Komatsu's Miracle

They waited for nearby Chefs to come.

The ones who came first was Setsuno and her assistant.

Next to follow are Chefs Chiru, Livebearer, Damala Sky, Lulubhu, Sumire and Tsurara Mama. Livebearer also called Poison Chef Tylan, considering they're both Non-IGO...and learned the technique from Yuda, but...

Well, the only thing that improved was that they can cook for 70 million people with this party...70 million over 50 billion people.

'How about this, some restaurants are still operating...how about we give them a call, teach them the technique to reinforce us here, then have our fastest couriers deliver the products here?' Naruko suggested.

'That'd work...especially if we combine my technique to buy people three hours through Pressure Point Control to slow down the circulation of poison.' said Tylan. 'We can do it that way.'

'Its still possible after all!' Komatsu sighed in relief.

'Yes, but its a Super-Special Preparation Ingredient. Only those like us can make it.' said Yuda.

'But if we find a simple way so that even ordinary chefs can do it, we can make it!' Komatsu cried passionately. '10 minutes! Its all I ask! I'll find a way out somehow!'

"This boy..."

"He's serious."

Both Damala and Lulubhu thought. The others could see his resolve as well.

'You've grown, Komatsu.' Naruko sounded proud of him. 'Show us that you can do it...a way to produce Medicinal Mochi that even ordinary chefs can make in the promised time.'

'Hai!' Komatsu then ran into the kitchen to find a method.

'Can he do it?' Yuda wondered. 'Even I poured my time but the most I managed, was half hour as I've showed you.'

'You shouldn't underestimate Komatsu Tray King Yuda.' said Livebearer.

'He was a genius stuck in a rut around low-class ingredients and would have been if he never met Toriko.' said Naruko. 'Toriko always takes him out to play and next thing we know he revived an Extinct Ingredient in half a year, Century Soup and he told me he prepared Meteor Garlic in a short time. His talents awaken the more he sees the world. A talent that grows the more he walks. He's that type of talent and he would have rotted had he stayed in one place.'

'Yes, mine took me thirty years but even then I never completed it. Hohoho.' Setsuno chuckled. 'The aurora never appeared.'

'As you all know, eating the cuisine in our Disappearing Cuisine is abstruse.' said Chiru. 'But Komatsu-kun...in the face of that, found and showed me a way to let the populace be able to eat it and in such a short time.'

'Eh?!'

'The delicate ingredients in your restaurant, Chiru-kun?!' Lulubhu gasped out.

'Yes...to be honest I felt quite jealous of Komatsu-kun's talent as a chef and more than anything...when I saw him accepted by the ingredients.'

'Hohoho...it seems like we're before someone incredible.' Setsuno chuckled. 'All we can do now is wait.'

'Yes, I've called in all chefs of my group.' said Damala.

'We're also all ready.' said Livebearer.

'I also called in my Snack Comrades, ready to act.'

Wait they did...and he did it.

Now was the time to mass-produce...and Komatsu found a way to simplify cooking it, and drastically cut prep time akin to Instant Ramen.

And the chefs were baffled that to do it, he did something so basic they FORGOT IT. Even Naruko admitted that herself.

Well, if you do so many advanced techniques for years on constant high-class goods, you'd forget that too!

By using 1L Delicineral Water and 1G Taste Salt mix, soak the colored rice for 25 minutes. This way they can separate grains by weight and color of the purple to get the needed Purple against the Green Rain by Color Fixing. Then take the pale purple and deep purple colors into a 1:1 ratio and steam them. Then as the rice has been color-fixed, they have no worry for color-changing, so they can pound as they please, then add 290 grams of Plumpst Nut Paste.

Why the paste?

He got ten minutes and figured it out in five, the remaining five was '-might as well make it taste better!' according to Nono, Setsuno's assistant(and most likely, heir).

The high-class chefs were stumped and stunned.

'Let's make it now.' said Damala. 'We can manage the remainder by ourselves!'

'With our groups, we can supply plenty for the people.' said Yuda. 'I'm amazed, Komatsu-kun!'

Komatsu who was once a mediocre chef due to access only to cheap ingredients, got this far.

Mass production commenced of the purple rice before kneading and rolling it into balls. However, they did it while watching.

Upon making enough, they could continue to watch again.

But were horrified to see the boys in a terrible state.

'Naruko-san, can you go to them?' Komatsu pleaded. 'This is terrible!' he cried.

'They're not dead yet. Normally they'd be OK even being banged up so bad.' said Naruko as she took out her phone to send mail. 'But they're also so poisoned that it really puts them in dire straits. But my orders were not to interfere until they win.' said Naruko grimly. 'The President gave them this task as training and to adapt to Gourmet World Poison. He is fully-aware of this.'

'No way!' Komatsu cried in dismay.

'The only time I'm allowed to interfere is if they really WILL die. Those boys won't give up so easily.' Naruko gave him a sad smile. 'Because that freak, is food.'

'How on earth is that thing food?' Tsurara Mama asked her incredulously.

'According to the President, giving it a beating and the Four Beast makes the damage flow through its body to eject it out causes it to produce certain Amino Acids that gives that monster savoriness, tenderness and flavor which is why it could now freely shape its body to its needs.' said Naruko as the monster produced tentacles and move in high speeds to get to them. 'In other words, the boys are tricked into unwittingly preparing a Super-Special Preparation Ingredient by doing their usual thing...but the problem is, how to defeat it if it can flow the damage away safely, unaware its being prepped for cooking?'

'I hope Toriko-san remembers that...Rin-san and I finished the whole video and told him that...' Komatsu whimpered. 'I hope they eat some to recover.'

'They're talking!' Nono cried as they saw in the video that the boys are talking.

'Toriko-san remembered by the looks of it!' Komatsu cried gleefully as the boys got up, all fired up. 'I can already guess what they just said!'

'Ho-ho-ho! They said, 'let's eat this guy'.' Setsuno chuckled.

'Unbelievable.' Tylan snorted in amusement. 'At least they got motivated. But...what are they doing?' he wondered as the boys laid their hands on to of each other's.

'Beats us.' said Damala. 'They huddled up with those hand positions.' and the Animal Partners came to buy them time. And something happened. They created a yellow ball of something. 'What's that?'

'Oushoku Bansan.' said Setsuno. 'A technique that is fueled by a powerful appetite combined with a focus to eat what the user wants to eat. If completed, it will eat the enemy until its no more.' she explained. 'Its a technique Acacia-sama created and taught it to us...and now Ichi-chan taught it to his boys.' she chuckled. 'And its all they got now. And the moment its created...the fight is over.'

'Well, time to get packing Komatsu. Those boys passed their final exam.' said Naruko. 'They can now go to the Gourmet World as they wish.'

'Hai!' and the two left.

xxx

The Battle Zone...

Komatsu and Naruko waited for the rain to go away first before she grabbed him and used Shunshin.

'Guuuuys!' Komatsu cried as they appeared nearby.

'Komatsu, Naruko!' Toriko called out.

'Eat these quickly before Naruko-san can do her job! Its Medicinal Mochi against Green Rain Poison!' Komatsu cried hastily, opening up his Gourmet Case to let them take the Mochi.

'Yum! This s' good Matsu!' Sani moaned at the soft texture and sweet taste.

'This guy managed to simplify Chef Yuda's Medicinal Mochi recipe.' said Naruko. 'He was able to cook it like Instant Ramen when before, it takes half-hour to make.' she said praisingly. 'Now eat up so I can do my job!' she said as with a snap of her fingers, she dried them instantly.

'Er, what job?' Coco blinked.

'I want you guys to bite my arms but DON'T EAT ME,' she growled in emphasis aimed at Zebra who snorted. 'Just a light bite and suck my energy. Your injuries will heal to speed up poison recovery with the Mochi.'

'Alright...' Naruko spread her arms for the boys to share and bite, for Naruko to activate Heal Bite.

But halfway through, Coco realized something.

Sure their injuries healed fast but Naruko's waves are waning...

'Guys, stop!' he cried panickingly.

'No, continue!' Naruko told him sternly. 'Just leave enough for me to stay alive. This is the job I was eating for a week for!'

'A-are you serious?!' Toriko sputtered.

'Yes, now shut up and keep sucking! Coco will tell you when you should really stop.'

This time, its with reluctance...but she went unhealthy-pale and her hair turned white...

'STOP!' was Coco's outburst as they had to support her up.

'Naruko-san, do we need the ER?!' Komatsu freaked out.

'Nah, this is enough.' said Naruko. 'I thought I'd need it but thanks to Coco's ability, I'll just need a hospital stint. But...how long will Oushoku Bansan hold the food?'

'No idea...we wait for it I guess.' said Sani as they sat down to rest.

'But we sure made something amazing!' Toriko cried in glee. 'Look at that, bulging with the Four Beast Meat! I can't wait to eat it!'

'Oushoku Bansan...the all-devouring energy...what an amazing technique.' said Coco softly.

'Its true form is appetite...so I guess our appetites ain't half-bad.' said Zebra.

'I'm so tired and hungry...and we ate all the Mochi already I'm still starving!' Sani moaned wearily. 'But hey, what's that tiny thing near it?' he asked, seeing a smaller circle

'Its people.' said Zebra. 'The people the bastard took.'

'EH?!' they looked up.

'I overheard some things.' said Zebra, looking at Naruko who sputtered.

'What kinda hearing you got?!' Naruko yelled in exasperation.

'Hah.'

'I sense electromagnetic waves...everyone's alive!' Coco cried as sure enough, the small one burst...

'SANI!' Toriko burst out as Sani created a massive 'Hair Net!' to catch the falling humans. The next to fall, was the meat. All shiny with oil, and very marbled with fat.

'Naruko-san, eat some so you'd recover!' Komatsu cried as he was the one propping her up. 'Please get some for her!'

'OK!' it was Toriko who got some for her and she ate it...she quickly recovered that her stark-white hair turned blonde again. She recovered quickly from a few bites alone that she can stand up again.

'That was super delicious even when raw! Its got this sweet meaty taste bursting in oils and juices of levels I never had before! Yum!' Naruko squealed, swooning at the flavors and her words got stomachs growling and the boys drooling. 'I can't wait to cook it!'

'Its that nutritious eh? Yosh~ let's go get some too! Time for everybody to eat it!' Toriko cried happily as the Mass Harvest began, with the IGO sending Carrier Helicopters and trucks over.

Upon harvesting all the meat, it was an eat-all-you-can fest that lasted a whole day with all Chefs cooking Non-Stop with the wares provided by the IGO to back up the chefs that ended at eight o'clock just so the chefs could also enjoy the Four Beast Meat themselves.

'Phew...what a day huh?' Naruko mused as at Chef Yuda's Zen Ou Overlooking Floor area, the day's heroes kept eating.

'Yeah, this is the best, Naruko-san.' Komatsu smiled as they keep coming up with the food. 'Its so delicious!'

'I'm glad its our turn to eat.' said Naruko, enjoying food.

'Yeah, good thing for your clones! I can't believe you recovered so fast from a small ball of raw meat...'

'Its that good I guess?'

xxx

Three days later...

Naruko has many jobs to do since that day and has become a very busy woman.

'Man, what a slavedriver.' she sighed. 'But at least I've done all I can.' she mused. 'Now will it really happen, I wonder...that thing he's so wary of?'

Ever since the President learned about her, she was asked what she could do and then dumped jobs on her because of his many predictions and speculations, wanting to be double-sure for the Gourmet Age and preserving it. He experimented on her abilities and deemed it effective for saving the age.

She supposed no matter where she went, she would always be the Savior.

But this world is easier to save than her own at least.

Well, time to go back.

Its gonna be the Cooking Fest soon.