"But..." Nakiri Erina thought of something else and warned Nakiri Alice, "But don't tell your family about this in advance. If they find out, you may not be able to leave."
"So, it's fine if only you and I know. When the time comes, I'll follow you quietly. We'll act first and report later."
Nakiri Erina was very aware of the importance Nakiri Senzaemon and the others placed on her. If this matter was brought up for discussion with them, it would definitely be rejected and blocked.
After all, if they were willing to let her, the heir, leave, then when Nakiri Alice came back to recruit the first group of people, he would have already tried his best to stuff her into Dimension City; there would have been no need to wait until now.
It wasn't to say that Nakiri Senzaemon had no vision or couldn't see that she would have a better future by going to Dimension City.
The main reason was that they didn't know the details of Dimension City. They hadn't been there in person, so they could only listen to what Nakiri Alice told them. It was hard to make a firm judgment, so they decided to be more cautious and conservative in their choice.
Well, another factor was a little bit of greed.
Nakiri Senzaemon wanted to capture both Dimension City and the mainland.
Dimension City had Nakiri Alice, and the mainland had Nakiri Erina. If these two sisters worked together, they could monopolize affairs between the two worlds—Dimension City and the World of Shokugeki—thereby gaining more benefits.
It was just that they didn't see the situation clearly. The World of Shokugeki versus Dimension City did not bring much benefit, so there was no real need to launch business initiatives in the World of Shokugeki.
To use a country metaphor, the World of Shokugeki was a small, backward nation that required no technology, possessed no resources other than gourmet food and chefs, and had absolutely nothing that could attract foreign investment.
Under such circumstances, it was doubtful that Dimension City would bother doing business in the World of Shokugeki.
As for developing tourism and relying on delicious food to attract people from Dimension City to come and spend money?
That was impossible to do.
First of all, there was the issue of ingredients.
What did they eat in Dimension City?
The staple foods were enhanced ingredients. The meat was either poultry specially fed with enhanced ingredients or powerful beasts such as Warcraft, Dangerous Species, and Sea Kings. These were rare items.
They were full of nutrients and energy. Good things that could make you stronger after eating them would naturally be more delicious than ordinary ingredients after cooking.
In contrast, in the World of Shokugeki, which had only ordinary ingredients, no matter how delicious the dishes were, they wouldn't have much appeal to the people in Dimension City.
There wasn't even a first step, so there was no further progress.
Even if people who really relied on cooking skills to make delicious food were attracted to Dimension City, they definitely wouldn't be willing to pay for something that could only satisfy their appetite.
In other words, they would not pay with the currency of Dimension City because it wasn't worth it.
The best-case scenario would be to pay with worldly money. After all, gold was not available in Dimension City. If you bought gold and converted it into money in the secular world, any person from Dimension City would be a billionaire there. Without foreign exchange from Dimension City, the tourism industry in the World of Shokugeki would not be able to develop.
After all, getting some money would be useless if it couldn't be used to import things to Dimension City. There was no business, so it was still a monopoly.
Of course, Nakiri Senzaemon was actually afraid that if Nakiri Erina went to Dimension City and never came back, it would cause a gap in the inheritance of the Nakiri family. It was hard to say whether the Nakiri family could still exist in the future.
As the head of the family, Nakiri Senzaemon often had to consider the family rather than the individual.
Nakiri Erina had a better future if she went to Dimension City, but if she couldn't give feedback to her family, then her personal achievements would be in vain from the family's perspective.
But to put it bluntly, he was still too rigid and reluctant to give up his local family foundation.
Nakiri Alice nodded. "I understand, I won't tell them. I will look for you in advance before taking people back and send you there first to avoid being discovered."
"Well, let's arrange it this way."
The two sisters reached a consensus and stopped talking so as not to be heard by the Totsuki employees outside and have the news spread to the ears of the elders.
At this time, in the venue below, the competition officially started.
Unlike the Totsuki freshman contestants who immediately took action after receiving the order to start, Yuuki Asuna, who was temporarily participating, looked embarrassed and froze in place.
Because she had just learned about the competition theme from the host.
"Curry? Emmm..." Yuuki Asuna recalled for a while, then she said with a bitter look on her face, "I don't think I can..."
Yuuki Asuna learned cooking in Dimension City. The cuisine she learned couldn't just be said to be completely different from that of other contestants; it could only be said to be completely irrelevant.
The other contestants were basically from Japan, and the people they served were almost all Japanese. For curry, which occasionally appears on various dining tables, Japan's national-level home-cooked dishes were naturally very familiar to them.
Yuuki Asuna studied cooking in Dimension City, and the main groups she served were more than 70% from the flower growers headed by Takumi, and almost the remaining percentage were people from other worlds.
The most cooked dishes every day were Chinese food (Nakiri Alice was in charge), and then there was Western food (Kikuchi Sonoko), Italian food (Mizuhara Fuyumi), and Japanese food (Inui Hinako).
Curry? What is that? Sorry, I'm not familiar with it!
For Yuuki Asuna, curry was a blind spot in her knowledge, and her familiarity only extended to having eaten it; beyond that, she was clueless.
"Ms. Yuuki, have you encountered any problems?"
At this time, Arato Hisako, who saw that Yuuki Asuna had not made any move, quickly came over to ask about the situation.
"That..." Yuuki Asuna awkwardly replied in a low voice, "I can't do it."
"What?" Arato Hisako was stunned when she heard this and was a little unresponsive.
Seeing this, Yuuki Asuna had to reiterate, "I have never made curry..."
"Never made it?!"
Arato Hisako was also shocked.
No!
Didn't you understand the situation in advance before participating?!
This was a topic announced before the competition! How dare you come to compete if you don't know how to do it?!
Yuuki Asuna was startled by Arato Hisako's exclamation and quickly covered the other girl's mouth when she reacted.
But unfortunately, it was already too late.
With Arato Hisako's exclamation, all the players on the scene turned to look at Yuuki Asuna with surprised eyes, as if they had discovered some magical creature.
"Is that right? She doesn't know how to make curry? So how did she dare to take the field to compete?"
" The devil knows, but never mind. It's just the eldest lady here to get some glory, just for fun. She doesn't need to care about her grades."
"Exactly, why bother with so much? Just get started."
Hearing these remarks, Yuuki Asuna lowered her head and pretended to be an ostrich. She was so embarrassed that she almost dug out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes on the ground.
Arato Hisako also reacted at this time and realized she was talking too much. She was equally embarrassed. Looking at Yuuki Asuna, she was at a loss for a moment.
Nakiri Alice, who was filming above, showed a proud smile. " got the footage!"