Food Wars: The Fishing System

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"YUUKI!!"

The group was stunned to see Yuuki reappear. They didn't know where he had gone, but they knew one thing for certain—cooking GOD must have been an incredibly difficult task.

"He's already finished... You really are incredible. The King of All Ingredients is spread out in front of you—and you figured out the correct preparation method without even hesitating!"

Don Slime said, looking at the now-prepared GOD.

It was a good thing the inside of the Giant Shell was completely sealed, with a vast ocean outside. The aroma was contained. Otherwise, the scent of GOD—even just its remnants—would have attracted countless creatures.

GOD itself was a scavenger dispatched by the Earth, its purpose to reclaim the deliciousness scattered across the world. It had to possess the ultimate flavor to attract and absorb those other tastes.

"It's alright, everyone, don't worry. I was just in a very special space. That space—"

Yuuki proceeded to explain what he had experienced, leaving everyone utterly speechless.

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"I knew cooking GOD would be difficult, but I never imagined it would be to this extent. To have to cook every ingredient that has ever existed on Earth, from ancient times to the present... it's unbelievable."

Setsuno said with a sigh.

The actual preparation method was absolutely terrifying, but now she was dying to try it herself. Unfortunately, there wasn't a second portion of GOD for her to cook.

"This was just a fragment, so the ingredients inside were limited. When the Gourmet Solar Eclipse comes this time, that will be the real challenge."

Yuuki said.

The most complete and mature GOD—just thinking about it now made him a little excited. After all, from this fragment of GOD, he had already seen the benefits of cooking it.

Hearing this, everyone was filled with a surge of anticipation. Jiro and the others, however, felt a bit helpless. This was not their area of expertise.

Don Slime didn't care about any of that. He had someone send Acacia's Full Course Menu to a restaurant and had Asarudy wait there.

Asarudy was already prepared.

For a man with a death wish, no one had any intention of persuading him.

"I never thought that Asarudy, as one of the leaders of the Blue Grill, would choose to end his life in such a way."

Jiji said.

Though he had tried his best to understand Human emotions, it was still very difficult.

In fact, they also had emotions, but their emotions were much more subdued compared to humans. Perhaps it was because of their inherent nature. After all, the Nitro race had no worries about their lifespan.

A normal human, even if they lived a long life, would only live a little over a hundred years. In a person's life, after a busy life, the people around them would also leave one by one.

The brevity of life made humans value emotions even more.

Jiji had emotions too, but in his mind, feelings could never affect him to the point of risking his life. So he couldn't wrap his head around Asarudy's decision. Why would someone willingly march to their death just because of some promise from who knows how many years ago?

And the many Food Spirits who had possessed others' bodies—they had clearly been given a second life, but why would they voluntarily give it up? They had abandoned their bodies and chosen to end themselves.

All of this left Jiji feeling deeply unsettled. He realized he still didn't understand humans well enough. His eyes could see through a person's entire body, right down to the cellular level. But he couldn't see a person's true thoughts or genuine emotions, because he himself was missing those very things.

"Perhaps this is what it means to be human."

Yuuki said with a smile.

The reason why the human heart was the most difficult to understand was precisely this. Forget Jiji, even humans themselves couldn't figure out this thing called the Human Heart. It was completely irreplaceable, not something that could be understood just by being an intelligent life form.

After Yuuki finished speaking, Jiji was still a bit lost.

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"Asarudy, after eating the ingredients, you have no way back. Even if you regret it now, it's useless."

Don Slime said.

"I know, and I won't regret it. I'm well aware that with my strength and abilities, if I wanted to eat these ingredients, it'd be impossible to get them on my own—unless someone was willing to share them with me."

"So, being able to taste something this incredible before I go... that's enough for me."

Asarudy said, crying. For him, to have eaten such deliciousness in this life was enough.

"I know. Then from now on, this body is mine!"

After Don Slime finished speaking, the Gourmet Cells began to surge wildly. In the entire Blue Grill, all the cells that Don Slime had split off all gathered here.

Asarudy's physical condition wasn't quite up to par—and the ingredient portions were also lacking, but Yuuki had given Don Slime some AIR and ANOTHER, so these two ingredients compensated for the shortfall.

In other words, the current Don Slime, after being revived with these ingredients, would be perfectly fine as long as he didn't engage in violent combat.

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The revived Don Slime appeared in front of everyone.

At this moment, he had returned to his ferocious state.

His size had reached dozens of meters. While that wasn't particularly massive by Gourmet World standards, Don Slime's power was absolutely terrifying. If he wanted to, he could casually obliterate the planet beneath his feet while remaining completely immortal. This level of strength had already surpassed the Eight Kings.

In the original story, he'd only lost to NEO because he didn't have a proper host. NEO wasn't making its debut in the Red Universe either. When NEO first showed up in the Red Universe, Don Slime had killed it outright.

And not just once. Unfortunately, the final encounter went the other way.

"Finally resurrected. Hurry up and bring me something delicious!"

Don Slime, who hadn't eaten anything with his own mouth for a long time, couldn't wait. Although in others' bodies, he could also taste what they ate, the taste was completely different from eating it himself.

So now he was very eager to eat.

As for Yuuki, he took a moment to mourn Asarudy. The man's devotion was truly admirable. And honestly, his lover had deserved that kind of sacrifice. After all, she'd waited for him at the Snow Church her entire life, and even as she was dying, she'd been praying for him there.

Her body was even in a praying state.

It was clear how much she loved him.

These two were truly devoted to each other. Yuuki blessed them. Perhaps in the unseen world of death, these two would be reunited.

After Asarudy's situation was resolved, Yuuki and Jiro gave the ingredients to Nono and the others, telling them to head back to the Human World first and deliver a portion of ANOTHER to President Ichiryu.

As for Yuuki and Jiro, they planned to go straight to the Fifth Continent.

The Fifth Continent—the Food Region Forest.

The beasts in this place were the strongest among the eight continents. As for the Food Region Forest, it was located on the back of the Deer King—Sky Deer.

Yuuki didn't plan to wait any longer.

Now, he and Jiro would secure these ingredients as quickly as possible, then figure out how to handle the PAIR situation, and finally wait for GOD to be born. As for Acacia, the Blue Nitro, and the NEO organization—those guys were no longer a threat to Yuuki.

The strongest member of the NEO organization was just Joie, and Midora was still watching him hungrily. It probably wouldn't be long before Midora went after those guys. So the NEO organization was basically done for. As for the Blue Nitro, while their strength was decent, forget about Jiro—Yuuki alone could completely annihilate the entire Blue Nitro faction.

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If Jiro went after them, it wouldn't even be as much trouble as it was in the original story. With Jiro's current power level, those guys would be obliterated before they could even lay a finger on him. The only real concern was Acacia.

The NEO inside him remained a persistent threat. After all, that devouring ability was incredibly dangerous.

But Yuuki had a way to deal with it—

NEO liked to feed on despair, but at the same time, NEO also had something it hated—and that was anger. As long as there was strong enough anger, it could completely scrap NEO's terrifying devouring ability.

Without this devouring ability, NEO couldn't stir up any trouble in front of him and Jiro.

As for how to make him angry, that might be impossible for others, but for Yuuki and Jiro—both Knocking masters—it was ridiculously easy. They just needed to use Knocking to push the anger to the absolute limit. So Acacia wasn't really that much of a problem.

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