The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 209 The Return of the Ghost Father (4K)

Over Tokyo.

A flight from North America slowly landed at the airport.

Soon, a tall, middle-aged man appeared at the exit of the terminal.

He was wearing a neat black suit, every wrinkle seemed to have been carefully ironed, and he exuded a cold aura.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Nakiri?" A slightly restrained voice came, and a young man was seen holding a sign with the words "Mr. Nakiri" written in large letters, his eyes full of caution and flattery.

"it's me."

Nakiri Tsuki answered calmly and pulled the black gloves on his hands.

"Please come this way." The young man bowed quickly, his attitude almost humble. "According to the personnel arrangement of the headquarters, Mr. Nakiri will go to the Neon Branch and take over the position of branch director."

Soon, Nakiri Azuchi got into the car, and through the window, the street scenes of Tokyo flashed by like a slide show.

Those familiar buildings and streets now seemed strange to him.

"Long time no see, Erina."

He murmured quietly in his heart, but his facial expression did not show the joy and kindness of a loving father who was about to see his daughter. Instead, he had a gloomy and evil look to him.

"And you... Nakiri Managi!!"

Looking at the last family photo in the album on his cell phone, Nakiri Tsuki's eyes flickered violently.

on the photo.

Nakiri Managi, the eldest daughter of the Nakiri family, was sitting in a wheelchair, receiving a nutrient solution.

A pair of eyes stared ahead indifferently and arrogantly.

Next to her stood a delicate little girl in a dress.

This is the young version of Erina Nakiri.

And Nakiri Tsuki was holding her daughter Erina's hand, unaware of her daughter's resistance and fear. She had a strange smile on her face and was also staring at the camera.

This photo, like a mirror, clearly reflects the essence of this family that is in appearance but actually divided.

Soon, we arrived at the Neon branch by car.

Akihiro Nakiri had a video call with the headquarters.

Opposite him sat a senior member of the organization, who was sitting with his legs crossed. He was wearing a white coat as a researcher, but his tone was indescribably twisted and gloomy:

"Since you have officially taken over as the head of the Neon branch, I believe you are clear about your mission, right?"

Nakiri Tsukushi's eyes sparkled, and he leaned forward slightly:

"Of course, thank you for your arrangement, Minister."

"Returning to Neon and taking revenge on the Nakiri family... this is exactly what I've always dreamed of!"

Hearing this, the senior executive in a white coat on the other side of the video couldn't help laughing wildly:

"Then let's do it well!"

"It would be best if we could turn Totsuki upside down!"

"Oh, right, Boss Xia, the 'Reappearing One', you must do whatever it takes to get rid of him for me!"

When Nakiri Tsuchiya heard the head of the Gourmet Club speak with such hatred and anger, asking him to target the new generation of Pseudo-Lin who had become famous recently, he couldn't help but be shocked.

However, when he thought about the Cat Island Festival that had just ended, Nakiri Azuchi felt a little bit enlightened.

This person, codenamed 'Dr. K', is the director of the food development department of [Gourmet Club].

With Zhenlin's cooking skills, he should have attracted all the attention and shined at the Cat Island Festival.

Unexpectedly, he was swept away by one person.

He didn't even show up on the last day and left in disgrace.

This matter had already spread widely among the secret organizations and forces in the dark world, and had become a laughing stock among the people.

After all, a dignified minister personally took part in the event, but was overshadowed by a newly promoted Pseudo-Lin. This was purely a rebellion against Tiangang.

And 'Dr. K' is notoriously paranoid and crazy in the dark world. If you are targeted by him, you will be targeted.

Moreover.

Nakiri Tsukiji also disliked this new generation of Pseudo-Rin who was suspected of "stealing his wife and daughter" and naturally felt disgusted with him.

Hang up the video call.

After officially taking office, Nakiri Akihiro collected all the information about Xia An through the intelligence intranet of the Gourmet Club.

Fragment one:

Surveillance cameras in a scenic village in Lijiang City, China.

Married woman Managi Nakiri staggered out of a residential building, supported by her assistant, her face flushed and her eyes so "shy" that water seemed to drip out.

Fragment two:
Douyin video footage, a bustling night market street in Shenzhou.

His daughter, Erina Nakiri, helps out in the kitchen and is busy greeting customers. Occasionally when she has some free time, her eyes will unconsciously drift towards Mr. Xia, who is sitting at the main seat of the dining car, with her eyes full of admiration.

Full of admiration and love.

"idiot!"

Nakiri Tsuchiya's fist hardened.

There are many similar clips.

Originally he thought he had no feelings or nostalgia for that fake family, but Nakiri Tsuyoshi found that he couldn't get over it in his heart, and nameless anger burned in his chest.

half an hour.

After calming down, Nakiri looked through Xia An's personal business card and information on igo, squinting his eyes and staring at one of the information -

[Cooking Rank: Special Grade (Newcomer) → Pseudo-Lin]

"I jumped a big level and advanced to Pseudo-Lin."

Nakiri Tsukiji couldn't help but raise a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Hehe, although I am only at the peak of the special grade and can't challenge you head-on in a food battle, but for a pseudo-Lin who has skipped a level and has a shallow foundation, or even can be called fragile and unable to maintain his realm, there are many old and famous masters who can deal with you!"

In his opinion, food battle is undoubtedly the best way to target Xia An.

The new generation of pseudo-unicorns is in the limelight.

It’s time to find an old senior and make him realize that even at the level of Pseudo-Lin, he is still at the bottom of the list in this field.

However, food battles require the stakes to be tempting enough, otherwise if the other party refuses, the plan will fail.

"Make it a big bet that he can't refuse."

"We also need to ask a veteran pseudo-Lin in the organization who has a lot of experience."

If it were Nakiri Tsuyoshi himself, he would not be able to afford the cost of being targeted, but don't forget that now, there is a director of the food development department standing behind him.

With Zhenlin's resources, status and connections, he is confident in implementing this plan.

……

The food world.

Dark Continent, the land of monsters.

Lei Xiang's throat rolled unconsciously and he swallowed his saliva secretly, watching Xia An swing a machete and dismember a huge wild boar with black steel bristles all over its body.

The meat was a pile, the internal organs were another pile, and there was no sign of damage at all, nor was there a drop of smelly juice seeping out.

Then, there was only a white empty skeleton left, with its limbs still tied up.

"Senior Lei Xiang, I have mastered the ancient skill of 'Fierce Bull and Blue Dragon Slash', right?"

This is the second day that Xia An has been learning from Lei Xiang.

From the lag and awkwardness at the beginning yesterday to the naturalness when the sword was wielded today, Lei Xiang, who was watching, did not feel the slightest sense of artificiality.

Just one day and one night.

Just mastered it?

And how can you practice it to be so smooth?
Lei Xiang opened his mouth and after a long while he finally uttered:

"Remember the true meaning of 'not shedding a drop of blood, not losing a drop of juice'. If you can do this, you will have mastered the swordsmanship."

Xia An held back his laughter. It was rare to see the old senior with a gloomy and lifeless face so moved and shocked.

If it weren't for the fact that his knife skills reached the maximum level so quickly that it was too shocking.

When Lei Xiang taught him "Bull Blue Dragon Slash" yesterday and the ancient skill was successfully recorded on the panel, Xia An could just mindlessly spend money to increase his knife skills to the maximum.

……

[Special Knife Skill: Bull and Blue Dragon Slash (100%)]

[Grade: Rare (Purple)]

[Progress: Beginner → Complete]

[Evaluation: You have mastered this ancient skill to the level of many knife masters. From now on, you will reach the legendary level of perfection.]

……

That’s right, you don’t stop adding points after reaching [Great Success].

Reach the maximum level in one go.

Originally, there were conditions for breaking through from [Great Accomplishment] to [Perfection].

But it seems that because Xia An possesses the [Ultimate Knife Skills] and the [Heavenly Wisdom Knife Heart] pseudo-gold frame talent derived from the transformation, the bottleneck and conditions do not exist at all.

Spend enough cooking experience points and you can easily achieve a breakthrough by purchasing gold!
The situation is similar with "Arhat Crystal Slash".

……

[Special Knife Skill: Arhat Crystal Cut (100%)]

[Grade: Rare (Purple)]

[Progress: Great Success → Perfection]

[Evaluation: You have mastered this ancient skill to the level of many knife masters. From now on, you will reach the legendary level of perfection.]

……

Seeing that he could master "Bull and Blue Dragon Slash" in one go, Xia An would not forget another ancient sword skill that had been with him for a long time, and he also spent money to upgrade it to perfection.

"Tsk tsk, now I have two perfect ancient knife skills."

"And then learn all the other knife skills in the dark cuisine world."

"Ryan and Xiang En must kneel when they come."

What is sweat and hard work?
Xia An looked at Lei Xiang.

He was not satisfied with just learning the "Bull and Blue Dragon Slash".

He can also get gold coins from his seniors.

"Senior Lei Xiang, do you have any cooking skills or ancient skills that you are willing to teach me?" Xia An got straight to the point and was very frank. "In exchange, I am willing to help you make a high-end kitchen utensil."

"Oh, I forgot to explain."

"I can grind and forge any material below level 90."

Lei Xiang:?
"You're not kidding me?"

Lei Xiang grinned and forced a smile:

"If you can really forge any material below level 90... no matter which gourmet organization or force you go to, you will instantly become a highly respected technical leader, and even the leader will treat you with courtesy."

Xia An: "I don't dare to joke and make such a big fuss."

Lei Xiang was silent for a long time, with a complicated expression, and finally spoke with difficulty:
"it is good!"

"I have a level 85 [Giant Stag Beetle] jaw tooth. Please help me grind and forge it into a dagger. Any style you like."

……

Another day later.

Xia An completed the commission and handed a snow-white dagger forged from teeth to Lei Xiang.

Lei Xiang stroked it quietly for a moment, without saying a word, and just kept presenting his unique skills and secrets.

"Here you go, take them all."

Xia An opened it and read it.

"Ten Sides of Ambush" comes from Yang Shi, the Green-Faced Beast in the former dark culinary world. He wields a giant Guandao to perform group cutting. The blade forms a knife net during rotation and can process more than a dozen kinds of food at the same time.

The violent disassembly shows the power, the knife light is like a wild dragon dancing, and the splashing of food is full of oppression.

"Seven Star Instant Knife Dance" is a cutting technique that emphasizes speed and can cut food into fine shapes at a speed that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

In the past, Ryan used this method to debone, fillet and carve intricate patterns on a whole sea bream in a few seconds.
The third secret book is about food skills, named "Icefall Thousand Blades".

Xia An was refreshed and read carefully:

"Does it require the [Ice] cell sequence to practice?"

"The effect is a bit like holding the 'North Star Heavenly Wolf Blade' and performing the Arhat Crystal Slash on fresh food."

"Permanently damage the cells of the ingredients through extreme low temperatures...preserve the original form of the ingredients while improving the taste? Why does this sound a bit like a forbidden technique?"

After a moment, Xia An left with satisfaction.

Lei Xiang watched him walk away with a complicated expression, then lowered his head and stroked the dagger, muttering:
"This alien is becoming more and more incomprehensible."

……

Dong Yegang returned to the Blue Star World just two days ago.

Xia An also didn't plan to stay in the Land of Monsters for long.

"Come out."

He first teleported to the volcanic island, summoned his natal monster notebook, and opened three pages.

Page 1, a white fox with eight tails.

On the second page, birds with clear and lively eyes.

Page 3: A handsome man with black wings on his back.

Wow…

The three pages of paper containing the spirit of the demon king rustled without wind.

The white fox leaped out and transformed into a mature and charming lady in a tight dress.

Birds spread their wings and flew into the sky. In mid-air, a barefoot girl in white clothes looked down at the entire volcanic island with a look of surprise.

The handsome man waved his feather fan and took a step forward with a smile:
"Master, you are very secretive."

“Although I don’t know what great power you used to cross such a distance and come to another area of ​​the food world, please allow me to say that it’s awesome.”

Xia An: “…”

"Your flattery is a bit stiff."

The handsome man smiled and said, "It's okay. If you flatter people more often, you will gradually become more skilled at it."

"Bai, Long."

Xia An coughed and called the other two demon kings who were looking around over:

"You can feel it together and see if the contract connection in the Yokai Notebook will be interrupted after I teleport back to the Blue Star World."

After saying that, Xia An disappeared on the spot.

Two or three minutes later.

He reappeared under the gaze of the three demon kings: "I can feel the connection with you over there, how about you?"

The three looked at each other.

Da Tengu Yu asked tentatively: "Master, did you really leave the food world just now?"

Long said frankly: "The connection remains unchanged."

Bai: "I can sense that you have instantly moved to a very far place."

Xia An immediately felt relieved and said with a laugh:

"Then you three don't have to stay in the world of the book all the time. Just stay on the volcanic island. I will summon you immediately if anything happens."

Afterwards, Xia An did not hide anything and explained the "Palu Home" plan in detail to the three demon kings.

"Help me sweep the surface of the island again and see which hidden corners contain the big guys."

"Also, there is a house in the Crater Ranch area where there are roaming 'evil spirits'. Anyone of you can go there and take the time to deal with it."

After signing the contract, Xia An had mastered part of the essence and true spirit of the demon kings, so naturally he did not need to worry about their loyalty.

Such a loyal, intelligent and powerful helper must naturally be put to good use and contribute to the "Palu Home" project.

And since Shuten-doji has transformed himself into a monster notebook and become a spirit, it is impossible for him to just leave this girl out in the wild.

Watching Master Xia An teleport and disappear again.

Da Tengu Yu said with emotion: "The master who signed us is so mysterious that it is difficult for us to guess."

Long: "I just follow the Master's orders and commands, and occasionally eat some glowing food. I don't care about anything else."

Bai nodded:

"Eating glowing food and being full is my greatest wish as per the contract between me and the Master..."

……

This time, Xia An truly returned to the Blue Star World.

There were so many messages and messages on his phone that it made his scalp tingle. He had no choice but to take the time to deal with them.

[Meng Yulu: The Cat Island Festival has ended. Lu Lao and I have returned to China first. The recorder has been handed over to your disciple Xiaolin Longdan. Remember, next time you use the "coordinate point", bring the recorder in, shoot some video materials and hand them over to the Shenzhou Association officials, and the food support agreement will be completed.]

[Well… Let me tell you secretly, if you encounter sensitive content or content that you don’t want to disclose, you can turn off the recorder at any time! ]

【Xia An: Sir, got it! 】

Shortly after.

Xia An met with Takeshi Higashino and boarded Takeshi Higashino's private yacht at Cat Island Pier, returning to Otaru City on land.

Meanwhile, at the Nakiri residence.

The ghost father, Nakiri Tsuji, stood at the gate of the manor and said to the butler slowly:

"Nakiri Senzaemon...it's time for this old guy to step down!"

"Totsuki Academy needs a big change to actively embrace the era of fantasy ingredients!"

(End of this chapter)