Jaden had been paying close attention to the Kengan matches recently.
His plan was clear. He would join forces with Erina and completely take down Toyo Electric during the Kengan Annihilation Tournant.
Because of that, aside from the incident involving the illustrator, he hadn't spared even a shred of attention for the novel A Certain Magical Index that he had casually tossed to Ohya Ken.
And in this country, the light novel circle rarely stirred up any large-scale public discussion.
So during the period when Jaden was constantly at Totsuki with Erina, it was even more impossible for him to notice the sudden frenzy triggered by the release of A Certain Magical Index.
However.
There was one person who noticed the feedback surrounding A Certain Magical Index much earlier than Jaden.
But that person wasn't Tokuno'o Tokumichi-the fighter-slash-struggling novelist whose new book Boruto: Naruto Next Generations had been canceled, and who was currently considering returning to the Kengan matches. He wasn't particularly concerned about A Certain Magical Index at all.
No.
It was soone you would never associate with light novels.
-Kiryu Setsuna.
He still rembered the mont it started.
Looking back now, it almost felt like an on that appeared before a sudden stroke of fortune.
He had simply been minding his own business when a student from Koryo suddenly ran up to him.
"Kiryu-sensei, your illusion will be shattered by !"
That was all the student said.
Then he left.
"Huh?"
This was the first ti in Kiryu Setsuna's life that he had projected his own impression of madness onto soone else.
"That guy... is he crazy?"
At first, Kiryu Setsuna dismissed it as an isolated incident.
An anomaly.
But he hadn't expected that afterward, this strange "madness" would begin spreading.
-"Kiryu-sensei, your illusion will be shattered by !"
He didn't know how many tis he had heard that line since then.
So people even asked him for an autograph after saying it.
Kiryu Setsuna couldn't understand it at all.
And for sothing he couldn't understand, he naturally began investigating.
He didn't even need to use his influence.
He simply opened Google and searched for the words "Kiryu Setsuna."
The first search result that appeared was-
"Kiryu-sensei, your illusion will be shattered by !"
This...
When he clicked into it, he quickly saw A Certain Magical Index.
And then he understood everything.
He let out a long breath of relief.
He was just thinking that the next ti soone approached him, he could explain the situation-or even ask Shion to help clarify things.
Then, a completely unexpected "reader" ca to him.
That person was his God.
-Tokita Ohma.
...
After settling the issue with the title, Jaden and Erina returned to Totsuki.
They tacitly avoided ntioning Toyo Electric for the ti being, instead focusing on matters within Totsuki itself.
"Erina... I saw your father at my shokugeki with Hayama Akira. The Kengan Annihilation Tournant is coming up. I think that guy will probably do sothing-at the latest, after the tournant..."
As Jaden spoke, Erina's eyes visibly dimd.
Then she nodded quietly.
Seeing her reaction, Jaden sighed.
"If it really cos down to it, I'll go have a 'talk' with him..."
Hearing this, Erina shook her head.
She took a deep breath and steadied herself.
"No... Jaden. Actually, there's nothing wrong with him coming back."
"At least this way, I'll have a chance to overco my psychological barrier..."
She looked at Jaden and slowly smiled.
At that mont, she could still clearly recall the image of Jaden standing under the lights, raising both fists after defeating Takeshi Wakatsuki.
She longed for that strength.
That strength gave her a powerful sense of security.
And little by little, it gave her courage.
Just like when she stood beside him facing Katahara tsudo.
"Jaden, relax. This isn't a big deal."
"I can't avoid facing this shadow forever. People have to grow up eventually."
"I'm just encountering one of the more difficult stages."
"Many people face situations like this."
"And besides, I'm much luckier than most of them..."
Erina suddenly stopped speaking there.
She only smiled sweetly at Jaden.
Jaden listened for a mont, then realized she hadn't continued.
Curious, he asked,
"How are you luckier than others?"
Erina blinked.
Her cheeks flushed slightly.
She clasped her hands behind her back, quickened her pace, and walked ahead of him.
"Hmph~"
"It's fine if you don't know, idiot."
...
On the top floor of a hotel, inside its most luxurious suite, Azami Nakiri stood by the window, looking down at the city below.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Behind him, a man sat on the sofa, casually flipping through a docunt in his hand as he smiled.
"I rember you chefs like that thing... 'Food Fist'? 'Food Spear'?"
"It's called shokugeki."
"-Oh, right, shokugeki!"
After finally recalling the term, the muscular, bald man-his body covered in tattoos-tossed the docunt onto the table.
Azami Nakiri glanced sideways.
The papers were upside down.
aning-
The man hadn't read a single word.
Azami noticed.
The bald man noticed Azami noticing.
He smiled.
"Don't look at like that. My eyes can't see, after all."
"You handed the docunt, and I didn't want to embarrass you."
As he said this, the smile on his face slowly faded.
"So, are you really planning to do it?"
"You should understand that once we rcenaries accept a mission, we absolutely do not accept sudden cancellations from the employer."
"If you want to act, the result might be very different from the outcos you chefs are used to in your shokugeki."
Hearing the repeated ntion of shokugeki, Azami Nakiri felt an involuntary discomfort.
That scent from last ti seed to resurface in his mind.
For a brief mont, his vision darkened.
-He no longer wanted to, or rather, no longer dared to challenge Totsuki in a shokugeki.
Not with Jaden there.
That man was a monster.
Even now, thinking back on it made his heart tighten.
At least that dish had slled bad.
Even though he had been knocked unconscious by the stench, he still felt like he had co out ahead.
If it hadn't slled.
If he had actually eaten it-
Just imagining it was terrifying.
No wonder those three judges had run away so decisively after taking the money.
They weren't wrong.
He had been foolish.
Paying money to eat filth.
Despite the inner roar triggered by that terrible mory, Azami Nakiri's expression remained calm.
"I've long heard that the legendary King of rcenaries, Muteba Gizenga, cannot see yet can still move freely through a hail of bullets."
"Seeing you in person, I'm even starting to wonder whether you truly can't see at all."
"But you are exactly as the legends describe."
He paused.
"So..."
"I won't break the contract this ti."
"After all, while we chefs use shokugeki to resolve disputes, sotis shokugeki is simply too much like child's play."
"You don't need to worry about anything else."
"Muteba, I'm commissioning you to kidnap the world's best chef."
"Do you accept?"
Muteba smiled.
"If the mission takes a long ti, you'll need to increase the paynt."
"I ca to this country for another, more important mission."
"But if it's just kidnapping a chef..."
"Leave it to ~"
He stood up.
Then he revealed a bright, almost cheerful smile that was completely at odds with the image of a rcenary.
"...The world's best chef, huh?"
"If I catch him, I'd really like to see what the world's best cooking tastes like~"
"That's up to you."
Azami Nakiri looked at his reflection in the window.
And slowly smiled.
-Jaden.
Although you cleverly prevented from probing your true level last ti, you're far too arrogant if you believe that cooking skill determines everything in this world.
Even Totsuki trains its own fighters.
In this world, culinary skill has never been the sole deciding factor.
I may not currently have the qualifications to approach the Kengan Association and its fighters directly...
But I was fortunate this ti.
I happened to encounter the King of rcenaries nearby.
Therefore-
Jaden.
I can't allow you to interfere with .
You taught a lesson last ti.
This ti-
It's my turn.
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