There were two girls, both wearing school uniforms with the "Totsuki" badge printed on the chest. One had short red hair that reminded people of Amber and Emerald from Type-Moon, while the other had beautiful golden hair with a few strands of hair playfully curling at her temples.
The one leading the group was quite eye-catching. He was tall enough to be considered tall in Japan, looking over 1.6 meters. Although he was still a bit shorter than Kribi, he was about the same height as Hezhen, who was 1.65 meters. Moreover, his chest was exceptionally upright, which made his school uniform look like a smooth curve.
Moreover, it's not just their appearance; their tone of voice, their posture, and their small gestures all give off a commanding vibe.
Kerry frowned as he looked at her.
Kazuma spoke with a displeased expression.
"Hey! What we do is none of your business! Who are you?"
Upon hearing this, the girl, who had initially sounded accusatory, paused for a moment, then her forehead began to heat up, and she let out a long question.
"ha--?"
Seeing that their young mistress was showing signs of rosy cheeks, the red-haired girl behind her immediately stepped forward.
"Lady Erina! Don't lower yourself to her level!"
And what nonsense are you spouting? If you want to deliberately provoke someone, you need to have some logic. How could anyone in this school not know Lady Nakiri Erina?
Upon hearing the name, Kerry became certain of his own idea.
Kazuma tilted his head and looked at Kerry.
"I think I remember that. Isn't it the God Tongue that's all over the internet? Oh right, I think she's Senzaemon Nakiri's granddaughter."
After all, he's an otaku whose homepage is full of anime videos, not someone in the food industry. It's impossible for Erina Nakiri to start a YouTube channel for restaurant review videos. Kazuma's impression of Erina Nakiri is limited to her being a famous celebrity.
After saying something to Kerry, Kazuma waved his hand in that direction.
Kerry also offered an explanation.
"By the way, we are not your students. Your grandfather, Senzaemon Nakiri, has something to discuss with us. If you are here to arrest truants, don't bother us."
Then Kazuma turned to look at Kerry and meowed softly.
"You'd better ignore them. They're obviously spoiled rich girls. Let's take another route. Where were we? I think the fourth season of Beautiful Girl Kaleidoscope is still the best."
Kerry scoffed.
"Impossible, I won't play if it's not the first one."
"To be honest, Kirie is really no good..."
Upon seeing her, he first pretended not to know her, then completely ignored her, and even shamelessly said that his grandfather was looking for their boy. Erina's blood pressure soared.
Ps:
Erina Nakiri: From Food Wars!
Introduction: Known as the "Tongue of God," due to her inheritedly sensitive tongue, coupled with long-term training, she can quickly detect flaws in dishes. 2
She has an arrogant personality and a large following. Many chefs from world-renowned restaurants pay to have her critique their dishes or use her as free advertising.
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However, this tongue is like a demon; once it gets used to a certain level of deliciousness, it starts to dislike it. Erina's mother, the previous generation's "God Tongue," suffered from anorexia because she ate too much delicious food, raising her threshold too high. She had to rely on a tube for nutrition every day. The school's stressful environment might also be related to the principal wanting to train some skilled chefs so that his granddaughter wouldn't suffer the same fate. 18
Chapter Forty-Eight √√√
"You guys stop!"
Erina Nakiri, panting heavily, called out to the two who were about to leave.
Kerry looked back in confusion, then leaned close to Kazuma's ear and spoke.
"Oh no! It seems like my protagonist constitution is acting up again, and I'm encountering the plot that's a must in urban light novels: you get looked down upon just for going out."
Kazuma, on the other side, also looked troubled.
"To be honest, there are actually people in real life who make trouble out of nothing. I once saw a post translated from a foreign website where a player was playing Space Marines and everyone on the ship bowed to the player's Astartes, except for a janitor who didn't bow, even though the program might have forgotten to write it. So he posted a question asking the janitor if he had some kind of backstory and why he didn't bow to him."
There are also those thugs who constantly try to pick up girls, and if a girl rejects them, they see it as disrespect and resort to violence.
Erina Nakiri was furious to see that the two people were still chatting even after she had called them, completely disregarding her.
She wasn't just looking for trouble; she had just been promoted to the senior high school with the highest score in the junior high school and defeated the tenth seat of the original senior high school elites to become one of the new Totsuki Ten.
In this culinary academy, everything is judged by culinary skills. The top ten spots, selected through constant competition, are known as the "Ten Outstanding Students," essentially star performers forcibly promoted by the school. These Ten Outstanding Students possess abilities surpassing those of student council members in normal schools, and with the approval of half the student council members, they could even dismiss the local landlord and principal.
So Erina wasn't being unreasonable at all. It's her job to go around and ask students what's going on when they see students dressed as stray cats at this time of day.
If the other person says they are a senior student in the advanced department and need to do something because they are participating in some research, that's fine. But the other person actually said they came to see her grandfather.
Moreover, the other party said that their grandfather was looking for them, so in order to prevent the other party from impersonating their relative and coming to the school, it was their duty to find out.
Besides, the taller one of the two looks a bit bigger, but he's only around 20 years old. The shorter one looks like an ordinary high school student. My grandfather is busy managing the entire Japanese restaurant industry every day and resolving disputes between some groups. What could he possibly need from them?
As a result, even though she, the Queen of the Academy, was simply asking for clarification, the other party was so perfunctory.
"Explain yourselves! Why would Grandfather be looking for you?"
Looking at Erina Nakiri, who was completely flushed, the two, who felt they hadn't done anything at all, exchanged bewildered glances.
“What do we do now?”
Kazuma Sato looked at Kerry with a puzzled expression.
“I know the answer to this question. We’ll be kicked out by her first, and when her grandfather comes looking for us, we’ll make a face up, and then she’ll have to come and apologize to us.”
The two spoke in unison, and Erina Nakiri's chest heaved violently upon hearing it.
"What are you talking about? How could Grandfather..."
Before Erina could finish speaking, a car pulled up.
"Gentlemen, the Commander-in-Chief has reached an agreement. Please come over now."
The driver was the same man in the suit we had met before. He got out of the car to open the door for the two of them, greeted Kerry and Erina, and then looked at Erina over there.
"Miss, I'll take you two guests to see the Commander-in-Chief first. If you have anything else to do, you can go to the Upper Horizon Tower on the mountain later."
As the two people with their mouths smirking wildly got into the car and sped away with the exhaust fumes, Erina stared blankly and uttered a questioning sound.
"Ugh?"
...
Several tens of minutes later, led by the driver, the two met the old man who was very famous in the Japanese food world.
Senzaemon Nakiri wore a dark blue kimono, revealing several muscular chest muscles that had not been damaged by the years. His pale beard curled powerfully on his chin, just like his granddaughter's hair.
Senzaemon Nakiri has a prominent scar on his face, running across his right eye, resembling a poodle. He doesn't look like a gentle elder, but rather like a Japanese yakuza boss.
This visually intimidating appearance made Kazuma a little uneasy.
What He Zhen didn't know was that the old man sitting opposite him was much more anxious than he was.
Senzaemon Nakiri reviewed the information he had gathered. These two young men probably had hundreds of lives on their hands. In an era where killing five people with a katana and escaping legal punishment could be hailed as a modern-day "human killer," these two were definitely dangerous individuals.
If it weren't for the genius Shinto shrine maiden Sanae Kochiya who, four years ago, joined forces with the Moriya Shrine to disappear into the underworld; if it weren't for the contemporary Onmyōdō leader, Nozomi Iro, who, three years ago, personally intervened to redeem a girl's soul; and if it weren't for the strongest self-taught psychic, Kamui, who, two years ago, was completely exhausted after a battle with an unknown monster and unable to fight anymore.
Although he knew that the two of them had killed people who deserved to die, and he admired the chivalrous spirit of these young people, he was unwilling to lose face by inviting such dangerous individuals to his school, even though there was no one in Japan who could handle the current situation.
After thinking it over, Senzaemon decided to start the conversation himself.
"Gentlemen, I wonder if you're using your new identities well? Since you didn't specify any requirements, I had someone fill in the names myself."
When they heard him speak, both Kerry and He Zhen were somewhat bewildered.
"New identity, new identity documents. Didn't that kappa say he'd first help us deal with the reporters and the Metropolitan Police Department, and then give them to us after we finished?"
Upon hearing this, Senzaemon Nakiri's face stiffened.
"Kappa...? Oh, you mean him? He told me that if he wanted your help, you two had to agree to cook him a meal, drop the investigation on your behalf at the Metropolitan Police Department, get you new identities, and shut the media up."
The three men, one old and two young, looked at each other in bewilderment.
Kazuma gasped, never expecting that he, Grandpa Kazuma, would be used like this.
That B-type Kappa is an unimaginable monster!
This gave the three of them something to talk about, and Senzaemon Nakiri was finally able to express his own requests.
"Actually, I don't know much about the matter. It's just that something happened at the academy during the last month's holiday. Two students died. My subordinates told me that there was something circulating at the school that could kill people by making a wish."
However, these are all just baseless rumors. It's a family misfortune, really. Years ago, we had a son-in-law in the Nakiri family who got into some trouble, and I kicked him out. I heard he's gained some influence in America and wants to come back. I suspect this might be related to him, but the school can't just shut down, so I wanted to ask you two to help me take a look.”
Kerry's face twitched upon hearing this.
Oh no, is this some kind of Hell Communications or Hell Girl thing that's going to be shown up in front of me?
Kazuma's expression changed, and he whispered to Kerry.
"I was watching a new anime series recently, and it seems like this thing appeared in 'Magia Record,' a spin-off of 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica.' Could we have run into a witch?"
Ps:
Sanae Kochiya: From the Touhou Project, a high school girl who enters Gensokyo from the real world. (3)
It possesses the ability to trigger miracles.
Nozomi: From Goodbye! Mr. Despair.
What appears to be a casual chat among a group of pretty female students about Japanese politics is actually set against a backdrop of rituals to appease the dead. 5
Mr. Shenwei: Shenwei, who comes from directly behind, uses his Ox-Ox Holy Water to exorcise spirits.
Most of the Dio manga images you see online that depict characters unzipping their pants as soon as they encounter an urban legend originate from him. 5
Chapter Forty-Nine: Hello
Hearing the words of this non-lesbian magical girl leader, Kerry felt that something was amiss.
He thought it would be the kind of incident with a clear objective right away, but he didn't expect that he would have to investigate.
But then he thought, if it really is something, maybe he and Kazuma could find it just by smelling it, which would save them the trouble of being investigators, so he nodded.
Although he couldn't understand what Kerry and Kazuma were talking about, Senzaemon Nakiri was somewhat relieved to see Kerry nod.
Totsuki is the leader in the Japanese culinary world, but many of the students at Totsuki are heirs to large domestic and international food groups. If any of them get into trouble, he will also bear inescapable responsibility.
Moreover, the continuous stream of high-level chefs emerging from here is the reason why Totsuki enjoys such a superior position. This place is of paramount importance as its base, which is why he is so anxious to find people who can solve the problem.
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