Chapter 36 (1/2)

Eliht that one day, he would have to go through it, but he never thought that the day would come so fast Jo Minjoon went back to his countertop with his tray on his hand He could see Marco’s worried expression Marco said sohbehind the

It is close to a family meal Jo Minjoon, when he heard those words, realized so

There was no dish that was captivating enough in his cooking He needed to arnishes to take advantage of that richness But the dishes that were on the tray were only those four dishes Gae roll There wasn’t a characteristical korean richness, nor charm in these dishes

When he heard that this was a well made family meal, he couldn’t think of any words to refute Certainly, you wouldn’t know if it was a menu from a town restaurant that costed a thousand wons(TL:korean currency 1000won=1 dollar aprox), but this wasn’t soood restaurant He also wanted to win through an exotic flavor, but the result wasn’t that good

But why could that be? He wasn’t feeling that bad Was it that he didn’t feel anything about hi an eliminated candidate? No, that wasn’t it It was different He did get angry And it also bothered hi that was only thatin hishe had made so far

It was his first dish Not made as a participant, but as a chef And Joseph didn’tWith that, he felt that one of his guesses were right The cooking score was of course an i

Just knowing that, he felt warmer A bitter smile could be seen on Jo Minjoon’s face It was a smile that was hard to notice unless you looked in detail, but the cameraman that was next to hi The regret and sorrow for beco one of the eliminated candidate, and at the sanized The scale was balancingabout the bitterness

The evaluation continued The people Jo Minjoon looked closely were three Anderson, Kaya and Marco And those three passed splendidly

From the three dishes, one particularly touched his heart Anderson’s Thinly sliced es took a bite of it and the cheese inside the eggplant stretched, Jo Minjoon gulped having forgotten his own situation

The evaluation all ended From the 21 people, 13 people passed and all went upstairs And the re people were 8 Maybe he could say that he was fortunate, but there was no one close to Jo Minjoon a them

Jo Minjoon looked at the second floor And aze as usual Kaya opened her , but ended up saying nothing Jo Minjoon put on a light s, they were on a distance where nothing could be heard And knowing Kaya’s character, she wouldn’t even ripped his fist as if he was ’ posture Jo Minjoon faced that fat fist, and n It was at thatcrew, a loud voice was heard

“The eli an interview before the losers mission Come to do the interview in the order you were evaluated”

Jo Minjoon was the second After waiting for a while, Jo Minjoon went in the interviewing roo as usual At the same time Jo Minjoon seated in his place, Martin asked

“How are you feeling right now?”

“Regretful”

Jo Minjoon said briefly At that ht that it was because he was bothered by that question, but soon changed hisJo Minjoon’s expression To say that he was in a bad situation, he had an excessively calht of Jo Minjoon to be a greedy participant Of course, there would be no greedy participants but, at least, he wasn’t like a taoist that didn’t dwell in front of victory

But in Jo Minjoon’s face couldn’t even be seen a trace of despair that normal losers should have So did he have to interpret that as sorudges But Jo Minjoon wasn’t that kind of participant The ca days, but the camera installed in the kitchens and other places were always running And what the camera recorded was that Jo Minjoon was one of the participants that practiced the most in the kitchen

Because of that, he couldn’t say that Jo Minjoon didn’t hold any grudge Martin asked in a rather calretful, you seem quite calet through it?”

“I wonder It’s difficult to say that…… But I’ood The words Joseph told ood meal stays in my heart”

Jo Minjoon replied like that and smiled faintly It was a sht that it would be good et to disqualify in this ht now?”

Jo Minjoon didn’t reply for a long while When Martin started to feel frustrated, Jo Minjoon replied in a low voice

“What did I tell you the first time ? That I wanted to confir or not?”

“Yes And that the winner was going to be Kaya, if there were no upsets And if there was, that upset was going to be you You also said that”

At those words Martin said jokingly, the smile in Jo Minjoon disappeared instantly Jo Minjoon opened his mouth A loud and hard voice was heard

“The words I said at that time, I will have to cancel them”

“Yes?”

“I understood this ti eliminated The participants, they cook and I also do Their dishes are delicious and so areunavoidable I will reach the highest I can I won’t stop for myself”

His determination was trans each of the words and spitting them out Maybe, if this was a movie, Martin’s role would just be to adram It was an interview Martin couldn’t help but throw another question at hie wall stands in front of you? What if you end up falling?”

Jo Minjoon replied without hesitating

“I’ to shout and yell But… in the end…”

Jo Minjoon rested for a ulped The cameraman that was next to the at Jo Minjoon’s mouth nervously

“I will have to stand up Because that’s what I have to do”

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Everyone’s interview ended, and the 8 participants stood in front of their countertops The judges looked at the disqualifying candidates warers intertwined and said severely

“You people are about to get eli you, and perhaps, even more so”

A heavy atmosphere presented for a moment nobody could open their mouths Even the participants that passed and were on the second floor, and the disqualifying candidates

They couldn’t help but get closer in the tiether They knew that they were co all the days On top of that, they had the saet closer between them

To open your mouth in front of those participants and the heavy at to do so even if you were a judge Alan opened his mouth, when he did so, his eyes were sunk really deep

“I will announce the elimination mission”