In the Toriko universe, Food Honor had entirely different learning methods. Of course, the effects are the same, but the learning process is entirely different.
The original story didn't describe in detail how others learned Food Honor, mainly focusing on Toriko and Komatsu's process; the Food Honor they learned was the Shokurin Temple version.
The Shokurin Temple version of Food Honor had the lowest entry barrier, and Chin Chinchin had even developed a systematic learning method for it.
Of course, even with the Shokurin Temple version, only the entry became simpler; very few people could reach the mastery level.
In the original story, even the Vice Masters at Shokurin Temple, who were responsible for teaching, hadn't reached the mastery level of Food Honor.
For Yuuki, the Shokurin Temple version wasn't the most suitable. After all, the critical point of that version was gratitude— an almost overwhelming, all-encompassing gratitude.
The Shokurin Temple version of Food Honor had even reached a sort of super high-intensity brainwashing effect.
At Shokurin Temple, apart from a very few who went there to learn on their own, the vast majority of trainees were real criminals. These criminals were deemed salvageable and were thus sent to Shokurin Temple for rehabilitation.
Once the criminals learned Shokurin Temple's Food Honor, it meant they had been reformed. After all, Shokurin Temple's Food Honor required genuine gratitude from the heart; otherwise, one couldn't deceive the temple or its array of special ingredients.
Reformed criminals would naturally no longer have criminal thoughts, and they would become very kind people.
Yuuki couldn't reach the level of Chin Chinchin or Toriko and the others, so the Food Honor he now possessed was indeed very satisfying to him.
The effects of Food Honor were also incredibly overpowered. In the world of Toriko, Food Honor was standard for the strong. It allowed people to enhance their control over their bodies.
If a person could exert one hundred kilograms of force with all their might, once they achieved basic Food Honor, that same person could directly exert several hundred or even over a thousand kilograms of force.
Furthermore, their control over that power could reach microscopic precision. Every movement would be devoid of wasted actions or excess energy.
This was just basic Food Honor. Once Food Honor reached the mastery level, a full-power strike could unleash dozens of times one's original strength, and control over the body would be further enhanced.
Moreover, upon reaching master-level Food Honor, one could learn an ability called "Food Immersion." This ability allowed the user to store energy far exceeding their normal limits—even super-powerful individuals like Ichiryu used this technique.
All three items Yuuki fished out were extremely useful to him. After finishing his fishing, Yuuki eagerly returned to his lodgings. Next, he would absorb Inferno and Food Honor.
"Speaking of which, I wonder if I can control Inferno after I get the basics of Food Honor down?"
Just as Yuuki was about to integrate Inferno, he suddenly thought of Food Honor's effects. The enhanced control from Food Honor could also be applied to energy.
The fact that Alkan couldn't control Inferno didn't mean the ability itself was inherently uncontrollable.
Thinking this, Yuuki chose to integrate Food Honor first. After integrating Food Honor, he would then integrate Inferno. Perhaps he could control it, and thus wouldn't have to bother figuring out ways to manage his body temperature.
As Food Honor integrated, a vast amount of information about its training method flooded Yuuki's mind, and his own Food Honor instantly reached the basic level.
The moment Food Honor reached the basic level, Yuuki gained an incredibly clear understanding of his own body. In that same instant, he also gained a clear understanding of the various fundamentals of his culinary skills.
In just a moment, Yuuki knew exactly what flaws existed in his previously practiced fundamentals and immediately made adjustments.
As the initial adjustments were completed, Yuuki discovered he had gained another bait. This wasn't because a new day had arrived and the system gave him a new Small Bait.
This bait was a Growth Bait. At this moment, Yuuki was no longer an Intermediate Chef; he had reached the Senior Chef level.
Senior Chef—a level at Totsuki generally only attainable by the Elite Ten.
"I'm a Senior Chef already? And this is just the initial application of Food Honor!"
Yuuki was incredibly amazed. But on second thought, it made sense. Even in the world of Toriko, Food Honor was an extremely powerful technique, let alone in the world of Food Wars.
Furthermore, this improvement in his culinary skills was merely the preliminary effect of Food Honor. As his Food Honor continuously improved, and as Yuuki continued to modify and perfect his own techniques, his rate of improvement would only become faster.
Although he had obtained a Growth Bait, Yuuki didn't rush to fish. Instead, he chose to integrate Inferno first, to see if his hypothesis was correct.
As the Inferno ability integrated, Yuuki's body temperature began to rise continuously, and high-temperature steam constantly billowed from his pores.
Yuuki could clearly sense the changes happening within his body. However, the next second, the high-temperature steam erupting from his body surface instantly vanished, and his own body temperature quickly returned to the normal human range.
"It's just as I thought! Although my Food Honor is only at the basic level, controlling Inferno is no problem at all!"
Yuuki felt a pleasant surprise as he sensed the controlled power within him. This power was Inferno. Now, he could perfectly control Inferno without needing external means to cool his body.
However, what Yuuki found slightly regrettable was that while Food Honor allowed him to control Inferno, it couldn't change the fundamental nature of the ability itself.
Although Inferno could control flames to some extent and grant immunity to fire damage, it couldn't create flames out of thin air. But even so, it was enough.
After fully learning Inferno, Yuuki turned his gaze to the Fishing Space. He still had a Growth Bait there.
Strictly speaking, Growth Bait was even more precious than Super Bait. After all, Super Bait could be accumulated over time, but Growth Bait could only be obtained by improving his own culinary skills.
Currently, he knew of only seven chef ranks in the Food Wars world. And since the system hadn't activated when he became a Junior and Intermediate Chef, strictly speaking, he could only obtain five Growth Baits.
Of course, this was all based on the premise of the chef ranking system in the Food Wars world. Food Wars was destined not to be Yuuki's final stop.
With The System, he was destined to surpass the world of Food Wars, so he would be able to obtain more Growth Baits. But even so, the quantity of Growth Bait was fated to be the smallest among the four types of bait.
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