Chapter 436: Looking Forward to a Future Where a Hundred Flowers Bloom!
On the night of January 8th, Takatsuki Sen held an overnight meeting with the middle and upper management, explaining in detail the matter of "Gourmet Cells" and Ryohei's intentions.
Together with the management, they formulated a short-term plan for Aogiri Tree for the coming year.
First—
Purchase a piece of land near Tokyo to build a ranch, or directly buy a ready-made one.
Tatara would serve as the ranch manager, and Kirishima Ayato as the captain of the security patrol. People with relevant experience would be responsible for the basic management of the ranch, as well as daily feeding, health observation, environmental cleaning, and other tasks.
At the meeting, Tatara fully immersed himself in the role of ranch manager. He took the initiative to propose that since they were running a ranch to cultivate ingredients, having a veterinarian was an absolute must!
Instructing his subordinates into a flurry of action, he conscripted Fueguchi Asaki—Fueguchi Hinami's father—overnight.
He was a doctor; treating humans or ghouls was fine, and treating animals would probably work too. If all else failed, he could just learn on the job.
It couldn't be helped; talents in this area among ghouls were a bit scarce. Many ghouls couldn't even read a single word and only knew how to fight and kill.
Actually, they could also go through Arima Kishou to have the CCG dispatch some professionals for support.
But after discussing it, they felt it wasn't quite appropriate—
For something this important, it was naturally more reassuring to have their own people do it!
On the other hand, Aogiri Tree and the CCG were seemingly living in peace on the surface now, but there were actually quite a few minor frictions in the dark, and some members from both sides still harbored private grudges against each other.
Having the CCG send people to station there permanently was definitely out of the question. No one would feel at ease, and the other side probably felt the same. However, short-term guidance was acceptable and highly necessary.
The "One-Eyed King," Arima Kishou, agreed to handle this matter.
...
Aogiri Tree moved quickly.
The next day, they conducted a site inspection for the ranch, and by that afternoon, they had already taken over a medium-to-large ranch.
The ranch's original name was "Wilderness Ranch," located in the southern part of Yamanashi Prefecture, covering an area of about 1,800 mu (approx. 300 acres). Nestled against the mountains and beside the water, the environment was quite nice and sufficiently secluded.
When Kirishima Ayato led his people to the ranch, his expression was truly subtle.
He never dreamed that one day he would become the captain of a ranch security patrol. He was so speechless he wanted to laugh.
Of course, speechlessness aside, he still took this job very seriously.
After all, it concerned his vital interests.
If we can really cultivate food that ghouls can eat normally...
A trace of anticipation flashed in Kirishima Ayato's azure eyes.
On the other side—
Tokyo, CCG Headquarters, Director's Office.
"You want me to organize a group of people with ranch working and management experience to go to Aogiri Tree's ranch for technical guidance?"
Marude Itsuki, who had already removed "Acting" from his title to become the official CCG Director, looked at Arima Kishou in front of him, stunned for a moment. He then fell into deep thought, looked at Arima suspiciously, and said with some uncertainty:
"Special Class Arima, I'd like to ask, this Aogiri Tree ranch... is it legitimate?"
A group of ghouls running a ranch—Marude Itsuki's first reaction was whether they were trying to raise humans, but thinking about it, that seemed unlikely...
But they couldn't possibly be running a real ranch, right? What were they after?
Were they short on money?
"It's just an ordinary ranch. If you must say there's something different, it's that—it obtained some support from the Cooking Immortal."
Arima Kishou placed a light novel showing signs of being read onto the coffee table.
"The answer is in this book."
He bought this at the bookstore this morning and had already finished reading it, conveniently passing it on to Marude Itsuki.
As for hiding the matter of the Gourmet Cells?
There was no need.
Leaking it out was actually better.
Marude Itsuki's gaze followed Arima Kishou's movement to the light novel—
We Will Eventually Usher in the Gourmet Age
Author: Takatsuki Sen
A work by the One-Eyed Owl...
What kind of shady deal did you guys reach behind my back?
Marude Itsuki's gaze lingered on the author section for a few seconds. He looked up at Arima Kishou with some apprehension, pondered for a moment, and said:
"Fine. I will help organize a group of people to go provide technical guidance, but you need to guarantee their safety."
"Of course, that goes without saying."
Arima Kishou nodded, agreeing readily.
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China, Beijing.
After making today's portion of desserts, Ryohei had Lucoa and Pekola take him to meet the head of state of this country, gratuitously gifting a batch of Phantom Jellyfish and homemade desserts.
Having been born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze in his past life, he still held a bit of patriotic sentiment.
In the future, "Fantasy Ingredients" would inevitably become an important part of this world. He didn't want China to fall behind in this aspect, or even be held by the neck by Japan, having to pay a heavy price just to introduce a batch of "Fantasy Ingredients."
Although he was not a citizen of this country in this world, he considered himself Chinese and still had a strong sense of identity with the nation of China.
On the other hand—
After chatting thoroughly with Takatsuki Sen last night, Ryohei intentionally wanted to accelerate the pace.
If conditions allowed, he even wanted to scatter Phantom Jellyfish all over the world to usher in the Gourmet Age at the fastest speed possible!
Another very important point was—
Different regions and different species would collide to produce different results!
Looking forward to a future where a hundred flowers bloom!
"..."
"Were the things delivered?"
Hokkaido, Hilltop Villa—
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Yurine looked at Ryohei and the others who had returned, asking with a smile.
"Mn." Ryohei had a smile in his eyes and nodded gently: "This time, we really did something incredibly major. Looking forward to the future!"
"I'm looking forward to it too!"
Elma, eating dessert scraps, raised her hand energetically.
She knew the function of the Phantom Jellyfish.
"As expected of my Servant, you brat."
Jashin-chan came in front of Ryohei, grinned, and patted his shoulder with an old-fashioned tone.
Ryohei looked at her, lifted his chin slightly, and corrected with a smile: "You should say, as expected of my boss."
"You rebellious guy!" Jashin-chan clenched her fair fist and punched Ryohei's arm, neither painful nor itchy.
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