Traveling through Naruto: I am Haruno Sakura

Chapter 235 Duel between chefs! (1)

Of course, after Shikamaru cleaned up the dishes, he left quickly, saying that he had an urgent mission. Sakura didn't mind it, as urgent missions were commonplace for ninjas.

After all, as the number of ninjas decreased but the amount of tasks did not decrease, everyone from the jonin to the genin were working hard to complete the tasks, and many of them were injured while doing the tasks.

So Sakura's recent task is to cooperate with medical ninjas to provide treatment. Injuries of various degrees have also allowed Sakura to learn the emergency measures that should be taken for different injuries.

But when I finally had some free time, Naruto called me away, saying something big had happened...

What a hard-working life...

When Sakura came into the room and saw the person lying on the bed, wasn't this the owner of the ramen shop?

After a series of examinations, Sakura came to a conclusion, "He's suffering from overwork. He just needs to drink a nutritional supplement and have a good night's sleep and he'll be fine." She then put an iced towel on the uncle's head, took out a bottle of nutritional supplement from the medical bag, and fed it to the uncle.

Looking at the looks of Naruto and Choji, Sakura probably guessed what was going on, so she reminded them: "But I suggest that you don't let the uncle open the store for the time being."

In the two people's puzzled eyes, Xiaoying lifted up the uncle's arm, which was already red and swollen. "Uncle, you have been using your arm a lot recently. It's already swollen like this. Even if I treat it, it will take time to recover."

Naruto looked at the uncle and remembered something. "Oh, right, before the uncle fell, he seemed to have mentioned something about kitchen ninjas and Ayame-sister."

Sakura had some impression, "Ayame is the uncle's daughter, and kunin means a ninja who cooks."

Then I learned this kind of knowledge, "Because one of the problems that ninjas face during missions is diet. Usually ninjas eat ration pills, but ration pills are tasteless just for nutrition. If they can eat delicious food during missions, it may increase the success rate of the mission. The chef ninja was born based on this consideration."

Naruto nodded in understanding, "So what does the kitchen-nin you mentioned have to do with Sister Ayame?"

At this time, tears flashed in the uncle's eyes, "Acorus was kidnapped by them..."

??? Sakura was shocked. "Please tell us in detail!"

The uncle recalled sadly, "That happened two weeks ago. The man's name was Hakkaku. He used to learn the craft at the same ramen restaurant as me. Now he is a cooking ninja, or kitchen ninja. He came here and asked me to do him a favor. He hoped that I would give him the dream recipe."

"But I didn't know what the dream recipe was, but Bajiao didn't believe me. One morning, I came to the store and saw a box. I opened it and found a photo of Acorus being kidnapped and a letter inside."

"The letter said: Your daughter is in my hands. If you want her back, hand over the dream recipe."

Sakura hated this kind of person. They knew it was an unreasonable request but still insisted on asking. The problem was that no matter what the reason was, the other party would not give it or did not have it, but they even resorted to kidnapping. "Why didn't you tell Lady Tsunade about this right away? Lady Tsunade would definitely send someone..."

The uncle took off the towel from his forehead and sat up straight. "If I tell anyone, who knows what he will do to Acorus? Besides, the letter also said that if we can let them eat delicious food that satisfies them, they will not think about the recipe and will release Acorus safely."

Let’s not talk about whether they will release him as they wish. “But, uncle, are you sure?”

The uncle pondered for a moment, "I can't say for sure, but as a chef, if someone wants to compete with me in cooking skills, how can I not accept the challenge?"

Naruto suddenly realized, "No wonder the uncle wants to close the business to research new flavors."

Closed? Then how did Naruto and Choji find out that the uncle fainted? They couldn't just barge in, right? Hahaha, that shouldn't be possible, right?

The uncle nodded. For now, "At least the soup is satisfactory."

When talking about the soup, the uncle raised his red and swollen hands and burst into tears, "But I can't make noodles that match the soup and have a chewy texture. If this goes on, it will be a dream to save Acorus. Tomorrow is the day of the competition. What should I do..."

As for the judgement of innovative ramen... ...Sakura felt that Choji could do it perfectly, and then she heard Naruto say, "I can't even imagine Ichiraku without Ayame-san. Okay uncle, the three of us will help you! You must make the best ramen!"

Choji was also in high spirits, "Take Sister Ayame back from the kitchen ninja!"

... ...Just treat it as a spiritual practice.

The uncle looked at them and smiled with satisfaction, "You..."

Sakura treated and bandaged the uncle's arm briefly, and the uncle brought a few people to the ramen shop, "I will teach you the basic skills of making noodles. Mix the ingredients together quickly and evenly. If you don't mix them evenly, it will affect the taste of the noodles. The next step is to knead the dough. If you don't mix them well, the noodles will lose their chewiness...hiss."

Sakura looked at the uncle's arm with concern, "Are you okay?" The uncle started to sweat when he was mixing the materials...

The uncle moved his arms and said, "It's okay, don't worry!"

He picked up the kneaded dough and started to pull the noodles. The uncle pulled the noodles into a shiny and uniform thickness. "Then it's time to pull the noodles. You need to pay attention to keeping the thickness of the noodles consistent so that the cooked noodles will look good... Let's try it."

Several people started to practice. Since Shikamaru and Naruto were a little shorter, the uncle even brought two stools for them to stand on.

After all, Xiaoying had cooked before, so she was quite skilled at the process of kneading the dough. The uncle sat beside her with his head lowered, as if he was thinking.

After rubbing it a few times, Naruto said, "Uncle Handbeater, you're not thinking about a way out after losing the game, are you?"

The uncle seemed to have his mind poked, and he stuttered a little, "I, I..."

Sakura knew the uncle's concerns. After all, they were only half-baked when it came to ramen. "Don't worry, uncle. Since we did it, we didn't expect to lose. And I will never forgive them for taking girls as hostages."

Dingci has his own opinions on food. "The key to cooking is the heart, not just the skills and experience."

Naruto kneaded the dough confidently, "Don't worry, we will let them see the strength of our Konoha ninjas!"