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Shinjii Takahashi's expression was a mix of awkwardness and seriousness. "Comrade, this is a cooking show. You've got the wrong channel," he said, composed.
Renz was momentarily stunned. But I learned cooking precisely to satisfy Erina's God's Tongue. If it weren't for her God's Tongue having side effects, he'd never have bothered with the tedious art of cooking.
Many culinary details, if not perfectly executed, could ruin the entire flavor. Mastering many dishes took hundreds, even thousands, of hours of refinement. If Erina didn't have the side effects of her God's Tongue, Renz would never have learned to cook; he'd simply have Erina cook for him. It would have been the direct entry into the scientific art of being pampered.
Renz also understood his father-in-law's expectations. The old man wanted Renz's cooking to satisfy the God's Tongue. If he could achieve that, Erina's life would be fundamentally guaranteed.
If Renz could cook something that satisfied the God's Tongue, he'd earn high marks in the old man's eyes. Proposing and revealing their already-married status would naturally follow. Satisfying the God's Tongue and proposing were intertwined. Renz truly didn't mean to "change channels."
"Can't one propose... on a cooking show?" Renz asked, somewhat innocently.
Shinjii Takahashi paused. It seemed... there really wasn't any rule against it. A proposal could happen anywhere; proposing on a show was a kind of romance. It wasn't as if a cooking show couldn't feature a proposal.
"You've stumped me with that question," Shinjii said, bewildered. "I suppose... it's possible?"
"Then I think filming this for the promotional video is fine," Renz said. Since there was no issue, why shouldn't they film it? Besides, it wasn't a real proposal; he and Erina were already married. This was just a statement to let the old man know that Renz wasn't merely talking about marriage. He had a plan to handle the God's Tongue issue.
Shinjii Takahashi fell silent for a moment. "It's not a problem, but there's a question I want to ask: Isn't satisfying the God's Tongue... harder than winning this competition?"
The question caught Shinjii off guard. His attention had been consumed by the word "marriage," but now he realized that Renz was full of strange remarks.
There was a great unsolved mystery in the culinary world: how to satisfy Mana Nakiri. Mana Nakiri, a perennial judge at international culinary competitions, rarely found a dish that truly satisfied her. Could their "Midnight Chef" culinary program compete with those world-class events? Obviously not.
This was just a makeshift setup. The only commendable aspect compared to international competitions was that its chefs were underground, self-taught, and had unique culinary styles. But still, there was no comparison.
Shinjii believed the winner of this show would be a one-hit wonder at world-class competitions. Satisfying the God's Tongue... wasn't that just setting himself up for failure? Filming a promotional video where he declared his goal to satisfy the God's Tongue seemed like a recipe for ridicule. Mana Nakiri's palate was notoriously discerning.
Renz listened, acknowledging the difficulty. Indeed, it was hard. The God's Tongue was incredibly tough to satisfy, and as more food was consumed, its resistance to similar dishes only grew. To continuously satisfy the God's Tongue and make it ecstatic, one had to constantly innovate. Creating new dishes meant constantly researching new cuisines and ingredients.
But this was just to satisfy the God's Tongue and make it ecstatic. Renz's lifestyle was about improving Erina's quality of life. If it were just about getting the God's Tongue to eat something, that wouldn't be hard.
It meant there were no mistakes from start to finish in the cooking process. Doing so would allow the God's Tongue to eat the food because the power of the God's Tongue was its ability to magnify flaws. It could detect imperfections and amplify them. For meat dishes, this was especially true.
If even the smallest detail was mishandled, the gamey smell or raw blood taste of the meat could overwhelm the dish. When the God's Tongue detected such a flaw, it was like forcing it to taste raw or even rotten meat. Zero errors was the baseline for the God's Tongue to eat the food. Innovation, creating new things, and new flavors were what truly satisfied it.
In his early years, Renz focused on zero errors, developing a precise, flawless cooking process. In his middle years, he shifted to improving Erina's quality of life, constantly exploring new dishes and developing unique techniques.
Renz felt that satisfying Mana Nakiri just once wouldn't be difficult. His biggest fear was that if his mother-in-law tasted his cooking, she'd constantly long for it, obsess over it, and create huge problems for him.
Renz wanted to tell Shinjii, "Satisfying the God's Tongue isn't hard; anyone with hands can do it." But he thought better of it—such a statement would be too arrogant.
"It is quite difficult, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Even if it seems impossible, I have to try. After all, Erina also has the God's Tongue, and our married life will need to make it happy," Renz said earnestly.
"Alright, alright, that's enough talk. I've finished writing the general script for your promotional video. We'll head to the studio for filming soon," Shinjii said, waving his hand, stopping Renz's "persecution."
It was absurd. Shinjii didn't think Renz was intentionally showing off their affection. Such displays were usually obvious and felt fake. The problem was that Renz's conversation didn't seem to have that element. Could such a conversation automatically veer off-topic like that? Are you kidding me?
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