"Sorry, but I probably won't have time in the next few days."
Faced with the enthusiastic invitation of a national treasure-class chef, Fang Mo slowly shook his head, then glanced at the Four Heavenly Kings of Gourmet nearby. "After all, I'm already planning to speedrun the Gourmet World with them..."
"Speedrun? The Gourmet World?"
Granny Setsuno looked a little surprised at that. "My, my... Are you really in such a hurry that you don't even have time for a meal?"
"Exactly!"
For once, Sunny chimed in with a complaint. "It isn't easy to get a meal personally cooked by Granny Setsuno. If you want to eat, just wait two days. We wouldn't mind..."
"That really won't work."
Fang Mo, who was usually easygoing, slowly shook his head upon hearing that. "Everything else is negotiable, but the problem is that the hidden villains are probably close to raging by now. If we drag this out any longer, who knows what trouble they'll stir up again. Better to strike first and kill them before they can do anything..."
"Hidden villains?"
Everyone was slightly stunned, especially Granny Setsuno. "What... does that mean?"
"Didn't Jiro mention it to you?"
Fang Mo looked down at the little old woman and asked.
"Hehehe, he's been in the Gourmet World lately." Granny Setsuno smiled kindly. "Every time he comes back, he gets completely drunk. He really hasn't told this old woman anything..."
That was right. This so-called national treasure-class chef of the Human World, Granny Setsuno, happened to be Jiro's partner. The two had met centuries ago and shared a very loving relationship. And if Fang Mo remembered correctly, Jiro had already died in the original Grand Final Battle... while Setsuno had endured her grief and continued protecting the Human World.
She might have looked like a