Mito Ikumi is a typical rich girl. While she can't compare to a true heiress like Erina, her family, Mito Beef Industry, is a leading enterprise in Japan's beef industry, specializing in various top-quality beefs.
After all, the resources Erina and her family possess are far greater than Mito Beef Industry.
If Mito Beef Industry is the pawn charging into battle, then the Nakiri family, represented by Erina, is the one who decides who goes to war.
The influence of chefs in this world is immense, which is why Erina subconsciously wanted Li Ke to learn culinary arts.
After all, as the son-in-law of the Nakiri family, it's absolutely unacceptable for him to be completely ignorant of cooking!
At the very least, he should understand all the culinary knowledge in this world!
But Mito Ikumi was unaware of all this; she only knew that she smelled a very peculiar beef aroma! And this beef tasted incredibly good, far surpassing even the beef from her own family's beef!
This was something she, as the young lady of the Mito family, absolutely couldn't ignore. The reason her family was the leading beef supplier in Japan was because their beef was the finest!
She knocked on the door, but no one answered. The aroma, however, grew stronger and stronger, an irresistible scent she couldn't ignore.
"What kind of beef is this?"
Smelling the aroma in the air, Mito Ikumi couldn't help but bite her thumb, her expression incredibly anxious.
Although she didn't care much for money, this was the mainstay of her family's business. She was certain that the aroma alone was enough to surpass even their best beef!
Then—
She smelled something burning.
Almost instantly, Mito Ikumi's eyes widened. How could beef be burnt at Totsuki Academy?!
She knocked on the door even harder.
"Hello! Hello! Is anyone there?! Is anyone there?!"
Her knocking made her curvaceous figure tremble, and Li Ke, listening to the world's music through his headphones, opened the door expectantly.
He figured it must be someone sent by Erina , or perhaps she herself had come.
However, the moment he opened the door, Li Ke felt disappointment.
But immediately, his disappointment vanished.
The girl before him was a girl with tanned skin, wearing a Stars and Stripes bikini set, her school shirt knotted at the chest, revealing her excessively full breasts and lower abdomen, and a skirt and boots.
However, calling her skin tanned was a bit of an understatement; it was more of a healthy wheat-colored complexion. From her delicately shaped abdomen, the perfect ratio of fat and muscle made her a remarkably alluring body.
Her short blonde hair and clearly mixed-race features further fueled an urge to fondle her.
The girl in front of him even has figure superior than Erina in some key element; it was also a healthy kind of beauty.
Most importantly, this girl looked incredibly sexy, and just the way Li Ke could roughly recognize her.
"Hello, I'm Mito Ikumi. Excuse my intrusion, but were you grilling beef just now?"
Mito Ikumi felt Li Ke's burning gaze, her lips twitching slightly, but she still politely bowed and asked him.
Although her chest swayed slightly from the bow, there was no doubt that she wasn't intentionally selling herself; at least, she wasn't trying to seduce Li Ke right now.
She dressed like this simply because she liked it.
But…
"Can you speak Chinese?"
Mito Ikumi took a step back in astonishment. She looked at Li Ke in disbelief, never expecting that someone living in the Totsuki Academy dormitory wouldn't even speak Japanese.
So, after thinking for a moment, she asked.
"Do you speak English?"
Li Ke's smile became even more awkward.
"..."
Mito Ikumi had a headache. Due to various reasons, although her family lived close to China, they knew very little about it. Furthermore, due to some unavoidable circumstances, they couldn't afford to ignore the large quantities of agricultural products China sold. Therefore, despite having considerable business, she genuinely hadn't learned Chinese.
This made things extremely awkward.
But Mito Ikumi was even more speechless. How could someone who couldn't speak either English or Japanese be here?
Li Ke looked at the girl in front of him somewhat awkwardly, and roughly guessed that she wasn't from Erina's faction. At least, Erina wouldn't send someone who couldn't speak Chinese.
But he was also starting to feel uneasy. The thought of having to learn both the language of Arad and Japanese made his head spin.
Moreover, it's obvious he'd better learn some English, otherwise he'll run into a lot of trouble.
"What kind of situation is this? Other transmigrators don't have this problem."
Li Ke sighed helplessly again.
But at this moment, Mito Ikumi found a solution. She opened her phone, used a translator, and began speaking in Chinese.
"Um, excuse me, but were you grilling beef just now?"
Undoubtedly, her Chinese was quite poor, but it had to be said that she was genuinely sincere, bowing again as she spoke.
Li Ke really disliked this Japanese custom because bowing wasn't a sign of respect, just a casual courtesy that made it feel insincere.
However, it had to be said…
He saw something good.
Watching the warm, wheat-colored thing swaying, Li Ke finally understood why the Japanese liked to bow.
The cleavage and the frequency of the swaying were truly amazing.
Li Ke couldn't help but mentally give Mito Ikumi a thumbs up.
Since she'd already offered such a perk, Li Ke wouldn't stand on ceremony.
"Yes, I'm grilling beef. Would you like some?"
If he remembered correctly, she was one of Erina's subordinates, and also one of the peripheral henchmen of the Nakiri family's businesses, so he didn't mind having breakfast with this rather revealing girl.
After all, she was probably there for that magical beef, but after thinking for a moment, he added, "Also, I'm one of Erina's people."
Li Ke's words, translated by the software, made Mito Ikumi breathe a long sigh of relief. Since he was from the Nakiri family, everything was fine.
She bowed again to Li Ke.
"Thank you for your help. Please rest assured, the Mito Group has always been a loyal ally of the Nakiri family."
She was genuinely relaxed. Although the Nakiri family only accepts their best underlings, they also entrust any exceptional individuals they discovered for further training.
This is an unwritten rule; after all, they see each other frequently, and the previous generations were all part of the same circle. Unless things go too far, the friendship usually extends to the next generation.
If Li Ke represents someone from another company, then Mito Ikumi would be nervous. Although they are supposedly a unified entity, if a better, more willing partner emerges that their Mito Group cannot replicate, then they are doomed.
However, if it's someone from Erina's group, and specifically someone like this, then they must be an accidental genius, or a new discovered breed.
The former type of cultivation genius, according to the rules, they will be given to them; the Nakiri family only absorbs them if they no longer want them.
After all, even underlings need benefits.
As for the latter, given the same conditions, Mito Ikumi doesn't believe her family's breeding conditions are inferior to any other company in the world, so she feels no pressure.
"I wonder if it was a lucky discovery or the work of an unparalleled genius."
Mito Ikumi suppressed her thoughts and looked at Li Ke.
Since Erina had put him in Totsuki Academy, then…
It must be the latter.
Watching him casually place a piece of beef, emitting a strong aroma and clearly charred, onto his plate, Mito Ikumi's heart ached.
However, she was also certain of one thing.
That Li Ke must be a genius's trainer!
Because if it was just a lucky discovery, this level of beef wouldn't be eaten casually by anyone involved.
Only someone confident they could cultivate this kind of beef again would have the ability to do so!
Mito Ikumi looked at Li Ke, her legs involuntarily tightening.
It wasn't Li Ke's merely ordinary appearance that aroused the girl's reaction, but rather the fact that if Li Ke were a genius in this area, then there was a high probability…
She would marry him, then have him join the Mito family, becoming their son-in-law, thus further solidifying the Mito family's position!
This was something she could easily imagine. After all, she was the daughter of a long-established Japanese businessman, and her family even owned a large amount of land—a typical member of the aristocracy.
However…
His cooking skills were truly appalling.
Looking at the beef Li Ke had served, Mito Ikumi felt it was a waste. Leaving aside the cooking time, just by looking at the surface, Mito Ikumi could tell that these two pieces of beef hadn't reached their optimal cooking time before being taken away by the man, directly diminishing their flavor!
And he definitely hadn't marinated them beforehand! The seasoning was also extremely careless!
But…
But she still really wanted to eat it!!
Mito Ikumi stared at the strange beef steak before her, her saliva involuntarily drooling as she unconsciously swallowed it.
Even though it was utterly substandard in every way, she couldn't resist eating it, wanting to completely assimilate that piece of beef into her body!
If it weren't for her experience allowing her to discern no strange additives, she would have suspected Li Ke of drugging it!
"Oh, I forgot about this."
But just as she waited for Li Ke to say it was safe to eat, he suddenly remembered something.
He found his clothes and pulled a small packet of seasoning powder from his pocket.
This was something he had bought in the Arad world; it tasted similar to cumin, but more delicious.
The moment he opened the small packet, Mito Ikumi smelled a barbecue seasoning aroma she had never smelled before.
What is this?!
Looking at the crudely processed seasoning, clearly made in a small workshop, Mito Ikumi felt a chill run down her spine.
Because she'd never smelled this before!
A spice she'd never smelled before, perfectly suited for a cooked beef, in a flavor she'd never experienced before, especially for someone who'd specialized to beef-based cuisine.
If it weren't for the language barrier, Mito Ikumi would have already grabbed Li Ke and interrogated him for information!
"Alright, you can eat now."
Li Ke didn't think too much about it. This was Nakiri's territory; as long as he didn't kill or commit arson, there shouldn't be any major problems.
And even if he did kill or commit arson, as long as it wasn't someone too important, it should be fine.
Li Ke knew how powerful the head of a monopolistic enterprise was.
"Thank you so much!"
After saying this, Mito Ikumi watched Li Ke take his first bite, then immediately speared a piece of beef with her fork and stuffed it into her own mouth.
The next moment—
"Ahhh!!!"
Mito Ikumi realized she was completely wrong. This wasn't just a beef; this was beef heaven!
She felt as if she were surrounded by an ocean of countless kinds of beef. She could sense every type of beef imaginable. Her entire body seemed enveloped in that thick, warm, and scorching flesh, as if she, this exquisite beauty, was nothing more than a piece of top-grade A5 beef waiting to be eaten!
Eat! Eat it all!
This was the only thought in her mind. She breathed heavily, continuously swallowing the beef from the 7 Days to Die world. Each bite, while Li Ke could only taste its deliciousness, was a thousand flavors of beef to Mito Ikumi!
Countless flavors of beef that shouldn't be beef, countless wonderful flavors of beef she had never even imagined. She couldn't describe what she was eating.
If she had to answer, it would be SuperBeef!
The thing humanity has always craved! The tool used by humanity's ancestors for courtship, the food humanity depends on for survival!
She wanted to eat beef!
As she ate more and more, her face grew increasingly red, the hallucinations of the beef intensified, and the wonderful sensations on her body grew stronger, making her feel hot all over, as if ancient memories were awakening. As a woman being courted, having already eaten the beef offered as a courtship gift, what would happen next…
Two different senses were connected. Her body first leaned back in the chair, one hand instinctively covering her chest, her thighs involuntarily spreading apart, and the other hand naturally placed in the center.
"Ahhh!!"
She couldn't help but scream, while Li Ke stared in disbelief, even dropping beef onto the plate.
But as Mito Ikumi swallowed the last bite of beef, her body collapsed to the ground. Li Ke, thinking she was injured due to an allergic reaction to the otherworldly materials…
Then he saw glistening wetness on her thigh, and her beautiful lips parted slightly, revealing her beautiful tongue, from which flowed a similarly glistening liquid.
Most importantly, the girl named Mito Ikumi's sharp eyes were lifeless, and her mind was clearly blank.
"..."
Li Ke covered his face.
"Does everyone in your world have to be so dramatic even when eating a meal?! If it weren't to prevent Erina from losing because of her tsundere attitude, I could have easily taken you down!"