GROWINGS
32

'He's weird, but I like him better than Kinno!'

'Really! He was very friendly and polite! And he's great too!'

'Why is he only here now?! Where has he been since!'

'Look!! He brought a chicken egg?!! What will he do?!!'

Most of the participants who had been declared dead in the first round, actually they continued to praise and support Dafa and his friends.

Unceasingly they continue to throw praise and support at the students from the school who reportedly will be closed.

What about Martin Luther himself? He himself looked very anxious and panicked. Because of what he had feared all along, it finally materialized as well.

All this time his feeling never misses. From the beginning he had indeed felt that Dafa was not a child that could be underestimated.

The boy seemed to have a special power within him. The power that even Kinno, the golden boy, was unable to defeat.

Returning to the arena, Kinno quietly continued to pay attention to Dafa's every move. From the ingredients that his rival took, he could already guess that Dafa would definitely make a -- cake.

But, isn't that 'cake' sounding and looking very ordinary?

Half an hour has passed. But what the jury promised did not seem to be fulfilled in time.

'You're wasting Dafa's time! You are such a fool!' Tukas Kinno in the heart. He felt he was already a few steps ahead of his main rival.

Klinig...!! Klinig...!!

A woman rang the bell just next to the table of the number 13 participant. Then he lifted the glass bottle high with the green powder inside.

The camera immediately shot towards him. And again, the big screen there shows the figure of Dafa and his friends.

"They found him!! That secret ingredient...!!"

All participants' eyes looked at it. It turned out that the secret ingredient the main jury was hiding was...

"What a!! Two more gold flags were acquired by SMK Ellite Rovario...!!"

"This means, they have already obtained four gold flags!! And this is an amazing thing!!"

"Damn...!!" Kinno kicked the table. "If the secret ingredient is matcha powder, it means -" he saw all the ingredients and some of the food that he and his friends had made. "That means everything we do..."

All the members of his group fell silent. They themselves seem to have known from the reaction shown by their current chairman.

"We have no time..." Kinno said slowly. His brain thinks fast. If he changes all the menus he has planned, then the time will not be enough anymore.

But if he does not combine the secret ingredients into his food, then...

"We're changing the menu..!!"

A head of another school shouted loudly. Disperse Kinno reverie.

If the head of another school can be sure of his decision, then there is no giving up in the dictionary of his life!

Moreover, that Dafa is nobody!!

For him, Dafa was nothing more than a stupid boy who was just lucky in the first half.

Time keeps moving forward. Each participant is getting desperate. They must finish this final round, although they themselves do not know who the 350 people who will fill the empty seats that have been specially provided by the committee.

But suddenly two organizers entered the arena of the match, escorted by six officers from the police. And even the special staff of the palace security was also escorting the two committee who came with something covered by black cloth.

Vallentino stood in his place. "To students from SMK Ellite Rovario, we invite you to take it at our table. And to other participants, it is not closed the possibility to participate in taking it. Thank you." Thank you."

Dafa rushed to the jury table. Where the judges, and the organizers who had been busy holding the cameras, waited.

"Becch..." Stevie Wallerima's gaze was so shady. "Don't disappoint us."

Dafa nodded with a wide-flowing smile on his face. "For sure, Grandma Stevie!!"

Everyone is waiting. Waiting for what is actually behind the shiny and slippery black cloth, so it must be maintained by super tight security.

Srressskk..!

And as soon as the black cloth was exposed, all were wide open barely blinking. They were all between believing and not, with what they were seeing through the big screen in the distance.

"Ardiansyah, isn't that a diamond and a gemstone?" Anggita Suryatama was running out of words.

And so did the four teachers from SMK Ellite Rovario who took their students that morning.

"Those glittering things --" Fatma sat back with a deathly pale face and a squeezed body.

"What will Dafa actually do..." Ms. Nuriyanti did not take her eyes off the big screen.

Such was the reaction of everyone who was very, very surprised by the glittering objects that Dafa was carrying with an iron tray and got an escort as well of course.

"Friends..."

"Dafa is --" Eka's hand trembled as she touched the precious gemstones, diamonds and golden sand that glittered so beautifully.

"If you want to touch her, please wear gloves.." Dafa warned his friends.

What Dafa did next, collecting several tables until a circle can be said to be quite large in diameter.

"Is this enough, Fa?" Ask Gabriel.

Dafa ran away a few meters. "Looks like five more tables.."

Julian and Gabriel hurried to retrieve some of the tables that Dafa had asked for.

"Okay, enough!!" Dafa.

Tik-Tok-Tik-Tok...

And time goes on...

The two layers of solid green cake have been removed. And little by little, everyone who filled the stadium seemed to know---- what the students from Ellite Rovario's SMK were actually going to make of.

"Hey, can I go to their place?" Tukas Sicilia seemed impatient and wanted to take a closer and direct look. Though he himself who like to oppose and do not agree to the ridiculous and excessive demand of Dafa earlier.

"Let's welcome the 350 randomly selected audiences to take part in the assessment of each participant...!!"

All the participants fell silent and noticed a crowd of people in red and white, who walked neatly and regularly - - until they started occupying one by one the empty seats numbered in sequence.

"Friends, you see those people..." Eka pointed towards the mysterious guests.

"They..." Julian gulped. "They..." Then he turned to Dafa who was not affected in the slightest by the arrival of the guest judges.

"They don't just consist of adults. But they, of all ages..." Sheila looked at Dafa. "Dafa, how did you know that---"

Dafa continues to work and work. He really doesn't care about the situation around him. Because for him the most important thing is to be able to complete this masterpiece in time.

The sun is drowning. The remaining time for participants is no more than 30 minutes. And Dafa is now beginning to complete its final stage. The stage where everyone was made dumbfounded by the shrewdness of his hand.

"Who exactly is that boy..?" Stevie Wallerima could not hide his admiration and curiosity.

When everyone praised his prowess, Dafa suddenly collapsed. All of my friends, teachers and the jury were panicking. Moreover, seeing Dafa that is so pale and does not move at all.

The medical team quickly gave her extra oxygen.

"We just take it to --"

"No need.." Dafa held one of the medical team's hands. "Give me three minutes..."

"Becch..."

"I'm fine, Sheila. I just need to take a little nap..."

The eyes of Dafa close both. He fell asleep in a supine position with only a field of green grass so soft and tickling.

"Is Dafa okay..." Tita even knelt nearby. And so did his other friends.

Meanwhile, Bu Nuriyanti and Inu took to the field. Both of them were so anxious to see Dafa's condition suddenly decline so drastically.

Although his students said that Dafa only wanted to sleep for a while, but both of them still waited on the edge of the field with faces of tremendous anxiety.

"How many minutes, Julian?" Ask Sheila.

"Three me--- nit.." Julian said, and along with that Dafa got up again and immediately climbed the chair to finish the end point at the top of the cake.

Everyone is waiting and waiting. Although at first glance the Dafa-made cake looks perfect, but it turns out that for Dafa it has not been completely finished.

"Ten-nine-eight-eight-" the committee began counting down.

"Already, Dafa!! That's enough..!" Pekik Eka hysterical.

Dafa jumped from the chair he had arranged into two levels. Then from below, he threw the gold powder all over the cake.

"FINISH...!!"

Dafa raised both of his hands. Then his eyes were rounded with his nose and chest fluttering.

Finally, he had completed an extremely beautiful and extraordinary masterpiece.

A masterpiece that has never been made by a child his age.

The Fantasy Cake, that's how Dafa gave his amazing masterpiece a name.

A 7-layer birthday cake, with different colors in each layer. Coupled with the sparkle of diamonds and gemstones that further enhance the appearance of the cake.

Dafa and his friends became the last ones, leaving the arena of the match. As they walked towards the corner of the field, journalists and students from the school immediately surrounded him.

"You're so great..!"

"You're amazing too, Dafa!"

"I'm sure your school will be the winner.."

Dafa then pulled the hands of his friends. "They are the ones who have helped me a lot. Without their help, maybe I can't finish it."

"Back.." Sheila looked shy.

Dafa waved at the teacher and his other friends. And again he introduced his four teachers to those people.

"The news is that Ellite Rovario SMK has fallen into the hands of Martin Luther. Is that right, Miss Nuriyanti?"

Dafa immediately grabbed the microphone. "It's not true!" Reply firmly. "Need you all know that the Ellite Rovario SMK will never be closed! If Mr. Martin Luther is going to close it, then he has to step over my body first!"

Among the dozens of people who swarmed him, also appeared Anggita Suryatama, Ardiansyah, and his two sons.

"He looked very tired, Ardiansyah." said Anggita Suryatama.

Ardiansyah wanted to go ahead and see her son. However, Anggita Suryatama held her hand.

"Why, Mom?"

"Are you ready to hurt her heart? And are you ready to be hated by him?"

"But, Mum..."

"Ardiansyah, you think you're the only one who wants to meet and talk to her in person?!!"

"Mother..."

"Kids, you are asked to go back into the arena.."

The debate between mother and child was interrupted when a committee came to Dafa and his friends.

"Come on guys, we've been waiting!!"

"Dafa slowly dong..." Tita said with breath.

Upon their return, it was not only the judges who were surrounding the cake that was very beautiful and beautiful. But some foreigners from the embassy as well as the tourism minister and also the officials who attended, seemed amazed by the cake.

"Dafa-Dafa-I can guess for sure both your parents are excellent chefs who have no doubt about their abilities. Where are they now? They must've seen you, right?" Sicilia asked curiously.

Dafa shook his head with a sumringah face. "Mother is busy taking care of her boutique. My father died when I was 6.."

All the adults were silent. They were completely unaware of what Dafa had said just now.

"So..."

"So, my school won, right?! Is it Grandma Stevie?!!"

Stevie Wallerima's eyes were glazed over. Actually, there's something he wants to say. It's just that he couldn't say it.

"Sorry Dafa, this cake cannot be tasted by all of us.." Vallentino.

"Why, Uncle?"

"Because your cake will be taken directly to the palace to be shown to the president and also the state guests who are visiting today.." Joe's connecting.

"That means you can't know what it's like..?" Dafa looked very disappointed.

"Dafa dear -- for me you are not only a champion in this race. But you are the ray that comes to light us all. You're the best of the best." Stevie Wallerima strengthened her heart. He finally managed to reveal his heart.

"Prepare all of you to receive the trophy of victory on stage, there it is.." Said Tomo with his Japanese accent that still sounds thick.

"You heard me, guys?!! We will go on stage and receive that trophy of victory..!! Asiikk...!!"

Although Fantasy Cake made by Dafa and his friends can not be enjoyed, but in the end they are the ones who come out as champions. Get the winning trophies and other prizes in cash and dinner along with all the major jury members.

In the distance, the old granny with her two cats was sitting with a smiling face full of joy.

'This is just the beginning. You will be more surprised by what he will do, after this...'

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