Offer blocks to the end times

"..." Tadokoro Megumi was speechless. How could this person talk like that? But she was only speechless for a moment. She looked up and then exclaimed in surprise, "It's...it's you?!"

"Yes, it's me. What are you planting, Megumi?" Senju asked curiously. After a moment of panic, Tadokoro Megumi calmed down and said, "I'm planting celery right now."

"I see," Senju nodded in understanding. Celery? He was familiar with it; it was a common vegetable, and surely no one hadn't eaten it. "What kind is it?"

“It’s celery, Gao Youta 52-89H,” Tadokoro Megumi said, using a name that Senju didn’t quite understand. It seemed to be a variety of celery. Senju thought blankly. As if noticing the confusion on Senju’s face, Tadokoro Megumi explained the variety of celery to him.

It turns out that there are three types of celery: water celery, dry celery, and Western celery. Dry celery is even known as "medicinal celery." Celery is rich in various nutrients... Eating celery regularly is very beneficial for preventing diseases such as high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis.

After talking for a while, Tadokoro Megumi suddenly realized what she had said, and looking very embarrassed, she hurriedly waved her hands, "Um..."

It's boring, isn't it? These are all common sense...

"It's alright, it's still quite fun," Senju waved her hand, looking at the sweating girl with a hint of helplessness. Tadokoro Megumi is good in every way, but she gets nervous too easily. "I don't know much about different vegetables, so thank you for your explanation."

"By the way, what kind of research does your Local Cuisine Research Club do? It seems like you collaborate with outside companies," Senju changed the subject. Tadokoro Megumi stood there blankly for a while before saying, "Our club specializes in researching various local Japanese rural cooking methods. We do have many sponsors, but I don't know about the collaborations. You'll have to ask the club president."

"I see," Senju thought to herself, wondering how to get a free meal. Of course, it would be a meal made by Tadokoro Megumi. But it seemed a little awkward to ask directly. After thinking for a while, Senju decided that Polar Star Dormitory was the easiest to talk to. Anyway, she decided to bribe her first. "By the way, I also have some celery seeds here. They're really good."

"Is it celery like the ingredients in the box?" Tadokoro asked in surprise. Senju nodded. "Well, it's similar, but the direction is different. It's mainly a mutation in size. This one is a seed."

"Such a huge seed! Is this really celery?! This mutation is too much!" Looking at the seed that Senju took out, which was the size of a head, Tadokoro Megumi felt her brain short-circuit. "Can it really germinate?"

“It’s alright, I have a ripening agent, it will grow soon,” Senju said, and a deep pit with a diameter of fifty centimeters appeared in the ground in front of him, and he threw the seed into it.

"Ripening agent?" Tadokoro Megumi was puzzled. She was very familiar with the term, but since the seeds had only just been planted, ripening agent wouldn't be of any use. However, Senju's miraculous performance still aroused her curiosity. Then, Senju watered some celery and said to Tadokoro Megumi, who was staring blankly to the side, "Step back, this celery is quite big."

Although she didn't quite understand, Tadokoro Megumi still took a few steps back, covered the ground with soil, and started scattering bone meal. After throwing a dozen handfuls, the ground shook, and celery hundreds of meters tall shot up from the ground. Tadokoro Megumi, who had stepped back a bit, was even carried up by the celery. "What is this?!"

"Ah, this seems a bit too big," Senju said, scratching his head helplessly as he looked at the giant celery stalk soaring into the sky. This was a vegetable seed he got from the world of One Piece, similar to a giant pea. However, a giant pea can extend to the sky tens of kilometers high and can support a small island. The celery that Senju brought out was not even a little brother-level seed, but at most a grandson-level seed.

Even so, everyone around looked over. When did a mountain appear here?! Shaking his head, a jetpack-like device appeared behind Senju, propelling him into the sky. If the world's consciousness had intelligence, it would definitely be complaining right now: Damn it, after causing such a big incident, what are you still trying to cover up?!

Flying into the sky, Senju saw Tadokoro Megumi sitting on a celery leaf, looking like she was about to cry but dared not move at all, like a little elf in a vegetable garden, although the kind with her eyes darting around. Senju hovered beside her and asked, "Megumi, what do you think of this vegetable? Enough to feed several hundred people, right?"

"Waaaaah, it really is huge, but way too big!" she babbled incoherently, looking like she was about to faint. "How am I supposed to eat such a huge dish?!"

"Wake up," Senju clapped her hands, and a green light flashed on the leaves. Tadokoro Megumi woke up, looked around, and was speechless again, "Sen... Senju, where am I? Am I dreaming?!"

Chapter 1543 The Match Is Still Early

“Of course it’s not a dream,” Senju said, waving her hand and looking at Tadokoro Megumi, who was sitting on a leaf with tears in her eyes. “It’s just that it’s grown too big and pulled you up.”

As they were talking, a gust of wind blew by, causing the leaves to flutter. Tadokoro Megumi looked like she was about to faint again. Senju shook her head helplessly. "Never mind, let's go down now."

She pointed to the leaf, and the stem broke off. Then, the leaf carried Tadokoro Megumi as she floated down, making her look like a little sprite piloting a paper airplane, even though the sprite was terrified.

Sensing something was amiss, Senju woke Tadokoro Megumi. How could she possibly faint after such a bizarre experience?!

With a gasp, the girl landed gently. The leaf shrank to a small, emerald-green leaf that hung on her wrist. Senju asked from the side, "How did it feel? Wasn't it magical?"

"..." Tadokoro Megumi looked at Senju for a while, then suddenly collapsed. Senju was speechless. Girl, you're too timid! With a wave of her hand, a recliner appeared behind Tadokoro Megumi, and she slowly sat down on it.

Looking at the celery over there, quite a few students had gathered around, marveling at it. A few even peeled off a small piece to taste, then wondered, "Is this celery? But it's so big! And how did it grow so tall when it's so tender? It's simply unreasonable!"

"Don't even mention celery, it doesn't make sense for any other plants either. Gravity is a crucial factor affecting plant growth. By the way, won't this vegetable collapse?!"

"No way?!" Everyone stared blankly at the thick, green vegetables, some dozens of meters long. They wondered if they should just run away.

Huh?! But if this vegetable falls, the entire academy will suffer!

At that moment, the space next to them opened up, and Ram, Rem, Helwim, Theresa, and Reinhard all jumped over. Looking at the situation and then at Senju, they were speechless. "Senju-sama, is this your masterpiece?"

"Well, it grew this big without me even realizing it," Senju shook his head awkwardly, then looked at the five of them, "You guys cut this vegetable up and send one to each club."

"Leave the dismantling to me. I also know some alchemy, which will make packaging easier," Reinhard decided to show off his true profession. Before anyone else could react, the Dragon Sword was drawn. With a flash of sword light, the giant celery stalk was transformed into countless cuboids, each one meter long and twenty centimeters wide. The broken leaves and other debris turned into powder and were blown away by the wind.

As it crumbled, Reinhard gently clasped his hands together, and instantly, the chopped celery was wrapped in packaging film and fell to the side of the field, forming a huge expanse. "Lord Senju, the harvest is complete."

“Hmph, fancy swordsmanship,” Helwim said unhappily. Tricia gently twisted his ear. “Darling, little Rhine’s swordsmanship is very good. Don’t be stubborn.”

"Hmph," Helwim was still unhappy, probably because he disliked Reinhard's constant closeness to Tricia. Although she was his grandson, his wife was too cute, and he had to be wary of this brat. "Then let's go deliver some."

With that, Helwim cleared away half of the vegetables, and Ram nodded, "Then leave the rest to us."

“Okay, I’ll leave it to you guys,” Senju said, then noticed a group of classmates standing there dumbfounded. “Oh, right, Ram, keep fifty copies. This is a research club too.”

“I understand,” Ram waved his hand, and fifty more portions of ingredients appeared on one side. After Senju nodded, the four of them disappeared. Reinhard was still there. “Senju-sama, where did such a big dish come from? I’ve never seen such a big dish before. It must be bigger than a beluga whale, right?”

"It can't compare to the white whale," Senju shook his head. Although this vegetable is a bit longer, the white whale is all meat. "By the way, how are the preparations for the competition going?"

“We’re planning right now. Budgeting, publicity, ordering supplies, contacting and arranging personnel—there’s a lot to do,” Reinhardt said, then gave the result: “To host a world-class competition, the preparation time is at least six months!”

“It’s a bit too long,” Senju complained from the side, while Reinhard shook his head. “No, half a year is very short. For our lifespan, half a year is just a blink of an eye.”

"Is that so?" Senju rolled his eyes. Compared to the overall length of his life, half a year was indeed a moment, but he could stretch a day into countless long periods of time. He had to understand the difference between eternity and a fleeting moment.

Of course, Senju knew that this timeframe was reasonable. In addition, with Chito and Yuri eating out everywhere, they probably wouldn't be able to visit many restaurants in half a year. "Alright, half a year it is. Anyway, I won't be here all the time. But during this time, your cooking skills should improve a bit, right?"

"I guess so," Reinhard said with a wry smile. So what's with the leader always making me cook when I'm a swordsman, a sword saint at that? Even though I can do everything.

"Well, then good luck. I'll have the students here cook some dishes and see how good they are. Keep up the good work. Yui has been traveling all over the world; there are quite a few powerful chefs out there," Senju said, encouraging him. Reinhard bowed helplessly and then slowly disappeared. "I will do my best!"

After seeing off the sword saint chef, Senju looked at the students over there and asked, "Are you from the Local Cuisine Research Club? Can you make me a dish using these ingredients?"

The students, who were wondering if they were hallucinating, looked over. They hadn't expected the vegetable to be so big, and now that it had suddenly disappeared, they wondered if they had eaten something wrong. It wasn't until Qian pointed to the other ingredients and the remaining vegetable roots that they asked incredulously, "Were those real? Did they really exist?"

“It’s true! Didn’t you all touch and taste it just now? And Xiaohui can testify to that,” Senju stepped aside, drawing everyone’s attention. “Xiaohui? What’s wrong, Xiaohui?!”

The crowd surged forward, cautiously examining the girl lying on the recliner. She appeared to be asleep, but something was clearly wrong. This was farmland; where did the recliner come from? Besides, Xiaohui wasn't the type of child to sleep like that!

Chapter 1544 Cooking First

"What did you do to Xiaohui?!" The crowd surrounded Qian Shou. Some of them had seen him with Xiaohui just now, then the giant dish appeared, and now Xiaohui had fainted. Qian Shou waved his hand, "I didn't do anything. She was just too surprised by the dish that appeared in front of her, and then she fainted."

“That’s quite possible.” After listening to Senju’s explanation, the surrounding classmates thought for a moment and nodded seriously. With Xiaohui’s courage, there was a high chance she would faint if such a frightening thing suddenly appeared in front of her!

"Xiao Hui, wake up," she called out gently for a while.

Tadokoro Megumi groggily opened her eyes, and after a long pause seeing everyone around her, she jumped up and said, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I actually fell asleep while planting vegetables."

As she spoke, she looked around, then breathed a sigh of relief. Her classmate next to her asked, "Xiaohui, what happened just now? Did you faint from being scared by that?"

"That?" Tadokoro Megumi was confused. The students around her started chattering about the vegetable. Tadokoro Megumi's mouth slowly opened, and her face slowly turned pale. Only one thought echoed in her mind, "But, wasn't everything just a dream? Am I still dreaming?!"

Fortunately, after a while, everything was finally explained, and Tadokoro Megumi realized that what she had just experienced wasn't a hallucination. Looking at the pile of 'celery' beside her, she was still a little dumbfounded. After all, she remembered that she seemed to have floated down from the sky on a leaf! And she also remembered that there were people flying around her. Then she suddenly looked at Senju, "It's you!"

"It was me?" Senju asked doubtfully. Tadokoro Megumi then asked nervously, "Was that really celery?! Can vegetables really grow that big? And how did I get down there? Was I dreaming?"

"Well, there are a few questions," Senju shook his head helplessly, looking at the nervous Tadokoro Megumi, and explained carefully, "You weren't dreaming just now, it was all real. That vegetable has already been harvested. You were too close just now, and the vegetable carried you into the sky. In the end, you floated down on a leaf."

"!" Tadokoro Megumi's mouth gaped open, looking as if it was about to dislocate. Senju helplessly reached out and tapped her head, and the tearful girl finally closed her mouth. However, there were a few soft sounds nearby, and several people's jaws were dislocated. Senju looked over speechlessly, then watched as the people skillfully adjusted them, and then it was fixed. "Megumi, where was that vegetable you were on?!"

"Hmm, I guess so. But even if the vegetable is that big, can it support a person?" Tadokoro Megumi said uncertainly. Senju chimed in, "Maybe it's because you're light, Megumi. But some of those giant vegetables can even lift an island several kilometers into the sky. Although the one we just saw was a small giant vegetable, it could still lift a person without any problem."

Listening to Qian Shou's nonsense, the students around him turned to look. "Xiao Hui, who is this? Do you know him? What does he have to do with the dishes we just had?"

"Hmm, this is Mr. Senju. I met him yesterday. He seems to be a guest of the Supreme Commander. He's a very skilled chef and has a lot of high-quality ingredients. He made an amazing dish at the Polar Star Dormitory yesterday. Oh, and he also had a Food War with the ninth seat of the Elite Ten yesterday and won!" Tadokoro Megumi said after thinking for a while. The people around her were surprised, but then there was an even bigger surprise: "That vegetable we just saw was also grown by him. I saw that the seed was this big!"

Megumi Tadokoro gestured the shape of a watermelon with her hand. "That's why that vegetable grew so tall, but its growth rate is still too fast. Also, what kind of ripening agent is that?!"

"Did you grow this? How did you cultivate it? Even genetic mutations can't be this extreme. It's so tall, is it still edible? Why hasn't it developed fibrous lignification?" The surrounding classmates also raised a bunch of questions. Looking at the circle of excited classmates, Qian Shou waved his hand and took out a ball. "I found this seed in a place where the people are giants, so naturally the plants are also super huge. So this isn't a genetic mutation, but an alien species. As for the ripening agent, that's an alien product."

"An alien artifact?!" Everyone was surprised. Weren't we talking about food? Why are we on an alien planet?! This doesn't make sense at all! But looking at the enormous seed, they had to admit that this didn't seem to be an Earth-based species. They fell silent, then a strange voice came from the group, "This seed... can we eat it?!"

"..." Everyone fell into deep thought. Indeed, the seed looked as big as a watermelon; it might actually be usable as food. Senju was speechless for a moment. "Seriously, what are you guys focusing on?! The important thing is the alien planet, isn't it?!" "Well, whatever makes you happy. But if you can turn those ingredients into a dish that satisfies me, I'll give you ten seeds for research!"

"Deal!" shouted the boy, who seemed to be the club president. Then he asked, "By the way, how do you cultivate this kind of vegetable? What are its temperature requirements? Fertilizer...?"

"Well, you'll have to figure that out yourselves. I'm just here to eat! You'll have to figure that out yourselves," Senju said. The others were a little annoyed, but they didn't press the matter further. Instead, they went to examine the properties of the ingredients. "It's actually the same as real celery. How are we supposed to cook this?"

Everyone ran off to investigate, while Tadokoro Megumi stood to the side, seemingly wanting to ask something. Senju looked at her for a while before Tadokoro Megumi finally spoke, "Um, I was in a tree just now, right?"

"No," Senju looked at the flustered girl and found it amusing, so he waved his hand, and the scene in his memory turned into a photograph. "You were on the food just now. Here, this is a photograph, not photoshopped."

"It looks so tiny, like a bug. No wonder it could sit on a leaf to get down," Tadokoro Megumi looked at her reflection in the photo, her face contorted in a "orz" expression, until the green leaf on her wrist flashed, and she snapped out of it.

"That's normal," she said, then looked at Senju curiously, "Um, what's Photoshop?"

"It's just image editing software. For example, if you put this photo online, everyone will think it was done by editing the image," said Senju, as she taught Tadokoro Megumi how to use the phone. After learning for a while, Tadokoro Megumi realized, "Wait, isn't this just a scam?!"

"Yeah, it's really fun," Senju nodded, about to say something, when her classmates started calling out, "Xiaohui, come quick, we're counting on you!"

Chapter 1545 The World Begins to Distort

"Coming right away," Tadokoro Megumi shouted, bowed to Senju, and ran over. Senju looked at the remaining giant vegetable roots, waved her hand, and the entire field returned to normal, startling the people who were observing the vegetable roots nearby.

Ignoring them, Senju looked at the world's will. After this test, it was clear that its capacity to accommodate things related to cooking was incredibly high. Perhaps all sorts of gigantic plants had already begun to appear on some island on Earth. Senju suspected that there was a high probability that a divine artifact related to cooking would appear here.

Slowly analyzing the knowledge and fluctuations within the world's consciousness, Senju discovered that this place truly had the potential to develop into a world like "Toriko." However, its foundation was still too weak, requiring the investment of more essence. Otherwise, even if Senju cultivated various gourmet plants, this world wouldn't last more than a few years.

Speaking of which, the world's top-tier ingredient, 'GOD,' is a monster that can explode to the stars. Although it's a frog, if it appeared on Earth, it could devour all the living things on the planet in one bite. It's simply brutal.

As Senju lay on the recliner, most of the others were studying the ingredients. Tadokoro Megumi was also studying the ingredients, but then she seemed to remember something. She reached into her backpack and took out a book. Following her own method, she thought about the giant celery for a moment, and then began to flip through the book quickly. Finally, she stopped at a page that read, "Tree celery, a common vegetable that grows among giants..."

"There really is one," Tadokoro Megumi said softly, then looked at the recipe information. After a while, she started cooking, but she first took out a knife and began to carve the shapes of the celery. Although the information was comprehensive, she also had her own ideas.

While Senju was thinking and Tadokoro Megumi was cooking, the school clubs became lively because several people were bringing them some strange ingredients. The long, bright green ingredients were something they had never seen before, and the fibers on them didn't look like artificial ingredients.

However, this ingredient smelled and tasted a lot like celery, so everyone tried to analyze it in confusion before starting to cook it.

After a while, Senju was woken up. It turned out that the food was ready. Senju followed the students into the small building, which was decorated with many things. The most eye-catching thing was the lanterns with various words written on them. They looked like they were used in festivals.

Looking at the red lanterns above, Senju saw dozens of plates of emerald green dishes laid out over there, ranging from the most ordinary celery stir-fry with pork to celery dumplings, to bizarre celery stew, carved celery, and candied celery. Everyone had so many ideas! The club president was still acting all polite, saying, "This is our club's super giant celery dish set meal. Please enjoy!"

"..." Senju felt there seemed to be too many ingredients. Seeing so many similar dishes, he suddenly lost his appetite! However, seeing the eager anticipation of the people around him, Senju had no choice but to try a few bites. He felt that they were not bad, much better than the average person's, but that was about it.

Until he tasted a dish of carved celery, shaped like green leaves, resembling jade leaves, Senju took a bite and sensed the will contained within it, the emotion the chef wanted to convey. Closing his eyes, Senju could almost see a little fairy riding on a leaf, flying freely in the air.

"She's improved again," Senju murmured with her eyes closed. She could still feel Tadokoro Megumi's warm belief in this dish, but even more so, she felt a new vision of freedom. As expected of someone she valued, Senju was very curious about what kind of dishes she would eventually be able to make as her horizons broadened.

"Did you make this?" Senju looked at Tadokoro Megumi, who was surprised for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, I made it. How does it feel?"

"Great, you've improved again," Senju praised. Tadokoro Megumi waved her hand shyly, while the company president next to her was delighted. "Really? That means we made a dish that satisfied you. But how did you know it was Megumi who made it? There's no name on it."

“You’ll know once you taste it,” Qianzhi pointed to a plate on the side. “Only this dish can make you clearly realize who the chef is; it contains her beliefs.”

"Is that so?" The company president picked up a 'green leaf' and tasted it, then instantly fell into a fantasy world. He was sitting in the leaf, flying freely, with many tiny Tadokoro Megumi fluttering around him. Then he gave a thumbs up, "Delicious!"

Thousand Hands outside also stared at the student with a strange expression. It was as if he'd been given special effects; his entire demeanor had changed. This was because Thousand Hands' actions were becoming increasingly excessive, allowing the rules of culinary arts to supersede all other rules! If this continued...

If this continues, food will be able to bring people back to life!

After a moment of reflection, Qian Shou waved his hand, and ten 'watermelons' appeared on the table to one side. However, the students around him seemed to think it was normal and did not consider why such large seeds had suddenly appeared. Their way of thinking had shifted from surprise at 'why something suddenly appeared' to thinking about 'how to grow and cook this thing'.

However, there was someone who ignored this shift, and that was Tadokoro Megumi. Not only was her cooking skill enough to withstand the shift in this world, but she also had the book given to her by Senju, which allowed her to maintain a normal mindset in this increasingly insane world.

While everyone else was studying the seeds, Tadokoro Megumi reminded Senju, "Hey Senju, there are many other dishes that everyone makes very well."