Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 278 - 277: Monster!

Chapter 278: Chapter 277: Monster!

Ten minutes later.

Xia Yu, Ichise Hui, Kobayakawa Ryodan, and Tiqie Helinai were all on deck.

Carrying a wooden mold, Xia Yu was the first to enter the private room.

Following him, Ichise Hui set down an electric rice cooker, and Eriina with Kobayakawa Ryodan brought two plates of Mapo tofu to the table.

This time, they didn’t cover the dishes; the gourmet food was brazenly displayed to the diners’ eyes.

Both the "Magical Mapo Tofu" and the "Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu" were impeccable in their presentation.

The pungent spicy aroma wafted through the air, causing Chiyoda Aichi and Dubian Yuuki, who followed, to cover their noses and mouths, barely tolerating the intense heat and spiciness from the two plates of Mapo tofu. They took only a small sniff, causing their nostrils and mouths to practically smoke.

"A Mapo Feast?"

Mars chuckled, saying, "Do you intend to dominate my taste and appetite with the violent flavors of spice and heat?"

His gaze sparkled as he surveyed the two different Mapo tofu dishes.

Hmm?

Detecting a hint of refreshing soy aroma, Mars’s eyes locked firmly on the "Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu," his eyes filled with awe, "Such beautiful dish presentation! Tofu with snowflake patterns... Could it be the recently globally popular new ingredient ’Shuangjiang Tofu’?"

The more he observed, the more certain he became.

"This is ’Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu’, one of our signature dishes and also a ’Special Grade’ creation of mine!" Xia Yu briefly explained.

"Special Grade Cuisine!"

Upon hearing this, a barely concealable desire flickered through Mars’s eyes.

Among the earlier dishes, the "Nine Feathered Phoenix" and the "Flame Dragon Roll Fish Fin Sausage" were the highest in quality, but if set before the evolution of the "Bursting Flame" cooking technique, these dishes were only ’quasi’ Special Grade. Now, with the evolved "Bursting Flame," the fiery flavor within the dishes had truly broken through to the utmost limit, granting them the quality of Special Grade One Star.

In fact, from the Big Blast Fried Pork to Flamed Roast Suckling Pig, Mars had grown accustomed to the fiery taste of the dishes, and fortunately, the quality of the subsequent dishes escalated progressively, otherwise, he would have developed an aversion to eating.

After all, even gourmets are human and repetitive flavors tend to bore anyone.

Out with the old, in with the new, as people say.

Next scoop!

Mars picked up a white ceramic spoon from the table and tasted the "Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu" first!

The moment the fiery red sauce and tofu with snowflake patterns entered his mouth, this titan of the Gourmet Society’s pupils dilated wildly, his eyes bulged as veins popped on his temples like earthworms crawling from the corners of his eyes across his temples.

"Spicy, numbing, hot, crispy, aromatic!"

"And the hidden seventh flavor, a treasure trove, the ultimate treasure trove has opened!" Mars clenched the ceramic spoon tightly in his hand.

His gaze blankly fixated on the ceiling.

A golden gateway faintly manifested in the void.

The seven flavors in the tofu dish, each condensed into a shining orb of magic, circling around Mars.

Spicy was a deep red, numbing was a dark gray, hot was orange-red.

Aromatic was the green of fresh garlic.

Wait, and there was a milky white orb, the lingering soy aroma of ’Shuangjiang Tofu’!

The seven orbs, following the faintly magical patterns, floated in the air, Mars pointed, whoosh whoosh whoosh, the orbs consecutively struck the ultimate golden gateway, boom!

The gate opened!

"Rice..."

His lips trembled as he spoke, an indescribable hunger surged from his stomach, Mars stared at Xia Yu, his eyes bloodshot, "Give me rice! Endless amounts of rice!"

Seeing this, Xia Yu was startled and promptly moved an electric rice cooker to him.

Mars transformed into a ravenous beast, scooping up rice with a spoon in his left hand while continuously spooning tofu and red Mapo sauce into his mouth with the right hand.

Xia Yu’s eyes twitched as he watched, finally understanding why Chiyoda Aichi and Dubian Yuuki had been scared stiff.

This guy... such an inhuman aura was simply too formidable!

He swallowed his saliva.

His gaze fixed on Mars, Xia Yu experienced an unforeseen change: a sudden, piercing pain attacked his right eye. Then, in his vision, he saw through Mars!

Mouth, throat, intestines.

And a constantly squirming stomach, resembling a medical dissection chart.

Moreover, as Mars ate, Xia Yu could clearly see rice and tofu, mixed with sauce, being dumped into the stomach in clumps.

Yet Mars’ stomach seemed insatiably thirsty, devouring any food it encountered.

The stomach in the x-ray view was not the color of a normal organ but was instead black, like a black hole vortex. Xia Yu, more alarmed the longer he looked, stepped back twice quickly, his heartbeat quickening and sweat breaking out on his back.

Beep.

The system popped up a message—

Target satiety level:

23%.

This number increased by 1% as Mars continued eating, and when he had finished a pot of rice and a whole plate of Shuangjiang Magical Mapo Tofu, it finally reached a satiety level of 31%.

Thirty percent full!

"Alert! Alert! This diner’s cell activity is abnormal, please host, try to serve this guest using ’Fantasy Ingredients’!" The system’s voice echoed deep in Xia Yu’s mind.

"Eh...?"

Xia Yu snapped back to reality. Even without the system’s reminder, he had noticed—the stomach squirming inside Mars was freaking abnormal!

"Gourmet gatherings, gourmet hunters... Could it really be that ’Gourmet Cells’ exist?"

He shivered at the thought, then denied it to himself.

If ’Gourmet Cells’ really existed, would gourmet hunters, with their abilities surpassing those of the mundane world, still be subject to the constraints of nations and the United Nations?

The IGO Gourmet Organization in this world existed at the mercy of various countries and wasn’t truly independent, so fundamentally, ’Gourmet Cells’ couldn’t possibly exist.

But how then to explain the anomaly that was Mars?

Cell activity?

’Gourmet Cells’ hosted by demons inside the bodies of chefs?

His mind was a muddled mess. Xia Yu thought frantically, "I just knew it, ’Fantasy Ingredients’ aren’t that simple... just possessing flavors far surpassing ordinary ingredients? It seems not so!"

Mars held the secret answer in his very being.

This was also part of exploring this world. Then, the so-called ’Forbidden Ingredients,’ could they be linked to Mars’ abnormal appetite?

As Xia Yu came back to his senses, he found the private room eerily silent.

Ichise Hui, Eriina, and others hid entirely behind him, as Mars stared at him with blood-red eyes.

On the table, the untouched ’Great Magic Panda Tofu.’

Pursing his lips trying to keep calm, Xia Yu forced a smile, "Principal Mars, you might want to try the other two tofu dishes, I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

"Right now, I only want dishes made with ’Fantasy Ingredients!’"

Mars responded in a low voice.

"Quick, quick, satisfy me!"

"Because you have opened the ultimate treasure of my palate, the demon named ’appetite,’ has now broken free, and if not satisfied..." his voice gradually took on a murderous tone.

Screw you!

Xia Yu rolled his eyes internally, and cursed.

If not for this guy controlling the commercial street’s properties, Xia Yu would genuinely call Shinohara Shigetaro, asking him to bring armed soldiers to spray bullets and take this monstrous creature down.

But it seemed it wasn’t that simple.

If it were that simple, the gourmet organization’s big bosses wouldn’t come flying to Neon without a care.

At that moment, Xia Yu felt like all the people of the world lived in extreme misery.