The ship docked.
A bustling scene came into view.
Countless ingredients shipped from all over the world, along with teams of chefs and Gourmet Hunters, entered through this port.
Rather than a city,
this place was more of a Super Open-Air Kitchen.
Cooking stations of every kind were everywhere, along with Food Monsters left to roam freely through the city.
Once every three years, many people shipped the rare Food Monsters they had hunted here to sell to the chefs competing in the tournament.
Since he did not have to participate in the qualifiers,
Ye Qiyan was happy to take it easy.
Following WALL-E, he confirmed the location of the treasure WALL-E had failed to bring back.
The finals venue, which was still closed.
"Should I just sneak in?"
He was not the sort to play by the rules.
With the treasure right before his eyes, how could he not go looking for it?
With Pride active, Ye Qiyan strode straight through the main entrance.
Passing the staff preparing for the finals, he spotted a Champion Trophy right in the center.
"This one?"
WALL-E, beside Ye Qiyan, pointed at the trophy, then shook its head.
"It is, but it isn't? Interesting. Is it underneath here? No, is it more like it's in another world?"
Ye Qiyan narrowed his eyes.
He used Pride's ability to shift his viewpoint.
He found no accessible passage beneath it.
In fact, if there really were a way in, WALL-E would certainly have found it.
Even if a space was not sealed, he could enter it.
Unless.
That space was completely isolated from this world and sealed off.
Only under those circumstances would WALL-E be unable to enter that space.
That was the only possibility.
"Win the championship and make a wish. Granting wishes hardly seems