Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

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Average quality!

Although it is only the lowest level in the system, the recipe in front of him is the fourth piece of equipment that Xiang Ji has encountered so far!

Apart from the family heirlooms left to him by his grandfather before he returned to Dongda University, Xiang Ji had not encountered any new equipment.

"Classmate Xiang Ji!"

"If you want to learn the contents of this recipe, you don't need to go through all that trouble! You can just look at the details in this recipe!"

"The research institute's database!"

"The database also contains new dishes developed by previous generations inspired by this Dragon Chef's recipe book, and even recipes left behind by our Ten Masters of Totsuki!"

"Senior!"

"I don't want inspiration! I want ownership of this recipe!"

"Ownership?"

"The ownership of this recipe belongs to our Chinese Cuisine Research Association!"

"Classmate Xiang Ji!"

"Even if you become the head of our Chinese Cuisine Research Association, you can only have temporary ownership of this recipe!"

"Thank you! Senior!"

"I understand, senior!" Xiang Ji nodded seriously. So, if you really want to get the recipe, you still have to rely on the food battle to get it?

Understood?

"What exactly do you understand?" Inoue Junshan looked at Xiang Ji with a puzzled expression.

……

"Xiang Ji Jun!"

"You're not planning to wager a food war against the Chinese Cuisine Research Association using that recipe as a wager, are you?" Kobayashi Ryudou blinked.

"Yes!"

"I do indeed have such a preparation!" Xiang Ji answered frankly, without any intention of hiding this thought.

"Classmate Xiang Ji!"

"Although the current captain of the Chinese Cuisine Research Association is not a member of the Totsuki Ten Masters, he is still a senior in the third year!"

"In this situation!"

"Senior Xiang Ji, are you still planning to start a food war with the Chinese Cuisine Research Association?" Kobayashi Ryudai asked Xiang Ji curiously.

"Of course!"

"I'd also like to see the strength of the third-year seniors from Totsuki Academy," Xiang Ji replied calmly.

Is Totsuki a third-grader?

No wonder the Totsuki Chinese Cuisine Research Association in the storyline has been reduced to Kuga Terunori's private domain. Even the captain's strength two years ago was only this much!

Third-year graduate.

In the eyes of many chefs outside of Totsuki Academy, they are undoubtedly enviable figures, culinary geniuses recognized by Totsuki!

However, everyone within Totsuki Culinary Academy knows that those who are not among the Ten Masters and have only reached the third grade are not true culinary geniuses.

A true genius!

I should have become one of the Totsuki Ten Heroes by the time I was in second grade!

"Oh oh oh!"

"Xiang Ji, you're really something else. You don't even respect the seniors from the third grade?" Xiao Lin asked with a smile.

"Darling Longdan!"

"I don't think you're afraid of the third-year students!"

"No matter what."

"All the non-Top Ten third-year seniors are just losers who weren't completely eliminated!" Xiang Ji continued calmly.

"Hahaha!"

"Xiang Ji, you're really interesting!" Although Kobayashi Ryudai didn't answer Xiang Ji's question, the smile on her face clearly conveyed her meaning.

A third-year student at Totsuki High School!

Indeed, Kobayashi Ryudou didn't take her seriously. From the very first day she entered Totsuki Academy, Kobayashi Ryudou made a pact with Tsukasa Eishi to dominate Totsuki.

"If there's a chance!"

"I'll introduce you to Si Ta later! I think you two will get along very well!" Kobayashi Ryudai looked meaningfully at Xiang Ji in front of him.

Through her conversation with Xiang Ji, Kobayashi Ryudou had already seen through Xiang Ji and realized that he was just like her and Tsukasa Eishi!

An arrogant person with absolute confidence in their cooking.

"Eishi Tsukasa?"

"I really want to get to know him, Gentian!"

"Ok!"

"Then it's settled!" Kobayashi Ryudou waved to Xiang Ji with a smile. "I'll bring Tsukasa to visit you sometime!"

……

"Food Wars! Absolutely!"

"Headache!"

"If only I were one of the Ten Masters of Totsuki Culinary Arts right now!" Xiang Ji sighed regretfully once again after leaving the Chinese Cuisine Research Association.

Despite how casually Xiang Ji and Kobayashi Ryudou spoke earlier, Xiang Ji was actually quite unsure about winning the food battle against the Chinese Cuisine Research Association!

But it's not about winning or losing!

Instead, he asked the Chinese Cuisine Research Association to agree to a food battle with him!

The most important condition for a food battle to be held is that a corresponding amount of money must be wagered; otherwise, it cannot be held at all!

Simply put, Xiang Ji needs to offer money and items of equal value to the recipe, and also get the Chinese Cuisine Association to agree to a food battle with him.

Otherwise!

The food war between Xiang Ji and the Chinese Cuisine Research Association is impossible to establish!

And equal stakes.

This is indeed a difficult problem for Xiang Ji, since he can't very well use his family's noodle shop or the things his grandfather left him as stakes, can he?

Copy a recipe?

Things like recipes need to be certified!

In layman's terms, you need to prove that your recipes are authentic! They really are valuable recipes!

The simplest way is to have a substantial presence to endorse it, such as a recipe or its creator being a historical figure, like the legendary chefs of China!

For example!

The recipes are endorsed by world-class culinary institutions like the WGO, or by authoritative professional chefs recognized by the WGO!

Tens of millions of yuan!

Looks like I need to find a way to earn more money!

Otherwise.

I can only have a chance to get that recipe after the autumn selection examination ends, or even after the reshuffling of the Far Moon Ten next year!

Chapter 21 Shiomi Research Club and Hayama Akira

After parting ways with Kobayashi Ryudou at the entrance of the Chinese Cuisine Research Association, Xiang Ji walked towards the address of the Shiomi Research Association with his hands in his pockets!

Unlike the Chinese Cuisine Research Association, the Shiomi Research Association is located in a sparsely populated corner of Far Moon!

In the Far Moon region, very few students would go to the area where the Shiomi Research Club is located.

If it comes first.

The Shiomi Research Association is not a culinary research association in the conventional sense, but rather a planting association that focuses on cultivating spices.

Compared to cultivating crops, most Totsuki Academy students prefer to spend their time refining their culinary skills.

Secondly...

The Shiomi Research Club is a small research club in Totsuki Academy with little funding and background, even less so than the Sumo Hot Pot Research Club.

There's no way!

Who made Shiomi Research Society a spice research society founded by Shiomi Jun? It hasn't been around for more than a few years since its establishment.

And members of the Shiomi Research Association.

Aside from the founder of the research association, Jun Shiomi, there was only this dark-skinned, white-haired boy in front of him who was in charge of receiving Xiang Ji!

Akira Hayama!

Six years ago, when Shiomi Jun went on a business trip to India to collect spice samples, he unexpectedly found a genius boy in a slum.

In the original timeline, Hayama Akira defeated the protagonist Yukihira Soma in the final of the Autumn Selection Tournament to win the tournament!

Of course!

Right now, Hayama Akira is just a second-year student at Totsuki Junior High School!

Even so!

Akira Hayama has been working as Jun Shiomi's assistant at the Shiomi Research Institute for several years, and is skilled at reshaping the aroma of ingredients through spices.

……

"Senior!"

"Professor Shiomi is still working. Would you like something to drink first?" Hayama Akira's manner of speaking and tone were impeccable.

"Thank you!"

"I don't need it for now!" Xiang Ji waved his hand casually.

"Hayama-san."

"Could you please show me around Professor Shiomi's research group?" Xiang Ji asked Hayama Ryo immediately after he finished speaking.

"no problem!"

"Senior, please follow me!" Hayama Ryo's expression was incredibly calm, making him look nothing like a second-year junior high school student!

Having lived in an Indian slum as a child, Hayama Ryo possesses a maturity beyond his years, and he is responsible for taking care of Shiomi Jun in their daily lives.

Yes! That's right!

Although Shiomi Jun provides Hayama Akira with motherly care and guidance in life and studies, Hayama Akira is more like a mother in everyday matters.

Besides arranging spices!

In daily life and interpersonal relationships, Shiomi Jun is no different from an idiot. He is clumsy and will even forget to water the spice seedlings.

Following Hayama Ryo on his visit to the Shiomi Research Association's spice field, I was also amazed by the Shiomi Research Association's incredibly luxurious facilities.

Besides the usual spices, the Shiomi Research Society also has many small, unsuitable ingredients. The environment there is simply not suitable for Japan.

I have to say!

Shiomi Jun truly lives up to his reputation as Totsuki's authority on spices!

……

As evening approached, Shiomi Jun, sporting a messy, unkempt hairstyle, finally emerged from her laboratory, looking exhausted and yawning profusely.

"Who are you? Xiang Ji?"

"Why are you here?" When tide Jianrun saw Xiang Ji following Ye Shanliang, a look of confusion and doubt immediately appeared on her face.