Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 195 - 194: Makki and Xiao Hui’s Crisis

Chapter 195: Chapter 194: Makki and Xiao Hui’s Crisis

"System: Used [Physique Enhancement Crystal] *1."

"Overall physique quality lv20→lv30."

Late at night, in the Shrine Kitchen, Xia Yu used the spoils of today’s culinary challenge.

The sound of a tiger’s roar by his ear disappeared.

A warm current, like a small worm, crawled through his entire body. At that moment, Xia Yu felt as if he had completed a second round of grueling training. He tried to lift a heavy iron pot from the stove with one hand.

To his surprise, the pot, which typically required both hands from an adult to move, was lifted by Xia Yu with a single hand and held aloft in the air.

Meow~

Next to him, Hua Mao, who had been lying down, sat up, raising its small head in astonishment at the young man holding the iron pot high.

"So easy!"

After a few minutes, his right arm still showed no signs of fatigue. Xia Yu returned the iron pot to the stove, joyfully examining his hands, murmuring to himself, "Strength, stamina have both improved so much!"

The overall enhancement of his physical quality wasn’t just in strength and stamina.

The chirping of insects outside the window reached Xia Yu’s ears more clearly, a natural augmentation of his senses resulting from his enhanced spiritual power.

"With my current self, following the ’Heavenly Hero Grilled Bluefish’ recipe won’t leave me physically exhausted anymore... Continuing to practice the Heavenly Hero Bursting Flame River and Heavenly Hero Fire Wheel culinary techniques, making dishes that shine is now a sure thing!"

Xia Yu contemplated.

After tonight, there were still five days left until the small test at Chiyoda Shrine.

Currently, the purple glowing recipes he had on hand were two in number, namely ’Heavenly Hero Grilled Bluefish’ and ’Flame Dragon Roll Fish Fin Sausage.’

Meanwhile, the modification of the blue recipe ’Magical Mapo Tofu’ was ongoing; whether it would succeed depended on tomorrow’s practical result. If successful, using perfect glowing cuisine to compete against that group of trainees would give Xia Yu sufficient confidence.

Communicating with Chef God Space, he continued his culinary training.

Additionally, it was worth mentioning that Xia Yu didn’t rush to exchange recipes with [Seven-star Saber·Breaking Army] a few days ago for practice, as he still had over ten thousand Fame Points available.

...

The next day, at 9:00 a.m.

On the second day of the boarding study, today’s events were significant, but Xia Yu found it hard to intervene.

"As expected!"

In the classroom, scanning the student groups assigned to him, and not seeing the appearance of Tanaka Hikari, Sen Tian Makoto, or Xingping Chuangzhen, Xia Yu could only sigh. According to the original storyline, if nothing unexpected happened, the guest lecturer they were assigned to was Senior Shigong!

In a Western-style house located in the Hakone Area.

"Good morning, everyone, I am Shigong, a graduate of the 79th term."

Shigong Xiaoci Lang, holding a thick stack of documents, briskly walked into the classroom.

You could hear a pin drop in the cooking room.

The students whispered among themselves, their expressions tinged with fear and dread.

Yesterday, over a hundred students were expelled, with more than thirty receiving "unsatisfactory" evaluations from Shigong Xiaoci Lang, accounting for a significant proportion. His strictness and harshness towards student culinary works were self-evident.

"Today’s task is to use the recipes I distribute to make the designated dishes."

Shigong Xiaoci Lang, with a stern face, pointed to the stack of recipe documents on the desk, "You only have 3 hours. Furthermore, teamwork is not allowed in my task, and each person must individually present their work!"

"During the cooking process, exchanging information or offering advice is prohibited. Violators... will be expelled!"

Amidst the tense atmosphere, each student received a recipe.

"This is a recipe designed by Senior Shigong..."

"A recipe for a French appetizer— ’Nine Treasures Vegetable French Freeze’!"

"Damn, it’s such a difficult recipe. We only have 3 hours, and in a restaurant kitchen, making such an appetizer takes at least 10 hours. What exactly does he intend to do!"

Absorbing the anxious expressions of the students, Shigong Xiaoci Lang’s mouth curled into a cold smile, saying, "This recipe is relatively simple, or do you prefer something more difficult?"

"..."

Silence instantly descended upon the cooking room.

"What should we do, Makki! It’s so hard!" Tanaka Hikari tugged on Sen Tian Makoto’s sleeve, her face already white with fright, her whole body trembling.

Snap!

Sen Tian Makoto chuckled, flicking Tanaka Hikari’s forehead with a finger. The girl immediately covered her reddened forehead, tears welling up as she looked at her partner, suddenly feeling less nervous.

"Xiao Hui, do you remember the work we submitted in Senior Hyuga’s class yesterday?" Sen Tian Makoto encouraged her, "There was also your effort in that dish! Senior Hyuga praised you well!"

"I-I will do my best!"

Tanaka Hikari tightly pursed her lips and nodded vigorously.

After all the students had thoroughly read the recipe, ten minutes later, Shigong Xiaoci Lang suddenly pointed to the table piled with ingredients, saying, "Choose your ingredients from the table at the back, but each person is only allowed to take one portion. Additionally, my suggestion for you is, from now on... consider everyone around you as an enemy!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the students quickly moved, surging towards the ingredient table.

Sen Tian Makoto had her own plan, ignoring other ingredients at first, making a beeline for the table stacked with cauliflower. She grabbed two cauliflowers before turning to snatch other vegetable ingredients.

On her way back to the kitchen stand, having gathered nine kinds of vegetable ingredients, Makki saw Tanaka Hikari standing in front of the cauliflower table, at a loss.

Only a few substandard ones remained on the table, all had oxidized and discolored.

Tanaka Hikari worriedly muttered to herself, "What should I do? If I use oxidized and discolored cauliflower to cook, the color of the French freeze will be marred due to the flaw in the ingredient, and besides, appearance is a crucial part of the French freeze. If there are flaws in appearance, the dish won’t pass!"

"No, stay calm!"

With a pale face, Tanaka Hikari retrieved an amulet from her pocket and held it tightly in her hand.

"Xiao Hui!"

A voice suddenly called her from behind, and before Tanaka Hikari could react, a round vegetable ball was thrust into her arms. Makki’s figure flashed before her eyes, quickly selecting a substandard cauliflower to make a set, and then calmly returning to her culinary station.

Tanaka Hikari realized what happened, opened her mouth to call Makki back to return the cauliflower, but the cold, icy gaze from Shigong Xiaoci Lang at the front stopped her.

No communication allowed!

No exchanging information!

Exchanging ingredients violated the rules greatly!

Frightened, Tanaka Hikari reflexively lowered her head, grabbed another cauliflower, and hurried back to her culinary station.

Glancing over at Makki’s direction.

"Makki..." Clenching her little fists, Tanaka Hikari encouraged herself, "I can’t get expelled. After I pass the task, I must properly thank Makki!"

Time trickled away bit by bit.

The busy students didn’t notice that the cooking room door quietly opened, and a large and small figure stood behind Shigong Xiaoci Lang.