However, in the face of Hinako Inui's protest, Fuyumi Mizuhara ignored her completely. She walked straight over, bowed to Nono, and said:
"I'm sorry, we didn't take good care of her, and Hinako was rude. I'm really sorry for causing trouble for you."
Seeing Fuyumi Mizuhara's sincere apology, Nono was too embarrassed to pursue the matter and quickly waved her hand: "It's okay, I just didn't expect her to be like this..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Hinako Inui with some lingering fear. This was the first time she realized that girls were equally dangerous to girls. Nono secretly made a note in her mind and decided to maintain basic vigilance towards girls in the future.
"You see, Nono-chan even said no..."
Upon hearing this, Hinako Inui wanted to continue protesting, but Fuyumi Mizuhara grabbed her head with an iron-claw grip.
"Shut up."
Fuyumi Mizuhara gradually increased her strength with an expressionless face, and Hinako screamed in pain as the pressure increased.
"Head! My head is going to explode! Sorry! I was wrong! Forgive me!"
Under Hinako Inui's constant begging for mercy, Fuyumi Mizuhara reluctantly let go. After getting out of trouble, Hinako took a few steps back with lingering fear while rubbing the sides of her forehead, but she also calmed down and didn't dare to act like a monster anymore.
Takumi watched this farce with amusement before introducing them to Nono: "They are the chefs of this cafeteria. You already know the one who was not very dignified just now. The one in front of you is Fuyumi Mizuhara, and the one behind you directing the work is Sonoka Kikuchi."
Then he said to Fuyumi Mizuhara and Sonoka Kikuchi, who looked over: "This is a new guest, Nono, who is also a chef from the Gourmet World."
"Hello."
They just hoped to meet other people who also put food first, to communicate with them and improve their cooking skills. It had been so long since they encountered the Gourmet World, and they were starting to feel a little discouraged. Unexpectedly, they suddenly met one today, which inevitably made them very curious about Nono.
"Hello." Nono also politely returned the greeting.
"In addition to them, there is also a chef who is the manager of this canteen. However, she has returned to her world to recruit new people in the past two days, so she is not here at the moment."
"So, what a coincidence," Nono sighed, but she didn't pay too much attention to it.
After getting acquainted with Fuyumi Mizuhara and the other three, they started to exchange cooking skills. Well, during the communication process, Nono deliberately kept a certain distance from Hinako Inui. Apparently, the older leftover girl had left a deep, negative impression on her.
Other than that, the communication between the four of them was very harmonious. Because they all loved food and cooking, and had the same interests, hobbies, and careers, there was no need to worry about running out of topics. Moreover, both parties were very curious about their respective worlds and were very active in communicating. So, it didn't take long for them to chat and become friends.
"A world without extraordinary powers, but with peace and food coming first. It is a world with a good cooking atmosphere. The Shokugeki system is also very interesting."
"Not at all, the ingredients in your world are even more powerful. There are so many magical ingredients. This is really enviable."
"It's not all good. There are too many dangers in my world, which is not friendly to ordinary people. Many people die every day due to accidents and various non-human attacks."
"In fact, our world is similar. The Shokugeki system is very cruel, and there are many places within the world that have not yet achieved peace."
After getting to know their respective worlds, they started complimenting each other. At the same time, Takumi judged the current time period of the Gourmet World based on the information revealed by Nono in the chat.
Specifically, because the Century Soup has not yet appeared, Takumi could be sure that the plot of Toriko was at least in the early stages. The plot may not even have started yet; that is, the protagonist Toriko has not yet met Komatsu and formed a partnership.
However, he would need to know more details, or go there in person to confirm. But based on the Century Soup alone, he could be sure that it was only the early stage of the plot. This brings great convenience to Takumi.
Like the A Certain Magical Index world, Takumi did not want the plot of the Gourmet World to unfold too quickly. This is because worlds with extremely high combat power limits have a characteristic: the plot falls into a rampage stage in the later phases.
Just like the Fourth Great Ninja War in the Naruto world, the New World saga in the One Piece world, and the Hueco Mundo and Invisible Empire arcs in the Bleach world. In the late stages of the plot of every extraordinary world, basically all they do is fight—either fighting or on the way to fight.
The scale of fighting usually affects the entire world, causing it to fall into a turbulent, tense, and dangerous period. The same is true in the later stages of the Toriko world, and it is even worse. In the later stages of Toriko, all kinds of monsters and demons come out. Bosses that can eat up all the food on Earth or blow up the planet are considered jokes. In the later space arcs, even random monsters can eat planets like candy.
Chaos has always been a stumbling block for development and progress because development needs to be carried out in a relatively stable and orderly environment. And chaos means the destruction of order.
So for Takumi, who wants to develop Dimension City, he undoubtedly doesn't like such a violent plot progression. No matter how chaotic other worlds are, they might not affect Dimension City directly—and Dimension City might even get rich from it—but Takumi still doesn't like it. After all, making money from disaster is a short-term strategy, and only stable, win-win cooperation can last in the long run.
In Takumi's view, the most valuable thing in the Gourmet World is its diverse ecology full of fantasy ingredients. It allows people to fight monsters (capture ingredients) to upgrade, and it also allows people who awaken their Gourmet Cells to obtain fantasy ingredients to become stronger, forming a positive cycle.
But if the plot develops to the later stages, the Earth's entire ecology will be destroyed, and it will take a long time to rebuild. By then, all the monster-fighting upgrades and fantasy food resources will be gone!
Doesn't this mean that the money is cut off! In this way, how could Takumi hope that the plot will unfold quickly? He even wished that the plot of the Gourmet World would never unfold and just maintain the status quo.
But unfortunately, this kind of thing is beyond his control, so Takumi can only hope that the plot of these worlds will unfold later so that he can make more money as soon as possible.