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WGO began to mass-produce the Polar Star series ingredients on a large scale—and Yuuki made a fortune from this. Looking at the numbers that were constantly increasing every day, Yuuki felt somewhat numb.
Money, this thing—when it exceeded a certain limit, for someone like him who didn't usually spend much money—it was completely just a string of numbers, only good to look at.
Just like that, time flew by to the end of the term. During this period, Yuuki received Large Bait several times from fishing.
But it seemed his good luck had run out before; the things fished out by Large Bait weren't very good, all being rather cumulative Secret Techniques.
Yuuki was more looking forward to the once-a-year Super Bait. It was almost a year now.
Last time, the Super Bait allowed Yuuki to fish out Food Honor.
The existence of Food Honor allowed all his aspects to improve very quickly.
If not for Food Honor, although he could reach a certain height relying on other abilities, he absolutely couldn't reach his current height.
However, Yuuki hadn't even waited a year before his Culinary skills improved to the limit of the Food Wars world—that is, the Special Class Chef level.
And it was a Special Class Chef recognized by The System.
....
"Your Culinary Heart is powerful! I've traveled all over the world these years and have met some Special Class Chefs, even competed with them. But not a single one of their Culinary Hearts can compare to yours!"
"Your dishes made with full strength—after eating them, I felt a strong sense of submission..."
"While I barely managed to block it with my own Culinary Heart, it will still take a long time to completely eliminate it—"
At Polar Star, half of the dormitory was empty at this time. Because it was vacation now, most people had chosen to go home.
The person speaking to Yuuki now was Jōichirō Yukihira. He came back to see his son and wanted to see what height Yuuki had reached—
—After all, Mana Nakiri's God's Tongue wasn't something just anyone could handle. At least, he couldn't.
So, he suspected Yuuki might have already reached an even higher level...
Ultimately, Jōichirō chose to compete with Yuuki with all his strength once.
Yuuki used this opportunity to compete with Jōichirō to successfully raise his Culinary Heart to the Special Class level.
The Special Class level recognized by The System was not the Special Class demarcated by the Food Wars world.
His Culinary Heart had already surpassed anyone in this world.
He was now the Strongest Chef in this world!
The overly domineering Culinary Heart made the dishes Yuuki produced with full strength have an extremely large impact on people.
Of course, Yuuki could choose not to infuse his Culinary Heart, or infuse less. This way, others could eat his dishes.
But dishes made with full strength were too devastating.
Though it was a guaranteed control on average people—for Chefs who had reached the Special Class level, it was much weaker...
Of course, the current strength of Culinary Heart wasn't Yuuki's limit—Yuuki's Culinary Heart could continue to improve.
Sooner or later, he could instantly control Special Class Chefs like Jōichirō.
....
"My Culinary Heart just has this effect. I can't help it either!" Hearing Jōichirō's words, Yuuki said, somewhat amused.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Your Culinary Heart is the strongest I've ever seen. Have you already reached a new level?? Surpassing Special Class Chef?"
Speaking of this, Jōichirō's eyes lit up, looking intently at Yuuki.
It wasn't that he had taken a fancy to Yuuki, but he hoped his Culinary skills could reach a higher level.
These Special Class Chefs had always been searching for a way to reach a higher level, but they had never been able to figure out the path forward.
Now Yuuki might have reached a higher level—how could he not be excited??
"Not yet. I'm still at the Special Class level. But I do have some insights. That is, what you all call 'Special Class' now isn't actually true Special Class."
"In my view, a so-called Special Class Chef not only needs to comprehend Culinary Heart but needs to elevate Culinary Heart to a certain level. Just like me now, the impact of my Culinary Heart is quite difficult for even you to eliminate—" Yuuki said.
This was the standard given by The System.
"Elevate Culinary Heart to a certain level? I see... So, we've been looking in the wrong direction all these years!"
Jōichirō Yukihira realized the problem with himself and others after listening.
They had always thought that as long as one comprehended Culinary Heart, one became a Special Class Chef, and then they began to search for a way to enhance the Special Class Chef level—
—They had discovered that Culinary Heart could be continuously strengthened.
It was just that the speed of strengthening Culinary Heart was quite slow; not everyone was a "Cheat player" like Yuuki.
Chefs who could reach the Special Class level, besides super geniuses like Jōichirō, others were not young.
They didn't have so much time to slowly hone their Culinary Heart.
But thinking about it carefully, their behavior was like an infant who had just learned to walk.
They couldn't even walk properly yet and would fall at any time. To go research running at this time would get no results and might even be counterproductive.
Yuuki's words reminded him.
What needed to be done now was to improve his Culinary Heart.
When Culinary Heart reached a certain level, it would be as if the infant could already walk proficiently.
At that time, researching running would be much easier.
....
"Perhaps. I have some clues about the next rank. But whether it's correct or not will depend on whether I can reach that level." Yuuki stated.
He indeed had clues about the next rank, and these clues originated from Soul Soothing Esoterica.
Soul Soothing Esoterica was quite special—Not only could it affect people, but it could affect natural environment.
This was something Yuuki couldn't do now...
That is to say, the next step should be to elevate his Culinary Heart to a level sufficient to affect the world—
—At that time, he should be able to advance to a level above Special Class. As for what that level above Special Class was, she wasn't very clear either.
Thinking about it carefully, if the Emperor's Culinary Heart could reach a level that influenced nature, what kind of scene would that be?
Yuuki was very excited just thinking about such a picture.
He had only just become a Special Class Chef according to The System's classification; there was still a long way to go to reach the next level.
....
"Yep. The world's evaluation of you is not wrong at all. You are destined to become the pioneer of the culinary world's future path."
Hearing Yuuki's words, Jōichirō Yukihira smiled.
Yuuki had already begun to explore the path beyond Special Class and had perfected the Special Class level.
This meant the Special Class level should be divided into different sub-levels.
"Regarding the secret of Special Class Chefs, can it be spread?" Jōichirō asked after thinking for a moment.
Yuuki had essentially reclassified the Special Class level and pointed out the path for these Special Class Chefs.
But now, only he knew...
So, he wanted to ask Yuuki if this news could be spread.
This way, those Special Class Chefs would have a chance to reach a higher level.
Although this news spreading out would also benefit Midnight Chefs, it would greatly benefit the entire culinary world.
"Even if you don't ask, I will tell WGO the news later—" Yuuki stated.
He himself had such thoughts.
It was just that he had only become a true Special Class Chef today, so he hadn't had time to make it public yet—
....
"I see... Once the news spreads, you'll be the brand-new pioneer of the culinary world!" Jōichirō Yukihira said with a smile.
This title was quite something—Pioneer of the Culinary World.
This represented Yuuki having made an immense contribution to the culinary arts.
If before, Yuuki became number one in the culinary world through sheer Culinary skill, then with this title, Yuuki was, in a way, a benefactor to all Chefs.
Normal chefs might not grasp the full implications, but for Special-Class chefs like them, they were the direct beneficiaries of this new roadmap.
Yuuki's status in the culinary world would skyrocket. At that point, if anyone dared to mess with him, they wouldn't even need Yuuki to lift a finger—the rest of the culinary world would tear them apart.
"Pioneer of the Culinary World... THAT'S AMAZING!"
Alice Nakiri and the others now had stars in their eyes. It couldn't be helped; this title was just too damn epic.
"A pioneer, huh? I like the sound of that. Erina, could you get your mother on the line?" Yuuki rather liked this title.
He directly had Erina Nakiri contact Mana Nakiri.
"Erina, darling! Calling so soon? Did you miss me already?" Mana Nakiri, on the other end, couldn't resist teasing Erina.
This was mainly because the two had just reconciled, so Erina was quite clingy with Mana. This led to Mana occasionally joking around.
"MOTHER! There are other people here! I'm calling you this time because there's something very important!"
Hearing her mother's words, Erina's face turned beet red. Fortunately, she had changed quite a bit now; otherwise, at this moment, she would probably have run off directly.
"Oh, there are others? Go on then, what's so important?" Hearing this, Mana's voice became much more serious.
Afterwards, Yuuki and Jōichirō told Mana about the reclassification of Special Class Chefs.
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