Food Wars: The Fishing System

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Torch Horsetail was a very common plant. But in the Food Honor Temple, it was a bit different. It had been specially modified.

These modified Torch Horsetails could sense a person's heart of gratitude. They were lit by gratitude and kept burning by it. The moment a distracting thought appeared, they would be extinguished.

This modified plant was part of a training program that everyone who came to the temple had to go through: Food Meditation, just like a monk's meditation.

The entry-level requirement was to keep the Torch Horsetail burning for half an hour. Once that was done, you had entered the path of Food Meditation.

The advanced training was to maintain it for a longer time—and with a greater number.

For someone like Chin Chinchin, he could easily maintain them even if the entire hall were filled. He had developed the path of gratitude in Food Honor to its extreme.

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"It's you, Chirus. And this little boy... I remember his name is Chyaro, right? And Ms. Setsuno's apprentice, Nono. And you are?"

(P.S. Chin is known for consistently getting names wrong!)

Seeing them, Chin Chinchin opened his eyes. As he spoke, the Torch Horsetails were not affected in the slightest.

This was the mark of mastering Food Honor. Even when doing other things, your heart would not have any distracting thoughts, and the Torch Horsetails would not be extinguished.

But at this moment, he had gotten Chiru's and Chirin's names wrong. That was normal—after all, their Food Honor hadn't reached the master level yet.

But Nono was different. Her Food Honor had reached the master level, so he didn't get her name wrong.

As for Yuuki, Chin Chinchin also sensed his master-level Food Honor, so he asked for his name.

"It's Chiru, Master Chin. And this is Chef Yuuki, a very impressive chef!"

Chiru reminded him. Though she knew he definitely wouldn't remember her name, she still reminded him. She also introduced Yuuki.

"I see. A pleasure to meet you, Chef Yuuki."

Chin Chinchin also stood up from his position. At this moment, the Torch Horsetails were all extinguished. After learning that the visitor was Yuuki, he naturally couldn't just sit and watch.

Both Setsuno and Ichiryu held him in high regard. They had also received some news. His strength might not be enough to contend with them yet, but his rate of improvement was too fast.

Catching up to and surpassing them would be an easy matter.

"A pleasure to meet you, Master Chin!"

Yuuki also greeted him.

"By the way, Chiru, why did you and Chirin come here?"

After asking the Vice Master named Kam to prepare some tea, Chin Chinchin looked at her. In just a short while, he had already called her and Chirin by several different names.

"We have news of my master. Chef Yuuki provided it."

Chiru said.

"WHAT?? You have news of Chiyo?? TELL ME!"

Hearing this, Chin Chinchin was no longer calm at all. He immediately asked. She was the person he cared about most in this world, but she had been missing for several years.

Now that there was finally news, it would be strange if he could remain calm. He had had some guesses himself, but he had no way to confirm them.

"Chef Yuuki said that Master has joined the Gourmet Corp. But as far as I know, with her personality, it's impossible for her to join them. You are her partner—so you should know the reason."

After she finished speaking, her eyes were fixed on him. Granny Chiyo had learned the path of gratitude in Food Honor. For someone with that kind of character to join the Gourmet Corp... she found it hard to believe.

But it was Yuuki who had said it, so she wasn't sure what was going on. Now she desperately wanted to know why she would do such a thing.

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The moment she spoke, Chin Chinchin, who had been a bit agitated, fell silent. It was clear that he had already guessed the reason.

"You know the reason, don't you??"

Seeing him suddenly fall silent, she knew he must know something.

"So it has come to this. Sit down and let's talk slowly. I will tell you the whole story."

With a sigh, he spoke. Soon, the Vice Master also came with the tea. The group sat down in the main hall and poured it.

As for Chirin, he was no longer here. He had been handed over to the Vice Master by Chiru. He didn't need to know what came next.

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"It all started when Chiyo and I were young. At that time, we were very much in love. Not long after becoming partners, we also had our own child..."

He began to tell the story of the past, including the situation with their child, their grief after his death, and how Chiyo had told him of her plan after learning of the ultimate revival ingredient.

"So Master was forced to join the Gourmet Corp because she couldn't get your help to revive Ichiru?"

After hearing the story, Chiru finally understood why her master, with her character, would join them. If she hadn't been forced, she would never have made such a decision.

"That's right. Besides that, I can't think of any other reason for her to join them!"

He nodded with a helpless sigh.

"Why? Since that ingredient could revive Ichiru, why did you refuse?"

Chiru asked, very confused. Logically, as his father, he should also have wanted to see his son alive again. Why had he refused her back then?

If he hadn't, then regardless of whether they could get the ingredient or not, at least her master wouldn't have joined a dark organization like the Gourmet Corp.

"Birth, old age, sickness, and death are all part of nature. As a part of it, we naturally have to experience these things."

"Ichiru's body was weak since he was a child, and in the end, he passed away because of it. I was also very sad, but I didn't want to reverse this process."

"Otherwise, if he died and we revived him, then what about when we die? Would he have to find a way to revive us?"

"And revival isn't so easy. You can't revive him just with one ultimate revival ingredient."

"And the location of the ultimate revival ingredient is Area 0. That place is a forbidden zone for all life. And the only entrance is guarded by one of the Eight Kings, the Dragon King Derous."

"If I agreed, wouldn't I just be watching her go to her death?"

After he said all this, Yuuki was certain. He was indeed a person, and he did have the idea of following the course of nature. But he had definitely also had the thought of reviving his son.

And he had even gone to Ichiryu to learn more about it—otherwise, he wouldn't have known so much.

As he had said, forget that one ingredient couldn't revive a person. Even if it could, how to capture it was a problem.

Area 0 wasn't on the surface of the Earth but in its core. All the ingredients that appeared on the surface were first born in Area 0.

Countless different ingredients were born there every moment.

The vast majority of these would fail to mature and would return to the earth. Only a very small number would succeed and appear on the surface.

That place was the cradle of all ingredients, so it was naturally incredibly dangerous. The liquid inside would directly dissolve anyone who entered.

In the original story, only two humans had entered. One was Aimaru. He had covered himself with a special fungus, which had to some extent resisted the corrosion of Area 0. But this was also temporary—it couldn't permanently resist it.

The other was Teppei. At that time, the Earth, to save itself, had directly ejected Aimaru from the surface, and he had landed right next to Teppei.

Aimaru knew that wasn't a coincidence, so he directly covered Teppei with the fungus and pulled him into Area 0.

As for the other beings who could enter, they were naturally the Nitros.

Area 0 itself was already scary enough, and there was an even bigger problem: there was only one entrance, and it was guarded by one of the Eight Kings—the Dragon King Derous.

To enter under its nose was undoubtedly a fool's dream, unless you were one of Acacia's Students.

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After Chin Chinchin said all this, Chiru also fell silent. Indeed, after thinking about it carefully, this matter couldn't be blamed on him.

To put it bluntly, he was also considering her safety. If it were her, she would also have made the same choice.

After all, for him, he had already lost one family member. He didn't want to lose another because of the one he had lost.

"Then... what do we do now? How can we bring Master back?"

In the end, she didn't blame him but asked for a solution. Since she knew her master was in the Gourmet Corp, she had to find a way to bring her back.

"I don't know. Chiyo is a very stubborn person. And her execution ability is very strong. Once she decides to do something—she will keep doing it until she succeeds or completely fails."

He shook his head. He really had no way. If persuasion was useful, then he would dare to storm the Gourmet Corp alone, even though there was a high probability he would lose his own life.

But for his wife, he wouldn't care about these things. But the problem was, it was useless for him to go. In her current state, she wouldn't listen to him at all. Even if he explained everything he knew now, she would think it was a lie he had made up to trick her into coming back.

So at this moment, he also didn't know what to do. It felt like this matter had reached an irreversible point.

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"I have a suggestion."

At this moment, Yuuki spoke up. His words also attracted everyone's attention.

"Granny Chiyo is a very stubborn person, so even if we find her and talk to her, it will be useless. It might even anger her."

"In that case, let's find a way to capture her and bring her back. That's better than letting her stay in the Gourmet Corp, right?"

"After that, Master Chin—you can take her to see Ms. Setsuno and President Ichiryu. With them giving an explanation, as long as she calms down a little, she will understand."

"Of course, the most critical point is, Master Chin, you still shouldn't stop her. Even if it's impossible, you can still try. Whether it succeeds or not—it's better than doing nothing at all."

Yuuki said.

A person like her was a very obsessive type. The death of her son had already become an obsession. And most critically, in her view, his death was entirely because of her. Her sense of guilt was very strong.

And that was indeed not a problem. The fault did lie with her.

After all, the reason she had taken him out was because his condition had improved. This meant that there was a possibility he could be cured—it wasn't completely hopeless.

But the reason he had died was because she had wanted to take him back and let him taste her cooking.

This was also understandable. As a mother, how could she not want to see her child eat her food?

But as Chin Chinchin had said, she was a very stubborn person. It was because of this stubbornness that she had taken him away before his body had been completely cured.

Perhaps she had planned to bring him back for treatment later, but he hadn't waited until then. Because of her, her son had died.

Even if Chin Chinchin didn't blame her—she wouldn't stop blaming herself. That was why she was thinking of doing these things to atone for her sins and reduce her sense of guilt.

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