Gourmet Hunter

Order Description: Gourmet Hunter Toriko wants to taste delicious dishes he's never tried before.

Order Requirements: A delicious dish cooked with unknown ingredients.

Honestly, this order was pretty easy to complete.

After all, the two worlds were different, so naturally their ingredients couldn't be exactly the same.

At the very least, Abel was sure that making a delicious dish with Sea King meat should be enough to satisfy the order.

But getting a high-star rating that way would be almost impossible.

And the harsher reality was that there might not even be any Sea King meat here.

Given his current situation, finding any other rare ingredients was even less likely.

This was awkward.

If he tried to pass off some ordinary dish, he might get his first one-star bad review.

So, after considering it carefully again and again, Abel finally decided to use the [Four-Star Good Review Card] from his Beginner Gift Pack!

[Four-Star Good Review Card] (Limited Edition)

One-time consumable

Effect: Use when submitting an order to guarantee a four-star good review for that order.

Note: Only usable with beginner Wish Orders

Anyway, once he got intermediate trading privileges, this thing wouldn't be of any use to him.

He might as well use it early to help him get through this difficult period.

So after Baby-5 left, he submitted the piece of roasted meat he'd hidden under the covers as his trade item, and used the [Four-Star Good Review Card] at the same time.

[Order item confirmed. Beginning transfer]

[Beginner Wish Order completed. Customer gave a four-star rating (pleasant surprise)!]

[Review: This is the first time I've tasted meat with this kind of texture. It's absolutely delicious!]

[A four-star rating grants a 50% bonus to the base Trading Points reward. The remaining rewards have been issued automatically. Please check them yourself.]

[The customer was very satisfied, so you received an additional reward—Gourmet Cells implantation (claimable)]

Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!

Abel was stunned!

The additional reward was Gourmet Cells implantation?!

His luck had really gone through the roof this time!

And what he hadn't expected was that the real surprise was still to come.

[You have earned the approval of Gourmet Hunter Toriko, who has issued you a special long-term Wish Order. Accept?]

Accept? Of course he had to accept!

Seeing the system notification pop up again, Abel accepted without the slightest hesitation.

[Acquired a special long-term Wish Order]

[Order Description: Toriko is very satisfied with the delicious dish you provided and looks forward to you bringing him even more surprises.]

[Order Requirements: A delicious dish cooked with unknown ingredients]

[Order Base Reward: Unknown, 300 Trading Points]

[Time Remaining: Unlimited; can be completed repeatedly]

[PS: If you provide products that fail to satisfy the customer multiple times, this order may be canceled.]

"Hahahaha! This is awesome!"

A one-time Wish Order had turned into a repeatable long-term order, and the base reward for every completion was substantial. Could anything be better than that?

Abel felt like his grin was about to split his face.

That [Four-Star Good Review Card] had been incredibly useful. It had gotten him 450 Trading Points and a serving of Century Soup for free, and he'd even managed to milk two rewards out of Gourmet Hunter Toriko.

Otherwise, what caliber of cuisine would he have needed to get a four-star review on this order?

Abel couldn't even imagine it!

Still, this had also taught him a lesson. Unless he was confident he could get at least three stars, he shouldn't try this order lightly.

If he kept failing and got the long-term order canceled, there'd be no one to cry to.

After all, the world Gourmet Hunter Toriko lived in had plenty of good stuff, and Abel naturally wanted to keep milking this opportunity.

"If only I had a few more of those review cards. I wonder if they'll show up in the shop later."

Abel smacked his lips, feeling a little greedy.

But he quickly collected himself and prepared to claim the additional reward from this order.

[Gourmet Cells]

One-time consumable

Description: A special type of cell extracted from a Phantom Jellyfish.

Effect: Once implanted in the human body, the body's cells become activated and can evolve after the host enjoys delicious food.

Side Effect: A large amount of food must be consumed regularly to maintain the activity of the Gourmet Cells. If the host goes without sufficient food energy for a prolonged period, there is a chance they will be devoured by the cells.

Abel thought this was probably the best thing to help him get stronger at this stage.

All he had to do was eat.

Safe and painless.

Even the side effect could be ignored.

After all, he'd already found himself a long-term meal ticket. Doflamingo wasn't going to throw him out just because he ate too much, was he?

The only real problem was that he'd have to search everywhere for delicious food that could make the Gourmet Cells in his body evolve. That would be a bit of a hassle.

But it wasn't that big a problem. He still had his cheat!

If one world didn't have enough delicious food, he could go to two. If two weren't enough, then three.

Even Gourmet Hunter Toriko didn't have this tremendous advantage!

To sum it up in four words: the future looked bright.

"Claim additional reward."

[Additional reward claimed successfully. Gourmet Cells implantation beginning. Implantation successful.]

As expected of the system. Abel barely felt a thing, and the implantation was already complete. This technology would make doctors all over the world ashamed enough to kill themselves.

It was way more impressive than that stupid mutant trash ray from before.

However, he celebrated too soon.

As soon as the implantation was complete, the Gourmet Cells in his body began working. The roasted meat he'd eaten earlier was being digested at an unbelievable speed.

But even that wasn't enough to satisfy them!

He needed to eat—he needed to eat a lot!

A powerful hunger rising from his stomach was sending that message to his brain.

But there wasn't enough time to go find food, and Abel didn't want anyone to see him acting strangely.

So he immediately took the reward he'd just received out of his system inventory: [Century Soup].

[Century Soup]

One-time consumable

Description: The soup course from Gourmet Four Heavenly King Toriko's full-course menu.

Effect: On first consumption, deeply repairs and purifies the body. If the body contains Gourmet Cells, it will satisfy them immensely and cause them to evolve.

Side Effect: The drinker will be so satisfied that they won't be able to stop themselves from smiling. Duration: 1 hour.

It was crystal clear!

It looked just like a bowl of air soup, with nothing visible inside.

But the beautiful aurora above the bowl and its intoxicating aroma both proved that the soup was in there.