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"These apples are quite interesting. They even have all sorts of different personalities!"
Yuuki, through his enhanced vision, judged from the different electromagnetic waves that the apples also had different personalities.
Based on their personalities, you had to use different methods to scare them. Otherwise, if you just used a single method, the effect wouldn't be very good.
He still remembered that in the original story, the apple that Terry scared was because it was afraid of his potential. Yun was the same.
There was also Tsurara Mama from the Chef Rankings. She had scared an apple by telling a horror story.
Toriko had used his fists to scare an apple in the original story, but in the end, he had failed. It wasn't because the apple's tolerance was low, but because he had chosen the wrong one.
The apple he had chosen was the type that couldn't be scared by force. Otherwise, it would easily faint, leading to failure.
So, different types of apples needed to be scared with different methods.
....
After observing for a while, the others had already started their own operations. Yuuki also found an apple. At this moment, he just quietly looked at it, and the apple quietly looked back at him.
Seeing this, he didn't waste any words. He directly picked a normal, un-scared apple from the side. This operation also made Nono, who was following behind him, very confused.
"...." At the same time, this apple also looked at him with a confused expression.
It didn't know what he was doing.
But it soon understood. After picking the apple, in front of this apple, he took out a box full of ants.
Then, in front of this apple, he threw the apple in his hand into the box.
The already starving ants, after finding an apple had fallen, naturally began to quickly bite and carry it away.
Before, Yuuki had also thought about whether to scare the apples by telling a horror story or playing a horror movie.
But after thinking about it, he gave up on that idea.
These were apples, not humans. So, using such methods might not be able to scare them.
In that case, he thought of a new method. Since they were all apples, they should be scared to see their own kind being eaten, right??
....
And it turned out to be the right choice.
As the ants swarmed and tore the apple to shreds, the expression on the target apple grew more and more terrified. Its eyes looked as if they were about to bulge right out of its head.
"That's the limit!"
Yuuki had been watching its changes intently. The moment he sensed it had reached its peak of fear, he plucked it from the branch.
"This apple... its capture level must be over eighty! Mr. Yuuki, are you going to take it to the G7 Master Taster for an appraisal?"
Nono was stunned. She knew about Surprise Apples, but she never imagined one could be scared to a level of over EIGHTY using such a method.
"Let's go see what he has to say."
Soon, they found the G7 Master Taster, who was near Toriko's group, continuously appraising apples.
The G7 Master Tasters were a very special organization, similar in status to Gourmet Connoisseurs. As a Master Taster, one possessed an incredibly refined palate.
Their eyesight, sense of taste, and knowledge reserves were all immense. Because of this, they were respected wherever they went.
Right now, no one else could determine the exact level of these Surprise Apples. They could only judge a rough range based on their expressions. For example, the one Yuuki had produced—it was obvious its capture level was over eighty, but the exact number was impossible to tell.
"This is... IMPOSSIBLE! It's actually reached level eighty-three!"
When someone asked him to appraise an apple, the Master Taster naturally wouldn't refuse. But soon, he announced a fact that shocked everyone, including himself.
The value of a Surprise Apple increased with its level.
Level 0-3: Price = Capture Level x 50,000
Level 4-60: Price = Capture Level x 500,000
Level 61-80: Price = Capture Level x 1,000,000
Level 81-100: Price = Capture Level x 10,000,000
Based on this calculation, Yuuki's apple was worth a staggering 830 million.
While there were many valuable ingredients in the world of Toriko, it was a well-known fact that the higher the value, the harder the capture.
That was why so many people flocked to the Surprise Apple. While they couldn't scare it to a high level, it was a business with no overhead.
And if you managed to produce a high-level one, like Yuuki had, you could sell it for a sky-high price.
Of course, anyone who knew the details about Surprise Apples knew just how difficult it was to get a high-level one.
....
"As expected of Chef Yuuki! To get an apple over level eighty right off the bat! I have to work harder too!"
Seeing this, Toriko was fired up. He quickly ran back to the apple trees and began to scare them again.
But this time, he used his Nail Punch. Even though the punch didn't hit anything, the terrifying shockwave spread out, covering the entire island. Those with weaker strength were directly blown away.
"Toriko is quite reckless, using a powerful move in a place like this."
Yuuki found it amusing.
The power of that punch was already at the level of a missile, and not an ordinary one. A punch of that magnitude was enough to raise a Surprise Apple to level sixty.
And that was with him holding back. Otherwise, the power of his punch would be much greater. After all, he could now use a 36-Hit Twin Nail Punch.
But unfortunately, he had chosen the wrong apple. The one he had picked was not one that could be scared by force. At the last moment, the apple fainted.
Once a Surprise Apple fainted, no matter how high its level was before, it would be reset to zero, becoming worthless.
"The Growth rate of the Four Heavenly Kings is quite fast."
Nono said with some awe. She knew a lot about the Four Heavenly Kings.
Ichiryu had even wanted her to be one of their partners before.
Before meeting Yuuki, Setsuno had also asked her. The old generation all knew that the future of the Four Heavenly Kings was limitless.
Though they weren't that strong now, everyone had to start from a weak stage. Their potential was astonishing. To become a partner with someone like that was not a bad thing.
But at that time, Nono had no intention of finding a partner. She just wanted to stay by her master's side and continue to learn. So she had refused. But she also knew their potential was great and their growth rate would be fast.
Now, the facts proved that the old generation' judgment was indeed correct. The speed of their improvement had truly shocked her. Almost every time she saw them, there was a qualitative change.
Of course, while she was surprised now, she wasn't overly shocked. She now had an even more unreal person by her side.
....
"The Appetite Demons within them are also strong. It's only a matter of time before they grow up."
Yuuki shook his head and then went back to studying the apples. Along the way, he also handed the box of ants to Nono. After all, this box had a chance of producing an apple over level eighty.
He didn't plan to sell the apples here for money. He was just curious about how to continue raising their level.
Using force... he directly gave up on that idea.
Even the force of Ichiryu and the others had only reached level 95.
At his full strength, Ichiryu could indeed destroy the planet under his feet. But he naturally wouldn't do that just to scare an apple. While Yuuki wasn't weak—compared to President Ichiryu and the others, the gap was still too large.
So, he planned to try another method. Simply scaring them with ants, though he could get a high-level one, it wouldn't be so easy to go higher.
But after seeing Rin's operation, he was inspired.
Rin was a beast tamer. When taming beasts, she would use various perfumes to assist. Some could make a creature calm down quickly, and some could make them go berserk.
Now, she was using a perfume to calm an apple down, and then giving it a good scare. This operation had successfully raised her apple's level by one.
Seeing this, Yuuki became interested. If this method could succeed, then did it mean he could also try to change the personality of the Surprise Apple, to make it more easily scared?
Others couldn't do this, but he could. Yuuki had Ki.
It was just that the higher the level of the ingredient, the more difficult it was to modify. But the Surprise Apples in front of him, when not scared, were just level-zero ingredients.
In that case, modifying them would be much simpler for him.
Soon, he put his plan into action. He chose an apple and then modified its tolerance.
Then, he used his aura to simulate the apparition of an "Apple Demon." The moment the apparition appeared, the apple immediately widened its eyes, and then its eyeballs bulged out even more, even more exaggerated than the previous one.
"SUCCESS!"
Looking at the apple he had picked, he knew his plan had worked.
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Just as he was about to take the apple to the G7 master for research, he suddenly heard a commotion. When he went over, he found that almost everyone present had been petrified.
In the hands of the G7 Master Taster was a Surprise Apple with a capture level of over eighty.
If it were anyone else, they might think some big shot was nearby. But he knew why the apple had become like this.
Because in the crowd, he had run into a few very special people: Zongeh and his two extra sidekicks.
Zongeh, this super god with unreal Food Luck, could basically be found wherever Toriko and Komatsu went. And now, these guys had also appeared on Surprise Island.
But the way he scared the apple was hilarious. He used an axe to chop the ground in front of the apple.
The apple, however, didn't care at all...
these apples here had matured by constantly listening to the sound of cannonballs.
And the people who came here to capture them used all sorts of weapons to bombard them.
What big scene hadn't these apples seen?
....
"DAMN YOU, YOU COWARD! HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME! TAKE THIS!"
Zongeh, looking at the apple that was ignoring him, roared. Then, under the shocked gazes of everyone, he dropped his pants and fired a fart at the apple.
Instantly, because it was so disgusted, the apple's level began to soar. In the end, Zongeh picked it.
It wasn't that he had determined the picking time—it was Food Luck helping him, letting him know what to do next.
The level of this apple directly reached eighty-one. An apple that surpassed level eighty was thus born. But everyone who saw this was speechless.
They swore that after seeing how this apple was born, they would never eat an apple made in this way.
Some people also looked at the G7 master with pity. The reason was that this master had just taken a bite to determine the apple's level.
This was an apple that had been farted on by Zongeh.
So this G7 Master Taster had essentially eaten Zongeh's fart.
"...."
"As expected of a G7 master. He doesn't even care?"
When the crowd saw the G7 master acting as if nothing was wrong, they secretly gave him a thumbs-up. If it were them, they would probably be looking for a place to vomit by now.
"HAHAHA! MY GOOD DAYS HAVE FINALLY COME! LET'S SEE YOU APPLES DARE TO LOOK DOWN ON ME!"
Zongeh was as happy as could be. After all, a level eighty-one apple could be sold for 810 million. For them, this was a very large sum of money.
"I'd advise you not to be too happy too soon. You used such a method to obtain the Surprise Apple, but for the person eating it, it's not so friendly."
"So the price of these apples you've made might be greatly reduced."
Yuuki shook his head. Very few people liked to eat farts. The Master Taster wasn't completely unafraid—he was also disgusted. But for the sake of his image, he had chosen to hide it.
Yuuki could clearly sense the change in his emotions, so he knew he was just pretending to be calm.
If no one else were here, this G7 Master Taster would probably have found a place to vomit it out long ago.
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