One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

If you only sell soup, you can only sell it for the price of one serving of soup.

But if I sell it with udon noodles, wouldn't I be able to sell it for the price of an extra serving of noodles?

And with such a delicious soup, how could the noodles sold with it be cheap?

Udon noodles that sell for 2,000 Berries elsewhere, when put in this fish soup, would cost at least 20,000 Berries. If you wanted the soup and noodles together, I'd sell it for 100,000 Berries a serving. Not expensive, right?

Do you want to replenish your body properly?

If you want to pay, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and line up to pay!

However, Abel wasn't one to patiently wait in line. He walked up to the person at the front of the line and whispered, "I'll pay for your noodles, and then you can buy me four more bowls. How about that? If not, I'll ask the person behind you."

The young man with acne-prone skin initially wanted to raise the price because he thought Abel was just a child, but after hearing what happened next, he quickly agreed.

After all, 100,000 Berries isn't cheap, so we should save money wherever possible.

So soon Abel and his friends each had a bowl of incredibly delicious fish soup udon.

The noodles were really just average, but the soup was incredibly delicious!

How fresh is it?

Even someone like Buffalo, who only likes sweets, had his eyes light up.

After finishing a bowl of soup, Abel could clearly feel the food cells in his body stirring, becoming more active than usual.

But that's it.

They have become stronger, but not by much.

Moreover, he's someone who's tasted the "Century Thick Soup," so compared to that, this bowl of concentrated fish soup is quite lacking.

And so, relying on their financial power to pave the way, Abel and his companions traveled and ate their way through, enjoying all sorts of delicious food.

Some foods can trigger a reaction in food cells, while others cannot.

The main problem is that most of the ingredients are just 'ordinary'. If you want to see some rare ingredients and dishes, you'll have to wait until the last day of the food festival.

The annual food competition will be held on that day.

The winner will not only receive a huge prize, but will also be featured on the cover of a food magazine, becoming famous throughout Beihai!

Such a golden opportunity to gain both fame and fortune is rare indeed.

The chefs participating in the competition will surely bring out their best ingredients and skills.

Abel was already considering how to infiltrate the judging panel.

Chapter 56 Lonely Insect Cuisine

The first day of the food festival went by quickly.

Apart from Abel, the others, including Señor, quickly became unable to eat anymore.

The next day, Abel first opened the search bar to see what orders were available.

[Order Description: Yukihira Sosei is preparing for a very important food battle, so he needs some inspiration.]

[Order details: Any dish that inspires him]

[Basic order reward: Fried bear meat with honey and bark sauce, 100 transaction points.]

[Order remaining time: 11 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds]

……

Isn't this a coincidence?

Abel had planned to try all the dishes at the food festival today, so he could take this opportunity to complete his order.

So he immediately prepared to act alone, handing Baby-5 and Buffalo over to Señor.

Señor knew that Abel was mentally mature, so he simply gave him a few words of advice and then let him go free.

Upon arriving at the food festival, Abel followed his strategy from yesterday, with Berry clearing the way, determined not to waste time queuing.

Moreover, he always bought two portions, eating one himself and then finding an opportunity to scan and send the other portion to the system's order transaction details, but he wasn't in a hurry to submit the order.

Since there's plenty of time, the more the merrier.

After all, when it comes to inspiration, no one can guarantee at what point it will be triggered.

Then, as he walked, he discovered something strange.

In the midst of this crowded food festival, there was one stall that was deserted and had no customers.

This is really intriguing.

So he went over to see what was going on.

This one look made him realize immediately why almost no one came here.

Because the things sold here are rather bizarre and abstract, most people find them hard to accept.

"Hey, handsome young man~ Want to try a couple of skewers of scorpions?"

"Don't worry, it's absolutely guaranteed to be fresh! And it's free!"

Fresh……

This is really unnecessary!

The stall owner is a wealthy and generous beauty. With her hot outfit and charming face, she would probably be extremely popular if she were selling ordinary dishes!

Unfortunately, the various insects on display, the pale purple frog soup, and the unidentified green furry creatures were all too off-putting.

Passing tourists only dared to glance at it from afar, just to feast their eyes, and resolutely refused to get close!

To be honest, Abel was feeling a little uneasy at that moment.

"What are all these things? Are you sure they're edible?"

"Of course you can eat it. Come on, let me explain it to you."

"This is the Purple Rain Scorpion. The venom on its tail can take down an elephant in a minute!"

"This is a killer bee. Don't let its small size fool you; its stinger can kill a person in less than 30 seconds with just a light prick."

"And this, the putrefactive worm. If you get bitten by it, in no time, the entire corpse will be reduced to bones."

"And there's more..."

This woman seemed to have been holding back for a long time, and when she finally met a 'customer,' she excitedly began to 'sell' her wares.

This sales method will likely backfire!

This isn't a food festival at all; did some assassin wander into the wrong place?

No wonder no one dares to come over; if someone were to taste it, they probably wouldn't have enough lives to survive.

After she had finally finished describing what she considered to be 'delicious food' with great enthusiasm, she finally noticed Abel's incredibly strange look.

She laughed awkwardly for a moment, "Ha...ha...don't be afraid, please don't be afraid, I really came to participate in the food festival, I'm not a bad person, you can believe me!"

A weak and feeble explanation only makes things worse.

I'd guess they used some kind of underhanded method, like getting in through connections.

Even Abel felt a little sorry for her, "These things are all poisonous, who would dare to eat them?"

"Don't worry, I've cleaned all the ingredients thoroughly, they're absolutely non-toxic! And just in case, I've also prepared an antidote so I can save the person at any time!"

The young woman clenched her fist and looked at Abel with hopeful eyes.

"They're even planning to learn about poisons and stuff? That sounds incredibly unreliable! All those previous promises were clearly meaningless!"

Abel couldn't help but mutter a curse in his heart, then said, "Um... I won't eat that."

The light in the young woman's eyes vanished instantly, leaving her utterly dejected...

"However, if you can sell me one of each of the toxins extracted from these things, I can buy your... uh, your cooking and take it back for my 'friend' to try. He should really like it."

I'm so sorry, Yukihira!

Hopefully you have an antidote available, so the food battle can continue.

Amen~

"Sorry, those kinds of things are not for sale."

"I see, that's a real shame..."

"However, if you can try all the food here, I can give you one of each of them for free."

Abel was both amused and exasperated. "Was that really necessary?"

The young woman nodded seriously, "Because I have no way of knowing whether you're really going to buy it for your friend to eat, or whether you'll just turn the corner and throw it in the trash. If it's the latter, I'll be very sad."

Abel hesitated for a moment, then picked up the skewer of scorpions that were slightly charred.

Upon closer inspection, the scorpion's tail had indeed been cut off, indicating that it had undergone special treatment beforehand.

And... it actually smells quite nice.

These things are said to taste like chicken and be crunchy if you remove the head.

After overcoming his mental block, Abel put it in his mouth and took a bite.

"what?!"

Although it doesn't taste like chicken, it does taste like some kind of meat. It's very fragrant, crispy, and crunchy!

The initial thought of swallowing it whole disappeared, replaced by chewing it carefully.

It's really strange, this rubbish actually gets better and better the more you chew it!

Unconvinced, Abel unleashed another string of roasted killer bees.

With a gentle bite, your mouth is bursting with juice, incredibly fresh and sweet.

Even the pot of pale purple frog soup had a unique flavor, completely different from what I had imagined, highlighting a floral and herbal fragrance.

The stark contrast between its appearance and taste makes one question the meaning of life.