“Your chance of successfully implanting gourmet cells… is only 0%?!”
“I advise you not to risk it, I see death in your future!”
“60%, you can try it. Even if it fails, you won't die.”
“The success rate for implanting gourmet cells is 40%.”
“35%!”
“You're not bad, your success rate is 70%. You can gather 100 million yen and buy a Phantom Jellyfish gourmet cell.”
“20%. Next.”
The music plaza echoed with the sounds of shattered dreams of gourmet hunters.
Among the Hunter Division’s second-year students, some rejoiced, while others mourned.
However, Coco had observed most of the students. The highest success rate for gourmet cell implantation was only 82%.
“Are there no students in this year’s second year of Totsuki Academy with a 100% success rate?”
Coco glanced at the backs of many students leaving dejectedly, and frowned.
The Imperial Crow, Kis, lay beside him, its dull gold circular pupils flashing a human-like boredom. It lowered its head, using its beak to preen its black feathers to pass the time.
Suddenly.
It raised its head abruptly.
It seemed to have sensed a similar aura to the Eight King’s descendants.
That…
Resonance and threat as fellow strongest creatures on the planet!
“Kis, what’s wrong?”
Coco noticed his pet's strangeness and gently comforted it.
The Imperial Crow didn’t respond to Coco.
It had risen from its prostrate position, its tail feathers raised, wings slightly spread, as if entering a state of alert. Its pair of black pupils narrowed, its dull gold iris taking up most of the crow's eye.
“How is this possible?”
Coco couldn’t help but be suspicious.
“Although Kis is only an Imperial Crow chick and its strength has yet to develop, its bloodline flows with the pride of ‘Gourmet World Species.’ It usually despises creatures of the human world, so why does it look like it's facing a formidable foe?”
Following the Imperial Crow’s gaze, Coco’s pupils contracted sharply.
He saw a black-haired young man walking towards him.
Looking at his attire…
It seemed to be a new student at Totsuki Academy!?
Hong Yi glanced at the Imperial Crow and politely replied, “Teacher Coco, I am Hong Yi, the ninth seat of the Totsuki Ten, also a student of the Hunter Division. Can you help me check the success rate for implanting gourmet cells?”
“No problem.”
Coco nodded, his eyes fixed on Hong Yi.
He saw strong electromagnetic waves emanating from Hong Yi.
This light that was invisible to the naked eye, in Coco's eyes, materialized into wisps of golden-white flames, incomparably scorching, burning fiercely, rising from Hong Yi’s every bone and sinew.
Like a human torch… no, a human sun not yet fully formed!
“How can this young man produce such strong electromagnetic waves!?”
One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Gourmet, Coco, was astonished, a huge wave stirring in his heart.
He stared at Hong Yi for a moment.
Coco even felt a stinging pain in his eyes, like needles pricking him.
Like staring directly at the real sun.
Coco quickly closed his eyelids, allowing his eyes to rest.
At this time.
The teachers and students around the music plaza started whispering among themselves.
“Hey, isn’t that Hong Yi, the ninth seat?”
“I didn’t expect Senior Hong to be taking Gourmet Divination class.”
“Wait a second, he wouldn’t have awakened gourmet cells, would he?”
“What… what are you kidding me?”
“He doesn’t have gourmet cells, but he’s still this strong. He punched a GT robot to smithereens?!”
“Brother, pinch me, pinch me. I feel like I’m dreaming.”
“I bet Ninth Seat’s success rate is definitely 100%!”
Hong Yi saw Coco close his eyes and couldn’t help but wonder.
He saw that everyone else kept their eyes open.
Why did he close his eyes when it came to him?
What does it mean?
“Teacher, what is my success rate for implanting gourmet cells?” Hong Yi asked.
The gentle smile on Coco’s lips froze, a little helpless and amused, he waved his hand and said, “This student, don’t joke with the teacher.”
“What do you mean?”
Coco slowly opened his slightly sore eyes, his handsome face still bearing a look of shock, he looked Hong Yi up and down.
“Don’t you know, your whole body is gourmet cells!”
“Boom——”
As soon as he said these words.
The whole place went crazy. Coco’s words were like a depth charge dropped into the crowd.
“His whole body is gourmet cells?”
“Damn, this isn’t a 100% success rate. This is 100% gourmet cells!”
“Man, life is all about comparison, right? He’s got gourmet cells all over him and he doesn’t even know it.”
“Damn, Ninth Seat is too strong. No wonder he could punch a GT robot to smithereens.”
“If Ryouzanji Shizuka knew about this, he’d probably cry with regret!”
Hong Yi heard Coco's words.
He was completely stunned.
Before he asked Coco for gourmet divination, he guessed that his success rate for implanting gourmet cells should be high. After all, he had fused with Yujiro Hanma’s template. The strength of his cells was off the charts.
But 100% gourmet cells, what the heck!?
According to Hong Yi's understanding.
In *Toriko*, there were only a handful of super strong individuals who had achieved 100% gourmet cells.
One was the legendary master of anesthesia, Jiro.
He was raised by “Ginés,” the wolf king, one of the Eight Kings, and ate Nittero, so his human cells had all been transformed into gourmet cells, and he didn’t have a gourmet demon inhabiting him!
Another was “Gourmet Noble” Nittero.
They are the embodiment of gourmet cell appetite, much like gourmet demons.
Another is a 100% cell activated gourmet demon that has “run away” on its own to devour its host, thus fully reviving itself, or a host who has devoured a gourmet demon.
For example, Acacia in the later stages, as well as Toriko.
But didn’t he already know if he had gourmet cells or not?
“Coco’s divination accuracy is 97%.”
“Which means, either he’s wrong, or he’s misunderstood.”
Hong Yi thought to himself.
The characteristics of gourmet cells are actually quite simple.
One is deliciousness.
Another is powerful activation, and stored appetite energy.
Appetite energy is ultimately energy too.
Hong Yi, who cultivates the *Devouring the Starry Sky* Technique, has 600 trillion cells, not only possessing powerful activation that ordinary humans don’t have, but also containing gene origin energy.
From a certain angle, it’s indeed very similar to gourmet cells.
And Coco’s divination is based on electromagnetic waves.
Therefore.
Coco mistakenly believed that Hong Yi, who cultivated the *Devouring the Starry Sky* Technique, possessed 100% gourmet cells.
Hong Yi didn’t explain.
Coco naturally treated him as a gourmet hunter with unlimited potential and wanted to befriend him.
“100% gourmet cells, no wonder Kis is so wary…”
Coco’s face was grave. He thought for a moment, a gentle smile appearing on his lips. “Hong Yi, let’s get reacquainted. My name is Coco, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Gourmet. Feel free to contact me anytime.”
Then.
Coco also exchanged contact information with Hong Yi.
This scene naturally caused a level-12 earthquake-like sensation among the teachers and students of Totsuki Academy.