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"I see... I really forgot this most crucial step!" Setsuno had a sudden realization.
As Yuuki said, she had overlooked something. But with Yuuki's reminder, she had now remembered.
"The maturation time for the Century Soup is almost here. Perhaps just one drop of the soup is needed to complete the catalysis." Setsuno hadn't thought of the Wall Penguins.
This was very normal.
After all, they didn't know the Wall Penguins had been drinking the Century Soup for generations—so much so that it had even been etched into their genes.
"The information you brought is very useful. This is the key to completing the Century Soup—So, what do you want in exchange for this information?" Setsuno asked.
The price of the information Yuuki brought was very high, especially for her. While Setsuno wasn't researching the Century Soup every single moment—
—Over the past hundred years, the Century Soup had taken up a great deal of her energy.
Even having reached this step, she was still stuck on the final one.
Actually, Setsuno had discovered the problem: The Century Soup didn't seem to be meant to be made by her.
As a super High-level Chef—she knew very well that if an ingredient acknowledged her, it would proactively tell her how to prepare this dish.
But if the ingredient didn't acknowledge her, then even being only one step away from success was useless.
So, in the original story, Setsuno found Komatsu for help, letting Komatsu try to make the Century Soup because she knew the ingredients didn't acknowledge her, which was why she was stuck at the final step.
Setsuno's approach was quite normal. If she could have succeeded, she wouldn't have remained in this state.
A hundred years' time had worn away her patience—
....
"I want to exchange for some convenience. I possess Gourmet Cells—and to improve Gourmet Cells, various kinds of ingredients are needed—"
"—Many of these ingredients are in IGO's ecological areas. But these areas don't allow outsiders to enter freely. So, I want to freely hunt various ingredients..." Yuuki said.
He knew very well that the importance of the information he brought absolutely exceeded what he needed.
Setsuno herself had drunk the Century Soup.
She knew very well that the Century Soup was useful even for old monsters like them who had lived for hundreds of years.
Keep in mind, their Gourmet Cells—after hundreds of years of growth—had eaten countless high-level ingredients from the Gourmet World.
Now, wanting to make their Gourmet Cells react was quite difficult. But the Century Soup could do this.
So, Yuuki just exchanging for the right to hunt—this shouldn't be a problem!
"Eh... Just that??" Hearing this, Setsuno was taken aback for a moment.
She never expected Yuuki to exchange for something this simple... She just needed to make a phone call to Ichiryu, and it would be done—For her, this could be said to be a matter as small as could be.
"There is another thing... I want to compete with you!" Yuuki stated.
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"Compete with Master??"
Hearing this, before Setsuno could say much, Nono first exclaimed in surprise. She knew very well how strong her master was.
Setsuno was a Gourmet National Treasure!
There were a total of four Gourmet National Treasures in the Human World. Each Gourmet National Treasure represented the highest point in their respective fields.
Although they wouldn't say they had reached the limit in their own industry, they had walked ahead of everyone else in the Human World. Setsuno represented Chefs—
—In the world of Toriko, Chefs and Gourmet Hunters were the two most common major professions.
To be able to reach the pinnacle in these two professions and be recognized by everyone—that was really terrifying.
And Setsuno's title of Gourmet National Treasure wasn't fake. Setsuno's Culinary skills were only suppressed by Froese. As for Komatsu and Joie—
—One of them purely relied on the guidance of ingredients, basically cooking by hearing the voice of ingredients. The other was an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years.
So, in a sense, Setsuno was 'number one' in Culinary arts among humans.
If it were any other Chef, their first reaction upon seeing Setsuno would definitely be to ask for an autograph or a photo...
"Young man, you should know my reputation, right? Even so, you still want to challenge me?"
Setsuno became interested. She didn't think Yuuki could surpass her in Culinary skills. She hadn't been messing around for these five hundred years.
In the original story, Setsuno's ranking on the Chef Ranking wasn't number one, but second.
The main reason was because she hadn't participated in the last few Gourmet Festivals, so the first place ended up being Zaus's—
—In terms of number of wins and consecutive wins, Setsuno still had the most.
"I know. Gourmet National Treasure, the undisputed number one Chef among humans. But it's precisely because of this that I want to challenge you!"
Yuuki was very curious about how far the current Setsuno was from the level of Chef God. In the original story, the only person to reach this step was Froese.
But now Froese was already dead. Although Froese could still be found in the Soul World, Yuuki couldn't enter the Soul World now.
"Not a single bit of fear. What an interesting young man! In that case, follow me to the kitchen!"
Setsuno's impression of Yuuki was quite good—And she could see that the words Yuuki said weren't lies; he truly didn't care about her status and wanted to compete with her.
She was somewhat curious about what level of Culinary skills Yuuki possessed.
....
Just like that, the three of them went all the way to Setsuno's underground kitchen. This underground kitchen was divided into several completely different areas.
In these areas, there were various kinds of ingredients. Yuuki was actually very unfamiliar with these ingredients.
Yuuki wasn't born in this world. He was relatively unfamiliar with the various ingredients of this world. Yuuki planned to do another thing after competing with Setsuno:
—Help her regain her youth.
This wasn't a transaction. Or maybe it was a transaction, just that what Yuuki needed was Setsuno's goodwill.
With Setsuno's goodwill, he would have preferential treatment in all aspects of the Human World later on.
Maybe he could even learn Jiro's Knocking techniques!
Yuuki was very interested in that kind of Knocking technique.
After all, in the very late stages, the technique of Knocking had already begun to evolve into a concept-level ability.
Stopping the Earth's rotation with a point, stopping a person's time with a point, and a series of other operations—how could Yuuki not covet it??
But asking for Knocking Master Jiro's techniques wasn't that easy. He wasn't Teppei, who was related to Knocking Master Jiro.
So, he could only go through Setsuno...
As long as it was proposed by Setsuno, Jiro would definitely agree.
....
"Magnificent!"
Looking at such a huge underground space, and the various kinds of ingredients placed here, Yuuki said with some emotion. Even though he had seen the plot in the original story and knew the scale of Setsuno's kitchen was very large—
—but what was shown in the anime was only a small part of it. Seeing it with one's own eyes was completely different.
The technology in the world of Toriko was quite advanced. There were not a few buildings that would be considered wonders of wonders in other worlds.
"Hahahaha! Very impressive, right!"
Hearing this, Setsuno was quite happy with Yuuki's reaction. Setsuno's personality was just like this; seeing others surprised by her actions would satisfy her vanity.
Just as Setsuno was about to lead the way out, suddenly, some changes occurred in all the ingredients in the underground kitchen—
—At the same time, Yuuki clearly sensed a very noisy sound in his ears. These sounds gradually became clear.
This was the ingredients guiding Yuuki on how to cook them...
And the ingredients at this moment emitted a golden light. However, not everyone could see this light; only Chefs who could hear the voice of the ingredients could see it.
Undoubtedly, Yuuki heard the voice of the ingredients.
This move was very useful in the very late stages of the plot.
The simplified cooking methods for the Eight ingredients of Acacia's Full-Course menu all required the ingredients to provide guidance.
Komatsu also knew how to simplify the dishes because he heard this voice. Otherwise, when the Gourmet Solar Eclipse arrived, these ingredients simply couldn't be cooked successfully.
"YOU ACTUALLY MADE SO MANY INGREDIENTS EMIT THEIR VOICES!"
Even Setsuno was stunned at this moment.
Because this spectacle... she had never even seen it on her master, Froese!
Even though Froese could make many ingredients emit their voices—it wasn't as exaggerated as Yuuki, who made all the ingredients rush to emit their voices, as if afraid Yuuki wouldn't come to cook them.
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