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."