Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 153: The Food War Betting on the Small Shop

Chapter 153: Chapter 153: The Food War Betting on the Small Shop

"How about it, the Food Duel, will you accept?"

Lancelot spoke lightly, "The middle platform of the Food Duel is the IGO organization, and the judges come from the IGO. You don’t have to worry about fairness."

"Additionally, I must tell you... I am a Five-Star Chef!"

He said in a calm tone.

Five-Star Chef?

Feng Zhizi Yaeko was speechless.

Even Xia Yu found his breath catching slightly.

A Five-Star Chef was at the level of a Ten Masters of Far Moon graduate. Xia Yu scrutinized Lancelot. This person appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen, matching the age of the last batch of Ten Masters graduates.

Ding.

The system popped up with a new task alert.

Task condition: Accept the Food Duel and defeat the Five-Star Chef Lancelot.

Reward: One of the Seven Stars Knife, [Seven-star Saber·Breaking Army] (Purple).

His heart clenched.

"[Seven-star Saber·Breaking Army]?" Xia Yu’s breathing heated up, thinking of the scenes in the original series "Little Master" where Rein and Xiang En used the ’Seven-star Breaking Army Rapid Cutting’ technique to handle fresh seafood ingredients.

Those dishes like ’Seven Star Breaking Army Caviar’ and ’Seven Star Breaking Army Squid Strips’ all require the corresponding kitchen tools and techniques.

The reward was tempting, but it was also important to consider the power of the opponent.

Lancelot, with the strength of a Far Moon graduate, would undoubtedly be more formidable and challenging than the in-school Si Yingshi if he used his trump cards.

"If you accept, the Food Duel will be set for Friday, a week from now, at this very time!"

Lancelot glanced at him, surveying the now deserted shopping street, "As for the stage, it will be set up on this street."

"And the theme?"

Xia Yu’s gaze flickered.

"Fish, fins!" Lancelot declared.

"Shark fin, huh? Fine, I accept!" Xia Yu waved him off and then entered the shop.

Lancelot looked visibly stunned, having expected Xia Yu to ponder for a long time. Who knew he’d agree so readily upon hearing the theme?

The Food Duel was undoubtedly centered around Xia’s shop.

One aimed to seize, the other to protect.

As the seizing party, Lancelot was well-prepared. The ’Gastronomy Society’ behind him used its vast intelligence network to finally uncover the information on Xia Qing and Xia Yu. Not to mention Xia Qing, who had returned to the country, Xia Yu, who remained in Neon, shone brilliantly in the two-star evaluation, catching the attention of the IGO Neon Department. Lancelot had also seen these pieces of information.

But so what? Lancelot was a Special Envoy of the ’Gastronomy Society.’ He knew how to handle it.

Since they were chefs, they would resolve the matter simply and brutally in the culinary world’s fashion, using the Food Duel. In this way, they could quickly acquire the land before the IGO realized their plan!

He left by car.

In the car, Lancelot put on his headphones, turned on his smartphone, and played an internal IGO rating video.

The video paused at the progress where Xia Yu plated the dish ’Silver Cod Green Tea Meatballs.’ Lancelot pressed the play button, and then watched with keen interest, "A chef with the strength of a three-star, not bad, not bad, shame he’s someone Shinohara Shigetaro is interested in, and we can’t recruit him."

Xia’s shop.

Xia Yu casually tossed his backpack onto a chair, then entered the kitchen, opened the IGO online platform, and immediately ordered a batch of fresh shark fin.

Feng Zhizi followed, "Are you confident?"

"As long as it’s not a special grade, I’m confident. But as for the specific odds, I can’t assess them!" Xia Yu glanced at her, puzzled, "My victory or defeat doesn’t seem to concern you, right?"

"I just want them to lose!" Feng Zhizi fumed, "This Tokyo Three Tigers Construction Company, who knows what their deal is, our City Life Planning Company has been thwarted by them repeatedly!"

Observing the agitated Feng Zhizi, Xia Yu suddenly had an idea.

"Miss Feng Zhizi, how about we collaborate?"

"Collaborate?" Feng Zhizi was taken aback.

"Yes, collaborate!" Xia Yu smiled slightly, "I will use the Food Duel to gradually reclaim the land and properties they’ve purchased, and you still hold some property rights on the shopping street, right? We can collaborate on development in the future."

Feng Zhizi was speechless for a moment, then covered her mouth and chuckled.

"You must be joking. Right?" Feng Zhizi gazed at him with her bewitching eyes, lined with eyeshadow and eyeliner, "Even if you luckily win against Lancelot this time, next time they might bring a special-grade chef!"

"Special-grade chef? Give me another month!" Xia Yu didn’t respond directly, but rather spoke to himself.

"Defeat Lancelot first, and then we’ll talk..."

Feng Zhizi said, donned her black sunglasses, and left with graceful cat-like steps.

Xia Yu didn’t see her off, but instead summoned the Chef God System to sort through recipes. Since the theme for the Food Duel was set, this week was just right for practice.

Several blue recipes floated on his retina:

""Swan Skin Shark Fin Shumai"..."

""Dragon Roll Fish Fin Sausage"..."

Xia Yu’s gaze locked onto the "Little Master" recipe—"Dragon Roll Fish Fin Sausage", he breathed a sigh of relief, glad it wasn’t a purple recipe which could be bought!

"Exchange price: 1000 Fame Points."

The price was twice that of a usual blue recipe. Xia Yu gritted his teeth, but bought the recipe. After all, learning it wouldn’t be a loss, and defeating Lancelot could exchange for a purple chef’s knife.

He didn’t realize that Lancelot was actually a ’Dark Chef’ of the ’Gastronomy Society,’ far more challenging than a regular chef.

The recipe transformed into a stream of information, and after a mental enhancement, Xia Yu’s ability to process information improved significantly. After a few glances, he began to ponder the details that needed attention in the recipe, with his chin in hand.

"The scattered fins, ham, and bamboo shoots wrapped together and stuffed into the casing..."

"The key is, how to twist the three ingredients like a rope and stuff them into the casing."

"Moreover, once stuffed, the casing often breaks during steaming. This requires a special casing." Xia Yu felt there were indeed many transparent details to figure out in this blue recipe.

A while later, IGO staff delivered the ingredients he ordered to his door.

However, upon opening the ingredient box, seeing the neatly arranged fins inside, Xia Yu regretfully slapped his forehead.

"Messed up!"

The recipe needed scattered fins, not row fins.

Shark fin could broadly be divided into scattered fins and row fins.

Row fins were complete, aesthetically pleasing, and usually more expensive, often the first choice for high-end shark fin dishes.

Scattered fins, on the other hand, involved separated needles, lower-end, and perhaps only a chef with a lack of sense would intentionally choose scattered fins to cook a dish.

And now what Xia Yu had to do was the mindless task of buying a large bag of scattered fins by riding a bike to the outside market.

In the kitchen, approaching evening.

With beads of sweat on his head, Xia Yu finally managed to twist the sliced ham, bamboo shoots, and elastic shark fin strips into a rope-like appearance and let out a sigh, wiping his sweat and letting go.

Pop.

A soft sound, and in Xia Yu’s astonished gaze, the "rope" placed on the kitchen counter abruptly unraveled.

"Failed again!"

Slightly annoyed, Xia Yu muttered under his breath, still not convinced.

Could he really not handle such intricate handiwork?