Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 363 - 362: Follow-up

Chapter 363: Chapter 362: Follow-up

"Perfect End to the Summer Super Test! The Strongest Rookie King Is Born!"

— Asahi News Agency.

"The Strongest in History! Witness the Genius Super Chef Emerges!"

— Daily News Agency.

Besides these two well-known mainstream media outlets in Neon, next came reports from foodie programs and foodie media, even more exaggerated, almost praising Xia Yu as an unparalleled superstar in the food world.

In contrast, the two news media more closely related to Xia Yu were much more restrained.

"Xia! Yu!"

— Tokyo Food Program.

"The Real Strongest in History!"

— Taste Weekly.

Chiyoda Aichi was the leading actress of the Tokyo Food Program, while Dubian Yuuki was the editor-in-chief of Taste Weekly. Speaking of which, both women were present in person yesterday to watch the entire summer super test.

"Hmm—"

Xia Yu emerged from the washing room, rubbing his messy hair. It was midday at the second floor of Xia’s Main Store.

The second batch of interns had finished their internship and returned to Far Moon, so the day after the super test, Xia Yu rarely got a lazy sleep and only got up at midday.

He flopped down onto the tatami in the living room, grabbed the remote control on the tea table carelessly, and turned on the TV.

The program happened to be Tokyo Food hosted by Chiyoda Aichi.

At this time, the TV was playing the replay of yesterday’s test.

The female host was not Chiyoda Aichi; it should be a new recruit who had just joined, youthful and pretty, not controlling her emotions well. When the young chef served the porridge, and the three judges argued over concepts, her voice trembled noticeably:

"Everyone, listen carefully to the judges’ analysis of Chef Xia’s dish. It’s not hard to hear that from the start, the judges were already captivated by Chef Xia’s bowl of porridge. It’s truly amazing..."

The host’s eyes shone, her face bearing the admiration only a fangirl would show.

"Oh, come on!"

Xia Yu watched with embarrassment and quickly changed the channel.

Beep.

It was another foodie program, but it played the interview after the summer test ended.

In the footage, crowds surged, the young chef surrounded inside and out by layers, with reporters like piranhas smelling blood, each with terrifying expressions, struggling to push forward to get first-hand interview material.

"Chef Xia, what is your opinion on this summer’s super test topic?"

"In this summer test, there were a total of four passers, besides you, the other three were Chef Beiye, Chef Nakajima, and Chef Ujou. What do you think of their dishes?"

"Chef Xia, do you remember Miss Yuchuan’s promise..."

Clearly, Xia Yu was not very willing to be interviewed. Yet, upon hearing a reporter shout out Yuchuan Ayaka’s name, he stopped abruptly at the railing, turning back to stare directly at the group of reporters.

"Of course, I remember my promise with her!" The young man’s eyes suddenly turned sharp in the footage.

"Oh!!"

A group of reporters exclaimed and got even more excited.

"Please tell her on my behalf that at the end of July, we will have a fair and just food battle. She can choose the location, but as for the topic... I’m sorry, I plan to entrust the IGO agency with it."

Saying this, the young man ignored the deathly silence in the air, turned around, and headed towards the passage.

"What the hell!"

Xia Yu turned off the TV and rubbed his temples. Now he was completely calm, his mind like still water. Looking back at his words and actions on yesterday’s super test site, he felt they carried a bit of a childish aura...

That wasn’t me, damn it!

However, what was certain was that his words had already been repeatedly circulated, played countless times by the outside world.

Yuchuan Ayaka probably already knew.

But so what, the food battle scheduled for the end of July would be unavoidable and inescapable.

For Xia Yu, for Yuchuan Ayaka, it was significant.

This was likely the strongest genius contest in the Neon Food World in recent years, not just a fight for discourse power but a battle of "momentum."

The winner, carrying the momentum of defeating strong enemies, would step directly onto the doorway of the Azure Dragon’s domain.

As for the loser, they would first have to spend some time walking out of the shadow of failure, adjusting their mindset to continue on the road.

It’s not like losing would mean doomsday or anything.

As of now, the conditions for the food battle hadn’t been set, and Xia Yu lacked nothing—no lack of money, no lack of recipes. Yet, just like him, Yuchuan Ayaka, aside from the so-called fame, lacked the desire for anything else.

Putting aside the food battle, it was the beginning of July, with a full month to prepare until the end of the month.

Check the system information from passing the super test yesterday.

"System: [March to Super!] complete."

"Received [Evolution Crystal] *2."

"A forbidden item randomly unlocked in Chef God Mall."

Not worrying about the forbidden item for now, Xia Yu summoned the item bar, and sure enough, saw two shimmering crystals.

These were essential items for evolving his maxed-out blue culinary skills into purple-grade.

[Fierce Bull Green Dragon Slash], [Arhat Crystal Slash], and [Seven-star Breaking Army Rapid Cutting] had been purple quality from the moment he learned them, requiring no evolution. Evolving them would be to gold.

Thus, by elimination, Xia Yu had only the maxed-out blue culinary skills [Spice Inequality] and [White Luo Snake Refining] that needed evolution.

[Spice Inequality], needless to say, had to evolve.

And the fact that he passed the super test with porridge yesterday also proved the general value of [White Luo Snake Refining].

Sometimes, culinary skills can blossom brilliantly even outside their corresponding fields. Not to mention, within others, [White Luo Snake Refining] was undoubtedly the highest skill in the pastry field, inherited for thousands of years. If the evolution item wasn’t used here, where else would it be used?

"Evolve!"

"Evolve!"

Xia Yu consumed two crystals in one go, thus receiving a system message of successful evolution.

The talent and culinary skill tree conveniently emerged.

The two culinary skills’ icons transformed from blue to a deep violet.

Hmm?

The moment the culinary skills evolved, Xia Yu suddenly raised an eyebrow, lifting his palms to notice a slight heat flow generated between his flesh and muscles. This air current quickly vanished; if not for his keen senses, he wouldn’t have noticed it.

Compared to a few seconds earlier, his body had subtle differences.

Frowning and pondering for a while, Xia Yu flexed his ten fingers, his eyes lighting up, and found a sheathed fruit knife on the TV cabinet, then drew it out with a swish.

The small knife then danced between his fingers.

This scene resembled an assassin or a thief playing with a dagger, and undoubtedly, the dagger was the essential tool for assassins and thieves to make a living.

He quickly checked the system’s hint.

Sure enough!

"Your body’s overall quality has improved," the system said, and Xia Yu’s personal attribute panel’s physical quality increased from lv30 to lv35. These improved 5 levels were undoubtedly improvements in agility!

"Was it a bonus from evolving [White Luo Snake Refining]?"

Upon reflection, Xia Yu concluded this.

Hey!

However, at this moment, he noticed the second piece of information about the evolved culinary skill, causing his whole body to tremble.

"No way, I hit the jackpot!"

Xia Yu’s eyes widened.

One reward message was from [White Luo Snake Refining].

The other, naturally obvious, was brought by [Spice Inequality]!