Food Captive: Join the chat group Chapter 027

“Komatsu, can we eat now?”

Toriko drooled, the golden glowing Puffer Whale looked incredibly delicious and enticing. Such a supreme delicacy should be made into sashimi to savor its most original flavor.

“Hmm, wait a moment, I’ll slice it.”

…

After Komatsu’s simple preparation, uniformly thin slices of sashimi were arranged on green leaves, so translucent that light seemed to pass through them.

“Let’s eat! Let’s toast with Puffer Whale Fin Sake to celebrate the successful capture of the Puffer Whale.”

The five of them sat around, with hot fin sake and Puffer Whale sashimi in front of them.

The spiciness of the heated sake perfectly highlighted the deliciousness of the Puffer Whale fin. Qin Zhou now understood why his master loved this flavor so much.

For someone like Jiro, who was addicted to alcohol, it was a very delicious drink.

“What beautiful meat, shimmering with a pink glow. The attached fat looks like beef belly, appearing more like whale meat.” Qin Zhou picked up a few slices and observed them in front of him.

“I’m digging in!” The group began to savor the Puffer Whale sashimi.

As they chewed, the deliciousness of the fat filled their mouths, sweet and savory. Unlike the large, fatty sashimi of tuna that melted in the mouth, it was like pufferfish meat, becoming more flavorful with each chew, with an endless supply of deliciousness emerging and the aroma gradually becoming more prominent.

It was simply a bottomless culinary enjoyment, like the deep sea, an endless supreme bliss.

They all understood why some people would even die to taste the deliciousness of the Puffer Whale. It was not without reason that poisoned Puffer Whales circulated in the black market.

“It’s too delicious! Puffer Whale sashimi, a delicacy of the human world.” Komatsu cried tears of excitement, covering his face with both hands.

Tina felt the same. Although she almost died adventuring with them, it wasn’t in vain. Not only could she record so many wonderful moments, but she could also eat such delicious sashimi.

“Haha, of course! We worked hard to catch it ourselves, and cooked it with our own hands, so it’s naturally the best!” Toriko laughed.

After eating the Puffer Whale, Toriko’s muscles twitched autonomously. The fatigue and exhaustion from fighting the Devil Serpent earlier were swept away, and his strength also increased to a certain extent.

Seeing everyone’s satisfaction and this long-lost emotion, Coco felt a sense of nostalgia and began to consider resuming his old profession as a gourmet hunter.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the sound of something emerging from the water rang out. The group looked over and saw a strange creature walking upright, covered in black fur.

It had a sharp, anteater-like snout and exuded a terrifying and dangerous aura. In its hand, it carried a net full of Puffer Whales, dozens of them.

“GT Robot…”

Qin Zhou calmly looked at this creature. No, it wasn’t a creature, but an artificial robot, created by the Bishokukai to imitate Nitro.

The pilot of this robot was Starjun, the Bishokukai’s Sous Chef, and the son of Acacia and Frohze, as well as Toriko’s biological brother.

This type of robot was made of hard material and could adapt to many harsh environments, replacing gourmet hunters in those environments to capture prey.

The manga didn’t give specific numerical references for Starjun. At the Cooking Festival, he appeared in his true form and had a true man’s 1-on- 1 battle with Toriko. For now, he could probably deal with beasts with a capture level in the hundreds.

Later, the combat power became too chaotic and the span too large, so Qin Zhou could only make rough estimations.

This GT Robot couldn’t display Starjun’s full strength, but it could deal with beasts with a capture level in the tens.

But it was enough to deal with the current Toriko and Coco; they were still too weak.

“Get out of here!”

Feeling the dangerous aura emanating from the robot, Toriko roared, telling Komatsu and Tina to retreat. His muscles instantly swelled, and he immediately entered combat mode.

Coco’s skin oozed a purplish-black, deadly poison, dripping from his fingertips onto the beach.

“Heavenly King Toriko, Coco…”

Starjun, piloting the robot, recognized the two of them and scratched his head, but had no intention of clashing with them.

He was only here to capture Puffer Whales, not specifically to deal with the Heavenly Kings. Besides, they were still too weak now, and perhaps they could bring him some fun in battle later.

What interested him was Qin Zhou, who was sitting there. His aura was very stable, unmoving like a rock, unaffected. He was a master stronger than the Heavenly Kings, and Starjun made a mental note of him.

“Bishokukai Sous Chef, Starjun, and a new model GT Robot.” Qin Zhou called out the robot’s operator.

“Oh?”

Starjun’s slightly surprised voice came from inside the robot. It was interesting that someone could recognize his identity so quickly.

“State your name,” Starjun asked.

“Qin Zhou, a passing gourmet hunter.” Qin Zhou had no intention of getting up.

“Qin Zhou… I’ve noted that. Fighting you with a GT Robot wouldn’t be satisfying. Let’s have a real fight another time.”

“Alright, I’ll be waiting.”

Starjun did not make a move and left directly. The GT Robot could not display his full strength, and he was carrying the burden of the Puffer Whales. There would be opportunities for a real fight offline later.

“Was that the rumored Bishokukai Sous Chef, Starjun? What a dangerous individual. Even if it wasn’t his true body, he exuded an incredibly exaggerated presence.”

After the robot left, Toriko and Coco were both breathing heavily, covered in sweat. It was the first time they had felt such a deadly threat.

If they had actually fought, they would have surely died, even if they used all their abilities.

“It was also the first time I saw such electromagnetic waves. It was chilling.”

“That’s a GT Robot researched by the Bishokukai. You can ask high-ranking officials or researchers at the IGO; they all have intelligence data on these robots,” Qin Zhou said.

Coco nodded. Although his electromagnetic waves were powerful, they were different from those of living creatures. If it was a robot, then it made sense.

He had heard about GT Robot intelligence; it was a high-tech product developed by the Bishokukai.

“Don’t report this part. You should know something about the Bishokukai,” Qin Zhou reminded Tina.

Most members of the Bishokukai were ruthless, so they would truly take action against a TV station.

“M-hm, m-hm!”

Tina nodded like a pecking chick. That aura was too terrifying; it was the notorious Bishokukai. She wasn’t that foolish.

The group packed up and left the cave beach. As soon as they saw the sun, they saw many corpses lying on the ground, all killed by a single blow. Next to them were the footprints of a GT Robot.

“Was that the GT Robot from earlier?” Toriko frowned.

“They wanted to be the mantis stalking the cicada, but they chose the wrong target,” Coco said.

Qin Zhou glanced at them, his expression becoming strange. These people had already been acupuncture-sealed by Jiro before Starjun killed them. What a group of unlucky souls.

Originally, Jiro disdained killing them, and they would have had a chance to survive after the acupuncture. But they encountered Starjun.

He conveniently sent them to another world.