"Come, it's rare for you, President Ichiryu, to come here in person despite your busy schedule. Unfortunately, I came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare any greeting gifts. It's not polite, so I'll toast you first."
Takumi waited silently for Ichiryu to finish the food, then he raised his wine glass with a smile and started to toast. The principle of making friends at the wine table is actually very simple: find various reasons to make each other drink, and wait to have a good time. When the spirits are high, the relationship will naturally improve.
After saying that, Takumi didn't give Ichiryu a chance to refuse and took the lead in drinking it.
"Hey, there's no such thing as etiquette with me, but I'll drink, you can do whatever you want."
Ichiryu didn't hesitate. After waving his hand, he raised his head and drank the whole glass. But before he could put down the wine glass, Takumi stretched out the bottle.
"Good! Refreshing enough! President Ichiryu has a good capacity for drinking. Come on, come on, let's go one more time. Let's get to know each other."
Takumi took the excuse that Jiro had used and used it on Ichiryu, while he quickly poured the good wine and drank it all in one gulp again.
"Hey, I can see that you are trying to outdrink me, but you are wrong about this. I have never been afraid of anyone in terms of my ability to drink. Come on, come on! Let's see who of us can drink better than the other."
Ichiryu laughed and cursed, uttered harsh words, and drank the whole glass in one gulp.
"..."
When Jiro, who was almost addicted to alcohol, heard this, he expressed that he had something to say.
Both Takumi and Ichiryu, who had just spoken so brazenly, were very clear about this. Among the three people present, if we really want to talk about drinking capacity, then Jiro, who looks drunk on the surface, is definitely the strongest.
Although the only drink in his Full Course Menu is wine, Jiro is a big drinker and drinks almost all the time. In the Human World, there is a secret place called the Alcohol Archipelago. Various animals, plants, and even mountains and rivers there are related to alcohol. They can either directly produce alcohol, or they are good dishes to go with it.
Jiro, on the other hand, goes to the Alcohol Archipelago at least once a week, and sometimes even eight times a week, which shows his addiction to alcohol. But this does not mean that Jiro's drinking capacity is such that he will not get drunk no matter how much he drinks. Jiro will also get drunk, and now he is really drunk.
However, being able to get drunk does not mean that you will become incapacitated. Just like some people will fall asleep on the spot when they are drunk, and some people will act crazy when they are drunk, being drunk has almost no negative effect on Jiro. In other words, you can get Jiro drunk, but it is difficult to knock him down.
Therefore, whether it was Takumi or Ichiryu, they both bypassed Jiro with a tacit understanding at this time and did not try to outdrink him. They just drank each other's drinks.
Since the intention of pouring wine had been exposed, Takumi didn't make so many twists and turns, and directly engaged Ichiryu in a drinking game involving hand speed. However, this "fist fight" between the two was not simple. They used their strength, and the speed was so fast that it was dazzling.
It was Ichiryu who made the first move at first. He wanted to test Takumi and see what Takumi's strength was. After Takumi was caught off guard and lost a round, he quickly followed up.
As for the exposure of strength? Takumi didn't care about this. Because he knows that Ichiryu and others are kind-hearted in character, and they are not calculating schemers like Aleister who is good at taking advantage of everything he can. Therefore, the tone Takumi set for his behavior here was to focus on sincerity and to establish a good relationship first.
Then, what was originally a simple drinking game turned into a strength competition. After testing each other a few times, the two gradually became serious, and their movements became faster and faster. If Takumi hadn't arranged a barrier conveniently, the wind generated by the two playing would have destroyed this small shop in an instant, and even this city would not be immune.
This made Jiro, who was watching from the side, twitch his eyelids, and he couldn't help but ask them to stop.
"I say, you're almost done, just be careful not to damage this place."
This is a place full of memories for him and Setsuno. Jiro couldn't bear to wreck this small shop just because of a friendly spar. Moreover, Komatsu is still here. The aftermath caused by Takumi and Ichiryu, although posing no threat to him and Setsuno, would be unbearable for Komatsu.
Seeing that Jiro had spoken, Takumi and Ichiryu quickly restrained themselves.
"Hahahaha, City Lord Takumi, your strength is quite good, but I can't take advantage of it."
"No matter where you are, President Ichiryu is really strong despite his age. I admire him very much. I lost this one, so I will punish myself with a drink."
Facing Ichiryu's praise, Takumi waved his hand humbly, and then poured himself a glass of wine. However, unlike the smile and calmness on the surface, Takumi couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart.
Because just now during the mutual testing, Takumi discovered a problem. That is, he seemed to underestimate the strength of Ichiryu, Jiro, and others, and even everyone in this world.
Before, Takumi's judgment on the strength of Ichiryu and Jiro was based on the information in the original work Toriko. Based on various performances in the original work, he inferred that Jiro has the strength to destroy a planet, while Ichiryu's strength is above Jiro.
But Takumi just discovered that Ichiryu's strength is far more than that. He himself also has planet-busting strength, but when he fought against Ichiryu, he was almost suppressed. At that time, he had almost used all his strength.
Looking at Ichiryu, Takumi could feel that Ichiryu still had some strength left. In other words, Ichiryu was far stronger than him. This was not in line with Takumi's original inference. According to his deduction, even if his strength is not as good as Ichiryu, there is no reason why he should be so far behind!
But when Takumi carefully recalled the setting of the Toriko world, he quickly discovered the problem.
It was the size of the planet! Error!
Although they are all rated as planet busters, the planet that Ichiryu and Jiro were rated against was not the Earth, but the Human World's planet! This planet was originally the Earth, but after the arrival of the Gourmet Cells, it went through years of continuous evolution, and its size expanded greatly, becoming hundreds of times larger than the Earth.
Takumi, on the other hand, subconsciously used the standards of the Earth to measure the strength of Ichiryu and others, which led to serious errors. Likewise, they were all planet busters. Takumi could only destroy the Earth, but Ichiryu and others could destroy a planet hundreds of times the size of the Earth.
Although this does not mean that Ichiryu and others are a hundred times stronger than Takumi, the gap between them is not small at all. Not only the top powerhouses like Ichiryu, but also Takumi's assessment of the overall strength of this world has been underestimated.
This shocked Takumi, but he couldn't help but feel lucky: Fortunately, he discovered this now, otherwise, if he didn't discover it until he sent people over for activities later, there would have been a big problem.
This error may not have any impact on him. After all, he will not be hostile to Ichiryu and others, and except for Ichiryu and other top masters, no one else in the world can beat him. But for other people in Dimension City, this error may be fatal.
If you lose in a battle with a person, it's fine. At most, it's just a little embarrassing. But if you lose the battle to capture fantasy ingredients, you will probably lose your life. After all, those ferocious beasts will not show mercy. Once they start fighting, they will go straight to fight you to the death.