Chapter 402

Graduates of Totsuki, especially those from the "Totsuki Ten," are indeed immediately scouted by major world-renowned restaurants the moment they graduate.

Whether it be wealth, status, or identity, these things are almost within easy reach for graduates of the "Totsuki Ten."

However, these things hold little temptation for Shengzai.

If not for the message in his mother's letter, Shengzai would have even wanted to just give up and lie flat; even though the restaurant business is booming now, it is actually all being managed by Watching Fengqi.

And Shengzai's daily workload is set; once it exceeds the limit, he immediately lies flat on the spot. Even though he is working for himself, this guy completely refuses to make things difficult for himself.

Anyway, as the saying goes, the minimum standard his mother set for him is just to ensure the restaurant doesn't go bankrupt. Based on this foundation, other aspects are unimportant.

The only one who has always wanted to make the restaurant bigger and stronger is Watching Fengqi, who is single-mindedly focused on gaining Wenren Qingying's approval.

It was only under the premise of having the same workload but being able to earn more money that Shengzai accepted Watching Fengqi's management and reforms of the restaurant.

"No interest in fame, status, or wealth? Then, as a chef, do you also have no interest in things like Dream Ingredients?"

Hearing the reason for Shengzai's refusal, Nakiri Senzaemon also understood what type of person Shengzai was, so he immediately threw out his other bait.

"Dream Ingredients?"

Shengzai knows that in *Food Wars! *, there are super-sensory abilities like the "God Tongue" and "God Nose," and in *Chuuka Ichiban! *, there are legendary kitchen utensils that turn decay into magic.

But Shengzai has never heard of such things as "Dream Ingredients" in *Food Wars! * or *Chuuka Ichiban! *

Seeing the look of surprise and curiosity on Shengzai's face, Nakiri Senzaemon crossed his arms and continued to explain: "So-called Dream Ingredients refer to those super ingredients that are distinct from ordinary ones.

Some of these ingredients are located on towering mountain peaks, while others are in the bottomless deep sea. However, because these ingredients are either in human-forbidden zones where few people tread, or are incredibly fierce wild beasts and monsters when alive, ordinary chefs simply cannot come into contact with such rare ingredients.

These rare ingredients are not only precious and scarce but also have unique flavors that can make dishes exceptionally distinctive. Some rare ingredients are even delicacies in themselves, so these ingredients are called Dream Ingredients by chefs in the culinary world."

Upon hearing what Nakiri Senzaemon said about "Dream Ingredients," Shengzai always felt a sense of familiarity, but he could never recall where this familiarity came from.

"Rare ingredients are like dreams to chefs, and such ingredients cannot be bought just with money.

Totsuki Academy does have certain channels every month to obtain some Dream Ingredients, and the 'Totsuki Ten' in Totsuki Academy can also obtain Dream Ingredients equivalent to their ranking level each month."

For a chef, the most important things are nothing more than talent, kitchen utensils, and ingredients.

Shengzai already possesses super-sensory abilities comparable to the "God Eye" and physical fitness far exceeding that of ordinary people; these should all count as talent.

The Seven-Star Knife is far inferior to legendary kitchen utensils, but it is also far superior to ordinary ones. After returning to his hometown later, he might really be able to get his hands on legendary kitchen utensils.

Now, what Shengzai is curious about is what exactly these so-called "Dream Ingredients" are.

"I do have considerable interest in these so-called Dream Ingredients, but as I said before, although my mother has gone on a long journey, she hopes that I will keep the family restaurant running.

But as far as I know, Totsuki is a boarding school. If I go to Totsuki, I won't be able to continue running the family restaurant."

Shengzai was indeed interested in the so-called "Dream Ingredients," so he originally wanted to use other conditions to learn about rare ingredients from Nakiri Senzaemon.

Although, according to Nakiri Senzaemon, the areas where those rare ingredients are located are all dangerous forbidden zones where few people tread, Shengzai did not take this too much to heart.

Since others have channels to obtain rare ingredients from these dangerous areas, then he, Shengzai, will certainly have even less of a problem.

Previously, he had always felt that the super-strong combat power he shared from Shengzai of other worlds would likely not be of much use in this culinary world, but isn't it being used now?

Near evening, Nakiri Senzaemon and Erina's group left Shengzai's restaurant and returned to Totsuki.

After negotiating with the Totsuki Director, Shengzai is now considered a student of Totsuki Academy.

It's just that compared to ordinary students, he belongs to the extremely special "Special Student" category.

Simply put, although Shengzai is nominally a student of Totsuki now, he can conduct activities outside the school. However, whenever Totsuki holds competitions, events, or promotion exams, Shengzai must return to Totsuki for assessment.

And as a "Special Student," Shengzai cannot enter the "Council of Ten," but in exchange, Shengzai also obtained some channels from Nakiri Senzaemon to purchase rare ingredients.

The "Totsuki Ten" possess extremely high authority within Totsuki Academy, but Shengzai has no great interest in power and prestige.

As a "Special Student," he can continue to run his own restaurant, occasionally go to Totsuki dungeons to grind experience, and he also obtained information on rare ingredients; for him, this is almost the best result.

"Because the 'Food Demon' and the 'God Tongue' came to the shop to dine, we received quite a few reservations today, and they are all big shots with considerable assets. Do you really intend to choose to suspend business at this critical juncture?"

Just as Watching Fengqi had anticipated, because the "Food Demon" and the "God Tongue" came to the shop to dine and finally left with satisfied expressions, after this news was exposed, the fame of Shengzai's restaurant suddenly became even greater.

Previously, those who reserved custom dishes were only bosses of small and medium-sized enterprises, but today, just after the Totsuki Director and the others returned, those who contacted Watching Fengqi through various channels and intended to reserve a meal were at least big bosses of well-known groups or local political dignitaries.

After all, human life needs nothing more than food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and in this culinary world, people's pursuit of "gourmet food" is far greater than other aspects.

The "Food Demon" is an authority in the Japanese culinary world; one can imagine the prestige of food that even he has to visit in person.

However, facing the reservations of many big shots, Watching Fengqi was originally excited about it, even feeling that Shengzai might become a rising star in the Japanese culinary world before long.

Yet, just a moment ago, Shengzai, who was packing his luggage, bluntly told her that he wanted to leave the restaurant for a while, and as for those reserved custom dishes, they should all be turned down.

(End of Chapter)