16 "16 ""VS Gourmet Brave""" (2/2)

You can't just accept that because you were outclassed by us.

You'll find out the answer after you eat this dish.

I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this topic. I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more than just a few of them.

But the moment you take a bite of it, her expressionless face changes.

You're not going to be able to find a way to make it work.　Hey, this is ......!

Do you understand?

With that one bite, the gourmet hero understands everything, and a look of disbelief appears on his face.

Then, without pause, he walks quickly toward you and asks me.

It was you who provided these ingredients?　How on earth did you find this?　Tell me.

I'm pretty close to him. Well, anyway, in anticipation of this, I've brought the demon who will be the guest of honor for this meal.

Okay. Alright, let me tell you. This is the secret genie of the dish.

Then I brought from the back of the room a killer plant that I put in a jar. By the way, it's alive.

The whole hall was in an uproar as soon as they saw it.

Wha-ha!　Here's a killer plant from the Mina Diner food provider!　Or rather, it attacks people indiscriminately!　What are you thinking?

A gourmet brave man who immediately reaches for the sword at his waist when he sees it I brought.

But soon, he notices something strange and begins to relax his guard.

...... What does this mean?　Why doesn't it attack?

Yes, the killer plant we brought along shows no signs of attacking anyone. Of course, it's already mature and has fangs in its mouth. But it moves so slowly, it's as if it has no desire to attack.

The whole audience may have noticed this, and soon the voices of doubt began to rise one after another.

”It's simple. That's probably because this is the true form of a killer plant.

My answer to that question caused the audience, and even the gourmet in front of me, to look at me in confusion.

...... Explain it to me.

First of all, this isn't just any plain, wooded, dirt-filled place. This is a killer plant grown in a grassless, completely dry wasteland north of here.

?　Nonsense, a killer plant can't grow in such a place!

Well, it's normal to think so. Not only killer plants, but ordinary plants and demons can't grow there.

By the way, killer plants do grow there. In fact, it grows because it's a killer plant.

What do you mean?

I saw a cartoon once. It's called fasting.

It was a cartoon of a famous and delicious person who used the minimum amount of water and fertilizer necessary to push plants to the brink of starvation and bring out their full potential and increase their flavor.

I've had a question about this killer plant for a long time. When it grows, it will attack people unnecessarily.

No, not only to people, but also to the neighboring jack-o-lanterns, obviously not for predation or nourishment.

So I turned the idea around. Could it be that the killer plant was overgrown and, conversely, had become violent because of its excess energy?

The fruit that the killer plant produces is the tomato. And I hear that tomatoes become fattening when they are over-fertilized.

So, the environment in which the killer plant was growing was rather fattening for them, wasn't it?

So I decided to grow them in a wasteland, with minimal watering needs, using Spartan farming methods.

As a result, the fruits are not red, but yellow. And when they were mature, they didn't attack people, but rather concentrated on producing their own fruit.

The result is this yellow fruit. This is the real fruit of the killer plant. Its flavor, its sweetness, everything about it goes far beyond the existing killer plant fruit. It's a taste that rivals even the finest ingredients, and it's hidden in a commonplace monster.

After saying this, I toss a yellow fruit from the killer plant I grew up with, pointing it at the gourmet hero.

The gourmand looks down as if quietly convinced.

Then are there no objections from either of you now?　This match will be won by Mina Diner and the wonderful demon grower Kyou who contributed to it!

This time the whole audience cheered and congratulated him on his declaration.