You're a good sport, Keogh. We're not really growing demons, are we?

"Thank you, Kyou-san!　Thanks to you, we'll advance to the second round!　It's all thanks to Kyou-san!

"As expected of Kyou-sama!　All I can say is that it's a brilliant, delicate trick that I can't copy!

"Congratulations master!

"Pop!　Congratulations~!

It's amazing . . and my little Ys is praising it too!

"That's my brother. You could do what we couldn't, and that's cool. That's what I love and admire about you.

Win the first game and receive words of praise from everyone.
It's a little embarrassing, but it's still nice to see that.
Anyway, I've been wondering about that Jack guy. Isn't he in human form?

"Congratulations . Mr. Keough. Let me congratulate you on your victory.

I'm not sure I've ever heard such an unfamiliar voice, and when I turned around, I saw a beautiful boy with brown skin and a costume reminiscent of the Arabian Nights.
As I recall, he's the Shin-Do-Bird who was the winner of the previous tournament.

To tell you the truth, I have also just won, and it seems that you will be my opponent in the next semifinal.

What?　Your opponent in the semifinals?
How much luck do you have in tournament play when you're the previous runner-up in the first round and the previous winner in the semifinals?

So, sir. I was actually planning to use my food choice in the match against the Sage, but since you defeated the Sage, I'll use it in the match against you instead.

And oh my!　Why do people cut out their cards when they play against me?
More pride!　Let's have room and pride like a certain AUO!

I'll be specifying curry for my match against you.

Curry?　That was surprisingly normal.
I thought you would choose a genre we don't like, like curry.
In a sense, it's a typical dish for the common man.

I see, so that's where you showed your composure, last year's champion.
Thank you, we can use our mountain products to our heart's content.

Yeah, no problem.

Well, then, the semifinals are scheduled for three days later, so we should prepare each other's materials until then.

As I said this, I took hold of the champion's hand, but at this time I did not realize that my opponent was not arrogant, but rather had come to destroy us with all his might.
My opponent was not arrogant, but rather, he had come to destroy me with all his might, carefully prepared.





"You seem to be so confident about his choice of food, do you really think you have any chance of winning?

Since then, each first round of the tournament has ended and the four surviving semifinalists are chosen
We were sitting in a tavern-like place on the first floor of an inn where convention participants stay, munching on food and talking about the conversation we had just had.

Why?　But it's a curry. I could make that for you.

That's fast forward to the end of the day.

When I looked, I saw Kasarina, the wise and courageous person, sitting next to me. I'm not sure if it's because of the fact that you are sitting next to me or not, but I'm more interested in what Kasarina has to say, so I'm going to listen to her words quietly.

"The dish he beat me in last time was the curry.

"Huh?

You will be able to see that the boy is the most powerful person in this world today with regard to curry. In fact, that boy was the first person to create curry in this world. It is a dish of many spices and a combination of them.

A condiment similar to the one you served me. The same kind of seasoning that you served me.

Of course I know that.
I mean, when I heard the word "curry", it was the first thing I thought of.
Next time I'll use the spices to outsmart my opponent, and then I'm already beaten!　Rather, we were betrayed!

I've heard of him. I've heard that his curry is called many names, such as the god's domain or the golden right hand.

I don't want to talk about God's realm of cooking or anything like that, it's just another cooking battle manga.
You're just raising the bar. You're not going to diminish our will to fight before we're ready to fight.

Anyway, you'll have a harder time outwitting me when you're in a curry match with him. Curry has spread to many countries around the world, but the taste varies widely. I ate and imitated some of his curry in the past, but I couldn't reach his curry.

Indeed. There is no dish in which the taste and character of a dish can vary so much from one maker to another as curry.
After all, it is a unique dish in which almost any kind of ingredient exists and can be encompassed by all of them.
There are infinite variations depending on what you choose and what you mix in. That's what curry is.

Hmm, maybe we should discuss this with Mina and see what kind of curry we can make first.
With that in mind, I look for Mina, but I can't see her.
I'm sure she said she was going to check out the ingredients in the city a while ago, but has she gone home yet?


Just as I was thinking this, the front door opened and Jack appeared rolling through it, breathless as if he had been out of breath for some time, muttering unbelievable words.

"I'm sorry ...... brother ...... Mina was ...... kidnapped ......