his friends
    are still up above.
[12:51] Man
    We need to notify them.
[12:52] Fei
    Young master?
[12:52] Man
    Yeah. He's battling the Underworld
    on the rooftop deck right now.
[12:57] Fei
    We should prioritize rescuing
    the wounded Master Tang Li for now.
[13:01] Fei
    If we lose this opportunity, it will become
    even more difficult to rescue him.
[13:04] Man
    Got it.
[13:07] Cape
    This is the document.
[13:09] Cape
    Is this what you wanted?
[13:10] Xiang
    Now that defeat is a possibility,
[13:13] Xiang
    we must proceed
    to the next course of action.
[13:16] Cape
    Yes, ma'am.
[13:18] Xiang
    The result of the battle
    is not our priority.
[13:20] Xiang
    This is all that matters.
[13:22] Xiang
    I must deliver this to him.
[13:25] Xielu
    What's the big hurry, Miss?
[13:28] Xielu
    You haven't heard
    the results of the contest.
[13:31] Xielu
    I know exactly what you're thinking.
[13:34] Xielu
    Now return that piece of paper.
[13:42] Xielu
    Xiang, you bitch!
[13:48] Xiang
    Your thinking was too shallow,
    Dim Sum Master.
[13:57] Mob
    What's going on?!
[13:59] Meili
    Mao, hurry!
[14:02] Mao
    What have you done, Shao An?!
[14:03] Shaoan
    We've been forsaken, myself included.
[14:07] Shaoan
    I guess they never expected me to succeed.
[14:11] Mao
    What?
[14:13] Shaoan
    We're 100 kilometers offshore
    from the mouth of the Yangtze River.
[14:16] Shaoan
    Not a single person will survive.
[14:19] Shaoan
    We'll all disappear into watery graves.
[14:23] Zhang
    Lead our guests!
[14:25] Zhang
    The lifeboats are on the rear port side!
[14:27] All
    Yes, sir!
[14:28] Xiang
    The legendary utensil is mine.
[14:31] Xiang
    Judges who underestimated
    our strength, foolish losers,
[14:35] Xiang
    and the foolish chefs who naively
    challenged us to a contest...
[14:44] Xielu
    Whoops.
[14:46] Xielu
    Taking that woman down will be easy enough,
[14:48] Xielu
    but I've got to take back
     that document, first.
[14:51] Xielu
    Hold it right there, Xiang!
[14:52] Xielu
    I won't let you have your way!
[15:08] Xielu
    Crap!
[15:15] Xiang
    How unsightly.
[15:19] Xielu
    Nobody likes a stubborn man, Dim Sum Master.
[15:27] Xielu
    Mao, the rest is up to you.
[15:39] Man
    Sir, your father is all right!
[15:41] Man
    You need to flee!
[15:43] Sanjie
    Got it!
[15:45] Sanjie
    All right, let's go.
[15:47] Shirou
    Yeah!
[15:48] Shirou
    Oh man, we'd better hurry!
[15:57] Zhang
    Those assholes. How dare they?
[16:01] Man
    Are there no other boats?
[16:03] Zhang
    No. We'll have to swim back to Shanghai.
[16:09] Cape
    Do you have it?
[16:10] Xiang
    I failed to steal it.
[16:12] Xiang
    But no one will escape this ship alive.
[16:16] Xiang
    Cast off.
[16:18] Xiang
    We're leaving this place.
[16:22] Leien
    Turn back, or else leave this place.
[16:26] Leien
    You can't seriously think you're the only
    ones who will escape on this boat.
[16:31] Xiang
    How will you fit all those people
    on this little boat?
[16:37] Leien
    She's right.
[16:40] Xiang
    This isn't over.
[16:42] Xiang
    Today is just the start of the war!
[16:51] Xielu
    Let's turn this boat around, Lei En.
[16:53] Xielu
    All we can do is prioritize
    people who can't swim.
[16:55] Leien
    Right.
[17:06] Shaoan
    In other words, not only
    did I fail to surpass Bei,
[17:09] Shaoan
    but I'm still standing
    in the palm of her hand.
[17:17] Man
    Sorry, Boss. We're heading out.
[17:20] Sanjie
    Take care of my dad!
[17:25] Meili
    Huh? Fei?
[17:28] Shirou
    Who's that?
[17:30] Meili
    It couldn't be him.
[17:32] Shirou
    Huh? Come to think of it, where's Mao?
[17:34] Meili
    What?
[17:35] Sanjie
    Impossible. He was with us
    until a moment ago.
[17:44] Shaoan
    It seems I've been completely
    abandoned by the heavens.
[17:49] Shaoan
    I can't believe I even failed in
    my duty as an Underworld chef.
[17:54] Mao
    Who cares about the Cooking
    Underworld anymore?
[17:57] Mao
    They abandoned you!
[18:00] Shaoan
    That's right.
[18:01] Shaoan
    It's what I deserve for abandoning
    the Chrysanthemum Tower and Master Bei.
[18:05] Shaoan
    Go ahead and laugh, Mao.
[18:06] Shaoan
    I never got away from the person
    I thought I'd left behind.
[18:13] Mao
    If we don't leave now,
    we won't make it back alive.
[18:17] Shaoan
    Then you alone should live, Mao!
[18:29] Mao
    Shao An!
[18:51] Shaoan
    What do you think you're doing?
[18:54] Mao
    Hurry. Grab onto me with both hands!
[18:59] Shaoan
    I'm the man who betrayed your mother
    and drove her to her death.
[19:03] Shaoan
    Why, Mao? Why save me?
[19:06] Mao
    I don't know.
[19:09] Mao
    But you made a dish of my mom's
    that even I didn't know about.
[19:13] Mao
    I won't let you die!
[19:27] Shaoan
    Take this, Mao.
[19:29] Shaoan
    Someday it'll prove useful.
[19:33] Shaoan
    I'm not going back
    to the mountains of Szechuan.
[19:37] Shaoan
    Shanghai is my final resting place.
[19:39] Shaoan
    I'll lay myself to rest in the ocean
    I long admired and dreamed of.
[19:46] Shaoan
    As long as you live, remember me, Mao!
[19:48] Shaoan
    Master Bei's top student, Shao An!
[19:54] Zhang
    Men, let's get this fun
    long-distance swim started!
[19:57] Zhang
    If you're not confident in your swimming,
[19:59] Zhang
    tie some planks to yourself
    and swim! Got it?!
[20:02] All
    Yeah!
[20:03] Meili
    Yeah!
[20:04] Shirou
    Sis, won't that make you sink instead?
[20:07] Meili
    What?
[20:09] All
    What?
[20:13] Sanjie
    That's...
[20:14] Shirou
    That's the boat we rode to Shanghai.
[20:20] Hu
    Captain.
[20:21] Captain
    That's Master Hu of the Shipping Federation.
[20:26] Captain
    Men, pull up alongside!
[20:28] All
    Yes, sir!
[20:31] Mob
    Good grief.
[20:32] Mob
    We're saved!
[20:45] Captain
    Are you all right, Governor Hu?
[20:47] Hu
    Yeah. Tend to the wounded.
[20:50] Captain
    Got it.
[20:54] Xielu
    It's ironic.
[20:56] Mao
    Huh?
[20:57] Xielu
    He was once kicked out of the culinary world
    because he couldn't make his master's dish.
[21:05] Xielu
    And in the end, he made the same dish
    as his master and lost everything.
[23:01] Mao
    The smell of bamboo leaves.
[23:04] Mao
    My mom's smell.
[23:05] Mao
    If my mom has been guiding everything,
[23:08] Mao
    then maybe I'm still a fledgling*
    in the palm of my mom's hand.
[23:14] Shirou
    Huh? Isn't this...
[23:21] Mao
    The second legendary utensil,
SIGN    Coiled Dragon Pot
[23:25] Mao
    the Coiled Dragon Pot!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Advent of the Devil"
[23:57] Narration
    "Advent of the Devil."

E15 - Advent of the Devil
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:32] Mao
    This pot will bring peace
    to the Shanghai Alliance.
[01:36] Mao
    It belongs to the Grand Alliance.
[01:38] Leien
    We'll need it eventually for our all-out
    confrontation with the Underworld.
[01:42] Leien
    When that time comes, we'd like your help.
[01:45] Mao
    Master Tang Li, please hold
    onto this pot until then.
[01:51] Tangli
    I shall.
SIGN    Longzhen Restaurant
[01:54] Xielu
    Mao, go without us to the Jiuhua Mountains,
    where the next utensil awaits.
[01:59] (Flashback) Xielu
    Lei En and I have something
    we want to look into.
[02:06] Mao
    At least, that's what he said.
[02:08] Mao
    I wonder what they wanted to investigate?
[02:14] Mao
    We finally made it.
[02:15] Mao
    This is the village of Jiuhua.
[02:18] Mao
    Huh?!
[02:22] Mao
    What is this?
[02:24] Shirou
    The people of Jiuhua developed the mountains...
    shouldn't they be hard workers, then?
[02:29] Shirou
    What's going on?
[02:37] Villager
    It's time.
[02:38] Villager
    Time for soup.
[02:40] Villager
    Hurry, to the Devil's Palace.
[02:42] Villager
    It's time for God's food!
[02:45] Mao
    What is this? What's happening?
[02:47] Shirou
    Huh? What?
[02:50] Villager
    God is coming!
[02:54] Mao
    God?
[02:55] Meili
    What's going on?
[02:57] Meili
    Those people wouldn't even
    lift a finger a moment ago.
[03:06] Mao
    There's a castle this deep in the mountains?
[03:09] Meili
    And everyone has expensive-looking
     items and dishes.
[03:12] Meili
    I think they're waiting for something.
[03:14] Official
    We get to drink it again.
[03:16] Official
    That soup...
[03:17] Shirou
    Hey, what are you going to do with that?
[03:20] Official
    It's an offering for the god.
[03:22] Official
    The more you give,
    the more of god's soup you get.
[03:27] Shirou
    God's soup?
[03:32] Follower
    Stand back!
[03:46] Mao
    A giant pot?
[03:53] Official
    Thank you so much.
[03:57] Mao
    They're trading valuables for soup?
[04:05] Villager
    It's divine. This is the flavor of God!
[04:08] Villager
    God has visited us again today.
[04:11] Meili
    What is that soup?
[04:13] Mao
    Could we get three helpings?
[04:15] Both
    What?
[04:16] Shirou
    Mao, where'd you get that money?
[04:21] Shirou
    That's the traveling
    allowance Sanjie gave us!
[04:25] Meili
    Why'd you have to spend it all, Mao?!
[04:30] Mao
    This is God's soup.
[04:32] Mao
    All that's in it are some
    small scraps of abalone.
[04:36] Mao
    Judging by the smell, color, and refraction,
[04:39] Mao
    it's hard to imagine much extract
    has dissolved into the soup.
[04:44] Mao
    What's so great about this soup?
[04:48] Shirou
    Why'd you freeze in place, Mao?
[04:54] Meili
    Mao?
[04:55] Mao
    It's shockingly good.
[04:58] Both
    What?
[04:59] Mao
    The sweetness of the soup
    clings to the tongue.
[05:02] Mao
    The velvety mouthfeel of the abalone
[05:04] Mao
    melts in your mouth, while still
    retaining its crunchy texture.
[05:08] Mao
    It's impressive.
[05:11] Meili
    How is it this delicious?!
[05:13] Shirou
    It's so good, it's driving me crazy!
[05:16] Mao
    On top of that, it's refreshing,
    like a lungful of air from high up in the sky.
[05:22] Mao
    Could it be?!
[05:25] Mao
    Is someone here using a legendary utensil?!
[05:28] Follower
    Silence!
[05:31] Villager
    The Devil is coming.
[05:34] Mao
    The Devil?
[05:36] Shirou
    Mao, something's coming!
[05:42] Mao
    It's an elephant!
[05:46] Shengyu
    You've gathered again today,
[05:49] Shengyu
    you rotten scum.
[05:52] Mao
    He's the one using the legendary utensil?!
[05:55] Shirou
    Why's he acting so high and mighty?
[05:58] Follower
    You will tell us!
[06:01] Follower
    Who is your heavenly father?!
[06:03] All
    The Great Abalone Devil, Wang Shengyu!
[06:07] Follower
    To where do you return?!
[06:10] All
    Our holy land, the Devil's Palace!
[06:16] Shengyu
    That's right. You scum
    have nowhere to return to
[06:21] Shengyu
    besides me, your god.
[06:27] Meili
    He called himself a god?
[06:29] Shirou
    That shady old man?
[06:32] Mao
    What's in that box?
[06:36] Shengyu
    I will permit you scum to gaze upon it.
[06:39] Shengyu
    This...
[06:41] Shengyu
    is the Holy Copperware!
[06:44] Shengyu
    A miraculous pot that only I,
    the Abalone Devil, am capable of using.
[06:48] Mao
    Holy Copperware?
[06:59] Shengyu
    This is your typical dried abalone.
[07:03] Shengyu
    Normally it's rehydrated
    to an edible level of softness
[07:07] Shengyu
    after being boiled for three days
    and three nights with the utmost care.
[07:10] Shengyu
    But in my hands, behold.
[07:14] Shengyu
    It'll aba-blow your mind!
[07:17] All
    Aba-blow your mind!
[07:20] Meili
    What's that light?
[07:26] Mao
    That luster, that bounce...
[07:29] Mao
    The abalone's been rehydrated!
[07:31] Villager
    It's a miracle of God!
[07:33] Villager
    Oh, divine Shengyu!
[07:36] Mao
    Could that be the power
    of a legendary utensil?
[07:41] Shirou
    There's no way that sketchy guy
    has something like that.
[07:44] Shirou
    It must be a trick.
[07:46] Shirou
    The pot has a false bottom,
[07:48] Shirou
    and he stuck some already
    rehydrated abalone in there.
[07:52] Meili
    Then how did he produce that light?
[07:54] Shirou
    Glowing mushrooms.
[07:56] Shirou
    He keeps a bunch stuffed
    under the false bottom, too.
[07:59] Shirou
    Besides, don't legendary
    utensils choose their users?
[08:03] Shirou
    There's no way he could use one.
[08:08] Follower
    What are you doing?
[08:10] Old Woman
    Please, could you give me some abalone?
[08:17] Shengyu
    If you don't have money,
    hand over ownership of your home.
[08:21] Shengyu
    You scum couldn't survive
    without my charity.
[08:30] Shirou
    That jerk.
[08:31] Shengyu
    Here.
[08:34] Villager
    Give me that. It's mine!
[08:36] Villager
    I offered more!
[08:39] Shengyu
    That's right.
[08:39] Shengyu
    That's how scum should behave.
[08:45] Mao
    Everyone, don't be fooled!
[08:48] Villager
    What?
[08:52] Mao
    He wastes food and looks down on people.
[08:55] Mao
    That's not something a god does,
    much less a decent chef.
[09:02] Shengyu
    Some outsiders are mixed in
    with the villagers.
[09:05] Shengyu
    Everyone, there's someone here who dares
    to sully our spiritual home,
[09:08] Shengyu
    the Devil's Palace.
[09:11] Villager
    The heretics must pay.
    The heretics must pay.
[09:16] Mao
    What?
[09:17] Villager
    Throw them out!
[09:20] Shirou
    Mao!
[09:22] Mao
    Hey, wait. What?!
[09:35] Mao
    Damn!
[09:36] Shirou
    Mao...
[09:37] Mao
    He won't get away with this.
[09:39] Mao
    An entire peaceful village is about
    to be destroyed because of him.
[09:43] Meili
    But there's not much we can do
    when the villagers are so agitated.
[09:49] Shirou
    And your influence as a Super Chef
    isn't worth much here.
[09:55] Old Man
    They all changed.
[10:07] Old Man
    They used to pray diligently
    at this shrine every day.
[10:14] Old Man
    Jiuhua is a sacred place.
[10:18] Mao
    What?
[10:20] Old Man
    It's said that this land was
     cleared a thousand years ago
[10:23] Old Man
    by a comet that fell from the heavens.
[10:27] Old Man
    The people of Jiuhua who cultivated
    fertile crops here worshiped the comet.
[10:35] Mao
    Sir, could you tell me more about that?
[10:49] Shengyu
    Yahoo.
[10:50] Shengyu
    They're all idiots.
[10:51] Shengyu
    I can't believe it worked so well.
[10:54] Shengyu
    Anyway, who were those kids?
[10:57] Shengyu
    Not that there's anything
    they can do to stop me now.
[11:02] Shengyu
    I'm going to use this utensil
    to make even more money.
[11:08] Follower
    Who is your heavenly father?
[11:11] All
    The Great Abalone Devil, Wang Shengyu!
[11:15] Follower
    To where do you return?
[11:18] All
    Our holy land, the Devil's Palace!
[11:22] Shengyu
    That's right. That's exactly right, scum.
[11:28] Mao
    Wrong, you false god.
[11:32] Mao
    You're not fooling anyone else
    with your shady cooking.
[11:37] Shengyu
    Who's there?! Show yourself!
[11:42] Mao
    The Comet God has descended
    to pass judgment upon you.
[11:45] Shengyu
    What?
[11:50] Mao
    With his miraculous comet cooking!
[11:57] Mao
    Listen to me!
[11:58] Mao
    People of Jiuhua, have you
    forgotten the legend?
[12:02] Mao
    You've been seduced by an evil deity,
    and now your fertile fields lie in ruin.
[12:08] Shengyu
    This is ridiculous.
[12:09] Shengyu
    You're that boy from the other day.
[12:11] Shengyu
    You're not a god!
[12:13] Mao
    No, I am.
[12:14] Shengyu
    What?
[12:15] Mao
    Because I can create true miracles.
[12:19] Mao
    The miracle of comet cooking!
[12:22] Shengyu
    Is he challenging me to a cooking battle?
[12:26] Shengyu
    The fool.
[12:27] Shengyu
    In that case, I'll play my trump card.
[12:31] Shengyu
    Very well. I'll prove to you which
    of us can create true miracles.
[12:36] Shengyu
    Bring that to me.
[12:37] Follower
    Yes, sir.
[12:40] Shengyu
    Behold, never before seen,
    the first and last of its kind,
[12:45] Shengyu
    the miraculous dried food.
[12:49] Villager
    What a giant abalone.
[12:51] Villager
    So magnificent!
[12:52] Villager
    It's like a fossilized dragon!
[12:54] Shengyu
    In you go.
[12:56] Shengyu
    Only one as divine as myself
    possesses such a dried food.
[13:00] Shengyu
    It would take an ordinary person seven days
    and nights of boiling to rehydrate it,
[13:03] Shengyu
    but in my hands...
[13:16] Shengyu
    Now eat, scum.
[13:19] Shengyu
    Today's lavish feast requires no offerings.
[13:27] Villager
    It's even richer than usual.
[13:31] Villager
    The meaty flesh is so filling.
[13:33] Villager
    The plump texture clings
    to my teeth and won't let go.
[13:36] Villager
    I can't breathe.
[13:38] Villager
    I can't resist the pull of gravity.
[13:40] Villager
    Truly miraculous.
[13:44] Mao
    Is that the best miracle you can produce?
[13:47] Shengyu
    What?
[13:51] Mao
    Watch this.
[13:53] Mao
    This is my cooking.
[13:57] Villager
    A large plate?
[13:58] Villager
    It's just a big, empty plate.
[14:00] Shengyu
    What is this, scum?
[14:02] Shengyu
    Will your dish spring forth from the plate?
[14:05] Mao
    Stay back, evil deity!
[14:07] Mao
    You'll corrupt the plate!
[14:11] Mao
    Heavens, please save the people of Jiuhua.
[14:15] Mao
    Show them that thousand-year-old
    miracle once again.
[14:19] Villager
    What?
[14:20] Villager
    What's going on?
[14:22] Villager
    Huh?!
[14:23] Villager
    What?!
[14:24] Villager
    What's that?
[14:28] All
    It's a comet!
[14:39] Mao
    The Special Miracle Comet
    Fried Rice has descended!
SIGN    Miracle Comet Fried Rice
[14:45] Villager
    I don't believe it!
[14:47] Villager
    His dish came...
[14:48] Villager
    ...from the sky!
[14:50] Mao
    Do not fear. Eat.
[14:52] Mao
    And remember the fragrance of the land
    that birthed and raised you.
[15:05] Villager
    Delicious!
[15:09] Villager
    This overpowering green smell.
[15:12] Villager
    It's refreshing like a lungful
    of the land's own breath,
[15:16] Villager
    brimming with the smell of the sun!
[15:19] Villager
    Why? My limbs that were as
    heavy as lead feel so light.
[15:23] Meili
    Ingredients drawn from the fields
    of Jiuhua by divine power
[15:28] Meili
    and flung through the air,
    instantly cooked by the heat of the sun
[15:32] Meili
    for the Comet God's miraculous dish.
[15:35] Villager
    So this is a miracle!
[15:36] Villager
    The Comet God's miracle has returned.
[15:40] Villager
    Spinach, bok choy, spring onions.
[15:43] Villager
    A jade-colored fried rice dish full
    of fragrant, fried Jiuhua vegetables.
[15:49] Villager
    That comet glowing green.
[15:51] Villager
    The smell of the earth I'd forgotten.
[15:53] Villager
    I remember now.
[15:55] Villager
    We were raised surrounded
    by the abundance of green
[16:00] Villager
    given to us by the Comet God.
[16:02] Shengyu
    What?!
[16:07] Meili
    The listless villagers seem so lively now.
[16:10] Meili
    What happened to them, Mao?
[16:13] Mao
    The people of Jiuhua were raised in these
    mountains, and had never seen abalone before.
[16:17] Mao
    They were convinced that it was
    the ingredient of the gods.
[16:20] Mao
    Abalone is delicious.
[16:22] Mao
    But eating only abalone
    causes vitamin deficiency,
[16:25] Mao
    making the body feel fatigued and leaden.
[16:30] Mao
    I instantly replenished their vitamins
    with green vegetables
[16:34] Mao
    and super healthy brown rice.
[16:40] Mao
    I tossed it through the air to make it look
    like a comet, and to absorb the sunlight.
[16:45] Mao
    It tossed the rice nicely, too.
[16:48] Meili
    Shirou did a great job.
[16:52] Shirou
    I'm glad it reached the plate.
[16:54] Shirou
    Mao's ideas are always reckless.
[16:57] Shirou
    Gramps, the vegetables you protected
    and cultivated in your field
[17:01] Shirou
    saved the people of Jiuhua.
[17:08] Villager
    What? You're the young
    Super Chef Liu Maoxing?
[17:12] Villager
    Our eyes have been opened.
[17:14] Villager
    We'll work and cultivate our ravaged fields.
[17:18] Shengyu
    Silence, silence!
[17:20] Shengyu
    You scum...
[17:23] Meili
    No, you shut up!
[17:25] Meili
    Listen, everyone.
[17:27] Meili
    The Holy Copperware is just a pot
    with a false bottom.
[17:31] Mao
    He used abalone to force you
    into unbalanced diets,
[17:34] Mao
    and got rich off of your offerings.
[17:36] Mao
    Him, a god? The idea is absurd!
[17:39] Mao
    He's just a little scoundrel!
[17:42] Villager
    The pest that ruined Jiuhua.
[17:46] Villager
    How dare you deceive us!
[17:48] Villager
    Jerk!
[17:49] Villager
    Get him!
[17:51] Shengyu
    Stop.
[17:53] Shengyu
    Stop this, you rotten scum!
[17:56] Villager
    You're the scum, here!
[18:01] Shengyu
    How awful.
[18:04] Shengyu
    That was horrendous.
[18:05] Shengyu
    Those brats. They'll pay for this.
[18:08] Shengyu
    For now, to the Devil's Palace...
[18:14] Shengyu
    My spiritual home, my Devil's Palace...
[18:18] Xielu
    You're late.
[18:21] Xielu
    The Comet God isn't the only deity.
[18:23] Xielu
    There are as many as there are prayers.
[18:25] Xielu
    The lords of destruction...
[18:27] Leien
    ...have arrived!
[18:31] Xielu
    We looked into your background,
    Shengyu the con artist.
[18:34] Xielu
    You use expensive ingredients
    to trick people
[18:38] Xielu
    and were still at large with their money.
[18:42] Leien
    We already learned in Shanghai that
    you were hiding in the Jiuhua Mountains.
[18:47] Leien
    We doubted it was possible, but we
    examined your ties to the Underworld.
[18:51] Xielu
    Turns out you're just a scoundrel acting
    to fulfill his own selfish desires.
[18:54] Xielu
    Some officials will be
    arriving shortly to arrest you.
[18:59] Xielu
    Admit to your wrongdoings and
     let the authorities take you away.
[19:04] Shengyu
    Fools! Let's return to our other hideout
    before the officials arrive!
[19:09] Follower
    Yes, sir—
[19:11] Shengyu
    Huh?!
[19:14] Xielu
    You won't be returning anywhere.
[19:17] Follower
    Shengyu!
[19:20] Mao
    Xie Lu! Lei En!
[19:26] All
    The devil has been defeated!
[19:31] Xielu
    The villagers are going to build
    a new shrine to the Comet God here.
[19:38] Leien
    The evil castle has fallen.
[19:44] Shirou
    This all started because of this bogus pot.
[19:48] Xielu
    An ironmonger at the base of the mountains
[19:50] Xielu
    was going to melt it down
    into something else
[19:52] Xielu
    when Shengyu took a liking
    to it and stopped him.
[19:54] Mao
    But we never learned the secret
    behind Shengyu's abalone soup.
[19:59] Meili
    You're right.
[20:01] Meili
    I doubt Shengyu was skilled enough to achieve—
[20:02] Shirou
    Aba-blow your mind!
[20:04] Meili
    What are you screaming about?
[20:06] Shirou
    There's no trick to this pot!
[20:10] Meili
    What do you mean?
[20:12] Shirou
    There's no false bottom, and there
    aren't any glowing mushrooms.
[20:15] Shirou
    It's a plain old copper pot!
[20:19] Mao
    Impossible. Then how did he rehydrate
    that dried abalone instantaneously?
[20:24] Shirou
    What?
[20:29] Xielu
    The pot is responding to Mao.
[20:32] Leien
    This bright blueish-white light cutting
    through the air in all directions.
[20:37] Leien
    Like the Ever-Soul Knife,
    it's the light a utensil releases
[20:41] Leien
    only when it's touched by its successor.
[20:43] Meili
    You mean...
[20:45] Xielu
    Yeah, definitely.
[20:47] Xielu
    This is a genuine legendary utensil!
SIGN    Holy Copperware
[20:51] Meili
    That explains the flavor!
[20:54] Shirou
    But how was Shengyu using it?
[20:56] Xielu
    Maybe the pot shared a little bit
    of its power with Shengyu
[20:59] Xielu
    to thank him for saving it
    from being melted down.
[21:03] Xielu
    None of that matters now, though!
[21:06] Xielu
    Right, Mao?
[21:11] All
    The third legendary utensil is ours!
[21:20] Mao
    What are these ominous clouds?
[21:43] Xiang
    The second and third utensils
    have fallen into their hands.
[21:48] Xiang
    I am sorry,
[21:52] Xiang
    Lord Ya Kan.
[21:54] Xiang
    Lord Kai You.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "River of Fire"
[23:57] Narration
    "River of Fire."

E16 - River of Fire
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:39] Chef
    What? They took the third utensil?
[01:43] Chef
    Li Yan, Lei En, and Shao An may be talented,
[01:46] Chef
    but they're still fools lacking in training.
[01:48] Chef
    Acquiring the legendary utensils
    is our great ambition.
[01:50] Chef
    It's time for us Kirin Chefs
    to deal with them!
[01:53] Chef
    Yeah!
[01:58] Yakan
    Ten Feet of Blue Xiang,
[02:00] Yakan
    if you had a tighter grip on Shao An,
[02:03] Yakan
    you could have predicted
    his failure at Shanghai.
[02:07] Yakan
    It seems we can no longer
    rely on you Kirin Chefs.
[02:11] Kaiyou
    Enough, Ya Kan.
[02:12] Yakan
    Kai You.
[02:19] Kaiyou
    Look at the poor girl.
[02:21] Kaiyou
    Her beautiful face trembles so.
[02:25] Kaiyou
    There must be something
    you want to say, Xiang.
[02:27] Kaiyou
    Go ahead. Speak.
[02:29] Xiang
    I-I have a suggestion.
[02:32] Kaiyou
    I see.
[02:34] Kaiyou
    Enlighten us.
[02:36] Xiang
    The little chef Liu Maoxing...
[02:39] Xiang
    He may be young, but he
    possesses god-like power.
[02:43] Xiang
    He is also accompanied
    by Xie Lu of the Steel Staff
[02:45] Xiang
    and Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[02:48] Xiang
    They are not only talented chefs,
    but mighty warriors, as well.
[02:52] Xiang
    They're far stronger than we imagined.
[02:56] Kaiyou
    And?
[02:57] Xiang
    Therefore, we should make
    separating them our top priority.
[03:06] Kaiyou
    You just don't get it, Ten Feet of Blue.
[03:09] Kaiyou
    It's true that Liu Maoxing has mastered
    the use of the legendary utensils,
[03:14] Kaiyou
    and also that he has
    acquired them before us.
[03:19] Kaiyou
    It's as though the utensils
    drew Liu Maoxing to them.
[03:24] Kaiyou
    Furthermore, he even calmed
    the villagers in the Jiuhua Mountains
[03:30] Kaiyou
    who had become agitated
    by a legendary utensil.
[03:33] Kaiyou
    He controls people's hearts with cooking.
[03:36] Kaiyou
    Don't you sense in him
    a similar nature to ours?
[03:39] Xiang
    What do you mean?
[03:43] Kaiyou
    Who knows?
[03:45] Kaiyou
    Things were difficult for you
    in Shanghai. Drink this.
[03:50] Xiang
    Yes, sir.
[03:51] Xiang
    Is this lamb and green onion soup?
[03:55] Xiang
    It has such an acrid smell.
[03:57] Xiang
    I can't believe I'm getting
    to taste Lord Kai You's cooking.
[04:00] Xiang
    What does it taste like?
[04:07] Xiang
    It burns!
[04:09] Xiang
    My chest is on fire...
[04:10] Xiang
    It's like my body is burning!
[04:17] Kaiyou
    The leaves of the green onion are hot.
[04:19] Kaiyou
    They work by emanating heat.
[04:22] Kaiyou
    Lamb is hot as well.
[04:24] Kaiyou
    When consumed with liquor,
    it confounds the mind.
[04:29] Kaiyou
    Green onions and lamb are both hot foods.
[04:32] Kaiyou
    Drinking this concentrated soup that was
    simmered for seven days and seven nights
[04:37] Kaiyou
    causes extreme perspiration.
[04:39] Kaiyou
    With the absorptive power of alcohol,
    its effects are amplified.
[04:45] Kaiyou
    This is love.
[04:47] Kaiyou
    Your skin looked a little warm,
    and your neck was swollen as well.
[04:53] Kaiyou
    Keep sweating until you're healthy again.
[04:56] Kaiyou
    You won't be able to move for a while,
[04:58] Kaiyou
    so you'll have time to
    reflect on your failures.
[05:01] Yakan
    Possessing mastery over
    all manner of disciplines,
[05:04] Yakan
    including military arts,
    feng shui, divination,
[05:07] Yakan
    and of course, medicinal cooking,
[05:09] Yakan
    we are the wondrous Underworld Specialists.
[05:11] Kaiyou
    You don't need to worry anymore, Xiang.
[05:14] Yakan
    It seems the time has come for Zhu Qi,
    Mi La, Yan Xian, you, and I to act.
[05:22] Xiang
    What did you say?
[05:26] Chef
    C-Could it be?
[05:27] Chef
    It's them!
[05:33] All
    Dragon in the Clouds, Kai You!
SIGN    Dragon in the Clouds
SIGN    Kai You
[05:36] All
    Panther Head, Ya Kan!
SIGN    Panther Head
SIGN    Ya Kan
[05:39] All
    Sky Soaring Great Sage, Zhu Qi!
SIGN    Sky Soaring Great Sage
SIGN    Zhu Qi
[05:42] All
    The Wanderer, Yan Xian!
SIGN    The Wanderer
SIGN    Yan Xian
[05:45] All
    Green Eyed Tiger, Mi La!
SIGN    Green Eyed Tiger
SIGN    Mi La
SIGN    Five Greatest Underworld Chefs
SIGN    The Five Tiger Stars
[05:50] Chef
    They're the five most powerful chefs
    of the Underworld, the Five Tiger Stars!
[05:56] Yakan
    I, Ya Kan, shall be our vanguard.
[05:59] Like
    I shall accompany you, Lord Ya Kan.
[06:03] Like
    I'd like to see the power
    of the Flaming Chef again.
SIGN    Jade Arrowhead
SIGN    Li Ke
[06:09] Yakan
    Your presence gives me confidence.
[06:16] Xielu
    The fourth utensil, huh?
[06:20] Xielu
    According to legend, a mysterious
    utensil is hidden in Szechuan.
[06:24] Xielu
    We heard similar rumors
    in Shanghai and Jiuhua.
[06:27] Leien
    Yes. It's likely that
    it's a legendary utensil.
[06:31] Meili
    I've always wanted to visit Mao's homeland.
[06:36] Shirou
    The Chrysanthemum Tower where you
    were born and raised is there, too.
[06:39] Shirou
    What's Szechuan like?
[06:40] Mao
    It's foggy and humid,
    but it's rich with nature.
[06:43] Mao
    Once you get used to it, it's a nice place.
[06:47] Shirou
    Huh...
[06:48] Mao
    I haven't been back in forever.
    I've missed it.
[06:52] Like
    Would you like a ride?
[06:56] Xielu
    What a cute ferryman.
[07:03] Shirou
    The weather is nice.
[07:05] Xielu
    But the wind is strong.
[07:07] Mao
    The boat's swaying a lot.
[07:14] Yakan
    So hot.
[07:24] Yakan
    So hot. My body is on fire.
[07:28] Mao
    Is it that hot?
[07:30] Like
    Excuse me.
[07:32] Like
    It's past noon. Shall I prepare something?
[07:36] Mao
    You're going to cook here?
[07:37] Like
    Yes.
[07:38] Mao
    That sounds a little dangerous.
[07:42] Mao
    The boat is swaying quite a bit.
[07:44] Mao
    I don't think you can cook
    with fire on a boat this small.
[07:47] Yakan
    Is that the best you can do, Liu Maoxing?
[07:55] Leien
    What's this massive column of fire?
[07:58] Mao
    What?
[08:05] Mao
    He quelled that massive flame in an instant.
[08:09] Shirou
    It's that ferryman who was
     chugging water earlier.
[08:12] Yakan
    Fire is the essence of Chinese cuisine.
[08:15] Yakan
    But you can't even control it.
[08:19] Yakan
    I am one of the Cooking Underworld's
    Five Tiger Stars, Panther Head Ya Kan.
[08:28] Like
    This man can control fire,
    the heart of Chinese cuisine.
[08:34] Like
    He's also known as...
[08:35] Both
    The Flaming Chef!
SIGN    Flaming Chef
[08:38] Mao
    The Flaming Chef?
[08:40] Leien
    The Five Tiger Stars have finally appeared.
[08:42] Xielu
    Lei En?
[08:43] Like
    The five strongest chefs from
    among the Underworld's Kirin Chefs
[08:47] Like
    chosen to rule over the others
    are known as the Five Tiger Stars.
[08:52] Mao
    The Five Tiger Stars.
[08:53] Mao
    The strongest chefs of
    the Cooking Underworld.
[08:57] Yakan
    I thought I'd challenge you to a contest
    for the legendary utensils,
[09:03] Yakan
    but it seems I didn't
    even need to show up.
[09:09] Yakan
    They said you were
    the youngest Super Chef ever
[09:12] Yakan
    who defeated Li Yan, Lei En, and Shao An
    and mastered the legendary utensils,
[09:16] Yakan
    so I had high expectations.
[09:20] Yakan
    But you're a mere beginner who doesn't
    understand the basics of cooking.
[09:25] Yakan
    If you can't even cook with fire
    under these circumstances,
[09:29] Yakan
    then I can already see
    the outcome of our battle!
[09:33] Meili
    Mao!
[09:33] Shirou
    Mao.
[09:35] Mao
    All this over one careless remark.
[09:38] Mao
    At this rate, I'll be letting down Zhou Yu,
    who trained me in the use of fire.
[09:44] Leien
    Wait, Mao. Don't be hasty!
[09:49] Mao
    It's on, Flaming Chef Ya Kan!
[09:51] Mao
    I'll show you the fire techniques I learned
[09:53] Mao
    from Guangzhou Super Chef
    Master Zhao Yu himself.
[09:59] Yakan
    You challenge me to a contest
    of fire techniques, Liu Maoxing?
[10:03] Mao
    I do.
[10:04] Like
    He challenged Five Tiger Star
    Lord Ya Kan without even flinching,
[10:10] Like
    and he's still only 14, like me.
[10:13] Like
    What an interesting boy...
[10:15] Leien
    Don't do this, Mao.
[10:17] Leien
    You're not ready to face him!
[10:20] Mao
    No.
[10:22] Mao
    Let me do this, Lei En.
[10:24] Mao
    Even if he's a Five Tiger Star,
[10:26] Mao
    as long as I fight with all my might,
    I should be able to win.
[10:29] Mao
    For the honor of my master Zhou Yu,
[10:32] Mao
    I will win!
[10:34] Yakan
    Very well. Everything has been prepared.
[10:38] Yakan
    Li Ke.
[10:43] Mao
    What is this? More ships?
[10:49] Shirou
    We're chained together.
[10:54] Yakan
    We'll conduct our battle there.
[10:57] Mao
    I see. So we'll fight on the Yangtze River.
[11:00] Mao
    Interesting!
[11:01] Yakan
    We'll need someone to judge our dishes.
[11:05] Yakan
    Liu Maoxing, we'll have
    your allies do the judging.
[11:09] Mao
    What?
[11:11] Meili
    He's so confident.
[11:13] Shirou
    He's nothing like Xiang.
[11:16] Leien
    That's right. The Underworld chefs we've
    faced so far can't compare to him.
[11:20] Leien
    The title Five Star Tiger title is
    synonymous with "undefeated."
[11:24] Yakan
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[11:26] Yakan
    As one halfway between both sides
    and so emotionally unstable,
[11:30] Yakan
    you are incapable of judging this contest.
[11:32] Yakan
    Zhou Yu's daughter Mei Li, and Yang
    Spring Restaurant apprentice Shirou,
[11:37] Yakan
    your tongues are
     inexperienced and inadequate.
[11:39] Meili
    What was that?
[11:40] Shirou
    Hey, wait!
[11:42] Yakan
    Therefore, this contest will be judged by
[11:45] Yakan
    the Dim Sum Master familiar
    with all the land's flavors
[11:49] Yakan
    who possesses a dependable tongue
    and sound judgment,
[11:53] Yakan
    Xie Lu of the Steel Staff.
[11:54] Xielu
    All right. Sounds interesting.
[11:56] Xielu
    You know what you're talking
    about, Flaming Chef.
[12:00] Like
    You'll have three hours.
[12:02] Like
    In order to fully demonstrate your skill
    with fire, you'll prepare 30 portions.
[12:06] Like
    Feel free to use any of the
    ingredients on the boats.
[12:10] Like
    Let the Yangtze River fire
    technique battle begin!
[12:23] Mao
    Shirou.
[12:24] Shirou
    Sure thing. What are we starting with?
[12:27] Mao
    A set of vegetables and spices.
[12:29] Mao
    Boil a bunch of water, too.
[12:32] Shirou
    Got it.
[12:35] Shirou
    The wind's so strong.
[12:36] Shirou
    A high flame will fly all over the place.
[12:38] Shirou
    Mao, you won't be able to cook
    with fire properly unless you keep it low.
[12:42] Mao
    No. Zhou Yu taught me something.
[12:45] Shirou
    What?
[12:48] Mao
    The flame isn't the only part
    of cooking with fire.
[12:52] Like
    Let's see these fire techniques
    Master Zhou Yu taught him.
[12:56] Like
    I, Jade Arrowhead Li Ke,
    shall see what he can do.
[13:01] Shirou
    The water's finally boiling.
[13:04] Mao
    Thanks.
[13:06] Shirou
    Why are you boiling that huge
    block of pork right away?
[13:13] Xielu
    I see. You're trying to make
    Szechuan's famous twice-cooked pork.
[13:18] Mao
    That's right!
[13:19] Xielu
    Pork that has been boiled once
    is sauteed with vegetables.
[13:23] Xielu
    In other words, it's twice cooked
    because the pork is returned to the pot.
[13:26] Meili
    Since it's already been boiled,
    just frying it briefly
[13:29] Meili
    allows the pork to absorb
    the fat and seasoning,
[13:31] Meili
    producing a rich flavor.
[13:34] Like
    But what will he do?
[13:37] Like
    The large amounts of water released when
    vegetables are cooked will ruin the pork.
[13:41] Like
    In the case of twice-cooked pork,
    high heat is required
[13:46] Like
    to instantly burn off all the water.
[13:49] Xielu
    Hey, Shirou!
[13:50] Xielu
    It's time to get the pan ready!
[13:53] Shirou
    But Mao said he doesn't need it.
[13:56] Xielu
    What? How's he going to
    fry his dish without a pan?
[14:00] Mao
    All right.
[14:01] Mao
    The pork has been boiled.
[14:04] Mao
    I'll slice it thinly while it's still hot.
[14:08] Mao
    I'm ready to go!
[14:10] Like
    Time to demonstrate his skill with fire.
[14:13] Like
    He can't use a high flame in this wind.
[14:16] Like
    He's not even using a pan.
[14:18] Like
    What will he do?
[14:22] Xielu
    A red-hot pan.
[14:26] Xielu
    There was a red-hot pan inside his oven.
[14:29] Xielu
    When did he put that in there?
[14:34] Mao
    The flame isn't the only part
    of cooking with fire.
[14:38] Mao
    Oil, water, steam, air.
[14:41] Mao
    It comes in many forms as it releases
    the flavors of the ingredients.
[14:45] Mao
    But among them, the pan
    is the physical embodiment of fire.
[14:49] Mao
    It's a flame-shaped pot.
[14:53] Mao
    The Explosive Twice Cooked Pork is done!
SIGN    Twice Cooked Pork
SIGN    Explosive
[14:59] Xielu
    The fragrant and glossy oil and juices.
[15:01] Xielu
    The crisp vegetables.
[15:03] Meili
    All cooked in strong winds
    that prevented high flames!
[15:06] Meili
    Impressive as always, Mao!
[15:07] Shirou
    You see that, you flaming jerk?
[15:08] Shirou
    This is the essence of cooking with fire!
[15:12] Shirou
    He's still drinking water?
[15:15] Xielu
    He hasn't started cooking at all.
[15:17] Xielu
    Is he showing off?
[15:21] Like
    The Flaming Chef is concealing his power
[15:24] Like
    and quelling the fire
    inside him with cold water.
[15:27] Like
    It's proof that he's not
    taking this contest seriously.
[15:30] Shirou
    What?!
[15:31] Yakan
    Clever use of heat and precise knife skills.
[15:35] Yakan
    I see. Your techniques are first-class.
[15:40] Yakan
    But you can't cook with a low flame
[15:41] Yakan
    and call it the essence
    of cooking with fire, boy.
[15:45] Mao
    I know that.
[15:47] Mao
    You're not the only one
    who can use a high flame.
[15:54] Shirou
    What? The adjoining boat is on fire?
[16:00] Like
    Since he can't cook with a high flame,
    he set the entire boat on fire.
[16:05] Like
    I see. The scale of his techniques
    is even larger than we heard.
[16:08] Like
    Things are getting interesting.
[16:11] Shirou
    Xie Lu, I know you're the judge,
    but why are you eating already?
[16:16] Xielu
    Can't you smell the irresistible
    aroma coming off of it?
[16:20] Xielu
    Sauteed dishes taste best when
    they're freshly cooked and piping hot.
[16:30] Shirou
    W-Well, then! How is Mao's
    Explosive Twice Cooked Pork?
[16:41] Xielu
    Delicious!
[16:43] Xielu
    Within the spiciness
    there's a delicate sweetness.
[16:46] Xielu
    Instead of the roughness of fried raw meat,
[16:49] Xielu
    the pork absorbed the fat, producing
    a smooth texture that melts in your mouth.
[16:54] Xielu
    Most of all...
[16:56] Xielu
    The crispness and
    fragrance of the vegetables.
[16:59] Xielu
    The effectiveness of the red-hot pot
    heated to the limit over a low heat
[17:02] Xielu
    exceeds that of a kitchen's high flame!
[17:05] Shirou
    Delicious!
[17:06] Shirou
    The fire techniques Zhou Yu
    taught Mao are the real deal!
[17:09] Mao
    Xie Lu, if you're that surprised
    by my twice-cooked pork,
[17:12] Mao
    your heart won't be able to
    handle what's next!
[17:14] Xielu
    You little...
[17:17] Like
    Now then, what kind of treasure has
    he hidden inside that burning boat?
[17:24] Shirou
    This is seriously heavy.
[17:26] Mao
    Be careful, Shirou.
[17:28] Mao
    Here we go.
[17:29] Mao
    We're going to drop this on the bow.
[17:31] Shirou
    Okay.
[17:32] Mao
    Ready, and...
[17:34] Both
    Go!
[17:39] Meili
    What is that?
[17:44] Meili
    A cow?
[17:45] Shirou
    It's a flaming cow!
[17:49] Shirou
    Mao, this is over-the-top, even for you!
[17:51] Shirou
    You're cooking a whole cow?!
[17:54] Xielu
    Hold on, Mao. This cow...
[17:57] Meili
    Mao, your cow is burnt to a crisp.
[18:02] Like
    If throwing an entire cow
    into a fire counted as cooking,
[18:05] Like
    nobody would struggle with fire techniques.
[18:08] Meili
    I can't believe Mao made a mistake...
[18:11] Mao
    I'm not making a beef dish.
[18:20] Shirou
    A whole cooked piglet
    was inside the cooked cow!
[18:25] Mao
    Liu Maoxing's Special Roast
    Suckling Pig is complete!
SIGN    Roast
SIGN    Suckling Pig
[18:31] Meili
    The grand champion of Guangdong cuisine.
[18:33] Meili
    Roast pig. That's my father's specialty!
[18:39] Mao
    Roasting the pig directly inside
    the high flame would burn it.
[18:43] Mao
    That's why I guarded it with a thick shell.
[18:45] Mao
    That way, even a high flame can be used
    like a low flame to cook meat evenly.
[18:50] Shirou
    But why did you use beef to guard it?
[18:53] Mao
    Because among the meats,
    beef has the best flavor.
[18:56] Mao
    I used its juices to give
    the roast pig a unique flavor.
[19:01] Mao
    The fat oozing out of the cowhide
[19:03] Mao
    produces a fragrance not at all
    inferior to a charcoal fire.
[19:07] Mao
    This is truly a special
    roast suckling pig dish.
[19:11] Leien
    I see. Impressive use of fire.
[19:14] Leien
    For the twice-cooked pork, you used
     a low flame as a high flame,
[19:17] Leien
    and for the roast pork, you used
    a high flame as a low flame.
[19:20] Xielu
    You made a flaming cow give birth to a pig.
[19:23] Xielu
    Your techniques are fearless, Mao!
[19:26] Xielu
    This fragrant smell!
[19:29] Xielu
    This glossy and dark caramel color!
[19:31] Xielu
    You prepared this by coating it
    in sugar water, didn't you?
[19:34] Xielu
    And the skin looks ready to burst.
[19:36] Xielu
    Has this contest been decided
    before I even take a bite?
[19:39] Xielu
    I'll still be eating it, though.
[19:44] Xielu
    Hey, wait...
[19:51] Like
    Not bad.
[19:58] Mao
    See that, Ya Kan?
[20:00] Mao
    This is the essence of cooking with fire.
[20:06] Yakan
    So you managed to impress Li Ke's tongue.
[20:11] Yakan
    No wonder the Kirin Chefs couldn't beat you.
[20:14] Shirou
    Feign composure all you want.
[20:16] Shirou
    We know you're so impressed,
    you can barely stand.
[20:18] Shirou
    You're running out of time.
[20:20] Shirou
    Why don't you start cooking
    already, Panther Head?
[20:26] Leien
    What is this?
[20:28] Leien
    Mao fought with impeccable techniques
    that reach to the essence of fire.
[20:34] Leien
    So what is this uneasiness I feel?
[20:39] Yakan
    Li Ke, how much time is left?
[20:41] Like
    Less than ten minutes.
[20:42] Yakan
    A little more than I need.
[20:53] Xielu
    Wh-What's happening?
[20:54] Shirou
    Steam is pouring off his body.
[20:57] Like
    Panther Head Ya Kan's Explosive Steam.
[21:01] Like
    The drinking water Lord Ya Kan
    always carries with him
[21:04] Like
    is for suppressing his incredibly
    high body temperature
[21:07] Like
    said to be several times hotter
    than a normal human's.
[21:11] Yakan
    Behold the land's largest fire!
[21:15] Like
    When he unleashes that heat,
[21:17] Like
    everything he touches
    is enveloped in flames!
[21:22] Yakan
    I see that you are a chef of an
    extraordinary scale, Liu Maoxing.
[21:28] Yakan
    But that's not enough to defeat me!
[21:38] Yakan
    Great Heavenly River of Fire!
SIGN    Great Heavenly
SIGN    River of Fire
[21:45] Mao
    The Yangtze River...
[21:46] Shirou
    ...is on fire!
[21:48] Yakan
    I am the Cooking Underworld's
    Five Tiger Star Ya Kan!
[21:51] Yakan
    Liu Maoxing, if you'll burn a boat,
[21:55] Yakan
    then I shall transform the Yangtze
    River into a sea of fire!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "At the End of the Yangtze River"
[23:56] Narration
    "At the End of the Yangtze River."

E17 - At the End of the Yangtze River
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[00:04] (Flashback) Yakan
    Behold the land's largest fire!
[00:08] (Flashback) Like
    When he unleashes that heat,
[00:10] (Flashback) Like
    everything he touches
    is enveloped in flames!
[00:13] (Flashback) Yakan
    I see that you are a chef of an
    extraordinary scale, Liu Maoxing.
[00:18] (Flashback) Yakan
    But that's not enough to defeat me!
[00:25] (Flashback) Yakan
    Great Heavenly River of Fire!
SIGN    Great Heavenly
SIGN    River of Fire
[00:32] (Flashback) Mao
    The Yangtze River...
[00:33] (Flashback) Shirou
    ...is on fire!
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
SIGN    Flaming Chef
[02:08] Yakan
    I am the Cooking Underworld's
    Five Tiger Star Ya Kan!
[02:11] Yakan
    Liu Maoxing, if you'll burn a boat,
[02:15] Yakan
    then I shall transform the Yangtze
    River into a sea of fire!
[02:19] Like
    Explosive Twice Cooked Pork
    and Roast Suckling Pig.
[02:23] Like
    Maoxing, you're quite impressive.
[02:26] Like
    However, Lord Ya Kan
    is a bit more impressive.
[02:31] Yakan
    Let's go, Li Ke.
[02:32] Like
    Yes, sir!
[02:35] Meili
    Why is she acting like she's our friend?
[02:38] Xielu
    He's not taking any ingredients or utensils.
[02:41] Xielu
    What's he planning to do with that boat?
[02:45] Leien
    What's that sound?
[02:52] Xielu
    Look. A ton of fish
    are floating to the surface.
[02:57] Like
    Lord Ya Kan, how are these?
[03:00] Yakan
    You've chosen well as usual, Li Ke.
[03:03] Mao
    Look at that bluish black back.
[03:05] Mao
    She's chosen exceptionally fresh black carp.
[03:09] Narration
    Black carp.
[03:10] Narration
    One of four major Chinese freshwater fish
    and luxury ingredient in Chinese cooking.
[03:15] Narration
    Its powerful jaw as well
    as the tail it waves
[03:17] Narration
    when it uses said jaw
    are considered delicious.
[03:21] Shirou
    But why did all those
    fish rise to the surface?
[03:24] Xielu
    Gunpowder.
[03:26] Xielu
    They set off gunpowder underwater.
[03:28] Xielu
    The fish knocked out
    by the blast floated to the surface.
[03:32] Xielu
    It's an effective method for catching
[03:34] Xielu
    large numbers of black carp,
    which live on the riverbed.
[03:37] Meili
    It's raining.
[03:39] Meili
    I have a bad feeling about this.
[03:41] Shirou
    What are you talking about?
    That's lucky for us.
[03:43] Shirou
    This'll put out his fire.
    His dishes will be ruined.
[03:47] Leien
    No. If anything, the fire appears
    to be burning even higher
[03:50] Leien
    as though it's fighting back
    against the rain.
[03:56] Yakan
    Let's go, Li Ke.
[03:58] Like
    Yes, sir!
[04:00] Mao
    They've already removed the guts
    and made deep uniform cuts.
[04:05] Mao
    Such speed.
[04:06] Xielu
    He doesn't mind this rain at all.
[04:09] Xielu
    What an unbelievable guy.
[04:11] Xielu
    He's heading straight into the flames.
[04:14] Xielu
    Is he trying to kill himself?!
[04:18] Yakan
    Behold my fire dance!
SIGN    Great Heavenly Wheel of Fire
[04:27] Yakan
    Great Heavenly Wheel of Fire!
[04:34] Xielu
    What's this?
[04:36] Xielu
    Ya Kan is swinging a bundle
    of carp inside the fire
[04:39] Xielu
    while the girl splashes
    something on the fish.
[04:43] Meili
    This isn't cooking, it's more like
    an exciting and magnificent dance!
[04:49] Xielu
    The power it takes to swing the fish
    is certainly impressive,
[04:52] Xielu
    but we should be focusing on the point
    where the carp cuts through the flames.
[04:59] Shirou
    He's just swinging them
    around like a madman.
[05:02] Mao
    No, it makes sense.
[05:04] Mao
    He's making the most of the centrifugal
    force resulting from the carp's weight.
[05:08] Meili
    Centrifugal force?
[05:09] Mao
    Li Ke is probably splashing them with sauce.
[05:13] Mao
    Since the cuts on their bodies
    cut deep towards the head,
[05:17] Mao
    the force causes the sauce to be
     absorbed rapidly as the fish is cooked,
[05:20] Mao
    while any excess sauce is removed.
[05:23] Mao
    Repeatedly applying the sauce and
    cooking the fish deepens the flavors.
[05:29] Leien
    Looks like he's finished cooking.
[05:37] Yakan
    Have a taste
[05:41] Yakan
    of my Great Heavenly Grilled Black Carp.
SIGN    Great Heavenly Grilled Black Carp
[05:44] Shirou
    You put on quite the show,
[05:46] Shirou
    but all you did was fry
    some fish over a fire.
[05:48] Xielu
    No, grilling fish is incredibly
    rare in Chinese cuisine.
[05:53] Xielu
    Because grilling a fish is such
    a simple cooking method,
[05:55] Xielu
    it requires great skill in the use of fire.
[05:57] Xielu
    I can tell you're quite confident
    in your fire techniques.
[06:03] Xielu
    It's so fragrant, the mucus
    membrane of my nose is melting.
[06:21] Mao
    Xie Lu?
[06:24] Xielu
    It's good. It's delicious.
[06:26] Xielu
    I hate to admit it, but it's so good,
    it's giving me goosebumps!
[06:32] Xielu
    The centrifugal force allowed
    the sauce to permeate the fish.
[06:35] Xielu
    Hard to believe he achieved this depth
    of flavor with such a short time.
[06:38] Xielu
    The force may have cast
    the mud off the fish,
[06:40] Xielu
    because there isn't the slightest
    whiff of it on the fish.
[06:43] Xielu
    But most unbelievable of all...
[06:46] Xielu
    is how well it's cooked!
[06:48] Xielu
    It's lightly browned, as though
    it was slowly cooked.
[06:51] Xielu
    Not only that, but it falls apart
    no matter where I stick my chopsticks.
[06:54] Xielu
    It's so uniformly cooked!
[06:56] Mao
    Uniform? That's impossible.
[07:01] Shirou
    Impossible?
[07:02] Mao
    Uneven browning is a distinctive
    quality of grilling anything.
[07:08] Mao
    Swinging the fish around inside
    that blaze should've dispersed the flames,
[07:12] Mao
    making the browning even more uneven.
[07:14] Mao
    What technique did he use?
[07:18] Yakan
    It's not about my skill
    with fire, Liu Maoxing.
[07:23] Yakan
    Let's move onto the main dish.
[07:27] Shirou
    Well, Xie Lu? Which dish is better?
[07:31] Xielu
    You idiot! I can't make that decision
    until I've eaten Ya Kan's second dish.
[07:36] Like
    Who's currently winning, then?
[07:40] Like
    How does Lord Ya Kan's dish
    compare to Maoxing's dishes?
[07:44] Xielu
    Don't be ridiculous!
[07:45] Xielu
    The nation's best Super Chef cooked
     two incredible dishes for me.
[07:49] Xielu
    They can't be compared to a single dish.
[07:52] Xielu
    That would give Mao the advan...
[07:57] Xielu
    Sorry. Let me think about it.
[08:00] Mao
    Xie Lu.
[08:03] Xielu
    Think about Mao's Explosive
    Twice Cooked Pork.
[08:07] Xielu
    The crisp texture of the vegetables
    cooked in that red-hot pan.
[08:12] Xielu
    The rich pork that absorbed the fat
    and slightly sweet and spicy sauce.
[08:18] Xielu
    Then there's his Roast Suckling Pig.
[08:21] Xielu
    The flavor of the beef fat and browned
    suckling pig were to die for.
[08:25] Xielu
    There shouldn't be a dish that can
    stand against these two great dishes
[08:28] Xielu
    that utilized both high and low flames.
[08:31] Xielu
    But that flaming jerk's dish
    involved swinging fish around
[08:35] Xielu
    like a madman inside a fire.
[08:39] Xielu
    The sauce permeated the fish,
    and the fish itself was fragrant.
[08:42] Xielu
    It was delicately and
    uniformly cooked. That said—
[08:47] Xielu
    Huh? No, wait. That's not...
[08:50] Xielu
    Could it be?!
[08:52] Like
    They're evenly matched, aren't they?
[08:56] Like
    Maoxing's two dishes and
     Lord Ya Kan's one dish.
[08:59] Like
    It's reasonable to think they're
    evenly matched. Right, Xie Lu?
[09:02] Xielu
    Damn it!
[09:03] Xielu
    That's right! They're equal!
[09:06] Xielu
    I'm sorry, Mao.
[09:08] Xielu
    But as a chef, I can't lie to my tongue.
[09:12] Xielu
    When it comes to heat and flavor,
[09:15] Xielu
    your dishes can't compare
    to Ya Kan's individually!
[09:21] Shirou
    Why? Why would you rule in
    favor of the Underworld?!
[09:25] Xielu
    Use your head, Shirou!
    This is hardest for me!
[09:29] Shirou
    But...
[09:32] Shirou
    It's time for his second dish.
[09:34] Shirou
    What's that flaming jerk
    going to do this time?
[09:39] Yakan
    My second dish shall be
    fried and boiled fish.
[09:44] Shirou
    Boiled fish?
[09:45] Shirou
    But he doesn't have a pot.
    How's he going to boil a fish?
[09:50] Shirou
    What?
[09:51] Shirou
    Ya Kan's fire is causing the surface
    of the Yangtze River to boil!
[09:55] Shirou
    That shouldn't be possible!
[09:57] Leien
    No, Panther Head Ya Kan always
    does what he says he'll do.
[10:03] Leien
    The leaders of the Cooking Underworld
    are more powerful than we imagined.
[10:08] Shirou
    Since Mao's two dishes are equal to his one,
[10:10] Shirou
    if he makes a second dish...
[10:12] Meili
    Mao's undefeated record...
[10:15] Leien
    Not even Mao could overcome the Five
    Tiger Stars' undefeated record.
[10:26] Xielu
    The rain is suddenly coming down harder.
[10:27] Xielu
    Look, there!
[10:30] Xielu
    It's putting out Ya Kan's wall of fire.
[10:36] Leien
    Not even Flaming Chef Ya Kan can use
    his fire skills in this pouring rain.
[10:47] Yakan
    It's a tie.
[10:49] Like
    Indeed. Regardless...
[10:52] Like
    You're quite the lucky boy, Maoxing.
[10:55] Yakan
    You're wrong, Li Ke.
[10:58] Yakan
    I finally understand what's
    holding you up, Liu Maoxing.
[11:03] Like
    What do you mean?
[11:06] Yakan
    Mengzi once said,
[11:08] Yakan
    "Those who follow heaven live,
    while those who defy heaven perish."
[11:15] Yakan
    Liu Maoxing.
[11:16] Yakan
    You are beloved by the heavens.
[11:21] Yakan
    That is why the superior chef Shao An lost
[11:26] Yakan
    two contests that determined his fate.
[11:32] Yakan
    None can defy the will of heaven.
[11:36] Yakan
    The heavens are continuing
    to choose you for now.
[11:42] Yakan
    Let us leave for today.
[11:44] Yakan
    However, next time will
     be different, Liu Maoxing.
[11:48] Yakan
    You should hone your skills until then.
[12:06] Mao
    The Cooking Underworld's Five Tiger
    Star Ya Kan was an incredible chef.
[12:12] Mao
    I want to beat him.
[12:13] Mao
    To do that, Ya Kan,
    I'll unravel your mysteries!
[12:21] Meili
    We successfully defended
    the legendary utensils,
[12:24] Meili
    but the undefeated Mao nearly
    suffered his first loss.
[12:27] Shirou
    That Ya Kan guy seemed awfully different
[12:29] Shirou
    from the other Underworld
    Chefs we've met until now.
[12:32] Xielu
    Yeah. He's not only skilled,
    but he has a dignified demeanor.
[12:37] Xielu
    He knew when to quit, too.
[12:39] Xielu
    It's a shame he has to be our enemy.
[12:42] Leien
    He's a true Five Tiger Star, one of
     the Underworld's strongest chefs.
[12:48] Mao
    It's true that at my current level,
    I couldn't possibly compete against him.
[12:53] Mao
    But I'll train 10—no, 20 times harder.
[12:58] Mao
    Next time, I'll win!
[13:15] Xiang
    Panther Head Ya Kan went too easy on you.
[13:19] Xiang
    His weakness is his immovable pride.
[13:24] Meili
    This voice.
[13:25] Xiang
    I can't believe he left behind
     the utensils that were right before him.
[13:35] Leien
    Oh, no. The Holy Copperware!
[13:37] Xielu
    Who's there?!
[13:40] Xielu
    Ten Feet of Blue Xiang!
[13:42] Xielu
    I've been wondering where you went
    since you went missing in Shanghai.
[13:46] Leien
    You failed to learn your lesson
    and showed up again.
[13:49] Xiang
    Liu Maoxing, beloved by heaven?
[13:53] Xiang
    Then I'll change the will of heaven myself.
[13:59] Xielu
    You still don't get it, you vixen?
[14:01] Xielu
    No matter how many times you challenge us
    with your shallow wit, it's pointless.
[14:05] Xielu
    Return the utensil, now!
[14:13] Xielu
    Who are you?
[14:17] Luoke
    I am Luo Ke the Multicolored Tiger.
[14:20] Luoke
    Are these the chefs from Guangdong
    who defeated Shao An in Shanghai?
[14:24] Xiang
    That's them.
[14:27] Xielu
    Crap! Protect the maps!
[14:33] Shirou
    Mao!
[14:38] Mao
    Master Luo gave us these important maps.
[14:41] Mao
    We won't let you have your way.
[14:43] Xiang
    What's the point in resisting, weakling?!
[14:46] Xiang
    Let go of the maps, Liu Maoxing.
[14:50] Both
    Mao!
[14:55] Mao
    Lei En!
[14:56] Mao
    The maps!
[15:05] Xiang
    They're mine!
[15:10] Xielu
    Lei En!
[15:16] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En!
[15:20] Xiang
    Three more to go.
[15:22] Mao
    Why, Xiang?
[15:23] Mao
    How can you be so cruel?!
[15:26] Xiang
    Two thousand years ago, Liu Bang
    chased down and destroyed Xiang Yu
[15:29] Xiang
    after supposedly making peace with him,
    then founded the Han dynasty.
[15:33] Xiang
    Even so, future generations
    don't call him a coward.
[15:36] Xiang
    Heaven's favor comes to those
    who seize opportunities,
[15:38] Xiang
    are unconstrained by feelings,
    and stick to their purpose.
[15:42] Xiang
    I'll rip the utensils, the maps,
    and your divine favor
[15:46] Xiang
    right out from under you.
[15:50] Mao
    You'll pay for this, Xiang!
[15:55] Mao
    What?
[15:56] Leien
    Stay back, Mao.
[15:57] Xiang
    What?!
[16:00] Xielu
    You won't be taking anything!
[16:04] Xielu
    Mao! Hold onto the utensils
    and stay right there.
[16:08] Xielu
    I won't let you trash lay a finger on Mao!
[16:13] Leien
    He's the culinary world's last ray of hope.
[16:18] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En...
[16:21] Leien
    This is your last chance to go, Xie Lu.
[16:23] Leien
    I can settle this on my own.
[16:26] Xielu
    Idiot, you think I'd let you
    heroically die alone?
[16:31] Leien
    You truly are an idiot.
[16:34] Xielu
    Right back at you!
[16:36] Xielu
    Now move!
[16:39] Luoke
    What are you doing?!
[16:44] Luoke
    They severed the chains!
[16:46] Luoke
    The boats are drifting apart!
[16:47] Xiang
    Let's steal the remaining maps and utensils!
[16:50] Luoka
    Got it—
[16:55] Xielu
    Stay down, morons.
[16:57] Mao
    I'm coming!
[16:59] Xielu
    I told you to stay put!
[17:02] Leien
    Get to land and head to the next utensil!
[17:06] Mao
    Not like this. Xie Lu, Lei En!
[17:10] Xielu
    Don't worry, Mao. We've got two maps.
[17:15] Xielu
    If we split up, we'll be able to
    gather the utensils faster.
[17:19] Mao
    But, Xie Lu...
[17:23] Xielu
    Mao, let's hold another shumai contest
    in the Yang Spring Restaurant's kitchen.
[17:29] Leien
    Smile, Mao. You're best when you're smiling.
[17:34] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En...
[17:38] Xielu
    You know what do yo, Shirou and Mei Li!
[17:41] Xielu
    You've gotta support Mao!
[17:43] Shirou
    Xie Lu!
[17:45] Meili
    Lei En!
[17:46] Both
    Let go!
[17:47] Xielu
    I don't think so.
[17:49] Leien
    This is your destiny.
[17:54] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En!
[18:09] Shirou
    Mao, how much farther to
    the Chrysanthemum Tower?
[18:12] Mao
    We're almost there.
[18:14] Shirou
    You've been saying that for three days, Mao.
[18:20] Shirou
    Your home, the Chrysanthemum Tower...
[18:23] Shirou
    is Szechuan's greatest
    state-run restaurant, right?
[18:26] Shirou
    How are they managing without you?
[18:34] Mao
    The shop's closed for now.
[18:36] Mao
    Keling is supposed to be
    taking care of the shop.
[18:46] Shirou
    This is how you spin a bamboo-copter. There.
[18:55] Shirou
    You suck, Mao.
[18:57] Mao
    Now you've said it, Shirou!
[19:02] Mao
    You little brat.
[19:03] Shirou
    Ow. That hurts, Mao!
[19:07] Meili
    Why is Mao trying so hard to smile?
[19:12] Meili
    It's only been half a month since then.
[19:24] Shirou
    Hey, Mao.
[19:26] Mao
    Huh?
[19:30] Shirou
    Quit spacing out, Mao!
[19:32] Shirou
    A Super Chef shouldn't burn his cooking!
[19:38] Mao
    Shirou, your dinner is ready.
[19:40] Shirou
    You're making me eat this? You suck, for real!
[19:45] Shirou
    Jeez, Mao. I can't eat this.
[19:47] Meili
    Mao is doing his best to pretend 
    to be cheerful, but...
[19:50] Mao
    Hey, cut that out.
[19:56] Meili
    I want to do whatever I can to help Mao.
[19:59] Meili
    I'll harvest some rare and
    delicious mountain vegetables.
[20:05] Meili
    That's an unusual mushroom. Isn't that...
[20:10] Meili
    Oof.
[20:12] Meili
    I'm sure Mao will cheer up
    if I bring these to him.
[20:15] Meili
    Almost there...
[20:23] Meili
    I've been saved?
[20:29] Zhuqi
    That was close.
[20:32] Meili
    Who are you?
[20:35] Meili
    Thank you. I'm so clumsy.
[20:39] Zhuqi
    Indeed. Given how clumsy you are,
    it's no wonder you fell down that ravine.
[20:45] Meili
    Listen, you—
[20:47] Zhuqi
    Hey, you're hurt.
[20:50] Zhuqi
    What a hopeless girl.
[20:52] Zhuqi
    Not only are you injured,
[20:53] Zhuqi
    but your hair's a mess,
    and your clothes are ruined.
[20:55] Zhuqi
    You couldn't be less attractive.
[20:59] Meili
    What do you know?! I've got my reasons!
[21:03] Meili
    I've been through a dangerous
    journey to get this far.
[21:08] Zhuqi
    I'm saying you're putting your
    unparalleled beauty to waste.
[21:13] Meili
    What?
[21:16] Meili
    Don't tease me!
[21:20] Zhuqi
    So, what are you doing
    here in these mountains?
[21:23] Meili
    What?
[21:24] Meili
    I was trying to get those mushrooms.
[21:28] Zhuqi
    And if you'd safely gotten your
    hands on them, you would've died.
[21:31] Meili
    Why?
[21:32] Zhuqi
    Those are poisonous east
    Asian brown death caps.
[21:36] Zhuqi
    Put one in your mouth,
    and you'll be dead within minutes.
[21:40] Meili
    What? Who are you?
[21:44] Zhuqi
    I'm Zhu Qui, head chef of
     the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[21:49] Zhuqi
    Don't you forget it.
[21:51] Meili
    Head chef of the Chrysanthemum Tower?
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Calamity at the Chrysanthemum Tower"
[23:57] Narration
    "Calamity at the Chrysanthemum Tower."

E18 - Calamity at the Chrysanthemum Tower
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[00:01] Meili
    It's true, Mao.
[00:03] Mao
    That's not possible, Mei Li.
[00:06] Meili
    He seemed to know a lot
    about cooking ingredients.
[00:09] Meili
    I bet he's the temporary head chef
    at the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[00:11] Shirou
    Yeah, right.
[00:13] Shirou
    He's not Mao. That brat couldn't
    possibly be the head chef.
[00:16] Mao
    I'm the head chef.
[00:18] Mao
    Beijing's Admiral Li decided that
    until I returned from my training,
[00:23] Mao
    the Chrysanthemum Tower would stay closed.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[00:34] Shirou
    The restaurant's open, Mao!
[00:36] Shirou
    And it's bustling.
[00:38] Mao
    That's not possible...
[00:40] Keling
    Mao? Is that you, Mao?!
[00:44] Mao
    Sis!
[00:48] Mao
    Sis!
[00:49] Keling
    Mao!
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:23] Mao
    I haven't been back in forever.
[02:25] Mao
    It's been a year and a half.
[02:27] Mao
    The inside of the shop
    hasn't changed at all—
[02:31] Mao
    Huh?
[02:33] Mao
    You changed to an open kitchen?
[02:37] Mao
    Sis, the shop was supposed to
    be closed. Why is it open?
[02:41] Mao
    Did something happen?
[02:42] Keling
    Well, there's actually a reason
    we had to open again...
[02:48] Zhuqi
    I'm delighted, my beautiful lady!
[02:50] Zhuqi
    You came to see me after all.
[02:52] Meili
    Let go of me, you pervert!
[02:54] Zhuqi
    You're no fun. I saved your life.
[02:57] Mao
    Mei Li, is this guy...
[03:02] Zhuqi
    Nice to meet you.
[03:03] Zhuqi
    I've been temporarily put in charge of
     the Chrysanthemum Tower's kitchen.
[03:07] Zhuqi
    My name is Zhu Qui.
[03:10] Zhuqi
    I can't believe I'm actually
    meeting the boy who became
[03:14] Zhuqi
    a world-famous Super Chef
    at my age, Master Mao.
[03:16] Zhuqi
    I'm overjoyed!
[03:18] Mao
    N-Nice to meet you.
[03:20] Mao
    Who is this guy?
[03:22] Zhuqi
    I know! Let's hold a banquet tonight
    to celebrate Mao's return.
[03:29] Zhuqi
    All right. The shop is reserved for today.
SIGN    Reserved For the Day
[03:32] Zhuqi
    Scribble, scribble, scribble...
[03:33] Zhuqi
    Check this out!
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower Fried Dough  Kung Pao Chicken  Fish and Eggplant  Mapo Tofu  Twice Cooked Pork  Roasted Wrapped Chicken  Guaiwei Noodles  Scorched Rice  Oxtail Soup  Longan Buns
[03:36] Zhuqi
    For the seventy of you gathered here,
    in honor of Master Mao,
[03:39] Zhuqi
    I, Zhu Qi, shall prepare seven
    servings of these ten dishes by myself
[03:43] Zhuqi
    with all my heart and soul right
    before your eyes!
[03:48] Mao
    Seventy servings of ten dishes by himself?
[03:51] Shirou
    He's showing off.
[03:53] Keling
    I think he might be a little different
    from the chefs you've met so far, Mao.
[03:57] Mao
    What?
[03:59] Zhuqi
    All right.
[04:00] Man C
    Hey.
[04:00] Man A
    We've been waiting!
[04:01] Man B
    Looking good, Zhu Qi!
[04:03] Mao
    Those are silver cooking chopsticks.
[04:05] Shirou
    They're so long!
[04:12] Zhuqi
    Here we go.
[04:18] Zhuqi
    All right!
[04:20] Shirou
    What?
[04:21] Mao
    He's so dexterous!
[04:24] Zhuqi
    Yes! Let's crank it up!
[04:35] Zhuqi
    Yakisoba.
[04:36] Zhuqi
    Fried dough.
[04:37] Zhuqi
    Steamed buns.
[04:38] Zhuqi
    Soup.
[04:39] Shirou
    His technique's incredible!
[04:41] Mao
    You're right.
[04:43] Mao
    That's not all, though...
[04:44] Zhuqi
    Kung Pao chicken, mapo tofu, 
    fish and eggplant, twice cooked pork...
[04:47] Mao
    His long chopsticks are full of joy,
[04:50] Mao
    and create a beautiful
    and comforting rhythm.
[04:52] Mao
    It makes the customers start dancing,
    caught in a whirlpool of pleasure.
[04:53] Zhuqi
    All right. Things are heating up.
[04:57] Mao
    This chef cooks in such a fun way.
[04:58] Shirou
    Wow. Looking good, buddy!
[05:08] Shirou
    It's delicious!
[05:10] Shirou
    They're all excellent dishes, Mao.
[05:12] Mao
    Yeah.
[05:14] Mao
    At first glance, it looks like he's
    carelessly striking the pot as a stunt,
[05:18] Mao
    but everything is cooked perfectly
    with just the right amount of oil.
[05:21] Zhuqi
    How's your injured foot?
[05:23] Meili
    Stop staring at me!
[05:26] Mao
    L-Listen, Zhu Qi...
[05:29] Mao
    I've never seen a chef have
    so much fun while he cooks.
[05:32] Mao
    You're amazing, Zhu Qi.
[05:34] Zhuqi
    Is that right?
[05:38] Zhuqi
    Did it look like I was having fun to you?
[05:44] Zhuqi
    I hate cooking.
[05:47] Mao
    Huh?
[05:59] Man V
    Hey, Zhu Qi. This is great.
[06:01] Zhuqi
    Is it?
[06:04] Zhuqi
    Mei Li, let's go check out the Leshan
     Giant Buddha sometime. How 'bout it?
[06:09] Meili
    What's wrong with you?!
[06:10] Man C
    Mei Li, be careful.
[06:10] Zhuqi
    Come on, Mei Li. It'll be fun.
[06:13] Mao
    He hates cooking?
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[06:22] Zhuqi
    Come on, Mei Li. The Chrysanthemum
    Tower is closed today, anyway.
[06:29] Zhuqi
    It's incredible. I promise
    you won't regret it.
[06:34] Meili
    I need to ask Mao, first.
[06:36] Zhuqi
    Don't be ridiculous.
[06:39] Zhuqi
    It's such a waste of your beauty
    to stay cooped up inside.
[06:42] Zhuqi
    You should dress yourself up
    and put yourself out there.
[06:47] Zhuqi
    Think about it.
[06:48] Meili
    But...
[06:50] Keling
    Mao.
[06:52] Keling
    I'll leave a change of clothes for you here.
[06:55] Mao
    Sis, the restaurant was supposed to
    stay closed while I was gone.
[06:59] Mao
    Why is it open?
[07:01] Keling
    Oh, I forgot to tell you yesterday.
[07:03] Keling
    It happened a month ago...
[07:07] (Flashback) Keling
    What? We need to open shop immediately?
[07:10] (Flashback) Luan
    That's right.
[07:11] (Flashback) Luan
    Do it for Szechuan.
[07:14] (Flashback) Luan
    Forty days from now, Prince Jiang
    will be visiting from Beijing
[07:18] (Flashback) Luan
    as part of a tour of the western border.
[07:23] (Flashback) Luan
    We must entertain him with dishes
    from the Chrysanthemum Tower,
[07:26] (Flashback) Luan
    Szechuan's greatest state-run restaurant.
[07:29] (Flashback) Luan
    If you can't do it, then the Chrysanthemum
    Tower will be closed forever.
[07:36] (Flashback) Keling
    It's such short notice, and Mao isn't around...
[07:39] (Flashback) Keling
    What are we going to do?
[07:40] Keling
    Just as I was at a complete loss...
[07:42] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    Beautiful girls shouldn't worry so much.
[07:47] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    This little chef would throw himself
    in harm's way to help a beautiful girl.
[07:53] Keling
    The confident young chef who showed
    up out of nowhere was Zhu Qi.
[07:58] Keling
    Though I was suspicious, I called
    the official to test Zhu Qi's skills.
[08:03] (Flashback) Luan
    He uses those silver chopsticks so skillfully.
[08:07] (Flashback) Luan
    It's beautifully made and has all
    the originality of Szechuan cuisine!
[08:14] (Flashback) Luan
    Marvelous! This will do!
[08:17] (Flashback) Luan
    Let's have him do it!
[08:19] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    Cooking should be so fun
    it makes your heart soar.
[08:23] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    Just like love.
[08:29] Keling
    In any case, we asked Zhu Qi
    to temporarily serve as head chef
[08:32] Keling
    until the prince's visit.
[08:34] Keling
    He's quite popular for saving the Chrysanthemum
    Tower and his exquisite flavors.
[08:41] Mao
    Sis, where did Zhu Qi come from?
[08:44] Keling
    He said he's from Inner Mongolia.
[08:47] Keling
    He lost his parents, who were
    also chefs, when he was young.
[08:51] Keling
    Between his natural talent
    and the way he cooks so joyfully,
[08:56] Keling
    Zhu Qi is kind of like you, Mao.
[09:00] Mao
    Me and Zhu Qi?
[09:04] Zhuqi
    Come on, Mei Li.
[09:04] Mao
    But he...
[09:06] Zhuqi
    Mei Li, are you listening?
[09:10] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    I hate cooking.
[09:19] Mao
    Huh?
[09:21] Meili
    Mao, I asked you to hold onto
    that floral hairpin.
[09:25] Mao
    That's odd.
[09:27] Meili
    It's a keepsake from my mother.
[09:29] Meili
    You take great care of your cookbooks,
    but you don't care about my stuff.
[09:35] Mao
    You haven't used it in months.
    Why do you need it all of a sudden?
[09:39] Meili
    Wh-Why does that matter?
[09:42] Meili
    I just felt like wearing it...
[09:50] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    You should dress yourself up
    and put yourself out there.
[09:54] Mao
    If it's that important, you
    should've held onto it yourself.
[10:05] Meili
    You jerk, Mao!
[10:07] Meili
    Forget it!
[10:09] Mao
    M-Mei Li!
[10:20] Zhuqi
    Hey, that looks great on you.
[10:23] Meili
    But I could never wear
    something so expensive.
[10:26] Zhuqi
    What are you talking about?
[10:28] Zhuqi
    The highest quality products
    look best on a beautiful girl!
[10:32] Shirou
    Well, they do say even a plain girl
    looks beautiful at the peak of her youth.
[10:36] Meili
    Mind your own business.
[10:41] Mao
    I've got to defend my pride as a Super Chef.
[10:45] Shirou
    Why are you cooking
    something so elaborate, Mao?
[10:50] Mao
    I made Mei Li a little angry earlier.
[10:53] Mao
    I'm making this as a sign of reconciliation.
[10:55] Shirou
    Huh.
[10:57] Mao
    Mei Li will be so surprised.
[10:59] Mao
    She might even say, "Oh, wow!"
[11:02] Meili
    Oh, wow!
[11:05] Meili
    Rainbow mooncakes!
[11:08] Zhuqi
    I made them for you, beautiful.
[11:10] Zhuqi
    I know. Since you're from the
    east where the moon rises,
[11:13] Zhuqi
    I'll call you "Moon Empress."
[11:14] Zhuqi
    As is the custom, I offer these
    mooncakes to the moon goddess.
[11:19] Zhuqi
    Let's eat these together
    at the Leshan Giant Buddha.
[11:25] Man A
    Zhu Qi, you jerk.
[11:27] Zhuqi
    Huh?
[11:27] Man A
    You move on girls
    as quickly as you cook, huh?
[11:31] Zhuqi
    Don't tease me.
[11:32] Man B
    Be careful, Mei Li.
    He's got a silver tongue.
[11:36] Zhuqi
    Seriously, stop.
[11:46] Shirou
    Looks like you're too late.
[11:48] Zhuqi
    Come on, Mei Li.
[11:50] Meili
    But...
[11:52] Zhuqi
    Hold on tight.
[11:54] Meili
    Wait a second, Zhu Qi.
[11:56] Zhuqi
    I promise you won't regret it.
[11:59] Meili
    What?
[12:00] Zhuqi
    Hup!
[12:04] Mao
    What?
[12:18] Mao
    No way. Mei Li...
[12:25] Zhuqi
    Impressive, right?
[12:26] Zhuqi
    Its head is 13.3 meters tall, and
    the whole thing is 64.5 meters tall.
[12:31] Zhuqi
    It's the biggest Buddha in China.
[12:33] Meili
    It must've taken a long time
    to carve this into a cliff.
[12:38] Zhuqi
    It took 90 years to sculpt
    during the Tang dynasty.
[12:41] Zhuqi
    I just looked that up earlier.
[12:44] Zhuqi
    Have some of these.
[12:49] Meili
    They're so good!
[12:51] Zhuqi
    Broad beans, tomatoes, kabocha squash.
[12:54] Zhuqi
    I mixed all kinds of stuff into the skins.
[12:56] Meili
    Lotus seeds, coconut, rainbow bean jam...
[13:00] Meili
    Not only are they delicious,
    but they're varied and small,
[13:02] Meili
    so you don't get tired of them.
[13:03] Zhuqi
    Whether it's cooking or a date,
    once you bore someone, it's over.
[13:06] Meili
    A date? But, I...
[13:09] Zhuqi
    Hey, Mei Li.
[13:11] Zhuqi
    Why don't we go make another
    rainbow-colored memory together?
[13:14] Meili
    What?
[13:24] Zhuqi
    We're here.
[13:29] Meili
    Huh?
[13:30] Meili
    What's supposed to be here?
[13:36] Shirou
    I found Zhu Qi's white horse.
[13:38] Shirou
    Looks like the two of them are here, boss.
[13:42] Shirou
    This way.
[13:50] Zhuqi
    Turn around on my signal.
[13:52] Meili
    O-Okay...
[13:54] Zhuqi
    Ready, and...
[13:58] Meili
    There's a rainbow around our shadows.
[14:01] Zhuqi
    This is the legendary Buddha's light.
[14:03] Zhuqi
    They say it only appears
    for highly compatible couples.
[14:07] Meili
    It's so pretty...
[14:18] Mao
    What?
[14:49] Zhuqi
    Sorry about earlier, Mei Li.
[14:53] Zhuqi
    But since the moment we met,
    I've been serious about you.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[15:18] Mao
    Welcome back, Mei Li.
[15:20] Mao
    You went to see the Leshan
    Giant Buddha with Zhu Qi, huh?
[15:23] Mao
    How was it?
[15:25] Meili
    Yeah. It was fun.
[15:29] Mao
    I'm sure it was.
[15:30] Mao
    Zhu Qi is a fun guy.
[15:33] Meili
    Listen, Mao. We went to
    Mount Emei afterward, and...
[15:39] Meili
    While we were there...
[15:45] Meili
    While we were there,
    Zhu Qi suddenly told me that he...
[15:53] Meili
    He said he loves me.
[15:55] Meili
    I'm sure he was joking, but since
    it was so sudden, I was surprised.
[16:00] Mao
    Really?
[16:02] Mao
    Zhu Qi sure is assertive.
[16:05] Mao
    I can't beat him.
[16:07] Mao
    Maybe I'll have him teach me what to do
[16:09] Mao
    for when I finally fall in love with a girl.
[16:23] Meili
    I bought you something.
[16:26] Meili
    Bean sprouts.
[16:28] Meili
    Apparently they're quite rare.
[16:30] Mao
    Bean sprouts? Let me see.
[16:51] Mao
    What was that for?
[17:00] Mao
    This pendant...
[17:03] Mao
    This is the jade pendant I gave to Mei Li...
[17:07] (Flashback) Meili
    Thank you, Mao! I'll cherish it!
[17:11] (Flashback) Meili
    I'll think of this as part of you
    and treasure it for life!
[17:17] Mao
    Does this mean...
[17:21] Mao
    she's returning this?
[17:33] Mao
    Mei Li. Mei Li.
[17:36] Mao
    I'd always just assumed.
[17:47] Mao
    That even if I didn't say anything, 
    you'd always stay with me*!
[18:06] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    Sky Soaring Great Sage Zhu Qi.
[18:08] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    Liu Maoxing holds the key to
    acquiring the legendary utensils.
[18:13] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    You must do whatever it takes
    to drag him into the Underworld.
[18:17] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    And to do that, you must crush his spirit.
[18:29] Keling
    Mao, it's hard to believe
    you made these dishes.
[18:34] Keling
    Even my unrefined palette can tell.
[18:39] Keling
    Isn't unleashing the eight
    utensils your new goal?
[18:43] Keling
    Pull yourself together.
[18:45] Keling
    Fortunately, Zhu Qi has come
    to the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[18:48] Keling
    You don't need to worry anymore.
[18:52] Zhuqi
    Yeah, you can rest easy now.
[18:55] Mao
    Zhu Qi.
[18:58] Zhuqi
    You don't need to worry
    about the restaurant, Mao.
[19:01] Zhuqi
    The customers keep pouring in,
    and business is booming.
[19:04] Zhuqi
    I'll make sure to properly
    entertain the prince, too.
[19:10] Mao
    You don't get it, Sis.
[19:12] Mao
    Zhu Qi and I are opposites.
[19:15] Mao
    After all, this guy hates cooking!
[19:19] Mao
    I can't trust this clown to cook
    for the prestige of Szechuan!
[19:26] Mao
    I'll say this, Zhu Qi.
[19:28] Mao
    I'm the one who inherited Master Bei's flavors. 
    The Chrysanthemum Tower is my restaurant!
[19:32] Mao
    Now that I'm back, I'll cook for the prince!
[19:38] Zhuqi
    I don't think so.
[19:41] Zhuqi
    Does it really matter whether
     I love or hate cooking?
[19:46] Zhuqi
    All that matters is how
     the final product tastes.
[19:52] Zhuqi
    Besides, Mao, don't you think
    you're being a bit too selfish?
[19:57] Zhuqi
    You spend your time wandering aimlessly,
[19:59] Zhuqi
    but now that you're back,
    you're trying to take this job from me?
[20:04] Mao
    What?!
[20:05] Zhuqi
    That's enough of that. The country's best
    Super Chef shouldn't lose his temper.
[20:10] Zhuqi
    Or is there some other 
    reason you're angry with me?
[20:20] Mao
    No! In any case, I can't
    trust you to handle it!
[20:27] Zhuqi
    Then we'll have to settle this
    with a cooking contest.
[20:31] Mao
    Bring it on.
[20:33] Keling
    Mao...
[20:35] Mao
    Your chopstick waving antics
    can't beat me, Zhu Qi!
[20:39] Zhuqi
    Oh, yeah? Then let me tell you this.
[20:42] Zhuqi
    About your dishes, Mao...
[20:45] Zhuqi
    Your Yuxiang shredded pork
    contains too much ginger.
[20:48] Zhuqi
    You forgot to put sesame oil
    in your dandan noodles.
[20:53] Zhuqi
    And your mapo noodles would taste better
[20:56] Zhuqi
    with a single teaspoon of grated garlic.
[21:00] Mao
    How... How did you know?
[21:03] Mao
    You haven't even tasted them.
[21:06] Zhuqi
    I have a warning for you.
[21:10] Zhuqi
    Until you solve that mystery,
    you'll never be able to defeat me.
[21:23] Official A
    Did you hear the news?
[21:25] Official B
    You mean the cooking contest
    at the Chrysanthemum Tower?
[21:28] Official A
    I thought that skilled young chef Zhu Qi
    was going to cook for the prince.
[21:33] Official A
    Apparently a second skilled young chef
    has returned from Guangdong.
[21:40] Fei
    Really? Who?
[21:43] Official B
    They say he's a prodigy who became
    the youngest Super Chef ever.
[21:48] Official B
    His name is Liu Maoxing.
[21:52] Fei
    I see.
[21:54] Fei
    So you've returned to*
    the Chrysanthemum Tower, Mao.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Feelings Entrusted to the Duck"
[23:56] Narration
    "The Feelings Entrusted
     to the Duck."

E19 - The Feelings Entrusted to the Duck
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SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[00:04] Luan
    The sacred cooking contest to determine
    which chef will cook for the prince
[00:10] Luan
    will now begin!
[00:14] Mao
    I refuse to lose to you, Zhu Qi!
[00:18] Zhuqi
    Please go easy on me, Mr. Super Chef.
[00:22] Luan
    First, the subject and judge
    of this contest shall be—
[00:25] Meili
    Wait, please.
[00:32] Mao
    M-Mei Li!
[00:34] Luan
    What is it, girl?
[00:35] Meili
    Governor Luan, forgive my insolence,
[00:40] Meili
    but for the battle between
    Guangdong Super Chef Master Mao
[00:43] Meili
    and Master Zhu Qi of Inner Mongolia...
[00:46] Meili
    I request that I be allowed 
    to judge their contest.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:27] Luan
    Mei Li, do you understand
    how important this contest is?
[02:31] Luan
    To start, you're Mao's traveling companion.
[02:34] Luan
    Wouldn't your judgment be biased?
[02:38] Meili
    Master Mao is merely my traveling companion.
[02:40] Meili
    I have no further feelings for him.
[02:43] Meili
    Furthermore, I am the daughter of Zhou Yu
    of the Yang Spring Restaurant in Guangdong.
[02:47] Meili
    I swear by Heaven and Earth that my tongue
    will not be affected by any personal biases.
[02:55] Luan
    What a fortunate coincidence!
[02:57] Luan
    It just so happens that I have
    a terrible sense of taste!
[03:00] Luan
    And if it comes to it, I can dump
    all responsibility on this girl.
[03:05] Luan
    Very well!
[03:06] Luan
    Mei Li, I appoint you judge of this contest.
[03:10] Meili
    Thank you.
[03:14] Shirou
    Sis, what do you mean you're 
    just traveling companions?
[03:17] Shirou
    What was all that time we spent together?
[03:21] Shirou
    Mao's gonna be too shocked to cook—
[03:28] Mao
    Thank you, Mei Li.
[03:30] Mao
    I've made up my mind.
[03:31] Mao
    Once I've cooked a dish
    tastier than Zhu Qi's,
[03:34] Mao
    for the first time, I'll be able
    to tell you how I truly feel.
[03:38] Mao
    I'll cook you a dish that
    will reach your heart.
[03:42] Mao
    All right!
[03:44] All
    He's really fired up!
[03:46] All
    That's it, Mao!
[03:47] Keling
    Keep it together, Mao!
[03:49] Shirou
    They're competing both for
     the right to cook for the prince,
[03:51] Shirou
    but also for Mei Li.
[03:54] Shirou
    Zhu Qi possesses some kind of
     strange power, though.
[03:57] Shirou
    It might be a struggle.
[03:59] Fei
    I wouldn't worry about that.
[04:00] Shirou
    Huh?
[04:01] Fei
    Nobody can compete with that spirit.
[04:05] Fei
    Just like I couldn't then.
[04:09] Shirou
    You're right. There's no way Mao will lose!
[04:12] Shirou
    You know what you're talking about, Mister!
[04:16] Zhuqi
    I can't believe you're judging this contest.
[04:21] Zhuqi
    But there's no turning back now.
[04:23] Zhuqi
    This must be fate.
[04:25] Zhuqi
    Forgive me, Mei Li.
[04:30] Luan
    I shall now announce
    the theme of this contest.
[04:32] Luan
    An ingredient as high-class
    as pork or chicken...
[04:36] Luan
    Duck!
[04:39] Shirou
    They're so big and round!
[04:42] Keling
    I've heard of these high-class ducks...
[04:45] Keling
    They're Peking ducks!
[04:47] Luan
    Indeed. I had the genuine article shipped
    in from Chengdu this morning.
[04:52] Luan
    You have two hours to cook.
[04:54] Luan
    You may use any and all ingredients.
[04:57] Luan
    Let the cooking begin!
[05:05] Mao
    All right. These will do.
[05:06] Keling
    He's choosing fat ducks
    with lustrous feathers.
[05:10] Shirou
    Mao's full of determination.
[05:12] Shirou
    How about Zhu Qi?
[05:17] Shirou
    He's so fast.
[05:18] Shirou
    He already finished removing the feathers
    and is starting to boil his duck.
[05:23] Zhuqi
    Here we go.
[05:25] Zhuqi
    You can't have duck without these.
[05:29] Shirou
    Century eggs?
[05:30] Keling
    What's he going to do with those?
[05:35] Man A
    He's crushing the yolk of the century eggs
    and mixing it into his dough?
[05:39] Man A
    Which means...
[05:40] Shirou
    Noodles.
[05:41] Shirou
    He's using century eggs instead
    of normal eggs as a thickener?
[05:45] Keling
    I'm not sure what's happening,
    but it's amazing.
[05:50] All
    His long chopsticks are stretching
    the noodles right before us!
[05:53] All
    Duck broth and century egg noodles!
[05:55] All
    A duck noodle dish
    featuring all kinds of duck!
[05:57] Zhuqi
    Watch this, Mei Li. This...
[06:01] Zhuqi
    is how I feel!
[06:03] All
    Showoff!
[06:05] All
    That's it, lady-killer!
[06:06] Zhuqi
    What do you think, Mao?
[06:09] All
    He's hanging his plucked
    ducks by their necks!
[06:12] All
    Which means he's making
    the quintessential duck dish!
[06:15] Mao
    Exactly.
[06:17] Mao
    China's most luxurious dish, Peking duck!
[06:23] All
    Peking duck...
[06:25] All
    The extravagance of roasting a whole duck
[06:27] All
    and consuming only the crisp fatty
    skin, discarding the interior.
[06:32] All
    The moment you stuff your mouth full of duck
[06:34] All
    wrapped in thin skins with onions
    and soy mash is supreme bliss.
[06:39] Shirou
    It's truly the most quintessential dish!
[06:41] Shirou
    Impressive as always, Mao!
[06:52] Fei
    This aroma...
[06:54] Fei
    This is no ordinary Peking duck, Mao.
[06:57] Mao
    Mei Li, you won't be disappointed
[07:00] Mao
    by my special Paradise Peking Duck!
[07:07] All
    Zhu Qi's ingenious duck noodles versus
    Mao's quintessential Peking duck!
[07:11] All
    Neither one is backing down!
[07:13] All
    What kind of Peking duck will you cook, Mao?
[07:17] Zhuqi
    You've become self-complacent, Mao.
[07:20] Zhuqi
    You're about to lose everything.
[07:24] Zhuqi
    That's right. Everything.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[07:30] Luan**
    Time's up.
[07:32] Luan
    Chefs, have you finished cooking?
[07:35] Zhuqi
    Yup, I'm all done!
[07:37] Zhuqi
    Judge my dish first.
[07:41] Meili
    Why are you sticking
    your face right in mine?
[07:45] Zhuqi
    I want to see your cute look
    of surprise up close.
[07:49] Meili
    Don't try to flatter me.
[07:51] Zhuqi
    I know.
[07:52] Zhuqi
    Come on. Taste my noodles
    before they get soggy.
[07:58] Zhuqi
    Zhu Qi's special Sunshine Dandan Noodles!
SIGN    Sunshine Dandan Noodles
[08:01] Meili
    It's... It's beautiful...
[08:02] Zhuqi
    I modeled it after your
    sunflower-like qualities.
[08:07] Shirou
    He's using tricks she'll fall for again.
[08:10] Meili
    What are the petals made of?
[08:13] Zhuqi
    Ground duck breast and steamed duck feet.
[08:18] Zhuqi
    It's a Zhu Qi original.
[08:20] Meili
    D-Duck feet?
[08:27] Meili
    The texture is so soft and springy!
[08:30] Meili
    Have these always tasted so good?
[08:32] Zhuqi
    Now try some of that mashed fish
    underneath the sunflower with the noodles.
[08:38] Meili
    O-Okay.
[08:44] Meili
    The noodles are endlessly rich
    and powerfully springy.
[08:48] Meili
    It's the power of the century
    eggs he mixed in.
[08:51] Meili
    The mashed fish was fried
    with plenty of chili bean paste,
[08:53] Meili
    and the rich duck broth soup
    comes oozing out.
[08:57] Meili
    It's a luxurious dish that allows you
    to fully experience all the duck's flavors.
[09:01] Meili
    It's ideal for Szechuan-style
    imperial court cuisine!
[09:05] Luan
    Impressive. I'm sure the prince
    would enjoy it, as well.
[09:12] All
    Nice work, Zhu Qi!
[09:13] Zhuqi
    This multi-layered duck dish expresses
    the depth of my love for you, Mei Li!
[09:22] Shirou
    Damn that Zhu Qi...
[09:24] Shirou
    He's getting ahead of himself.
[09:26] Fei
    His dish is certainly excellent,
[09:29] Fei
    but it's too ordinary a dish
    to compete with Mao.
[09:32] Fei
    Could Zhu Qi be up to something?
[09:38] Luan
    Next, Mao.
[09:44] Mao
    Mei Li, I made this dish
    as both a Super Chef
[09:48] Mao
    and a man after your heart.
[09:56] Mao
    Liu Maoxing's special Paradise Peking Duck!
SIGN    Paradise Peking Duck
[10:02] Keling
    How is that Peking duck, Mao?
[10:04] Mao
    They're special steamed dumplings made only
    from stuffed Peking duck wings.
[10:11] Keling
    I see. Peking duck is typically
    eaten by wrapping it in thin skins.
[10:16] Keling
    He reversed the idea by wrapping
    the ingredients inside the skin.
[10:20] Shirou
    What effect will it have?
[10:35] Meili
    It's delicious. Truly.
[10:39] Meili
    The juices ooze out of the duck
    you used for the dumpling skins.
[10:44] Meili
    They're perfectly steamed,
    but they haven't lost their crispiness.
[10:48] Meili
    The stuffing uses vegetables
    such as the mushrooms
[10:50] Meili
    and Manchurian rice
    Szechuan is famous for.
[10:52] Meili
    The rich flavor of the duck is presented
    with an excellent texture.
[10:57] Meili
    Then there's this aroma.
[10:59] Meili
    The sugar water you used to glaze
    and season the duck
[11:03] Meili
    is mixed with the smell of fruit.
[11:06] Meili
    Pineapple, lychee, peach.
[11:10] Meili
    They draw out the flavors of the duck
    in a refreshing and lustrous manner.
[11:16] Meili
    I alone understand, Mao.
[11:20] Meili
    I know the meaning behind
    this dish you made as a man.
[11:25] Meili
    I know why you used these fruits.
[11:29] Meili
    When the restaurant was closed,
    we ate pineapple on the beach.
[11:30] (Flashback) Mao
    This looks just like your hair.
[11:32] (Flashback) Meili
    Oh, come on.
[11:34] Meili
    We secretly ate lychee together on the roof.
[11:38] (Flashback) Mao
    Happy birthday, Mei Li.
[11:38] Meili
    On my 15th birthday, you made
    sweet buns filled with peach.
[11:44] Meili
    This is the sweet and sour
    fragrance of paradise
[11:48] Meili
    that we'd left behind in our
    homeland of Guangdong.
[11:51] Meili
    I understand the weight of all the precious
    moments we spent together, Mao.
[11:58] Meili
    I hear you loud and clear.
[12:03] Meili
    You entrusted your feelings to this aroma.
[12:07] Meili
    Mao, thank you.
[12:12] Mao
    Mei Li...
[12:16] Shirou
    Jeez. Those two are always causing trouble.
[12:19] Shirou
    If Mao wins this contest,
    that'll settle the issue.
[12:37] Mao
    Mei Li!
[12:43] Mao
    Mei Li. Wake up, Mei Li!
[12:45] Zhuqi
    Mei Li!
[12:46] Shirou
    Sis!
[12:48] Zhuqi
    Move!
[12:49] Zhuqi
    She's got a fever, and her pulse is weak.
[12:52] Zhuqi
    Keling, get a doctor!
[12:54] Keling
    Got it.
[12:58] Keling
    Mei Li, hang in there.
[13:01] Mao
    Mei Li!
[13:02] Zhuqi
    Mao.
[13:05] Zhuqi
    These mushrooms you put in your dumplings...
[13:08] Zhuqi
    You know what these are, don't you?
[13:11] Mao
    They're hen-of-the-woods, obviously.
[13:14] Zhuqi
    This is no laughing matter, Mao.
[13:17] Zhuqi
    They look similar, but these
    are east Asian brown death caps.
[13:20] Zhuqi
    They're poisonous mushrooms!
[13:23] Mao
    You're lying!
[13:24] Mao
    I can tell the difference
    between hen-of-the-woods
[13:26] Mao
    and east Asian brown death caps!
[13:28] Mao
    I made sure I was using the right ones.
[13:32] Mao
    This tingling sensation...
[13:37] Mao
    No. That's impossible...
[13:41] Zhuqi
    Hen-of-the-woods and east
    Asian brown death caps.
[13:45] Zhuqi
    Amateurs often confuse the two.
[13:47] Zhuqi
    But it's not a mistake a chef should make.
[13:50] Zhuqi
    Mao, you don't deserve to cook
    for the prince, much less be a chef!
[14:07] Shirou
    Mao!
[14:08] Fei
    Wait.
[14:09] Shirou
    Huh?
[14:11] Fei
    There's something I want to ask you.
[14:20] Mao
    I checked. I know I checked.
[14:24] Mao
    I checked over and over that they
    weren't east Asian brown death caps.
[14:37] Mao
    I've lost everything.
[14:46] Mao
    Mom, I can't keep going.
[14:52] Mao
    If it's going to hurt this much...
[14:55] Mao
    If it's going to be this painful,
    I can't keep being a chef.
[15:02] Mao
    I don't deserve to wear
    this Super Chef's crest.
[15:09] Fei
    You're still just a kid.
[15:14] Fei
    You're playing into the enemy's hands.
[15:18] Mao
    What are these?
[15:20] Fei
    The chopsticks Mei Li used.
[15:22] Fei
    They're coated with a slow-acting poison.
[15:24] Mao
    Poison?
[15:25] Fei
    Mei Li had been using these chopsticks
    since she tasted Zhu Qi's dish.
[15:31] Fei
    The poison finally started
    to affect her after she ate your dish.
[15:37] Fei
    Think about it.
[15:40] Fei
    Who would've thought to use her chopsticks
[15:43] Fei
    and had the opportunity
    swap your hen-of-the-woods
[15:46] Fei
    for east Asian brown
    death caps and frame you?
[15:51] Fei
    It's Zhu Qi.
[15:54] Mao
    Zhu Qi?!
[15:57] Mao
    Who are you?
[16:02] Mao
    Fei.
[16:04] Fei
    It's good to see you again, Mao.
[16:09] Narration
    Said to be China's most difficult
    and fiercest battle,
[16:13] Narration
    Guangdong's previous Super Chef Test.
[16:17] Narration
    Only two participants defeated numerous
    other chefs and passed the test.
[16:22] Narration
    Praised as stars who would someday
    shake the world of Chinese cuisine,
[16:28] Narration
    both were boys still in their teens.
[16:32] Narration
    One was Liu Maoxing, while the other...
[16:39] Narration
    was Lan Feihong.
[16:41] Narration
    After an entire year, the heavens
    have reunited these stars.
[16:49] Mao
    Fei, what are you doing here?
[16:51] Fei
    I'm currently a member of the kitchen
    staff accompanying the prince.
[16:56] Mao
    What? Which means...
[16:58] Fei
    That's right. I cook
    in the emperor's kitchen.
[17:02] Mao
    That's amazing!
[17:04] Mao
    You've already become a court chef, Fei!
[17:07] Fei
    Save your admiration for later.
[17:10] Fei
    I came running when
    I heard a cooking contest
[17:12] Fei
    was being held at the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[17:15] Fei
    I wasn't expecting to see
    you throw the match.
[17:21] Mao
    But, Fei, I refuse to believe
    that Zhu Qi poisoned Mei Li.
[17:25] Mao
    This contest happened
    because he fell in love with her.
[17:30] Mao
    Poisoning her in order to win would be
    putting the cart before the horse.
[17:34] Fei
    That's why I said you're still just a kid.
[17:37] Fei
    Think carefully on Zhu Qi's actions.
[17:42] Fei
    He entered the Chrysanthemum Tower
    and took your spiritual home from you.
[17:47] Fei
    He made advances on Mei Li
    in order to upset you
[17:51] Fei
    and challenged you to a cooking contest.
[17:53] Fei
    Finally, he framed you
    during your competition.
[17:59] Mao
    No...
[18:00] Mao
    But why?
[18:01] Fei
    You still don't get it?
[18:03] Fei
    He has only one goal:
[18:05] Fei
    to destroy Liu Maoxing the chef
    beyond any hope of recovery.
[18:11] Fei
    You nearly fell for his plan.
[18:16] Fei
    It should be obvious what kind of
    person would be willing to use Mei Li
[18:20] Fei
    to accomplish that goal.
[18:23] Mao
    I see. So that's how it is...
[18:27] Mao
    I'm a fool.
[18:29] Mao
    Why didn't I notice who
    Zhu Qi truly is until now?
[18:37] Mao
    Fei, you saved me again.
[18:40] Fei
    I'm just making sure you keep your promise.
[18:44] Fei
    We swore we'd face
    each other again at the top.
[18:53] Fei
    Endlessly battling against you is my destiny.
[18:57] Fei
    It's my dream.
[18:58] Fei
    And it's also the promise
    I made to Master Bei.
[19:03] Fei
    Mao, if you're defeated here, I won't
     be able to keep pursing my dream.
[19:09] Mao
    Fei...
[19:14] Mao
    Thank you.
[19:15] Mao
    I'll challenge Zhu Qi to another contest.
[19:25] Fei
    What a troublesome kid.
[19:28] Fei
    Your little chick is about to
    take flight again, Master Bei.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[19:41] Zhuqi
    Are you serious?!
[19:43] Zhuqi
    You think I'd accept that?!
[19:48] Zhuqi
    What, you're back?
[19:50] Zhuqi
    What's the meaning of this?!
[19:52] Zhuqi
    Explain yourself!
[19:54] Mao
    What are you talking about?!
[19:56] Shirou
    Mao, huge news!
[19:58] Shirou
    Mei Li regained consciousness
    and gave her judgment.
[20:02] Shirou
    She said you won!
[20:04] Mao
    Why?
[20:06] Zhuqi
    Don't play dumb.
[20:07] Zhuqi
    You nearly killed the judge.
    How could you win?!
[20:11] Zhuqi
    I knew you were working together.
[20:13] Zhuqi
    You put on this farce in
    an attempt to set me up!
[20:17] Mao
    No, we didn't do that.
[20:19] Mao
    Things must have been hardest for Mei Li,
[20:24] Mao
    but she trusted me and my cooking.
[20:29] Mao
    Thank you, Mei Li.
[20:31] Zhuqi
    Are you listening to me?!
[20:33] Zhuqi
    I won't accept this.
[20:34] Zhuqi
    No matter how you look at it,
    I won this contest!
[20:39] Zhuqi
    What?
[20:40] Fei
    You can have Mei Li's chopsticks back.
[20:45] Zhuqi
    Could it be?
[20:46] Fei
    If you refuse to accept her judgment,
    then there's only one way to solve this:
[20:50] Fei
    with a rematch.
[20:53] Fei
    The subject will be duck once again.
[20:55] Fei
    We'll have Governor Luan judge the contest.
[20:58] Luan
    What? Who are you?
[21:02] Zhuqi
    Yeah! Who do you think you are?!
[21:05] Fei
    I am the emperor's Dragon Chef Lan Feihong.
[21:10] Fei
    I will oversee this contest.
[21:13] Luan
    D-Dragon Chef?!
[21:15] Luan
    The one said to be
    the imperial court's top chef?
[21:20] Luan
    As you wish!
[21:23] Zhuqi
    I don't believe this.
[21:25] Zhuqi
    Not only did they figure
    out the chopsticks,
[21:27] Zhuqi
    but a Dragon Chef has shown up.
[21:30] Zhuqi
    Just when I'd finally driven
    him to the breaking point...
[21:40] Mao
    Zhu Qi.
[21:41] Mao
    You're one of the Cooking Underworld's
    Five Tiger Stars, aren't you?
[21:47] Zhuqi
    H-He even figured out who I am.
[21:52] Mao
    Now that I know,
[21:55] Mao
    I won't show mercy.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Like the Phoenix"
[23:57] Narration
    "Like the Phoenix."

E20 - Like the Phoenix
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SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[00:04] All
    What an unusually large hot plate!
[00:07] All
    And he's ready to go!
[00:10] All
    Meanwhile, Mao...
[00:13] All
    He's cooking with just one pot, huh?
[00:16] Fei
    The tasting will begin in two hours.
[00:18] Fei
    The winner of this contest
    will cook for the prince.
[00:24] Fei
    Now... Begin!
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:01] Zhuqi
    Check this out.
[02:04] Zhuqi
    Watch as my chopsticks
    dance along this hot plate
[02:07] Zhuqi
    in a demonstration of my
    tribe's greatest cooking skills.
[02:09] Zhuqi
    First, leeks.
[02:11] Zhuqi
    Then comes the duck meat
    marinated in soy sauce, alcohol,
[02:14] Zhuqi
    ginger sauce, sugar, and sesame oil.
[02:23] Zhuqi
    I'll use every last inch
    of this piping hot plate.
[02:26] Zhuqi
    The truth worth of these long chopsticks
[02:28] Zhuqi
    is their ability to flip
    ingredients without cease!
[02:32] Zhuqi
    The scent of the fragrant pine
    firewood I carefully selected
[02:37] Zhuqi
    passes through this slatted hot plate,
    giving the meat a superior aroma.
[02:42] Zhuqi
    This traditional Mongolian recipe
    is the land's greatest grilled dish:
[02:46] Zhuqi
    Mongolian Barbecue!
[02:48] Zhuqi
    What do you think? For me,
    cooking is a performance.
[02:52] Zhuqi
    And cooking's ultimate
    performance is the aroma!
[02:57] All
    Keep it up, Zhu Qi!
[02:59] Zhuqi
    What do you think, Liu Maoxing?!
[03:04] Zhuqi
    What?!
[03:07] Zhuqi
    What's with that attitude? I don't like it.
[03:10] Zhuqi
    And what's this sweet, perfume-like smell?
[03:15] Zhuqi
    It's Szechuan's famous
    Luzhou Laojiao liquor.
[03:18] Zhuqi
    What's he planning on doing with that?
[03:23] Shirou
    Mao, he's winning over
    the hearts of the audience again.
[03:28] Shirou
    What are you gonna do about it?!
[03:31] Zhuqi
    There! This coriander's
     the finishing touch!
[03:35] Zhuqi
    Now my dish will become even more fragrant!
[03:37] All
    Looking good, Zhu Qi!
[03:39] Zhuqi
    How do you like that?
[03:41] Zhuqi
    I don't get it. What is he doing?!
[03:45] Zhuqi
    Hey, Liu Maoxing!
[03:47] Zhuqi
    What do you think you're doing?
[03:49] Zhuqi
    I'm cooking my heart out over here.
[03:51] Mao
    I'm taking this contest seriously.
[04:00] Fei
    Everyone fears what they don't know.
[04:05] Fei
    That's why Zhu Qi frightened
    and confused Mao.
[04:08] Fei
    But now that your true identity
    has been revealed...
[04:11] Fei
    Five Tiger Star Zhu Qi,
    it's your turn to fear him.
[04:16] Mao
    All right. It's done.
[04:19] All
    The flames are vanishing.
[04:22] All
    I see something.
[04:25] Shirou
    What is that?
[04:26] Keling
    An egg?
[04:28] Mao
    Zhu Qi, would you like a taste...
[04:31] Zhuqi
    What?
[04:33] Mao
    ...of the immortal flavor
    breathing inside this egg?
[04:36] Zhuqi
    What?
[04:37] Zhuqi
    Immortal flavor?
[04:41] Luan
    It's huge!
[04:43] Luan
    What kind of egg is this?
[04:47] Mao
    You'll known once you taste it.
[04:57] Shirou
    Inside the egg is...
[04:59] Keling
    A steamed duck?
[05:03] Luan
    It's finally time.
    I have to taste the dishes.
[05:06] Luan
    A steamed duck...
[05:07] Luan
    It looks white and simple.
[05:12] Luan
    Damn it! I have a terrible sense of taste.
[05:15] Luan
    There's no way I can taste subtle flavors!
[05:23] Luan
    What? No!
[05:25] Luan
    This is no duck!
[05:27] All
    What?
[05:28] Luan
    It's a super duck that has far
    surpassed the standard duck.
[05:32] Luan
    This intense flavor was amplified
    a hundred times over within the egg
[05:37] Luan
    and was reincarnated as...
[05:41] Luan
    A phoenix!
[05:42] Luan
    It's truly an immortal flavor that lives
    eternally in my tongue's memory!
[05:48] Mao
    Liu Maoxing's special
    Phoenix Bowl is complete!
SIGN    Phoenix Bowl
[05:55] Luan
    How did you produce this flavor?!
[05:58] Luan
    You hardly did anything
    that looked like cooking.
[06:02] Mao
    Look carefully at the egg shell.
[06:10] Luan
    Is this salt?
[06:12] Mao
    I encased the whole
    seasoned duck inside salt
[06:15] Mao
    hardened using egg whites to form the egg.
[06:19] Mao
    I laid down a nest made
    from thin strips of taro,
[06:22] Mao
    placed the egg in a pot
    full of Luzhou Laojiao,
[06:26] Mao
    burned off the alcohol,
[06:28] Mao
    and heated the egg while adding flavor.
[06:32] Mao
    All I had to do was wait
    for the alcohol to burn off.
[06:36] Mao
    It's not that I wasn't cooking.
[06:39] Mao
    Waiting is part of cooking, too.
[06:42] Zhuqi
    This brat...
[06:44] Mao
    The salt functioned as a steamer
    for evenly cooking the egg.
[06:48] Mao
    It prevents the flavor
    of the duck from escaping,
[06:51] Mao
    condensing and amplifying it instead.
[06:54] Mao
    It not only adds the aroma
    of grilled salt to the meat,
[06:56] Mao
    but also draws out
    the sweetness of the duck.
[06:59] Mao
    It's the ultimate steamer.
[07:03] Mao
    Additionally, the remaining
    fragrant grilled salt serves
[07:05] Mao
    as the perfect seasoning just
    before you bite into the duck.
[07:10] Luan
    Simple and strong flavors and preparation!
[07:13] Luan
    Mild flavor and dignity!
[07:16] Luan
    From the idea to the presentation,
    it is a dish fit to serve the prince!
[07:23] Shirou
    All right! Mao's as good as won!
[07:26] Shirou
    He's made a comeback!
[07:28] Zhuqi
    I see.
[07:31] Zhuqi
    Then let me show you my power.
[07:36] Luan
    I believe you prepared
    Mongolian Barbecue, correct?
[07:40] Zhuqi
    Give me one second.
[07:43] Zhuqi
    My dish...
[07:47] Zhuqi
    is not yet complete.
[07:50] Zhuqi
    All right. The time is ripe.
[07:57] Shirou
    He dug something up.
[07:59] Keling
    It's a muddy pot.
[08:05] All
    Is that a soup?
[08:07] Zhuqi
    Duck, Jinhua ham,
    dried sea cucumbers, dried squid,
[08:10] Zhuqi
    dried prawns, bamboo shoots,
    and shiitake mushrooms.
[08:13] Zhuqi
    I sealed the delicacies of land
    and sea inside this pot
[08:16] Zhuqi
    and boiled it low and slow
    to create the ultimate luxurious soup.
[08:21] All
    Its aroma is more complex
    and mellow than the grilled meat.
[08:27] Zhuqi
    I actually had this soup
    cooking from the start.
[08:31] Zhuqi
    The flame I used to heat the hot
    plate also heated the buried pot.
[08:38] Zhuqi
    Like Mao said, waiting is part of cooking.
[08:42] All
    Impressive, Zhu Qi!
[08:43] All
    So clever!
[08:47] Zhuqi
    This bottled barbecue that combines grilled
    meat and soup is my completed dish.
[08:55] Shirou
    Either way, that's odd.
[08:58] Shirou
    He dug up the pot like he knew
    when the soup would be done.
[09:02] Shirou
    How did he know when it would be ready?
[09:06] Mao
    That's his ability.
[09:08] Shirou
    What?
[09:09] Mao
    He guessed the flavors of my
    dishes without tasting them
[09:13] Mao
    and determined the doneness
    of the soup sealed inside the pot
[09:16] Mao
    without digging it up or opening it.
[09:18] Mao
    There's only one sense that can do that.
[09:21] Mao
    It's smell.
[09:23] Mao
    His keen nose allows him to determine
    the qualities of an ingredient
[09:26] Mao
    without touching it and accurately
    identify them without tasting them.
[09:35] Fei
    You noticed, Mao.
[09:37] Fei
    Then you must already know
    what his other secret is.
[09:42] Zhuqi
    Go ahead, Governor.
[09:46] Luan
    This combination of grilled meat and soup
    are playing a marvelously fragrant duet.
[09:53] Fei
    Zhu Qi's other secret will be
    revealed in this tasting.
[10:07] Luan
    Th-This flavor...
[10:10] Zhuqi
    Well, Governor?!
[10:12] Zhuqi
    I've combined China's most fragrant
    Mongolian barbecue with a bottled soup
[10:15] Zhuqi
    bursting with flavors derived
    from luxurious ingredients!
[10:20] Zhuqi
    The aromas of both dishes are mixed
    together in one miraculous dish!
SIGN    Bottled Barbecue
[10:25] Zhuqi
    There's no way it doesn't taste good!
[10:30] Luan
    It's disgusting.
[10:33] Zhuqi
    What?!
[10:35] Zhuqi
    What did you just say, you pig?
[10:41] Luan
    You're not qualified to be a chef.
[10:43] Zhuqi
    What?
[10:44] Zhuqi
    Who do you think I am?
[10:46] Zhuqi
    You shouldn't casually make
    such shocking remarks!
[10:50] Fei
    Zhu Qi.
[10:52] Fei
    We have the results
    of the governor's judgment.
[10:55] Zhuqi
    Hold on, Mr. Dragon Chef.
[10:57] Zhuqi
    I know this old man has
    an incredibly poor sense of taste.
[11:02] Zhuqi
    Why doesn't he tell us what fault
    he found in my flawless dish?
[11:06] Zhuqi
    Or are you working with them, too?
[11:09] Luan
    Silence, monkey.
[11:12] Luan
    I may have a poor sense of taste,
    but it's obvious even to me.
[11:15] Luan
    The exceptionally fragrant and richly
    flavored Mongolian Barbecue.
[11:19] Luan
    The Bottled Soup flavored with luxurious
    ingredients of the land and sea.
[11:24] Luan
    Each one is luxurious and well-made.
[11:28] Luan
    But when combined, they feel incomplete.
[11:33] Luan
    The crispy grilled meat becomes slimy,
    emphasizing its strong flavor.
[11:38] Luan
    The powerful smell of the grilled
    meat erases the flavors of the soup,
[11:42] Luan
    emphasizing only the unpleasant
    stench of the land and sea.
[11:46] Luan
    When tasted using only the nose,
    they still appear to play a duet of aromas.
[11:50] Luan
    But the contrasting strong flavors fight
    and erase one another.
[11:56] Luan
    It's a diffuse reflection of flavors!
[11:59] Zhuqi
    That's impossible!
[12:02] Fei
    Zhu Qi.
[12:04] Fei
    Let me ask you something.
[12:05] Fei
    After mixing the grilled meat and soup,
[12:07] Fei
    if you'd boiled your dish again,
    the flavors would've come together.
[12:12] Fei
    Why didn't you do that?
[12:15] Zhuqi
    B-Because if I had, the grilled meat
     would've lost its aroma.
[12:22] Zhuqi
    That's all. Are we done here?
[12:28] Fei
    Governor, could you please
    tell us your judgment?
[12:33] Luan
    It's hardly necessary for me
    to repeat my judgment, Lord Fei.
[12:39] Fei
    Very well.
[12:41] Fei
    The winner of the Chrysanthemum Tower
    Duck Contest is Super Chef Liu Maoxing.
[12:49] Mao
    All right! I did it!
[12:52] Shirou
    Yes!
[12:54] Keling
    Now Mao will have the honor
    of cooking for the prince.
[12:59] Shirou
    You're the phoenix, Mao!
[13:04] Mao
    I did it, Shirou!
[13:06] Meili
    Mao!
[13:10] Mao
    M-Mei Li...
[13:18] Meili
    Mao, I... I...
[13:24] Mao
    I'm glad you're all right.
[13:28] Meili
    Mao?
[13:32] Meili
    This pendant...
[13:35] Mao
    Mei Li.
[13:38] Mao
    Let's visit the Leshan
    Giant Buddha together.
[13:43] Meili
    Okay.
[13:45] All
    Good for you, Mao!
[13:47] All
    Ladykiller!
[13:49] All
    This contest is adjourned.
[13:51] All
    See you later, Mao.
[14:00] Zhuqi
    What do you want? The contest is over.
[14:04] Zhuqi
    Because I skipped tasting
    my dish at the end, I—
[14:06] Fei
    You're wrong.
[14:08] Fei
    It's not that you didn't taste it.
[14:11] Fei
    It's that you couldn't.
[14:14] Fei
    Zhu Qi.
[14:16] Fei
    You don't have a sense of taste, do you?
[14:23] Keling
    Zhu Qi has no sense of taste?!
[14:25] Shirou
    You mean he can't taste anything?
[14:28] Fei
    That's your secret.
[14:31] Fei
    It's the reason you hate cooking
[14:32] Fei
    and acquired your exceptional sense of smell.
[14:37] Fei
    Despite your skill as a chef,
[14:41] Fei
    your fixation on smell and
    last minute failure prove it.
[14:44] Fei
    Isn't that right, Five Tiger Star Zhu Qi?
[14:48] Zhuqi
    I'm impressed, Dragon Chef Lan Feihong.
[14:52] Zhuqi
    That's right. I'm Sky Soaring
    Great Sage Zhu Qi.
[14:57] Zhuqi
    Top-ranking chef of the Cooking
    Underworld, Five Tiger Star Zhu Qi.
[15:03] Keling
    No way. Zhu Qi.
[15:05] Keling
    Why did you join the Cooking Underworld?
[15:10] Zhuqi
    When I was a little kid,
    I lost my parents, who were chefs.
[15:16] Zhuqi
    I was all alone in the world.
[15:19] Zhuqi
    That day, standing alone in
    the middle of the Mongolian plains,
[15:23] Zhuqi
    I was just waiting for the wolves to eat me.
[15:26] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    Dad, Mom. I can't do it.
[15:30] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    I can't live alone out here.
[15:37] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    Don't rush to your death, boy.
[15:41] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    I shall grant you the power to live.
[15:44] Zhuqi
    The man who found me was
    Cooking Underworld leader,
[15:48] Zhuqi
    Dragon in the Clouds Kai You.
[15:52] Zhuqi
    I just happened to be gifted,
    so I trained my skills under Kai You
[15:57] Zhuqi
    and rushed up the Underworld's ladder.
[16:00] Zhuqi
    But one day, I fell ill.
[16:02] Zhuqi
    For ten days, I suffered from a high fever.
[16:07] Zhuqi
    And when it was over...
[16:12] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    My tongue!
[16:14] (Flashback) Zhuqi
    I can't taste anything!
[16:17] Zhuqi
    A chef without a sense of taste? Impossible.
[16:20] Zhuqi
    This means my death in
    the Cooking Underworld.
[16:24] Zhuqi
    What am I supposed to do?!
    What can I do from here?!
[16:29] Zhuqi
    That's when the blood of my
    equestrian people was awakened.
[16:34] Zhuqi
    The ability to detect both distant enemies
[16:36] Zhuqi
    and prey on the wind
    blowing across the plains.
[16:39] Zhuqi
    The sense honed by my tribe.
[16:42] Zhuqi
    My sense of smell.
[16:45] Zhuqi
    Instead of my sense of taste,
    I'd hone my sense of smell
[16:49] Zhuqi
    and rise up in the Cooking Underworld.
[16:52] Zhuqi
    I got on my hands and knees like a dog
[16:55] Zhuqi
    and trained my sense of smell
    like my life depended on it.
[16:58] Zhuqi
    And then, finally, I was
    promoted to Five Star Tiger.
[17:07] Zhuqi
    But I paid dearly for it.
[17:11] Zhuqi
    People were delighted by
    the flashy performances I put on
[17:14] Zhuqi
    using my long chopsticks and aromas.
[17:16] Zhuqi
    They happily ate my food.
[17:20] Zhuqi
    But I didn't know the joy of my own flavors.
[17:25] Zhuqi
    Of eating my own food.
[17:29] Zhuqi
    Gradually, I lost my love for cooking.
[17:34] Zhuqi
    All that's left now is hate.
[17:38] Zhuqi
    Mao, you're lucky.
[17:41] Zhuqi
    The more you cook, the more
    your love for cooking grows.
[17:48] Mao
    I understand now that you went
    through a lot of pain.
[17:51] Mao
    But no matter the reason,
[17:54] Mao
    I can't forgive you for poisoning Mei Li.
[18:03] Zhuqi
    That was a miscalculation.
[18:07] Zhuqi
    That's right. My plans were already starting
    to go off track from that moment.
[18:12] Zhuqi
    My plan to crush your spirit, Mao.
[18:17] Zhuqi
    I wasn't expecting Mei Li to do that.
[18:22] (Flashback) Meili
    I request that I be allowed 
    to judge their contest.
[18:28] Zhuqi
    Do you know how I felt when
    I poisoned Mei Li's chopsticks?
[18:39] Zhuqi
    It really was love at first sight, Mei Li.
[18:42] Zhuqi
    From the moment I met you in the mountains,
[18:45] Zhuqi
    not realizing you were Mao's friend.
[18:49] Mao
    Zhu Qi...
[18:52] Zhuqi
    Mao, I wish I could've met you sooner.
[18:57] Zhuqi
    But it's too late, now.
[19:06] Shirou
    His precious cooking utensils!
[19:08] Mao
    What do you think you're doing, Zhu Qi?
[19:11] Zhuqi
    I don't need these anymore.
[19:17] Fei
    Zhu Qi, where are you going?
[19:19] Zhuqi
    Who knows? I can't go back
    to the Cooking Underworld now.
[19:24] Zhuqi
    I'll go wherever the wind takes me.
[19:27] Fei
    You know the Underworld
    won't allow a loser to escape.
[19:34] Zhuqi
    What a beautiful sunrise.
[19:37] Zhuqi
    Things would be so much easier
    if it would melt my body away.
[19:46] Meili
    Zhu Qi, I'll never forget.
[19:52] Meili
    The taste of those mooncakes.
[19:55] Meili
    I'll never forget!
[20:02] Zhuqi
    Thanks.
[20:06] Mao
    That smile that seemed to melt
    into the deep red morning sun
[20:11] Mao
    was forever burned into the back of my mind.
[20:15] Mao
    I'll probably never forget the proud name
[20:18] Mao
    of Five Star Tiger Sky
    Soaring Great Sage Zhu Qi.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[20:31] Prince
    This Phoenix Bowl is a marvelous dish.
[20:36] Prince
    Fei, who cooked this dish?
[20:41] Fei
    Guangdong Super Chef Liu Maoxing.
[20:45] Fei
    The only man in this world
    who I consider my rival.
[20:50] Prince
    I want him.
[20:52] Prince
    I want him to cook in the court kitchen!
[20:55] Prince
    Do you think you could recruit him?
[20:59] Fei
    Recruit Mao?
[21:01] Fei
    I'm not sure I can.
[21:06] Fei
    He may seem docile, but he's quite stubborn.
[21:13] Shirou
    You did it, Mao!
[21:15] Shirou
    Now that we know this is a map of
    Chengdu, this'll take no time at all.
[21:19] Mao
    Yeah. The legendary utensil is in Chengdu.
[21:22] Mao
    Thanks for your help, Sis.
[21:24] Keling
    I'm glad I was able to be useful.
[21:26] Keling
    You're finally leaving, huh?
[21:29] Keling
    Huh?
[21:30] Keling
    Mei Li, what's wrong?
[21:33] Meili
    Um, Mao. Here...
[21:40] Mao
    Thanks, Mei Li!
[21:41] Mao
    You mended it for me.
[21:43] Meili
    I caused a lot of trouble this time.
[21:50] Keling
    See you later!
[21:52] Shirou
    All right! Fresh start!
[21:54] Mao
    The fourth utensil is right
    before our eyes in Chengdu!
[21:57] All
    Let's go!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Dazzling Dunhuang"
[23:57] Narration
    Next time, "Dazzling Dunhuang."

E21 - Dazzling Dunhuang
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[00:11] Xielu
    Sorry, I need a break.
[00:17] Leien
    At this rate, we'll never get there.
[00:19] Leien
    I'll acquire some horses
    from that village there.
[00:21] Leien
    I'll be right back.
[00:28] Xielu
    He's full of energy.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:04] Kaiyou
    We've acquired a marvelous
    bit of information.
[02:06] Kaiyou
    Ya Kan, the next utensil is at Mount Tai.
[02:10] Yakan
    Mount Tai...
[02:11] Yakan
    That isn't so far from here
    at Mount Liang, Kai You.
[02:16] Kaiyou
    Indeed. It's just before our eyes.
[02:18] Yakan
    Are you suggesting that I go?
[02:20] Kaiyou
    I knew you'd figure it out, Ya Kan.
[02:22] Kaiyou
    We can't allow them to plunder
    anymore of those treasures.
[02:26] Kaiyou
    We must acquire this utensil—
SIGN    Greedy Wolf Pot
[02:33] Like
    What's this?
[02:34] Yaxian
    The utensil from Mount Tai that
     you were just fussing over.
[02:40] Like
    Five Tiger Star Lord Ya Xian the Wanderer.
[02:43] Like
    Did you acquire the utensil
    at Mount Tai by yourself?
[02:47] Yaxian
    It wasn't easy.
[02:51] Yakan
    Ya Xian.
[02:53] Yakan
    You acted without our permission again.
[02:55] Yaxian
    Don't be angry, Ya Kan.
[02:57] Yaxian
    You're way too uptight.
[03:01] Kaiyou
    Ya Xian, where did you acquire
    that information about Mount Tai?
[03:07] Yaxian
    A toast.
[03:08] Yaxian
    Let's share a drink.
[03:18] Xielu
    You're taking forever, Lei En.
[03:22] Xielu
    What's that?
[03:27] Xielu
    Water!
[03:35] Xielu
    Oh, thank the heavens—
[03:45] Xielu
    Damn it...
[03:58] Xielu
    What a stylish performance.
[04:04] Xielu
    She's crying.
[04:06] Xielu
    What's she sad about?
[04:10] Xielu
    Tears...
[04:12] Xielu
    I see. The source of this oasis
    is this woman's tears.
[04:19] Xielu
    What a nice view.
[04:29] Xielu
    Who's there? Is that you, Lei En?
[04:36] Xielu
    Did you take care of me?
[04:39] Xielu
    Thank you. I really owe you one.
[04:45] Xielu
    Where are you headed?
[04:48] Mila
    To Dunhuang.
[04:49] Xielu
    Dunhuang? What a coincidence. I'm also—
[04:57] Xielu
    Wait. Why were you crying earlier?
[05:09] Leien
    Sorry I took so long.
[05:10] Xielu
    What?
[05:12] Xielu
    Lei En, where did she go?
[05:14] Leien
    Who's "she"?
[05:16] Leien
    What are you talking about?
[05:18] Xielu
    What?
[05:19] Xielu
    Huh? Was she an illusion?
[05:23] Xielu
    No, I clearly remember
    that feeling on my lips.
[05:27] Xielu
    She was definitely real!
[05:29] Xielu
    Let's go, Lei En.
[05:31] Xielu
    To Dunhuang. Hurry up!
[05:34] Leien
    What?
[05:41] Narration
    Dunhuang.
[05:42] Narration
    The oasis on the Silk Road where Eastern
    and Western cultures first meet.
[05:47] Narration
    It is an exotic city where all
    manner of peoples come and go.
[05:53] Leien
    The topography around here resembles
     what's shown on that map.
[05:58] Leien
    Xie Lu, get the map out.
[06:00] Xielu
    Hey!
[06:01] Xielu
    Did you see a pretty lady
    with green eyes and beautiful hair?
[06:06] Leien
    That's enough. Don't forget
    about our important mission.
[06:10] Leien
    Remember what we swore to Mao
    that day on the Yangtze River.
[06:14] Leien
    After that, we accidentally lost
    half the map to them after a scuffle.
[06:20] Leien
    They could show up here at anytime.
[06:23] Leien
    Every second counts!
[06:27] Xielu
    I know. I know that, Lei En.
[06:31] Xielu
    But, you see, I seem to have fallen in love.
[06:35] Leien
    In love? With who?
[06:38] Xielu
    With the beautiful woman
    who gave me water in that desert.
[06:44] Leien
    There was nobody around when I returned.
[06:47] Leien
    Perhaps it was a dream.
[06:49] Xielu
    Maybe you're right.
[06:52] Xielu
    But I can still feel it.
[06:54] Xielu
    My body still remembers how she felt.
[06:59] Leien
    This is nonsense.
[07:01] Leien
    This must be a joke.
[07:03] Xielu
    Shut up! You wouldn't understand...
[07:06] Xielu
    this feeling welling up inside me!
[07:08] Xielu
    You're a cold-blooded man
    formerly of the Cooking Underworld!
[07:11] Leien
    What was that?
[07:13] Leien
    I dare you to say that again!
[07:17] Xielu
    That shine. Her crystal earrings!
[07:19] Xielu
    I've found her!
[07:21] Leien
    Are you out of your mind, Xie Lu?!
[07:23] Xielu
    Excuse me. Move, please!
[07:27] Leien
    Do what you want.
[07:47] Man 1
    She's been standing in front of
    that tower for several days now.
[07:50] Man 1
    What kind of man keeps a beautiful
     woman like that waiting?
[07:54] Man 2
    Seriously. I'm jealous.
[07:56] Xielu
    In front of the tower?
[08:14] Xielu
    It must be her.
[08:19] Xielu
    Hey!
[08:25] Mila
    You...
[08:29] Xielu
    I found you.
[08:31] Xielu
    I finally found you!
[08:38] Xielu
    You're not getting away from me anymore.
[08:42] Xielu
    Oh, sorry! Couldn't help myself.
[08:44] Xielu
    Because you saved me at the oasis,
    as you can see, I'm full of life.
[08:49] Xielu
    Tell me your name, please.
    And allow me to thank you.
[08:53] Xielu
    What do you want to eat?
[08:54] Xielu
    Shark fin soup? An imperial feast?
[08:58] Xielu
    I'd like to reserve all your time today.
[09:02] Mila
    I can't.
[09:03] Xielu
    Wh-Why not?
[09:05] Mila
    I'm waiting for someone here.
[09:08] Mila
    Until they arrive...
[09:10] Xielu
    I-I see. Then if it's not too much trouble,
    could I wait here with you?
[09:16] Mila
    What?
[09:17] Xielu
    Naturally, once who you're
     waiting for arrives,
[09:19] Xielu
    you can prioritize them over me. But...
[09:23] Mila
    But?
[09:24] Xielu
    I feel like if I take my eyes off
     you now, I'll never see you again.
[09:29] Xielu
    So, please.
[09:31] Xielu
    Let me stay here.
[09:49] Mila
    It seems the person I'm waiting for
     won't show up today, either.
[09:53] Xielu
    Looks that way.
[09:55] Xielu
    Are you going to wait here
    for them again tomorrow?
[09:57] Mila
    Yes.
[10:00] Xielu
    I see.
[10:03] Mila
    Thank you for today.
[10:05] Mila
    Because you were here, the time
    I spent waiting felt a little shorter.
[10:09] Xielu
    I'm glad to have been useful.
[10:12] Mila
    I understand now after
    spending today with you.
[10:16] Mila
    You're a very warm person.
[10:18] Mila
    Just standing next to you feels
    like being embraced by the sun.
[10:23] Mila
    So...
[10:26] Mila
    To thank you for today, allow me
    to have dinner with you tonight.
[11:09] Xielu
    Hey!
[11:16] Mila
    What is it?
[11:18] Xielu
    I'm glad you're here again today.
[11:22] Mila
    Um...
[11:25] Mila
    If the person I'm waiting for doesn't
    show up today, I'm going to give up.
[11:29] Xielu
    Give up?
[11:31] Mila
    I'm thinking about traveling elsewhere.
[11:33] Xielu
    I see. Of course.
[11:36] Xielu
    Where are you headed next?
[11:39] Mila
    I haven't decided yet.
[11:42] Mila
    I was hoping you'd decide for me.
[11:49] Xielu
    That makes me happy. I'm so happy!
[11:51] Xielu
    I feel like I've gotten
    an eternally glittering diamond.
[11:54] Mila
    And I never expected
    to meet someone like you.
[11:57] Xielu
    Yeah. I can't believe it, either.
[12:01] Mila
    Come to think of it, I never got your name.
[12:04] Xielu
    Xie Lu. Xie Lu of the Steel Staff,
    from Shanxi Province.
[12:09] Xielu
    I'm a moderately famous dim sum master.
[12:15] Mila
    Your name is Xie Lu.
[12:17] Xielu
    Yeah. By the way, your name—
[12:20] Mila
    Could you do something for me?
[12:23] Xielu
    Sure. Ask me anything.
[12:27] Mila
    Could you give me the map
    to the legendary utensil?
[12:32] Xielu
    What did you just say?
[12:35] Mila
    I asked you to give me the map
    to the legendary utensil.
[12:40] Mila
    It would seem that you're 
    the one I've been waiting for.
[12:44] Mila
    I...
[12:46] Mila
    am one of the Cooking Underworld's Five
    Tiger Stars, Mi La the Green-Eyed Tiger.
[12:53] Xielu
    Impossible...
[12:54] Xielu
    You're one of the leaders of the Cooking
    Underworld? A Five Tiger Star?
[12:58] Xielu
    You mean you planned all of this
    since that moment?
[13:01] Mila
    No. I was simply told to wait
    in front of this monument
[13:04] Mila
    because a man named Xie Lu
    would arrive in a few days.
[13:07] Mila
    And besides, half of a torn map
    must be useless to you. So...
[13:12] Mila
    Give me the map.
[13:14] Xielu
    Don't look at me with those beautiful eyes!
[13:18] Mila
    I'm sorry.
[13:19] Xielu
    Damn it. Fine.
[13:22] Xielu
    There's only one way to settle
     things between us.
[13:25] Both
    A cooking contest for the map!
[13:28] Mila
    Yes.
[13:29] Mila
    That is my job.
[13:32] Mila
    And I will bet not just the map,
    but my life, as well.
[13:37] Mila
    This way, please.
[13:39] Mila
    To the legendary Dunhuang-style
    cooking contest arena.
[13:46] Shang
    I can't believe they arrived so soon.
[13:49] Shang
    Not only that, but Xie Lu
    and Lei En have had a falling out,
[13:52] Shang
    and Xie Lu sought out
    Five Tiger Star Lady Mi La.
[13:55] Shang
    If Lady Mi La battles Xie Lu,
    there's no way she'll lose.
[13:59] Shang
    The remaining half of the
    Dunhuang map is as good as ours.
[14:03] Shang
    All that's left is to keep an eye on
    Lei En, and everything will go well.
[14:10] Shang
    Lei En.
[14:11] Leien
    I knew you'd show up here.
[14:14] Leien
    You're planning something.
    Spit it out, Shang.
[14:17] Shang
    It's too late.
[14:19] Leien
    What?
[14:20] Shang
    None who have peered into her
    mirror have survived to tell the tale!
[14:28] Leien
    You...
[14:30] Shang
    Why'd you suddenly run off?
[14:34] Shang
    All that's left of their dishes is the soup.
[14:37] Shang
    Did you finish everything, Luo Ke?
[14:39] Luoke
    No, ma'am!
[14:42] Leien
    Are you blind, Shang?
[14:45] Leien
    This is Shanxi Province's dim
    sum master's ultimate dish,
[14:49] Leien
    Invisible Noodles!
SIGN    Invisible Noodles
[14:53] Leien
    Potatoes are mixed into
    the flour used to make the dough.
[14:56] Leien
    Due to the fragility of the potatoes,
    an ordinary dim sum chef
[14:59] Leien
    would tear the noodles just
    by stretching them slightly.
[15:01] Leien
    After stretching them
    with miraculous skill and focus,
[15:05] Leien
    they achieve a total length
    of nearly two kilometers.
[15:09] Leien
    What's going on?
[15:11] Leien
    Why do both of their bowls
    contain the same noodles?
[15:14] Leien
    Only Xie Lu should be able
[15:16] Leien
    to make noodles that can
    practically stretch across the land.
[15:19] Leien
    Where is Xie Lu?
[15:28] Leien
    Could it be?
[15:34] Leien
    Xie Lu!
[15:38] Luoke
    I trust you realize
     how their contest ended.
[15:39] Luoke
    The map is ours.
[15:41] Leien
    Wait.
[15:43] Leien
    Let's fight once more for the map.
[15:45] Leien
    Lei En of the Seven Star
    Knives will take you on!
[15:53] Mila
    I'll fight you.
[15:56] Luoke
    Lady Mi La, our top priority is to return
    the legendary utensil to Mount Liang.
[16:01] Mila
    Luo Ke, do you believe that I,
    a Five Tiger Star, will lose?
[16:05] Luoke
    No, ma'am. I was impudent.
[16:08] Shang
    Then let us hold a second
    Dunhuang-style cooking contest.
[16:15] Shang
    Luo Ke will once again judge the contest.
[16:18] Mila
    Shang, why don't you judge 
    the contest this time?
[16:21] Shang
    What? V-Very well.
[16:25] Mila
    Be impartial.
[16:26] Mila
    Is that all right, Lei En?
[16:28] Leien
    It's the same no matter
    who judges our contest.
[16:30] Leien
    Those two dishes were nearly
    identical in appearance.
[16:34] Leien
    But Xie Lu lost.
[16:36] Leien
    What made one better than the other?
[16:38] Leien
    What is the power of Mi La the Mirror?
[16:40] Leien
    Could it be?
[16:41] Shang
    I shall now announce
    the subject of your contest.
[16:44] Shang
    You are free to use any
    of the ingredients here.
[16:46] Shang
    However, the main ingredient must be
    the primary protein used in Central Asia:
[16:50] Shang
    Lamb!
[16:52] Narration
    Lamb.
[16:54] Narration
    Though its flavor is similar to that
    of beef, it has a unique gaminess.
[16:57] Narration
    It is low in moisture, and high in fat.
[17:00] Shang
    Let the cooking begin!
[17:12] Luoke
    He's about to do it, ma'am.
[17:13] Shang
    Lei En's Raging Bull Blue Dragon Cut.
[17:16] Shang
    A technique that allows him to cut
    huge chunks of meat in an instant
[17:19] Shang
    without spilling a single
    drop of blood or juice.
[17:21] Shang
    And Lady Mi La will use that same
    forbidden technique, as well.
[17:54] Shang
    Did you see that, Lei En?
[17:55] Shang
    This is why they call her Mi La the Mirror.
[17:58] Shang
    In other words, she can instantly
    recreate any technique she has seen.
[18:01] Shang
    Her clear, childlike heart
    is an empty vessel.
[18:05] Shang
    When Lady Mi La focuses all
    of her nerves on her green eyes,
[18:10] Shang
    they instantly communicate with her limbs,
[18:12] Shang
    perfectly recreating
    what her eyes have seen.
[18:14] Shang
    You delicately scoop up each part
    before boldly tossing them aside.
[18:17] Shang
    It's no wonder they call you
    a master of knife skills.
[18:20] Shang
    But so is Lady Mi La.
[18:22] Shang
    No matter how finely you chop your
    vegetables or vibrantly you fry them,
[18:26] Shang
    Lady Mi La can copy you perfectly.
[18:30] Shang
    Luo Ke.
[18:30] Luoke
    Yes?
[18:31] Shang
    What is the purpose behind
    the soup Lei En made?
[18:34] Luoke
    It's probably a garnish.
[18:41] Shang
    He poured the whole soup over his
    shredded lamb with green peppers?!
[18:44] Shang
    I don't understand! Why would he soak
    something he fried so fragrantly?
[18:50] Luoke
    Perhaps it's a bold soup dish.
[18:53] Shang
    No matter. It's time for Lady Mi La
    to display her true strength.
[18:56] Shang
    She possesses another incredible power.
[19:00] Shang
    Lady Mi La was born in India,
    the kingdom of spices.
[19:03] Shang
    Whether an ingredient or dish lives
    or dies comes down to its seasoning.
[19:06] Shang
    Familiar with spices
    from all over the world,
[19:08] Shang
    Mi La instantly creates the perfect
    blend of spices for any dish.
SIGN    Spice Queen
[19:13] Shang
    She is the Spice Queen!
[19:15] Shang
    Do you understand now, Lei En?
[19:16] Shang
    Like Xie Lu, you cannot resist
    your inevitable defeat!
[19:21] Mila
    I am Mi La.
[19:22] Mila
    I am feared as Mi La the Mirror.
[19:25] Mila
    I am always empty.
[19:27] Mila
    When another chef
    is reflected in my green eyes,
[19:31] Mila
    his heartbeat, nerves, and muscles fill me.
[19:37] Mila
    Like a living mirror, I cook
    an identical dish right before their eyes.
[19:45] Mila
    The spices I prepare take
    every dish to the next level.
[19:50] Mila
    No one can defeat me.
[19:53] Shang
    In addition to her perfect
    copying technique,
[19:55] Shang
    her knowledge of spices
    and prep techniques
[19:57] Shang
    seal her victory over her enemies.
[20:00] Shang
    Such is the unsinkable inequality of spices.
[20:04] Leien
    I see. Five Tiger Star Mi La,
    no matter what I do,
[20:06] Leien
    there's no way for me to beat you.
[20:10] Louke
    The space beneath both of
    their kitchen counters is empty.
[20:13] Luoke
    Stepping on the winner's stone
    causes the loser's foundation to fall,
[20:17] Luoke
    dropping him to the ground.
[20:19] Luoke
    Death awaits the loser.
[20:22] Luoke
    We shall now judge the dishes.
[20:25] Luoke
    First, Lady Mi La's dish.
[20:26] Luoke
    Indian-style shredded lamb
    with green peppers.
[20:28] Shang
    Shredded lamb with green
    peppers floating in soup.
[20:33] Shang
    It is surely a heavenly dish
    far superior to Lei En's version.
[20:38] Shang
    Thank you for the food, Lady Mi La.
[20:47] Shang
    What's going on?
[20:49] Shang
    The gaminess of the lamb is gone,
    drawing out the flavors of the soup.
[20:52] Shang
    The flavor is flawless.
[20:55] Shang
    But, this unbearable sliminess...
[20:58] Shang
    What's going on?
[20:59] Shang
    Why did a chef as skilled
    as Lei En produce this dish?
[21:05] Shang
    No matter. Regardless of his failure,
[21:08] Shang
    that doesn't change Lady
    Mi La's inequality of spice.
[21:11] Luoke
    Ma'am, look.
[21:13] Luoke
    Lady Mi La's meat scraps...
[21:16] Shang
    They're beautifully scored!
[21:19] Luoke
    All of Lady Mi La's knife techniques
    are a copy of Lei En's.
[21:21] Luoke
    Which means Lei En's scraps are also—
[21:25] Luoke
    There aren't any!
[21:26] Luoke
    There aren't any meat
    scraps on Lei En's counter!
[21:30] Shang
    What? Could it be?
[21:38] Leien
    There's no way soaking a sauteed
    dish would make it taste good.
[21:42] Leien
    My actual dish is this Sheep's Liver!
SIGN    Sheep's Liver
[21:53] Xielu
    Where am I?
[21:55] Xielu
    Oh, right. I collapsed in the desert, and...
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Desert Sun"
[23:57] Narration
    "The Desert Sun."

E22 - The Desert Sun
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[00:15] Fei
    This... This is the Garuda Knife.
[00:42] Fei
    This sheen, and the way it removed
    the gaminess from these wild birds...
[00:55] Fei
    It's certainly a tremendous utensil.
[00:58] Fei
    But if I begin to rely on this,
    then I'll lose something.
[01:16] Fei
    So, that's how it is.
[01:18] Fei
    I suppose I'm meant to
    hold onto this for a while.
[01:23] Fei
    The final showdown against
    the Underworld can't be far off.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[03:07] Shang
    What's going on?
[03:09] Shang
    The gaminess of the lamb is gone,
    drawing out the flavors of the soup.
[03:12] Shang
    The flavor is flawless.
[03:14] Shang
    But, this unbearable sliminess...
[03:17] Shang
    What's going on?
[03:19] Shang
    Why did a chef as skilled
    as Lei En produce this dish?
[03:28] (Flashback) Leien
    There's no way soaking a sauteed
    dish would make it taste good.
[03:31] (Flashback) Leien
    My actual dish is this Sheep's Liver!
SIGN    Sheep's Liver
[03:36] Shang
    When did you cook that soup?!
[03:39] Leien
    The sheep's organs that I pretended
    to discard were actually main ingredient.
[03:45] Leien
    I delicately scored the organs so that
    they would fully soak up the flavor,
[03:51] Leien
    and pretended to discard them while
    actually throwing them in the pot at my feet.
[03:55] Leien
    While preparing shredded lamb
    with green pepper on top of the counter,
[04:00] Leien
    I poured soup and seasoning
    into my main dish in its blind spot,
[04:05] Leien
    simmered it beneath my stove,
    and completed my Sheep's Liver dish.
[04:13] Shang
    I don't believe it.
[04:15] Mila
    Shang.
[04:17] Mila
    Taste the dish.
[04:29] Shang
    I-I'm melting!
[04:32] Shang
    It feels like my body is melting!
[04:34] Luoke
    M-Ma'am?!
[04:35] Shang
    Sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, and salty.
[04:40] Shang
    The rich flavors of the sheep's
    organs melt and mix together.
[04:45] Shang
    The viscous flavor clings
    to the inside of my mouth,
[04:48] Shang
    making my tongue and body seem to melt.
[04:51] Shang
    He's pushed the essence of flavor
    to a level I've never experienced before.
[04:55] Luoke
    Impressive, that he prepared gamy organs
[04:57] Luoke
    so well under those circumstances.
[05:00] Leien
    The core tenet of my cooking is ensuring
    all ingredients to rest in peace.
[05:04] Leien
    In the first place, the deepest flavors
    of any meat are found within the organs.
[05:10] Leien
    There's no way that a soup containing all
    the parts of a sheep wouldn't taste good.
[05:18] Mila
    Shang, tell us your judgment.
[05:21] Mila
    Be impartial.
[05:26] Mila
    Shang!
[05:34] Shang
    The winner of the second lamb-themed
    Dunhuang-style cooking contest is
[05:39] Shang
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives!
[05:47] Mila
    Impressive work.
[05:48] Mila
    You defeated the techniques
    of Five Tiger Star Mi La.
[05:52] Leien
    I have Xie Lu to thank for that.
[06:01] Leien
    Because Xie Lu left
    behind his Invisible Noodles,
[06:05] Leien
    I realized what your ability was
    before our contest began.
[06:09] Leien
    It's the reason I was able
    to use it against you.
[06:13] Leien
    Mi La, your ability to create
    perfect copies backfired.
[06:18] Leien
    But that's not all.
[06:20] Leien
    In preparing the sheep's organs,
[06:22] Leien
    I used fragrant vegetables to erase
    its gaminess and added flavor.
[06:26] Leien
    Tenaciously pushing a dish to its limit
    is a cooking philosophy I learned from Mao.
[06:33] Leien
    I wasn't fighting alone.
[06:36] Leien
    I had the support of my allies.
[06:44] Leien
    I won.
[06:45] Leien
    I used to be a mere Kirin Chef of
    the Cooking Underworld, but I escaped.
[06:50] Leien
    The time I spent with Mao and the others
    turned into strength and gave me luck.
[06:57] Leien
    I chose the right path.
[07:06] Mila
    The map of Dunhuang is yours.
[07:09] Mila
    Shang, as the judge of this Dunhuang-style
    cooking contest, please end the event.
[07:18] Mila
    Shang!
[07:24] Shang
    I can't!
[07:26] Shang
    If I step on this stone, you'll fall.
[07:29] Shang
    I can't take the life of a Five Tiger Star,
    pride of the Cooking Underworld.
[07:34] Shang
    I can't do it.
[07:35] Mila
    I see.
[07:46] Shang
    Lady Mi La, what are you doing?!
[07:50] Mila
    These are the rules of the contest.
[07:53] Mila
    And rules are rules.
[08:05] Mila
    The warm evening sun...
[08:12] Mila
    Finally, I'll be released from
    the cold spell of the Five Tiger Stars.
[08:37] Mila
    The years I spent honing my skill
    with spices day after day
[08:42] Mila
    transformed me into an empty
    and honed vessel.
[08:48] Mila
    Kai You taught me the inequality of
    the spices that I used in my contests.
[08:55] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    Someday these techniques will
    destroy the culinary world.
[09:00] Mila
    I copied the chefs cooking before my eyes
[09:03] Mila
    and used my skill with spices
    to finish them off.
[09:06] Mila
    Countless Underworld chefs
    were defeated and vanished.
[09:10] Mila
    And I came to be feared
    by all as a Five Tiger Star.
[09:16] Mila
    But...
[09:18] (Flashback) Xielu
    That makes me happy. I'm so happy!
[09:21] (Flashback) Xielu
    I feel like I've gotten
    an eternally glittering diamond.
[09:25] Mila
    What was that man's sun-like warmth?
[09:33] Mila
    Even after battling against
    and losing to me, he said...
[09:40] (Flashback) Xielu
    I'll tell you one thing, Green-Eyed Tiger.
[09:45] (Flashback) Xielu
    You may be a Five Tiger Star,
    but that doesn't change how I feel.
[09:59] Mila
    And what was that
    indescribable sense of loss?
[10:06] Mila
    I don't understand.
[10:07] Mila
    No, I don't need to understand.
[10:11] Mila
    After all, now that I've been freed
    from that frozen fate,
[10:15] Mila
    I can be embraced by the warm sun.
[10:18] Mila
    Xie Lu, I'm about to copy your fate.
[10:23] Mila
    So I...
[10:24] Shang
    Lady Mi La!
[10:25] Leien
    Mi La.
[10:45] Mila
    Xie Lu...
[10:49] Xielu
    Don't do it, Green-Eyed Tiger.
[10:52] Xielu
    I thought we agreed we'd eat
    dinner together again today.
[11:00] Mila
    Xie Lu!
[11:02] Xielu
    A fall from that height
    isn't enough to kill me.
[11:06] Xielu
    Ow, ow. Though, if you're going to hug me,
    could you be a little gentler?
[11:11] Mila
    Ah, I'm sorry.
[11:14] Mila
    I feel like I understand now.
[11:17] Mila
    This man might be the person
    who changes my destiny.
[11:21] Mila
    Someone irreplaceable.
[11:25] Leien
    I see.
[11:27] Leien
    If Mi La's copying ability had been
    operating at maximum effectiveness, then...
[11:39] Leien
    She would've copied the dish I was
    secretly cooking in the pot at the same time.
[11:48] Leien
    But she couldn't do that because...
[11:54] Leien
    Perhaps her regret over defeating Xie Lu
    unconsciously clouded her mirror.
[12:04] Shang
    We must return to Mount Liang
    to make our report, Luo Ke.
[12:06] Luoke
    Y-Yes, ma'am.
[12:08] Yanxian
    That won't be necessary.
[12:11] Shang
    That voice. Could it be?
[12:13] Shang
    Five Tiger Star Lord Yan Xian the Wanderer!
[12:17] Leien
    Yan Xiang? I don't believe it.
[12:20] Leien
    I never thought you'd appear on
    the frontier here in Dunhuang.
[12:28] Luoke
    Lord Yan Xian, thank you
    for coming all this way.
[12:33] Yanxian
    No need for pleasantries, Luo Ke.
[12:40] Mila
    Yan Xian.
[12:43] Yanxian
    Mi La, I never thought you'd lose.
[12:48] Yanxian
    Now that you've handed over the map,
    Dunhuang's utensil is theirs.
[13:06] Yanxian
    I've carefully observed the masterful
    dim sum techniques
[13:09] Yanxian
    of the Steel Staff and the Seven Star
    Knives' transcendent knife skills,
[13:13] Yanxian
    Xie Lu and Lei En.
[13:16] Yanxian
    Yan Xian the Wanderer has
    seen through your techniques.
[13:22] Leien
    The only man Kai You ever feared,
    Five Tiger Star Yan Xian the Wanderer!
[13:32] Yanxian
    Come, let's have a drink.
[13:54] Yanxian
    Come on, I'm not Kai You.
    I didn't poison it.
[13:59] Yanxian
    Now that Mi La has been defeated
    and you've taken the map,
[14:02] Yanxian
    you can keep the utensil in Dunhuang.
[14:05] Yanxian
    But I acquired the utensil
    at Mount Tai before you.
[14:11] Yanxian
    That makes us even.
[14:12] Xielu
    You what?
[14:14] Leien
    You acquired the utensil at Mount Tai?
[14:17] Shang
    Nonsense! This hardly makes us even!
[14:25] Luoke
    Lord Yan Xian, what are you doing?
[14:27] Yanxian
    You two idiots are useless.
[14:31] Yanxian
    You'll suffer worse than this
    once you return to Mount Liang.
[14:34] Yanxian
    Ya Kan's iron fists are waiting for you.
[14:40] Shang
    Lord Yan Xian!
[14:42] Luoke
    Are we really going back?
[14:45] Yanxian
    Mi La...
[14:47] Yanxian
    The next time we meet, I'll kill you.
[14:53] Yanxian
    The invincible Five Tiger Stars
    must never be defeated.
[15:02] Yanxian
    By the way,
[15:04] Yanxian
    having failed to acquire the utensil,
    Liu Maoxing and his companions
[15:06] Yanxian
    are headed towards the Underworld's
    headquarters in Mount Liang.
[15:09] Leien
    What was that?
[15:11] Yanxian
    I left a message for them at Mount Tai.
[15:15] Yanxian
    I told them to come to Mount Liang
    if they want the utensil.
[15:21] Yanxian
    They're probably witnessing
    the horrifying strength
[15:24] Yanxian
    of head Underworld Five Tiger Star Kai You.
[15:30] Leien
    Kai You?
[15:33] Xielu
    Mao!
[15:56] Old Woman
    Finally, I'm the last one.
[16:00] Mao
    This village seems to be deserted.
[16:03] Mao
    Did something happen?
[16:08] Old Woman
    Last year, this village
    was hit by a major famine.
[16:17] Old Woman
    Many villagers suffered. Some died.
[16:22] Old Woman
    Dragon in the Clouds Kai You
    descended from Mount Liang
[16:27] Old Woman
    to bring us massive quantities
    of rice and ingredients.
[16:31] Mao
    Kai You?
[16:32] Meili
    Dragon in the Clouds Kai You?
[16:35] Old Woman
    Ever since those noble bandits settled
    on that mountain during the Sung Dynasty,
[16:39] Old Woman
    for 700 years their descendants
    have lived in that terrifying castle.
[16:44] Old Woman
    Using the ingredients he
    brought, he cooked for us
[16:47] Old Woman
    and saved all the villagers from starvation.
[16:51] Old Woman
    The villagers worshiped him as a god.
[16:57] Old Woman
    However...
[17:00] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    All right. Take them all to Mount Liang.
[17:04] (Flashback) Man
    Yes, sir.
[17:09] (Flashback) Woman 1
    No!
[17:10] (Flashback) Woman 2
    What are you planning to do
    with our children?!
[17:13] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    If they're lucky, they'll
    survive as Kirin Chefs.
[17:17] (Flashback) Man 1
    Kirin Chefs? They'll become cooks, then.
[17:20] (Flashback) Man 2
    And what if they're unlucky?
[17:24] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    They won't die right away.
[17:29] (Flashback) Man 3
    You fiend...
[17:31] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    They'll become noble
    sacrifices paving the way
[17:34] (Flashback) Kaiyou
    towards a happy world ruled by chefs.
[17:47] Shirou
    Isn't Dragon in the Clouds Kai You...
[17:50] Meili
    The head of the Five Tiger Stars
    and brains of the cooking Underworld
[17:55] Meili
    who Lei En and Xie Lu feared.
[17:59] Mao
    Kai You...
[18:00] Mao
    So you're the ringleader of
     China's Cooking Underworld.
[18:11] Kaiyou
    This soup I cooked at the village
    at the foot of the mountains...
[18:15] Kaiyou
    His exceptional sense of smell confirmed it.
[18:19] Kaiyou
    You were my ultimate and final guinea pig.
[18:24] Kaiyou
    My Devil's Eight Trigrams is complete.
[18:27] Kaiyou
    It's time for our final plan
    to be put in motion.
[18:31] Kaiyou
    My 1,108 elite Kirin Chefs have grown up.
[18:37] Kaiyou
    I have granted them the ultimate
    techniques and knowledge,
[18:40] Kaiyou
    as well as the Devil's Eight Trigrams.
[18:45] Kaiyou
    The time has come
    to dispatch them across the land!
[18:57] Xielu
    I'm sorry, but our friends are in trouble.
[19:01] Xielu
    We need to find the utensil shown
    on this map and head to Mount Liang.
[19:06] Mila
    All right.
[19:07] Xielu
    You should leave this place immediately
    before the Underworld comes looking for you.
[19:12] Mila
    I will.
[19:13] Leien
    Let's go, Xie Lu. There's no time.
[19:16] Xielu
    Yeah.
[19:20] Mila
    Xie Lu.
[19:22] Mila
    Will you find me again?
[19:26] Xielu
    Yeah, of course.
[19:29] Xielu
    I'll keep our dinner date until then.
[19:33] Mila
    I'll be waiting, Xie Lu.
[19:37] Xielu
    Yeah. Let's go!
[19:46] Mila
    Until we meet again someday,
    somewhere in this land,
[19:53] Mila
    please keep me warm.
[20:03] Leien
    You could've stayed behind.
[20:06] Xielu
    Given the circumstances, I can't afford to.
[20:09] Xielu
    As long as I'm Mi La's sun, I can keep
     her warm no matter where I am.
[20:16] Leien
    You're right.
[20:19] Leien
    Let's find that legendary utensil!
[20:21] Xielu
    Yeah!
[20:36] Kaiyou
    Liu Maoxing.
[20:40] Kaiyou
    Welcome to my stronghold.
[20:42] Kaiyou
    The labyrinth of darkness, Mount Liang.
[22:23] Meili
    Lei En once passed through these gates.
[22:32] Mao
    The Cooking Underworld.
    Mount Liang. 700 years.
[22:38] Mao
    How many tragedies have
    played out during that time?
[22:56] Kaiyou
    Welcome to Mount Liang.
[22:59] Mao
    Are you Kai You?
[23:01] Kaiyou
    You must be Master Bei's son, Liu Maoxing.
[23:21] Meili
    What?
[23:22] Shirou
    Could it be?
[23:25] Mao
    Zhu Qi!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Limitless Hero"
[23:57] Narration
    "The Limitless Hero."

E23 - The Limitless Hero
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[00:05] Meili
    Zhu Qi! Even his hair has turned white.
[00:10] Shirou
    He's breathing, but he's out cold...
[00:12] Shirou
    What happened to him?
[00:15] Mao
    Zhu Qi...
[00:17] Mao
    Why did you do this to him?
[00:21] Kaiyou
    He betrayed us.
[00:24] Kaiyou
    He got was he deserved.
[00:27] Mao
    What do you want?
[00:29] Mao
    What are you trying to accomplish here?!
[00:32] Kaiyou
    We are simply trying to
    establish righteousness.
[00:35] Mao
    Righteousness?
[00:36] Kaiyou
    It's in the name Mount Liang.
[00:39] Kaiyou
    We inherited the ambition of the
    righteous Timely Rain Song Jiang.
[00:44] Kaiyou
    He entered these mountains
    during the Sung Dynasty,
[00:48] Kaiyou
    seeking to create a utopia
    in this rotten land.
[00:51] Kaiyou
    But he and his companions ultimately
    failed to realize their ideals.
[00:57] Kaiyou
    The remnants of the chefs who served him
[00:59] Kaiyou
    passed down his story to their descendants
[01:02] Kaiyou
    and eventually established
    the Cooking Underworld.
[01:05] Kaiyou
    This land is a massive culinary continent.
[01:08] Kaiyou
    The people follow the hand that feeds.
[01:13] Kaiyou
    Well, Liu Maoxing?
[01:14] Kaiyou
    You could hold the lives of thousands
     in the palm of your hand.
[01:19] Kaiyou
    Doesn't that sound marvelous?
[01:22] Mao
    I don't want to hold people's
    lives in the palm of my hand.
[01:28] Mao
    My mother Bei and Master Zhou Yu taught me.
[01:33] Mao
    The zongzi you eat as a hungry traveler...
[01:36] Mao
    The mapo tofu you eat while
    surrounded by warm family...
[01:39] Mao
    The bowl of porridge that gently
    helps the sick recuperate...
[01:44] Mao
    Helping people achieve those
    tiny moments of happiness
[01:48] Mao
    is the greatest joy a chef can experience.
[01:52] Kaiyou
    I could kill you here and take your map,
[01:56] Kaiyou
    but there's one man
    who wouldn't accept that.
[01:59] Kaiyou
    Your ideals against ours.
[02:02] Kaiyou
    Let us prove whose are superior in a battle
    for our lives and the utensils.
[02:08] Meili
    Mao...
[02:09] Shirou
    Mao!
[02:17] Mao
    This will be our final battle,
    Cooking Underworld!
[02:20] Chef A
    Wh-What a kid!
[02:22] Chef B
    He shackled his own leg!
[02:24] Kaiyou
    Liu Maoxing, you will be facing
[02:28] Kaiyou
    the Five Tiger Star who has come
    closest to achieving perfection.
[02:31] Kaiyou
    Mainstay of the Cooking
    Underworld, revered by all.
[02:39] Meili
    Could it be?
[02:41] Kaiyou
    That's right. He is...
[02:50] Kaiyou
    Flaming Chef Ya Kan!
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[04:27] Mao
    The heavens will never side
    with the Cooking Underworld,
[04:31] Mao
    Flaming Chef Ya Kan.
[04:35] Yakan
    Our battle will determine that,
    Liu Maoxing, son of Lady Bei,
[04:40] Yakan
    in the most ceremonious
    of Mount Liang's kitchen stadiums,
[04:45] Yakan
    Song Jiang's resting place,
    the Protector of Justice Cave!
[04:55] Like
    Allow me to announce the subjects
    selected for this decisive battle.
[05:01] Like
    The first subject is yakisoba!
SIGN    Yakisoba
[05:05] Like
    Adding color to this first-class battle
    is the second special subject...
SIGN    Heroes of the Land
[05:11] Like
    ...heroes of the land!
[05:13] Like
    Please use yakisoba to represent
[05:15] Like
    the heroes of China you
     picture in your hearts!
[05:21] Like
    Lastly, the rules require the loser
    of this battle to pay in blood.
[05:26] Like
    Just as Lord Song Jiang did 700 years ago,
[05:28] Like
    they must drink a cup of poisoned wine.
[05:33] Shirou
    What?!
[05:35] Like
    Let the Protector of Justice
    Cave battle begin!
[05:44] Yakan
    I shall crush you, Liu Maoxing!
[05:48] Yakan
    I swear on my honor as the Flaming Chef!
[05:55] Mao
    Ya Kan.
[05:58] Shirou
    He cut an entire cow in half
    with his bare hands!
[06:01] Wuyong
    That single blow is the beacon signaling
    the start of his flaming cooking.
[06:05] Ludaci
    Those skills and that spirit were born
    and bred in Mount Jiang.
[06:10] Ludaci
    Always leading the charge,
[06:12] Ludaci
    he is the great protector
    deity who inspires us.
[06:16] Kaiyou
    Impressive as always, Ya Kan.
[06:18] Kaiyou
    He truly is the brave leader who will
    shake the culinary world to its core.
[06:22] Kaiyou
    The spirits of the Kirin Chefs
    will be lifted to the heavens.
[06:29] Like
    Lord Ya Kan is taking this seriously.
[06:32] Like
    Though he gracefully withdrew
    on the Yangtze River that day,
[06:36] Like
    Mao's shadow must have grown
    unbelievably large inside Lord Ya Kan.
[06:43] Like
    That's the kind of chef Mao is.
[06:53] Shirou
    H-He really did it!
[06:54] Shirou
    He turned the holding pond
    into a sea of fire!
[06:57] Shirou
    That water buffalo and boiled fish...
[07:02] Shirou
    That's it.
[07:03] Shirou
    Ya Kan's cooking a hearty yakisoba
    with fish and meat in a thick sauce.
[07:12] Shirou
    What is Mao doing?
[07:14] Shirou
    He's spending an awfully long
    time choosing his ingredients.
[07:24] Shirou
    Should he be cooking so calmly?
[07:28] Kirin
    There's an unspeakably fragrant
    aroma coming from the holding pond!
[07:33] Ludaci
    He's begun cooking his
    noodles in the lake of fire!
[07:38] Kaiyou
    Only a man so fascinated by the god of fire
    could achieve such divine techniques.
[07:46] Meili
    Mao...
[07:47] Meili
    What kind of hero of the
    land will he represent
[07:49] Meili
    with so many ingredients available to him?
[07:53] Shirou
    Mao, he's incredible!
[07:55] Shirou
    They don't call him
    the Flaming Chef for nothing!
[07:59] Mao
    You're right. He is amazing.
[08:02] Mao
    But ultimately, he hasn't changed
    since our battle on the Yangtze River.
[08:07] Shirou
    Huh?
[08:09] Mao
    He's just doing the same thing.
[08:12] Shirou
    But don't forget, Mao.
    Ya Kan still has a mysterious power.
[08:18] Shirou
    The wondrous power he used
    on the Yangtze River
[08:23] Shirou
    to grill those fish without charring them.
SIGN    Great Heavenly Grilled Black Carp
[08:25] Shirou
    He'll use that same hellfire to overcome
[08:28] Shirou
    the greatest hurdle of cooking
    yakisoba, uniform browning.
[08:33] Mao
    Shirou, I'm not the same
    chef I was back then.
[08:38] Mao
    I figured something out through
    my battle against Zhu Qi.
[08:41] Shirou
    What do you mean?
[08:43] Mao
    Ya Kan, Zhu Qi...
[08:45] Mao
    Every Five Tiger Star has exceptional senses
[08:48] Mao
    far greater than the common person's.
[08:51] Mao
    Ya Kan's power is most likely
    his sense of touch.
[08:56] Mao
    His extraordinary skin accurately measures
    the temperature of all parts of a fire,
[09:01] Mao
    allowing him to make optimal
    use of it at all times.
[09:06] Shirou
    Can you beat him, Mao?
[09:09] Mao
    Take a look, Shirou.
[09:11] Shirou
    Huh?
[09:18] Shirou
    The noodles are falling like a waterfall!
[09:22] Mao
    This is my chance
    to root out the Underworld.
[09:32] Wuyong
    Such a vivid color!
[09:36] Wuyong
    The noodles are becoming a golden
    brown right before our eyes!
[09:39] Shirou
    Ya Kan uses his exceptional sense
    of touch to detect the heat of the fire
[09:43] Shirou
    and the wind pressure generated
    by his arms to control the heat.
[09:48] Like
    Chinese cuisine is about cooking with fire.
[09:51] Like
    Lord Ya Kan's control over fire makes
    him the greatest chef in the land!
[10:02] Shirou
    What's he doing?
[10:03] Meili
    He's steaming it so that
    the flavors will blend.
[10:09] Shirou
    He uses a knife so delicately
    despite his size.
[10:13] Shirou
    Damn! His skills with both fire
    and knives are perfect!
[10:17] Shirou
    He's a flawless chef!
[10:19] Shirou
    Will you be okay, Mao?
[10:27] Mao
    All done.
[10:27] Shirou
    Huh? What?
[10:30] Mao
    I carved up a carrot. Cute, right?
[10:32] Shirou
    Why are you wasting your time doing that?!
[10:35] Shirou
    Why can't you take this seriously?!
SIGN    Mogao Caves, Dunhuang
[10:43] Xielu
    That's odd. It should be
    around here somewhere.
[10:53] Leien
    This wall looks like it was built later.
[10:57] Xielu
    Huh? All right. In that case...
SIGN    Spirit Storehouse
[11:06] Leien
    This is the sixth utensil!
[11:08] Xielu
    All right!
SIGN    Daxian Temple, Guangzhou
[11:52] Like
    Time's up!
[11:54] Like
    We'll now move onto the judging!
[11:56] Like
    Lord Ya Kan, who shall judge this contest?
[12:03] Ya Kan
    Mei Li of Yang Spring Restaurant, you do it.
[12:06] Meili
    What? Who, me?
[12:09] Shirou
    He's choosing someone on our side
    just like he did on the Yangtze River.
[12:13] Shirou
    He's as fearless as ever.
[12:15] Yakan
    You don't object, do you, Liu Maoxing?
[12:20] Mao
    I do!
[12:21] Mao
    Jade Arrowhead Li Ke,
    I'd like you to judge, as well.
[12:24] Like
    What?!
[12:27] Kaiyou
    He hates losing just as much as Bei did.
[12:31] Yakan
    You just pulled the rug out
    from under yourself.
[12:35] Mao
    Did I?
[12:42] Like
    First, Lord Ya Kan.
[12:47] Meili
    Wow, so thick.
[12:49] Like
    The subject was heroes of the land.
[12:52] Like
    Which hero did Lord Ya Kan choose
    to represent with his yakisoba dish?
[13:03] Shirou
    Mao, something's not right.
[13:05] Shirou
    I don't see the beef or fish he was cooking,
[13:09] Shirou
    and his noodles aren't in a thick sauce.
[13:20] Shirou
    What was that?
[13:24] Like
    I-Incredible!
[13:26] Like
    He wrapped the noodles into spirals
[13:28] Like
    and fried them so they'd harden
    into a cylindrical shape.
[13:30] Like
    And inside the noodles is a thick
    sauce as intensely hot as lava!
[13:35] Wuyong
    What? He didn't pour his
    sauce over the noodles?
[13:39] Ludaci
    He hid it inside the noodles?!
[13:43] Like
    The sauce contains flatfish,
    sea bream, bamboo shoots,
[13:46] Like
    Chinese cabbage, wood ear mushrooms,
    and chopped vermicelli.
[13:49] Meili
    The powerful flavor of
     the noodles ties together
[13:52] Meili
    the textures of the various ingredients
    that spread throughout your mouth
[13:55] Meili
    and their light and elegant taste.
[13:58] Meili
    It's powerfully delicious.
[14:00] Meili
    I can't believe he tied together
    so many different ingredients.
[14:04] Meili
    What's his secret?
[14:05] Like
    Could it be that the rich
    flavor of these noodles is...
[14:10] Like
    It's beef!
[14:12] Like
    He made these noodles by grinding up
    that entire water buffalo
[14:15] Like
    and mixing it into the dough.
[14:17] Like
    Normally it's the noodles
    that are seasoned by the sauce,
[14:20] Like
    but in this case, it's the noodles
    that are powerfully seasoning the sauce!
[14:23] Wuyong
    I've never seen anything like this.
[14:26] Ludaci
    The power of these noodles
    will allow us to bring together
[14:29] Ludaci
    the culinary worlds of this land!
[14:35] Ludaci
    If we follow this man,
    our success is guaranteed.
[14:38] Ludaci
    Hurrah! Three cheers for Panther Head Ya Kan!
[14:42] Like
    Lord Ya Kan, your dish is perfect.
[14:42] All
    Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
[14:45] Like
    How does it connect to the theme
    of heroes of the land?
[14:51] Yakan
    Not even you can tell, huh? This is—
[14:54] Mao
    This land was once divided
    into seven kingdoms.
[14:57] Mao
    It was split amongst the lands of
    Qin, Han, Wei, Zhao, Qi, Yan, and Chu,
[15:04] Mao
    known as the Seven Warring Kingdoms.
[15:08] Mao
    However, two thousand years ago,
[15:12] Mao
    there was a man who unified China
    for the first time in history.
[15:16] Mao
    His name was Qin Shi Huang.
[15:21] Yakan
    Th-This boy...
[15:22] Mao
    The six ingredients: flatfish, sea bream,
    bamboo shoots, Chinese cabbage,
[15:28] Mao
    wood ear mushrooms, and vermicelli
    represent the six other kingdoms,
[15:32] Mao
    and the water buffalo noodles
    holding them together
[15:35] Mao
    represents the kingdom of Qin
    and Qin Shi Huang.
[15:38] Mao
    Am I wrong, Ya Kan?
[15:41] Yakan
    He saw through everything. In that case...
[15:48] Mao
    Now, it's my turn.
[15:50] Yakan
    What did he make?!
[15:56] Kirin
    What's that?
[16:00] Ludaci
    There's nothing special about it.
[16:02] Like
    He's right. It's ordinary yakisoba.
[16:04] Like
    I'm a little disappointed.
[16:06] Meili
    You don't know Mao.
[16:08] Meili
    There's no way he'd cook ordinary
    yakisoba for such an important battle.
[16:16] Yakan
    It certainly looks like ordinary yakisoba.
[16:20] Yakan
    But what have you hidden
    behind it, Liu Maoxing?
[16:25] Both
    N-No...
[16:30] Like
    It's just one dish.
[16:32] Meili
    But with each bite, a completely different
    flavor spreads throughout your mouth.
[16:37] Both
    That's right!
[16:41] Both
    It's like eating thousands
    of different types of yakisoba!
[16:49] Yakan
    What...
[16:51] Yakan
    What in the world did he do?!
[16:56] Wuyong
    Li Ke's still eating Liu Maoxing's
    yakisoba without slowing down.
[17:01] Ludaci
    The capricious and fickle Li Ke,
[17:04] Ludaci
    whose strict tongue has earned her
    the title of God's tongue?
[17:06] Like
    I... I can't stop eating!
[17:09] Mao
    This is Liu Maoxing's
    special Henghesha Noodles!
SIGN    Henghesha Noodles
[17:16] Ludaci
    H-Henghesha?
[17:18] Kaiyou
    Henghesha...
[17:21] Kaiyou
    A numerical value far greater
    than 100 million, or even one trillion.
[17:25] Kaiyou
    A term derived from the number
    of grains of sand in the Ganges River.
[17:30] Kaiyou
    Is he saying it contains that many flavors?
[17:33] Like
    Wait.
[17:34] Meili
    What?
[17:35] Like
    I'd like to confirm something.
[17:37] Like
    Cut, braided, folded, twisted.
[17:41] Like
    Though the noodles are of uniform thickness,
[17:43] Like
    different techniques have been applied
    to each individual noodle.
[17:47] Meili
    That's why the textures are so diverse.
[17:53] Meili
    I see.
[17:54] Meili
    Unlike Ya Kan, whose dishes
    are browned perfectly uniformly,
[17:56] Meili
    Mao altered the shape of his dishes
    and deliberately produced varied textures.
[18:06] Like
    This one is spinach.
    This one is century eggs.
[18:10] Like
    Crab innards, shrimp,
    yams, soft-shelled turtle,
[18:13] Like
    red perilla, and silkie chicken, too.
[18:16] Like
    Each noodle has a different
    ingredient mixed into it.
[18:21] Kirin
    E-Every noodle?
[18:24] Meili
    It's like a compilation of all the
    ingredients Mao has ever encountered.
[18:28] Meili
    That's why each bite tastes so different.
[18:32] Mao
    That's right. For example, the same
    longxia noodles taste totally different
[18:35] All
    when combined with
    the salted duck egg noodles
[18:38] All
    versus the sweet kabocha squash noodles.
[18:42] Mao
    Furthermore, the shapes of the
    noodles themselves are different,
[18:45] Mao
    so you can enjoy the change in texture.
[18:47] Mao
    The combinations change
    every time you take a bite.
[18:50] Mao
    The flavors and textures change endlessly.
[18:53] Mao
    The flavors are truly limitless.
[19:00] Like
    No matter how delicious
    the first bite of yakisoba is,
[19:04] Like
    the persistent and monotonous
    flavor will eventually slow you down.
[19:08] Like
    But you'd never grow bored
    of this incredible dish
[19:10] Like
    that expands your appetite infinitely.
[19:14] Like
    So, Maoxing, how does this dish tie
    into the subject heroes of the land?
[19:21] Mao
    Well...
[19:23] Mao
    Over four thousand years, as many people
    as there are stars have appeared in this land.
[19:27] Mao
    Some found success, while others failed.
[19:31] Mao
    I think everyone who
    lived the best they could
[19:34] Mao
    was the hero of their own story
    who fulfilled their destiny, so...
[19:45] Mao
    this limitless flavor represents
    all the people of China.
[19:53] Like
    All the people?
[19:56] Like
    What a mysterious dish.
[19:58] Like
    What is this feeling? It's like the knot
    inside my heart is being unraveled.
[20:08] Kirin
    The winner gets the utensils and the map.
[20:11] Kirin
    And the loser drinks a poisoned wine.
[20:14] Kirin
    Who will they chose?
[20:16] Like
    Lord Ya Kan's dish made
    from six ingredients tied together
[20:19] Like
    with water buffalo noodles
    represented Qin Shi Huang.
[20:21] Like
    It embodied unification.
[20:24] Like
    Liu Maoxing's dish embodied liberation.
[20:29] Like
    Unification and liberation.
[20:31] Like
    Lord Ya Kan, I...
[20:36] Yakan
    Li Ke.
[20:38] Yakan
    You don't need to pass your judgment.
[20:42] Like
    Lord Ya Kan?
[20:45] Yakan
    The winner of the Protector of
    Justice Cave yakisoba battle
[20:50] Yakan
    is Liu Maoxing!
[20:56] Ludaci
    Impossible!
[20:57] Ludaci
    The undefeated Five Tiger Star
    Lord Ya Kan declared his own defeat.
[21:03] Yakan
    His dish was impeccable
    in both flavor and idea.
[21:08] Yakan
    Li Ke, your tongue proved it all.
[21:12] Yakan
    Losing this contest was my destiny.
[21:21] Kaiyou
    No! He's going to drink it.
[21:24] Kaiyou
    He's actually going to drink it.
[21:28] Kirin
    No way...
[21:30] Ludaci
    Li Ke, overturn his ruling!
[21:33] Ludaci
    Why aren't you saying anything, Li Ke?
[21:36] Yakan
    The rest is up to you, Kai You.
[21:42] Wuyong
    L-Lord Ya Kan...
[21:44] Ludaci
    We're going to lose everything...
[21:47] Shirou
    Is he serious?
[21:55] Like
    Lord Ya Kan!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Creators of an Era"
[23:56] Narration
    "Creators of an Era."

E24 - Creators of an Era
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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:48] Mao
    I've had enough!
[01:54] Shirou
    Mao...
[01:56] Mao
    Why does such a skilled chef
    have to die in a cooking contest?
[02:05] Mao
    There's no telling how many thousands
     of people he could make happy.
[02:10] Mao
    The same goes for the rest of them!
[02:14] Mao
    They risked their lives
    to hone their skills.
[02:16] Mao
    Why would you stain that with blood?
[02:30] Mao
    Control people with cooking? Yeah, right!
[02:32] Mao
    You can't be serious! This is ridiculous!
[02:35] Both
    Mao!
[02:37] Mao
    It doesn't make any sense!
[02:41] Mao
    You're out of your minds.
[02:45] Mao
    Lei En, Shao An, and Zhu Qi...
[02:51] Mao
    They were all destroyed by cooking!
[02:53] Mao
    Idiots!
[02:55] Mao
    I wish the whole Cooking
    Underworld would disappear!
[03:09] Mao
    Cooking is supposed to make people happy.
[03:17] Ludaci
    Listen, boy.
[03:18] Ludaci
    Those born in Mount Liang
    and those who fled here
[03:21] Ludaci
    have abandoned all hope of achieving
    any decent kind of happiness!
[03:25] Ludaci
    Lord Kai You taught us the
    sense of accomplishment
[03:28] Ludaci
    that comes from honing our skills
    and risking our lives!
[03:32] Ludaci
    Once we've climbed to the top of
     Mount Liang and been turned loose,
[03:35] Ludaci
    all people are our servants!
[03:37] Ludaci
    After all this—
[03:40] Ludaci
    Lord Ya Kan...
[03:42] Yakan
    Liu Maoxing, this is Lu Daci
    the Flowery Monk.
[03:46] Yakan
    When it comes to cold dishes,
    he is unrivaled.
[03:50] Yakan
    He beat a villainous man to death
    for imposing exorbitant taxes
[03:55] Yakan
    and fled here to Mount Liang.
[03:59] Yakan
    Are you saying even a criminal
    like him can make people happy?
[04:03] Mao
    He can atone for his crimes!
[04:06] Mao
    After that, by exercising
    his great skill free of charge,
[04:08] Mao
    he could make an entire town happy!
[04:11] Mao
    No one would call him a criminal!
[04:18] Wuyong
    I am Wu Yong the Knowledgeable Star,
    master of Chinese tea.
[04:22] Wuyong
    I accidentally entered a government-owned
    forest and stole some tea leaves.
[04:28] Wuyong
    Do I have the right
    to make people happy, as well?
[04:30] Mao
    You can brew your tea of happiness
[04:33] Mao
    that will make tens of thousands
    sigh contentedly every day!
[04:36] Mao
    Such a trivial crime would be
    forgiven immediately!
[04:40] Kirin D
    Hey!
[04:41] Kirin E
    You're not making any sense!
[04:44] Kirin F
    Yeah, you're just speaking
    irresponsible nonsense!
[04:46] Mao
    It comes down to how you feel.
[04:48] Mao
    Your era could start right now!
[04:55] Wuyong
    Our era?
[04:57] Yakan
    Did you notice?
[05:00] Yakan
    With his leg in shackles,
    he shed his own blood
[05:04] Yakan
    as he walked around the food storage area
    to gather a specific number of ingredients.
[05:10] All
    What number?
[05:13] Yakan
    108, the number of bandits
    who founded our organization.
[05:19] Yakan
    In other words, it symbolizes us.
[05:22] Yakan
    He regards us as heroes of the land.
[05:26] Yakan
    Isn't that right, Liu Maoxing?
[05:35] Kirin C
    Us?
[05:37] Ludaci
    Heroes?
[05:44] Kaiyou
    He's dangerous. That boy is too dangerous.
[05:49] Kaiyou
    I have spent years building
    up this organization,
[05:53] Kaiyou
    and he's about to destroy
    it all in an instant.
[06:04] Kaiyou
    These fools don't return my love.
[06:11] Yakan
    Your words don't make sense.
[06:16] Yakan
    But for some reason, they move my heart.
[06:21] Yakan
    I remember the day I battled your
    mother, Bei, here at Mount Liang.
[06:29] Yakan
    She fought fiercely. She was strong.
[06:33] Yakan
    When a winner couldn't be determined
    and our contest was declared a tie,
[06:37] Yakan
    she said...
[06:39] (Flashback) Bei
    What a waste. It's such a waste, Ya Kan.
[06:43] (Flashback) Bei
    A man of your skill
    could save so many people.
[06:49] (Flashback) Bei
    You'll realize soon enough that cooking isn't
     meant to control and manipulate.
[06:54] (Flashback) Bei
    Cooking is meant to liberate people
    and make them happy!
[06:59] Yakan
    As one born in the Underworld,
    raised in the Underworld,
[07:02] Yakan
    who blindly trained in the Underworld,
    I didn't understand her words.
[07:07] (Flashback) Yakan
    Throw her out!
[07:08] (Flashback) Bei
    Ya Kan!
[07:12] Yakan
    But after battling you, I feel like
    I finally have a vague understanding
[07:18] Yakan
    of what it is that people want from cooking.
[07:25] Kirin E
    Can our cooking really...
[07:29] Wuyong
    ...make people happy?
[07:49] Mob A
    Lord Kai You, the legendary utensil...
[07:51] Mob B
    This one, too!
SIGN    Daxian Temple, Guangzhou
SIGN    Ever-Soul Knife
SIGN    Longzhen Restaurant, Shanghai
SIGN    Coiled Dragon Pot
[08:11] Fei
    What's this?
[08:15] Leien
    Xie Lu, what's that light?
[08:18] Xielu
    What light—
[08:21] Xielu
    Whoa, seriously?
[08:45] Kaiyou
    The eight utensils are crying out.
[08:47] Kaiyou
    Does this mean his words have
    moved the hearts of my Kirin Chefs,
[08:51] Kaiyou
    baring their fangs against this land?
[08:54] Kaiyou
    What a gift from the heavens.
[08:57] Kaiyou
    Truly, I am fortunate.
[09:13] Kirin F
    What's causing these tremors?
[09:35] Shirou
    What happened?!
[09:38] Yakan
    The Mount Liang reservoir
    has been destroyed!
[09:49] Kirin
    It's raining and thundering
    like crazy outside!
[09:52] Ludaci
    What?
[09:53] Wuyong
    At this rate, the water level
    will rapidly rise.
[09:57] Yakan
    Kai You has finally abandoned Mount Liang.
[10:08] Like
    Get in, quickly!
[10:11] Like
    Maoxing, you get in, too!
[10:13] Meili
    Mao, hang in there!
[10:22] Shirou
    Mao, you won't make it out with
     that ball and chain in this water!
[10:31] Mao
    Ya Kan!
[10:33] Meili
    He's badly hurt.
[10:38] Yakan
    We'll see how far my heat
    gets me in this water.
[10:43] Mao
    D-Don't do it, Ya Kan.
[10:45] Yakan
    Go, Liu Maoxing.
[10:49] Yakan
    To Beijing.
[10:51] Yakan
    Kai You will take the Holy Copperware
    and map he stole from you
[10:55] Yakan
    as well as the utensil
    from Mount Tai to Beijing.
[10:59] Yakan
    And there's one more Five Tiger Star.
[11:03] Mao
    Another one?
[11:05] Yakan
    Be careful. Not even I fully understood him.
[11:14] Mao
    Ya Kan, enough. That's enough!
[11:17] Yakan
    Don't underestimate a Five Tiger Star!
[11:23] Shirou
    Mao!
[11:24] Meili
    Mao!
[11:25] Like
    Maoxing!
[11:35] Kaiyou
    Put the boat out.
[11:37] Servant
    Lord Ya Kan and the others
    are still inside. Are you sure?
[11:40] Kaiyou
    There's nothing to be done.
[11:43] Kaiyou
    It would seem that my love wasn't enough.
[11:47] Kaiyou
    No matter. I can always
    train more Kirin Chefs.
[11:56] Kaiyou
    I shall be the one to create a new era.
[12:04] Mao
    Ya Kan!
[12:08] Yakan
    Get out of here, Liu Maoxing.
[12:12] Yakan
    Another wave is coming.
[12:14] Mao
    You're shackled to an iron ball, too.
[12:17] Like
    Lord Ya Kan!
[12:21] Like
    Lord Ya Kan!
[12:26] Like
    Lord Ya Kan!
[12:30] Yakan
    I'm out of heat.
[12:36] Like
    Lord Ya Kan, Jade Arrowhead
    Li Ke will follow you anywhere.
[12:43] Yakan
    I'm sorry for everything, Li Ke.
[12:53] Ludaci
    Lord Ya Kan!
[12:55] Wuyong
    Lord Ya Kan!
[12:58] Yakan
    I see it. I can see it, Liu Maoxing.
[13:03] Yakan
    I can see the new culinary
    world you'll create.
[13:11] Mao
    Ya Kan!
[13:55] Meili
    That boat...
[13:56] Mao
    Huh?
[14:05] Mao
    Ya Kan—
[14:20] Mao
    Kai You!
[14:22] Mao
    I'll never forgive him!
[14:25] Shirou
    Mao, what's gotten into you?
[14:27] Meili
    Mao, stop!
[14:30] Mao
    Damn it!
[14:44] Ludaci
    Kid, we'll help.
[14:50] Wuyong
    You're the boy who led us into a new era.
[14:54] Wuyong
    Go on.
[14:56] Ludaci
    Come over here and grab onto my arm.
[14:59] Mao
    Okay.
[15:03] Wuyong
    Come on, everyone.
    Let's get this boat moving.
[15:07] All
    Yeah!
[15:13] Ludaci
    This might be a little rough!
[15:15] Mao
    I'm counting on it.
[15:24] Ludaci
    All right!
[15:26] All
    Go on, kid!
[15:28] All
    Don't let Kai You escape!
[15:31] Mao
    Thank you!
[15:33] Mao
    Hold on, Kai You!
[15:37] Kaiyou
    What an unbelievably lucky boy.
    You're still alive?
[15:41] Mao
    Ya Kan sacrificed his own life to save me.
[15:45] Mao
    You won't get away from me, Kai You!
[15:51] Kaiyou
    Such a passionate boy.
[15:55] Kaiyou
    But I'm sure Ya Kan will regret
    spending the last of his heat
[16:01] Kaiyou
    to save your little flame.
[16:04] Mao
    What was that?
[16:06] Kaiyou
    Frustrated, are you?
[16:08] Kaiyou
    Then curse your own puny hands for
    being too small to grasp anything.
[16:14] Mao
    You blew up Mount Liang's reservoir.
[16:17] Mao
    Because of you, Ya Kan and the others—
[16:20] Kaiyou
    You can continue blaming others
    for the rest of your life.
[16:23] Kaiyou
    Those overflowing with sadness will keep
    appearing before your inexperienced self,
[16:27] Kaiyou
    only to disappear.
[16:30] Mao
    Don't be ridiculous!
[16:42] Mao
    Kai You!
[17:14] Meili
    Mao!
[17:27] Kaiyou
    Son of Bei, both you and
    your mother are an eyesore.
[18:05] Mao
    I need to go to Beijing.
[18:09] Mao
    I have to cook my final dish.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[18:18] Luo
    The emperor himself is sponsoring
    a major cooking tournament.
[18:23] Luo
    Open to men and women of all ages,
    regardless of their qualifications.
[18:28] Luo
    Everyone with skill is encouraged
    to gather in the imperial capital of Beijing.
[18:38] Luo
    I can hear it.
[18:39] Luo
    The earth is trembling as all
    the stars, both good and bad,
[18:42] Luo
    gather in the imperial capital.
[18:46] Luo
    Not only that, but the emperor
    will award the winner
[18:50] Luo
    with the greatest of treasures,
    the Jade Dragon Pot.
[18:57] Luo
    Finally, the battle for the legendary
    utensils is approaching its end.
[19:03] Luo
    Mao, your true worth will be tested.
[19:23] Chef 1
    From Shaolin Hall in Henan Province,
    Zheng Bao would like to enter.
[19:25] Chef 2
    From Zhejiang Province,
    I am Super Chef Xi Kan.
[19:28] All
    Look at those two.
[19:30] All
    They're the Super Chefs from Hunan Province.
[19:31] All
    Brothers Ka La and Lu.
[19:34] All
    They call them the Dumpling Brothers!
[19:39] Li
    Look at all these people.
[19:42] Louwen
    Unconditional entry certainly
    encourages participation.
[19:45] Louwen
    It's the first imperial cooking tournament.
[19:49] Louwen
    I'm excited to see what kind of chefs
    will gather from across the country.
[19:57] All
    Wh-What is that?
[19:58] All
    Who are they?
[20:00] All
    Who are those dangerous men?
[20:06] Kaiyou
    From Mount Liang in Shandong Province,
    Five Tiger Star Kai You.
[20:11] Yanxian
    Likewise, Five Tiger Star Yan Xian!
[20:14] Yanxian
    We'd like to enter the Forbidden
    City cooking tournament!
[20:16] Li
    What? Mount Liang? Five Tiger Stars?
[20:20] Louwen
    I can't believe the Cooking Underworld
    is openly entering the tournament.
[20:24] All
    The Cooking Underworld?
[20:25] All
    They exist?
[20:26] All
    I heard they kill to achieve their goals...
[20:27] All
    Terrifying!
[20:28] Yanxian
    Hey, Kai You. Sounds like
    we have a bad reputation.
[20:33] Kaiyou
    They shouldn't say such disreputable things.
[20:35] Kaiyou
    Today is the day my love
    will envelop the land.
[20:40] Kaiyou
    We already have two legendary utensils.
[20:42] Kaiyou
    We shall make full use of them
    at this tournament and win.
[20:48] Louwen
    Li, if they take the legendary
    Jade Dragon Pot...
[20:54] Li
    The Chinese culinary world
    will be thrown into chaos.
[20:59] Li
    I don't believe it.
[21:02] Li
    Not a single chef capable of defeating
    the Five Tiger Stars has shown up yet.
[21:11] All
    This man will defend
    the Chinese culinary world!
[21:18] All
    Long live Lord Shengyu!
[21:33] Fei
    I must hurry to the capital
    with this legendary utensil.
[21:38] Shirou
    Are we there yet?
[21:41] Meili
    You were so excited at first.
[21:43] Shirou
    Shut up, Sis. I'm out of fuel.
[21:46] Mao
    Okay, Shirou. Let's eat here.
[21:49] Shirou
    That's what I wanted to hear.
[21:50] Shirou
    I'll gather some firewood.
[21:52] Meili
    I'll get some water.
[21:55] Shirou
    What's on the menu today?
[21:57] Mao
    Well...
[21:59] Xielu
    Hey!
[22:03] Xielu
    Not even a Super Chef can cook
    a decent meal without ingredients.
[22:07] Leien
    Mao, sorry for the wait.
[22:09] Leien
    This is the sixth legendary utensil.
[22:15] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En!
[22:20] Xielu
    Why do you look so shocked?
[22:23] Xielu
    Just so you know, we're not ghosts.
[22:25] Leien
    Take a look at this.
[22:31] Shirou
    It's amazing!
[22:32] Meili
    All the vegetables and meat are still fresh!
[22:41] Shirou
    It's good! So is this.
[22:44] Xielu
    You've improved your skills again.
[22:45] Shirou
    Mao, this stuff is awesome.
[22:46] Meili
    Shirou, you're eating too much.
[22:53] Mao
    I want to deliver this little piece
    of happiness to more people.
[23:01] Mao
    That's our greatest joy as chefs.
[23:07] Mao
    Isn't that right, Mom?
[23:13] Keling
    Mao, food's ready!
[23:15] Bei
    Mao, come on!
[23:18] Mao
    Okay!
[23:19] Leien
    What is it?
[23:20] Xielu
    Are you talking in your sleep?
[23:21] Shirou
    Mao, you're so funny.
[23:23] Meili
    Oh, Mao. Do you want another helping?
[23:26] Mao
    Yeah. More, please!