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"According to what you're saying, we Special Class Chefs... strictly speaking, don't actually count as 'Special Class'?? We've only just stepped one foot into it, is that right?"
After listening, Mana Nakiri was silent for a moment, then asked.
Honestly, the news was a bombshell. It effectively invalidated the status of every Special-Class Chef in the world.
"That's not quite it. It's just a matter of terminology—" Yuuki stated.
Although his ranks were determined by The System, he couldn't just impose them on the Food Wars world—
—The "Special Class" rank had existed in the Food Wars world for so long; how they classified it was their own business.
Ultimately, after some discussion among them, they decided to divide Special Class Chefs into three stages: Junior, Intermediate, and Senior. After that would be Yuuki's level.
As for Yuuki's level? They decided to call it Transcendent-Class.
This level represented that Yuuki had already broken the current structure of the culinary world, hence the name.
And Mana Nakiri felt that very few people could reach this level. Even though Yuuki had now told them the method to reach this level, wanting to improve one's Culinary Heart wasn't that simple.
The difficulty of improving Culinary Heart was very high.
Without a cheat like Yuuki's—one could only rely on slowly honing it themselves, which required a vast amount of time.
Becoming a Special Class Chef was already hard enough—how many Special Class Chefs were there in the entire world?
Let alone advancing to the higher Transcendent-Class...
....
After they finished their discussion, Mana Nakiri called Anne over.
Now, although Anne was still her secretary, Mana, having recovered somewhat, could do many things herself.
She no longer needed Anne to be by her side all the time.
"Lady Mana, did you need something?" Anne asked upon seeing Mana.
Mana then told Anne the news she had just received from Yuuki and Jōichirō.
"Compile this information into a document, and then publish it. The structure of the culinary world has already changed..."
After Mana Nakiri finished speaking, Anne finally recovered from her shock. Afterwards, she quickly left, compiled Mana's words into a document, and published it on WGO's official website.
This document was very important. So, when it was published, WGO's official website sent notification messages to all Chefs registered on the site.
In the Food Wars world, almost all Chefs were registered with WGO. After all, certification exams also needed to be taken at WGO. During the examination, their information was naturally entered, which was equivalent to being registered.
Only some Midnight Chefs wouldn't receive the notification.
....
"Reclassifying Special Class above First Class, and confirming a 'Transcendent-Class' above Special Class?? Is this a joke?? Today isn't April Fool's Day! Why is WGO starting to joke around?"
Someone expressed their disbelief after seeing the document published by WGO.
"How could it be a joke? There's such a large document right on WGO's homepage; all other news has been removed."
"And look who determined this ranking system—It was Officer Yuuki! Although he's only a First Class Officer, everyone knows his Culinary skills are the STRONGEST."
"Right now, the WGO has certified only one Transcendent-Class Chef, and it's Officer Yuuki. It's unbelievable… a kid in his teens has already reached such a height."
Another Chef directly refuted the previous one's words.
He was a die-hard fan of Yuuki.
Seeing this news came from Yuuki—and that Yuuki had broken through Special Class to reach the even higher Transcendent-Class, made him very excited.
As soon as these words were out, the others around nodded. Indeed, Yuuki's name carried that much weight. And WGO couldn't possibly joke about such matters.
So, this news was definitely true. And the culinary world had welcomed its Strongest Existence—that is, Yuuki.
It could be said that the entire hierarchy of high-level Chefs in the culinary world was directly rewritten by Yuuki.
"WGO also calls Officer Yuuki the 'Pioneer of the Culinary World'! That title really fits!
Everyone felt this title of "Pioneer" was very appropriate after seeing it. After all, Yuuki had truly blazed a new trail. This wasn't just theory; it had already been put into practice.
Yuuki himself was the living proof that one could reach the Transcendent level.
....
The entire culinary world was shaken by this news.
At the same time, the Special Class Chefs throughout the culinary world obviously saw this news.
They gained a clearer positioning of themselves, knowing what level they were at within Special Class—
—At the same time, they were incredibly amazed by Yuuki. He had helped them scout out the path ahead—now it was just waiting for them to walk it.
It could be said that these Special Class Chefs now all owed Yuuki a favor.
....
"I was thinking he'd quiet down for a while. Didn't expect him to be holding back such a HUGE move—"
At Nakiri International, Sōe Nakiri was speechless looking at WGO's news. Ever since Yuuki awakened his special ability, he would cause some commotion every once in a while.
It was fine at first, just causing a stir at Tōtsuki. Afterwards, he went over to WGO, and the commotion got bigger and bigger.
Seeing Yuuki had quieted down for this period, he never thought the guy was actually charging up a super move—
The shock level of this news was indeed beyond imagination.
———
"HAHAHAHA! Pioneer of the Culinary World! Yuuki really is something!"
At the Tōtsuki Resort, extremely loud laughter erupted from Gin Dojima's office. For the resort members, Dojima's laughter didn't surprise them.
Because they knew very well the relationship between Yuuki and Dojima.
Even before Yuuki awakened his special ability, Dojima had taken great care of him. So, with Yuuki achieving such accomplishments, Dojima would clearly be happy.
And they were very envious of Dojima. With Yuuki reaching such heights, he naturally couldn't forget Dojima.
Actually, this had already been demonstrated before.
The relationship between Yuuki and Dojima wasn't a secret. So, many people, after finding they couldn't get on good terms with Yuuki, decisively chose to get on good terms with Dojima instead—
—Even the Nakiri family was no exception. Yuuki himself, whenever he got some good ingredients, would also send a portion to Dojima.
Dojima's care for him had always been genuine.
....
The entire culinary world was shaken by Yuuki's matter.
And Yuuki, at this moment, didn't have much mind to pay attention to what was happening outside. He was preparing to fish.
After all, with a breakthrough in his culinary level, Yuuki received a new Growth Bait. Yuuki knew very well the benefits of Growth Bait.
So now, he began a new fishing session.
Soon, there was movement in the pond. And this time, the movement was VERY large.
After a huge ball of light was pulled out of the water, Yuuki finally knew what he had caught this time.
Hiss…
"My luck is REALLY off the charts this time… I actually fished out a treasure like this!"
After receiving the item information, Yuuki's eyes widened because this time he had truly fished out something good. Its value was even higher than the Food Honor he had fished out before!
This time, Yuuki fished out Gourmet Cells!
That's right, the fundamental power source from the world of Toriko
Keep in mind, items fished out by Growth Bait had a characteristic: They possessed extremely strong growth potential.
Gourmet Cells inherently had such an effect; eating ingredients from the world of Toriko could allow Gourmet Cells to continuously improve.
But Gourmet Cells also had an upper limit!
In the original story, when Toriko and others improved their strength, they were actually continuously acquiring the power of Appetite Demons.
The upper limit of Gourmet Cells was the upper limit of the Appetite Demon.
This was why everyone ate these ingredients, but in the end, the difference in their strength was so large.
The stronger the Appetite Demon residing in the Gourmet Cells, the stronger the wielder of the Gourmet Cells would be.
The Gourmet Cells Yuuki drew had a very special characteristic: After he fused with these Gourmet Cells, no Appetite Demon would reside within his body.
Having a Appetite Demon reside within had its pros and cons.
The good part was that Appetite Demons themselves had their own unique moves—Toriko's various moves came from his Appetite Demon.
As for the drawback, that was one might eventually be devoured by the Appetite Demon, thereby becoming nourishment for the Appetite Demon's revival.
And with another soul in one's body, everything one did would be clearly seen by the other party.
Yuuki definitely didn't want such a situation to occur, so these Gourmet Cells not being inhabited by a Appetite Demon was naturally a good thing.
Moreover, Growth-type Gourmet Cells had a characteristic: They could grow indefinitely.
This was much better than those Gourmet Cells in the original story.
After all, once completely fused with a Appetite Demon, the period of rapid strength increase would end.
Afterwards, there would be no Appetite Demon power for them to develop; they could only become stronger themselves.
Yuuki's Gourmet Cells didn't have such a worry.
As long as there was good food, and the level was sufficient, then his strength could continue to improve indefinitely.
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