Early morning.
Streaks of sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating a beautiful sleeping face.
Sonoka slowly opened her eyes, feeling a slight headache.
As the blurry scene in front of her gradually sharpened, she froze for a moment, then let out a belated shriek!
Immediately after, she frantically touched her body, and upon finding her clothes perfectly intact, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Her memory stopped at the scene of drinking at the Izakaya last night; she only remembered Sosuke saying she had a good alcohol tolerance, but what happened next… she had no recollection at all!
"Could it be…"
"…that Sosuke's Restaurant sent me back?"
Sonoka's face flushed.
Thinking of the scene where Sosuke held her tightly and sent her back to Spring Fruit Pavilion, she was so shy she wanted to bury her head in the bedding.
"How embarrassing."
"It's mortifying!"
"It was my first time at an Izakaya, how could I get drunk on his turf?"
With that, Sonoka covered her small face with both hands, her heart rippling slightly at that moment.
…
For the wealthy,
the material possessions they acquire will never be scarce.
Ordinary people usually buy groceries at supermarkets or fresh food markets, while the tycoons use specially supplied products!
3,000 yuan for a cup of civet coffee, 50,000 yuan for a glass of vintage wine, 240,000 yuan for a box of caviar, and restaurant service at 4,000 feet in the air…
What they pursue is often something unique.
Whether it's worth the price has never been their focus.
At this moment, at the WGO Gourmet Organization headquarters.
The buildings here are all in the style of classical castles.
And within these magnificent ancient castles, the columns, domes, arches, pediments, sculptures, lighting, walls, and everything else are decorated with the utmost human luxury, giving you the illusion of being in a royal palace!
As the WGO Gourmet Organization's sole Special Executive Officer, Nagiri Mana had just finished bathing.
She was wearing a delicate kimono, her hair curled at the ends, draped over her waist.
Tiny droplets of water still slid down her cheeks, slowly falling onto the floor, making her appear to have a more mature feminine charm.
Then, she sat kneeling perfectly upright, her expression unusually solemn.
Before her, a small dish of exceptionally precious cuisine was laid out: plump, black pearl-like beluga caviar!
…
Caviar.
It inherently represents wealth.
And generally speaking, beluga caviar is the most expensive of all caviars.
A 1.8 kg tin of beluga caviar can sell for up to 24,000 pounds in high-end restaurants.
The reason for such an exorbitant price lies in its very limited production.
Although the underlying reason might also involve wicked capitalists speculating,
it is genuinely true that because beluga sturgeon require 12 years to lay eggs, this long wait naturally makes the caviar exceptionally rare.
Therefore, it's inevitable that the price would continuously rise!
As for the beluga caviar placed before Mana, it was the finest of the fine.
First, she ordered someone to North America to purchase a beluga sturgeon for over 1.5 million US dollars; this fish was 6.1 meters long, weighed 712 catties, and lived for over 100 years.
It's no exaggeration to say that this beluga sturgeon was currently the largest, heaviest, and longest-lived beluga sturgeon in the entire world.
Then, the caviar extracted from its belly was absolutely the highest value in the world.
"I hope so."
"The caviar from this beluga sturgeon can slightly satisfy my God Tongue."
Staring intently at the dish of beluga caviar before her, Nagiri Mana's expression became slightly excited, but also anxious.
…
Finally, she began to use a spoon made of shell to scoop out a little caviar and place it on the Hegu acupoint.
Using the warmth of her hand, she allowed the caviar's aroma to gradually dissipate.
Then, after three hesitations, Mana slowly opened her mouth and swallowed all the caviar.
Pop!
A crisp sound.
The endless umami within the caviar danced on Nagiri Mana's tongue.
At the moment the caviar touched her lips and tongue, Nagiri Mana, who was already extremely weak, seemed to gain a burst of power.
She quickly closed her eyes and began to use the power of her God Tongue to meticulously savor the rich and delicate subtle changes of the caviar, from the foretaste, to the mid-taste, to the aftertaste, and across its different layers!
One cold, one hot!
One fresh, one fragrant!
Four distinctly contrasting tastes.
Continuously intertwined and interwoven, forming a wonderful resonance.
They perfectly brought Nagiri Mana a delightful tasting experience.
As for her tongue, it was like undergoing a miraculous journey, but after the tongue, she used her throat to perceive the caviar's flavor.
Just by holding her breath and pushing the air in her mouth back into her nasal cavity, the natural freshness made Nagiri Mana linger in enjoyment.
"This taste…"
"I'm actually not very repulsed?"
"Could it be that this caviar can truly satisfy my God Tongue?"
Feeling the plump caviar rolling continuously between her tongue and palate.
The bursting aroma filled her mouth, and every bite was incredibly fresh and fragrant. Nagiri Mana was involuntarily surprised and delighted.
…
However,
in the next moment,
as her God Tongue quickly adapted to the freshness of the beluga caviar,
Nagiri Mana gradually felt a wave of nausea welling up inside her.
She seemed to realize something, her joyful expression turning to panic, and then she spat out all the chewed-up caviar from her mouth!
"It's truly disgusting!"
"This taste is like chewing a salty, fresh-tasting stone; it's absolutely nauseating!"
After speaking, Nagiri Mana's face showed a look of disappointment.
Over these years, she had tasted almost all kinds of rare ingredients and noble dishes from around the world!
But it was truly as if she had been cursed; no matter how delicious something was, her God Tongue would not be satisfied with it, nor could it like it!
Even if it could slightly conquer her the moment it entered her mouth, once her God Tongue quickly adapted to that taste, it would still reject it.
Because she was constantly tormented by the curse of the God Tongue, her symptoms of anorexia became increasingly severe, even reaching a point where she couldn't eat anything at all!
And her body, like old machine parts, was gradually failing!
"All those hosts cursed by the God Tongue couldn't eat anything due to anorexia and eventually starved to death."
"Could it be that my fate will also be like this in the end?"
Deeply despairing, Nagiri Mana could only let out a long, deep sigh.
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