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Ryui: HAAAH?! Don’t tell me they’re startin’ this bullshit now…!
Akuta: Woah, boss! I’d hate for ya to find yourself in a sticky situation cuz you weren’t paying attention! But since we’re pals…
Sorry, here comes a trap!!!
Kiroku: (In the movies Isotake watches… usually…)
Ryui-kun… above you!!
Ryui: !
Akuta: The “Face Full of Falling Kelp” strategy…. didn’t work?! NO WAY!!
Ryui: Thanks, Kiro.
Netaro: I’ve got you!
Kiroku: Eep…!
Ryui: Like hell you do!
Netaro: Mmrph… I didn’t have much of a choice, but it looks like my “Gun With Rose Seed Bullets That Actually Pretty Hurt When They Hit Your Forehead” doesn’t get enough speed when thrown together with whatever materials are lying around…
Ryui: Let’s just ignore Raito-san and Domeki for now…
Sure, we’re avoidin’ all the traps Isotake and Yowa are throwing at us, but we’re in trouble if we can’t find those mushrooms soon…
Kiroku: Even if… we find some… how will we know… if they’re edible…?
Netaro: Ahaha! Me and Waru know where they are, but we’re not telling!
Akuta: Yep! There’s no way we’re spilling the beans about all the cloud ear mushrooms we found in the tree hollow over there…
… Wait.
Kiroku: … You just said it.
Ryui: I’ll go check the trees.
Akuta: GWAAAAH!! I TAKE IT BACK!! I DIDN’T SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT OR THE ONES DOWN THE HILL OVER THERE!!
Netaro: It’s hard keeping such world-changing discoveries to yourself, is it not? I totally get it~
Ryui: Down the hill…
Kiroku: O-Oh…!
Ryui: Alright… We only got one type, but at least we know it’s edible. Let’s head back.
Kiroku: Okay…!
Ryui: Domeki! We’re done here—
Raito: Ngh… Kuguri! You’re starting to get out of breath, aren’t you?!
Kuguri: As are you. Why not relax for a bit? Then I can help the ground give that mug of yours a kiss…!!
Kiroku: Awawa…!
Netaro: WOWWW!! THEY’RE GOING AT IT FIST-TO-FIST!!
Ryui: DON’T EGG ‘EM ON!!
Akuta: WOOHOO! MY CAMERA’S GONNA CATCH ALLA THIS!! GOGOGOGO—
Nayuki:『Fweeeeeeet!!』
Kuguri & Raito: ?!
Nayuki: 『Stop screwing around, you two.』
『You’re allowed to try and steal each other’s badges, but fighting to the point of injury’s against the rules. Do you seriously need to be told that…』
Daniel: 『Hah… What, that’s it?』
Kiroku: He’s… already drinking…
Kuguri: … *sigh*. This is getting dull. I’ll be heading back now.
Ryui: Huh—Wait! Goddamnit…
Raito: Sorry, I got a little worked up! We should head back too.
Akuta: So, didja get Kuguri-san’s badge…?
Raito: I managed to grab one.
Akuta: Sweet! Thanks, Raito-san!
Raito: He stole one of mine in turn, though.
Netaro: Aww, so ya tied?
Raito: Yeah. … It was fun, though. I hope we can do this again.
It’s only when we’re trading blows like this—
That he faces me head-on, after all.
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Chief: (The two in charge of cooking are Ten-kun and Yodaka-san…!)
Yodaka: I’ll be borrowing the aluminum oil, Ten.
Ten: Go ahead~ I’d appreciate it if you could fill me in on what you’re planning on making, while you’re at it.
Yodaka: Haha, an observant young man like yourself could figure that on your own, I’m sure?
Ten: Ahaha, I’m not that great.
(... I mean, I can, though. I guess he’s gonna wrap something in foil and cook it. If we use the same method, our team’s cooked. There’s no way I can beat him when it comes to the seasoning.)
… Welp, Guess I have to—
Nagi: Huh? Ten-san took a strainer and left.
Drone Sensei: I’ll follow him and get live footage. *zoom*
Ushio: What’s he thinking…? Natsume-san’s already done a good chunk of setup…
Liguang: He must have some sort of plan… or at least, let’s hope he does.
Kafka: Well, he does have three months of paid leave on the line ♪
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Ten: Found ‘em. Good thing I remembered spottin’ them on the way there.
There we go…
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Tao: Woah, look at how fast he’s going down that cliff…!
Chihiro: That’s so sick, Ten-chamu!!
Renga: I saw that sort of thing on a sports variety show I was a guest on!
It’s called… patrol, yeah?!
Nanaki: Um… I think you mean parkour.
Renga: T-That’s another name for it.
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Ten: There should be some in this crack…
Bingo.
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Kafka: Ah, a goose barnacle!
Kinari: Pollicipes pollicipes: an edible crustacean often found within rocks and tetrapods.
Muneuji: They certainly do resemble feet.1
Yukikaze: You don’t see that everyday. Ten’s good with his hands, so I’m looking forward to seeing what he makes.
Toi: Oh, Ani-sama and the others are back!
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Sakujiro: It appears both teams have completed their dishes.
Daniel: Then it’s time to dig in.
Yodaka: Allow me to present Team Air’s dish: conch and enoki mushroom fried in foil with butter and soy sauce.
Chief: Wow…! Look at that golden brown…!
Yodaka: I made sure to sauté everything before wrapping it in foil.
Ten: Team Ocean made some soup featuring minced cloud mushroom and goose barnacles.
Yachiyo: I wonder what goose barnacle tastes like… *drool*
Daniel: Welp, down the hatch!
Kafka: Conch and goose barnacle, huh? They both used some unusual ingredients.
Liguang: And they prepared them completely differently… We’ll have to wait and see how Iwabuchi judges them.
Daniel: … *chew*
*slurp*...
Yodaka & Ten: ……
Daniel: Good stuff, both of ‘em—
But it’s Team Ocean’s win.
Ten: Yo, sweet~
Ryui: For real?
Toi & Tao & Nagi: Whoo!
Daniel: Usually, I’d prefer somethin’ fried like what Yodaka made… but soup really hits when you’re hungover.
Nanaki: Seriously…?
Ushio: That has literally nothing to do with how the food came out.
Akuta: So you’re drinkin’ even though you’re hungover? Why?
Yodaka: There’s such a thing known as “the hair of the dog”. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Chief: Since Team Ocean won, you’ve unlocked the “Flower Garden Area”! Congrats!
Shumai: Woof!
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Kafka: Good job on the battle, everyone. Cheers!
Ten: Doin’ cheers with water’s kinda lame.
Toi: The soup you made is really good though, Ten-kun!
Tao: Oh yeah, Raito-san and Kuguri-san started duking it out in the forest, right?
Kuguri: They were after Akuta’s bonus badge, which happened to be mine. We were rudely interrupted before we could finish, however.
Ryui: Ugh… we had a team battle to focus on, damnit. And the guys on Team Air were totally on board with the fightin’ too…
Toi: Well, whoever has the most badges at the end does get a wish of theirs granted!
Kafka: I like the bonus badge system. It opens the door to all kinds of interesting strategies, like how Raito and Akuta worked together.
Ten: Strategies, hm…? Like sellin’ out your teammates and stuff?
Kafka: No, I think the cost would be too great for that.
Liguang: Any suspicion within the team would sow the seeds of conflict. And if that started affecting how well we do in the team battles, it would make fighting for the badges harder as well.
Nagi: What do you mean?
Kafka: Well, you know how we didn’t have as filling meals as the others yesterday, since we lost the team battle?
Isn’t there a chance that had an impact on Kuguri’s fight with Raito, since Raito had had more energy to spare?
Kuguri: Was there not a better example you could’ve used?
Ushio: Ugh… the team battles are already enough of a pain. And now we gotta worry about the badges too?
Kiroku: …? H-Huh…?
Ryui: What’s up?
Kiroku: I only… have two badges…
Ryui: ! Me too…
Kiroku: Did… Isotake and Yowa-san… take them…?
Ryui: Nah, they definitely woulda started gloating on the spot if they did… Shit, did we drop ‘em somewhere…?
Nagi: I’ll help you look.
Ten: Save it for tomorrow. It’s already pretty late.
Liguang: We can keep an eye out for them while we head to the Flower Garden Area tomorrow.
Tao: We’ve actually got some time to kill tonight, so wanna take turns on the Smitch? Once it’s dead, it’s dead for good, though…
Kiroku: Then… we can play picture chain, or something… with my sketchbook…
Toi: Ooh, we used to play that together when we were kids!
Nagi: My radio can kinda pick up a signal in some spots. Lemme try and get it working…
… Huh? My right half feels kinda funny.
Ushio: That’s cuz a bunch of crabs are pinching you…
Kuguri: Well aren’t you popular?
Ryui: Don’t move, I’ll pull ‘em off.
1. In Latin, pollex means thumb and pes means foot. The Japanese name for goose barnacles, 亀の手, means turtle hand. ↑
2. Reference to Iron Chef's Chairman Kaga's catchphrase. ↑
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