Lu Li looked at Shrimp Meat and Komatsu, utterly speechless. Never mind Shrimp Meat, but Komatsu, you're saying that too?
In the original story, he had accepted the Four Heavenly Kings' secret help without the slightest hesitation... Huh... With Komatsu's thick nerves, could it be that he never noticed at all? Did he think it was simply his own Food Luck that kept helping him escape danger?
But no matter what, since Shrimp Meat had refused his help cheating, he could only keep feeding her delicious food. Even if Shrimp Meat felt she could not eat another bite, he, her strict teacher, would stuff her full.
And so, while Aizen trained the Four Heavenly Kings and studied the mysteries of Gourmet Cells, Lu Li fed Shrimp Meat while strengthening his own Gourmet Cells. Two days passed quickly.
The World Gourmet Festival and cooking tournament officially began.
Lu Li had misjudged the timing before because he had assumed this cooking tournament was still far off. After all, Komatsu had not even made Century Soup yet, and Shrimp Meat had only just recreated it.
In the original story, Toriko's recovery and Komatsu's soup-making had taken nearly half a year, so Lu Li had thought there was plenty of time. But after speaking with Ichiryu on the phone, he learned that today's competition had actually been moved forward.
With undercurrents surging throughout the world, Ichiryu hoped to hold a grand festival to boost morale. And if they could take the opportunity to wipe out Gourmet Corp's lackeys in one fell swoop, that would be even better.
So Ichiryu did not want to delay any longer and moved the grand event forward. Sure enough, Gourmet Corp had made corresponding moves. Midora and Ichiryu had arranged to fight on that day, and their intentions could