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---One month later---
Vegetable Sky,
At this moment, Lev could be found outside of his house while looking at the peaceful sky. It was still early in the morning, so it was the perfect time to start the day with a hot coffee. Also, it was already the time when he planned on going for the last ingredient that caught his interest in this world, the Bubble Fruit.
From the information given by his shadow soldiers, Toriko has finally gone to get the last remaining ingredient for Ehou Maki, the food that will help them find the ingredient they were looking for. It only lacks the last ingredient for it to complete so it was now the perfect time to move as Lev didn't want to miss eating such a thing.
"Master. Is it now time to leave?" Sia, who got out of the house, asked while also holding a cup of hot coffee and walking closer to Lev. It has been a month now and she still remembers the training she experienced with his sisters, so she felt great relief that it was now finally over.
"Yes. We shouldn't miss this thing since a lot of events have already changed." Lev replied. Though the story still follows the plot, there are certain events that have changed, especially in this arc. Through the years, he has planted shadow soldiers for all the people who would come to his restaurant, and through that, he has eyes and ears all over the world.
"We should take a bath and then leave right away." Lev followed before looking at Sia with a smile as he patted her head. He thought that even though it changed, it wasn't to the point that it became troublesome.
Sia looked at Lev for a while before putting the coffee aside as she suddenly kneeled down in front of Lev. On the other hand, Lev looked at Sia and saw her already unbuckling his pants and started eating his morning wood.
"What a morning." Lev said before drinking his coffee in one go. After that, he held and grabbed Sia's head with both hands as he started his morning exercise, especially down on his hips.
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---Two days later---
Skill Garden,
After leisurely traveling for two days, Lev and Sia have finally arrived at their destination, the Skill Garden most known as 'The Artisan Forest', due to the artisans that reside here and the ingredients that can be found for their job.
Right now, Lev and Sia could be found inside a restaurant that resembles a nigirizushi, Fortune-telling Sushi Monchy. It is a sushi restaurant located in the Artisan Forest that is managed by none other than Monchy, a skilled chef who holds the 2714th spot on the IGO Chef Ranking.
"I can't believe to see the owner of Infinity Castle Restaurant visit this place as my fortune telling didn't perceive this kind of thing. I bet you didn't come here for no reason. What is it?" A hairy old man with long black hair wearing a lucha wrestling mask, which covers up the upper half of his face with holes for the eyes and the nostrils said while looking at Lev seriously. He really didn't expect to see him visit their place, but he didn't feel angry or something as he felt proud instead upon seeing such a great and legendary person as him.
"Monchy-san!!" Suddenly, the door of the restaurant opened and two people came inside with excited smiles on their faces. They were none other than Toriko and Komatsu coming back after completing what they had gotten.
"Ohhh. Lev, I didn't expect to see you here." Toriko immediately greeted upon seeing another person in the restaurant from which his mouth then started drooling just from imagining if he would be able to taste his cooking again. On the other hand, Komatsu immediately strikes up a conversation since it has been quite some time since they last saw each other.
"By the way, Monchy. We finally got Eco Nori. I think it is now time." Toriko followed as he looked at Monchy with a smile. Though he also wanted to talk to Lev, his mission still comes first since they have been preparing for it for some time now.
Meanwhile, Monchy just looked at Toriko before looking at Lev and saw him nodding with a smile. As if the two understood each other, he then stared back at Toriko with a smile before saying, "Now, let's start cooking."
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---Two days later---
For the following days, Lev and Sia have witnessed everything. After that meeting, the local artisans immediately bring a Chopping Board Ring to them from which Monchy then throws the ingredients into the ring and asks Toriko to ring the bell so he can start cooking the Ehou Maki.
It was the first time Lev had seen a Chef using such kind of technique in cooking after seeing Monchy showing some fighting moves on the ingredients which are Monchy Press, Monchy Hyper Back Drop, Monchy Lariat, Monchy Arm Lock, and Nori Wrap Suplex. It was an amazing thing to see but it was not enough to level up his cooking skill as it just gave a little progress.
After two days of continuous work, Monchy finally completes the Ehou Maki. The Ehou Maki is very large. It was something to behold since every normal human back on Lev's Earth would probably faint thinking about how it was cooked and prepared. With that, it fell down to a certain direction, and immediately, Monchy started telling them that they just needed to follow where it led as the endpoint would be the place they were looking for.
Thank you very much, Monchy-san." Komatsu couldn't stop himself from thanking Monchy after finally finishing what they had asked for. It was also the same with Toriko since they could now start moving towards their destination.
"That's where the Shokurin Temple is. Hurry up and get going, Morons!!" Monchy said with a cheeky smile while looking at Toriko and Komatsu. It was a hell of work he had done for a while but instead of feeling tired, he felt more excited instead.
"That was a spending cooking, Monchy. I hope to see it again sometime and maybe have a duo wrestling at the same time." Lev also shows his appreciation since he has also learned from watching him cook throughout the days that have passed.
"Hehe. It was a pleasure to hear such words from you, Chef Lev. I also wished for that time to come." Monchy replied with a smile while looking at Lev. It was something to be proud of when hearing other chefs compliment your work, especially now that it was Lev himself who said it.
"Well, it's now time to eat. Komatsu, Lev, Sia." Toriko, who was already at the foot of the Ehou Maki, said while drooling just by looking at the ingredients inside. He could no longer hold his hunger after seeing them shining in his eyes.
With that, Komatsu, Lev, and Sia then bid farewell to Monchy for the last time before walking towards the Ehou Maki. They looked at it for a while before they started praying, "We gave thanks to all of the ingredients of this world, Itadakimasuuuu!!"
After that, Lev, Sia, Komatsu, and Toriko started eating leaving Monchy behind looking at them with a smile on his before getting back to his restaurant while leaving some words, "I wish you good luck."
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---Night---
Lost Forest,
It didn't take much time before Lev and the others arrived in the forest. Originally, it would take Toriko and Komatsu one whole day before arriving at this place but with Lev and Sia's joining, it didn't take them that long and arrived at night.
The group was now inside the forest still eating while looking at the surroundings from time to time. They have also struck up some conversations about their plans after this, especially Lev who has come to this place fully knowing how busy he was in his country and businesses.
"We came here to train." Lev said while putting some food down to his mouth like they were nothing. He was also very ecstatic to hear several notification sounds every time new ingredients entered his mouth which he thought was really a good choice coming with them.
"Train? I thought you also came here to find Bubble Fruit?" Toriko replied while munching some food in his mouth. He then just looked at Lev with great confusion thinking what kind of training he was on as he was already that powerful in the first place.
"You will see it by then. Though I also came to train, it was really my companion that I plan to train." Lev answered while looking at Sia on his side. Coming to that place, he could just immediately learn the technique they have there so it's more like it was Sia's training and not his.
Hearing Lev, Toriko and Komatsu looked at Sia. After two days of being together, they have also come to know each other. Unlike Erza and the rest whom they had already met, Sia was like a mystery to them, but they already guessed that she must have also been powerful like the others.
"We all have the time to talk. Let's finish this thing before sunrise." Lev said. Unlike the original plot, they need to eat this whole thing this time so they can arrive at their destination since the person that they would coincidentally meet still wasn't in time to go to this place as they have come much sooner than expected.
After that, everyone focused on eating before Komatsu and Sia gave up for a while as they slept leaving Lev and Toriko to continue while talking to each other from time to time before Toriko gave up calling it a day after being too full leaving Lev alone.
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---Early in the morning---
Finally, Lev arrived at the endpoint of the Ehou Maki seeing him now munching the last ingredient while looking in front of him. Just like how the place depicts, the place he was going to really was invisible however when he used The Mystic Eyes of Death, he could see several gridlines.
"W-Where are we?" Komatsu, who had just woken up, rubbed his eyes while looking at the place. He then just looked at Lev in front before he got up and walked closer to him wanting to ask what happened while they were sleeping.
"We have arrived at the endpoint." Lev replied before retracting his skill and thinking about what to do now. He has two ways to see and enter the place, it's either use the Mystic Eyes of Perception and destroy the invisibility of the place or just do the simple way of showing gratitude.
"Eeeeeehhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!" Komatsu couldn't help but react exaggeratedly. He then just looked at the surroundings and saw that the Ehou Maki really had disappeared which meant it was all being eaten but he thought that it was impossible since before he slept, he was still sure there was still more of it.
Due to Komatsu's shout, Sia and Toriko woke from their slumber. They got up and immediately asked what happened to the Ehou Maki to which Toriko immediately reacted the same way as he started finding the Ehou Maki which was now gone.
"Like I told you. We reached the endpoint. I ate it all while you were all sleeping." Lev said with a smile before looking in front of him. He then just put his hands together with his face turning serious.
"We have arrived in the Shokurin Temple though we just didn't see it. Now, if you want to enter, follow what am I going to do." Lev said before he bowed down and showed genuine gratitude and respect not just for the food but for everything.
Toriko and Komatsu were confused as to what was happening but seeing Sia suddenly copying Lev, they couldn't help but do the same thinking that he must know something about the place they were heading to. Despite still having some questions on their mind, they still do it and from then on, they cannot help but feel bewildered by the scene they have just witnessed.
Lev, after some time, looked at the entrance that really looked like a temple added by the fact that there was signage on top of it. He then just turned back and saw the surprised Toriko and Komatsu before telling Sia to follow him. He muttered, "Shokurin Temple, pardon the intrusion."