Food Wars: The Fishing System

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"Weren't we supposed to be welcoming important guests? Why are there split bodies of the Seven Beasts here too? And so many of them—it looks like all of them except the Shell King are here!"

One of the Five 10-Shell Cooks remarked, surprised by the sight of the knocked-out creatures. The Five 10-Shell Cooks were the highest rulers of the Blue Grill, second only to Don Slime himself. But this time, even they had been dispatched by Don Slime to welcome Yuuki. It was a clear sign of how much Don Slime valued his arrival—Yuuki had been a great help to him.

Don Slime had come to regard Ichiryu as more important than himself.

In that context, Yuuki saving Ichiryu made him a savior, and that was an understatement.

That was why Don Slime held Yuuki in such high esteem—rolling out the highest possible honors for him. This nation, after all, had been built by Don Slime—everything here was because of him.

The people here had fragments of Don Slime within them, so they would inevitably obey him. Even if Don Slime demanded their lives, they could not refuse.

So, even the Five 10-Shell Cooks had been called to welcome Yuuki.

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"We'll find out soon enough. But everyone, watch your attitude. The guests arriving this time include a powerhouse comparable to Ichiryu—and someone to whom Don Slime owes a great debt!!"

Asarudy spoke up.

Though he wasn't the oldest among the Five 10-Shell Cooks, he was the most capable. Most critically, the group arriving this time was full of important figures. Not just Yuuki, but also a powerhouse with strength comparable to Ichiryu's—Knocking Master Jiro.

This was what Don Slime had told them.

While in a real fight, a fully unleashed Ichiryu was destined to be the strongest, for the people of the Blue Grill, there was no real difference.

Whether it was Ichiryu or Jiro, both could easily kill them.

Everyone understood this, but Asarudy knew that many of the people here were old monsters—so to avoid them causing trouble—he still gave a reminder.

"You don't need to remind us of these things. We know what's important."

The others also nodded.

Soon, the people from the juvenile Giant Shell came out.

"If I remember correctly, this juvenile Giant Shell is the one Jiji nurtured before, right? It was said to be a gift for some important figure. I didn't expect it to appear here now."

The group knew what was going on when they saw the two juvenile Giant Shells.

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"EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE BLUE GRILL!"

After seeing Yuuki and the others come ashore, Asarudy led the others in a welcome. At the same time, a large number of fireworks exploded in mid-air.

Yuuki was a bit speechless. Don Slime had really gone to great lengths to welcome him.

If he hadn't known the situation of the Blue Grill, he might not have thought much of it. But now, Don Slime had even sent the Five 10-Shell Cooks, which showed just how much effort had gone into this welcome.

Yuuki also exchanged a few words with the members of the Five 10-Shell Cooks. After that, Yuuki also met Warden Love and the others.

Warden Love was the warden of Honey Prison—

She was a very short person who looked like a child, but she controlled the power of hormones.

In the original story, Warden Love and the others had been seriously injured in the great battle on the Sixth Continent. In their extremely weakened state, their bodies had been taken over by Food Spirits.

Even after the people from the Human World arrived here, they were still in a state of being possessed.

It wasn't until Komatsu cooked ANOTHER that the endless deliciousness filled the World of Souls, causing all the souls to collectively remember who they were. So, the vast majority of the Food Spirits gave up possessing others' bodies and chose death.

Just like Asarudy, after remembering who he was, he had immediately chosen to let Don Slime possess his body.

People always hope they can live longer, but when their lifespan reaches a certain point, it becomes a tragedy.

Watching their loved ones die before them, watching their relatives die before them—

—Sending off their relatives one by one, how many people could endure such a situation? Humans were emotional creatures. Once this situation occurred, a long lifespan became a shackle, a curse. So, these people who remembered who they were—the vast majority chose death because they couldn't bear the pain of continuing to live.

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The group soon arrived at their residence. After that, Yuuki also told everyone his plan.

"You want to enter the World of Souls first? Why??"

Jiji was very surprised to learn that Yuuki wanted to enter the World of Souls first.

The World of Souls was very dangerous. If you stayed in there for a long time—you would be slowly worn away and lose yourself. Almost everyone who came back from the World of Souls had forgotten who they were.

Of course, unless they came back in an extremely short amount of time, like the mother and son Komatsu had met in the original story—

—That mother was very powerful. After being consumed as a tool, she had returned in an extremely short amount of time and re-possessed her own body. But even so, the World of Souls had a great impact on her, so she would gradually lose herself.

"I have my own ideas. After I come back—we can start cooking ANOTHER. For you guys, I'll probably just be gone for a moment."

Yuuki said.

Entering the World of Souls, even if he stayed in there for a hundred years, only a moment would pass in the outside world. Yuuki wanted to enter the World of Souls to train his own soul.

That way, not only could he make his soul stronger, but he could also make his culinary skills stronger.

After Yuuki spoke, though everyone tried to persuade him, the decision he had made would not be so easily changed. So, in the end, Yuuki still decided to go to the World of Souls alone.

As for whether he would get lost in the World of Souls, Yuuki couldn't guarantee it, but he felt that he could stay in there for a period of time and then come back for a period of time. The people who had entered in the original story, not a single one had gotten lost. Yuuki didn't think he would be weaker than them.

In the end, Jiro used Knocking on Yuuki. After all, they hadn't eaten PAIR, so they could only use this method to leave their bodies.

After leaving his body—Yuuki's body was sealed in a special container. In this container, his body could avoid being invaded by other Food Spirits.

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"Speaking of which, why didn't you choose to eat PAIR before coming? Why do you have to use this method?"

Jiji asked with some confusion.

Some of Acacia's Full Course Menu needed to be eaten in order—PAIR and ANOTHER were like this.

Logically, if you didn't eat PAIR, you couldn't enter the World of Souls.

But now Yuuki had used this unconventional approach. Still, Jiji was baffled as to why Yuuki's group had chosen to skip PAIR entirely and go straight for ANOTHER—

—Sure, the Monkey King was incredibly strong, and getting PAIR from it would be tough, but Jiro was part of their team. For someone like Jiro, capturing PAIR shouldn't be that difficult

"Because of the effect of PAIR. After eating PAIR, you will change gender. This is something I can't accept, so I bypassed PAIR and came to capture ANOTHER first. As for PAIR, I'll see if there's a way to solve it later!"

Yuuki said. At this moment, he was already in a Food Spirit state. But he hadn't entered the World of Souls yet—so it wasn't a problem for him to communicate with Jiji now.

As for the others, they couldn't see him. Because to see a Food Spirit, you had to eat PAIR. The people here, besides Jiji, had not eaten PAIR, so only Jiji could see Yuuki and communicate with him.

"So It's because of that..."

Jiji was a bit baffled after hearing this. He really didn't expect someone would not eat PAIR for such a reason.

Gender change was not a problem for Jiji. After all, the Nitro race, whether it was the Red Nitro or the Blue Nitro, were all appetite. Appetite had no gender, so there was no such thing as gender change.

In fact, even if other humans knew that PAIR could make people change gender—they would drink it without hesitation. After all, this gender change was not permanent.

But for Yuuki, it was very awkward—so he still decided to wait until he had a way to change the ingredient before dealing with PAIR.

As for now, it was better to honestly capture ANOTHER.

"Perhaps it's not important to you, but it's very important to me."

Yuuki shook his head.

He could understand Jiji's confusion. After all, when he had made this decision, even Jiro and the others had looked at him strangely.

In their view, no one could resist Acacia's Full Course Menu. But Yuuki had done it, and for such a reason.

"The thoughts of you humans are sometimes really strange. Let's go, I'll take you to the gate that connects to the World of Souls."

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