"Welcome, everyone, to the WGO's Treasure Vault. I am the gatekeeper here, Mana Nakiri."
A pink-haired beauty in a purple kimono, holding a folding fan, smiled warmly at the six people stepping out of the elevator.
"Mom!"
Erina Nakiri was astonished. "Why are you here?"
"Listen when people are talking."
Mana Nakiri looked helplessly at her silly daughter.
"Didn't I just say it? I'm the administrator here, and it's also the most important duty of my role as the sole Special Executive Officer."
"Oh—"
Everyone immediately understood.
It had to be said that the Food Wars World truly favored this family far too much.
After glancing at her husband, Azami Nakiri, Mana Nakiri elegantly turned around and led the way.
"Come with me. The legendary cooking utensils are waiting for you ahead. But whether you can earn their recognition will depend on your luck."
"Luck? Why do we need their recognition?"
Erina Nakiri asked in confusion.
Cooking utensils were, by nature, still tools.
Even if they were utensils belonging to ability users, they could still use them.
They simply could not master them as quickly as Asahi Nakiri had.
"That is because these legendary cooking utensils possess wills of their own. They choose the chefs who can wield them. Otherwise, they will not display any miraculous effects."
Mana Nakiri answered her daughter without turning around.
"Ah?!"
Erina Nakiri stared in shock. Soma Yukihira, Joichiro Saiba, and the others beside her were equally surprised.
Cooking utensils chose chefs?
What kind of upside-down logic was that?
Did they not understand that they were merely cooking utensils?
Yet this only made these world-class chefs look forward to it even more.
Before long, the group arrived at a spacious yet deserted hall.
Three staff members in suits were already waiting silently there.
There were