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After Jōichirō Yukihira left, everyone's life returned to normal.
Because they had just finished the grueling Training Camp, the school gave the students a few days off, including a weekend, so they could properly relax.
In this aspect, Tōtsuki was quite considerate. After all, such high-pressure training put a lot of stress on the students, who hadn't even entered society yet.
During this break, Yuuki planned to research the Soul Soothing Esoterica and the White Snake Entanglement. As for the others, they also had their own things to do.
In the original story, this part of the plot should have been where Soma Yukihira faced off against Etsuya Eizan.
However, the entire plot had now drastically changed. The most crucial difference was that Soma wasn't close to Ikumi Mito—and Ikumi Mito was still one of Erina Nakiri's followers.
So, this time, Soma couldn't ask for outside help and had to figure things out on his own.
As for Yuuki, he received an invitation from Miyoko Hōjō to visit the Chūkaryōri RS. According to Miyoko, the Chūkaryōri RS was completely different now—
Yuuki, as the President, was a hands-off leader, leaving most matters to Miyoko Hōjō.
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"The Chūkaryōri RS expanded again?" Yuuki looked at Miyoko Hōjō with some confusion.
"That's right. It's mainly due to two factors. First, because of you. Many students came to the Chūkaryōri RS because of you—they switched to specializing in Chūkaryōri because of your influence."
"And then, there's also the help from the Elite Ten." Miyoko Hōjō's expression turned a bit odd as she said this.
"Help from the Elite Ten? What did the Elite Ten DO?"
Yuuki was even more puzzled after hearing this.
The only person related to the Chūkaryōri RS among the Elite Ten was Terunori Kuga, and Kuga had been kicked out because of the Shokugeki—
—Although, since Kuga came to his senses, he hadn't reduced the Chūkaryōri RS's resources, but why would the others have anything to do with the Chūkaryōri RS?
"Among the Elite Ten, the one with the most abundant resources is Etsuya Eizan. After you became the President, he allocated a large sum of funds to the Chūkaryōri RS. And Erina Nakiri's side is also helping out."
"The other Elite Ten members have also been giving the green light to all sorts of applications from the Chūkaryōri RS, so it's still continuously expanding."
Miyoko Hōjō explained the Elite Ten's actions to Yuuki—after hearing this, Yuuki basically understood: these guys were trying to curry favor with him by helping out the Chūkaryōri RS.
It had to be said, these people were very adept at exploiting loopholes—although Yuuki was just a hands-off leader right now, he was still the President of the Chūkaryōri RS... So, them opening the floodgates of convenience like this was indeed somewhat effective.
The Elite Ten were actually quite helpless.
Because Yuuki wasn't an Elite Ten member himself, and he usually didn't attend classes, they rarely had any chance to interact with him.
Someone like Rindō Kobayashi had shamelessly gone to Polar Star once, but after that, she couldn't just go there every day, right?
As for joining Polar Star, Polar Star's admission process was currently halted. Unless the current residents agreed, they simply had no opportunity.
This led to the Elite Ten members being forced to use the Chūkaryōri RS as an intermediary.
"Let's forget about those guys for now. Let me see these changes at the Chūkaryōri RS." Yuuki said.
He wanted to see how the current Chūkaryōri RS looked.
"You will certainly be very satisfied—"
Saying this, Miyoko Hōjō took Yuuki on a tour inside the Chūkaryōri RS.
Previously, when Terunori Kuga was still the President, everyone wore uniform attire and even had uniform cooking movements, like a group of robots. It might seem visually impactful, but it was actually completely pointless.
Even if it were the same dish being made, the person preparing it, the subtle differences in ingredients—these would all cause minute differences during the cooking process.
For high-level Chefs, details were extremely important.
Kuga's standardized cooking truly had no value besides its visual impact.
And the most important thing was, that guy even made all the Chūkaryōri RS members shave their heads! And because he was an Elite Ten member, a ton of people actually listened to him.
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But now, the Chūkaryōri RS was completely different. The standardized attire had changed. Of course, most students still wore their school uniforms.
And now, when making dishes, everyone no longer pursued uniformity but cooked individually, sharing and discussing afterward.
This kind of atmosphere was clearly much better.
Yuuki also heard from Miyoko Hōjō that the Chūkaryōri RS now had weekly Q&A sessions where the most skilled students would answer questions for the others.
"By the way, for the Chūkaryōri RS to be able to change this much in such a short time is also thanks to Kuga-senpai. His prestige within the Chūkaryōri RS was very high. Even though he lost to you and was kicked out, there were still quite a few people within the RS who listened to him."
"After his thinking changed, he also found these people and had them cooperate with my work, so the entire Chūkaryōri RS could become what it is now—" Miyoko Hōjō said with a smile.
Her view of Terunori Kuga had also changed. Previously, she had thought that guy was incorrigible. Although his Culinary skills were strong, she didn't recognize him.
But now it was different. The enlightened Terunori Kuga was actually quite impressive.
"Please let me know when the Q&A session is. I'm the President, after all; I can't just be a hands-off leader all the time," Yuuki said.
"REALLY? It would be wonderful if you could come. After all, your expertise in Chūkaryōri is the highest at Tōtsuki." Miyoko Hōjō said with some pleasant surprise.
Actually, no one would complain even if Yuuki was a hands-off leader.
The reason was simple.
First, he was strong enough—he had even defeated an Elite Ten member.
Second was the benefits Yuuki brought.
As long as Yuuki was still President, even if he was hands-off, those Elite Ten members would still give face, bringing various conveniences and resources.
With these things, the Chūkaryōri RS members naturally wouldn't have any objections to Yuuki. After all, without Yuuki, these things would disappear.
It could be said that even though Yuuki didn't often come to the RS, the contributions he brought were the greatest.
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Along the way, those who saw Yuuki and Miyoko Hōjō greeted them politely, and a few of Yuuki's fans even went back to get paper and pens, wanting autographs.
Yuuki experienced what it felt like to be a star, eventually signing over a hundred autographs.
"These guys are WAY too enthusiastic. Good thing I can run fast..." Yuuki was a little speechless about these people.
Some of these people acted like obsessive fans, so he had to escape first.
"Well, most members of the Chūkaryōri RS are your fans, and you don't come often. It's normal for them to be a bit excited when they see you—" Miyoko Hōjō said with a smile.
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After that, Yuuki would also choose times to participate in the Chūkaryōri RS's activities. After one Q&A session, the entire Chūkaryōri RS admired Yuuki even more.
The reason was simple: no matter what questions they had, Yuuki could answer them, and all were correct answers. After trying them out themselves, they found their problems were indeed solved.
With the problems of so many people solved, it was no wonder these students admired Yuuki.
In fact, the few students with better Culinary skills who were originally arranged to answer questions eventually gave up answering questions for others and instead lined up to ask Yuuki questions.
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With the Culinary skills of the Chūkaryōri RS members continuously improving, Yuuki's own progress was also steady.
Teaching these people accelerated the growth of his Food Honor, making him increasingly stronger. He quickly crossed the threshold of Second Class Chef.
The cheat Yuuki had was simply too strong.
For him, breaking through the ranks of the Food Wars world was as easy as eating and drinking. Now, even including First Class Chef and Special Class Chef, he could guarantee reaching those levels in an extremely short time.
This was the strength of a "Cheat player." Such growth rate was simply beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Another month later, Yuuki successfully became a Second Class Chef!
Of course, only he himself knew about this matter. He had passed The System's assessment.
After becoming a Second Class Chef, he naturally received a new Growth Bait. Abilities brought by Growth Bait were all growth types, which was indeed very good for Yuuki.
He was also very much looking forward to what this Growth Bait would yield. As for the Large Bait he had obtained during this time, he fished out a new special ability from this one.
This special ability was called "Freezing Air—" also from the world of Cooking Master Boy, but from the second part.
The possessor of this ability was Ran's mother.
This type of ability in the world of Cooking Master Boy, more or less, all had some side effects.
The most common side effect was lack of control. Alkan's Inferno needed to be suppressed with cold water; Leon's lightning needed to be sealed by armor.
However, such side effects weren't a problem for Yuuki. Just like the previous Inferno, after having Food Honor, Inferno became controllable.
Freezing Air was the same—and under the effects of Food Honor, Yuuki's use of Freezing Air was far more precise than Ran's mother.
The Freezing Air ability did, however, allow Yuuki to directly make some rather special dishes, for example, the "Fresh Arctic Codfish."
In the original story, Leon made this dish using the North Star Wolf Blade, and in the end, he even sacrificed both this ice knife and a part of his own flesh and blood.
Yuuki didn't have the North Star Wolf Blade, but wanting to make this dish was very simple for Yuuki. After all, it was the modern era now; the power of technology was very strong.
Although Yuuki didn't have an ice knife like the North Star Wolf Blade, he could cool his Seven-Star Knives.
Of course, it didn't need to be so troublesome now. With Freezing Air, Yuuki could easily replicate this dish.
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The Freezing Air special ability was very useful both for cooking and in daily life. Yuuki now turned his attention to the Growth Bait.
Growth Bait always brought exceptionally good news, so he was also very much looking forward to what kind of thing this Growth Bait would bring him.
As the bait was used up, a large ball of light quickly appeared above the pond.
"Evolving Vision?? This isn't going to make me collect all five growth-type senses, is it??"
Yuuki was taken aback after seeing the information about this item. He already had Evolving Touch—now there was also Evolving Vision.
This vision was a VERY good thing.
Mira, one of the Five Generals in Cooking Master Boy, possessed this ability. With this ability, Mira could replicate her opponents' dishes and then use the Spice Equation to surpass the flavor of her opponent's dish.
It was also because of this that Mira also had the nickname "Mirror."
This ability was somewhat similar to Subaru Mimasaka's and Asahi Saiba's, except their abilities were far inferior to Mira's.
Subaru Mimasaka needed to observe the target closely for a long time before being able to imitate them—and the difference in Culinary skills between them couldn't be too large—otherwise, it was useless.
This was why Subaru was Etsuya Eizan's subordinate. If this ability had no limitations, then Subaru just needed to go and observe some really talented Chefs, and his Culinary skills could easily surpass the others'.
It could only be said that Subaru's ability had too many limitations.
Asahi Saiba's special ability was better, but he still needed to obtain the other party's knife—
—and also, Asahi couldn't replicate some unique special abilities or physical attributes.
Like Yuuki's White Snake Entanglement and Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash—even if he gave Asahi his knives, Asahi wouldn't be able to replicate such special techniques.
And to be honest, Asahi probably couldn't even handle the Seven-Star Knives.
Now Yuuki also had the ability to directly replicate, and with his Food Honor, he could easily make the replicated dish even more delicious than the original.
And Yuuki's replication didn't have the limitations of those two before.
Just a glance, and he could directly copy it—
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