Food Wars: The Fishing System-Chapter 139: [] - Enbu’s Advancement, The Exclusive Knife is Complete (BONUS)

Chapter 139: [139] - Enbu’s Advancement, The Exclusive Knife is Complete (BONUS)

~ Thank You for 200 Powerstones, Here’s Your Bonus Chapter!

~ Thank You for the Support!

~ Lets Keep Pushing!!

~ 18 Advanced Chapters Available on my Patreon

<><><><><><><><>

Melk II took the letter and tore it open, her hands trembling slightly as she read the words her father had written.

From the letter, she finally learned the truth of the situation—the full story of his departure and the reason he hadn’t returned.

It wasn’t because he was displeased with her or didn’t want to see her. On the contrary, it was because he cared so much that he didn’t dare come back. After finishing the letter, tears streamed down her face.

At long last, the questions that had plagued the father and daughter were resolved. Though they hadn’t spoken face-to-face, she now understood his true feelings.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Yuuki! If it weren’t for you, the problems between my father and me would have never been solved!"

She said after wiping away her tears. A smile finally broke through, the doubt and anxiety in her eyes vanishing completely.

"Don’t mention it. After all, you promised to forge a knife for me."

Yuuki replied with a smile. This was, at its heart, a transaction. While seeing the issue resolved was nice, he was still more focused on his knife.

"Rest assured, Mr. Yuuki, I will begin working on it immediately. Master had you bring back a great deal of material, and now with the Melk Stardust, I can forge the strongest possible knife."

"By the way, do you have the knives you’ve used before with you? I need to see them before I can forge a new one." Melk II asked.

Yuuki immediately took out the Seven-Star Knives.

"These are all the knives I’ve used. But you don’t need to make this many. Just forge one similar to this."

Yuuki said, picking up his favorite. For him, a single blade was more than enough. Anything more was unnecessary—

—With his current level of knife skills, he could handle any ingredient with any knife. What he needed now was sharpness and hardness; the shape no longer mattered.

"What a peculiar set of knives. Judging by their shapes, they must have been designed for preparing a wide variety of ingredients."

Melk II could tell the purpose of the Seven-Star Knives at a glance, but she was also curious about who could have forged them.

The material used for the set was poor, resulting in mediocre hardness. However, the forging process itself was very special, making them a fine set of knives regardless.

But they could only be used to handle simple ingredients. The moment you tried to process something larger, they were useless. It just went to show the vast difference between the world of Cooking Master Boy and the world of Toriko.

"And these knives... they have their own consciousness!"

Melk II remarked.

"Mr. Yuuki, since these knives already have their own will, I was thinking... I could re-forge them, adding the fossilized Fang of the Dragon King to create a completely new knife."

"However, if I do that, the size of the knife will not be the same as it is now!"

For a master knifesmith like Melk II, it would be a terrible waste to simply discard blades that had gained their own consciousness. The best path was to preserve that consciousness while forging them into a new, more powerful blade.

But doing so would require a lot more material, and the resulting knife would be much larger than Yuuki might have expected. She needed his permission.

If he disagreed, she wouldn’t push it; she would forge the knife exactly to his specifications.

"In that case, let’s go with your idea. But please, try to control the size a little. As long as it doesn’t end up as some multi-meter-long super-knife, it’s fine."

Yuuki agreed. A bit bigger was fine; something like Yuda’s versatile medicine knife would be no problem. But he didn’t want it to be like the monstrous blades her father had forged.

Though he could still use such a weapon, it would be terribly inconvenient.

"I understand!"

Hearing this, Melk II smiled and nodded. With his approval, she could now forge a knife that would truly satisfy her.

The Knife vibrated slightly. As for the quality of the new blade, it wouldn’t be an issue. In the original story, Komatsu’s new knife had also incorporated his old one.

The process wouldn’t have a significant impact on the final hardness and sharpness.

"Alright, you should write your reply now. I need to spend some time in the Heavy Hole, so I’ll leave the knife in your hands!" Yuuki said.

Melk II nodded quickly, wrote her reply, and handed it to him. With the letter in hand, Yuuki once again set off for the Heavy Hole.

....

With his previous experience, Yuuki leaped down and quickly reached the bottom of the pit. The gravity, though intense, no longer posed much of a threat to him.

After finding Melk I again, Yuuki handed him the letter. Melk I had been waiting for it, and as he read his daughter’s reply, tears began to stream down the hardened man’s face.

Only in front of his family would a man like him show such tears.

"Thank you so much."

Melk I said, his voice filled with sincere gratitude. If it weren’t for Yuuki, he would have never known his daughter’s true state of mind. Now, the issue was resolved.

"Don’t thank me, it was nothing. By the way, would it be alright if I observed you while you forge? I won’t make a sound. You know I’ve mastered Food Honor."

Yuuki asked. He was fascinated by the Melk Style of sharpening and forging. With his abilities, learning such techniques shouldn’t be too difficult.

"You may!"

After a moment of thought, Melk I nodded. As Yuuki had said, he had mastered Food Honor.

As long as Yuuki didn’t deliberately make a disturbance, he wouldn’t be affected.

"Young man, are you also interested in sharpening?" Melk I asked with some curiosity. Forging and sharpening were not easy tasks. To reach his and his daughter’s level required exceptional talent.

In the original story, Komatsu had studied under Melk II for a few days, but it took him a great deal of time just to succeed once. In contrast, Melk II herself had succeeded on her first try out of ten attempts.

That feat had left Komatsu completely dumbfounded. It was a matter of talent; some things were impossible without it. Komatsu’s Food Luck was a talent of its own.

That was why other chefs found it so difficult to hear the voices of ingredients, but for Komatsu, it was as easy as playing a game.

"I am somewhat interested, but for now, I’ll just watch. You have work to do. If I truly want to learn, I’ll ask Ms. Melk later."

Yuuki said with a smile. He had to admire the man’s dedication. To spend so much time on Ichiryu’s commission, he truly was a master of masters.

And he wasn’t the type to hoard his techniques. On the contrary, he was happy to pass on the sharpening skills he had developed. freeweɓnovel-cøm

Hearing Yuuki’s words, Melk I didn’t press the matter and returned to his work. He was now at the sharpening stage.

The time required for this stage varied depending on the quality of the knife. This blade was being forged specifically to cut AIR, so its sharpness needed to be at the absolute peak.

That was why he was spending so much time on it.

As the sharpening began, a series of strange sounds echoed, followed by flashes of white light.

This was the special characteristic of the Melk Style. With perfect sharpening, the blade would sing, and light would emanate from it.

In fact, sharpening a knife was similar to cooking a dish; both were about meticulously polishing an object.

Though Melk I’s movements seemed repetitive, as if he were simply repeating the same motion over and over, that’s not what Yuuki saw.

To Yuuki, Melk I’s movements were subtly adjusted with every stroke. It was these fine adjustments that allowed the blade and the Stardust of Melk whetstone to fit together perfectly.

"No wonder the Melk Style relies so heavily on talent. A normal person couldn’t do this!"

After watching the process, Yuuki understood. While the Melk Style had its own techniques, it depended more on the sharpener’s own reactions.

The sharpener needed to find the point of contact between the blade and the whetstone in an instant and then begin sharpening, making minute adjustments with every stroke.

Forget everything else, that first step alone would be an insurmountable wall for anyone without talent.

They would never be able to find the point of contact. That was why both the first and second-generation Melk had reached the pinnacle of talent in this area.

Yuuki didn’t think it would be too much of a problem for him. With his reaction speed, control over his strength, and his enhanced senses of touch and vision, achieving this step wouldn’t be difficult.

As for the techniques involved, those were secondary. Once Yuuki confirmed he could do it, he left a note and departed. He could just ask Melk II for the techniques when he got back.

....

After leaving, Yuuki found an empty space and began to train his Enbu. In this high-gravity environment, it was the most efficient way.

Just like that, a month passed quickly. By now, Yuuki could no longer feel the gravity of the Heavy Hole at all.

The gravity here was over a hundred times normal, even approaching two hundred, but now, Yuuki could completely negate it with Enbu.

Even so, his Enbu still hadn’t reached the master level—the level just below the Monkey King himself.

On Area 7, only a very few monkeys had reached that level, and they had become the leaders of their respective regions.

It was just that the hunting system the monkeys had created was utterly ridiculous. It could only be said that monkeys will be monkeys; their mischievous nature was impossible to eliminate.

....

Now that he had completely adapted to the gravity of the Heavy Hole, Yuuki knew it was time to leave. Continuing to stay here, the rate of improvement for his Enbu would be no different from training in the outside world.

So, he decided to leave. Besides, he had to go pick up his knife from Melk II.

After a month, she had surely finished forging it. In the original story, Komatsu’s knife only took a very short time.

He also planned to learn the special sharpening techniques.

After saying goodbye to Melk I—who didn’t have another letter for him this time, as everything that needed to be said had been said—he was now completely immersed in his sharpening.

Leaving the Heavy Hole, Yuuki didn’t feel the expected sensation of being light as a feather. Because Enbu had negated all the gravity, for him, there was no difference between here and the bottom of the pit.

This training had greatly improved his Enbu.

"This is..."

As he returned to Melk Mountain, he saw that a neighboring mountain had a perfectly clean-cut slice taken out of it.

This mountain was even taller than Melk Mountain, but it had been sliced apart, and the cut surface was incredibly smooth.

It was obvious this was the result of Melk II testing his new knife.

In the original story, Melk II had also personally tested Komatsu’s knife after completing it. It was a common practice for sharpeners.

But in the original story, she had underestimated the knife’s sharpness, and one swing had not only cut through her house and hot spring but had also cleaved the entire Melk Mountain in two.

<><><><><><><><>

~ 18 Advanced Chapters Available on my Patreon!

https://p-atreon.com/dragonnx

(Just remove the hyphen to access Patreon normally.)

<><><><><><><><>

~# Keep the Chapters coming — Support with Power Stones!

~# Every 200 Power Stones = 1 Bonus Chapter

~# Add to Library!

The source of this c𝐨ntent is fre𝒆w(e)bn(o)vel