Fishing didn't require Yuuki to enter the space himself; he could control the rod and bait with his mind. The system's fishing was hardly cumbersome—he just had to cast the baited hook into the pond.
The first bait was a Small Bait. Yuuki had no idea what he would catch; he could only wait and see.
Soon, the fishing rod twitched. Seeing this, Yuuki immediately pulled. As the hook was lifted from the pond, a small white orb of light appeared in the space. The next second, the orb transformed into a set of knives.
At the same time, information about the caught item was directly transmitted into Yuuki's mind.
"The Seven-Star Knives? Aren't these Leon's set from Cooking Master Boy? Even Small Bait can snag something this good?!"
Yuuki was quite surprised after receiving the information. He had assumed Small Bait was just filler, and the items caught wouldn't be much. He never expected that the Small Bait he could get daily could land something as good as the Seven-Star Knives.
The Seven-Star Knives were the set used by Leon in the world of Cooking Master Boy, forged by Rache. In the entire Cooking Master Boy world, there were, strictly speaking, two and a half sets of Seven-Star Knives.
The first set was commissioned by Leon from Rache. After obtaining this set, Leon turned on Rache.
The second set differed between the anime and manga. In the anime, it was forged as an offering. In the manga, it was forged to repay Shan.
As for the remaining half-set, there were also conflicting plot points in the manga. In the first part of the manga, Shan finished off Rache immediately after getting the second set of Seven-Star Knives.
But in the second part, Shan didn't attack Rache. Instead, Rache, to repay Shan, insisted on forging a third set after completing the second.
However, due to his existing injuries not having fully healed, the continuous high-intensity forging meant he didn't last long enough to complete the third set of Seven-Star Knives before passing away.
The set Yuuki fished out was the first one. Although it couldn't compare to the set in Leon's hands—which was an amalgamation of the essence of two sets—it was still very powerful.
After all, besides being able to prepare most ingredients in the world, the Seven-Star Knives had another characteristic: extreme sharpness.
When Shan used the second set of Seven-Star Knives, she cut open a fish's belly, and because of the extreme sharpness, the cut belly actually sealed itself back up.
Although Yuuki felt it was impossible for the Seven-Star Knives to make a fish belly recover perfectly, just being able to achieve that for a short time was enough to prove their sharpness.
The appearance of the Seven-Star Knives made Yuuki very happy; he hadn't held much hope for this particular cast.
However, Yuuki couldn't use the Seven-Star Knives just yet. Successfully wielding this set of knives was no easy task; he would need to spend a significant amount of time getting accustomed to them.
Of course, none of this was critical right now. What mattered was that Yuuki still had two more fishing chances—and the next two were even more precious.
Riding his current good luck, Yuuki cast his second line. This time, it was a Large Bait. Soon, the rod moved again, and the commotion was much bigger than when he used the Small Bait.
As Yuuki pulled, a white orb of light several times larger than the previous one was pulled from the water. This time, however, the orb didn't change. Similarly, information flowed into Yuuki's mind.
"Alkan's Inferno—it actually pulled out his ability!"
Yuuki was even more overjoyed after receiving the information.
This was Alkan's talent. Before the Dark Cooking Society appeared, Alkan was known as the continent's number one master of fire in the World of Cooking Master Boy.
And the reason Alkan held such a title was entirely due to this ability. Inferno was incredibly powerful.
This ability was different from the special abilities in the Food Wars world. While the abilities in Food Wars were unique, no matter how special, they didn't possess much destructive power.
However, Alkan's Inferno has immense destructive power.
In the original story, even when Alkan was submerged in water, weakening his Inferno, he could still directly use it to melt the iron chains on Mao's feet.
The melting point of iron is over fifteen hundred degrees Celsius. Just thinking about it made Inferno seem terrifyingly strong.
If Alkan hadn't become a chef and instead focused on combat, he would have been a bug-like existence.
However, this ability also had a clear drawback: it was uncontrollable. Inferno wasn't simply about controlling flames; a person possessing Inferno could emit super-strong, high-temperature steam from their body.
This high-temperature steam could ignite flammable materials nearby. Even when not actively using the ability, the body's temperature would continuously rise.
In the original story, Alkan carried a large amount of cold water with him at all times, precisely to cool down.
After receiving the information about this ability, Yuuki also understood that it would become dormant when the wielder was asleep, so he didn't have to worry about waking up to a burnt bed.
But while the wielder was awake, their body temperature would constantly increase.
"Although it has a flaw, it's basically negligible!"
Yuuki knew Inferno had a drawback, but it was an acceptable one. Besides, technology was gradually advancing in this era, and there were plenty of ways to cool down. So, Yuuki planned to make his final cast before absorbing Inferno.
With the use of the Super Bait, Yuuki's anticipation grew even stronger. After all, Super Bait could only be obtained once a year. Given his experience with the first two, what he got this time would surely be even better.
The commotion from the Super Bait was much larger than that of the Large Bait, but Yuuki didn't bother paying attention to it and just pulled the rod up directly.
Then, a white orb of light, nearly a meter in diameter, floated in mid-air. Information once again surged into his mind.
"Whoa… no way! It's Food Honor—and a version custom-tailored for me! This is freaking insane! Super Bait really lives up to its name!"
After learning what he had fished up, Yuuki couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
The previous Seven-Star Knives and Inferno were already capable of dominating the Food Wars world. But what appeared this time was even more outrageous.
Food Honor—this was something from the world of Toriko. And even in the world of Toriko, not just anyone could learn Food Honor.
Don't be fooled by how quickly Toriko and Komatsu learned Food Honor; they were the main characters, after all. The other people at Shokurin Temple were the true representation of the difficulty.
And what Yuuki had fished out was a version custom-made for him, not the standard Shokurin Temple version. This was ridiculously overpowered.
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