CHAPTER 163: [163] - THE REVIVER’S ART, A NEW USE FOR LIFE ENERGY

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A full day passed. Yosaku was still working on the very first step of Reviving Toriko’s arm. But to his surprise, Teppei and Yuuki had already returned from the library.

"How are you two back after just one day?"

Yosaku was taken aback. Logically, Yuuki should have spent a significant amount of time in the library. Even though Granny Setsuno had stressed that his talent was terrifying, Yosaku figured it would still take him some time to master that much knowledge. But here they were, back after barely a full day.

For a moment, he even wondered if Yuuki had found the Reviver’s art unsuitable for him and simply given up.

"Master, maybe you should let me handle Toriko’s regeneration. While my skills aren’t as good as yours, I can still manage limb regeneration. I think... you should be the one to teach Chef Yuuki!"

Teppei said, his face stiff, his expression strange.

"Let me teach him? What in the world is going on, Teppei?"

Seeing him like this, Yosaku couldn’t help but ask. Something must have happened for Teppei to be acting this way.

"How do I even describe it... Chef Yuuki’s learning speed is TOO FAST. He mastered all the basics in just a few short hours. After that, I taught him everything I knew."

"He only needed to see it once, whether it was theory or practical application. So, it’s better if you teach him, Master. I feel like if I keep teaching him, I’ll run out of things to teach in a few days."

Teppei explained, the shock of what he’d witnessed still fresh. That learning speed... it was just too absurd.

In truth, there were still many Reviving techniques and a wealth of knowledge he hadn’t taught Yuuki. It wasn’t because he wanted to hold anything back—it was because he had been so utterly demoralized.

He remembered his own childhood, traveling with Knocking Master Jiro. It was seeing him in action that had inspired him to become a Reviver. He had spent countless years to become the famous master he was today.

All that time and effort... and then he saw Yuuki. That one day of teaching had nearly shattered his own resolve.

So, he had no choice but to come to Yosaku. He was afraid that if he kept teaching, he would be so demoralized by Yuuki that he’d never recover.

"Is he really that ridiculous?"

Yosaku’s eyes went wide. Toriko, as a layman, wouldn’t understand what this meant. But as a Super-class Reviver, Yosaku knew better than anyone.

At this moment, even he began to question reality. He didn’t think Teppei would lie about something like this. He knew his apprentice well. Though a bit of a chatterbox, Teppei was very reliable.

In the original story, Teppei had pretended to be brainwashed, infiltrated the NEO organization to gather intelligence, and had ultimately been the one to rescue Komatsu from inside.

His plan had been incredibly risky, but he had done it anyway. It was just that his actions hadn’t had a huge impact in the end. The NEO organization hadn’t posed too great a threat to Toriko and the others.

And their leader, Joie, had been utterly crushed by Midora.

....

"It really is that ridiculous. Anyway, Master, you’ll know once you teach him for a while."

Teppei shook his head. Yosaku nodded, and the two of them swapped tasks. He would teach Yuuki, and Teppei would handle the regeneration of Toriko’s arm.

After taking over, it didn’t take long for Yosaku to discover Yuuki’s unreal talent for himself. That learning speed... he had never seen anything like it. It was completely absurd.

In the end, it took only one week for Yuuki to drain all of Yosaku’s theoretical knowledge. Now, all he lacked was practical experience in Revival.

So, Yosaku took out everything that needed Reviving and let Yuuki try his hand at it. The result? Yuuki’s success rate was an unheard-of one hundred percent.

"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?? Just how high is your Food Luck, kid?? Not a single failure!"

Yosaku was dumbfounded.

The Revival of these plants and animals was not a guaranteed success. Some were so ancient that even he and Mohyan Shaishai weren’t certain they could Revive them. Simply put, there was a probability of failure, a probability that wasn’t affected by their skill but was purely an issue with the subject of Revival itself.

But even with that, Yuuki had managed to succeed every single time. It made Yosaku think of Food Luck. That was the only thing that could explain this.

"My Food Luck isn’t that high. The reason I can succeed every time is because of a type of Life Energy I control."

Yuuki explained. It was something he had discovered while Reviving these creatures. Life Energy was very special—it could increase the lifespan of others.

And by injecting a certain amount during Revival, it could also raise the success rate to its absolute maximum.

"Life Energy? What’s that?"

Yosaku couldn’t help but ask.

"It’s a technique from my Appetite Demon. Whether it’s humans or other plants and animals, they all need Life Energy to survive."

"The simplest example is a human’s lifespan. My ability can directly draw out the lifespan of other creatures and bestow it upon others."

Yuuki explained simply. He could just blame it on his Appetite Demon. It didn’t matter that he didn’t have one.

"LIFESPAN??"

Hearing this, Yosaku fell silent. He had never imagined that someone could freely manipulate lifespan.

"That ability is truly frightening. But you’d better not use it recklessly!"

Yosaku could imagine what would happen if Yuuki used this ability without restraint. The scene would be one of absolute horror.

"Rest assured. I know how powerful this ability is. The lifespans I’ve drawn so far have only been from scumbags and various plants and animals."

Yuuki explained that Life Energy was universal, so there was no problem with the sources he chose.

Hearing this, Yosaku breathed a sigh of relief. Having spent this time with Yuuki, he had gotten a sense of what kind of person he was.

In short, he wasn’t some bleeding-heart do-gooder, but he was definitely not evil. He leaned towards the side of justice.

Yuuki was a person with a bottom line, so there was no issue. But Yosaku was also reminded of another colleague, a fellow member of Biotope 0th, Kousairou.

That guy could absorb the calories of others. In a sense, Yuuki and Kousairou—one absorbed the HP bar, the other the MP bar.

But comparing the two, Yuuki’s ability to drain the HP bar was scarier.

After all, if your MP was gone, you could replenish it. But if your HP was gone, you couldn’t get it back. And Yuuki wasn’t just draining the HP bar—he was draining the maximum HP, which was the most frightening part.

....

"Come to think of it, your ability seems like it was born for the Reviver profession. It’s incredible."

Though Yosaku knew that Appetite Demon abilities came in all shapes and sizes, this was the first time he had heard of such a terrifying one.

Absorbing lifespan... just thinking about it sent a chill down his spine.

At this moment, he was also glad that this ability belonged to Yuuki. If it were in the hands of someone from the Gourmet Corp—who knew what kind of chaos would ensue.

"By the way, Yosaku-sensei, there’s one more thing I’d like to ask your advice on."

Yuuki changed the subject. Yosaku’s interest was piqued. Yuuki had already learned almost everything he knew, but now he still had a question. He was very curious about what it could be.

"It’s like this. I learned some Knocking techniques from Knocking Master Jiro before. Among them, the Damage Knocking technique can seal the damage received inside the body and transfer a part of it outside."

"But the damage sealed inside the body remains forever. So I was thinking, could I..."

Yuuki told Yosaku about his idea of fusing Damage Knocking with Food Immersion.

He had already had some ideas before, but making progress wasn’t easy. Now, he had discovered that the techniques of a Reviver seemed to be useful, which was why he was asking Yosaku.

The Damage Knocking technique wasn’t exactly a secret. Many people knew of its effects because Jiro and Acacia had used it frequently in the past.

They weren’t worried about others figuring out how to counter it because only they themselves knew where its weakness was.

Only Yuuki, as the new prospective Knocking Master, had been told the location of this fatal flaw.

Otherwise, it was equivalent to a mortal wound.

"Damage Knocking... I’ve heard of it, but I don’t know how to use it. I do know Food Immersion. It can only temporarily store calories. If you merge them as you say, complementing each other, then..."

At this moment, Yosaku’s brain was also working at high speed, considering the feasibility of merging these techniques.

"It does seem feasible to merge them. But the cost of trial and error is too high."

Yosaku shook his head. The damage accumulated by Damage Knocking didn’t just disappear—it was always there. And when it was released, you couldn’t let it out bit by bit—it had to be released all at once.

This accumulated damage was fatal. If it were all released, the result would be the same as what happened to Jiro: instant death.

So, the cost of experimenting with this technique was too high. And to complete such a technique required a large number of trials.

Anyone who wanted to master this technique needed to have reached High-Level Knocking proficiency. In the world today, you could count the number of people who had reached that level on one hand.

So, in Yosaku’s view, it wasn’t very practical.

"I’ve only just learned this technique, so I haven’t accumulated much energy. That’s why I want to experiment on myself. But I’ll need your help, Yosaku-sensei."

Yuuki explained. Others wouldn’t dare to release this technique, but he did. After all, he had barely used it.

"That’s right! Your abilities are horrifying. There shouldn’t be any problem with you giving it a try."

Hearing this, Yosaku’s eyes lit up. The two of them then began their research.

....

Just like that, Yuuki stayed with Yosaku for several months. Toriko’s arm had also grown a prototype. This speed once again shocked Yosaku and Teppei.

After all, they had originally estimated it would take twenty years. But at this rate, it would probably be fully recovered in just one or two.

Of course, what shocked Yosaku most was still Yuuki. His experience was constantly accumulating, which led Yosaku to have no choice but to go and find the Reviver, Pukin, and borrow all of Mohyan Shaishai’s hidden books.

These materials were also quickly digested by Yuuki. And the fusion of Food Immersion and Damage Knocking had also yielded some results.

According to their previous expectations, after the fusion, Food Immersion could permanently store energy. As for Damage Knocking, the energy would gradually dissipate like with Food Immersion.

Both of these characteristics were successfully achieved, but Food Immersion was more complete, while Damage Knocking had some minor flaws.

Food Immersion could now permanently store energy. As the technique was perfected, the amount it could store would also continuously increase.

But Damage Knocking was different. After fusing with the characteristics of Food Immersion, the damage received would gradually dissipate, ensuring the body wouldn’t be harmed.

But to ensure the body wasn’t harmed, the rate of dissipation was too slow. Based on the amount of damage stored in Jiro’s body, if he were to let it dissipate slowly, it would probably take a lifetime.

So, it had to be accelerated. But if it was accelerated, the end result would be the body starting to break down.

However, Yuuki had also found a way to compensate for this: the Life Energy he controlled. Life Energy could quickly replenish the body’s deficits.

He had now also learned the various healing techniques of a Reviver. Through these techniques, he could use Life Energy more efficiently. At that time, not only could he increase lifespan, but he could also heal rapidly.

To ensure there were no problems, Yuuki and Yosaku decided to test it on someone. That someone was Toriko. After all, with Yuuki’s control over Life Energy, there would be no problem. Injecting it into Toriko would only be beneficial.

Even if his injuries didn’t recover, the benefits wouldn’t be small. That was why they had decided to experiment on him.

After all, no matter how they failed, there would be no side effects.

And Yuuki and Yosaku had also discussed it with Toriko.

"Since there’s no harm, let’s give it a try! I don’t want to lie here for twenty years!"

After learning of this, Toriko agreed without a second thought. For him, a matter with no risk and only benefits—it would be strange if he didn’t agree.

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