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After dipping in the Emerald Dragon's back, Old Man Jiro lead us to civilization and Uncle Jouichiro is amused of the sight. Everywhere he looked at is really different. Different stalls serving ingredients new to his eyes. He wondered if he could mix the ingredients in his cooking. At the same time a malicious smile emerged as he curled his lips up.

He thought of using the ingredient to further enhance his dark cooking. Unfortunately his thought was stopped when we arrived at a small restaurant as Jiro opened the door to it.

'Seems like, we are lucky as we arrived at Setsuno's opening for this month' I thought to myself.

An old woman with a pink hair entered our sights as she talked with Jiro.

"You seem to be the visitors that Jiro-chan met." She said. She also noticed about the lack of gourmet cells in their body but she trusted Jiro as he was the one who brought them here.

"Indeed. A pleasure to meet you." I said with a smile.

"Looks like you're here with good intentions for Jiro-chan to bring you here." She said as we got what her intentions is.

"Well, we are here to grab some booze for my wedding and we need another hand for Uncle Jouichiro to help him food for the same occassion." I said to her to which she nodded.

"I could help you with that, but... I need you to procure some ingredient for me." She said. I nodded, after all if she said she'll help, that'll be great.

"But I need you to wait for me to finish business hours and wait for a few guests of mine. How about you enjoy food here while waiting?" She said as we all nodded.

She introduced Nono to us as we did the same since we haven't introduced us personally. We didn't need to tell about us from other world since Nono doesn't have an idea about it and only the two oldest figures here know about it.

We were served batches of food and they were really good! Although I didn't know what ingredient she wanted us to procure, I may have an inkling of what she wanted us to get. When she served the last dish, I already know what it is.

Century Soup.

Although I know that it is incomplete, that's why she wanted us to get the century soup so she can recreate it. In the story, Komatsu was the one who completed it with the drool of the wall penguin being the final ingredient or catalyst that completed the soup.

Old man Jiro watched us in amusement as we ate the food that Granny Setsuno. Both he and Uncle Rayleigh were having a drinking session while Uncle Jouichiro's world opened up to new horizons. He understood a lot of things from what Granny Setsuno did to the iingredients He is amazed at how much dedication that Setsuno inputted in every dishes.

Although Uncle Jouichiro had no fighting experience, he had honed his observation haki to the maximum.

'It seems that Uncle Jouichiro is born with the voice of all things as well, but his... scales towards ingredients.' I thought as I enjoyed the sake that Granny Setsuno offered us

He is able to hear the voices of the ingredients screaming in delight because of the way that they wanted to be cooked was granted to them.

Setsuno of course noticed this as she looked at Uncle Jouichiro in an amused and curious gaze. Uncle Jouichiro is immersed in his own world as he felt that the food that he ate can be improved further and further. The sky is the limit. What he didn't realize was that the cells were merging with his body as it seems like they deem him compatible with it.

Granny Setsuno and Old man Jiro looked at Uncle Jouichiro in shock. Others have injected themselves with gourmet cells and became monsters if they are incompatible with the cells while others use the safest way, consuming food with ingredients from gourmet world for decades just to merge their gourmet cells with their own body, but here lies Uncle Jouichiro who just ate Granny Setsuno's food, merged with the gourmet cells completely without side effects.

"Seems like the young will really surpass the old right, Jiro-chan?" Setsuno said to Jiro who only nodded.

I have also noticed the changes within Uncle Jouichiro's body as I saw the gourmet cells merging with his body completely fine. Meanwhile the gourmet cells that entered my body are completely swallowed by my own cells.

'Seems like they don't want the gourmet cells inside me.' I thought as they gobbled and melted the gourmet cells and turned them to stored energy.

'Sigh, I thought I would have those appetite demons where I will have to consume tons of calories just to maintain them. In any case, I don't want unstable power.' I thought to myself.

While we were chatting, another batch of customers came in and we gave way. I saw the new batch of customers. Toriko, Komatsu, Takimaru, Match and his goons.

They were surprised to see the customers before them. They all have their own quirks. 2 are drunkards dressed in patched up clothes, A man in blue coat, A man in a casual clothing.

"Don't mind the guest, they are my guests after all." They were surprised but shook it off since they are here to eat as well.

Toriko sat down beside me and greeted me.

"I'm Toriko, how about you?" He asked me.

"Vergil, pleased to make your acquaintance." I said with a smile.

"This here is Komatsu, a chef from a high-class restaurant." He introduced me the shy chef beside me.

"Hello there. Uncle Jouichiro, it seems like a fellow chef has come as well." I said to Uncle Jouichiro as he introduced himself as well. Komatsu haven't heard of a chef named Jouichiro, but he is sure by the way he tasted the soup in front of him, he is a formidable chef.

Toriko as well didn't dwell on it any longer as food came in batches as they ate and had a smile in their faces. I'm intrigued about Match because this is the first time I've met a Katana user, an iaido user as well.

They ate their fill and we have finished ours a long time ago, but we didn't leave because there is still Granny Setsuno's request. Komatsu asked Toriko the reason why Granny Setsuno only opens up once a month. Granny Setsuno hearing this, she explained.

"Every ingredient have desires too, to achieve the peak of their taste, you could only cook them when they gave you permission to." Hearing this, Komatsu nodded as he pondered things about his cooking.

We continued chatting with each other as Takimaru explained himself as a gourmet knight that has a docrine 'to entrust one's life completely to nature'. They are also used to fasting that they can survive for a long time without eating.

Match is a gourmet mafia and his dream is to feed the children in his village, thats why he and his goons have ventured to this place to earn some money to send food back to their village.

Granny Setsuno then closed the shop as we were lead by her to a really huge pot. She explained that this is the century soup that has been cooking for a long time, and she tasked us to bring the rumored soup from Ice Hell, since its near ripe and ready to be harvested.

Our group accepted it as well as the others. I did because she will offer help alongside Uncle Jouichiro in cooking food for my wedding.

In 3 days time, we set out to Ice hell in a big cruiser.

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I came here bearing a sad news. I will put this on hiatus because of the loss of ideas to expand my shitty novel. This is the problem of OP MCs, lack of opponents. If you nerfed him, he will be a stupid MC. Thats why sometimes OP MC Novels usually transitions to slice of life genre when they are unstoppable in their own world.

Of course I have some inkling ideas on how to advance it, just didn't have the 'correct' way to maneuver them. The thing that I was planning with our MC is that, Whis will invite Sparda in the fight against Champa's fighters who in turn will pass it to Vergil.

Then MC as a sword user would be forced to use his martial arts. Challenge hit into a no holds barred meaning they could kill each other. Of course with the help of Eyes of the Lord, he will copy, the invisible fist, Time-skip, and his assassin skills.

I am also planning on upgrading Yamato into a zanpakuto where it will be a projection type bankai(just like the dog commander where his bankai summons an armor). In Vergil's case, I would use Meruem, Ddraig and Red as his projections. They will fight side by side.

Also the reason why I released this very late is... as you know I have a job and somehow well-off, I pooled my excess money alongaide my family to help those in need and yeah I have been volunteering on giving relief goods to those who are in need. Then back to work. I have decided to atleast make this novel reach the hundreds before putting it into a hiatus.

Also, I would like to continue writing but on the other novel. Like I said i'm writing that novel to somehow relax cause this novel is more on the fighting side...so yeah. That's all I guess. Although a bit sad that I'm going to put a pause on this, I will have to.