Joichiro Yukihira took a deep breath, temporarily suppressed the curiosity in his heart, looked at Haruto, and spoke with solemnity.
“Young man.”
Haruto raised his eyes, met Joichiro Yukihira’s gaze, and his expression had already returned to calmness.
Joichiro Yukihira smiled, pointing to the sizzling, oily meat skewers on the grill.
“May I try one of your skewers? Don’t worry, the price is not an issue.”
After a slight hesitation, Haruto nodded.
“Naturally.”
Saying this, Haruto picked up a freshly grilled skewer, choosing not to brush on the secret sauce he had used earlier.
The sauce was mixed with Jewel Meat broth, and although delicious, it would mask the purest savory aroma of the Regal Mammoth meat itself.
For ordinary people, it would just taste very delicious.
But for a top chef like Joichiro Yukihira, he would definitely be able to taste the underlying issue.
Therefore, Haruto simply pinched a small amount of orange salt and lightly sprinkled it on top.
The salty freshness of the orange salt best highlighted the flavor of the ingredient itself.
“This skewer is on me. Please enjoy.”
Haruto said, handing over the skewer.
Seeing this, Joichiro Yukihira didn’t stand on ceremony and took it readily.
First, he took a deep breath of the rich meaty aroma, and then, he carefully took a small bite.
As his teeth broke through the charred, fragrant crust, the internal meat juices instantly burst open in his mouth!
Joichiro Yukihira’s body suddenly trembled, as if struck by an electric current.
His eyes instantly widened, filled with shock.
The meat was so tender it seemed to melt like a cloud on his tongue.
Yet, it had just the right amount of chewiness, without any sensation of being mushy or overcooked.
The meat’s aroma also carried a hint of citrus fragrance, rushing straight to the taste buds.
This was an ultimate delicacy he had never tasted before—a blend of wildness and tenderness.
And the perfect heat control maximized the meat’s deliciousness!
…Yukihira Soma looked at Joichiro Yukihira’s loss of composure with great surprise.
“Dad! Is it delicious or not? Say something!”
As for Yukihira Soma’s question, Joichiro Yukihira seemed not to hear it, slowly closing his eyes and savoring the ultimate deliciousness on his tongue.
He even kept his breathing extremely light, afraid of disturbing the feast on his taste buds.
After a long time, Joichiro Yukihira slowly opened his eyes and looked at the busy Haruto, his gaze full of wonder.
“This meat is too delicious.”
Haruto smiled upon hearing this; he was very confident in his control over the heat.
After all, this was likely a special ability brought about by his Gourmet Cells.
But Haruto felt there was more to it than just that.
It was just that he had acquired the Gourmet Cells too recently, and he still needed to verify his special abilities.
After hesitating for a moment, Joichiro Yukihira couldn’t help but ask.
“Young man, what exactly is the origin of this meat?”
Haruto merely smiled faintly upon hearing this, offering no reply.
He couldn’t possibly tell Joichiro Yukihira that this meat came from a Regal Mammoth over a thousand meters long, could he?
If he said that, no one would believe him; they would just think he was crazy.
Pointing to the long line queued up behind him, Haruto’s tone was calm.
“If you want more, please line up.”
Joichiro Yukihira was stunned for a moment, then reacted, letting out a wry laugh.
He knew that Haruto did not want to disclose the source of the ingredients.
However, he really wanted to taste it again.
He turned around and walked unhesitatingly to the end of the line, not forgetting to pull along the still-dazed Yukihira Soma.
Yukihira Soma finally snapped out of it and quickly followed, his eyes still full of curiosity and anticipation…
Haruto glanced at Joichiro Yukihira and Yukihira Soma, and his mind began to wander again.
The world of food wars! is actually quite good.
It just so happens that he wanted to learn cooking before.
Perhaps he could go to Totsuki Academy for some systematic study.
He figured it should be better than figuring things out on his own.
Moreover, now that he possesses Gourmet Cells, delicious food is the nourishment for his continuous growth in strength.
He should be able to eat plenty of delicious food at Totsuki Academy!
It’s just that if he wants to enter Totsuki Academy, his identity issue needs to be resolved.
That is not a problem.
Haruto looked at Mito Kazuya, who was waiting nearby.
As a leading enterprise in the beef industry, Mito Meat should be able to offer him some assistance.
But for the time being, Haruto was not planning on having too much contact with Joichiro Yukihira.
There was no way around it; in cooking, apart from his control over the heat, he was pretty much a disaster in every other aspect.
If he interacted too much with Joichiro Yukihira, it would be easy for him to be exposed as a fraud!
He had already put on a bit of an act in front of Joichiro Yukihira earlier.
Haruto certainly didn’t plan on revealing his true lack of skill so soon.
Meanwhile, the Yukihira father and son still had to busy themselves running their shop, so after buying some skewers, they left immediately.
Soon, the last skewer was sold.
Haruto put away the grill, wiped the grease from his hands, and turned to look at Mito Kazuya, who had been waiting nearby…
Ten minutes later, Haruto brought Mito Kazuya back to his home.
After a brief negotiation.
Haruto ultimately sold five hundred kilograms of Regal Mammoth meat to Mito Meat for a price of two hundred thousand Japanese yen per kilogram.
Totaling one hundred million Japanese yen.
This result was quite satisfactory for Haruto.
Five hundred kilograms of Regal Mammoth meat was half of what he had brought back.
But it was enough to ensure he wouldn’t have to worry about money going forward.
Moreover, for him, simply going to the Toriko world one more time would be enough to bring back even more.
The only problem was that he would have to wait a while before he could travel to the Toriko world again.
This left Haruto feeling quite helpless.
Furthermore, Haruto told Mito Kazuya that this was the meat of a certain type of elephant.
He wasn’t lying about this; the Regal Mammoth was indeed an elephant, just one that was’slightly’ larger.
As for Mito Kazuya, in his view, although he paid an extremely high price.
Based on the quality of the Regal Mammoth meat, the profit that these five hundred kilograms of meat could leverage was far greater than one hundred million Japanese yen.
In fact, if possible, he would have even wanted to buy all the Regal Mammoth meat Haruto had.
Unfortunately, Haruto flatly refused him.
Beyond the transaction, Mito Kazuya also promised to help Haruto resolve his identity issues.
He could even pull strings for Haruto to obtain the examination qualification for a Totsuki Academy Transfer Student Exam.
What made things tricky for Haruto, however, was that this year’s Totsuki Academy Transfer Student Exam was only a month away.
This meant he only had a short thirty days to improve his cooking skills to cope with the Totsuki Academy Transfer Student Exam.
Although Haruto found this tricky, he had no intention of backing down.
After all, for him, preparation for this Transfer Student Exam could start right now.
If he still couldn’t pass, he would be too useless.