Far East Shizuoka Airport.
Zhang Yu and Roland Chapelle were currently exchanging pleasantries with the main contingent from Tōtsuki Resort and another team of blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners.
"Professor Flandre Auxis, long time no see." Roland Chapelle extended his hand toward the young man with a gratified smile.
"I finally haven't failed your teachings, Mentor." Facing the hand Roland Chapelle had extended, the blond-haired, blue-eyed youth—who inadvertently exuded a noble air—took a step back. With a solemn expression on his chiseled, handsome face, he bowed.
Flandre Auxis was born into a French noble family; his ancestors were once Counts.
Nowadays, he was the youngest professor at the United States' Phoenix Culinary Academy, as well as the strongest among the younger generation of France—a Special-Grade Five-Star Chef. He had even been conferred the title of Baron by the parliament in this modern era.
Precisely because of this, Auxis would never forget that it was the mentor before him who had guided him onto the path of cooking.
"More than just not failing me; you are now the brightest star among all the disciples I have taught." Looking at the team of curious youths behind his former disciple, Roland Chapelle laughed heartily.
"I was so focused on pleasantries I almost forgot the business at hand." Roland Chapelle, his face full of emotion, immediately realized that today wasn't for catching up with his disciple. "This is Chef Zhang Yu of Tōtsuki Resort."
"I know you!" A sharp light burst from Auxis's eyes, his attitude becoming very fervent. "The only one to ascend to the top ten of the World Fish Cuisine Rankings in the IGO Gourmet Magazine with the status of a Nine-Star Chef—the [Uncrowned King]."
"I've read many of the viewpoints you wrote on the IGO forums. Many of my dishes have been inspired by you." Auxis stepped past Roland Chapelle, his face filled with the look of a fanboy, and tightly grasped the hand Zhang Yu had just extended with both of his.
"Heh, hehe, that is truly an honor." Zhang Yu laughed very forcefully, his forced smile containing a hint of awkwardness—he couldn't pull his hand out, and... your actual master is right there, hey!
Showing more enthusiasm for a stranger than for your own master, is that really okay?
Seeing the gratified look completely vanish from Roland Chapelle's face, replaced by eyes that were gradually spitting fire at Auxis, Zhang Yu began to silently mourn for Auxis in his heart.
Just as Zhang Yu felt it was awkward to speak up but also awkward not to, an enchanting female voice came from the side.
"Uncle?"
Zhang Yu hurriedly turned his head. A tall woman wrapped in a mink coat took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of bewitching pupils.
Her long, jet-black hair draped over her shoulders, accentuating her skin which was as white as jade. With a melon-seed face and willow-leaf eyebrows, the woman's red lips gently curving into a smile formed a scene of breathtaking beauty.
The men present inevitably lost their focus in a daze, but Zhang Yu's eyelid twitched and his heart gave a thud; he had an ominous premonition.
Why did this little niece who loved to cause trouble run over to the Far East?
"Little Niece, and... Ah Niu?" Standing behind the woman was a burly youth reaching two meters in height.
"Chef Zhang Yu!" The youth, whose chiseled face was written all over with mental exhaustion, seemed to see the dawn in the darkness at this moment.
Zhang Yu: "..."
***
"Lecher!"
At this moment, a high-heeled Kamen Rider flying kick came soaring in—JPG.
Without time to think, Mo Bai raised his hand to block the castration-aimed Rider Kick heading straight for his abdomen.
His palm met the girl's elegant foot, and Mo Bai instantly felt a majestic force transmit from the point of contact. Immediately following that, his footing became unstable, and he stumbled, crashing onto a nearby chair.
"Hiss!!!" Mo Bai shook his left palm, which now bore a shoe print, wearing an expression of intense stinging pain.
Fortunately, this flying-kick girl hadn't used her heel; otherwise, Mo Bai felt his 'Little Left' might have gained an extra hole today.
"How dare you harm a decent girl!" The girl in the blue-and-white porcelain cheongsam pointed one finger at Mo Bai while clenching the other hand tightly into a fist. The sharp, cold light flickering in her eyes was like knives and swords. "I, Ziyan, most despise guys like you in my life—sanctimonious on the outside but incomparably filthy on the inside."
"No! Things aren't what you..."
"Useless words! Die!"
Ziyan clenched her pink fists and assumed a stance, about to charge forward. Mo Bai turned pale with fright. The result of that kick sending him flying explained everything—he, a novice who relied solely on his constitution to fight, stood no chance against such a ferocious girl capable of a mid-air Rider Kick.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Miyamoto Yayako snapped out of her dazed state. Seeing her pull the remaining half of her clothing over her bra and tie a knot to cover her exposed skin, she immediately darted in front of Mo Bai.
With a crisp, explosive sound, a fair palm pushed aside the fist aiming for Mo Bai's head from the side.
"What are you doing!" Ziyan, who hadn't expected the victim to attack her, was caught off guard and nearly fell to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Miyamoto Yayako retorted with an equally sharp gaze.
"Beating up this lecher, of course," Ziyan answered without thinking.
"Then I am protecting him, of course," Miyamoto Yayako also answered without thinking.
"What?! He molested you!" Ziyan doubted her own ears.
"Mo... Molested." Thinking of the scene just now, Miyamoto Yayako's face turned crimson. "Even if it was molestation, that is a matter between the two of us!"
Mo Bai, who had just felt the hope that the incident would be resolved quickly rising in his heart, was dumbstruck.
Holy crap! Big Sister! Wouldn't it be better to just tell the story exactly as it happened?
Your description makes it sound like I actually did something!
Ziyan's expression turned from displeased to angry. Her gaze circled between Mo Bai's and Miyamoto Yayako's faces; then, with a cold snort, she turned and walked away.
"Shameless dog couple!"
The unlowered voice made the crimson-faced Miyamoto Yayako furious.
The former took a step, activating the Shukuchi footwork, and her figure once again blocked Ziyan's path.
"Who are you calling shameless?"
Miyamoto Yayako, who had been heavily criticized for her character due to neglecting a Qilin-level Chef, heard Ziyan's words, and the heartstring suppressing her emotions instantly snapped.
"Move!" Ziyan, face cold, attacked directly.
"Hmph! Don't even think about leaving today without explaining yourself!" Miyamoto Yayako resolutely counterattacked.
Two fair palms made contact, and a sound like a bursting firecracker exploded in the air.
The palms parted as soon as they touched, and both Miyamoto Yayako and Ziyan took a step back simultaneously.
Both sides stared at each other with cold faces. A moment later, they simultaneously launched a fierce attack on the other.
Slender arms and long legs collided repeatedly, bursting with unimaginable power that made the air itself whimper.
As Miyamoto Yayako and Ziyan leaped and chased each other, a strong gale howled through the entire main hall.
Mo Bai's jaw dropped to the floor, terrified by their combat power.
This... What kind of battle of the gods is this?!
It wasn't until a nearby chair was kicked into smithereens by Miyamoto Yayako that Mo Bai snapped out of his shock.
"This is Chef Zhang Yu's house! Don't mess around!" He hurriedly brought up Zhang Yu's name, intending to deter the mysterious Ziyan.
Hearing Zhang Yu's name, Ziyan's offensive slowed slightly.
"Take it to the yard?"
"Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Miyamoto Yayako accepted the challenge decisively.
The two combatants left, leaving Mo Bai looking at the mess in the main hall, wanting to cry but having no tears.
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