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Wen Ts'ai (also known as "The Food Critic") is an Elusive Target in HITMAN™. He appeared in the mission Club 27.

Briefing[]

"Wen Ts'ai is a food critic infamous across the Pacific Rim, and beyond. He is urbane, cultured and has a dedication to epicurean perfection that is unmatched. He travels the world, sampling the finest cuisine and writing about it on his much-followed foodie blog, and in various lifestyle media programs.

He prides himself on being above such crass specifics as "texture" and "flavour". Instead, he applies himself to the experience as a whole and does not dirty his palate with plebian things.

His ongoing crusade against "the peddlers of filthy degustation" has earned him a wide following that delights in his biting wit and cruel attention to detail.

During a restaurant visit in Shanghai, he livestreamed an extended diatribe triggered by his ur-glacial water being 2 degrees overchilled (as measured by his trademark IR thermometer). In Auckland he spent an hour berating the kitchen staff for failing to coordinate the colour of his foraged Sicilian truffles to the plate they were served on. In Tokyo he dedicated an entire weekend to meticulously deconstructing every menu item at Kabi Lounge.

He maintains a strict and well managed regime of nutrient consumption to ensure a sufficient calorie intake, and thus avoids "base needs". As such he has never actually tasted any of the food he has so meticulously critiqued."
― In-Game Briefing

Description and Behavior[]

Wen Ts'ai is found seated inside a private booth on the second floor of the hotel's restaurant, near the stairs. A waiter will often walk over his booth, as he will make several scathing remarks towards both the restaurant and the waiter himself, such as being disgusted by the waiter's cologne, and mocking a positive review the waiter brings up.

After having three conversations with the waiter, Wen demands to be taken to the kitchen. He will also making insulting remarks about the restaurant to Chef Bernard, the head chef of the restaurant, who insults him in return. Wen may notice a nearby cake and eat from it, which can be used to kill him.

Wen is also accompanied by a single bodyguard, and throughout the game, he is an enforcer for the Kitchen Staff disguise and selected security disguises.

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Trivia[]

  • According to his briefing, the contract on Wen Ts'ai has been issued by the partner of a Singaporean chef who committed suicide after Wen gave them a scathing review for the above mentioned ice water incident, which in the bio is actually stated to have happened in Shanghai.
  • Among the testimonials about his blog shown in his briefing is an angry statement by previous Elusive Target Gabriel Santos.
  • Wen is currently one of the three legacy targets where their target photo was changed in HITMAN™ III, along with Bartholomew Argus and Ezra Berg.
  • Ironically, Wen will never actually sample the restaurant's food, something that is pointed out in his briefing. The cake found in the kitchen is the sole exception, and will be tasted when he goes down to the restaurant's kitchen, as he talks to Chef Bernard there.
  • Previously, if he were poisoned with an emetic while sitting in his booth, he would go to the kitchen and vomit into a large bread basket; though humorous, this denied the player a drowning opportunity. This appears to have been changed, so that he now proceeds to the bathroom and the toilet.
  • He is one of the very few legacy Elusive Targets that was not featured in HITMAN™ 2, along with Dylan Narváez, Richard and Inez Ekwensi, Pertti Järnefelt, and Howard Moxon.
  • During The Ex-Dictator Elusive Target mission, Inez Ekwensi will mention his visit to the Himmapan in passing, implying that The Food Critic takes place before said mission.
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