# 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."*