Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

"That really piques my curiosity!"

"I really want to know! I really want to know what the hidden mechanism of that knife is!" The figure bit his white fingers with blue nail polish, his blue eyes filled with a hint of madness.

……

"Boss!"

"Just give me this taiyaki." A shopkeeper, who was picking out free taiyaki in the store, suddenly shuddered.

"No problem! I'll install it for you right now!"

"Brother!"

"Can we take a picture with you at our store?" The shop owner asked, skillfully packing the sea bream while trying to take a photo with Xiang Ji.

In this unique world where food reigns supreme, top chefs are all true stars, and shop owners naturally wouldn't want to miss this rare opportunity.

Based on the knife skills Xiang Ji just demonstrated, he will definitely become a top chef in the future.

……

"I'm tired!"

"I can't walk anymore! Ryo! I need to rest! I need to rest!" White-haired, fair-skinned Alice Nakiri shouted at Ryo Kurokiba, who was walking ahead of her.

"Yes, miss!"

"Then I'll just wander around by myself!" Kurokiba Ryo replied expressionlessly, then turned to leave.

"Ah Liang!"

"I'm the owner who picked you up and brought you home! And I even came here with you on special occasion!"

"Are you really going to leave me, your master, here now?" Alice Nakiri's eyes widened instantly.

"Miss! I didn't ask you to come! You insisted on pestering me to come!" Kurokiba Ryo said, barely lifting her eyelids.

"Ahhhh!"

"I do not care!"

"My legs hurt so much! I can't walk anymore! I need to rest!" Alice Nakiri shouted like a child.

"Miss!"

"You'll attract people from around here if you keep doing this!" Kurokiba Ryo said helplessly, pointing at the people around him as he looked at the noisy Nakiri Alice.

"Awooo!"

"I don't care! I'm tired! I need to rest!" Alice Nakiri's hands kept pounding Kurokiba Ryo like hammers.

"Miss, then I'll carry you on my back!" Kurokiba Ryo had no choice but to give in, after all, if the young lady continued to make a fuss, there wouldn't be enough time.

"Hum hum!"

"A-Liang, you idiot, you should have done this a long time ago!" Alice Nakiri grumbled. "Now, get down here right now!"

"Yes! Miss!"

……

Alice Nakiri?

Ryo Kurokiba?

While Alice Nakiri and Ryo Kurokiba were bickering, Xiang Ji, who was carrying a sea bream and preparing to go back, also noticed the conspicuous master and servant pair.

Kurokiba is cool!

Alice Nakiri's appearance is simply too striking! White hair and red eyes! Moreover, Alice Nakiri's skin is even whiter than her hair!

But after only glancing briefly at Alice Nakiri and the others, Xiang Ji picked up the sea bream and left, since there were only a few hours left before the food battle began.

If you can't hint that you're going to miss the food battle, the referee will automatically disqualify you!

……

"Waaah! Waaah!"

Just as Alice Nakiri was about to jump onto Ryo Kurokiba's back, she bumped her nose hard into his back.

Alice Nakiri trembled as she covered her reddened nose, looking utterly aggrieved, almost on the verge of tears.

Ahhhhh!

Just as Alice Nakiri was about to give Ryo Kurokiba a good talking-to about what this idiot was up to, she suddenly noticed a change in Ryo Kurokiba's expression.

Extremely dangerous!

This is the look in Alice Nakiri's eyes when she first saw Ryo Kurokiba—the look of someone encountering a ferocious beast!

Chapter 33 Alice Nakiri: I want to get another follower and then beat that annoying Erina.

"Ah Liang!"

"What are you looking at now?" Alice Nakiri asked, her arms folded in front of her chest, her eyes filled with curiosity as she looked in the direction of Ryo Kurokiba.

The uniform of Totsuki?

Alice Nakiri noticed Xiang Ji in an instant. She raised her slender fingers to rest her chin on her hand, and looked thoughtfully at Ryo Kurokiba before continuing to speak.

"Ah Liang!"

"Were you looking at that guy just now?" Apart from Xiang Ji, Alice Nakiri couldn't think of anyone else who could be causing Kurokiba Ryo's wariness.

It couldn't possibly be because of that blue-haired girl who passed by, could it?

"Miss!"

"That guy gave me a very dangerous feeling." Kurokiba Ryo clenched his teeth tightly, and his tense nerves relaxed as Xiang Ji left.

"Does this make you feel dangerous, Ah Liang?"

"Waaah!"

“Ryo, let’s go find that guy now!” Upon hearing Ryo Kurokiba’s words, Alice Nakiri immediately became interested in Xiang Ji.

Ryo Kurokiba has been the head chef at a fishing port bar in Denmark since he was a child. He is a soldier who survived the dog-eat-dog battlefield of the kitchen.

The kitchen is a battlefield!

And the chefs' dishes are the weapons of battle!

Since Xiang Ji, who just left, could make Kurokiba Ryo feel dangerous, it's clear that the person who just left was definitely not an ordinary student.

As soon as she finished speaking, Alice Nakiri grabbed Ryo Kurokiba's arm and prepared to chase after Xiang Ji, completely unlike her previous desperate and unable-to-walk state.

"Miss, I haven't bought my things yet."

"You idiot, Liang!"

"We can just come back and buy it later, right? That guy has already gone far ahead, or we'll lose him if we don't catch up!"

……

"Waaah!"

"Hey Ryo, you idiot! Didn't I just tell you to run?" Alice Nakiri, who had just thrown her head away, stared at Ryo Kurokiba with teary eyes.

"This is all your fault!"

“We can’t find that guy from before!” Alice Nakiri shifted all the blame to Ryo Kurokiba.

"...But Miss! You were the one who fell down, that's why we lost you, right?" Kurokiba's cold voice was devoid of any emotion.

"You idiot, Liang!"

"I'm the owner who rescued you! How could it be my fault!" Alice Nakiri's cheeks puffed up like a hamster in an instant.

"But Miss..."

"Why do we have to go find that guy?" Kurokiba asked helplessly.

"Is that even a question?"

“Of course I need to find out that guy’s name and then make him my follower!” Alice Nakiri said, making a figure-eight gesture with her hands.

"Who told you, Ah Liang, to be such a useless idiot?"

"I can't even beat that annoying Erina! Of course I'm going to find a stronger follower and teach that Erina a lesson."

"But Miss, you're no match for Erina, are you?" Kurokiba Ryo pointed out the flaw in Nakiri Alice's words with a blank expression.

"Ah Liang!"

"You idiot! Don't tell me!"

"And you're my follower! How could you call that annoying Erina 'Miss'?" Alice Nakiri shouted angrily.

"Yes! Miss."

“But Miss Erina is your cousin, what should I call Miss Erina?” Kurokiba Ryo’s voice sounded weak and listless.

"A-Liang, of course you're going to call Erina that annoying person just like me!"

"What an idiot!"

"Do I have to teach you something this simple?" Alice Nakiri put her hands on her hips and angrily lectured Ryo Kurokiba.

"Yes! Miss!"

……

Sea bream shop.

When Alice Nakiri followed Ryo Kurokiba to the store, she was immediately drawn to the photo the store owner had hung on the wall.

It's him!

The guy that Kurokiba Ryo and I lost at the riverside market just now.

"Boss!"

"Do you know who this person in the photo on your wall is?" Alice Nakiri pointed to the photo of the shop owner and Xiang Ji, and then asked impatiently.

As soon as Alice Nakiri's voice came out, Ryo Kurokiba immediately noticed Xiang Ji's photo, and his eyes instantly turned fierce.

"Little girl, are you asking about the people in the photo?" The shopkeeper looked at Alice Nakiri and Ryo Kurokiba with some surprise. Could it be that they were also students of Totsuki Academy?

"This one!"

"He's a first-year student at Totsuki High School. He just beat the master I hired and won a fantastic sea bream from me!"

"Although he is only a first-year student, his knife skills are no worse than those of master chefs with decades of experience, and his level should even be above theirs."

"Prepare the sea bream in two seconds."

"This is the first time in my life I've ever seen such knife skills, especially from someone so young," the shop owner exclaimed with a sigh.

"Yes!"

"Even Hyouzou was driven into a state of withdrawal by this student. He truly lives up to his reputation as a Totsuki Academy student!" said a guest who had just witnessed the entire sword-fighting duel.

Can you prepare a sea bream in just two seconds?

How is that possible!

Upon hearing the shop owners' descriptions, Alice Nakiri was immediately filled with strong suspicion.

The shop owners' descriptions were far too exaggerated.

Even with the most advanced instruments in the world today, it is impossible to process a sea bream in two seconds; this is beyond human capability.

And needless to say, there's Ryo Kurokiba as well.

Kurokiba Ryo's specialty is seafood cuisine, so he naturally knows the time required for the entire process of deboning, removing bones and slicing sea bream.

Even the most experienced chefs need several minutes to prepare a meal, but the person in the photo only took a few seconds.

Is this really not an exaggeration?

……

"Aah!"

"It's not just the speed at which the sashimi is prepared; the freshness and texture of the sea bream sashimi are also top-notch. The moment it enters your mouth, you can feel that the sashimi is still alive."