The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 210: A Shocking Gamble (6K)

"Nakamura Ji is back, shouting at me to step down? He's also going to stir up a storm of reform in Totsuki?"

In the teahouse, when Nakiri Senzaemon heard the butler's report, his hand holding the teacup suddenly stiffened and his cheeks twitched slightly.

The reason why he was called Nakamura Ji was because the "ghost father"'s original surname was Nakamura.

He changed his surname after marrying into the Nakiri family.

Precisely because she was married into the family, according to Neon tradition, Erina, the daughter of Nakamura Aki and Nakiri Maanagi, would be trained as the legitimate heir to the Totsuki Kingdom.

At the beginning, old man Senzaemon discovered that the Dragon King's son-in-law had locked up his precious granddaughter in a "small dark room" and used almost unscrupulous means to develop his granddaughter's [God's Tongue].

The old man was furious and expelled Nakamura Ji from the house. He also listed his existence as a taboo within Totsuki and prohibited it from being mentioned again.

Naturally, the marriage between Nakamura Ji and Nakiri Masaaki also came to an end.

at this time.

Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro were visiting the house, drinking tea with the old man.

Upon hearing the news, they were stunned and looked at each other.

Why is this junior student Nakamura Ji so fierce?
That’s right, Nakamura Ji is their junior and was even a member of the “Polaris Dormitory”.

Thinking back to the days when "Polaris Dormitory" was so glorious, not to mention the first and second place winners of the Ten Greatest, Nakamura Tsuyoshi was the third, and Ebisawa Riko was the fourth...

"Let the house guards chase him away!"

Nakiri Senzaemon thought for a moment and then waved his hand.

Then, he looked at Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro, without any anger on his face, and said with a smile:

"I don't know which organization or force this Nakamura Ji relies on. He actually dared to challenge the Nakiri family like this. He must have found a powerful backer."

After a while, the butler came back and reported: "After seeing the bodyguard, Nakamura Ji left in a car without lingering."

Senzaemon hummed, and glanced at the two people who seemed to be thinking about something:

"Did you see that? He was deliberately announcing his return in front of the entire Totsuki."

Dojima Gin hesitated and said, "What about Ms. Managi and Ms. Erina..."

Senzaemon paused and said, "Don't worry, Managi. I was the one who facilitated their marriage and union. Even Erina was conceived through test tubes."

"As for Erina, she must have received a lot of the love and care she longed for from Boss Xia."

Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro: Huh? ?

The two friends were obviously struck by lightning.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be true.

What Erina received from her master Xia An was not just the relationship between a master and a disciple, but also the love and care of an elder for a younger generation.

In a sense, isn’t this “fatherly love”?

Thinking of this, Dojima Gin slapped his thigh:
"Oh, let's calculate the time. Boss Xia should be back from Cat Island by now, right?"

Cai Bo Cheng Yilang immediately understood his friend's train of thought: "You mean... a dispute between two generations of old fathers?"

"Oh, Nakamura Ji... Boss Xia... the two of them will definitely create sparks of passion?"

While teasing, Saibajo Ichiro's tone became mean.

Dojima Gin laughed a barbell-like "kukukuku" sound:

"So, Joichiro."

“I’m really looking forward to this big show!”

Senzaemon was no longer surprised by the antics of these two legendary graduates.

He was about to pour the tea when his phone suddenly vibrated, the screen lit up, and a message with a special reminder popped up.

[Xia An: Commander, I'm on the flight and will arrive at Tokyo Metropolitan Airport in a while (picture)]

Senzaemon looked at the screenshot of the flight information, smiled and showed his phone to his friends, saying:

"The person you've been waiting for is back. Who's going to pick him up at the airport?"

Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro said in unison:

"I go!"

"I go…"

"Well, let's go together!"

……

On the way back to the Gourmet Club’s Neon branch.

Nakamura Ji looked at the information reported by the intelligence officer on the mobile phone interface, and a cold arc appeared at the corner of his lips:

"Have you returned from Cat Island?"

He replied to the intelligence agent to keep tracking, and then opened the heavily encrypted corporate email account of the Food Club.

Seeing that there were several unread emails, Nakamura Ji was cheered up and clicked on the first one in order.

【No time. 】

At the food party, a veteran pseudo-Lin gave a brief reply.

"What about the second one?"

Nakamura Ji continued reading.

【Sorry, we are exploring new coordinates. 】

Nakamura Ji frowned and clicked on the third letter.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the message was not a polite refusal or evasive one.

[With that new generation of Shenzhou pseudo-Lin food battle? ]

[Interesting... But what kind of compensation are you, or the minister behind you, willing to pay? ]

[Reply from: Amber Murphy]

Nakamura Ji frowned slightly: "This surname and name seem familiar."

In fact, his emails were sent out in bulk according to the Pseudo-Lin list within the Gourmet Club.

He has published the first ten of Pseudo-Lin.

"Amber Murphy, ranked 5th!"

Nakamura Ji opened the list for comparison.

Looking up, the person with the same surname who is ranked first on the list——

Rowan Murphy.

"Hiss... So they are the brother and sister known as the 'Fate-Defying Twins'!"

Amber Murphy is the older sister and a top-level pseudo-Lin.

It is said that this brother and sister have extremely good luck in food. During a collective exploration activity of the Food Club, they discovered and jointly broke through a relic space that could be called a small secret realm.

The Gourmet Club thus captured a living divine ingredient in the small secret realm.

Moreover, there are rumors within the organization that, thanks to this discovery, the brother and sister have early on devoted themselves to the research and cooking of divine ingredients, and their culinary skills are much deeper than those of ordinary top-level pseudo-Lin.

Even in the research and understanding of divine ingredients, ordinary Zhenlin cannot compare to them.

"And the last name Murphy..."

Nakamura Ji couldn't help but think of a senior executive of the Gourmet Club, the "Vice President Murphy" whose status was much higher than that of the minister.

This person always wears a mysterious mask.

Nakamura Ji was fortunate enough to see his back from afar, and he still remembers the feeling of oppression from a high position that came from the soul, as if he was looking up to a god.

He is undoubtedly an inviolable dragon chef, and his own sequence has reached the demigod realm of [zero].

The "Fate-Defying Twins" siblings...

Vice President Murphy...

Nakamura Ji thought for a moment and called the director behind him.

Upon learning that Amber Murphy was interested in taking part, he decided to participate in the food battle on his behalf.

Dr. K was obviously surprised: "This brother and sister are freaks who can compete with Zhenlin... She is willing to take the time to come here?"

Then, Dr. K sneered twice:
"It seems that his rise was too dazzling, so it was inevitable that he was targeted by some freaks!"

Nakamura Ji said: "But asking this person to do this may cost a lot."

Dr. K: "Since she has shown interest, there is something to discuss. By the way, I have already given you a list of food war bets, you can take it and discuss it with that kid."

There was a pause.

Dr. K's laughter was full of the playfulness of a fisherman setting a bait:
"He couldn't resist any of the bets on the list!"

Nakamura Ji hesitated and said, "But if the other side makes a big bet, should we add more to make it equal?"

Dr. K: "I have given you the list. You can decide on all the conditions. Even a one-way bet is no problem."

beep--

The phone hangs up.

Nakamura Ji opened the email from Dr. K, glanced at it, and couldn't help but feel a little numb.

① Fragments of the legendary kitchen utensil [Tanlang Pot];

②An ancient stone tablet recording the recipe for “Century Soup”;

③Primary GT robot;
④【Insect Swarm】Sequence 4 Activated Cell Injection;

⑤ Eggs of the giant stag beetle;

……

Food world, volcanic island.

After returning to the Nakiri residence in Tokyo from Cat Island and resting for just one day, Xia An couldn't wait to teleport to the volcanic island base to start a new research project.

"This is the level 92 ingredient... [Sweet Cola]!"

After successfully trading with Senior Lei Xiang for about 3 kilograms of food, Xia An immediately put the food into the replica of the [Spiritual Storage] for storage, so that he wouldn't have to worry about it going bad for 30 years.

This time, he took out a cup and admired it with fascination.

Different from normal coke.

This level 92 fantasy ingredient constantly makes a hissing sound in the cup, and bubbles keep exploding, as if they are endless.

The overall color is also more transparent, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.

When you put your nose a little closer, a clear and sweet taste will rush into your nasal cavity. Before you even drink it, your brain starts to feel "drunk" and your body feels a little dizzy.

After a moment, Xia An reluctantly looked away and resisted the urge to swallow it down in one gulp.

As a chef, showing off grade 92 ingredients like this is simply a waste, and he couldn't bear himself doing that.

Besides…

He has never shown off the level 92 ingredients.

Who knows if the sequence 4 [universal] cells in the body can withstand this big wave.

"Throw it to the [Gan Lang Pot] and try it!"

Xia An looked at the replica legendary kitchen utensils on the table.

The replica’s miraculousness was heightened by the embedding of a second fragment of the authentic object.

During the Cat Island Festival, it has a certain success rate in handling and processing level 55 mutant dragon meat.

However, the mutant dragon meat is at least several grades lower than the level 92 sweet cola.

"I can still afford a cup of [Sweet Coke]!"

Xia An poured the entire cup in, stepped back, and stared closely at the metalware.

One minute... Five minutes...

Hey!
After a long while, Xia An sighed in disappointment: "No reaction at all?"

"Sure enough...the level is far beyond the scope of handling and processing!"

If you replace the ingredients with level 70 or 80, the [Ganlang Pot] may vibrate and a faint halo will appear on the surface of the vessel, although it will most likely spit out a pool of failed waste in the end.

Xia An poured out a cup of [Sweet Cola] and observed carefully. He found that the texture and color had not changed at all. He said to himself with regret:
"It seems that we need to find the third genuine fragment to further enhance the magic."

If one wants to quickly and perfectly process level 92 ingredients that are far beyond one’s own cooking level, one can only seek external help.

After all, once he gets the perfectly processed sweet cola, Xia An can prepare a special drink according to the recipe of the next chapter of the Regeneration Master's inheritance of animals, and try to feed it to the [God's Death Egg].

Whether it can be saved depends entirely on whether the drink made with 92-grade sweet cola can be absorbed by the "tadpoles" inside the dead eggs...

In desperation, Xia An had to put aside the matter of sweet cola and saving the dead egg for the time being.

I went back to work and mixed up a batch of [Gin Tide].

"It's time for dinner—"

After pushing open the door of the base and shouting, Xia An immediately heard the white bird that was running wild outside quickly fly back.

However, Shuten-doji was faster. [Monster Notebook] flew out of Xia An's body on its own.

Shuten, who was less than 1.5 meters tall, staggered drunkenly and muttered:

"Where's my wine?"

"My gin tide is almost finished!"

Xia An was speechless. In fact, on the day he made the contract with Shuten Douji, he supplied a batch of [Gin Tide] to this drunkard girl.

"It's only been going on for a few days, and you're treating alcohol as food?" he complained.

Jiutun said carelessly:

“Just eat it as a meal.”

"In the world of books, drink when you are awake, and sleep when you are drunk..."

Xia An's cheek twitched: "There are many bottles of 'glowing' in this batch. You should drink them sparingly and don't finish them so quickly."

Hearing this, Shuten's eyes lit up and his saliva started to flow:
"A glowing tide of gin? Come on... Master, I want a drink~"

The Shuten girl came up and rubbed against him.

Xia An: “…”

You might as well stop calling yourself the ghost clan.

None of the cat family can be as spoiled as you!

Feeding is complete.

Xia An rode on the chalk bird and leisurely came to the crater ranch for inspection.

It is worth mentioning that the three demon kings are extremely efficient. Yesterday, on the way back to Tokyo from Cat Island, the demon kings killed the "evil ghosts" entrenched in the house and completed the finishing work entrusted by Senior Tang Meijun.

at this time.

Guhuo Niaobai is supervising the work.

The entire Tara Vajra tribe was mobilized to reclaim wasteland and develop fertile farmland.

Silverback was holding a whip, looking like a fox pretending to be powerful. He whipped it from time to time and angrily scolded a lazy Tara Vajra in a majestic manner.

In two days, this crater will be all fertile fields.

Da Tengu Yu and Fox Girl Long were both sent by Xia An to the cave world as surveyors, responsible for exploring every corner and drawing maps.

……

beep-

Xia An had just teleported back to Blue Star after touring the island.

The doorbell to the exclusive kitchen kept ringing.

I pressed the communication button at hand, and the smart doorbell showed the figure of old man Senzaemon.

The old man looked at the camera with a stern face and said, "Nakamura Ji sent someone to deliver a message saying that he has something that Boss Xia is interested in."

Nakamura Thistle?
Yesterday, Xia An heard from Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro that the demon father had returned to Neon and was shouting outside the Nakiri residence.

In short, Xia An was not interested in the bloody drama of the return of the Dragon King's son-in-law and the chaos in Totsuki.

He focused on talking to Erina and found that Erina was emotionally stable, which was enough.

Xia An opened the door: "Something that interests me?"

Nakiri Senzaemon and Xia An looked at each other, with only coldness in their eyes:
"A fragment of the Tanlang pot."

Xia An frowned and said in a deep voice: "What on earth does he want to do by repeatedly trying to attract my attention and interest?"

“Shokugeki!”

Nakiri Senzaemon uttered this solemn and sacred word in the gourmet world.

Xia An had a strange expression: "Just him?"

"No matter how good the Dragon King's son-in-law is at cooking, he can never be better than Dojima-san and Saiha-san."

Nakiri Senzaemon said, "So, he brought in reinforcements."

"The news and the storm have spread today and are brewing. Many celebrities in the Japanese food industry have come to me to inquire about this matter!"

As he spoke, the old man handed over a document.

"These are all bets... Nakamura Ji had someone say that all the bets written on them can be placed, as long as our side can offer equal chips!"

Xia An looked at the document and was also shocked by the size of the bet.

Just talk about the first item.

Fragments of the legendary kitchen utensil [Tan Lang Pot]…

It really hit the spot in his heart. You know, just now, Xia An was still thinking about where to find the third piece to further enhance the magic of the imitation [Ganlang Pot].

The second item, the ancient stone tablet recording the recipe for “Soup of the Century”, is also a coincidence.

Xia An comprehended and collected the first ancient stone tablet in the treasure house of the Sun family, and obtained 30% of the recipe information of "Century Soup".

Now, this second ancient stone tablet allows him to continue collecting recipes and increase the completeness to more than 50%.

of course!

One more question…

There are multiple versions of "Century Soup"!

The 30% collected by Xia An is Komatsu's version.

If the stone tablet on the bet records Granny Jie's version, then the two cannot communicate or be compatible with each other!
"A primary GT robot, equivalent to a Sequence 4 Pseudo-Lin combat power clone?"

"[Zerg] Sequence 4 Activated Cell Injection... What the hell is this!"

"[Giant Stag Beetle] looks familiar. Hey, isn't this the original form of the level 85 jaw sharp tooth material that Senior Lei Xiang asked me to grind and forge?"

Think about each item carefully.

Xia An had to admit that the ghost father spent a lot of money to make this food battle happen, or in other words, the people behind him paid the price for him.

"Commander-in-chief, do you know who is standing behind the Dragon King's son-in-law?" He narrowed his eyes.

"Weird Lin may be able to provide these resources, but the cost is so great that he will go bankrupt." Nakiri Senzaemon said slowly, "Plus, I have asked people to find out the source of the rumors and the storm. I can tell you clearly that this matter is closely related to the food!"

"Behind Nakamura Ji... there is definitely a person at the level of a minister of the Gourmet Association! A genuine Zhenlin!"

Speaking of the Gourmet Club, Zhenlin is a minister-level figure.

These clues connect.

Xia An suddenly remembered and said helplessly: "Then I roughly know who it is. That person also participated in the Cat Island Festival."

Nakiri Senzaemon nodded: "It's consistent with my speculation...it's Dr. K!"

"You won the Cat Island Festival and ended the competition before counting the Cat God Coin revenue on the final day, which seriously damaged the interests of 'Dr. K'."

Xia An was puzzled: "Serious damage?"

The old man said: "The Gourmet Club is not a good organization. The competition and infighting within it can be said to be dark and cruel."

"Just talking about the six branches of the Gourmet Club, every director wants to step on the leaderboard and be ranked first."

"And if 'Dr. K' successfully seizes and controls the brand new, undiscovered 'coordinate point', it will mean a great achievement, and he can become the deputy chef with it!"

"Deputy chef?"

"Well, if you move up to the six major branches, you'll get the chief chef and deputy chief chef, and then the vice president and the chairman."

Obviously, as the helmsman of Totsuki, Nakiri Senzaemon has a thorough understanding of secret organizations such as the Gourmet Society.

Xia An was even more speechless. It turned out that he accidentally destroyed someone else's promotion KPI. No wonder he was so anxious.

Continuing to stare at the bet on the kitchenware fragments on the file, Xia An raised the corners of his lips slightly:
"But... I took this bait!"

At the feast in the land of monsters, Xia An was able to mass-produce 100% perfect versions of "Crispy Ruby Crab Feet", which gave him great confidence.

When I offer up the perfect and glowing pseudo-scale dish.

How should you respond?

Ding--

The new goal pops up on the God of Cooking panel at a very timely moment.

[The chef panel has temporarily switched to food battle mode. 】

[Goal has been triggered: Win the first pseudo-Lin-level food battle in your career]

[Reward ①: Food and Justice Market Fireworks "Blue" → Food and Justice Market Fireworks "Purple"]

[Reward ②: Glowing Talent (Purple) → Glowing Talent (Pseudo-Gold 2/3)]

[This time, there is a high probability of obtaining the opponent's skill/talent fragments]

Holding grass?

"These two rewards...are amazing."

Xia An originally planned to quickly promote Shiyi to the pseudo-gold frame so that he could match the pseudo-Lin rank.

By winning this food battle, the Glowing Talent will take another step towards the Pseudo-Golden Frame, which is an unexpected but extremely important benefit!
Nakiri Senzaemon saw his expression constantly changing and thought he was worried about his undecided opponent in the food battle:

"Don't rush to respond to them!"

"I will mobilize the entire Totsuki intelligence network to find out which fake Kirin Nakamura Ji has invited!"

……

at the same time.

The Gourmet Club established its headquarters in a certain area of ​​the first continent in the Gourmet World.

Inside the research institute, trespassing is strictly prohibited.

With a click, the door opened.

Rowan Murphy looked up at the voice and looked at his sister standing at the door with a puzzled look.

His sister, Amber Murphy, has taken off the white coat she wore in the laboratory all year round and put on a white shirt and off-white suit in the style of a workplace elite.

Compared to when she was wearing a white coat, my sister exudes a more elite temperament, and her pair of blue eyes are deep and calm.

"Sister, what is this?"

"I'm going out to participate in a food battle."

An Bo smiled faintly and his eyes swept over the huge bloody heart that was still beating violently on the dining table in front of his brother Luo Wen.

Hearing this, Luo Wen, who was young but had the temperament of a scholar, had no expression on his fair face:
"Oh...then please come back quickly, we still need to study this heart."

"If we find a way to cook it, we can break through the bottleneck of Zhenlin in one go and reach the end directly to get a glimpse of the scenery of the Dragon Realm."

Amber looked at this otaku brother helplessly and said:

"I am going there this time for our research."

"Besides, you don't even check your phone, so you don't know that my opponent in this food battle is very interesting. Who knows, you might be able to get some inspiration for solving the problem from his brilliant cooking skills!"

Luo Wen was very surprised: "...glowing?"

"look by youself."

Anbo opened the short video App to play.

After watching it, Luo Wen's eyes, illuminated by the light of the screen, were full of curiosity, and he said eagerly, "Play it again, sister!"

"Come again..."

This was repeated several times until Amber impatiently locked the screen and put away the phone. Luo Wen reluctantly looked away and murmured, "Glowing food?"

Just as An Bo was about to leave with her suitcase, she heard Luo Wen shouting from behind, "Wait, sister, I want to go too!"

……

Half a day later, Nakamura Ji appeared again at the gate of the Nakiri residence.

However, this time he personally acted as the driver, and opened the back door very respectfully when getting out of the car.

Brother and sister Amber and Luo Wen got out of the car.

Luo Wen showed little interest in what he saw, and asked expressionlessly, "Where is that glowing cook?"

Nakamura Ji bowed and saluted: "You will see him soon."

The butler stood on the steps and called out:
"Everyone please follow me--"

So, the group came to the reception room of the manor.

Xia An, who had been waiting here for a long time, met the eyes of Luo Wen and An Bo, and saw Nakamura Ji behind them.

Erina Nakiri, who had been sitting quietly next to him, suddenly became nervous, moved closer to Xia An, and grabbed the side of his waistband.

Xia An sighed in his heart: "The shadow left by the ghost father is indeed not so easy to heal by himself."

At the same time, married woman Nakiri Masagi also heard the news and rushed back from the Europa Association.

At this moment, as if she wanted to make her attitude clear, she stood up with an indifferent expression and sat down on the other side of Xia An, her delicate body pressed tightly against him.

? ?
Seeing this scene, Nakamura Ji's expression could no longer be suppressed and instantly became somewhat ferocious.

(End of this chapter)