Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 134: Spirit Enhancement (Fifth Update!)

Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Spirit Enhancement (Fifth Update!)

"Ding, the Host ’Seasoning’ fundamental skill has reached 10 points (full)."

"Ding, the Host ’Ingredient Identification’ fundamental skill has reached 10 points (full)."

Two days later, in class, Xia Yu, who had tirelessly practiced his spice culinary skills day and night, unexpectedly gained other rewards.

"Host has achieved full marks in the four fundamental skills: Knife Work, Heat Control, Seasoning, and Ingredient Identification, and has earned a one-time physical enhancement reward from the system."

"Please choose the enhancement direction—"

Huh?

Xia Yu woke up in class, shook his head, and his eyes brightened with a touch of surprise.

So when the four fundamental skills were maxed out, there was also a reward for physical enhancement.

"Enhancement direction?" He then frowned.

"Yes, you can choose to enhance physical attributes such as strength, agility, spirit, and burst. Be aware, once the reward is generated, it is irreversible." the system explained.

"Is that so..." Xia Yu pondered.

Literally, strength meant physical power; agility corresponded with swiftness.

Xia Yu felt his current strength was sufficient; as for agility, he was not an athlete, and his life was relaxed—he had never encountered ghosts or anything of that sort where it would be necessary.

But spirit was different.

During these days of practicing the "Spice Empress" culinary skill, Xia Yu often felt his brain wasn’t good enough when calculating complex spice formulas; he needed to use a pen to work them out rather than doing quick mental arithmetic. After all, the "Spice Empress" was trained by Kaiyou into a cold machine; had she not encountered emotional awakening while lifting iron rods, she would be no different from a humanoid robot.

To enhance the spirit, if it could improve his computational ability...

With this thought, Xia Yu consulted the system.

"Enhancing the spirit can be seen as brain domain development, improving computational ability, though this is just one subtle aspect of enhancement." the system replied, "The enhancement includes memory, comprehension, computational power, and so on."

"Then let’s enhance the spirit!" Xia Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"Zzzt"

As soon as the words were spoken, it was as if there was electricity in his head; even his eyes saw purple-blue sparks.

For a split second, his mind went blank, and when Xia Yu opened his eyes again, he discovered the world seemed entirely different.

Nishimura Eiki sat at the next table, propping up his textbook to hide behind it while sleeping soundly. He wasn’t snoring, but his breathing was clearly audible to Xia Yu, who could even analyze his current state of sleep through it.

Somewhere, a girl was covertly playing with her mobile phone.

She was using a rather old flip phone, her fingers nimbly pressing the buttons, her mood exhilarated as if she was chatting with a boyfriend.

Xia Yu heard the faint sound of her thumb on the keys.

By the window, the breeze was ruffling the cherry blossom trees in the campus courtyard; Xia Yu glanced at it for a moment, focusing on a single cherry blossom petal caught in the wind. In his field of vision, the petal’s descent was very slow, as if time had slowed down or even stopped within his sight.

His senses—vision, smell, hearing—were significantly enhanced!

"Gurgle~"

This state lasted for about ten seconds before his stomach shriveled severely, and a distinct sound of hunger emanated from within.

Barely making it to lunchtime, the bell rang for the end of class, Xia Yu grabbed his lunchbox and dashed out of the classroom, gobbling down his food in a corner of the campus.

"What the hell was that state!" Xia Yu filled his stomach, and the dizziness in his head subsided.

"In the enhanced state, the body’s caloric consumption accelerates." explained the system.

Xia Yu exhaled, "So that’s what it was!"

That previous state was intoxicating, giving him a feeling of total control!

If he could enter that state while cooking, then every detail of the dish would be impossible to miss.

He had a faint feeling that in such a state, the improved version of "Magical Mapo Tofu," paired with the culinary skill "Spice Empress," had a great chance of creating a glowing dish!

He opened the system interface.

"Host: Xia Yu.

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Physical Condition Total: lv20 [One-time Enhancement]

Culinary Skills Total: lv20 [Two-star Chef]

Basic Skills — Knife Work (10), Heat Control (10), Seasoning (10), Ingredient Identification (10)

Talent — [Heart of Cooking] (8), [Spice Affinity]

Culinary Techniques — [Bursting Flame] (4), [Fierce Bull Green Dragon Slash] (1), [Spice Inequality] (1)

..."

Right, the Talent Points he gained from leveling up, Xia Yu continued to invest in Heart of Cooking.

After school in the afternoon, he went home.

This weekend, Xia Yu had a full schedule.

On Saturday, he was to teach at Far Moon.

It was also his first time appearing on that campus as a guest lecturer, and a storm was expected. After all, the proud students of Far Moon would not tolerate a peer from another school overshadowing them.

Subduing them and establishing authority were necessary, otherwise teaching would be impossible.

On Sunday, he had to visit the IGO Neon headquarters.

In fact, the three-star evaluation should have taken place ten days ago, but Shinohara Shigetaro put his evaluation request on hold. It wasn’t until yesterday that Xia Yu received Shinohara’s notification to go to the IGO headquarters on Sunday.

Ding-dong.

While working in the kitchen, the phone vibrated. Xia Yu skillfully opened his phone and accepted a video call request from Morioka Makoto.

These past few days, he and Morioka Makoto video called each other every night.

It was nighttime. Morioka Makoto moved a chair in front of the window of bedroom 111, leaning on the windowsill, her phone resting on the window frame, chatting idly with the busy Xia Yu.

"Xingping was quite reckless today," she said. "He accepted a Food Duel Challenge from a girl named Mizuhu Yumei. In two days, on Monday, they will have their showdown. If Xingping loses, he will have to leave the school..."

"It’s just a Curry Rice Research Association!"

Morioka Makoto grumbled.

Xia Yu glanced back at her and chuckled, "Have you been getting close to Eriina lately?"

"No, not at all!" Morioka Makoto’s eyes flitted with panic as she waved her hands in denial.

"Don’t panic, even if you’re close to her, I won’t get mad," Xia Yu shrugged. "Your culinary styles are actually quite similar. You’re good at pastries and she’s good at Western cuisine. You can exchange ideas and complement each other in cooking."

"But there’s one thing you must refuse!"

Xia Yu smiled, "Makki, remember this, you’re not anyone’s vassal. You are yourself. Your talent has already been unearthed and is no less than Eriina’s, so be confident..."

Morioka Makoto understood Xia Yu’s meaning and softly nodded.

"I’m going to greet the guests now..."

Turning off the video, Xia Yu focused on the world of culinary arts.

Before he knew it, the weekend arrived.

On Saturday morning, Xia Yu was awakened by the sound of knocking.

"Yo—"

Opening the door, it was ’Ghost-faced Monk’ Aoki Motota, who waved at him.

Aoki Motota’s car was parked outside, a very impressive SUV.

"Hurry up and get ready, we have to start classes at eight-thirty. Today is the first day, so I’ll go with you," Aoki Motota found a chair and sat down in the shop.

Xia Yu had been up late practicing his culinary techniques almost until dawn. Fortunately, his spirit was enhanced and he didn’t feel tired. Time was short, so after washing up and changing clothes, without having time to make breakfast, Xia Yu got in the car hungry and rushed to Yuan Yue Academy.