Jubilife Breeding Center.
While Li Wei and his dad, Leon, studied Kane Anderson curiously, Kane was studying them too-or, more precisely, Li Wei.
Kane had been a prodigy since childhood, undefeated in every cooking competition he had entered.
But wasn't the same true of Li Wei?
Kane had started paying attention to Li Wei after he defeated Kane's teacher, the Water-type specialist Siebold.
Before that, Kane had focused entirely on improving his cooking, oblivious to everything else.
Siebold had also praised Li Wei's cooking lavishly, even telling Kane outright, "Your cooking still isn't as good as Li Wei's."
Li Wei was even younger than Kane.
At nineteen, he had broken the record for the youngest winner of the Young Breeders' Competition and the youngest Top Breeder.
All of these were proof of Li Wei's accomplishments.
A proud young man might have stormed over to challenge Li Wei after hearing Siebold say that.
But Kane was different.
First, Kane had watched Li Wei's instructional videos and seen for himself just how skilled Li Wei was.
He could also tell that, with each successive video, Li Wei's control over heat and seasoning grew better and better.
There was a reason Siebold had chosen him as his apprentice.
Kane was both talented and humble, completely unlike his dad, Rodman.
Kane's dad, Rodman, had earned the nickname "Big Mouth" because he loved delivering scathing critiques of young chefs.
He never minced words, either. Sometimes he swore so much that the livestream had to be cut short.
At one cooking competition in the Kalos Region, Rodman had berated several contestants until they cried.
Rodman was nothing like the Kalos Region's local culture; he was utterly unrestrained and outspoken.
He seemed more like someone from the Unova Region.
Much like Lt. Surge, who loved to talk