In another room, Dragon BuFan and others gathered there. At this moment, he was on the phone with his master. The matter of Hoshino Sora using special ingredients in the match had also been fully relayed by them.
"Okay, I understand. We will actively cooperate to complete this mission."
Hearing the voice from the other end of the phone, Dragon BuFan nodded, his eyes filled with seriousness and earnestness. After receiving his mission, he hung up the phone.
However, at this moment, he was still somewhat puzzled. Why would Hoshino Sora possess the legendary cooking utensils? Furthermore, how did he bring back top-tier special ingredients from that continent!?
Could it have been the last operation?!
His mind recalled the advance team that the Oriental Academy dispatched to Neon last year. At that time, the compass clearly indicated that the legendary cooking utensils were in Totsuki Academy in Neon, but they just couldn't find them.
If that cooking utensil was in Hoshino Sora's hands, then everything would make sense!
Legendary cooking utensils often possess extraordinarily magical abilities that modern science cannot explain. However, this is normal, because they all come from the Gourmet Continent.
That's right, it's the Gourmet Continent!
This is a new world discovered by China in the past century. It is an uncultivated world, teeming with a vast array of plants and animals, and these flora and fauna share a common characteristic.
That is, they are incredibly delicious, but also very dangerous!
For humans to enter this world, they must carry a credential for entry, which is the legendary cooking utensil. With it, the bearer can freely travel between the two worlds.
Without it, a repulsive force would appear on the intruder, preventing them from entering that world, making it extremely difficult for ordinary chefs to obtain ingredients from the Gourmet Continent.
As for those who possess the legendary cooking utensils and can freely enter and exit the Gourmet Continent, while some weapons and equipment can be carried, they can only deal with relatively weak creatures. When encountering slightly stronger ones, they must choose to detour and leave.
In summary, legendary cooking utensils are difficult to obtain, and the ingredients within the Gourmet Continent are even harder to come by, which has led to the exorbitant prices of Gourmet Continent ingredients sold in reality.
Of course, humans also have their own solutions for this.
One should know that legendary cooking utensils recognize their master, and once recognized, they can transform when entering the Gourmet Continent. Their normal state is that of a cooking utensil, and their second state is an armed form.
The specific form change is highly related to the cooking utensil itself. Legendary cooking utensils of the knife type will naturally evolve into the chef's melee weapons on the Gourmet Continent.
If you want to obtain top-tier ingredients, you must fight for them with your own hands! Because the Gourmet Continent is exceptionally brutal, every promising chef starts practicing martial arts from a young age.
Martial arts and culinary arts go hand in hand, with martial arts assisting culinary studies. Only then can a true culinary master be created!
Of course, Hoshino Sora was unaware of all this. At this moment, he was in the kitchen of the Dimensional Restaurant within the Gourmet Manor.
On the counter in front of him lay a pile of freshly picked special ingredients, while Erina Nakiri was behind him, with a pile of ingredients also in front of her, though these ingredients looked extraordinarily ordinary.
"Are you really not going to use the Gourmet Manor's ingredients to compete against me?
If you want to win, using the ingredients from within the Gourmet Manor is definitely the most suitable choice. As long as you ask, I will absolutely provide them to you. I wouldn't go so far as to restrict you on ingredients."
Looking at Erina Nakiri, who was cooking with ordinary ingredients, Hoshino Sora frowned and spoke, wondering what this guy was thinking, deciding to use ordinary ingredients for the finals.
"Hoshino-kun."
Hearing Hoshino Sora's words, Erina Nakiri stopped her movements, turned around, and looked at his face with sparkling eyes, as if she was brewing something.
"Of course, I want to win, but the Gourmet Manor is your private property, and all the ingredients within it are personally owned by you.
Of course, as the mistress of this manor, if I wanted the ingredients from here, you would give them to me. This is your love for me, and truthfully, I am very grateful.
If I were to use these ingredients to deal with other contestants, I would absolutely accept it gladly, after all, who doesn't like easily defeating their opponent? But, this time, my opponent is you. Using something you created to defeat you—I can't accept that in my heart.
Although I know you wouldn't care about these things, I do. If I were to win against you using the mutated ingredients from the Gourmet Manor, even if I ultimately achieved victory, I wouldn't feel the slightest bit of happiness.
Therefore, I want to defeat you with what I possess, with Erina Nakiri's abilities!
Just as you possess the top-tier ingredients from the Gourmet Manor, I also possess the God Tongue. We each have something the other doesn't, and that's what makes for a 'fair' match!"
Seeing Hoshino Sora, who seemed a bit displeased, Erina Nakiri playfully stuck out her tongue, then opened her arms and hugged his strong body. She then lifted her head, looked earnestly into his eyes, and spoke with a rational tone.
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