With the competition judges decided, Dylan and Alice Nakiri went out to buy sea bream.
Recently, fishing boats had discovered a sea bream habitat in the ocean, which had increased the number of sea bream in the local fish market.
"Little Dylan, you're at the market! Just arrived fresh crucian carp, want a couple?"
"Not for now, Brother Mir. We're here to buy sea bream today. Do you have any leads? Preferably live ones, nice and fresh."
As soon as the two entered the seafood market, a young man from a fish stall greeted them enthusiastically. Dylan waved back and asked him for information.
Although the number of sea bream on the market had increased recently, the price was generally high, beyond what ordinary residents could afford.
Therefore, whenever sea bream were caught, they would be sent to larger seafood stores, and most were pre-ordered. To buy live ones, you had to rely on luck.
In this situation, searching store by store was impractical. The best way was to ask the local experts, especially the fish stall owners, since they were in the same circle and knew some information.
"Well, isn't that a coincidence! You've asked the right person. My brother-in-law just got a few from the fishermen this morning. I'll take you over there. This morning I asked casually, and they haven't been pre-ordered yet."
"Follow me."
Hearing that Dylan needed sea bream, the fishmonger Mir, as Dylan called him, said excitedly. Then he asked the stall owner next to him to watch his stall and took the initiative to lead Dylan and Alice to his brother-in-law's shop.
"Let's go. I didn't expect to be so lucky. We found something as soon as we got to the market."
"Maybe today is our lucky day~"
Exchanging a glance with Alice Nakiri beside him, seeing the eagerness in her eyes, Dylan joked with a smile and followed.
Alice Nakiri followed closely behind.
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After passing through three streets, Dylan and Alice Nakiri, led by the fishmonger Mir, arrived at his brother-in-law's shop.
Unlike his small stall casually set up by the roadside, Mir's brother-in-law's shop was very large. Inside, there were more than twenty fish tanks, containing not only river fish and sea fish, but also high-end ingredients such as king crabs and Boston lobsters, and they were even alive, crawling vigorously in the tanks. From the outside, it looked like a small aquarium.
"Brother-in-law, are you there?"
The fishmonger Mir shouted loudly at the shop entrance, looking somewhat anxious. He had finally brought business to their door, and the most crucial boss couldn't be absent.
"It's Mir! Ang has gone out on business. What's the matter with you, you brat, coming to my place? Don't tell me you couldn't sell your fish again and want to put them here for sale!? I told you a long time ago, the seafood business is tough now. You should switch to construction... wasn't that your major in university?"
Just as Mir was standing at the door looking a little impatient, a slightly sharp voice came from inside the shop, accompanied by a woman.
The woman was wearing a beige shirt with an apron on, and there were some blood stains and fish scales on the apron, obviously indicating she had been cleaning fish inside.
The moment she saw Mir, the woman started to lecture him, even subconsciously ignoring the two customers beside him, continuously educating him.
The fishing market had already been saturated more than a decade ago and was not suitable for entering now.
"It's not that, Sis. Am I that fragile? I sold all the goods I got yesterday. I'm here today to introduce customers to you!"
Hearing his sister's blunt complaints, Mir said somewhat helplessly. If Dylan and Alice weren't still here, he would definitely argue with her properly.
"Customers? You have your own business to do, yet you run over here to introduce customers to me. Are you full and have nothing better to do?"
Hearing Mir's words, the woman's expression became even stranger. If Dylan and Alice weren't here, she would have gone up and touched his forehead to see if he had a fever.
"No, if I had that stuff for sale, I definitely wouldn't have brought them over! Sea bream! Didn't you just get a batch of sea bream this morning? These two customers want to buy that!"
"Here to buy sea bream?"
Looking at the young girl in front of her, who was only about ten years old, the fish-cleaning woman's brows furrowed involuntarily. She probably thought they were making fun of her.
"Hello, I'm from 'Nakiri International'. The price is negotiable. We just need you to deliver the live sea bream to the address on this card."
Facing the fish-cleaning woman's doubtful words, Alice Nakiri, well-prepared, took out her business card and didn't forget to introduce her identity at the same time.
"Surname Nakiri, could you be..."
Because 'Nakiri International' was very famous in this area, the fish-cleaning woman's expression turned to shock when Alice Nakiri mentioned her company's name.
"That's right, I am the eldest daughter of 'Nakiri International', Alice Nakiri. Now you shouldn't doubt our purchasing power, right?"
"No doubt, no doubt! I'll take you to see the sea bream right away. They were all caught this morning and are still lively and kicking. The quality will definitely satisfy you!"
With the business card presented, the fish-cleaning woman's attitude underwent a 180-degree change. The way she looked at Alice Nakiri became eager.
This was 'Nakiri International'! A well-known large enterprise in the vicinity! If they performed well today and gained the favor of the young lady, thereby achieving some long-term cooperation, they could easily earn a fortune!
Thinking of this, the fish-cleaning woman led Alice Nakiri to the fish tank containing the sea bream. However, a young man arrived one step ahead of them.
"Not bad! Speaking of which, it's the spawning season for sea bream right now, no wonder they're so plump. It's been a long time since I've seen sea bream of such good quality."
Looking at the plump sea bream in the tank, Dylan couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Such top-quality ingredients would definitely make an unparalleled delicacy!
"Indeed, such great sea bream should all go to our [Noyu]'s kitchen. Boss lady, I'll take all these sea bream. Name your price!"
A voice of agreement sounded from beside Dylan. He looked up and saw a man in his thirties with slicked-back hair.
And the person beside him was someone Dylan would never forget in his life, which made his expression turn cold.
"It's actually him..."
That's right, the person who came was the second-class chef who had thrown him out of the restaurant back then and was later chased away by the bodyguard sent by Alice Nakiri. His name was Turpin.
As for the person who spoke just now, if there were no surprises, it should be Jessie, the head chef of the [Noyu] restaurant, a top-class chef from England who specialized in making fish dishes and owned a fish restaurant near the harbor.
As for why Dylan would investigate these people, it was mainly because Turpin had gone too far back then, almost causing him to freeze to death in the icy snow.
And this head chef of the [Noyu] restaurant was also the last challenging opponent that Dylan had arranged for Alice Nakiri in Denmark, the top-class chef Jessie.
As long as she defeated that guy, Alice Nakiri's skills would be fully mastered; in other words, she would graduate.
As for how to defeat him, Dylan had already planned it out.
That was to open a "fish dish" restaurant nearby to squeeze their market share, causing their customer traffic to decrease significantly until they couldn't stand it anymore and proactively proposed a Shokugeki, using absolute strength to force them to close down.
As for why he was doing this, it was entirely out of gratitude. He planned to cultivate Alice Nakiri into a top-class chef before she turned 15.
And the best way to grow was through culinary competitions.
It was difficult to find suitable opponents. Even if he could find suitable ones, they might not be willing to compete with a small fry like him unless their weakness was seized, such as their carefully managed shop being targeted. And in the absence of any grudges, casually ruining someone else's shop was not Dylan's intention.
In this way, such a shop that had a grudge against him and was also related to Alice Nakiri undoubtedly became the best target for destruction.
But before that, collecting some interest wouldn't be bad...
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