Chapter 534: Chapter 533: Rice of the Stars
Sapporo Suburb.
A bustling shooting range frequented by Food rcenaries.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Two successive gunshots.
Jintan Shun put down his handgun, looked at the bullet hole in the middle of the target ahead, and smiled.
Clap, clap, clap—the sound of applause ca from a female rcenary clad in a grey-black tank top and brown capris, her blonde hair and foreign looks drawing attention. She lowered her gun and rasped with a neutral, magnetic voice, “Jintan Shun, you vanished for ten years, yet your shooting hasn’t slipped a bit. Should I congratulate you, or should I continue to see you as a threat?”
“Cut it out!” spat Jintan Shun. “Tulip, aren’t you just worrying about my ranking? Have it, have it—the International Eighth Rank Food Hunter spot. Those empty titles bring no real benefits, just trouble!”
The code-nad Tulip rcenary, her face both handso and beautiful, carried a serene smile.
“If I want it, I will continue to hunt rare ingredients and surpass you fair and square with my points!”
“Indeed!”
Jintan Shun shrugged, his expression turning curious again, “That being said, you should have surpassed long ago. Haven’t you been exploring and hunting these past years?”
“? I found sothing more fun; I’ve been focusing all my efforts there.”
Tulip’s response left Jintan Shun speechless.
Ding ding.
The pleasant ringtone of a phone ca from behind Jintan Shun’s backpack. He raised an eyebrow, saw Tulip also turning to look, and couldn’t help but laugh, “It’s mine!”
He took out his phone, saw the caller ID, and his face showed surprise.
Seeing this, Tulip grew curious.
“Hello!”
Jintan Shun answered, and the other side didn’t bother with pleasantries, asking him directly, “Do you know about ‘Star Rice’?”
‘Star Rice’?
Hearing this, the rcenary paused, instinctively glancing at Tulip beside him.
“Ah, I guess so!”
“What are you planning to do?” Jintan Shun turned away, avoiding the female rcenary’s penetrating eyes.
“It will be easier if you know…”
“Uncle, here’s the thing, I’m developing a new dish and need to use Taboo Rice…”
Hearing this, Jintan Shun jumped in shock.
“You want to buy?”
“Yes, I plan to buy as much ‘Star Rice’ as possible.”
“Hey, boy, do you understand how rare and precious Forbidden Ingredients are? Typically, those who possess Forbidden Ingredients—aside from certain large institutions—are chefs or Gourt Hunters at the top of the pyramid who are not short of money. They won’t sell Forbidden Ingredients for money.”
“I do have ‘Gem at’ and ‘Five-headed Bird Egg,'” the other side said with a chuckle.
Barter?
And with ‘Gem at’ and ‘Five-headed Bird Egg’?
His breath hitched for a mont, and after a few seconds, his heartbeat returned to normal. Jintan Shun finally suppressed the greed and fervor in his eyes, glanced back, focused on the female rcenary Tulip, and pondered his response, “Give ten minutes. I happen to have a suitable seller here, but it all depends on her willingness.”
He hung up the phone.
Jintan Shun and Tulip looked at each other.
…
Ookura Mountain Villa’s kitchen.
Xia Yu finished the call and put down the phone.
“How is it?”
Zhu Qing imdiately asked, her eyes twinkling, “That type of Forbidden Rice called ‘Star Rice’ was discovered about ten years ago on a deserted island in the deep sea. Rumor has it that for a few days when the rice was ripening, the whole island was enveloped in a white glow. A ship full of Gourt Hunters happened to spot the glowing island that night. Thus, the island’s rice was harvested by those Gourt Hunters. It’s said that there were even infighting among them, causing many casualties among the Gourt Hunters, alarming multiple countries around the mariti area. The United States even conducted a military drill in the na of NATO to blockade it…”
“So, does that an only a little of the ‘Star Rice’ flowed into Chinese Land?” Xia Yu picked up on the sour note in Zhu Qing’s voice.
“What do you think?”
Zhu Qing pouted, “Your aunt hasn’t even touched that kind of Taboo Rice; I’ve only heard about it!”
“The rcenary uncle said he’d ssage in ten minutes!”
Xia Yu scratched his head, feeling sothing was off.
When did he start glowing with a protagonist’s aura? Hey, director, there’s definitely sothing wrong with this script.
“Um, probably…” Zhu Qing muttered uncertainly, “If he can provide you with ‘Gem at’ and ‘Five-headed Bird Egg’, he can provide ‘Star Rice’.”
This is a complete misunderstanding!
Xia Yu freaked out.
But unexpectedly, half an hour later, Zhu Qing drove Xia Yu to a villa in the Sapporo Suburb.
The villa was secluded, located at the very top of a winding mountain road, with no guards at the gate.
They parked the car, pushed open the garden gate, and entered.
“Welco—”
From afar, a hearty laugh crossed the courtyard. Jintan Shun, in a black coat and a black hat, looked like he just stepped out of a real-life outlaw shooter ga with a ridiculously large shotgun.
Beside Jintan Shun stood a serene-looking female rcenary, in her thirties, with a purple flamboyant flower tattoo on her left cheek.
The two parties shook hands and greeted each other.
“Miss Zhu, are you here to purchase ‘Star Rice’?”
Tulip asked.
“It’s not for , but for my nephew.” Zhu Qing pointed awkwardly at the young man beside her.
“You?”
Tulip eyed him, her eyebrows slightly raised in surprise, “You look familiar, have we t before?”
Jintan Shun, at a loss for words, reminded, “Hey, Tulip, he’s the one who crashed into the Sapporo Cooking Competition finals as a star chef. They call him a prodigious young chef and he’s known as the youngest special chef in the history of District 11’s gourt scene.”
Tulip had a mont of realization.
“No wonder you look familiar! You’ve been all over the news headlines these past few days!”
She smacked her forehead and apologetically said, “Sorry, I’ve been busy working outside and almost cut off from the world for the past few months.”
“Well then, let’s get to the point. Did you bring the goods?” Tulip’s expression turned serious.
Xia Yu patted the tal suitcase in his hand, “Right here!”
“Are we good to exchange at the agreed ratios?”
“No problem!”
Both parties entered the manor and displayed their ingredients.
Click.
Inside the suitcase was a whole piece of ‘Gem at,’ weighing about 2 kilograms—not a small amount.
When the suitcase was opened, Xia Yu’s expression twitched subtly.
For every 100 grams of ‘Gem at,’ it was 10,000 Fa Points and this 2-kilogram piece cost him 200,000 points. Fortunately, with his stunning performance in the competition, defeating Bernard, Tang Yuqiong, and Mars, he had hundreds of thousands of Fa Points. Otherwise, Xia Yu wouldn’t have been able to trade with Tulip.
The entire piece of gem at, laid out on the table, was dazzling to behold.
Jintan Shun’s face was flushed with enthusiasm.
Tulip also pursed her sowhat dry lips, put forward another suitcase, and with a click, a sudden burst of white light filled the room.
“This is ‘Star Rice’!”
She pointed to the suitcase filled with forbidden rice grains that glistened like tiny white gems.
“2 kilograms of ‘Gem at’ in exchange for 4 kilograms of ‘Star Rice’!” Tulip was about to grab the suitcase with the forbidden at when Xia Yu suddenly spoke up, “Wait a second!”
“May I use your kitchen?”
“No problem!” Tulip waved her hand cheerfully.
Thus, Xia Yu carried a suitcase of ‘Star Rice’ into the kitchen. When he erged half an hour later, his face couldn’t hide the lingering excitent.
Observing his expression, Zhu Qing’s lips also curled into a smile.
Another forbidden ingredient.
The cooking duel two days from now is probably going to cause quite a stir!
“Things are getting more interesting…”
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