Komatsu's Love Defense

We stepped out of the cave and stood on the cliff, the sea breeze blowing in our faces with salty and humid air.

"Finally... we're finally out!" After escaping from the ice cave, our tense nerves relaxed and every cell in our bodies was filled with the joy of rebirth.

Zong Kai was so excited that he couldn't close his mouth and shouted: "Wow oh oh oh...what do you think, call me a god!"

Ah Lu's face was also full of excitement, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Great, zombies!"

Although the world in front of me is still covered with ice and snow, it is so bright and beautiful in my eyes, and I am grateful to have survived the disaster.

Machi looked at the surrounding sea and saw no sign of a ship: "Hey, wait a minute, there's no ship!"

A trace of fear flashed across Zong Kai's face, and he asked loudly, "What?"

Tieping was shocked. He could only tell the truth about Century Soup: "Everyone... Actually... the ship has returned..."

"What! The ship has returned?" Everyone's screams echoed in the air, as if they were unbelievable.

I had a blank expression on my face. Tieping, this idiot teammate, was so careless that he almost made it impossible for us to return. I already knew this.

Tieping could only tell everyone that the client had installed a bug in the ignition tights and that he had accidentally revealed the matter of Century Soup.

Ah Lu was so shocked that his mouth dropped open: "Huh? Does that mean we can't go back?"

Tieping pondered for a moment and came up with the most outrageous idea: "It seems that the only way is to dive back..."

"It's impossible, there are so many wounded!" Zong Gai was so angry that he jumped up and down and couldn't help cursing.

Machi looked at his three injured subordinates and couldn't help cursing that bad old man, Kanel: "Damn bastard old man."

Just as we were discussing how to return, a strange object came into view in the sky, flying slowly towards us.

Zong Gai unconsciously looked up at the sky and asked in confusion, "What is that?"

When the thing came closer, we could see clearly that it was a huge pink transparent jellyfish. The center of its body was translucent bell-shaped, like an exquisite crystal ball.

Its slender and soft tentacles, like thousands of pink ribbons, sway gently and gracefully in the air.

Setsuno poked her head out of the window of the pink transparent jellyfish, smiled and waved to everyone: "Hey - I'm here to pick you up!"

When A-lu saw the person coming, he was filled with joy and could not help but respond loudly: "Grandma Jie!"

Teppei stared at the pink transparent jellyfish in amazement, his voice full of disbelief: "Could it be... a... a bus jellyfish!"

The pink bus jellyfish slowly approached the iceberg, then stretched out one of its tentacles and stood on the edge of the cliff like a single-plank bridge.

"Wow, you really came out from a strange place. Come on, get on board quickly, I have prepared many delicious dishes for you!" Grandma Jieno stuck her head out of the window and enthusiastically urged us to get on the bus quickly.

When Ah Lu heard about the delicious food, he was instantly excited: "Huh? Really?"

Alu hurriedly boarded the bus jellyfish, and I followed behind. When the Walleye penguin saw me going up, he followed me up.

Zong Gai pointed at A Lu's back and shouted angrily, "Stop right there, bastard! Who is that old woman?"

Zong Gai's younger brother was horrified and hurried to dissuade Zong Gai from his behavior: "Master Zong Gai, that is a national treasure of the gourmet mankind, let's go up too!"

Machi looked at Jieno who was standing at the window and sneered softly, "Humph... It's my first time to meet you. There's such an important figure in the White Way."

A Lu and I were the first to enter the jellyfish bus, followed by the Walleye penguin chicks. The ground and the surroundings were all soft to the touch, and there were some simple furniture inside.

Grandma Jie Nai was looking down from the passage on the second floor. Seeing that all of us had come in, she hurriedly called out to us, "Come in quickly! This is a bus jellyfish. It's alive!"

Jie Nai saw A Lu's broken left hand and said with some concern: "A Lu, your injury is not light. It's very warm inside, come in and have a good rest!"

A Lu turned to look at Takimaru behind him, smiled and said: "Hey, Takimaru, that's great, we can eat now!"

Takimaru forced a smile and said to Jie Nai gratefully, "Thank you very much!"

Aru carried Takimaru on his back and hurriedly climbed the ladder to the second floor, where there was a lounge. Setsunori led us to the third floor, and as soon as we entered the door, we saw a table filled with a variety of fragrant dishes.

Ah Lu rushed forward impatiently, jumped up, bit the meat on the table, and tore off a large piece of meat with his mouth and chewed it.

Machi and Tieping took the wounded to the third floor, and now we were all here. We all sat around the dining table and started to eat heartily.

Setsuno was still busy in the kitchen, making steaming hot soup for everyone and serving it to everyone. Everyone drank the hot soup and ate the delicious food on the table, with happy smiles on their faces.

I looked at the delicious food in front of me, but I couldn't muster up any appetite. I don't know why, but since I met the people from the food club, I have hardly eaten anything.

I could only pick up a rice ball and chew it slowly. The delicious food tasted like chewing wax.

Setsuno hunched his back and stared at Jiro Teppei with a smile, as if he could see through him. "I heard that Yosaku, who was commissioned to investigate the display window, did not set out, so I came to this island specifically to pick up Aru and the others. Teppei, why are you here? Give me an explanation!"

Tieping was silent for a long while before he stammered, "No... that is... my master seems to be reproducing very important ingredients right now, so he can't spare any time... so I, haha..."

Jie Nai's eyes were burning with anger, and he questioned and rebuked angrily, "Important ingredients? What are the ingredients that you want to prioritize even if you have to entrust my commission to your disciple? Answer me truthfully."

Teppei couldn't hide the truth from Setsuno, so he could only reveal his master's purpose: "It's... about the ingredients of the food god Acacia. That's all I know."

Tieping's words made everyone present freeze in place. Their eyes were full of disbelief and their hearts were filled with astonishment.

The Western-style meals of the food god Acacia are a mystery in the food world, and no one knows the true taste of these dishes. Now, Yosaku's goal is to find and recreate them.

Setsuno didn't react much. She already knew what kind of person Yosaku was. "Hmph... That guy is also a troublemaker. So where is the key display window?"

Teppei tells Setsuno everything that happened on the Ice Continent, including how the food display window had dried up and he had to squeeze out the last drop of Century Soup.

After listening to this, Setsuno sighed and became worried about everyone's physical condition: "I see, everyone's condition is so dire."

Ah Lu didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Hehe...it's nothing. Xiaosong can make the soup of the century! We have also eaten the food made by Granny Jie and have recovered."

After checking everyone's injuries, Setsunori offered his own suggestion: "Alu, your arm might be healed! As long as you can go to a country called life, there might be some chance."

"There are other seriously injured people here, so it seems better to go there now. There happens to be a highly skilled regeneration expert here, um... I mean the master of the guy who is grinning foolishly now, he is in that country." Jieno glanced at Teppei who was looking so happy.

Setsuno glanced at the Zonggai trio, then turned his gaze to me and said, "Although there are some unrelated people here, I'd like to take this opportunity, Xiaosong...you will be in charge of making the soup!"

I answered Jie Nai with a serious face: "Don't worry, Grandma Jie Nai, I will definitely make the soup of the century!"

When Setsuno heard my answer, he smiled and said, "Okay, let's get going right away! I'll use the bus jellyfish to give you a ride!"

In this way, we took the bus jellyfish and headed towards our respective destinations.