Food Wars: The Fishing System

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Then there was the unique Nitro race. Their souls were extraordinary—born from multiple color universes, they were essentially natural-born Gods. This divine origin locked their potential at a fixed ceiling, but it also made them completely immune to environmental influences like this.

This was also why Jiji and the others could stay in here for hundreds of thousands of years—even millions or tens of millions of years, to study how to cook ingredients.

Their souls were very special and would not be eroded by the World of Souls. Even their bodies would not be taken over. This was the special nature of the Nitro race—and the price was that they could not continue to get stronger.

Facing those powerful creatures, they could only watch and do nothing.

This improvement, Yuuki once again obtained a Growth Bait—

But what made him regretful was that the time in the World of Souls was obviously not included in the system's time calculation.

The system calculated the time of the outside world.

So even after being here for over two thousand years, separating his soul from his body couldn't bypass the system. Yuuki had hoped this loophole might net him thousands of Super Baits, but the results were crushingly disappointing.

The only silver lining was gaining another Growth Bait.

Yuuki knew exactly how valuable a Growth Bait was, so he used it immediately. This time, it enhanced his Control Over Strength.

Control Over Strength—at first glance—was very general, but this was a good thing. Because whether it was Food Honor or Enbu, their essence was the Control Over Strength.

Once Yuuki mastered Enbu, he could only use it as a foundation—studying its principles to enhance his own abilities and potentially reach or even surpass the Monkey King's level. But this path was treacherous. Yuuki had invested enormous effort just to discover this new approach, and it remained completely untested. He'd have to forge ahead through pure trial and error.

Now, with this Growth Bait—Yuuki's control in this aspect could be Infinitely Strengthened.

Many things that had been very vague before were instantly figured out.

This also made Yuuki very pleasantly surprised. After this problem was solved, his improvement in all aspects began to enter a period of explosion again.

Even if his cell level didn't improve from now on, give him some time, and he could easily surpass Jiro and the others. This was absolute control.

After doing the math, Yuuki set aside a hundred years for himself before heading out. If he stayed any longer, he risked his Soul's development outpacing his Physical body.

He still needed to prepare ANOTHER in this place, so now was the time to leave. For Yuuki, over a millennium had passed—but in the outside world, barely a moment had gone by.

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His body had just been put into the container, and his eyes suddenly opened.

In the original story, Komatsu and the others had barely been inside for an instant. Jiji hadn't even finished speaking when they emerged. So even though a thousand years had passed for Yuuki, only moments had ticked by in the real world.

"Judging by the time you woke up—you should have been in there for more than a thousand years."

Jiji said after calculating the time.

"That's right. The harvest this time was huge. I successfully stepped into the realm where Froese was in terms of culinary skills. Although I can continue to improve in the World of Souls, I can't continue anymore—"

Yuuki said.

"WHAT...?"

Hearing this, Setsuno's face went pale.

"That's right. So next, Setsuno, you guys can also enter it to improve your culinary skills. I'll help you plan it!"

As Yuuki spoke—a series of white lights appeared on his body. This was the scene when cooking concepts—which was the state of Froese's Divine Culinary Arts.

"This is Froese-sama's Divine Culinary Arts. So this isn't her unique skill, but something that can be comprehended after reaching this level?"

This scene was all too familiar to Jiro and Setsuno.

"That's right."

Yuuki nodded. After that, he told everyone about his research in the World of Souls, including his guesses and so on.

After listening, everyone was collectively baffled. They really didn't expect that Yuuki could summarize so many things while improving himself.

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"Your theory is truly remarkable. If it were to spread, you would essentially be credited with mapping out a direct path to the realm of God Chef. It's unbelievable. YOU'VE BECOME A HERO TO ALL CHEFS—"

Jiji's eyes were wide with astonishment. While such a method was useless to the Nitro—their limits were locked, their potential capped—that didn't mean Yuuki's discoveries were without value to them.

The Nitro race, with their long lives, were constant explorers of the future. The future of cooking was no exception. So, even if he couldn't reach that level himself, he had at least witnessed someone who had laid out the path.

In that regard, Yuuki had done him an enormous favor. You could say Yuuki was now the founding father of a culinary revolution.

"It's not that easy. Talent is still the biggest hurdle."

Yuuki shook his head.

Although the theory was now well-established and the path completely open, very few could actually walk it to the end. Talent would always be the deciding factor. If you didn't have it—no amount of time would make a difference.

To reach the realm of God Chef through this path also required the support of talent. Among those present, Yuuki estimated that only Setsuno, Granny Chiyo, and Nono could reach that level.

"That's true. Some things can't be overcome with time alone."

Jiji nodded.

After that, Yuuki addressed the other Chefs. Once ANOTHER was cooked—the gate between the World of Souls and the outside world would be shattered.

To enter the World of Souls again would require a great deal of time to rebuild the gate—or to eat another specific ingredient that granted the ability to open a mobile kitchen and temporarily enter the World of Souls.

So, everyone needed to go into the World of Souls now to improve. After their training was complete, they would begin cooking.

After discussing it with everyone, Yuuki took the souls of several Chefs into the World of Souls. Upon entering—everyone was disoriented for a moment but quickly recovered.

After that, Yuuki gave them their time limits based on their physical conditions and the rate of erosion on their souls.

"Setsuno's maximum safe time is six thousand five hundred years. Granny Chiyo's is two thousand three hundred years. Granny Ayame's is two hundred years. And Nono, yours is three hundred years."

Yuuki gave his answer.

Everyone's situation was different. Setsuno's time was the longest—even longer than Yuuki's had been, which was normal. Those centuries she had lived were not for nothing.

So, Setsuno could stay here for six thousand five hundred years. After her was Granny Chiyo. Though she was also quite old, she was a bit behind Yuuki, so her time was two thousand three hundred years.

Granny Ayame and Nono were in a completely different situation from Setsuno and Granny Chiyo. Their bodies were too frail—once their souls grew beyond what their physical forms could handle, they'd have to leave. Otherwise, they'd end up just like Froese.

So, one could stay for three hundred years, and the other for two hundred.

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After telling everyone their time limits, Yuuki left.

He couldn't stay here forever, or he would improve to the point where he couldn't enter here to cook ANOTHER, unless he captured other ingredients to raise his Gourmet Cell level.

After Yuuki returned to his body, Nono and Granny Ayame soon opened their eyes one after another. Their culinary skills had already improved to the level Setsuno had been at before she entered.

After a while, Granny Chiyo opened her eyes.

"Chiyo, how was it?"

Seeing her, Chin Chinchin couldn't help but ask.

"My culinary skills are already close to the God Chef level, but my time was up—so I need to rest for a while. Also, I saw Ichiru in there."

Granny Chiyo told Chin Chinchin about Ichiru. By now, she had already given up on the idea of bringing him back.

The reason was simple: Ichiru's soul was too fragile. The only thing keeping it together was his desperate need to see his mother one last time. His soul had deteriorated so badly that it couldn't even hold its shape anymore—just a flickering ball of soul fire remained.

So when Ichiru finally saw Granny Chiyo, his last remaining obsession was fulfilled, and he couldn't hold on any longer. He peacefully passed into true death. At the same time, Granny Chiyo found closure through their reunion—seeing him one last time had finally put her heart at ease.

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Just as the two were talking, Setsuno also returned.

"Setsu, it looks like you had a good harvest this time!" Jiro said with a smile, looking at Setsuno's smiling face.

"The harvest was incredible. I've already reached Froese's level—though it's probably impossible to go any further!" Setsuno knew she'd pushed her talent to its absolute limit just to reach this point.

Moving beyond this? Even Froese probably couldn't have managed that. In this world—Yuuki was likely the only one capable of exploring what lay ahead.

"Either way, becoming a God Chef is already incredible!"

Jiji chimed in from the side.

Reaching that level was more than enough—it was something he'd been chasing his entire life. Unfortunately, the Nitro had built-in limitations. Even if he tried possessing someone else's body with his soul, it wouldn't break through those barriers.

After all, the Nitro race was locked not only in their bodies, but also in their souls.

"That's true. Let's take a break for today. We'll cook ANOTHER tomorrow."

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