Food Wars: The Fishing System

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"Gourmet Corp President's Full Course Menu??"

Hearing this, Ichiryu's group was filled with confusion.

At this moment, the people who had been controlled had all been knocked out by Ichiryu. He would save them after they returned to the Human World.

As for those who hadn't been controlled, Ichiryu couldn't care less about their lives.

"Midora's Full Course Menu is very special. And because of Joie, that Full Course Menu will never exist again."

Ichiryu couldn't help but shake his head sadly.

Midora had never talked about his Full Course Menu with anyone, but Froese had known. Curious, they'd asked her about it. Froese hadn't kept it secret from them—because to her, Midora's Full Course Menu represented a child's desperate need for his mother's love.

Midora hadn't shared it with anyone else because he thought he'd outgrown such feelings. Admitting to something like that would've been too embarrassing, so he'd only confided in Froese.

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"Because of you, I can't find it anymore. Do you know? My Full Course Menu—the Hors d'Oeuvre is Meeting Froese, the Soup is Froese's Charity, the Fish Dish is the Warmth of having a family for the first time, the Meat Dish is the touch left on my forehead—a goodnight kiss, the Main Course is Froese's Smile, the Salad is Froese's Encouragement, the Dessert is Froese's Teaching, and the Drink is Froese's Dream—to eat with her family."

"Everything was because of Froese. But because of you, this Full Course Menu can never be completed."

Hundreds of years of hunger—and Midora's anger finally erupted through his words.

"YOU... YOU SICK FREAK WHO'S OBSESSED WITH YOUR TEACHER'S WIFE!"

Midora's Full Course Menu did sound strange. It felt as if he had a crush on Froese.

But that was from an adult's perspective. For an adult's Full Course Menu to be like this was quite strange.

Midora was a boy when he had met Froese and the others. But he was a boy without a childhood. So, after receiving this motherly love, he had treated himself as a child.

Froese had clearly discovered this. So, after learning of this Full Course Menu, she had only treated him better and hadn't thought he was a pervert.

"There's such a Full Course Menu? Is he feeding on emotions?"

Everyone was very shocked after hearing Midora's Full Course Menu.

"You don't understand Midora's past. The Human World hundreds of years ago was nothing like today. Sure, you can learn some history from books, but the really dark stuff never made it into the records."

"Midora was born to be pig feed. But because he had Gourmet Cells from birth, the pigs wouldn't eat him and he survived."

"For Midora, family was a luxury. Until he met us. Froese's care for him was meticulous from the very first moment."

"We did eventually treat Midora like family, but that was only after he'd been with us for some time. Once we learned about his background, we started treating him as one of our own."

Ichiryu said.

Even he couldn't just treat a stranger as family. But Froese had done it. The first time she saw Midora, she had seen through his essence.

"Because he had no family and had never experienced a mother's love, he had immediately treated Froese as his own mother."

"His Full Course Menu might seem strange, but think about it carefully. If a child of a few years old said such a Full Course Menu—would you still find it strange?"

Ichiryu said.

Hearing this, everyone imagined it and realized that if it were a child, they would only think that this child loved his mother very much.

But at that time, Midora's mentality was that of a child.

"I see. The Human World hundreds of years ago was really... it's a good thing this era has the IGO, so it won't become like that."

Teppei was very helpless. He had heard from Jiro and the others about what it was like five hundred years ago. Now, after hearing Midora's experience—he had a clearer understanding of the darkness of that era.

He was very glad that he could live in such an era. Although this era also seemed to have problems—those were things that powerhouses like them needed to consider.

The Human World wasn't in great shape right now, but with Ichiryu's recent directives, life would soon return to normal—and even improve beyond that. At the same time, some disturbances rippled through the area. Soon, several figures appeared on the horizon.

These figures were the Blue Nitro who had come here through the back channel. The moment Midora's aura had erupted, the Emperor's Ring had appeared.

The appearance of the Emperor's Ring, plus Midora's and Joie's auras, had naturally attracted the powerhouses.

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Yuuki and Jiro, who were on their way to the Food Region Forest, had also sensed this aura at the first moment.

"Midora's aura and Joie's aura, it seems Midora is planning to make a move."

Jiro was very clear that once Midora knew the specific situation, he definitely wouldn't let Joie go. But he hadn't expected Midora to make a move now.

But in Jiro's view, this wasn't a big deal. After all, with Midora against Joie, it was simply too easy. Joie's strength, he knew very well.

"Do you need to go and see, Jiro?"

Yuuki asked. If Midora made a move, then Joie was destined to be finished.

"I'm not going. I've already seen it before. It's better not to stimulate an old man's heart with such a scene."

Jiro said with a smile.

Five hundred years ago, they had already sent Froese off. To send her off once was enough. So he didn't plan to go and watch their battle.

"In that case, let's go and have a good chat with the Deer King!"

Yuuki had no intention of getting involved with Joie's situation either. Joie meant nothing to him. It would be perfect if Midora killed him. Even if Midora didn't finish the job, Yuuki would step in. And eventually, Acacia would make his move too. Sure, Acacia wasn't a good guy, but he was someone who could sacrifice everything for his goals.

He could abandon Froese, but that didn't mean others could defile her—even if she was just a corpse now.

So Acacia would come for Joie as well. You could say that the moment Joie possessed Froese's body, his fate was sealed. It just took hundreds of years for that fate to catch up with him.

No longer concerned with the Midora and Joie situation—he could tell from the energy signatures what was happening anyway. The outcome was obvious.

So Yuuki and Jiro headed straight for the Deer King...

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On the other side, the Blue Nitro—at their Dining Planet—had also felt these two auras.

"That's Joie's aura, and the other one... is Midora. He's actually targeting Joie. What do we do now?"

Several Blue Nitro exchanged glances. Their upcoming plan still required Joie. Well, not strictly necessary—every Blue Nitro was an exceptionally skilled chef capable of preparing GOD themselves.

But keeping Joie alive would definitely be the better option.

"Go find Joie, find a way to keep him. This guy has to participate in the subsequent plan."

The Blue Nitro quickly reached a decision, so a group of them immediately headed to where the massive battle had broken out.

But when they arrived, they discovered things weren't as straightforward as they'd expected.

"What the hell is happening? Why is Midora so incredibly powerful? With strength like that, even if we all attack together, we wouldn't stand a chance!"

Watching the rampaging Midora, the Blue Nitro hesitated. They'd originally planned to rescue Joie, but seeing Midora's rampage, it seemed like Joie was expendable after all.

The main issue was that Midora's explosive power was absolutely staggering. And there was Ichiryu standing right beside him. While the Blue Nitro were incredibly strong, in one-on-one combat they couldn't match the Eight Kings.

But Acacia's students could crush any single Eight King effortlessly.

This was an absolute strength gap.

Joie had managed to survive until their arrival only because of the beads covering his head. So even though Midora kept killing him over and over—as long as those beads weren't depleted, Joie wouldn't stay dead.

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At this moment, Joie was also very anxious. He hoped the Blue Nitro and even Acacia could come and help him. But now, the more he waited, the colder his heart became.

Something was definitely off about the situation. With Blue Nitro and Acacia's power, they must've detected his presence ages ago. If they were coming, they'd be here by now. Unless they simply refused to show themselves. At that thought, Joie's heart sank.

"Screw it. Worst case scenario, I die. As long as my soul survives, I can always come back eventually."

In the end, Joie had completely given up fighting back. He knew he wouldn't truly die—his soul would just return to the World of Souls.

So Joie stopped resisting and let Midora finish him off.

But just as Joie died and his soul was about to enter the World of Souls, a massive figure suddenly materialized beside him.

"DON'T THINK ABOUT BEING REVIVED AGAIN!"

It was Don Slime!

Don Slime's cellular structure was incredibly unique. Normally, once a Food Spirit died, it couldn't be killed again.

But Don Slime was different. He possessed an extremely rare ability—his cells could devour and break down anything.

This included Food Spirits. The reason why the Food Spirits in the World of Souls were so afraid of Don Slime was precisely this.

Joie's soul faced the same fate now. Ichiryu had planned for this possibility. After all, Joie was someone who'd escaped from the World of Souls.

It made sense that he'd return there after being killed. But Ichiryu wasn't about to let Joie slip away again, so he'd sent Don Slime to handle the situation.

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