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Hearing Yuuki's words, Master Jiro tightened his grip. Though it didn't look like much, Yuuki could feel the terrifying power coiling within Jiro's body.
That immense force exploded onto the Golden Can. Soon, the can began to groan, groaning under the strain.
The next second, Jiro's finger pierced through the can's outer shell. With a flick of his wrist, the entire lid was torn off.
"Is that... a shell?"
After Jiro opened the lid, the three of them saw what was inside. It was a shell in the shape of a demon, lying quietly in the can. There was no trace of life in it—it was clear that it had been dead for a very long time.
"A SHELL? THOSE BLUE NITROS WENT TO ALL THAT TROUBLE JUST TO SEAL A SHELL?"
Jiro looked at the shell inside with some surprise. He didn't recognize this ingredient. After all, he was only a few hundred years old, not a Nitro who had lived for who knew how long.
Jiji could recognize the Demon Shell at a glance, but Jiro couldn't.
It couldn't be helped—the variety of ingredients in the world of Toriko was too vast, and new ones were being born every moment.
From ancient times to the present, who knew how many ingredients had been born and gone extinct. An ingredient as rare as the Demon Shell—even the Blue Nitros didn't know it was an ingredient. It was even more impossible for humans to know about it.
"Let me have a sniff. I should be able to get some useful information."
Yuuki said.
His Sense of Smell—when developed to its later stages, could even smell the information within DNA. In the original story—Toriko had gotten some information from the Wolf King this way.
Yuuki's Sense of Smell was much stronger than Toriko's. His strength was also greater. So, through his Sense of Smell—Yuuki could indeed get information about the ingredient, even if he hadn't read the original story.
"Has your Sense of Smell already developed to this extent?"
Jiro looked at Yuuki with great surprise.
As Yuuki took a deep breath—the smell of the Demon Shell was sucked into his nasal cavity. Then, his super Sense of Smell was activated—and streams of memory information appeared in his mind.
Soon, he had obtained enough information...
"This creature is called the Demon Shell, also known as the Memory of the Ancient Ocean. When it was born, it almost ate all the creatures in the world's oceans."
"In the end, the Blue Nitros found it, but they soon discovered that they couldn't kill it. Helplessly, they could only choose to seal it with a Golden Can."
"The Demon Shell has super-strong defense, but its attack power is insufficient. So, after being sealed, it couldn't break the seal of the Golden Can. Over time, it died in the can."
"But after it died, under the special environment, it nurtured a brand-new ingredient."
With that, Yuuki used a spike condensed from calories to probe inside the Demon Shell. Then, he pulled out a long strip of multi-colored meat.
"H-How is that possible? How can so much meat come out of such a small shell?"
Nono gasped at the sight.
"It must be similar to your Dimensional Stomach, kid. I haven't heard of many abilities like that, and now two have shown up at once. Still, this meat looks pretty damn good."
Jiro said, eyeing the Demon Shell meat. He was a connoisseur of the highest order—he knew deliciousness when he saw it.
"The Demon Shell devoured almost every creature from the ancient ocean. All that flesh was converted into its own—preserving the flavor of each ingredient."
"In other words, what I'm holding right now is every single ingredient from the ancient ocean!"
When Yuuki said this, even Jiro couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath. He never imagined such a ridiculously incredible ingredient existed in this world.
"As expected of Food Luck. To think it would lead you to something like this."
Jiro said with a sigh. Yuuki then asked Nono to cook the meat they had pulled out.
With Nono here, Yuuki could afford to be lazy. Nono, of course, immediately agreed. It was her duty as a chef, and as a top-tier one at that—she was incredibly curious about the Demon Shell.
....
Soon, the inside of the Giant Shell was filled with an intoxicating aroma.
"I only used the simplest cooking method. I found that the quality of the Demon Shell is too high. Any other method would just ruin its flavor."
Nono said with a hint of frustration.
No other side dishes or seasonings could possibly match it. To avoid destroying its deliciousness, she could only choose the simplest method: just cooking it through. It wasn't because her culinary skills were weak, but because it was a classic case of a master chef having nothing to work with.
Without the right materials, what could she do?
"That's more than enough. It's not your fault, Nono. An ingredient like the Demon Shell is probably on par with Acacia's Full Course Menu."
Yuuki reassured her.
The three of them then sat down at the table. The moment the Demon Shell meat entered their mouths—it was as if a vision of the ancient ocean appeared before their eyes.
The flavor was unforgettable.
But most critically, all three of their Gourmet Cells activated.
THAT'S RIGHT—this time, even Master Jiro's Gourmet Cells activated. His cell level was so high that forget activation, even improving it was difficult.
An ingredient like the Century Soup had only caused a slight fluctuation in Midora's cells. For him, drinking it was almost useless.
That was why in the original story, Midora had left the Century Soup for others to improve their strength.
But now, the Demon Shell meat could activate Jiro's Gourmet Cells. That alone was enough to prove how terrifying it was.
"WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE INGREDIENT. TO THINK IT COULD EVEN ACTIVATE MY GOURMET CELLS... I HAVEN'T FELT THIS SENSATION IN CENTURIES!"
"Yuuki, my boy, I have a favor to ask of you!"
As he spoke, Jiro suddenly looked at Yuuki, his expression serious.
"You don't have to be so formal, Master. I know what you're going to say. You want to take some of this back for Granny Setsuno and President Ichiryu, right?"
Yuuki said with a smile. If the Demon Shell could activate Jiro's cells, then it meant it could do the same for Ichiryu and Setsuno.
"That's right. As payment, I'll travel with you to the other continents."
Jiro said. Right now, the only thing he could offer was to act as Yuuki's bodyguard.
"Don't worry about it, Master. There's plenty of Demon Shell meat left. After we capture AIR—we'll go back together. I'll save a portion of this for Granny Setsuno and President Ichiryu."
Yuuki said.
The stronger Ichiryu and Jiro were, the safer he would be. As for whether their strength would always surpass his—if it were these two, Yuuki wasn't afraid at all. He knew their characters inside and out.
And his own potential was far greater than theirs. So, letting them get stronger to protect him now was the key.
"Then thank you!"
Hearing this, Jiro expressed his thanks. He didn't know what to say to Yuuki anymore. The debt of gratitude was just getting bigger and bigger.
He could only continue to act as his bodyguard to repay it. But he also realized a problem. While he was protecting Yuuki to repay the favor—when he protected him and he captured more ingredients, he would inevitably give them a share.
It seemed the more he repaid, the more he owed. Thinking about it, he just gave up. He would just repay what he could. It was better than doing nothing.
....
"We're at the exit!"
Yuuki said with a smile. At this moment, the Giant Shell had already reached the surface. It had passed through the Gold Swamp and had truly arrived on the land of the Eighth Continent.
"Master Jiro, I'll have to trouble you to open up the Steel Clouds here. We'll have to take this road back, and the people from the Human World will also take this road later."
Yuuki said.
Once the Steel Clouds fell—it would take several years for them to rise again. So, they had to be shattered directly.
Ichiryu was already planning to open up the road between the Gourmet World and the Human World. After all, because of Midora's malice—the Human World was now barren. Though the Billion Bird existed—it was still too monotonous.
So, it was best to get some large-quantity ingredients from the Gourmet World and transport them back. But doing so required opening up a road. Of the three entrances—only the Harbor of Evil Spirits was suitable.
The Waterfall Basin of Life had a twenty-kilometer altitude difference with the Human World. To develop a route to transport ingredients at this height was ridiculous.
As for the Three Way Road, that place was constantly swarming with a large number of beasts, so it was even more impossible to develop a route. In the end, only the Harbor of Evil Spirits was left.
Though the Harbor of Evil Spirits was the most dangerous of the three entrances, as long as the surrounding beasts were cleared out, it was actually fine.
....
"Leave it to me!"
Jiro threw a punch directly towards the Steel Clouds. He didn't use any special moves. His strength was too great. If he used a special move, it might even hit the Human World. So, a normal attack was enough.
With one punch, a huge roar sounded. The continent-sized Steel Clouds were instantly shattered. And this force dissipated after reaching the edge of the Gold Swamp.
Such power control was basic for a powerhouse like Jiro.
"Done. For the next few hundred years, this place will be clear."
Jiro said with satisfaction, looking at the shattered Steel Clouds.
In fact, he was wrong. It wouldn't be a few hundred years—it would be thousands, even tens of thousands of years before the Steel Clouds appeared here again.
The reason was simple: the clouds were caused by the Horse King's breathing. The poisonous gases it exhaled had gradually formed this terrifying cloud layer, but this also required time to accumulate.
Next, Yuuki would go to prepare AIR. Once AIR was prepared, the entire cloud layer of the Eighth Continent would be blown away. Once that happened, to form a cloud layer of this scale again, forget a few thousand years, ten thousand years would probably not be enough.
But Yuuki wouldn't say it directly.
....
Now, the group was about to head to the Hex Food World.
The area where the group was now also had a special kind of rain—and that was the Mega Rain. The diameter of a single drop of rain here was a hundred meters. Yuuki even saw a giant water drop with a diameter of over a kilometer.
Only in the world of Toriko could you see such a scene. It was ridiculous—
Leaving the Mega Rain area, the group entered the Spirit Rain area. The rain here was like spirits. Of course, they weren't real spirits, just similar in appearance.
"How many kinds of rain are there on the Eighth Continent? First the Iron Step lightning rain, then the Mega Rain after we landed, and now the Spirit Rain!"
In just a short while, Nono had already seen three kinds of rain.
"The Eighth Continent is also called the Rain Continent. There are hundreds of kinds of rain here. And the ones you're seeing now are actually fine. When you get to the Heavy Rain area, the rain there has extremely strong destructive power."
Jiro said.
Yuuki also knew that the Heavy Rain area was in the central position of the Eighth Continent, like a ring surrounding AIR.
Entering the Heavy Rain area, the rain there was much more violent than now. Laser rain, poison rain, meteor rain—each one was a rain with huge destructive power.
"The surroundings have also been affected by that bastard Midora's malice. Looks like the Hex Food World is not having a good time now!"
Looking at the surrounding environment, Jiro said.
He had been to the Hex Food World many times, so he was very clear about what the surrounding environment was like. But now it had become like this.
The range of Midora's malice was too large.
Just as Jiro's voice fell, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the Giant Shell. The appearance of this figure startled Nono. As for Yuuki and Jiro, they had already discovered his tracks long ago.
But his aura was not very strong. It was clear that this should be someone from the Hex Food World, so the two of them had let him approach.
"Are you the people from the Human World? I'm the Hex Food World's Reviver—Blue Oni Dinner—I'm also on my way back. You can come with me!"
Dinner said, carrying a huge package.
This package was full of ingredients.
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