After the corn kernels turned into corn seedlings, Takeru took them out again, created a deeper hole, and replanted the corn seedlings.
Although the BB Corn seedlings would grow downward as they grew, Takeru estimated that once they reached a certain size, the base of the seedlings might not be able to keep up with the upper growth, causing them to collapse.
Although it was just Takeru's guess, to be safe, he chose to replant them.
After replanting, seeing the original four-meter-long corn return to a height of half a meter, Takeru catalyzed it again.
About half an hour later, the corn seedlings had reached a height of over thirty meters.
Most importantly, a giant corn had grown at the top. By Takeru's estimation, the corn itself was over ten meters long.
Through its thick husk, Takeru could see the plump, golden-yellow kernels inside. Even standing in front of the corn, Takeru could smell an incredibly sweet and fragrant corn aroma.
Seeing the corn fully mature, Takeru felt a bit regretful. Perhaps his catalyzing ability was still somewhat lacking. Takeru knew that the maximum height for BB Corn should be 50 meters, but this one was only over thirty meters, still a bit short.
Shaking his head, Takeru stopped thinking about it and lightly punched the corn stalk. The immense force collided with the stalk, producing a loud sound and creating rings of airwaves around it.
However, the corn didn't break... it only left a deep pit in the stalk. Seeing this, Takeru was stunned, never expecting the corn stalk to be so hard.
He hadn't used much force in that attack, and even a sturdy building couldn't withstand it. Yet this corn stalk held up.
Realizing this, Takeru gained some understanding of the Toriko World. At the very least, in terms of pure strength, that world was definitely very powerful.
Subsequently, Takeru shaped his right hand like a knife and slashed forward. A special energy wave materialized, rushing straight toward the corn stalk, easily cutting it down.
The wave continued flying for about a kilometer before dissipating.
Boom!
As the corn stalk broke, the BB Corn fell to the ground with a deafening sound.
Takeru went directly to the BB Corn, used telekinesis to peel back the husk, and then used telekinesis to remove the kernels one by one.
Although the kernels were attached very tightly, under Takeru's telekinesis, they quickly detached.
After that, Takeru held up a kernel larger than his head, used telekinesis to fix it in the air, and then a ball of flame appeared out of thin air, starting to roast the kernel.
However, after a short while of roasting, Takeru realized the flame's temperature was insufficient. Thinking this, Takeru increased the flame's temperature.
But because the temperature became too high, although the corn eventually burst open into a large amount of popcorn, many parts were burnt.
Smelling the sweet corn aroma filling the air, Takeru couldn't resist putting a slightly burnt piece of popcorn into his mouth. The texture was softer than cotton, sweeter than honey, and melted in the mouth without being sticky. The only flaw was the slight bitterness of the burnt parts.
Although the burnt parts could be removed and the rest would be fine, Takeru knew that due to the heat control, this batch of popcorn was substandard.
If done correctly, it would definitely be more delicious. Takeru also understood that the true delicacies of that world were incomparable to what he could materialize.
Although what he materialized was already top-tier in the world, compared to the true delicacies of that world, it might still be slightly lacking.
Takeru could only hope that as he grew, the taste of the materialized high-grade ingredients would become more delicious.
After transferring all the popcorn into a huge alloy box, Takeru stored it in his item bar.
Although the first attempt was somewhat unsuccessful, the taste was still much better than the previously materialized bananas and small cucumbers.
Moreover, it contained special energy. Although Takeru and the others didn't have Gourmet Cells and couldn't quickly absorb this energy for rapid evolution, regular consumption yielded better effects than ordinary magical beast meat.
Learning from the first failure, Takeru directly materialized a huge steel plate, placed two giant corn kernels on it, and then unleashed ultra-high-temperature flames beneath the steel plate.
He let the flames heat the steel plate, allowing the corn to absorb the heat and turn into popcorn.
As time passed, an hour quickly went by.
While cooking the corn, Takeru planted two more BB Corn plants, and they had now grown.
Although the corn kernels being roasted on the steel plate emitted an extremely rich aroma, they still showed no sign of popping.
Thinking this, Takeru slightly increased the flame temperature. The steel plate turned completely red.
Takeru closely watched the corn, and seeing no sign of burning, he breathed a sigh of relief. He then continued to monitor it while slowly raising the temperature.
Soon, he stopped when the flame temperature reached about 2000 degrees Celsius and the steel plate temperature was maintained at around 1600 degrees Celsius.
This temperature was already much higher than ordinary magma. However, under Takeru's control, the maximum flame temperature could reach 3000 degrees.
But Takeru knew this temperature was the maximum the corn's husk could withstand. Any higher, and the corn would burn again...
While waiting idly, Takeru inspected the changes in his portable space. During the continuous planting of corn, Takeru noticed that the portable space had expanded again.
It seemed that not only the World Tree could enlarge the portable space, but these special plants could also serve as nutrients for the space, although not as effective as the World Tree, it was still much better than using his own magic power.
As time continued to pass, another three hours quickly went by.
During this time, Takeru maintained the roasting of the corn while also injecting energy into the World Tree.
Now, Takeru's main body quickly returned to the corn, knowing that the kernels were about to pop. Thinking this, Takeru felt a surge of excitement.
After waiting for another half hour, under Takeru's watch, the two corn kernels directly emitted a huge explosive sound and turned into countless giant pieces of popcorn.
Looking at the pale yellow, soft popcorn, Takeru first used telekinesis to fix them in the air, then eagerly caught one and put it directly into his mouth.
Instantly, the unique sweet and fragrant taste of corn flooded Takeru's taste buds.
Feeling the deliciousness, Takeru narrowed his eyes. It was no exaggeration to say that this was absolutely the most delicious food Takeru had ever eaten.
Neither the meat of mutant animals, nor the eggs of the Spider Eagle, nor the Chansey Eggs or Miltank's Moomoo Milk could compare.
Moreover, this popcorn had an appetizing effect that made people want to eat more and more.
After continuously eating ten fist-sized pieces of popcorn, Takeru stopped. He gathered all the floating popcorn together and stored them in an alloy box lined with special fur, ready to put them into his item bar.
Since time doesn't exist in the item bar, items placed inside remain in the state they were in before storage forever.
Takeru believed that the still-hot popcorn would be more delicious than after it cooled down, so he wanted to preserve its flavor as much as possible.
Of course, Takeru didn't put all the popcorn in the same box. He left a small portion and stored it in another box, because taking out a huge box every time would be inconvenient. Taking out a smaller box would be much easier.
After dividing them, Takeru quickly stored both boxes away. After doing all this, Takeru disappeared from the portable space and returned to the outside.
Although he had spent about five hours in the portable space, only an hour had passed outside.
Looking at Miu and Ai who were still training, Takeru dispersed his clone who was also sitting on the bed meditating. Then, Takeru lay directly on the soft bed and stretched.
Although BB Corn was delicious, cooking it was too troublesome. However, Takeru thought of a method.
In the future, he could just use the volcanic terrain in his portable space for roasting.
He would only need to set up an array and let the corn roast slowly inside. When the time was right, he would go and take it out. This would save time and effort.