Comprehensive Comics KanColle: Building a Dimensional Empire from Scratch

"There's still one special match left today, a three-way food battle between Alice Nakiri, Erina Nakiri, and Ryo Kobayashi!—"

Swah——

The spotlight shines on the three chefs on stage.

The three individual competitions have been going on for most of the day. According to the schedule, the team competition and the Starship Competition finals will be held the next day.

The last game of the day is the championship battle of the cooking competition.

At the same time, these Totsuki chefs also carried out food battles according to tradition, betting on something.

"Erina Nakiri has agreed to Alice and Ryoko Kobayashi's food battle request! The winner of this competition will become the commander's personal chef!"

"As a corresponding bet, if Alice and Kobayashi Ryodou lose, they will need to work as Erina's kitchen assistants for a year and will not be allowed to challenge anyone with their own cooking!"

Alicia enthusiastically introduced the rules of Shokugeki.

For a chef, admitting that he is inferior and can only be the other party's assistant chef is undoubtedly a huge humiliation, but in order to make a bet that matches the commander's chef, he can only go all out.

"Since this is the final of the cooking competition, the theme is decided by the commander, and the time limit is 3 hours."

"The commander will also be in charge of the final judging. He will decide the winner based on the contestants' performance!"

"hiss--"

The Saber King Army was getting a little agitated. They highly recognized the skills of Totsuki's chef. Since he could make it to the finals, the dishes he made must be of the highest quality.

They felt very sorry that they did not have the qualifications to judge and taste the food.

"I'll leave one for you."

Lu Chen touched Daimao Wang's head.

"yeah!!--"

A group of Adai-Mao cheered.

"Well, then, Commander, please give me the questions."

Alicia gestured for invitation, and the audience's attention focused on her.

The topic can be a general type of cuisine, such as Chinese, French, Italian, etc., or it can be a specific ingredient, such as soba noodles, eel, venison, etc.

It could even be a Honkai beast, a protogastric animal, or a dangerous species.

"..."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and looked up at the sky.

The starry sky passed through the transparent dome, illuminating the entire arena, with a hint of romance and fate.

"There is only one theme for this cooking competition."

He paused.

"In the name of the Xinghai Empire—Xinghai."

Chapter 1269 A Real Man Should Eat Grilled Ether Dragon

"Star Sea?!"

The three contestants in the competition were stunned along with the audience.

As the final of a cooking competition, this title is quite appropriate and grand.

But for the chef, this was undoubtedly a huge problem, and he couldn't even think of any corresponding dishes for a while.

Chinese food? French food? Italian food? Japanese food? ...

Erina Nakiri, Alice, and Kobayashi Ryodou all fell into thought at the same time.

"Starry Sea... is that the universe? Commander, do you want a dish that reflects the starry sky?"

"Or perhaps a dish that represents the Star Sea Empire?"

They looked at the starry sky above their heads and frantically searched their minds for corresponding knowledge.

Of course, you can't bring out something as weird as looking up at the stars in the finals, but this question is really strange and difficult to understand.

The previously eliminated Totsuki chefs also started brainstorming, thinking about how they should cook this dish if they were in their place.

"Perhaps we should start with the ingredients? For cuisine that represents the starry sea... would using birds be a good option?"

Tadokoro Megumi timidly put forward the hypothesis.

"Ordinary creatures are too low-level to encompass the concept of the Star Sea."

Feishazi shook her head.

"If it were me... I might consider using Honkai Beasts or 430 dangerous species. They are the special animals of the Star Sea Empire."

"But those things are too difficult to cook, aren't they?! You might accidentally make something awful, right?!"

Everyone couldn't help but recall the strange dishes served by Observer, Kiana, Kallen and others at the Dark Cuisine Competition not long ago.

"……Well……"

The three chefs sat on the field, thinking hard for a long time without taking any action.

"Wow! It seems the commander's questions are too difficult, stumping the three best chefs in the Star Empire at the same time!——"

Kawashima Rei took over the commentary of the cooking competition and fixed her eyes on the three people who were thinking hard.

"They all seem to be still thinking about their own dishes. This is a unique topic in the history of Shokugeki!"

Da da da……

Kobayashi Ryodan was tapping the table while leaning his head on the table to think.

"Xinghai? ...Surely, we should start with the ingredients?"

She is good at cooking techniques with all kinds of exotic ingredients. When she was in Totsuki, she often used unpopular ingredients such as crocodiles and insects. When she came to the Star Sea Empire, she let herself go even more.

"Commander!~"

Xiao Lin Long Dan suddenly had an idea and waved towards Lu Chen.

"In addition to the ingredients provided on site, can we find them ourselves for the competition?"

"Ok?"

Lu Chen was a little surprised.

The cooking competition provides almost all the ingredients that can be found in the Star Sea Empire, from regular chicken, duck, fish and meat to rare species contributed from various worlds.

Still he nodded.

"Yes, you can use any materials or ingredients within the Xinghai Empire that you think can be used in cooking."

"I temporarily grant you the authority to recruit from other departments. If you need anything, all departments will cooperate with you."

"Thanks!!"

Kobayashi Ryodan clapped his hands.

"Dr. Mobius!! Please take me to the Life Sciences Department!"

"you?"

Mebius was a little confused for a moment.

"Why are you going there? You're not..."

"Take me to see it first~——"

She couldn't resist Lu Chen's orders and Xiao Lin Longdan, so she sighed and called a small spaceship to carry her into the sky.

"I want to see the space training base too."

Erina Nakiri raised her hand.

“…There are some things you can’t eat, little one.”

Ruan Mei was convinced and went with her.

Alice's idea went straight to the head of the foreign goddess girl who was watching the fun nearby.

"Um... Miss Nayako, I'm very interested in the Starry Color dish you made in the Dark Cuisine Competition. I think that dish fits the concept of the Star Sea very well. Would you mind discussing it with me?"

"oh!?"

It was the first time that Nayako saw someone interested in Ke's cuisine and she was overjoyed.

It was as if he had met a kindred spirit, and he talked to Alice Nakiri eloquently and incessantly.

"Let me tell you, the key to Star Color lies in the cooking method. We need to combine the bodies and powers of the Outer Gods so that the diners can feel our blessing..."

"what?"

The audience felt something was wrong.

That ray of starlight directly sent Huang Quan to the underworld. If another dish of Ke's food were to be served, Lu Chen might be fine due to his amazing physical fitness, but the other audiences and judges would probably have to go down to see Ai Lei again.

The eight fools who were eating for free all wanted to run away.

"Contestant Alice Nakiri! Calm down! This is the finals of a cooking competition, not a dark cooking competition!!"

Kawashima Rei exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on! I won't send you to hell, I guess."

Alice didn't care and patted her chest to make a promise.

"perhaps?……"

Half an hour later.

boom--

The two spacecraft returned from the Department of Life Sciences.

Click——

The shuttle landed in the venue with a giant force field cage hoisted on it. Just by looking at what was inside, the audience exclaimed in unison.

It was a dark red dragon-like giant beast, suspended in mid-air, its body covered with lava-like skin and several pairs of fins growing from its lower jaw. It looked unlike any creature on Earth.

From time to time, a dark red ray spurted out of its mouth, hitting the force field cage, and the light flowed everywhere.

"What's this?"

The audience was stunned.

"This is a space creature cultivated by the Life Science Department. We call it the Ether Dragon."

Mebius replied.

"It can maneuver in space at near-light speeds using its physical body, and its thick ether dragon scales can withstand attacks from gamma rays and matter disruptors."

"According to estimates, the breath of a mature ether dragon is powerful enough to incinerate an entire fleet in an instant. Its body is so strong that it can even withstand the collapse of the universe and travel from the singularity to another time and space."

"Of course, we've only bred cubs so far. As space creatures, their growth period is measured in billions of years, roughly tens of billions of years, to reach adulthood."

"..."

Lu Chen discovered that the geniuses in the Life Sciences Department often came up with things beyond expectations.

Isn't this the space Leviathan from Stellaris? The one that can wreak havoc on your fleet in the early stages?!

"You want to use it as food?"

Alicia was stunned and blinked.

This thing looks much more outrageous than the Honkai Beast.

"Yeah! Try it."

Xiaolin Longdan was eager to try. She was no longer the chef who had just joined the Star Sea Empire and couldn't even handle the ingredients.

Click——

Erina Nakiri's spaceship also landed next to it.

A smaller force field cage was dropped down, containing two large squid-like creatures with long tentacles.

"What is this?"