Chapter 087: Worthy of Guilt
"What a cute little guy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Niss hugged the little pink penguin excitedly, "How can there be such a cute little guy here in Ice Hell, it's just like a cute pet in a comic." ”
Hugged by Niss, the little penguin did not struggle but pecked her twice in a friendly way, chirping.
"It turned out to be a cub of a wall penguin. Through the black spot on the little guy's belly, Lin Su recognized its identity.
"The chicks of the wall penguins are not wary, and any animal will run to get close, even carnivorous predators. As a result, the chicks of the wall penguin are preyed upon in large numbers, and the beast is now an endangered species. ”
Hearing Lin Su's words, Kirk immediately became vigilant: "Nis, don't hold that little penguin." Adult wall penguins are very ferocious, and if they think you've kidnapped their young, they're going to make a big fuss. ”
"Oh~" Niss reluctantly let go of the little guy in her arms.
Breaking away from Niss's embrace, the little one ran back to the pool to taste the delicious century soup.
"This little guy shouldn't have been separated from his parents, looking at the way he looked, he came over to taste the century soup. Lin Su said.
The last ingredient Komatsu used to make the soup of the century in the manga is the saliva of the penguins, which resemble a bird's nest.
When he saw the wall penguin cub for the first time, Lin Su also thought about taking it away to prepare for making the century soup by himself in the future. But after thinking about it, he gave up on this plan again.
Is wall penguin saliva a must-have ingredient in the soup of the century?
Because the soup is not a dish made from fixed ingredients, it is a treasure that combines the essence of different ingredients.
It doesn't matter if you use the same ingredients as the ingredients in the food window, as long as the final soup produces an aurora and makes people laugh, then it can be called the soup of the century.
In the manga, Komatsu and Setsuno use some ingredients that were later discovered in the soup of the century, which is very different from the ingredients sealed in the food display window. Not only that, but the ingredients of the century soup made by Komatsu and Setsuno are also different, and the saliva of the wall penguin is suitable for the Komatsu version of the century soup, but it does not match the century soup made by Setsuno.
Of course, Komatsu and Setsuno deliberately chose ingredients found in the contemporary era to recreate the century soup, not only to pay tribute to their ancestors, but more importantly, out of the dignity of a contemporary chef. As a chef, they don't allow themselves to copy exactly what is in the food window.
Not thinking about the matter of Century Soup for the time being, Lin Su suddenly thought of the questions raised by Marshall before. Although Lin Su had killed Marshall, the questions he threw out were still haunting Lin Su.
"A question suddenly came to mind, this wall penguin cub is very cute, but if we are short of food now, will you kill it and eat it?"
"Kill it? impossible, Lin Su, how can you bear to kill such a cute little guy. When Niss heard this, she immediately hugged the little wall penguin.
Uncle Kirk's reaction was not as big as Niss's, he stepped forward and patted Lin Su on the shoulder: "Brother Lin Su, I know what you're bothered about, I had similar confusion in the years when I first became a food hunter. ”
"Oh, please help me with my doubts. Lin Su said seriously.
Kirk grinned, "The reason why you have such doubts is because you have never met an opponent who needs to fight to the death, or the ingredients that you have to fight for your life. It is precisely because your strength has always been stronger than the ingredients you are trying to capture that you will have this condescending empathy.
Because you always feel that there is a better choice, you will resist and feel that this kind of behavior is cruel. ”
"When you're really fighting for food, there's no anger, no hostility, no pity, all you think about is devouring. The fight to stay alive in order to get food has no emotions to speak of. ”
What Kirk said made a lot of sense, but Lin Su still couldn't completely let go.
Seeing that Lin Su still had doubts, Kirk continued: "We are not gods, and it is impossible to know the answers to all our questions. It's like the classic question, who do you save when your mother and girlfriend fall into the river at the same time?
Just follow your instincts and be worthy of your heart!"
Kirk's words made Lin Sumao pause, and all the previous entanglements were resolved. If there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure, and this sentence is indeed true.
Seeing Lin Su's epiphany, Kirk nodded with relief. He also experienced such confusion back then, but no one solved it at that time, and Kirk really experienced the choice that Lin Su said before......
Kirk and Lin Su were chatting happily, and Niss on the side didn't know what they were thinking.
"By the way, Nis, take the liberty of asking, are your eyes natural?" Lin Su said suddenly.
As if the secret of her heart had been revealed, Niss trembled a little, but immediately calmed down. "I was discovered, I wasn't born with this but a 'curse'. ”
"Cursed, how could there be such a thing?" said Kirk, incredulous.
Lin Su knew that the curse in Nis's mouth was completely different from what Kirk had imagined, and that the bacteria or diseases from the food world were called curses in the human world, because the medical technology in the human world could not cure these diseases at all.
Most people don't know much about "curses" because germs or diseases in the food world are extremely lethal, and people who fall under the curse will die quickly.
Under normal circumstances, Niss is "cursed" to change the color of one of her eyes, but it kills her. But now Niss still has one eye that is normal, and it is likely that someone has helped him suppress the progression of the disease or heal most of it, so that the curse does not threaten Niss from getting sick.
The germs of the food world are not easy characters to deal with, their horror is similar to that of the beasts of the food world, and the person who helped Niss lift the "curse" must be very strong.
Knowing the acupoint technique of Hell Boros, who was cursed and did not die, Lin Su became more and more curious about Niss's identity.