No wonder she’s the daughter of the “Mito Beef” family.
She knows everything about beef.
Hong Yi exclaimed, “One hundred grams of beef, 20,000 yen?! That’s so expensive.”
“It’s just the most premium part of the White-Haired Cinderella Beef that’s this expensive. The regular cuts are around 1,000 yen.”
As she spoke,
Mito Ikume winked at Hong Yi.
“My dad gave me a block of White-Haired Cinderella Beef marbling when I started school. Do you want to come to my dorm after the entrance exam and I’ll cook it for you?”
Fearing that Hong Yi might misunderstand, she added, “Just…just eat meat. No other activities.”
Hong Yi nodded with a smile, “Okay, I’ll come eat your meat after I pass the exam!”
Immediately after,
Hong Yi turned his head to look at the largest iron cage on the field.
Inside, a giant crocodile over ten meters long was caged.
It looked incredibly fierce. Its body was covered in a layer of rough, cold, tiny scales that shimmered with a metallic sheen. Its body and limbs appeared exceptionally strong and powerful.
Its long, thick tail seemed like it could overturn an armored vehicle with a simple sweep.
Other beasts only needed to be kept in an iron cage.
This giant crocodile was not only caged but its limbs and tail were bound by special metal chains. Beside it stood a middle-aged man wearing a silver badge.
A Silver-ranked Gourmet Hunter!
“What kind of beast is that?”
Hong Yi pointed at the crocodile and asked.
He felt like he’d seen the crocodile somewhere.
Mito Ikume turned to look, her face slightly changing. She hurriedly pulled Hong Yi and said, “Junior, that’s a Galar Crocodile, the giant reptile that sits at the top of the food chain on the Barlon Islands. Capture Level 5. You need at least a Bronze-ranked Gourmet Hunter to capture it. Don’t even think about choosing it!”
“Oh?”
Hong Yi asked, “How are Gourmet Hunter ranks determined?”
“You must have not been paying attention in class.” Mito Ikume rolled her eyes at Hong Yi and answered, “The rank of a Gourmet Hunter is determined based on the capture level of the ingredients they hunt.”
“Junior, if you want to officially become an Iron-ranked Gourmet Hunter, you need to independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 1 ingredient and submit the evidence to the IGO.”
“Bronze-ranked hunters need to independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 5 ingredient.”
“And so on…”
“Silver-ranked Gourmet Hunter, independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 15 ingredient.”
“Gold-ranked Gourmet Hunter, independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 30 ingredient.”
“Diamond-ranked Gourmet Hunter, independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 50 ingredient.”
“Master-ranked Gourmet Hunter, independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 80 ingredient.”
“King-ranked Gourmet Hunter, independently hunt and capture a Capture Level 100 or higher ingredient.”
“But there don’t seem to be any Capture Level 100 ingredients in the human world. You have to go to the legendary Gourmet World.”
Speaking of the Gourmet World,
Mito Ikume wrapped her arms around herself and shuddered.
For ordinary people, the Gourmet World was a life-forbidden zone.
Not to mention them, even Master-ranked Gourmet Hunters, if they recklessly entered the Gourmet World, would only have a slim chance of survival.
“As for Gourmet Hunters above King-ranked, they are even rarer, few and far between, and they are like national treasures in each country.”
“Those powerful Gourmet Hunters who surpass our imagination are beyond our reach.”
“Even the IGO’s rising stars, the Gourmet Four Heavenly Kings, are said to be only Diamond-ranked Gourmet Hunters.”
The Gourmet Four Heavenly Kings?
Toriko, Coco, Zebra, and Sunny…
Hong Yi’s eyes flashed slightly. “Anyway!”
Mito Ikume stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Hong Yi and said seriously, “I don’t want my partner to get bitten by the Galar Crocodile and lose an arm or leg on our first day of meeting.”
“Even though in the Gourmet Age, limb regeneration is possible, it’s too expensive, and I can’t afford it.”
Hong Yi could feel Mito Ikume’s concern, his heart warmed slightly, and he replied with a smile, “Don’t worry, I’m not reckless.”
As time passed,
More and more freshmen arrived on the field.
Mito Ikume patted Hong Yi’s back and encouraged him, “Go on, good luck!”
“No problem.”
Hong Yi walked a few steps, then turned back and said, “Your partner is going to be the most dazzling one on the field.”
Mito Ikume burst out laughing.
Thousands of freshmen had already gathered on the vast field.
Hong Yi blended in with the crowd and looked up at the stage in front of him.
At this moment,
An old man wearing a black haori and a brown kimono, his hands tucked into his kimono sleeves, walked onto the stage.
He had long, silver hair and a tiger-leopard like beard. There was a scar near his right eye.
It was the headmaster of Totsuki Academy, the one known as the “Food Demon,” Nakiri Senzaemon!
After Senzaemon appeared on the stage, he pulled his right hand out of his sleeve, coughed before his mouth, and said, “Everyone, you are all freshmen of my Totsuki Academy.”
“There is no doubt that this is something to be proud of.”
“But!”
“You must remember that there is still one last hurdle in front of you – the entrance exam.” “If you don’t pass the entrance exam, then sorry, you’ll have to drop out of Totsuki Academy.”
His words paused slightly.
The noisy freshmen in the audience fell silent.
Senzaemon continued, “The entrance exam is divided into two parts, a cooking exam for the Culinary Division and a capture exam for the Hunter Division.”
“The Culinary Division exam requires you to make a dish that’s recognized by the Totsuki Ten.”
“The Hunter Division exam requires you to kill a beast in the cage.”
“Now, let’s have the Director of the IGO Development Bureau, Mansam, come up and say a few words.”
Senzaemon turned to look at a bald, muscular man in the audience.
“You said I was handsome just now?”
Mansam grinned, revealing his bright, white, even teeth.
Senzaemon: “…”
“Old man, I didn’t.”
“I just heard you call me handsome.”
“That was your name (Mansam’s pronunciation in Japanese is similar to ‘handsome’). Hahaha, Senzaemon, I know you think I’m handsome!”
“…”
The freshmen in the audience were speechless.
IGO is a behemoth in the Gourmet Age.
It’s not an exaggeration to call it the Gourmet Hunter’s General Assembly.
IGO’s Chairman, Ichiryu, is even revered as the world’s strongest!
Originally, the freshmen were surprised that Totsuki Academy had such a lot of influence that it could even invite the IGO’s Director.
But seeing Mansam’s behavior, it felt a bit like a fool?
It was a bit disappointing.
Only Hong Yi did not underestimate Mansam.
Because he knew.
Mansam in 《Toriko》 is incredibly powerful.
Once his anesthetic seal is removed and he regains his full strength, he can one-shot many GT robots.
Even the Four Beast entities, whose capture level is as high as 350, can be easily suppressed by him!
In the later stages of the manga, before Ichiryu challenged the Three Tiger, he handed over the position of IGO Chairman to Mansam. …
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