Chapter 29
" it's this place Toriko-kun?" Aiko asked
" yep!" Toriko said
As they looked At the heavy lodge bar.
As Aiko and komatsu opened the door to see a heavily scarred blonde man wearing a white suit and a young man with chin length black hair that covered his right eye wearing an orange and purple outfit with orange wraps around his head and a crescent moon pendant attached to it, they were both in position to fight each other, then she noticed that everyone in the bar was looking at her and komatsu.
' I think we got in at a bad time...' Aiko though when she looked at the crowd Toriko opened the door as he had his regular hairstyle back.
" Sup?!"Toriko exclaimed
"Is that Toriko?!"
" the real one?"
"It's Toriko!"
" toriko's here!" They cheered
" looks like the charismatic mans shown up" the bartender said
" Sure takes me back, Heavy lodge" Toriko said " it's busy as always"
" that's amazing everyone knows you Toriko-San" Komatsu said
" yeah, he sure is famous Komatsu " Aiko said as she looked around the bar.
'Toriko the man that even the leader of us, the gourmet Knights take his hat off to ' the young man with chin length black hair though.
"Of course, he's one of the Bishokuya four heavenly kings, I took on one of the four Heavenly kings once, I though I was gonna be killed it was a man called Zebra I got all of these scars that day..." the blond scarred man said
" yo master haven't heard from you in a while" Toriko said as he took a seat at the bar. The man then placed a gigantic glass of beer in front of him
"Drink up Toriko. It's Enamel Beer" he said " how long's it been? I've been lonely!"
" I've had no lack of request for work recently, so I haven't been able to drop by" Toriko said
" don't be so cold. Work doesn't matter, just come on by!" He said then Toriko drank the beer, and then placed it back on the counter
"Another one!"Toriko said
"Man that was fast!" the man exclaimed
' hehe Toriko-kun is always like that he finishes everything in a blink of an eye' Aiko though as she giggled as she looked around the bar a bit
" what will you have little lady?" He asked Aiko
" Oh, um...do you have any lemonpeach tea?" Aiko asked as the bartender gave her the drink as Toriko and komatsu were talking to Zonge and the bartender as Aiko glanced at the other Bishokuya. ' hmm there's a lot of different Bishokuya here...I wonder about the location of the century soup...I know everyone has the same goal to get it...I just hope we're all in one piece...' She though as she looked at her glass.
" So master, how are the recent Bishokuya?" Toriko ask
" they're all Lukewarm " he said " I barely ever see anyone with the qualities you Four heavenly kings have"
" well if it's your judgement, Morijii, it can't be wrong" Toriko said as he drank his beer.
" master? Does he work as an intermediary between the Bishokuya and the clients?"komatsu ask
" yeah" Toriko said " he's got discerning eyes that can see through to a person's true power and talent, And he refers us Bishokuya "
" Toriko. I can see your level has drastically risen again" Morijii said
" you can tell?" Toriko said
" by the way, all the customers today seem to be pretty good" Morijii said " you got the same goal as them, right?"
" yeah, we came to take a request " Aiko said as she sipped her drink.
" From the guys on the other side of that door" Toriko said
As Aiko and Komatsu looked to the door to see a red carpet was rolled out and men in suits were running in and lining up.
" Everyone. Stop your meals! Presenting the chairman of the Gourdarake public company Mokkoi!"
" that man!" Aiko and komatsu said
" it's the old man who was buying a fortune at the department store" Toriko said
" il give you 10 billion yen to anyone who fulfills my request" Mokkoi said
' 10 billion?! That's a lot! I've had other jobs that weren't as much as this!' Aiko though
"Come to the harbor tomorrow " Mokkoi said " I won't refuse anyone who arrives"
" you're serious about that reward amount, right?"
" what a stupid question! Who do you think I am?" Mokkoi said " The century soup those that are up for the challenge, come with me" he then turned around and left while talking to his bodyguards that were following him
' I don't know why but I have a strange feeling about this capture...first we don't know where we're going...second the reward money...if it's priced this high it could mean it's dangerous place...but still...I don't want the money I just wanna try the soup...to know what's missing in granny setsu's soup...' Aiko though
" Be careful on your trip Toriko" Morijii said
" I'm sure we'll be okay" Aiko said
" um...Do you think it's okay for me to go with him and Ai-chan ?" Komatsu ask
" are you a Bishokuya?" Morijii ask as he looked at komatsu and Aiko
" ah, no I'm a chef my name is komatsu " komatsu said
" I work as a Bishokuya but I'm sorta a chef too my names Aiko " Aiko said
" a chef, Eh? I see" Morijii said as he looked at komatsu " it's odd, all these years looking at people heading out on journeys, there have been people I wanted to stop no matter what and then people like you that I want to push forward. go ahead and go"
" Y-Yes sir!" Komatsu said
" I bet your relieved komatsu" Toriko said
" You Aiko is it?" Morijii ask
" Y-yes?" Aiko said as Morijii looked at her
' this girl...there's something about her that's familiar...I don't know why...In terms of power it looks like she can handle herself...there's also some untapped power that she hasn't unlocked...maybe on this trip it might be unlocked' Morijii though
" you might have what it takes to this trip I'm sure you'll do fine" Morijii said
" yes sir! I was gonna go anyway since Komatsu and Toriko-kun were going" Aiko said as this made Morijii smirk as he glanced at Toriko.
" So is this your girlfriend? I gotta say Toriko you sure know how to pick the pretty ones" Morijii whispered to Toriko making Toriko slightly blush.
"It's nothing like that!Shes not my girlfriend!" Toriko said as he jumped ' at least not now until I find the right moment to tell her...' He though
" Come there's something I wanna show you" Morijii said
" okay" Toriko said
As they followed Morijii to the wine cellar as he opened a secret passage revealing a lot of different weapons and tools.
" Morijii sells items for Bishokuya " Toriko said
As Aiko and komatsu looked through the cases and various items.
" you better make sure you've got all the equipment you need" Morijii said
" these sure are expensive Knocking guns" komatsu said " right ai-chan? Ai-chan?"
" ohh this is a new knocking gun isn't it!" Aiko said holding the tool.
" Ai-chan look this is the one Coco-San used on the puffer whale!" Komatsu said " so expensive!"
' it's the same as Coco-kun?...I wonder how he's doing? that knocking gun would come in handy it's better being safe than sorry' Aiko though as she looked at the knocking gun " hey I'm Buying this!" Aiko said as she took the same knocking gun that Coco has.
" Oh, what's this?" Toriko said
" it's a gourmet stick" Morijii said " it's an item that gives you all the information about an ingredient"
" it might know something about the location of the Century Soup" Toriko said
' it might really come in handy in this trip and in any trip that I might go...' Aiko though
" il take it" Toriko and Aiko said simultaneously
A few moments later they were at a large ship in the harbor. As Aiko and komatsu looked at the white bag that they were given.
" what's this?' Komatsu ask as they opened it.
"They're suits" Aiko said as she looked at the skin tight suit ' a skin tight suit?...' Aiko though as she sigh ' I'd rather not...but I don't know where we're going...'
" now then gentleman " Mokkoi said " I'll now be telling you the location of the Century Soup, Our destination is Ice hell "
' ice hell! That place gives off intense cold that freezes anything and any living thing!' Aiko though as her eyes widen.
" it's also known as the Bishokuya refrigerator " Aiko mumbled
" it's said long ago when there was no refrigeration preservation technology Bishokuya would gather their full courses here to preserve them a legendary Continent"Mokkoi said " and there's a Multitude of ingredients stored in the ice mountain in the center, that ice releases a radiance like its displaying the ability of our predecessors. It is also known as the Gourmet show window, we know that it only melts once every hundred years find that century soup at all cost!"
as Aiko was still changing in the other room as Toriko and komatsu waited outside at the boat's surface. As a few birds flew by.
" Geez the rich's network of information sure is incredible " Toriko said as he changed into his suit that had orange lines.
" Yes and he even prepared something like these for us to defend against the cold" komatsu said as he wore his suit that had light green lines.
" lighter suits" Toriko said " the layers of materials rub against each other and the friction of heat preserves the high temperature throughout the suit"
" you're right I don't feel cold anymore!" Komatsu said as he lightly jumped as he stopped "I wonder why Ai-chan is taking so long?"
" I'm over here!" Aiko said as she walked a bit as she blushed she was not comfortable walking in the suit that has white lines as Toriko's eyes widened as he saw Aiko while noticing how the suit outlined her figure showing of her curves as well as other features which her normal clothes usually hid as he blushed. " I'm not used to wearing this. But it really is useful to protect us from the Cold..." As she hugged herself as she slightly blushed
' she's really is self conscious about her appearance...she looks so different in it..I can't take my eyes off of her...' Toriko though as he noticed a few other Men looking at Aiko. As Toriko tighten his fist ' I don't want them staring at my girl!...wait why did I think that? She's not my girl...well at least not yet...' As he glared at the other men as they looked away as Toriko looked back at Aiko as he smiled at her.
then they heard a clopping sound. Aiko looked over to see the young man that she saw at the tavern riding on horse.
" but unfortunately, there weren't any for use by horses" the young man said
" A-a horse?" Komatsu said
" A horse!" Aiko said as her eyes glittered at the horse
" hello Toriko-San. I am takimaru of the Gourmet knights " takimaru said
"Oh, the Gourmet Knights" Toriko chuckled, "with they're leader Aimaru at the heart they're a group that honors natural food. They are a few of them, but they're a bunch with supremely strong spirits."
" I like your horse! Can I pet him?" Aiko said making the young male look at her, and immediately blushed, quickly directing his gaze toward Toriko. As he let Aiko pet the white horse as she smiled as she left leaving Toriko talking to takimaru as she walked around the ship.
" no matter how much I try I can't get use to wearing this suit" Aiko muttered " I knew I should've bought that jacket I saw at the store..." As she heard an alarm sounding as she looked and ran to where Toriko and komatsu were when a sharcrocodile blocked her path.
" Really? A sharcrocodile?" Aiko said
Sharcrocodile (reptile beast) capture level 6
" these guys make delicious sashimi" Toriko said " I give thanks to all the ingredients in this world itadakimasu!" He then quickly ran up the creature and punched it on it's underbelly, "Knocking complete" the creature tumbled back showing that Toriko had only hit it with his index finger.
"Amazing. He did Knocking with just his finger" Takimaru said and then saw that there were more Sharcrocodiles climbing onto the ship.
" great there's more of them?!" Aiko said That was when she noticed that all of the other Bishokuyas on the ship had started to charge towards the Sharcrocodile. She watched as all of the others used their weapons and saw that Zonge threw his axe at one, which had no effect and watched as he and subordinates ran away as she sigh wondering how they're still alive after everything that happened.
" Ai-chan! Look out!"Komatsu shouted
" huh?" Aiko said as she saw a few sharcrocodile around her as she cracked her knuckles. " I got this! Reiki pyro punch!" She said as fire formed in both her hands as she punched the sharcrocodile sending it flying. " yeah that's what I'm talking about!" As she noticed the blond scarred man that she saw at the bar a few feet away from her.
" Match-San" one of his subordinates said
As he quickly drew his sword " Iai Sanmai Oroshi!" He said as the sharcrocodile was cut in pieces.
" match-San"
" take care of the rest" match said
' that's some sword technique he's fast' Aiko though as she looked at takimaru as he was on his horse.
" Sennuki Shot!" Takimaru said as he hit all of the sharcrocodile around him.
" that's amazing he dislodge their bones" Aiko muttered as she stared at takimaru as she walked to where Toriko and komatsu were at.
" it'd take some real power of concentration to pull off that kind of technique " Toriko said " as one would expect of a member of the Gourmet Knights"
" Toriko-San! Ai-chan!" Komatsu said as he ran over " this has gotten really bad!"
" I though you'd be used to this much by now komatsu" Toriko said
" yeah, don't worry komatsu you'll get used to it, I got used to it when I was little" Aiko said that was when the boat shook and a gigantic eel like creature emerged from the water and roared
" I'm not used to it at all!" Komatsu shouted
" 3 REN KUGI PUNCH!" Toriko said as he hit the giant eel like creature sending it back to the water.
As everything seemed to settle down as Aiko let out a breath as she felt a bit relieved that the creatures were gone.
" Hey check it out everyone " Toriko said
" Could that be?" Komatsu said
" yes the continent of ice, ice hell" Mokkoi said
" it's huge!" Komatsu and Aiko said
" it's amazing isn't it Toriko-kun?" Aiko ask
" So we've gotta climb this?" Toriko questioned
" I think so if there's no other way" Aiko said
" I wish you food luck" Mokkoi said
" I've never been here before...it looks pretty but it can also be dangerous here" Aiko said " but I know it'll be worth it right Toriko-kun? Komatsu?" As she smiled
" yes!"Komatsu said as he smiled
" yeah Aiko " Toriko said as he ruffled Aiko's hair as she smiled
as they heard a large noise, Toriko, Aiko and komatsu looked up to see a large piece of an iceberg had fallen off and was heading towards the boat.
" Kya! Really a giant ice Boulder!"Aiko shouted
there you have it guys please leave a review. Il be posting another chapter soon see you guys soon!
