Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 452 - 451: One Hundred Percent Win Rate

Chapter 452: Chapter 451: One Hundred Percent Win Rate

The meeting ended on an unfriendly note, but it was just a pause.

The villainous giants gathered in a secluded room, locking the doors and windows.

Kasuga Shigeru and Kikuchi Musashi, startlingly, sat side by side, with three other Far Moon giants below them.

"Are we accepting the Food Duel?"

The same question dominated the minds of all five giants.

Xia Yu’s sudden challenge had certainly shocked them.

Bang!

The more Kikuchi Musashi thought, the angrier he got, slamming his hand on the table.

"How dare he initiate a Food Duel?" he roared, looking around. "We are all top-tier chefs, at the pinnacle of the culinary pyramid. Hmph, does he really have that much confidence?!"

A thick sense of being underestimated.

The youngest of them, a middle-aged giant probably in his forties, scoffed, "He probably thinks that since he defeated Yuchuan Ayaka, he is unmatched in the top-tier domain..."

Eventually, all four giants turned their gaze to Kasuga Shigeru.

"Let’s consult the higher-ups," Kasuga Shigeru said, his eyes half-closed, calmly adding, "It’s still too early to talk about winning or losing."

Kikuchi Musashi immediately made a phone call.

Beep.

Once connected, he briefly explained what had happened at the board meeting, met only with a cold grunt in response.

"Then let’s go with a Food Duel."

"This person, I’ve been investigating him recently too. If we can handle him with a Food Duel and kick him out of Far Moon, that would be for the best," the cold voice said. "He’s too big a threat to us."

"So, whom do you think we should send to battle?" Kikuchi Musashi asked, treading cautiously.

"That, you and Mr. Kasuga can arrange yourselves."

"I’ll be back in Neon in about a month, and I won’t stop in Tokyo; I’ll fly directly to Sapporo. I hope that by then, you will have taken a decisive upper hand in the board," the voice continued.

Beep beep.

The line was immediately cut with a busy signal.

Several giants, including Kasuga Shigeru, cast curious glances at each other.

"What did Lord Tiqie Ailisha say?"

"Heh, what did he say?" Kikuchi Musashi’s tense heart finally settled. He slipped his phone into his pocket, stood up straight, and turned towards the door of the room. "Let’s accept the duel—!"

Meanwhile.

In a different private room, an open-faced tea room.

"Have you decided?"

Dojima Yin poured a cup of hot tea for the young man across the tea table, hesitating mid-sentence.

Apart from the absent Saito Chiyokuro, the other three giants of the Tiqie lineage sat anxiously in the corner.

"Of course, we’ve decided."

Xia Yu took a sip of tea.

Tiqie Zongwei approached from behind and sat beside Xia Yu.

"Ailisha has been under your care," Tiqie Zongwei said, pulling out his wallet and pointing to a carefully preserved photo inside it—a cute little girl in a Western dress.

This man was Tiqie Ailisha’s father, the biological son of Xianzuowen.

"Shouldn’t you be at the ’Tiqie International’ headquarters in Denmark?" Xia Yu glanced curiously and asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.

"There have been many big events in the Neon Food World recently. I’ve been back for a while," Tiqie Zongwei replied with a smile.

He raised his eyebrows, giving him a stern look.

But he was naturally a polite culinary researcher, and those eyebrows added a bit of fierceness to his demeanor.

"How confident are you?" Tiqie Zongwei pressed, staring intently.

"If I set the topic... the chances of winning are one hundred percent!"

Xia Yu’s answer left Dojima Yin and Tiqie Zongwei stunned.

That confident?

Thump, thump!

Before they could probe further, they were interrupted by a knock on the door.

A maid slid open the paper door of the teahouse, and Kasuga Shigeru, Kikuchi Musashi, and the other giants entered.

"We’ve agreed to the Food Duel!"

Kikuchi Musashi announced.

Xia Yu nodded, not surprised by this.

The faction wanted to remove him quickly, thus, a culinary battle was the best method!

Conversely, for Xia Yu, this was also a shortcut!

A culinary battle to decide life and death, how brutally direct it was, with no need for clandestine brain-racking schemes and plots—just defeat the opponents squarely and shatter their setups.

"Time, venue, and theme!"

Kikuchi Musashi approached.

"Today!"

Xia Yu said, "The venue will be here, at Tiqie Mansion, and the theme as for..."

At that moment, a maid knelt outside and reported, "Mr. Keiru Kuushou has arrived."

"Bring him in."

Tiqie Xianzuowen said indifferently.

Thus, Keiru Kuushou from Far Moon Food Duel Administration, standing amidst a group of giants with sweat on his forehead.

Secretaries and assistants flanked him on both sides, also with sweaty faces, their hands trembling as they held their pens, looking very nervous.

"That piece of farmland, totaling 49 acres in the Far Moon District of Tokyo Suburbs, its land price estimated at 380,000 yen per square meter, roughly amounts to 75.4 billion yen..."

Keiru Kuushou produced a document, standing erect like a javelin.

After speaking, he quickly glanced up at the expressionless Xia Yu.

Land prices in Neon were never cheap, unless it was in Hokkaido.

Here in Far Moon, being in the suburbs was relatively better; the land prices weren’t too high. If it were in downtown Tokyo, in Ginza or the Central District, the price per square meter would start from several million yen and breaking ten million was not unusual.

"Land worth 75.4 billion yen, how about it, can you offer an equivalent condition?"

Kikuchi Musashi’s aged face formed a mocking smile.

"Perhaps those Fantasy Ingredients of yours aren’t worth as much as the land," he said, waving his hand, "How about this, if the Fantasy Ingredients aren’t enough, use the real estate from your shopping district to compensate..."

Xia Yu interrupted, speaking stiffly, "I won’t use the shopping district properties as chips for the culinary battle, so give it up!"

"Hehe..."

The villains all laughed.

"Without an equivalent condition, the culinary battle does not even adhere to the rules!" Kasuga Shigeru said, speaking indifferently, "Inside Far Moon, culinary battles follow stricter rules. If you want the land through a culinary battle, you need to provide sufficient chips."

Xia Yu didn’t waste words.

"If that’s the case, let’s all head to my farm and assess the total value of those items."

He led the way, and before leaving the tearoom, he didn’t forget to tell Keiru Kuushou from the Food Duel Administration, "Please arrange for some professional researchers to evaluate my farm’s produce value!"

"I will handle it!"

Tiqie Zongwei said with a smile, pushing up his glasses.

The villainous giants looked at each other and nodded. There was no more suitable researcher present than Tiqie Zongwei.

Ten minutes later.

Xia Yu, along with the Far Moon Nine Giants, the General, as well as Keiru Kuushou and two staff members, arrived at the farm located at the edge of the campus.

Clack.

The iron gate opened, and the car slowly drove in.

"Only planted less than a half?"

The giants, stepping out of the car, observed the vacant land at the far end and then the lush green vegetables and fruits up close, "Are these crops, less than a hundred acres in size, worth as much as the land value? This is daydreaming..."

Xia Yu ignored the villainous giants’ idle gossip and snapped off a handful of banana cucumbers from a bamboo rack roadside.

"Try these."

He handed the freshly picked fruits and vegetables to the giants.

Dojima Yin’s eyes sparkled, his teeth itching again; he took a banana cucumber, casually wiped it and stuffed it into his mouth, crunching loudly.

Seeing him eat with a beaming face, the group of giants exchanged looks.

"Seems like it’s of very high quality!"

Tiqie Zongwei, pulling out a magnifying glass from nowhere, didn’t rush to bite into the cucumber but instead placed the fruit under the glass.

Then.

The detailed texture of the fruit’s skin clearly fell into Tiqie Zongwei’s view.

He trembled, "How beautiful!"

"Neat, meticulous!"

Saying so, he stuffed the banana cucumber into his mouth.

For a moment, all the giants were eating, with Xia Yu and Tiqie Xianzuowen also indulging.

Keiru Kuushou and the two female staff members he brought with him could only stand by foolishly, inhaling the refreshing aroma and secretly swallowing their saliva.