Food Wars: Starting with Equipping the Greedy Wolf Pot

"Professor Chapel."

"Where can I find the book you mentioned, 'Chuka Ichiban: Kiwami'?" Kikuchi Sonoka suddenly asked Shapel timidly.

"The Library of Totsuki".

“I remember there were Japanese translations in the children’s story section,” Chapel said casually.

The children's story section in the library?

As expected, what Teacher Chapel just said about dismembering a giant bull with one knife and the wound healing after taking the roe... was just a fairy tale used to fool children.

Chef Long's Memoirs?

Maybe some third-rate writer is just using Chef Jie Lu's name? This kind of thing is all too common in the culinary world!

Especially the various gourmet auctions in the culinary world.

The sheer quantity of all sorts of Chef Dragon's manuscripts, recipes, and kitchen utensils required truckloads to measure.

"That's right!"

"The commander-in-chief also has half a notebook containing information about the top chefs in China. It is the original manuscript left by the supreme chef in China back then."

"The manuscript contains numerous descriptions of Chef Long's knife skills."

"The same description appeared in that manuscript: dismembering a giant bull in an instant without shedding a drop of blood or losing a drop of juice."

Gudong!

Gudong!

Upon hearing Chapel's words, Taki Kakuzaki and Sonoka Kikuchi were stunned into silence, their pink lips remaining pursed.

The Generalissimo's family's handwritten notes.

Throughout the Japanese culinary world and even the entire world, how many chefs are unaware that the Nakiri family's ancestors were once disciples of the supreme Chinese chef, the Dragon Chef, and were that chef's only disciple?

"Professor Chapel."

"The notes and records you mentioned, could they be the ones left behind by that lord?" Kakuzaki Taki asked unconsciously.

"Yes!"

"It was left behind by the most powerful supreme dragon chef in Chinese history." Shapel's voice struck Kakuzaki Taki and the others like a heavy hammer.

It really was that person!

Legend has it that Liu Maoxing was introduced to the heavens by Pangu, the god of food, because his cooking was so delicious. He is the strongest dragon chef in the history of Chinese cuisine.

Macaroni dumplings!

The last dish Liu Maoxing cooked in the mortal world is recognized by the culinary world as the best dish in the world, and it is the goal that countless chefs pursue throughout their lives.

……

Just as Kakuzaki and Taki were shocked by Chapel's words, Xiang Ji, who had just entered the players' tunnel, also encountered two familiar faces.

Alice Nakiri and Ryo Kurokiba.

Although Alice Nakiri had obtained the contact information for the project from Hisako Shinodo earlier, she didn't have the patience for it.

Xiang Ji's food battle has just ended.

Alice Nakiri couldn't wait any longer and brought Ryo Kurokiba over to find Xiang Ji. After revealing their identities, they easily slipped into the players' tunnel.

The entire Totsuki region is owned by the Nakiri family.

As the eldest daughter of the third generation of the Nakiri family, Alice Nakiri has this much face, and doesn't even need to use Erina Nakiri's name.

"Nakiri-kun, Kurokiba-kun."

"What brings you two here?" Xiang Ji asked, his gaze sweeping calmly over Alice Nakiri, who was standing in front of him and behind him, as if trying to sound profound.

Chapter 43 Scientific Cooking? Stop making your Pangu brother laugh!

Ee eh eh?

Ee eh eh?

Xiang Ji's sudden voice caught Nakiri Alice completely off guard; she hadn't expected that Xiang Ji knew their names.

In this sudden situation, Alice Nakiri could no longer maintain her haughty young lady demeanor, and her ruby-like eyes immediately widened like a Persian cat's.

"Senior Xiang Ji".

"How did you know I also have the name A-Liang?" Alice Nakiri's face was now full of curiosity.

"It's very simple."

"Nakiri, you are one of the direct heirs of the Nakiri family. At the age of nine, you won the most prestigious international competition in the field of molecular gastronomy held in Northern Europe..."

"Known as the son of the god of molecular gastronomy!"

“How could I not know of your existence, Nakiri-kun?” Xiang Ji calmly recounted all of Nakiri Alice’s titles and achievements.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you know us, Senior Xiang Ji!" Upon hearing Xiang Ji's familiar answer, Alice Nakiri had a look of sudden realization.

Alice Nakiri was completely oblivious to the loophole in Xiang Ji's words; Xiang Ji had never heard the name Ryo Kurokiba from beginning to end.

Fortunately, Alice Nakiri isn't the type to nitpick over details.

More than how Xiang Ji knew about Kurokiba Ryo, Nakiri Alice was more concerned about whether Xiang Ji knew molecular gastronomy.

"Senior Xiang Ji".

"Did you study molecular gastronomy before?" Alice Nakiri asked Xiang Ji curiously.

“Nakiri-kun.”

“I have never studied molecular gastronomy, and I have no interest in it whatsoever,” Xiang Ji answered frankly.

"Eeh eh eh?"

Why?

"Could it be that you, Senior Xiang Ji, are also one of those conservative chefs who look down on molecular gastronomy?" Alice Nakiri's ruby-like eyes were filled with intense inquiry.

Molecular gastronomy is a culinary art that uses scientific principles such as physics and chemistry to deconstruct, recombine, and recreate ingredients.

In other words, the essence of molecular gastronomy is to use scientific methods to understand and explain the underlying logic of cooking.

Many chefs in the culinary world today scoff at molecular gastronomy, considering it a heretical and unorthodox approach.

Those chefs who choose to embrace molecular gastronomy and use technology to change cuisine are considered stubborn conservatives.

"That's it!"

“Nakiri-kun, but I don’t think you’ve come to me now to ask if I’m a conservative chef, have you?” Xiang Ji chuckled lightly.

Stubborn conservatives?

Xiang Ji doesn't think molecular gastronomy is some kind of crooked trick. The reason he looks down on molecular gastronomy is simply because its potential is too limited!

The reason is simple.

The world today has glowing dishes, legendary kitchen utensils, and even a legendary god of food.

Scientific cooking?

Chemical cooking?

Don't make your brother Pangu laugh!

"Oh oh oh!"

“I almost forgot the real reason I came here.” Alice Nakiri stuck out her tongue. “Senior Xiang Ji, I came to see you hoping that you could become my follower.”

"no problem."

“I can become your follower, Nakiri-kun, as long as you can defeat me in the Food Wars.” Xiang Ji said calmly.

Really?

"As long as I can beat you, Xiang Ji, in the Food War?" Alice Nakiri never expected Xiang Ji to agree so easily.

As for the prerequisites for defeating Xiang Ji in the Food Wars?

Shouldn't chefs communicate through their food? Back then, Alice Nakiri won over Ryo Kurokiba through a food battle.

“Of course.” Xiang Ji nodded.

"Senior Xiang Ji".

"Come on! Let's start the food battle now!" Without hesitation, Alice Nakiri immediately issued a food battle challenge to Xiang Ji.

Meanwhile, Ryo Kurokiba, standing to the side, also had a look of eager anticipation on his face.

But at that moment, Xiang Ji's voice continued to ring out at a leisurely pace.

"Nakiri-kun, what kind of equal terms can you offer to make me agree to this food battle?"

The establishment of a Food War requires the approval of both parties involved in the competition. In other words, Alice Nakiri needs to offer conditions that are equal to those of Xiang Ji becoming a follower.

"One hundred million yen!"

“If I lose to you in the Food Wars again, I’ll give you 100 million yen,” Alice Nakiri replied without hesitation.

100 million yen?

sizzle!

Alice Nakiri truly lives up to her reputation as a genius girl who obtained 45 patents by the age of ten and signed contracts with as many as 20 restaurants and recipe research associations.

The opening bet was a full 100 million yen for the food battle.

But Xiang Ji refused!

It wasn't because Xiang Ji liked to say no to self-righteous people.

Rather, it's because after winning the food battle against Katsuya Tanikawa, Xiang Ji is no longer short of money; what he lacks are things that money can't necessarily buy.

For example, the non-melting ice used to forge the Beichen Tianlang Blade.

Recipes left by our ancestors.

The only dish Xiang Ji had never cooked was the Fierce Ice Fresh Tai Shan, since the Crystal Arhat Slayer needed to be used in conjunction with the Northern Star Wolf Blade.

Ice blades made from ordinary ice, aside from the special effect of releasing ice, also do not meet the requirements for sharpness and hardness.

……

"Northern glaciers?"

"Not melting ice?"

"If I can find ice that never melts, Senior Xiang Ji, you'll be willing to have a food battle with me, right?" Alice Nakiri blinked.

"Yes, Nakiri-kun."

"Alice!"

“Senior Xiang Ji, please just call me Alice.” As soon as Xiang Ji finished speaking, Alice Nakiri said earnestly.

"Senior Xiang Ji".

"Where did you hear about this special kind of ice that won't melt?" Alice Nakiri asked Xiang Ji again, her face full of curiosity.

“The recipes left behind by the Chinese Dragon Chef,” Xiang Ji said calmly.

So that's how it is!

Did Xiang Ji see the recipe for non-melting ice from the cookbook manuscript left by Chef Long of China?

That's not surprising.

The manuscripts and recipes left by master chefs in China contain an overwhelming variety of strange and wonderful ingredients.

The fermented dough passed down for a thousand years, the pearls that shimmer with a silvery luster, the grains that naturally separate into seven layers of red, orange, and yellow...

"Senior Xiang Ji".

"Did you learn your knife skills in this way too?" Alice Nakiri couldn't help but ask.

"Yes."

"That's how I learned my swordsmanship," Xiang Ji answered frankly. If Xiang Ji wanted to conceal the existence of the Seven Star Blade, he wouldn't have used the Seven Star Instant Severing Blade Dance more than once.