Flying Jellyfish

The Ice Continent's thousand-year-old ice cave, hundreds of meters beneath the ice.

"Given your age, I imagine your body isn't very nimble anymore, is it? What brings you here, Lady Setsuno?"

Not knowing whether Alfarro was merely pretending to be calm, he spoke slowly.

Setsuno gave him a meaningful smile. "You've grown into quite the handsome gentleman, Alfarro. How's your big boss, that gluttonous bastard?"

Alfarro smiled faintly as well. "There are only a handful of people in this world who would dare call our Gourmet Corp's president that, Lady Setsuno. If we could invite you into Gourmet Corp's kitchen, I'm sure our boss would be delighted."

Setsuno chuckled. "That bastard doesn't seem to need the ingredients I handle. The ingredients decide who gets to be the guest."

"Then why have you come here?"

"Nothing much. I'm just here to take Little Leiyin and Little Teppei home. It has nothing to do with you. If you understand that, don't get any funny ideas. If you've obtained the Century Broth, you'd better go home obediently."

Setsuno's tone was somewhat flippant. After speaking, she turned and left.

But Alfarro really did get some funny ideas.

A violent aura suddenly burst from his body, and his robes began to flutter despite the lack of wind.

Then he extended eight arms from beneath his cloak, each hand gripping a white porcelain plate.

He wanted to launch a sneak attack from behind and take Setsuno out!

But just as he was about to strike, an even more powerful aura surged toward him.

The porcelain plates in his hands shattered like mirrors!

There was no doubt about it—the aura had come from Setsuno.

Yet Setsuno had no intention of counterattacking and continued walking forward.

Fragments of white porcelain scattered across the ground.

*As expected of Jiro's