Food Wars: The Fishing System-Chapter 148: [] - BB Corn, The Special Ingredient of Wul Jungle

Chapter 148: [148] - BB Corn, The Special Ingredient of Wul Jungle

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Golden Wheat was a Special Preparation Ingredient, its difficulty on par with the Bubble Fruit. In fact, preparing the Bubble Fruit was very simple: you just had to peel it.

But it was this simple step that left countless chefs completely stumped. The reason was simple: the Bubble Fruit, as its name suggested, was more fragile than a soap bubble.

A soap bubble would pop with a light touch, let alone being cut with a knife. So, to prepare it, only someone who had mastered Food Honor could do it. Otherwise, it was a waste of time.

The process of making noodles from Golden Wheat was even more tedious.

You had to be careful when husking it. Even when grinding it into flour, you had to pay attention to the frequency. If the frequency was off, the flour would be ruined.

The same went for adding water. Having absorbed a large amount of sunlight, Golden Wheat needed to absorb a massive amount of water.

It might look like only a kilogram of flour, but you had to add a hundred kilograms of water.

Only an ingredient from the world of Toriko would have such a ratio. The final step, and the most crucial one, was kneading the dough.

When the dough was kneaded with the right force and in the right position, it would make a sound, aging in reverse from an old man to a young man, and finally to a baby.

The dough would also continuously expand.

In the original story, it took Komatsu three whole days to finish the dough. As for Setsuno, she only needed three minutes. And she even managed to turn the Zenmen (All-Noodles) into instant noodles for sale. That feat had truly blown everyone’s minds.

Komatsu had mastered Food Honor at the time, yet it still took him three days to complete the dough. Setsuno only needed three minutes. The gap between them was astronomical.

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After adding a large amount of Air Water, Yuuki began to knead. In the end, it took him twenty-three minutes to finish making the Zenmen.

"Twenty-three minutes. Still a long way from Granny Setsuno’s time!"

Yuuki looked at the time. It might seem like only a twenty-minute difference, but at this level, every minute pushed forward was incredibly difficult.

The gap between him and Setsuno wasn’t just in culinary skill, but also in raw power.

Compared to her, he was too weak. Even if his current combat power could exceed level 100 by a fair margin, Granny Setsuno was at a level of several thousand.

Of course, if he used his Ki—the time would be much shorter. But there was no need; he knew his culinary skills still needed improvement. He couldn’t always rely on using Ki to hear the voices of ingredients.

Anyway, his ability to hear the voices was controllable. He could turn it on anytime. When competing against others, he could go all out. But when honing his own skills, there was no need.

Zenmen was so named because it could be used to make any kind of noodle dish. Different noodle dishes required different types of flour.

There were countless varieties of flour, but Zenmen encompassed the characteristics of all of them, producing perfectly delicious noodle dishes. It was a noodle lover’s paradise.

Yuuki tasted the various noodles he made and was deeply moved. Though the Zenmen couldn’t activate his Gourmet Cells, or even raise his level much, it was truly delicious.

Though the preparation was a bit difficult, it was no problem for him. He planned to save it and let others try it when he returned to the world of Food Wars.

The energy in Golden Wheat wasn’t that exaggerated—so eating it was fine.

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After doing all this, Yuuki headed for the IGO branch. He was planning a trip to the Wul Continent.

He wanted to capture some BB Corn. Though its capture level wasn’t particularly high, it was very special because it was an ingredient that had come from the Gourmet World.

Yuuki naturally wouldn’t pass up such an ingredient. Although there was a chance he would run into members of the Gourmet Corp—as long as they weren’t the truly powerful ones, he wasn’t afraid.

And he had the ability to return directly to the world of Food Wars. He wasn’t worried about being targeted.

His reputation wasn’t that big yet—he wouldn’t be noticed by the real powerhouses. By the time he entered their line of sight, his strength would be enough to solve any problem.

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The Wul Continent was the third largest continent in the Human World, with a total area of 120 million square kilometers. For comparison, the total surface area of a normal Earth is only a little over 500 million square kilometers.

In the world of Toriko, a single continent occupied almost a quarter of the planet’s surface area. And this was just one continent in the Human World, and only the third largest.

It had to be said, the Earth in the world of Toriko was simply too big. According to the original story’s setting, it had been constantly growing and was now 659 times the size of the old Earth.

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BB Corn was located in Wul Jungle.

This Jungle was also known as the Plant Hell, with all sorts of bizarrely shaped plants. Their capture levels weren’t low, and in the Human World, it was considered a forbidden zone for many Gourmet Hunters and normal people.

Even with this world’s technology, it took about two days to fly from Gourmet Town to the Wul Continent.

"Yuuki-sama, we are now above the Wul Continent. It is too dangerous here, so I cannot get any closer. You will have to travel the rest of the way yourself. I will wait for you at the nearest branch."

The pilot said.

"I understand. Thank you for your hard work. I’ll bring you back some BB Corn after I capture it!"

With that, Yuuki leaped directly from the plane—though he was still very high above the ground, such a height was nothing to him.

"As expected of a powerful Gourmet Hunter. To be able to jump from such a height!"

The pilot was speechless. Not knowing Yuuki’s true identity, he had mistaken him for a powerful Gourmet Hunter. It was a normal assumption—the combat power Yuuki displayed was indeed terrifying.

Seeing Yuuki land and create a large crater, the pilot turned back. He had to go to the nearest branch to wait for him. The pilot was quite happy about this.

After all, he was responsible for transporting Yuuki. In the meantime, he could do whatever he wanted. It was like a paid vacation. Of course, his job was also quite dangerous.

After all, the places he flew to were all uninhabited areas. Who knew what dangers he might encounter? A fighter jet was nothing in the face of some beasts. So, high pay also meant high risk.

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After seeing the plane leave, Yuuki headed directly for Wul Jungle. He was still some distance away.

With his superhuman physique, it didn’t take him long to reach the edge of the Jungle. But he soon discovered that it was expanding at a visible rate.

Toriko had encountered a similar situation in the original story. When he returned, he found that the place where he had landed had been taken over by the dense Jungle.

Yuuki could clearly see the Jungle constantly expanding outwards.

And he was surprised to find that the expanding Jungle wasn’t constantly creating new life. On the contrary, the entire expanding Jungle was a single—complete living organism.

Yuuki knew Wul Jungle would expand.

Before coming, he had looked up a lot of information about it. He found that after expanding to a certain extent, it would stop, and then begin to wither rapidly from the outside. After withering for the most part, it would begin to grow again.

Yuuki had found it strange at first, but now that he saw it, he realized it was a single living being, or rather, a very special ingredient.

"The energy is constantly circulating between the root system, then injected into the main trunk... Such condensed energy... could it be a Special Preparation Ingredient?"

Yuuki was very interested in Wul Jungle. He felt there was something strange about it. Curious, he directly released his Ki.

If Wul Jungle really was a Special Preparation Ingredient, then he should be able to hear its voice.

And sure enough, his guess was correct. As he released his Ki, a voice came to his ears, and the entire Jungle began to emit a faint golden light.

"I see. No wonder no one discovered that Wul Jungle was a Special Preparation Ingredient for so long."

Through the voice of the ingredient, Yuuki learned how to prepare Wul Jungle. It was a Special Preparation Ingredient, which was already difficult to prepare. But most critically, because of the appearance of BB Corn, a portion of the Jungle’s nutrients had been stolen...

This had made the difficulty of preparing it even greater.

The original method of preparing Wul Jungle required finding its thirty thousand main roots. The root system beneath the Jungle was dense and terrifyingly numerous.

Finding the thirty thousand main roots among them was already incredibly difficult.

Only someone with Yuuki’s Enhanced Vision could see their locations.

After finding them, you had to use a special cutting method. The main roots would fight back when threatened, and at the same time, they would drain the energy from within themselves.

So, what Yuuki needed to do was find these roots and then cut them in a specific way.

This was also a difficult point. After all, you had to fend off the attacks of the main roots while cutting, and this was the Plant Hell, so you also had to face all sorts of plant life.

It was tedious and dangerous.

It had to be said, it was worthy of being called a Special Preparation Ingredient. Its difficulty was probably among the highest.

More critically, because of the appearance of BB Corn, a portion of Wul Jungle’s nutrients had been plundered.

So, to prepare it now, you had to temporarily clear out all the BB Corn.

This was also a huge undertaking. Normally, no one would think of doing this. After all, the popcorn from a single grain of BB Corn was enough to eat for a long time, not to mention the terrifying number of kernels on a single mature cob.

Even Grinpatch of the Gourmet Corp only took one plant in the original story because everyone knew that too much was unnecessary.

No one would have thought that you would need to clear out all the BB Corn here.

As for whether clearing them out would lead to their extinction on the Wul Continent, Yuuki wasn’t worried. Clearing them out was only temporary, he could replant them before he left.

He just needed to finish preparing Wul Jungle and see what kind of ingredient it was—though it meant there would be no BB Corn to eat for a short time, there was no other way.

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Knowing how to prepare Wul Jungle, Yuuki shot up to the top of the Jungle. It was hundreds of meters high, with a complex network of branches.

It was a daunting sight. Most critically, there were a large number of plant-based life forms around.

These plant life forms were constantly fighting. It could be said that it was almost impossible to find a foothold in Wul Jungle; danger was everywhere.

But for a sufficiently powerful being, a place like this was no different from a back garden.

Yuuki flew rapidly to the top. From here, he could already see some BB Corn. He didn’t care about their size and directly swung his knife.

Instantly, all the BB Corn within a radius of dozens of kilometers was cut down.

He left the immature ones, but all the mature ones he took with him. Though this much BB Corn would take a long time to eat, he wasn’t one to complain about having too much. Others had trouble transporting it, but he had his storage space; transportation was easy.

After collecting the BB Corn, he continued his operation, constantly cutting down the surrounding plants.

Wul Jungle was massive. Even with his strength, it took him some time to deal with all the BB Corn.

The nutrients here were, after all, inferior to the Gourmet World, so the BB Corn had to grow far apart. But in the Gourmet World, BB Corn grew in large quantity.

"Done. Next is to deal with those roots. At my speed, it’ll probably take some time to handle these thirty thousand main roots!"

Yuuki looked at the main roots. It wasn’t that his strength was insufficient, but that these roots all needed to be dealt with using a special method, so it would naturally take a not-insignificant amount of time.

He also knew that the more complex an ingredient was to prepare, the better it would taste. The most typical example was ANOTHER. If prepared according to the method provided by the Red Nitro, it would take a full six hundred thousand years.

What kind of concept was that? Just thinking about it terrified him.

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