Chapter 160: The Brothers Acknowledge Each Other
Sixth Area, the Black Triangle Sea.
"We meet again, Kaka."
"It’s been two years. Kenji, your growth rate is truly astonishing," Kaka said, opening his eyes.
Toriko and the others were dumbfounded. So that’s not a beard?! This Nitro’s appearance was just too deceptive. They didn’t know what to say. It had caught them completely off guard.
"Two years of fighting in the Forest of Appetite... if the beasts there don’t fight back, and if I didn’t have some skill, I would have been buried there," Kenji shrugged, stating it lightly. Even the 5000+ level Original Species Devil Orochi had been used as a punching bag by Kenji, though he hadn’t killed it off completely. If he were to enter the forest now, the beasts would absolutely retreat three paces. They had been beaten into having psychological trauma.
"Hiss... amazing," Kaka said in awe. In the Forest of Appetite, the lowest Capture Level for a beast was around 3000. To be able to go on a rampage there... you could count the number of powerhouses on the entire planet who could do that on one hand.
"The Gourmet Solar Eclipse is less than two months away. Mr. Kaka, please take us to capture the fish course," Toriko said.
"The difficulty and time required to capture the fish course, Another, are considerably high among Acacia’s Full Course Menu. It’s impossible for everyone to go," Kaka said.
"I’ve already captured the meat course, News," Kenji interjected.
"Good. That saves a lot of time. Let me see..." Kaka sized up the group, nodding from time to time.
"Sunny and Zebra will be in charge of capturing the dessert. Coco and Tairan will capture the drink," Kaka assigned tasks based on each person’s characteristics.
"Then what about the main course, GOD?" Toriko asked.
"Don’t worry about that. The main course is served last. GOD won’t appear until the Gourmet Solar Eclipse arrives. You all can help by capturing the materials for the Golden Cookware," Kaka said with a wave of his hand.
"Mr. Kaka, can the appetizer in Acacia’s Full Course Menu be captured?" Coco asked.
"It can be captured at any time," Kaka nodded.
"Starjun, are you the only one from the Gourmet Corp. who came?"
Toriko found Starjun. He also knew that the relationship between the Gourmet Corp. and the IGO was not as hostile as it once was.
"Yes, just me. The others are searching for NEO," Starjun nodded.
"I never thought that we, who were once enemies and rivals, would one day fight side by side," Toriko said with emotion.
Starjun couldn’t help but smile. It was true. Although he hadn’t fought with Toriko many times, to be able to fight alongside him was quite interesting.
"You were originally brothers, so it’s normal for you to be of one mind," Kenji said with a smile.
Everyone else: "Huh?"
Cries of disbelief echoed inside the Magnet Shell as everyone looked at Toriko and Starjun, unable to believe it. One was the adopted disciple of the IGO President, the other was the second-in-command of the Gourmet Corp. Wasn’t this too dramatic? Even a stage play wouldn’t be written .
"Wait a minute, Kenji, don’t joke around. How could I not know I have a brother?" Toriko felt the amount of information was a bit too much to accept at once, a mixture of feelings in his heart. Do I have a blood relative?
"On this matter, I am not joking. The two of you are indeed brothers. You were just separated at a very young age and have no impression of each other," Kenji shrugged. As for who was the older and who was the younger brother, that was up to the two of them.
"This is truly fate," Starjun said with a complex smile. Having a brother like Toriko... it didn’t feel bad. He didn’t feel any resistance or rejection towards it.
"After you eat Another, you can see your Food Memories. Even if you don’t remember what happened in your childhood, you might have a chance to see it through your Food Memories," Kaka added, offering a solution.
In truth, both of them already believed it. They just needed some time to process it. After all, they had just suddenly gained a brother.
"Starjun, after we get GOD, remember to come to my wedding," Toriko said with a smile, extending an invitation. Just acting normal was fine. Even if Starjun were just his friend, inviting him to his and Rin’s wedding was a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
Starjun was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded. Since they were brothers, he certainly wouldn’t be absent.
"Speaking of which, does that make the two of us in-laws?" Sunny asked thoughtfully. His little sister was going to marry Toriko, so wasn’t Starjun now related to him by marriage? It was truly hard to describe.
"Kenji, since you know we’re brothers, who are our parents?" Toriko asked curiously.
Starjun looked up at Kenji. He was just as curious. They had no memory fragments at all concerning their origins.
"Your lineage is quite explosive. Are you sure you want to know now?" Kenji said, unconcerned. It didn’t matter if he told them in advance. The sons of the Gourmet God Acacia and the Gourmet God Froese... that background was truly incredible, and they were backed by the two top organizations, the IGO and the Gourmet Corp.
"Then let me ask a different way. Are they still alive?" Starjun asked after a moment of thought. He wasn’t in a particular hurry. After eating the fish course, he might be able to remember on his own.
"Your father is still alive, in some corner of the Gourmet World right now. Your mother died long ago, but her gender-bent body is currently occupied by someone else," Kenji said.
"Meaning, someone is using our mother’s body?" The smile on Toriko’s face vanished instantly. Although he had never met her, she was still his mother.
"Yes. Your mother’s soul is in the Soul World. If you have the chance, you’ll be able to meet her," Kenji said.
Toriko and Starjun were silent, but neither had any intention of letting that person go. If they met him, they would strike with a heavy fist.
[Star Forger]: @Dian Mei Ruan Ruan Mei, how is the progress on that body I asked you to clone?
[Dian Mei Ruan]: It’s almost ready. If you want it, I can send it to you at any time.
[Star Forger]: I’ll let you know when I need it.
The last time he had run into Joie at Shokurin Temple, Kenji had taken some of his genetic samples. Although the body Joie was using was Froese’s after the gender change, for a genius in the field of biological science like Ruan Mei, gender was never a problem. Cloning a female body was a simple matter.
The plan was to go to the Soul World and let Froese’s soul possess the cloned body. Don Slime had cloned Ichiryu’s peak physical body before, but Ichiryu hadn’t wanted to be resurrected. Otherwise, Toriko and the others wouldn’t have had a part to play in the final battle. It had to be said, Ichiryu had a very open view of life and death, with no particular attachments, and wouldn’t do anything to affect the balance of life and death.
As for how to persuade Froese, Kenji had a way for that too.
Lady Froese, you wouldn’t want to be unable to personally attend your own son’s wedding, would you?
Froese vs. Joie... let’s see if a fight breaks out.
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