Speaking of which, if Dylan hadn't been seriously injured back then, he wouldn't have been helpless against a few small fries; it was truly a dragon fallen into shallow water, being toyed with by shrimp.
As for how he got injured, no matter how she asked, Dylan just wouldn't say.
However, to be able to push such a powerful master to that state, and for him to be unwilling to speak of it for fear of worrying them, it must have been a very formidable enemy!
Understanding this, Alice Nakiri stopped pressing further. Instead, she calmed her heart and resolved to improve her culinary skills with all her might in the days to come, wanting to become Dylan's strength.
At the very least, when he faced an unknown enemy again, she could stand by his side and fight together!
"This is actually the final test I prepared for you. Only by defeating that guy will you truly be considered to have graduated," Dylan said after a few seconds of silence, revealing his initial plan to have Alice Nakiri defeat the special chef Jessie with molecular gastronomy.
Originally, he planned to wait a while longer, but since Alice Nakiri wanted to become stronger, and Jessie had already noticed them...
In this situation, it was better to act decisively and resolve things as quickly as possible!
Seizing shops through food battles like this wasn't common, but it certainly wasn't unheard of, and it was even quite popular in Japan.
"Graduated? Master, do you not want me anymore?!"
Hearing the word "graduated," Alice Nakiri was first stunned, then, as if she had thought of something, she put on a pitiful look and gazed at Dylan.
It was as if he only needed to say the words "I don't want you anymore," and she would burst into tears.
"It's a bit different from what you understand. The graduation I'm referring to means that after you've learned everything, you can stand on your own, and I won't clean up your messes anymore.
But that doesn't mean that you'll become a complete stranger to me in the future. The relationship between master and disciple will still exist."
Looking at Alice Nakiri's expression, which resembled that of a 'puppy about to be abandoned by its owner,' Dylan couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.
Did this girl really think that after graduating, he would no longer be her master, and the two of them would become strangers?
There's no such cheap thing in this world! A disciple he painstakingly trained becomes an outsider upon graduation? Then who in the world would dare to take in disciples?
"I see... I thought you didn't want me anymore. If that's the case, then it's fine. From now on, Master has completely become Brother Dylan."
Hearing Dylan's words, Alice Nakiri finally felt relieved, but she still muttered a few words under her breath, a smile appearing on her face.
"You are really easy to understand," Dylan said, pinching Alice Nakiri's nose. This girl really wore all her emotions on her face.
On the other side, Leonora Nakiri wasn't as happy as Alice Nakiri. Instead, she looked somewhat complicated, her mouth moving as if she wanted to say something.
After everyone else had dispersed, she went to Dylan's room alone.
"Have you already made up your mind?"
Looking at Dylan, who was sitting on a recliner, seriously reading a cookbook to pass the time, Leonora Nakiri silently closed the door behind her, took two steps forward, and asked tentatively.
"Yes, I've stayed here long enough. It's time to venture out and see the world.
To compete with different strong individuals, to personally experience the delicacies of different regions, and to feel the local cultures.
This is an essential culinary journey to improve my cooking skills. Continuing to stay here will only cause my skills to slowly regress!"
Closing the book in his hand, Dylan looked at Leonora Nakiri and said seriously, word by word. He had told her about this as early as two years ago.
Over the years, the injuries on his body had long since healed.
Currently, relying solely on his muscles, he could deal with hundreds of strong men. If he added his surging inner strength, he wouldn't fall before his inner strength was exhausted.
The only problem was the existence of firearms in this world. However, with the perception of his inner strength, as long as they weren't within three steps of him, he could easily dodge bullets. Even within three steps, as long as it didn't hit a vital point, he would be fine.
Years of nourishment had made his muscles as hard as refined iron. Coupled with the Dark Cooking Society's unique dietary and physical training methods, one punch could even kill a bear!
This wasn't an exaggeration; he truly possessed such strength. Although the Dark Cooking Society vainly attempted to use cooking to control China, without real strength and relying only on cooking, they would ultimately only be the lower class under the imperial power!
The Dark Cooking Society had a history of eight hundred years, with its headquarters in Liangshanbo. They forcibly raised infants snatched from the foot of the mountain to become chefs.
When Dylan left, Liangshanbo already had more than five thousand chefs, including over a thousand elite "Scale Chefs."
And the five strongest chefs were known as the "Five Tiger Stars," including the leader of the Dark Cooking Society, Ru Yunlong Kaiyou, and his four great subordinates: Leopard Head Yakan, Prodigal Yan Xian, Blue-Eyed Tiger Mira, and Flying Saint Zhu Qi.
Dylan was the fastest-improving member of the Dark Cooking Society, advancing to Scale Chef at the age of 12 and defeating the Five Tiger Stars at the age of 13.
Originally feeling that his skills had reached a bottleneck, he planned to travel and train in the mainland, and also see if he could pick up some beautiful girls. But before he could set off, he transmigrated.
As for why he wanted to pick up beautiful girls...
Just kidding, after working hard for so many years, shouldn't he enjoy himself?
"Then how do you plan to tell Alice? Although you don't have to say anything, she'll probably be very sad, thinking that Master abandoned her and ran away."
"I'll talk to her properly during this time, and this is just a temporary separation. It doesn't mean we'll never see each other again. She'll understand."
Leonora Nakiri's voice pulled Dylan back from his thoughts.
Hearing her words, Dylan was somewhat silent. After so many years of being together, he had long since treated Alice Nakiri like a beloved younger sister and naturally didn't want to make her sad.
"That's good then. It's enough that the two of you are doing well. It just so happens that I received a letter from Father recently. He wants Alice to go to Totsuki Academy for further study this year. Well, it's also time for her to interact with her peers there."
"Indeed, although Totsuki Academy's standards aren't very high, its students come from various countries and know a wide variety of cuisines. They can learn from each other to improve their own culinary skills."
Dylan nodded. Since it was a fixed plot point, he wasn't surprised by Leonora Nakiri's words and also very much agreed with Alice going to Totsuki.
Interacting with peers was one aspect, and another was that Totsuki was very good at honing chefs' skills. Various ideas collided and then merged, allowing their culinary techniques to advance further.
This method was somewhat similar to his time in Liangshanbo. The only difference was that the quality of Totsuki Academy's students was too poor, and their upper limit wasn't high.
At the age of 13, Dylan was already directly fighting the Five Tiger Stars of the Dark Cooking Society, while the students of Totsuki Academy were still practicing basic skills step by step.
The so-called elimination education wasn't as intense as the threat of death. In Liangshanbo, useless people who couldn't cook well had no value at all!
"Little Brother Dylan, Little Brother Dylan."
His memories drifted a bit far for a moment. When he came back to his senses, Leonora Nakiri had already called him several times. Seeing that he didn't respond, she even leaned her face closer, accompanied by a pleasant fragrance.
"Ah? Sorry, I was just thinking about something."
Catching sight of the plump lips in front of him, Dylan felt a slight stirring in his heart, but his expression remained calm as he looked at Leonora Nakiri's face and said indifferently.
"Thinking about something? You were really engrossed. I called you for quite a while."
Leonora Nakiri said with slightly puffed cheeks, giving Dylan's shoulder a light punch as she spoke. Rather than looking angry, she seemed to be acting a bit coquettish.
"Sorry."
"Alright, I'm not blaming you. Since you're leaving soon, you'll be in charge of all the dinners at home during this time. I want to eat more of your cooking; I might not get the chance to in the future.
But you've really trained well. How did you do it? The muscles on your body are like cast iron, and you exude masculinity all over. That girl Alice is really getting a bargain!"
As she said this, Leonora Nakiri's face flushed slightly, and her fingers gently caressed Dylan's body before quickly retracting.
"Alright, I'll go back to my room to rest first. You should rest early too, Little Brother Dylan."
Leonora Nakiri said, biting her lower lip involuntarily, then left his room without looking back, leaving behind a beautiful and voluptuous figure.
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