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The Golden Swamp. A boundless, golden marsh that connected Yutou Island and the Gourmet World's Eighth Area. It was also one of the Gourmet Scenic Spots, a swamp composed of high-density gold dust. Its buoyancy was extremely strong, so there was no need to worry about sinking; you could travel right over it.

As the God of Driving of the Yōshoku Realm, Mappy skillfully drifted his little frog car across the Golden Swamp. Have you ever seen a frog steer with one hand? His other hand was holding a drink. He was the picture of elegance.

"What a spectacular view."

The amount of gold dust in this swamp was immeasurable. Of course, its price was surely less than that of pure gold, as its purity was insufficient.

"Croak! Don't let your guard down. This place is very dangerous," Mappy said seriously.

"CROAK!"

"It's a Steel Cloud! It's going to fall!"

The Traveling Frog instantly transformed into the Startled Frog, its eyeballs about to pop out of its head. In the sky above, a layer of opaque, heavy black clouds was floating.

"What in the name of the Heavenly Crippling Kick is that?" Kenji stared, dumbfounded. He had really seen something new today.

A pair of shiny, black feet appeared, like the feet of a giant, mercilessly stomping on everything within their domain.

"Croak! Those are the Iron Feet!" Mappy cried out in terror.

BOOM!

A giant foot, condensed from the Steel Cloud, stomped down violently. The extremely buoyant Golden Swamp was instantly thrown into a tempestuous upheaval. And that wasn't all. Countless more giant feet appeared in the sky, as if walking, stomping on every part of the Golden Swamp.

"I've given you a boost! Go, quick!" Kenji infused the CAR Frog with his starlight energy. The car's speed exploded, and a powerful G-force pushed them back into their seats.

Awesome!

The CAR Frog shot through the gaps between the stomping steel feet like a meteor, moving with lightning speed. The feet couldn't even keep up.

Mappy was stunned. You can do that? He had been planning to sink into the Golden Swamp below to hide.

"Croak... we survived," Mappy said, wiping away a cold sweat. What a heart-pounding experience. They had now arrived in the Eighth Area. He hadn't expected to nearly lose his life just by going out for a stroll.

"Croak! Kenji, you're really amazing."

"The weather changes in the Gourmet World are truly bizarre. To think even giant steel feet can appear," Kenji remarked.

"This is the first time I've seen this one, but I've seen other strange weather before," Atashino recalled. "For example, Candy Tornados, Crystal Peony Hail, Lava Hot Sauce Rain..."

"That's just wild," Kenji's mouth twitched. As expected of the Gourmet World. Compared to it, the Human World was truly a paradise. After witnessing these bizarre weather phenomena, one couldn't help but feel that even the most ferocious beasts couldn't compare to the power of nature.

"We're here. Welcome to our village," Mappy said suddenly, his speech quite down-to-earth.

The entrance to the Yōshoku Realm was a pitch-black cave. It was best not to enter if you had claustrophobia.

"You folks have ingredients on you, right?" Mappy suddenly asked. "In our village, whether you're buying things or eating, it's all done through barter."

"Yes, yes, we do," Kenji replied. He had a great deal of ingredients in his dimensional storage, prepared for AIR.

Passing through the dark tunnel, Kenji and Atashino saw the famous Yōshoku Realm for the first time. The place was bustling with activity, with all sorts of shops, but they didn't see a single normal human. Everyone was a strange-looking humanoid creature. If Sunny were to come here, he would probably be utterly disgusted. The people of the Yōshoku Realm would be too hideous for him.

The ancestors of the Yōshoku Realm's inhabitants were originally normal humans. It was said that a long time ago, they were captured by the Four-Beast and became slaves to the Nitro. They were injected with Gourmet Cells, and because their bodies couldn't adapt, they were eroded by the cells' power and turned into monsters. Even their descendants could not revert to being human and still maintained their non-human forms.

The most famous among them in the Human World was Tengu Brunch, ranked third in the World Chef Ranking.

Speak of the devil.

Clack, clack—

The sound of geta sandals hitting the ground approached, and a long-nosed man with red skin, dressed in all white, walked over.

"Mappy, who are they? Humans from the Human World?"

This was none other than Tengu Brunch. His attack style was related to electricity, and his strength was far greater than that of Toriko and the others at their current level. Only after eating the Four-Beast and mastering Food Honor and Food Immersion could the Four Heavenly Kings hope to defeat Brunch.

"Brunch, I met these two humans while I was out wandering. They want to go check on the status of AIR," Mappy said.

"Hmm? Do you have the strength for that? That's the Horse King's territory." Brunch was a little surprised. Even the locals of the Yōshoku Realm generally wouldn't go there. If they angered the Horse King, the entire Yōshoku Realm could be wiped off the face of the Earth. The Horse King could do it, and quite easily.

"Want to have a little spar?" Kenji asked casually.

"Since you're not afraid of death, it must mean you're confident," Brunch shrugged. "If you can cook AIR, it will benefit us as well. But you've come too early. AIR still needs several years to mature."

"What about accelerating its maturation? This knife can cut the air, and we've brought many ingredients to use as nutrients for AIR." Kenji held up a large, handy cleaver. After adding a special shape-changing metal, the Dragon-Slaying Knife could freely adjust its size.

"Whoa, what a fine blade," Brunch exclaimed. As a top-class chef, he could tell at a glance that this was an incomparably sharp kitchen knife.

If Kenji and his group could cook AIR, it would be beneficial for the people of the Yōshoku Realm. Because they lived in the Horse King's territory, the Eighth Area was in a constant state of low atmospheric pressure.

"First, come and have a seat in Tengu Castle. As the host, how could I not show some hospitality?" Brunch invited them warmly. The people of the Yōshoku Realm did not hate humans; after all, their ancestors were human. In the manga, during a famine in the Human World, the Yōshoku Realm had sent over so many ingredients that they themselves had faced a food shortage for a time. Most of the creatures in the Yōshoku Realm possessed high intelligence.

Tengu Castle. Because Brunch was in the Gourmet World, he had no branches in the Human World. After all, the ingredients needed for his dishes were from the Gourmet World and were hard to find in the Human World.

"You two should know Food Immersion. What would you like to eat? How about a cup of hot-blooded Snowman Tea?"

Kenji looked at the little white-haired snowman Brunch was squeezing in his hand. It was constantly shouting, "Yay! Yay! Yay!" What a strange ingredient.

"It tastes alright. I'm not a tea connoisseur," was Kenji's review.

"You must be from the IGO, right?" Brunch asked. "I heard from the Daruma Hermit that the IGO has a base in the Gourmet World."

"If you're talking about Biotope 0, then yes, Atashino and I are both staff there," Kenji nodded.

"No wonder. People who can move about freely in the Gourmet World can't be too weak," Brunch said. "Has anything interesting happened in the Human World recently?"

The village had no internet. To learn about what was happening in the Human World, they had to either go there themselves or wait for a Gourmet Hunter to visit.

"Interesting things... well, Zebra's release from prison was pretty big news."

"Hmph, the Four Heavenly Kings. I've heard of them, but I've never met them."

"The Cooking Fest is also coming up soon."

"Oh, that thing. Maybe I'll go and have some fun this year," Brunch mused.

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