Zongman: The chef who is not doing his job

"Hmm... I haven't eaten these things for a long time." After eating and drinking his fill, Nakiri Senzaemon couldn't help but sigh.

"I was afraid that you, Commander-in-Chief, and the young lady would not be able to get used to my simple meals." Wang Lin said with a smile.

"You call this simple food? You think too highly of yourself." Erina's mouth twitched. Even her own divine tongue couldn't resist the temptation, so how could it be called simple food?

"Well, I thought you guys usually have a lot of meat and fish." Wang Lin explained with a shrug.

"How is it possible..." Erina's mouth continued to twitch: "You are prejudiced against us! Besides, it's not like I haven't been to Daxia before, let alone Grandpa."

"Hey? Commander, do you go to Daxia often?" Wang Lin asked curiously. He thought that the culinary world of Daxia had always been closed to the outside world.

Because as far as he knows, unless Da Xia’s culinary industry can’t survive, no one will come out!

Nakiri Senzaemon nodded: "I don't go there very often. I have some family matters to take care of."

“Oh.” Wang Lin did not continue to ask, and changed the subject: “By the way, Commander-in-Chief, the Jade Dragon Pot…”

"...My suggestion is that you return it to the Hong family. Of course, you can't return it for nothing. The Hong family will definitely compensate you. What's more, that old man Hong cheated you not long ago!"

When saying this, Nakiri Senzaemon was even too embarrassed to look at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin rolled his eyes. Seeing this, he already understood what was going on! He said that his master's attitude was not right! Sure enough, there was a problem!

As for the Hong family and old man Hong mentioned by Nakiri Senzaemon... well, they are actually the culprits who tricked Wang Lin into coming to Neon, the big guy who replaced Wang Lin's place in the competition!

He is the current leader of the Daxia cuisine industry and the current president of the Dragon Chefs Alliance. It can be said that he is extremely powerful! His cooking skills are amazing! He can be called a living chef god!

Powerful, influential and capable!

Although Wang Lin’s teacher Lan Xiusheng is also a top figure in the culinary world, he is still a little behind this big boss named Hong.

As far as Wang Lin knows, this President Hong, Lan Shusheng and Nakiri Senzaemon should be considered to be of the same generation, but Lan Shusheng and Nakiri Senzaemon already look like old men, while this one still looks middle-aged!

This is because one’s cooking skills are still improving by leaps and bounds, as if there is no bottleneck!

“So, Commander-in-Chief, you are actually here to lobby for my master?” Wang Lin glared with dead eyes and complained.

Nakiri Senzaemon simply closed his eyes and nodded: "That's right! You know your master, he has lived for so long, and he just likes that face."

"Let him come and tell you this himself. He can't bring himself to do that!"

"Hiss! That's not right! How could the news spread so quickly?" Wang Lin asked in disbelief, "I just found it yesterday, and the news has already reached the Hong family today?"

"How is that possible?" Nakiri Senzaemon shrugged and said, "Old man Lan wants you to return it on your own initiative."

Wang Lin smiled calmly: "General, do you think I'm stupid?"

“…Not stupid.”

"Then what about my sword? He's bullying me like this! And he still wants me to take the initiative to show kindness to them? Do you really think I don't have a temper? Which idiot gave my master this idea? I'm going to kill him!"

Sharpening the knife to kill pigs and sheep, Wang Lin's magic knife Qianren is already thirsty for food!

Nakiri Senzaemon couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. He knew that he would lose his temper, which was normal, but he might have to continue to be the villain.

"Ahem, Xiaolin, let me tell you this. Actually, your master has figured out one thing. Although this incident of yours was nominally done by Old Man Hong, it actually has nothing to do with him."

"What?!" Wang Lin asked in disbelief, "Even if you want me to give in first, you can't say nonsense, right? He was the one who made the list. Who else could have replaced the people if not him? Does anyone else have this right?"

In this regard, Nakiri Senzaemon was also helpless. Why do you want me to help you explain to the victims about the mistakes made by Daxia New Oriental?

"Ahem, these are your master's original words! They have nothing to do with me..." Master Nakiri coughed lightly and explained:

"…I think when New Oriental reported it, they casually told Old Man Hong that the Liu and Bai families had two divine talents this year, and Old Man Hong was interested in these two children, so his people replaced your place. Old Man Hong should have been the one who signed it."

Nakiri Senzaemon spread his hands helplessly. He was distressed and wanted to laugh.

Wang Lin (╬￣皿￣): "… Damn it! What a mess! Without divine talent, you have no human rights!"

“But no matter what, is the Hong family so powerful that you all have to give in?” Wang Lin looked at Nakiri Senzaemon in confusion and asked, “Even you, the commander-in-chief who is far away in Japan, are going to give in?”

"No! The Hong family has long been in decline!" Nakiri Senzaemon shook his head and said, "The Liu, Lan, Bai, Jie and other culinary families at least have descendants. The Hong family only has old man Hong as the heir, and old man Hong has no descendants!"

"Do you think we are afraid of old man Hong? No! We respect him! His three sons and one daughter, all three sons, died in the line of duty! It can be said that they all died for this world. His only daughter also ran away from home because of a disagreement with him, and her whereabouts are still unknown!"

"Old Man Hong has worked hard for the culinary industry and the world his entire life, and even lost almost everything, so we respect him, and we don't want you and the Hong family to really fall out over this matter!"

Although Nakiri Senzaemon spoke passionately, when he turned around, Wang Lin looked completely confused, as if he didn't understand. Nakiri Senzaemon, on the other hand, showed a puzzled expression: "Why? You don't know?"

"Know? Know what?" Wang Lin asked in confusion.

Nakiri Senzaemon blinked and said, "You really don't know?"

"General! Let's stop playing dumb!" Wang Lin spread his hands and said, "What exactly are you talking about?"

"...Do you know about the food dimension?" Nakiri Senzaemon heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Wang Lin nodded. He was afraid that Wang Lin didn't even know this, which would make it difficult to explain.

"You don't think that this alternate dimension was peaceful at the beginning, do you?" Nakiri Senzaemon explained with a melancholy look on his face, "When these alternate dimensions first appeared, they were completely invasive!"

"The current alien space! It was sealed after a generation of efforts and counterattacks! It became what is now known as the secret realm of gourmet food!"

"You should have heard about your senior brother, right?" At this point, Nakiri Senzaemon suddenly changed the subject and asked Wang Lin another question.

Wang Lin was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't understand why Nakiri Senzaemon suddenly brought up this matter, he nodded and said, "I know. You are talking about Brother Lan Zongwei, right?"

Lan Zongwei is the son of Wang Lin's master Lan Xiusheng, and also Wang Lin's teacher at New Oriental. His son, Lan Wuhui, was the person Wang Lin used to take extra lessons with, and is also one of Wang Lin's current roommates and good friends.

Logically speaking, he should be a great chef, but unfortunately, I heard from a good friend that his father encountered an accident in his early years, which left him with psychological trauma and prevented him from lifting a kitchen knife until now.

Therefore, he could only teach theory courses at New Oriental, and the course he taught was a history course that had little to do with cooking! Although it was still a history course about chefs, it was taught in a lively and interesting way, as if he had experienced it himself.

"Lan Zongwei... what a pity." Nakiri Senzaemon shook his head with regret: "He was also a person who experienced that chaotic era. He was also useless because of some things he experienced."

"Those creatures from the other dimension are not only extremely dangerous, but also full of aggression. At first, they suddenly appeared all over the world in the form of invading our world!"

"Your senior brother Lan Zongwei became what he is now, and old man Hong's three sons died! All because of fighting those monsters!"

"Your senior brother Lan Zongwei was saved by old man Hong's youngest son, but he lost his life because of it. So your master has always felt sorry for old man Hong. Your senior brother also thinks that he killed old man Hong's last son, so he fell into guilt."

Wang Lin and Erina, who was listening to the story next to them, were silent. These things were not written in history books!

“…I’ve always known that the secret food realm is dangerous, but I didn’t expect it to be so dangerous…” Wang Lin smacked his lips.

"Ha! If it wasn't dangerous, we wouldn't have sealed it up!" Nakiri Senzaemon curled his lips: "The reason why it's not written in history books is because the crisis has never completely passed!"

"The crisis has only stopped temporarily! According to the research of our scientists, the alien space will make a comeback sooner or later! And there will be more alien spaces!"