"Oh, you have special foods?" Hearing this, Takeru's eyes lit up.
"Yes, take a look at these." As he spoke, Kazuki directly took out some Banana Cucumbers and Bacon Leaf slices.
Seeing these two foods, Takeru checked their descriptions. They were indeed authentic foods from the Toriko World.
However, Takeru had already mass-produced them. Even though his creations weren't as good as the originals, they weren't far off.
Seeing the disappointment in Takeru's eyes, Kazuki noticed it too. He realized that Takeru had probably already obtained these foods as well.
"The price?" Although a bit disappointed, seeing authentic items, Takeru wanted to taste them to see the difference from his creations, so he could improve his later. However, everything depended on a reasonable price.
"These came from Universal Lottery Tickets. How about 1,500 points for five Banana Cucumbers and five Bacon Leaf slices?" Hearing Takeru's words, Kazuki spoke hesitantly.
Spending 1,500 points on such food did seem a bit extravagant. Most people wouldn't be willing to spend that.
"Okay, fine." Hearing this, the price was still within an acceptable range. Takeru nodded.
Seeing Takeru actually agree to buy, Kazuki was stunned, then smiled.
"Then, what do you think of these?" Thinking this, he took out three more special items. Two were plants, and one was an animal.
[Supear Seed: Can grow the legendary pear! The Supear takes 38 years to grow, making it a very time-consuming fruit to bear. With one bite, its icy juice sprays dozens of meters. The heavy pear contains cool, refreshing juice, like a carbonated drink. The sweetness of pears, persimmons, and chestnuts, the sweetness of autumn fruits, bloom one after another in the mouth. Top-grade refreshing sweetness, vibrant and fresh.]
[Golden Wheat: Wheat that emits a dazzling golden light. Just removing the husk is very difficult. To knead it into dough, you must add 100 liters of water to completely form a dough. Because the Golden Wheat is exposed to the sun all year round, its water absorption is very strong! There are also specific techniques for kneading the dough. To make it delicious, you must knead it like a massage. If kneaded well, it will make sounds. The younger the dough's sound, the better the dough's flavor.]
[Puffer Whale: A dream whale known as the Deep Sea Delicacy. Once it grows to 6 meters in length and becomes an adult, it moves to the deep sea. Its originally huge body is compressed by the deep sea pressure to the size of a pufferfish. The delicious essence within is thus concentrated into an ultimate flavor.]
[Note: The old waste inside the Puffer Whale's body is also compressed, forming a 'poison sac' containing the most potent poison. The location of the poison sac is different for each Puffer Whale. From the moment you cut open the fish until you can see the poison sac, the process of knife work and then the dozens to hundreds of steps of removing the poison sac by hand cannot have a single mistake...]
Looking at the three special ingredients, Takeru was surprised this time. The capture levels of these three ingredients were not low. They were relatively high-quality, precious ingredients.
Seeing the long string of notes after the Puffer Whale, which described how it turns golden after successfully removing the poison sac, the immense energy and deliciousness it contained, and what parts were suitable for what, Takeru smiled. However, successfully removing the poison sac was extremely difficult.
"The price?" With a smile, Takeru looked at Kazuki.
"The Supear seed for 3,000 points. As for the Golden Wheat, I have 200 grams here. Also 3,000 points. And the Puffer Whale for 1,000 points each." After thinking for a moment, Kazuki spoke directly.
"2,000 points for the Supear seed. Its growing period and the time needed to mature are too long. Plus, I don't know what environment it needs. It's essentially a gamble. For the Golden Wheat, 2,000 points. 200 grams is not enough to guarantee new cultivation or to make truly delicious flour. Also a gamble."
"As for the Puffer Whale, I think you've already tried to process them and basically failed, right?" Hearing his words, Takeru shook his head gently and negotiated the price.
"Well..." Hearing Takeru's words, Kazuki hesitated. He understood Takeru's meaning. These three foods indeed looked extremely impressive, but compared to the ready-to-eat Banana Cucumbers and Bacon Leaf slices, they were very troublesome.
The team had originally obtained 500 grams of Golden Wheat from a lottery. But after some planting and processing, only the last 200 grams remained. The 300 grams had been completely wasted.
As for the Puffer Whale, there were ten of them. They had the most skilled chefs process them, but five were directly ruined. They didn't dare waste the remaining five.
"How about this? 600 points each for the Puffer Whale, and I'll take all of them. The failed ones, 200 points each. Although they failed, they still have research value. Maybe after research, the success rate can be improved." Looking at Niiyama Kazuki's conflicted expression, Takeru said calmly.
"You're really willing to take them?" Hearing Takeru's words, Kazuki said with surprise.
"It looks like we have a deal. Then, goods for goods, money for money." Looking at his surprised expression, Takeru said with a smile.
Then, after paying 8,000 points, Takeru acquired one Supear seed, 200 grams of Golden Wheat, and ten Puffer Whales that had died not long ago.
Among them, five had turned purple. These were the processing failures.
After putting away these special foods, Takeru had actually made a profit of 65,500 points on this trip, bringing his points to 500,500. A great gain.
"Then, I'll take my leave. By the way, my name is Nara Takeru. If you get new high-grade foods in the future, you can continue to look for me." After getting what he wanted, Takeru calmly waved to Kazuki.
"Uh, I see." Hearing Takeru say this, Kazuki nodded.
Being able to sell these items for nearly 10,000 points was very worthwhile for him.
These things were not even worth 5,000 points in their hands. Compared to satisfying their taste buds, it was better to exchange them for points in the Reincarnation Space to improve their strength, which was more practical.
After saying goodbye to Kazuki, Takeru went to where Yukino and the others were gathered. They had wisely not disturbed Takeru while he was trading with Kazuki.
"Takeru, are you done?" Seeing Takeru come over, Umaru smiled and said to him.
"Yes. How did everyone do this time?" Then, Takeru asked with a smile.
"Not bad, but not great either." Hearing Takeru's words, Yukino sighed.
In this mission, she had chosen the Holy Weapon, the Bow. However, the mission clearance evaluation needed to reach S-rank to exchange for the bow. She only reached A+, so it's not enough.
"Hee hee, we exchanged for our Vassal Weapons!" At this moment, Yui and Mio spoke with smiles. Although Vassal Weapons were far inferior to Holy Weapons, the exchange requirements were also much lower. Only A+ was needed to exchange, and only an A-Rank Evaluation and 30,000 points. Both had reached an S- evaluation and could easily afford it.
"Congratulations!" Seeing Yui and Mio's excitement, Takeru said with a smile.
"It's all thanks to you. If you hadn't told us about Kizuna's location and given Kyo to us, we would have had a hard time reaching such a high evaluation." Hearing Takeru's words, Mio said with a shy smile.
"Ah, so envious. Yui and Mio actually got such great gains again." Ritsu, beside them, seeing their smiles, hugged them tightly in frustration, venting her envy and jealousy.
Seeing Ritsu's actions, the others smiled at each other, knowing she was just playing around with them.
"By the way, I'm going to browse the items others are selling. What about you?" Then, Takeru said to the group.
"We've already spent quite a bit of time here. We'll go back first." Hearing Takeru's words, Yukino hesitated, then spoke directly.
"Is that so? Then see you later." Hearing her words, Takeru nodded.
"Yes, see you." Hearing this, everyone nodded and returned to the main world together.