1.6 billion yen!
Hong Yi's eyes widened.
He hadn't even become rich yet, and he was already in debt?
Heh, old Bi Deng, you can dream on.
Hong Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly, "1.6 billion, I won't pay a single yen."
“It's ridiculous, if it wasn't for your lax discipline, how could the Far East Ten Masters have been infiltrated by the Gourmet Society, allowing a ‘small fry’ to bring the GT robot into the Ninth Natural Habitat Courtyard!”
“On the contrary, you, Far East Culinary Academy, should be paying me. I destroyed the GT robot and protected the Rainbow Fruits and the Ninth Natural Habitat Courtyard.”
“There are two Rainbow Fruits left out of five. Plus the other ingredients in the Ninth Natural Habitat Courtyard… Hmm, I'll give you a 10-20% discount. Just give me 1.6 billion yen.”
“Also, if you want me to stay in the Far East Culinary Academy, you have to give me a scholarship. Not much, just 100 million yen a year.”
“Oh right, I forgot to mention, isn't that guy, Ruiyama, dead?”
“Transfer his money to me as well.”
“You!?”
Nakiri Senzaemon's brows twitched, his face full of bewilderment.
This… what kind of operation is this?
A Far East Culinary Academy student is demanding money from him, the Demon King of Food?
Not only was Nakiri Senzaemon dumbfounded.
Nakiri Erina was also dumbfounded.
The teachers and students of Far East Culinary Academy were all dumbfounded.
“By the way, I'll give my account number to Shinohara Hisako later. Nakiri Senzaemon, remember to transfer the money.”
Hong Yi let out a hearty laugh, shouldered two gigantic Rainbow Fruits, and strode towards the dormitory area, leaving Nakiri Senzaemon standing in the wind, bewildered.
“Rainbow Fruits.”
“I want to eat them too…”
“Tsk, 500 million yen for one, too expensive, can't afford it.”
“The Ninth Seat is so generous, he actually treated Kobayakawa senpai and the others to Rainbow Fruits.”
“It's rare to see the Headmaster get stumped.”
“Shh, keep your voice down. He's the Demon King of Food, you think everyone is as strong as Hong Yi?”
“This kind of genius, Far East Culinary Academy will probably have to beg him to stay.”
“1.6 billion yen, Hong Yi-sama has truly become rich overnight.”
As they watched Hong Yi and his group walk away, the Far East Culinary Academy students spoke in envious tones.
…
…
Mito Ikumi slowly woke up, moving her long, toned, wheat-colored legs.
“Hiss!”
Her legs were weak!
Her mouth hurt!
“Last night's food discussion with Hong Yi… it… it was all real.”
Mito Ikumi's cheeks flushed "puff" red, like a boiling kettle, with white steam rising from the top of her head.
Thinking about the meat cooking techniques Hong Yi had requested, Mito Ikumi felt both embarrassed and annoyed, covering her face with her hands.
“Wait!”
“Where's my partner?”
Mito Ikumi realized that the room was empty and there was no one around, so she quickly pulled back the covers and looked around for Hong Yi.
Under the bed.
Behind the curtains.
In her shoes.
In the closet.
She turned everything upside down.
She couldn't find Hong Yi anywhere.
“Didn't my underclassman… abandon me and run away?”
Mito Ikumi's heart sank.
Her mind even imagined herself going to school pregnant, then being scolded by her parents, struggling to raise the child on her own, and finally having the child inherit "Mito Meat Products."
“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”
“Isn't this the kind of plot in those shoujo mangas that the young miss loves to read?”
“Ikumi, Ikumi, don't think about it.”
“Hong Yi isn't that kind of person!”
Mito Ikumi slapped her cheeks and quickly waved her hands, dispelling the thoughts in her head.
“Don! Don! Don!”
At this moment.
A vibrating sound came from outside the wooden house.
“Is it an earthquake?”
Mito Ikumi, who had hurriedly put on her clothes, quickly ran out of the room and saw two things that looked like giant rainbow bubbles but had peach-shaped bottoms outside the courtyard wall.
“Niku-me, are you awake?”
A familiar voice came from outside the courtyard.
“It's Hong Yi!”
Mito Ikumi's eyes lit up, she quickly tidied her clothes and opened the door for him.
“Niku-me senpai, I captured the Rainbow Fruits.”
Hong Yi, holding a one-meter diameter Rainbow Fruit in each hand, walked into the courtyard sideways.
“Rainbow Fruits?!”
“The legendary Rainbow Fruits that have gone extinct in nature, Capture Level 12?!”
Mito Ikumi covered her mouth with one hand and exclaimed in surprise.
She raised her head, and her emerald green eyes reflected the colorful Rainbow Fruits, her expression dazed.
This is the Rainbow Fruit, it's truly magical!
“Mito Ikumi.”
Nakiri Erina called out.
“Nakiri-sama?”
Mito Ikumi realized that Hong Yi had returned with several other people behind him.
“Kobayakawa senpai! Kinokuni-san! Akaibu senpai!”
“Why are all of the Ten Masters here!?”
Mito Ikumi exclaimed in surprise.
Hong Yi found a clean empty space, put down the Rainbow Fruits, and turned back, saying, “I captured the Rainbow Fruits, I'll have them all eat together.”
“By the way, I have good news for you, I'm also a Ten Master now, even though I'm ranked Ninth Seat.”
“What!?”
“This… what's going on? What happened?”
“Why do I feel like the world has changed since I woke up?”
Mito Ikumi's brain completely shut down, she tilted her head back, two vortex symbols appeared in her eyes, her whole person was in a daze.
Yesterday, Hong Yi had just passed the entrance exam, except for her, no one else knew him.
How did he become the Ninth Seat of the Ten Masters today!?
“Hahaha, Mito-shishou, let me tell you what happened.”
Kobayakawa Ryoko walked into the courtyard and pulled Mito Ikumi aside, preparing to tell her about Hong Yi's cooking battle against Ruiyama Shizuno.
“By the way, do you have any snacks to eat?”
Kobayakawa Ryoko, a foodie, couldn't help but ask.
Mito Ikumi muttered, “Beef jerky is okay, right?”
“Mito-san, we are interrupting you~”
Kinokuni Nene pushed up her glasses, her hands resting on her knees, giving a slight bow, behaving like a Yamato Nadeshiko.
Actually, Kinokuni Nene, who was born in the Kanda Soba Shop, had been instilled with and accepted the essence of Japanese cuisine, including tea ceremony and kaiseki cuisine, as well as learning traditional culture, since she was a child.
Akaibu Momo leaned out from behind Kinokuni Nene, tilting her head and asked, “Mito Ikumi, do you have any tools for making Western desserts?”
Nakiri Erina looked around the courtyard, saw the large iron pot, charcoal stove, barbecue grill, and boning knife, etc., shook her head and said, “It seems like we need to go back and get the tools.”
“Make Western desserts?”
Mito Ikumi immediately came to her senses, understanding that Nakiri Erina and Akaibu Momo were going to prepare the Rainbow Fruits.
Thinking that she was only good at meat dishes and didn't know much about Western desserts, her eyes dimmed instantly.
With her ability, making some simple cookies and cakes wouldn't be a problem.
But cooking Capture Level 12 Rainbow Fruits, she was definitely lacking.
“There are tools for making Western desserts.”
“There's a fully equipped Western kitchen inside.”
“Oh? Really… ”
“That's great!”
Akaibu Momo and Nakiri Erina looked at each other at the same time.
Their gazes intertwined in mid-air, colliding with fierce sparks.
“Hmph, Tenth Seat, if it's just desserts, I won't lose to you!”
Akaibu Momo said confidently.
“Oh, Momo, do you also want to be defeated under my God's Tongue?”
Nakiri Erina raised the corners of her mouth with a queen-like smile, pulled out a hair tie from her pocket, and tied her golden hair, which was like a work of art, into twin tails.
Then.
The two women, who had changed into their chef uniforms, walked into the kitchen, preparing for the Rainbow Fruit dishes.
“By the way, where did Erina and Momo get those chef uniforms?”
Hong Yi looked at their busy backs, wondering to himself.