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Kittie
Someone once said...
That there are cattle which, if shot using the fundamentals of target practice,
the rank of its steak meat will increase based on the degree of accuracy,
Target Pracattle.
That there are lush fruits that fall and roll onto paths along cliffs,
and eventually, just like the panels of slot machines,
if they happen to line up perfectly,
they become miraculously sugary and fully ripe on those mountain passes,
Slountain Passes.
The world is in the Gourmet Age.
The age of seeking out yet unknown tastes.
Seeking the training ingredient, the Meteor Garlic,
Toriko and the others have entered Gourmet Casino.
On the way, they met with Match and the Gourmet Mafia who wish to exterminate all of the illegal ingredients.
In the VIP area, they met with Gourmet Casino's owner
and the Underground Cooking World's boss, Livebearer.
He then challenged them to a game where he would bet the Meteor Garlic data in his head
with all of Toriko and his group's memories of ingredients.
A player flips over two cards.
The one who has hit a matching card has to eat the same ingredient as the one shown on the card.
If they finish eating it completely, the points written on the cards go to the eater.
You match cards, eat all the food,
and the one who has more points at the end wins, right?
Now, we will finally get food concentration, Gourmet Tasting, underway!
Playing first, Coco hit the Cherrapples.
Toriko finished eating them, earning them 10 points.
Dead Heat!
Coco VS Livebearer
Now then, following the Cherrapple,
Team Coco-Toriko-Komatsu hit the Watermelon Clam and finished eating it.
And then the next card was the Smashroom.
That's a 20-point ingredient, but...
Number 55.
There it is!
A hit on the Smashroom!
Chef Komatsu will be cooking it and if Toriko finishes eating it, they'll earn the points!
You tap Smashrooms like this and...
the spice spores get released, increasing its savoriness.
Man, I can't get enough of that spicy smell!
Creamed Smashroom!
Ooh! Itadakimasu!
Man, I've gotta have more of that!
Gochisousama deshita.
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
With the Cherrapple, Watermelon Clam, and Smashroom,
they suddenly have three hits in a row!
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Livebearer
And they finished eating them all, as well!
They now they have a total of 40 points!
All right!
We suddenly got a 40 point lead!
By getting points three consecutive times in a row,
the turn now switches to Livebearer-sama.
Coco, he's really something.
Did he achieve this using his incredible eyesight that can even capture electromagnetic waves?
Or with his power of foresight as a fortune teller?
Either way,
there's no man we could trust with this more than him.
It looks like those were no coincidences.
The odds of getting three consecutive hits among 56 cards
is 1 in 148,665.
That's a figure I would find difficult to chalk up to being a fluke.
So you know, do you? Which cards are hits?
That goes for both of us, does it not?
Both of you?
It seems I do have quite a formidable enemy.
Dealer-san, Number 32 please.
It's the Intestine Worm.
50 points?!
Number 16.
There we have it! A hit!
The Intestine Worm, a 50 point ingredient!
This is bad. He turned the game around with the turn of one card.
I see. I expected that he would cheat,
but he's started to do so this early?
I have my pride as gambler.
I would not do something as low as that.
He spouts lies as if it was as normal as breathing.
From the beginning, he wasn't one bit picky about how he'd do this match.
All he has is a vulgar desire to devour all of our memories.
Please eat all of the Intestine Worm.
My subordinates are keeping a watchful eye on the kitchen and the ingredient warehouse.
Even beyond that, as soon as we detect what trick you're using,
we'll deal with it appropriately.
Go ahead. Be my guest.
The Intestine Worm, eaten completely!
Livebearer-sama earns 50 points!
A sudden upset!
Let's keep this going. Number 4.
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom, 70 points.
70 points?!
Next, I'll do... Number 36.
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom! Another hit!
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
He's getting multiple high-point ingredients in a row...
The game is set up so the higher the point values of the ingredients,
the harder the cooking and eating become.
The time limit for eating the food completely is the number of points it's worth in minutes.
So if he does not finish the 70-point Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom within 70 minutes, it's an out!
In other words, for the higher-point and more difficult ingredients,
you're given more time to finish eating them?
By the way, among the cards there are ingredients that are easy to cook and eat but have high point values,
the big-hit ingredients.
Big-hit ingredients?
And on the other hand, there are big-misses.
On top of the joker ingredients, there are big-hit and big-miss ingredients...?
Whether you can handle those three types of cards well
will probably be the key to winning this match.
Livebearer
Eating complete!
Livebearer earns another 70 points!
What?!
Shit...
Numbers 37 and 3, please.
Oh, this is a big-hit card!
The Melon Egg, a 100 point hit!
Did he say 100 points?!
He finishes eating it easily!
Now, in this turn, Livebearer-sama earned a total of 220 points.
Livebearer
Intestine Worm
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
Melon Egg
The turn now switches to Coco.
Dammit...
He suddenly got 220 points.
We're counting on you here, Coco.
Unlike that cheating bastard Livebearer,
Coco it getting hits based on skill. There shouldn't be any problem.
There are faint electromagnetic waves emanating from the cards.
Their differences appear as different colors and shapes.
It's similar to sensing colors when looking at numbers or letters.
In other words, synesthesia.
I separate the different electromagnetic waves the cards release using my synesthesia
and I hit the cards with the same color and shapes.
But using this method,
I don't know what the ingredient's type or point values are.
But based on the 12 cards Livebearer and I have drawn so far,
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
Livebearer
Intestine Worm
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
Melon Egg
I have a good idea of what images the high-point cards have.
He knows all of the cards' ingredients and point values.
Unless I keep attacking right from the opening,
he'll quickly get far ahead in points.
Coco? Hey, we're seriously relying on you.
Toriko, Komatsu-kun.
The one relying on others is me.
Please, find a way to eat these completely.
Okay!
You got it!
Numbers 23 and 44.
There it is, Pudding Mountain!
They've hit a 150 point high-point ingredient!
I'm smelling some powerful sweet scents of vanilla and custard.
The hell is this?!
It's huuuge!
This is Pudding Mountain!
It's just like a real mountain!
A super-gigantic ingredient!
Unless this is finished within the time limit of 150 minutes,
it will be a give-up!
All of this in 150 minutes?!
I wonder, can you finish it all?
Or will you take a give-up?
Do remember that if you do that twice in a row, you lose.
Now, the time limit is 150 minutes.
Can Toriko eat all of this super-huge Pudding Mountain
or will he choose to give up on this one?!
Don't be an idiot.
Unfortunately for you, pudding is one of my favorites.
I'm really gonna love eating this.
Toriko-san!
I give thanks to all of the ingredients in this world,
Itadakimasu!
Yum!
It's full of egg, milk, and sugar,
and it's got a rich sweetness and thickness to it.
It's truly a magnificent pudding taste!
Yum!
I knew Toriko-san could do it!
How...?
Toriko, you're as much a big eater as ever.
But is he gonna be okay?
Eating all this at such a quick pace...
Ah, I know!
Found just the thing.
Toriko-san!
What's wrong, Komatsu?!
If you eat too fast, your blood sugar will rise!
Putting this Mineral Leek sauce on it will adjust your absorption of sugar and help with your digestion!
Oh? Thanks!
Mineral Leek sauce, Almond Cabbage and Banana Cucumber cream should...
lower the blood sugar while changing the taste here and there.
That way Toriko-san won't get sick of the taste mid-way through.
This has some fragrant almond flavor, doesn't it?!
Gochisousama deshita!
Eating complete.
Somehow, Toriko was able to consume that towering mountain of pudding in just 30 minutes!
You did it, Toriko-san!
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
Livebearer
Intestine Worm
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
Melon Egg
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
Pudding Mountain
Team Coco-Toriko-Komatsu have earned 150 points,
giving them a total of 190 points!
They've now narrowed Livebearer-sama's lead to 30 points!
Man, that Pudding Mountain was tasty!
The point different is suddenly really small now!
Now then, let us continue.
Next, I'll take numbers 38 and 2.
Got it.
And now we have the Summer Whiskey!
50 points.
They hit another high-point ingredient.
Are you okay with that?
There is a 5 minute postponement allowed between when you finish eating one item and when you pick the next card.
Summer Whiskey, isn't it also known as Sun Liquor?
It's a liquor made of Sun Durians, that are said to be blessed by the sun,
mixed with Planet Water, which you can only find deep underground,
and it's then aged for 30 years.
83% alcohol!
That's some incredibly strong liquor!
No matter how heavy a drinker you are, that's a liquor guaranteed to leave you drop-dead drunk.
Even if it's just for five minutes, wouldn't it be best to let Toriko rest?
Rest?
You really don't know the man known as Toriko.
Yum! What a rich liquor!
My whole body's warming up!
Another one!
Bring me more!
Um, Toriko-san, you've already drunk one bottle, so you're done.
Toriko has somehow managed to finish it already!
His team earns 50 points!
Ah, please have some snacks to go with the alcohol, Toriko-san.
These are great!
That's Cheese Napa Cabbage.
Your next cards?
Yes. Numbers 7 and 49, please.
Moving on, we have a hit on the 70 point Bullet Acorns!
Nice one, Coco!
Bullet Acorns...
When they sense a tremor
the acorns, that are hard as iron, fire at the speed of bullets!
They're some high Capture Level acorns!
When Bullet Acorns hit the ground, they immediately release poisonous sprouts.
Please catch them before they get lodged in the ground!
Toriko-san!
Is this okay?
It was a pretty easy task, honestly.
Here you go.
Sweet-boiled Bullet Acorns.
Ooh! Even though they're called bullets,
they have such a soft and tender taste to them!
Yum!
Gochisousama deshita.
He's finished it! Earning 70 points!
In this turn, Team Coco-Toriko-Komatsu have reached a total of 310, taking back the lead!
All right!
Yeah!
Understand, Livebearer?
This is Bishokuya Toriko.
Quite commendable. He easily finished all those ingredients without one give-up.
I don't believe I've ever seen such a thing before.
And I also know I have one more opponent whom I must be wary of.
As a chef, I can tell
that this man has been casually performing some exceptional cooking.
Toriko hasn't noticed
that it's all thanks to him that he's been able to finish all of those ingredients so easily.
Even though it's been just six items, that sensibility can't be hidden.
Oh, I want to peek at it.
His Food History, knowledge, philosophy, beliefs...
Just what are his goals?
Talent that piques my interest so much...
You can be sure I'm going to steal it! The golden contents of that brain!
Now then...
It's my turn, isn't it?
Is he really coming now?
There are 19 ingredients remaining!
The real battle begins here.
Today's
Gourmet Tasting
Lecture
I'm your newscaster, Tina.
We're now in the middle of the white-hot Gourmet Tasting showdown!
In this corner we'll be checking in on the flow of the game today and give a thorough explanation of it all.
Explanations are fine, but...
I couldn't do the announcing today, either.
You're right. Easy-to-understand explanations are a central component of news!
Ah, excuse me!
We started with the turn on Team Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Watermelon Clam
and Coco got three hits in a row.
Smashroom
And Toriko finished them all!
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
Livebearer
Toriko's group's team has 40 points here!
The turn then switched to Livebearer's, and the second attack began!
Livebearer
Intestine Worm
Livebearer also got three consecutive hits and finished them all!
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
Melon Egg
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
Livebearer
Intestine Worm
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
Melon Egg
Livebearer scored 220 points, coming back from behind!
And then in Toriko and the others' counter attack...
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Pudding Mountain
Summer Whiskey
Bullet Acorns
Coco-Toriko-Komatsu
Cherrapple
Watermelon Clam
Smashroom
Livebearer
Intestine Worm
Human-Faced King Trumpet Mushroom
Melon Egg
Pudding Mountain
Summer Whiskey
Bullet Acorns
They earned 270 points, for a total of 310 points!
They now have a 90 point lead!
Now we have today's Kruppoint!
Among the Gourmet Tasting cards,
there are three kinds of cards called big-hit, big-miss, and joker ingredients.
Where they end up will be the points that separate a win from a loss.
There are 19 ingredients remaining.
Now, the real match begins here!
A big-miss, and another big-miss?!
What happened, Coco?!
Meanwhile, Toriko takes on some fearsome ingredients!
Huh? Coco is smiling?
Coco's Strategy!
The Big-Miss Cards That Determine the Outcome!
Next time will be a heaping helping of fun, too!