Chapter 151
"Is it over?" Qingxi asked while hiding behind Fushigi Shima and Iguro Obana, covering his mouth and nose with one hand and waving the other hand back and forth to stop the dust that was trying to drift towards him.
"It's over." Iguro Obana said.
"What's the result?"
Iguro Obana was silent for a moment, then finally said, "Although Tomioka Giyu's strength has increased compared to before, that's within a normal range. A normal person would also improve if they kept doing one thing."
"That's perfectly normal," Qingxi said. "Gourmet cells only give people a chance to improve their strength. They're not some panacea that can instantly transform you into a god after taking one. Everything still requires self-cultivation."
Iguro Obana: “…”
Qingxi: "Didn't I just tell you that, but it was you who wanted to fight or something."
Iguro Obana: “…”
He changed the subject: "At the moment, besides Tomioka Giyu, who else among us has gourmet cells in their body?"
"It's only Xingming," Qingxi said. "I've also looked at the cells in the rest of your bodies. They're very active. Maybe if you eat a few more meals, the gourmet cells will appear."
Looking at the two people who came over after a big fight, she scratched her hair and said, "Xingming, it's okay. I live with him. If he's hungry, I can cook for him anytime and anywhere. Mr. Tomioka, what will you do? If you can't guarantee the quality of the ingredients, you can only rely on quantity to make up for your body's digestive ability. You-" She had a complicated look on her face, "You may become a big eater in the future. You need to remember this.
Also, if you feel hungry, find a place to eat and fill your stomach first, because if you stay hungry for a long time, your foodie cells may turn against you. "
"My lord." Looking at the bewildered Tomioka Giyu, Qingxi sighed. She turned to Ubuyashiki Yoya and said, "Next time when you send food to the Pillar Faction with gourmet cells, increase the amount by three or four times. I'm afraid they will starve to death."
Ubuyashiki Kōya nodded, "I understand."
"Is there anything else we should pay attention to?" asked Ubuyashiki Yoya.
Qingxi didn't answer immediately, but opened her food backpack in front of everyone.
She looked up at everyone and said, "How about we divide the ingredients first?"
"Anyway, it's been confirmed that gourmet cells can exist in the bodies of people here. Apart from those high-end ingredients that require special processing techniques, I'm reluctant to give them to others. I have plenty of ordinary ingredients here, and you can take them back and cook them yourself... The advantage of doing this is that I can free up time to spend on some high-end dishes, ensuring that you have one or two high-end dishes for lunch and dinner every day."
So, today, in Hiroma, the headquarters of the Demon Slayer Corps, a group of pillars worked together to divide the food.
"20 jin of beach rice, 20 jin of pearl rice, 20 jin of fish roe rice, 20 jin of rock rice, 20 jin of fruit rice, 20 jin of chestnut sweet potatoes, sky sweet potatoes, and baby-faced sweet potatoes, 20 jin of rice cake potatoes and honey potatoes. I won't cut up the Frosted Beef Rock here. It's a naturally formed ingredient, a stone with the texture of beef on the surface, but if you cut it with a knife, it's beef again. You don't have to worry about how to store this when you get home. You can just throw it in the yard if you don't have anywhere to put it. When you want to eat it, just cut off a piece with a knife and cook it in a pot. It won't spoil. You can each have a whole piece... But, isn't it a little too big? After all, it's over 800 jin."
Everyone: “…”
"I have over a dozen flavors of giant rock rice balls. Like the Marbled Beef Rock, they won't spoil if left alone. I've also got all sorts of pickled fish, braised meats, pickled vegetables, snacks, and candy for you to take home... That'll be enough for now," the girl murmured. "One week's supply. Next week, please have the lord send Yin to the Wailing Underworld Mansion to pick it up."
Everyone who was busy dividing the ingredients suddenly stopped moving.
"Hmm, Ah Xi, did you get it wrong?" Rengoku Makijuro thought he had misheard, so he couldn't help but speak out to confirm with her.
"This..." He pointed at the three or four sacks of rice and flour in front of him, "A week's supply? Not a month's supply?"
"Yes. That's right." Qingxi confirmed. "Do you know how much I eat in a day when my gourmet cells aren't dormant?"
Rengoku Makijuro shook his head.
Qingxi: "Thirty or forty kilograms of food is a common meal."
"It's a meal." she added.
The old owl's eyes widened. He had always thought that his family members had big appetites, but he didn't expect that someone with an even bigger appetite was yet to come.
"Don't think of me as someone who suddenly swelled up like Tomioka-san. I had muscles back then, but they were normal. Well, I suspect it's because of the limitations of being a woman," she explained. "As for men... I saw a big guy, a little shorter than Xingming. He looked no different from a normal person, but he could eat an entire round table of food by himself."
She casually mentioned the diameter of a round table, and unsurprisingly, the people around her continued to be shocked. "He absorbs the energy of all the food he eats, storing it in his blood. Normally, he's no different from an ordinary person, but when faced with an enemy, he can transform into a thug, defeating any threat. So... the ingredients I've prepared for you aren't much at all. I'm even a little worried it might be too little for someone with gourmet instincts."
Everyone: “…”
Qingxi said in a serious tone, "From now on, everyone should save money, otherwise, you might become poor. Well, next, find a way to find Muzan Kibutsuji and kill him if you can. He can survive for another thousand years, but me and my ingredients won't be able to survive until that time."
She said this to Ubuyashiki Yoya and also to the Pillar.
It's not so bad for the Pillars. After all, once you become a Pillar, the Ubuyashiki family will provide you with whatever treatment you need. So, generally speaking, the one who should feel the pressure is the current head of the family, Ubuyashiki Kyouya.
But at the same time, she believed that with the gourmet cells, the pillar could break the physical limits of normal people and thus improve his strength again as long as he modified his form. This carrot that was already fully displayed in front of him was being fished out in front of him, and his motivation would definitely not stop.
Because anyone who is qualified to look up the history of the Demon Slayer Corps will find that from thousands of years ago to the present, except for the time during the Warring States Period, this group of demon hunters living in this era have the greatest chance of becoming demon terminators.
As he spoke, Qingxi covered his chest and sighed.
"What's wrong with you again?" Iguro Obana frowned and asked when he saw her like that.
"No, it's nothing." Qingxi sighed again. "I just... feel a little sad."
Suddenly, she grabbed his haori, which had a pattern similar to that of a prison railing. "I'm willing to spend all my family's savings to live a comfortable and carefree life. Please give me some support."
"Kill all the Twelve Kizuki and kill Muzan Kibutsuji!!!"
Iguro Obana: “…”
The girl's distorted face told everyone that she was not lying. She was really heartbroken and hated Mutsuji Muzan for making her lose so much money.
...Although, the starting point of her hatred for the Originator of Demons seems to be a little different from everyone else's.
However, the end result is the same.
Iguro Obana tilted his head back, there was nothing he could do, the girl was too close.
He raised his hand, pressed his palm against her face, and then pushed her away, "Don't get so close, you can see the pimples on your face."
Qingxi took a deep breath and retorted, "Oh, unlike you, you wrap your face tightly. Are you worried that your delicate face, which looks like a girl, will be mistaken for someone else? Ihei-chan! Sister! Sister!"
After saying this, Qingxi jumped back to avoid the opponent's next "attack". But who was he? If a Pillar could let an ordinary person escape, then he should step down from his position as a Pillar.
Not surprisingly, she was "beaten".
"Hiss—" Qingxi squatted down with her head in her hands and complained, "It hurts so much! Can't you be a little gentler?"
"What are you doing? This is the Demon Slayer Corps," said Fuzukawa Minoru, feeling like he was just watching a farce. "If there's nothing else, my lord, I'll take my leave."
"Since we're here, let's go to the Butterfly House for dinner," said Shinobu Kocho. "That's perfect, it saves Jiro from having to make an extra trip."
Just as he was about to find someone from the Hidden Blade to take away the food that was allocated to him, Tomokazu paused. He looked at Shinobu Kocho, then at Kiyomizu who was standing behind Gyoumei Hiei and glaring at Iguro Obanai as if he had found some powerful backer. He clicked his tongue and stood there quietly, obviously agreeing to Shinobu Kocho's proposal.
The matter of the gourmet cells was put on hold for the time being. It was a rare occasion for the pillars to gather at the headquarters before the semiannual meeting, so naturally they talked to each other about the recent ghost-related events in the areas under their jurisdiction, and occasionally shared any important information.
This kind of thing was not something Qingxi, a complete logistician, could interfere with, so she stood quietly beside Beiming Island Xingming and prepared the menu for the Pillars' dinner in her mind.
After the discussion, the group left the headquarters and went to the mess hall for the wounded in Butterfly House. Including the front flower column, eight people occupied a corner of the entire mess hall.
After the meal, the eight people separated and continued the unfinished work that they had stopped doing when they were urgently called here.
Qingxi and Beimingyu Xingming walked together, but one of them was on land and the other was flying in the sky.
"Ah Xi, I'm going on patrol." Standing at a fork in the road as dusk approached, Beimingyu Xingming looked up at the man and the crow above him and said, "Have Jiro take you back directly. Don't come back to the surface."
Lying on Jiro's back, Qingxi shouted to the bottom: "I know. Xingming, you should also pay attention to safety."
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