Food Captive: Join the chat group Chapter 011

Roar!

The roar of a fierce tiger shattered the peace of the forest, startling birds and beasts to scatter and flee.

A large, brown-yellow tiger emerged from the forest, glaring menacingly at Qin Zhou. Its long, sharp canine teeth were as long and sharp as swords.

It was a Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger, standing over three meters tall when upright, clearly viewing Qin Zhou as prey.

“So, it’s just a little kitty.”

Qin Zhou smiled faintly. A Level 3 tiger was like a kitten to him.

The taste of a Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger wasn’t worth savoring; compared to a Caira Giant Alligator, it was many levels below.

Qin Zhou walked step by step towards the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger. A strange sense of crisis appeared in the tiger’s heart.

“Hehe, little kitty, do I look like prey?”

Qin Zhou’s smile was benevolent. A blurry phantom appeared behind him, seemingly emitting the majestic roar of a dragon, directly striking the creature’s soul.

This was the Dragon King’s Intimidation, a suppression from a higher life form. The Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger immediately quieted down, no longer daring to bare its fangs at Qin Zhou.

“Be a good mount and take us to find the Caira Giant Alligator. After that, we’ll let you go,” Qin Zhou said.

“Roar!?”

Upon hearing that they were going to find the Caira Giant Alligator, the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger let out an extremely wary roar. It feared the three-hundred-year-old Caira Giant Alligator.

The reason it was active in this area was precisely because of the Caira Giant Alligator’s immense power. If it didn’t run, it would just become an extra meal for the Caira Giant Alligator.

“Little kitty, you really do know where the Caira Giant Alligator is,” Qin Zhou chuckled.

“Want to refuse?”

“You have no choice.”

Qin Zhou slightly clenched his fist, his knuckles producing a crisp sound as they rubbed together, echoing in the air.

“Woo…”

Feeling Qin Zhou’s threat, the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger whimpered submissively. A wise tiger knows when to submit.

“What a well-behaved little kitty.”

“For dinner, this will do.”

Biu!

Qin Zhou looked up and selected a Crocodile-Mouth Pterosaur. A long-range acupuncture shot was fired, striking it and instantly paralyzing its body, causing it to fall to the ground.

Qin Zhou tied the prey onto the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger and returned to their campsite.

Komatsu and Toriko were there, grilling snake-frogs.

“W-w-w-w-what, this… this is a Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger!” Komatsu heard heavy footsteps behind him, turned around, and came face to face with the tiger, his face instantly turning pale.

“Yo, don’t be scared. This little kitty is very well-behaved,” Qin Zhou patted the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger’s back, and it immediately lay down obediently.

“Did you tame it?” Toriko asked with interest.

Wild beasts like the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger were full of untamed spirit, and taming them was no easy feat.

“It wasn’t much trouble. Toriko, you could also scare it with the intimidation of your Gourmet Cell Demon, or physically tame it,” Qin Zhou said nonchalantly.

A Capture Level 3 creature was inferior even to a wild beast cub from the Gourmet World, where creatures often had levels in the hundreds.

“It really won’t eat people?” Komatsu swallowed hard. He felt he wasn’t even enough to get stuck in the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger’s teeth, and his hunting rifle wouldn’t protect him.

The Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger opened its eyes and glanced at Komatsu. His frame was too small, with little energy, far less than Qin Zhou and Toriko, so it had no desire to eat him.

Qin Zhou’s actual weight wasn’t as light as it appeared; Food Immersion allowed him to store a large amount of energy without affecting his physique.

Toriko’s weight was 230kg, also storing a considerable amount of energy.

Komatsu was only 51kg, which, to the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger, wouldn’t even cover the energy expended chewing.

“Komatsu, I’ll leave the cooking to you,” Qin Zhou said, pointing to the Crocodile-Mouth Pterosaur behind them. With a five-star hotel head chef present, there was no need for amateurs like him and Toriko to show off.

“Leave it to me,” Komatsu nodded vigorously.

What a professional chef made was truly different; the taste instantly elevated to another level. It had to be said, it was much tastier than what the two of them made.

Qin Zhou planned to find a good chef later. Komatsu was out of the question; although his Food Luck was strong, forming a team with a male felt a bit strange, so he wouldn’t break up Toriko and Komatsu, that good pair of buddies.

After a brief rest, the group rode the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger towards the area where the Caira Giant Alligator roamed.

“Huh, Mr. Toriko, what’s going on with these beasts? Why are they all fleeing outwards?” Komatsu was diligently recording in his small notebook, which was also an investigation requested by his superiors.

“It’s probably because the Caira Giant Alligator’s habitat is too dangerous. This several-hundred-year-old Caira Giant Alligator is likely the highest capture level on Baron Island, standing at the top of the food chain. If they don’t run, they’ll become the Caira Giant Alligator’s food.

This giant alligator’s appetite probably isn’t small. If it keeps eating and eating, the island’s creatures are limited, and it will threaten other creatures,” Toriko said.

Near this lake, there were practically no creatures to be seen, and even the trees were bare.

“Little kitty, you can run now.”

Seeing the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger’s four legs trembling, Qin Zhou knew it was extremely scared, so he didn’t force it to stay.

Roar!

Upon hearing Qin Zhou’s decree, the Baron Sabre-tooth Tiger immediately took off, disappearing in a flash.

It had seen the Caira Giant Alligator and knew it was a terrifyingly huge creature.

“It’ll threaten me too, won’t it?” Komatsu said with a bitter face, terrified.

“Leave it to me. You stand aside and don’t get caught in the crossfire.” Toriko was very excited. A several-hundred-year-old Caira Giant Alligator was bound to taste incredibly delicious and rich.

Splash!

Suddenly, a huge commotion came from under the lake. A massive, twenty-meter-long figure burst out of the water, a large part of its body slamming heavily onto the shore.

“Ahhh, it’s a Swamp Serpent! Mr. Toriko, Mr. Qin Zhou!” Komatsu was so scared he became an emoji. A Capture Level 5 creature was already something ordinary hunters couldn’t deal with.

“It was killed. The culprit is this big guy,” Qin Zhou glanced at the huge bite mark on the Swamp Serpent’s body. A big creature from the lake had come ashore.

The giant alligator was 18 meters long, over 4 meters tall, and weighed 14 tons. Its entire body was covered in a layer of hard scales, like it was wearing armor, and countless leeches could be seen moving in its mouth.

The Caira Giant Alligator, three hundred years old, Capture Level 8, capable of easily destroying a tank.

When Komatsu saw the Caira Giant Alligator, he was too scared to move. Qin Zhou grabbed Komatsu’s bag and moved him to a place where he wouldn’t interfere with the fight.

Toriko could handle this battle by himself; he didn’t need Qin Zhou’s help.

“Phew… I finally see it, the Caira Giant Alligator.”

Toriko stared intently at the creature. The phantom of the Red Demon appeared behind him, emitting an intimidation even stronger than the Caira Giant Alligator’s. His hands began to rub together, producing the sound of metal knives and forks clashing.