Yes, Nakiri Erina was also on Nakiri Alice's recruitment list.
But this was not so much because she was interested in Nakiri Erina's ability, but rather because she wanted to give her cousin a hand.
Nakiri Alice traveled back and forth between Dimension City and the World of Shokugeki time and again.
She watched Dimension City change day by day, becoming more and more powerful.
However, there were still not many changes in the World of Shokugeki, and she deeply understood the gap between her home world and Dimension City.
In her opinion, apart from chefs, there was nothing in the World of Shokugeki that Dimension City could appreciate. In front of Dimension City, it was just a labor extraction machine.
If Dimension City connected to other gourmet worlds in the future, even this advantage would be lost.
Even if they took advantage of the current early stage to send a large number of talents to Dimension City, if they wanted to rely on these people to gain leverage and feed the World of Shokugeki in the later stages, their efforts would be very limited.
Because Dimension City was not the World of Shokugeki; although food was equally popular, it was absolutely impossible to reach the point where food was paramount above all else.
If the chef's influence was low, they naturally wouldn't get many benefits.
Therefore, compared to going to Dimension City, staying in the World of Shokugeki was destined to have little benefit.
Even if you relied on those weak feedbacks to become the supreme emperor in the World of Shokugeki, you would still find it difficult to cross class barriers in front of the people in Dimension City. You would be suppressed and could only be at their mercy, obeying their orders.
This was the gap in strength, the most primitive and cruel law of nature called the law of the jungle.
Nakiri Alice did not want her cousin to fall into this situation where she had to grovel to live a stable life.
Perhaps elders like Nakiri Senzaemon and others were willing; after all, this could be considered a way to rise. But she was still young and energetic and was not willing to stop there.
And Nakiri Alice believed that with Nakiri Erina's character, she would definitely not be willing to accept such a future either.
Just as Nakiri Alice thought, Nakiri Erina, who had been persuaded before and heard Alice analyze the pros and cons, was indeed moved. Only...
"What will happen to my family if I leave?"
Nakiri Erina sighed in distress.
For the first time, she felt that her identity as the heir of the Nakiri family brought her inconvenience.
Without this identity, she could follow Nakiri Alice without any worries and go to the bigger stage of Dimension City.
"Is this what you're worried about?"
Nakiri Alice was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Nakiri Erina with some surprise.
Nakiri Erina hadn't replied for a long time, so Nakiri Alice thought that the other party had some attachment to her hometown, or that she had unfinished business or wishes, but she didn't expect it to be this.
"Um? What's with your expression? Do you think I'm ridiculous?!"
Seeing Nakiri Alice looking at her as if she were a fool, Nakiri Erina immediately became furious.
Nakiri Alice shrugged. "Isn't it? Your worries are completely unnecessary."
"Not to mention those enhanced ingredients that have the effect of extending life, there are also many ways to increase and extend life in Dimension City."
"I dare not say too much, but it will definitely be fine to let the old man live for more than two hundred years."
"You will be over a hundred years old by then; will your status as heir still be meaningful?"
"Isn't it funny for an heir to be over a hundred years old?"
"So what if the old man retires early and lets you inherit the family business? It's not like there's no one else in the family."
"You can also blame my parents and Aunt Mana. Besides, it's impossible for the old man to just stop caring about everything after he retires. He will help take care of things."
"So in fact, it's still the same as now. It doesn't matter whether you participate in management or not. You can completely extricate yourself from it."
"Moreover, I can come back often, so you can naturally do the same after you go there, and you can take care of both ends."
Actually, there was one more thing that Nakiri Alice did not say.
That is, if the heir, Nakiri Erina, went to Dimension City, she could better fight for the interests of the Nakiri family.
In other words, the more people from the Nakiri family who joined Dimension City, the more beneficial it would be for the Nakiri family.
Because in this way, even without the help of outsiders, it guaranteed that the Nakiri family could obtain certain benefits from Dimension City. The more people, the greater the guaranteed benefits.
Even if the Nakiri family completely moved to Dimension City in the future, and even if it did not have the same privileges as in their homeland, it was still better than staying behind and eating scraps.
But the relocation of the family was not something she and Erina could decide. So she didn't tell Erina...
And even if Nakiri Senzaemon came, this matter would not work on his authority alone. The most important thing was to obtain Takumi's consent.
After all, this was different from previous individual immigrants. It was family-based immigration. Nakiri Alice didn't know whether Takumi was willing to accept it.
Because this actually had advantages and disadvantages for Dimension City.
The Nakiri family was relatively united, easy to manage, and could also generate stronger motivation to contribute to Dimension City.
The disadvantage was that unity could easily lead to vicious competition among small groups and the risk of forming a monopoly.
There are too many cases in history where aristocratic families have suppressed political power and become maggots in the bones of a nation.
This is true even in modern times. Those capitalist countries are controlled by various families behind the scenes.
As the younger brother of the largest capitalist country, the same is true for Japanese society, with the shadow of powerful families everywhere.
Her own family didn't even have a perfect history, and Nakiri Alice was even less sure whether Takumi would allow the Nakiri family to enter Dimension City as a whole.
Nakiri Erina didn't know that Nakiri Alice had thought so much, but after listening to this analysis, she felt it made sense.
Now she was not involved in the management, but the Nakiri family was still doing well.
The reason why she was groomed to be the heir was actually just because Senzaemon was old and might die in a few years, so he needed an heir who could hold up the occasion.
But now the Nakiri family had no such worries at all!
During this period of time, Nakiri Alice teamed up with the three others to bring back more enhanced ingredients.
Not only was the portion enough to support Nakiri Mana, but after Nakiri Mana's health improved, other members of the Nakiri family could get a share of the pie.
Senzaemon also ate it, and now he was in better health. He seemed to be a few years younger. He exercised some time ago and it was heard that he could even run a half marathon. He didn't look like someone who might have health problems at any moment.
In this case, her role as heir was meaningless.
"Well, you won. You succeeded in convincing me, and I will go with you."
Thinking of this, Nakiri Erina no longer hesitated and immediately agreed to follow Nakiri Alice to join Dimension City.