CHAPTER 1028: CHAPTER 1027: I HEARD YOU’RE VERY IMPRESSIVE (PART 1)

"Hmm? Brune is indeed the ’Hidden King’ of the IGO organization, but he is not truly at the king level."

On the phone, Zhu Ji’s tone carried a hint of astonishment, not expecting Xia Yu to specifically call to inquire about someone’s identity.

"He is the last surviving elder of the previous generation of the IGO. I saw him when I was young."

On the other end of the phone, Xia Yu said with a "shocked face," "Then how old is he?"

"Who knows."

There was a trace of strangeness and fluctuation in Zhu Ji’s voice.

Xia Yu continued to ask, "In his dishes, I saw shadows of both Food Justice and Food Dominator combined. Why is that?"

"Hmm?!"

Even Zhu Ji seemed surprised. After a while, he said slowly with a serious tone, "He is a Food Dominator Chef, there’s no doubt about that. But a Food Dominator Chef proving his way to king level, since the existence of the IGO and the Gourmet Club, only Lance is an example. Perhaps he was stagnant for too long. He accidentally stumbled onto this path."

Is that so?

Xia Yu kept the question in his mind.

Brune’s attitude towards him was, well, uncharacteristically friendly. Could there be another hidden story?

A rather bold thought crossed his mind... Could he be observing me, gaining new inspiration and direction from me?

Xia Yu was startled by this thought.

Ha, I’m feeling overly confident, aren’t I? An elder from the previous generation, a truly ageless old monster, why would he want to follow my path? Xia Yu mocked himself a bit, hastily stopping the thought, worried about falling into terrifying delusions, letting himself drift away.

Just as one phone call ended, another one almost immediately cut in.

"Who is it?"

Xia Yu answered, listening to the concise and to-the-point meeting notice from ’Scalpel’ Karl, filled with astonishment.

Did the IGO decide to hand over the ’Greedy Wolf Pot’?

But with conditions?

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu gazed at the shimmering canal outside the window, with the brightly colored classical European houses on both sides blurring in his view. His mind was racing, contemplating how quickly the IGO Sage’s attitude changed, and how Brune, this elder, had such incredible influence.

Moreover, what were the conditions? Xia Yu never thought he could get something for nothing.

Nominally, the ’Greedy Wolf Pot’ is a divine artifact of the Chinese Cuisine World, but it was not the IGO institution that took the divine artifact initially, so asking for it as stolen goods from the IGO would never work.

How the IGO got the ’Greedy Wolf Pot,’ Xia Yu had no interest in finding out the story behind it. Whoever has the treasure, go find them.

Now the situation has turned around!

Xia Yu secretly thanked Ghost Father Tiqie Ji for the great help.

Uncle, I’ll certainly take good care of your daughter. You can rest easy.

...

Research facility at IGO headquarters.

With a "click" sound, the door of the sterile safety chamber opened, and two researchers in white coats came out. One of them carried a sci-fi-looking sealed metal box, quite heavy, placing it on the table with a thud.

"Be gentle!"

The older researcher glared and said.

The young researcher responded sheepishly.

Before long, voices of conversation approached from the outside.

Luther, Brune, and IGO’s three sages appeared together, with the two researchers retreating.

"In fact, our research secret vault contains many unresolved research projects. After picking here and there, I finally chose this one—"

Luther stepped forward, entered a series of complex passwords on the metal box’s keypad with beeps. With a light click, just as the appearance suggested, the way the box opened was quite sci-fi. The metal on all four sides instantaneously decomposed, resembling an opening cube, revealing a display stage filled with mysterious materials clearly in everyone’s view.

On it was an egg.

The egg was as big as a human face, but beyond its noticeable size, if one looked closely, they would see a hint of lightning coursing across the eggshell.

An electrified egg!

The few people in the room were also well-experienced. Except for Luther, the head of the research institute, the others merely had a facial twitch before returning to normal.

"This egg has a very unusual feeling."

Amor smacked his lips, driven by the ’cells’ within, reaching out to tentatively touch the eggshell, recoiling with a numbing hand in the next second. A look of horror crossed his face, stepping back two steps, "This electricity... ugh, it’s still in eggshell state, not even in the larval form. If it reaches maturity, how powerful could this mysterious creature be?"

Bastian, who also wanted to touch it, seeing Amor quietly hanging his twitching hand behind his back, subtly retracted his just-stepped forward right foot.

Luther looked serious, "Yes, according to my estimation, its mature form’s hunting level is close to one hundred!"

One hundred!

A large gasp ensued.

Thinking about it, it’s not surprising.

For example, the ’Demon Big Snake Meat,’ regarded as a personal treasure by Tiqie Ji, is already a top-tier forbidden ingredient in today’s global gourmet world, with a golden quality. But the ’Demon Big Snake’ itself only has 21 hunting levels. In the original "Toriko," it was a dominant force on Earth, causing quite a bit of trouble for the protagonist’s group.

More examples include the River Puffer Whale (29 hunting levels), Five-headed Bird (15 hunting levels), and Booze Camel (17 hunting levels).

Therefore.

Many ingredients now jointly classified as "forbidden" by the IGO and Gourmet Club, their original forms in "Toriko," did not possess the overwhelming strength to destroy Earth with a single punch or swallow planets in a rampage.

Approaching 100 hunting levels, being considered the strongest creature on the surface is not an exaggeration.

"Then let’s go with this one!"

Amor quickly said with a mischievous laugh, then immediately reverted to a serious tone, coughing, "Legendary kitchenware is already priceless, and this electrified egg... its value is immeasurable as well. If he can hatch this egg and transfer the hatchling of the mysterious creature to us, the ’Greedy Wolf Pot’ is his!"

Bastian hesitated to speak, "Wouldn’t it make the Chinese Realm think we’re deliberately making things difficult?"

"Not difficult, not difficult." Amor repeatedly shook his head.

Luther, Karl, and Brune exchanged a glance.

This gesture caught Amor’s eye, sinking his heart, he shouted, "Karl, Great Elder, you wouldn’t have other arrangements, would you?"

Brune said, "Karl and I plan to hand over the ’Greedy Wolf Pot’ to them first."

"No way!"

"Absolutely not!"

The two did not heed the ’Master of Fire’s protests, using the intercom in the room, and shortly after, Xia Yu, also donning a white robe, followed a researcher into the room.

"What is not allowed?" Xia Yu laughed as he came in, scanning the room, "I could hear someone shouting from far away, quite amusing."

Luther, Karl, Brune, and Bastian all took a step back, turning their heads, signaling they did not know this person.

Instantly becoming the shame of the IGO higher-ups, Amor’s face turned stiff and scornful, overwhelmed with anger.

Hmm?

Xia Yu was not foolish. Based on the standing positions in the room, he vaguely realized that before he arrived, the big shots might have reached some sort of cooperation regarding the ’Greedy Wolf Pot’ event. Of course, judging by the situation, Amor was definitely the thorn in the side, and from the kind look he gave Xia Yu, Xia Yu knew if he wanted this deal to succeed, he had to "handle" this person, making him submit obediently.

"I heard your ’control of heat’ is quite impressive?"

This was the second sentence Xia Yu said upon entering the room, quite shocking.

The target of his words was the ’hardline’ Sage, Amor.

The named Sage widened his eyes.

The air instantly filled with a tense atmosphere!