Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 487 - 486: Laura’s Style Female Mercenary

Chapter 487: Chapter 486: Laura’s Style Female Mercenary

Snap.

Turning off the mobile video, the noise of "Lunarian Delights" disappeared. Xia Yu stood in front of the window at the hot spring inn and asked the system, "How is the progress of the tasks related to the autumn selection?"

"Checking..."

"Objective 1— ’Autumn Selection’ popularity (100/100) has been completed."

"Objective 2— Appearance of a ’quasi’ special-grade dish in the selection competition (1/1) has been completed."

The quasi-special-grade dish had been produced by Makki during the quarter-finals.

The ’Rainbow Fruit Cup’ from the semi-finals, judging by the reactions of the judges, stood a high chance of being a special-grade dish.

Now that was terrifying.

Could it be that Makki’s ’Chef’s Heart’ had already hatched?

Without a clue, Xia Yu refrained from guessing. Hatching was a good thing. After all, Makki was one of their own. The stronger she became, the more she was like a strong general joining the ranks for the Shopping Street.

He put the matters of Tokyo aside for now.

"Submit task!"

"Beep, [Jade Generation Autumn Selection] has been completed."

"Reward has been distributed to your inventory, please check."

In the inventory.

The golden glint of the "Four Divine Seafood Eight Treasure Soul Suppressing Dumplings" recipe shimmered. With 2 fragments accumulated, he only needed one more to compile a complete golden recipe!

And...

Xia Yu’s gaze flickered rapidly, locking onto a purple delicacy.

"[Sautéed Gem Meat] (Special-grade, Forbidden): A forbidden dish that preserves the original food properties perfectly through cooking. The cells in the ingredients become active due to the cooking process, and consumption will lead to unexpected physical changes."

"Note: The host can only consume 1 forbidden dish every 30 days."

He turned to review the information on gourmet cells:

"[Demon·Gourmet Cell], awakening degree 86%..."

Gurgle.

Swallowing his saliva, Xia Yu barely resisted the impulse to take out the forbidden dish on the spot.

It was the painful experience from last time that made him suppress his appetite.

The thought of consuming a forbidden dish related to ’Gem Meat’ turning his hair long and colorfully...

Basically, a scene of extreme fashion disaster made Xia Yu shiver with dread.

That won’t do!

In this wilderness town’s hot spring inn, suddenly turning into a colorful hairy person, without familiar friends by his side, how would he deal with all that hair!

So it was absolutely impossible to consume it!

"If I eat another forbidden dish this time, the awakening degree of the gourmet cells will reach 100%, right?" he thought.

What use was a "Devil Cell" at full awakening?

Xia Yu hadn’t forgotten the task that was accumulating on him—

[The True Gourmet Hunter].

The content was to awaken any type of gourmet cell.

The reward was...

The corresponding culinary recipe for that gourmet cell!

After much struggle, Xia Yu still locked down the dancing devil within, at least, until he returned to the Sapporo Okura Mountain Villa!

"Hey!"

"Hey—"

"I’m talking to you!"

Not knowing how long he had been dazed in front of the window, Xia Yu was awakened by a voice.

He looked down to see a woman in the courtyard of the hot spring inn looking up and greeting him.

The woman’s black hair was tied into a ponytail, suitable for mobility. Her upper body was adorned with a white cotton, open-collar shirt, showing cleavage, while below she wore durable army green long pants, the shirt tucked into the pants, held by a brown belt circling her ample, yet powerful waist.

Xia Yu continued to scrutinize her.

Aside from the gun holsters on both sides of her thighs and the brown straps of a backpack over her shoulders, curving around her full bust and highlighting her femininity.

At this sight, he couldn’t help but click his tongue in appreciation.

This female mercenary, who is she? She had the aura of a jungle Laura, a shame her hair was black. If she had long, silky brown hair, Xia Yu would’ve believed that Laura had escaped from the Tomb Raider series.

The important thing was, on the woman, he saw a refreshing beauty.

She was beautiful, all right, but she was a rose with thorns.

"Do you mean me?" He replied in English, as the woman had just called out in that language.

"Is that military jeep parked outside yours?"

The woman was brimming with energy.

"Yes, it’s mine."

"Lend it to me for two days..."

At her words, Xia Yu was momentarily speechless and shrugged, "Who are you, anyway?"

"Besides, I’m leaving Platinum Town this afternoon. Without a vehicle, am I supposed to walk?" He said irritably.

"Eh...? Wait a minute!"

Footsteps hurried towards him.

Xia Yu swiftly turned, then his eyes widened as he saw the woman sprinting across the courtyard, nimbly climbing up the tree, and easily leaping onto the second-floor windowsill, where she crouched seriously, "I can buy it!"

Seeing her agility, Xia Yu felt a chill.

"Buy it? Forget it."

His eyes locked onto the woman, vigilant.

"Huh, I think I recognize you..."

But the woman didn’t care what Xia Yu said and jumped into the room from the windowsill, her gaze fixed earnestly on Xia Yu’s face.

"That pickup line is so cliché, miss!" Xia Yu almost laughed out loud. Being hit on by a woman who looked like something out of a Lara Croft game was... well, secretly thrilling for a guy.

"I really do recognize you!" The woman said, her face tense.

Hmm?

Xia Yu glanced at the metal stand in her hand, and his eyes widened when he realized it was holding a phone.

This posture of gripping a rod to stabilize a phone was very familiar to Xia Yu.

Could it be that she’s a live streamer?

Outdoor streaming?

Surprised, Xia Yu leaned in closer, "Hey, are you live streaming?"

He squeezed next to the woman and stared at the phone screen. Due to the transmission delay—which seemed to be about two minutes—he happened to see the scene where the woman had just jumped onto the second-floor windowsill. During the process, the screen unavoidably shook, and comments flooded the screen rapidly:

"Sister Qiong’s making me dizzy!"

"Sister Qiong still has impressive moves."

"Sister Qiong, your skills left me spinning. Everyone remember to be civil, hands on the keyboard, totally innocent here!"

"Get a vehicle and head to the mountains quick! Stop dragging your feet; I want to see Sister Qiong fight monsters!"

These comments weren’t in English but in neatly squared Chinese characters.

By now, Xia Yu understood.

"You’re Chinese?" He switched to Mandarin.

"Yeah, I know who you are now."

The woman, referred to as Sister Qiong by the live stream audience, smiled like a little fox, "My surname is Tang, full name Tang Yuqiong. You can call me Sister Tang."

"Sister Tang?"

Xia Yu was incredulous, watching the woman giggle.

Standing next to the woman, the delayed video finally showed his room. The comments were unbearable, calling him unsympathetic, telling the female streamer to crush him with money or beat him with brute force. Xia Yu felt like spitting blood, realizing that even in another dimension, the mainland audience’s words were still sharp.

"Never mind them!"

Tang Yuqiong shook it off, her eyes earnestly on him, "When did you sneak out from Sapporo? The media is saying you were developing a new..."

She stopped mid-sentence, realizing she was live.

"It seems she really does know me!"

"Surname Tang?"

"A member of a certain Chinese team, or just a tourist accompanying them?"

Questions clogged his mind.

Xia Yu was unfamiliar with her and just shrugged noncommittally, "Just taking a walk."

"Taking a walk?"

Tang Yuqiong looked incredulous, glanced at Xia Yu’s attire—a shirt, durable military green pants like hers, and a gun holster with the corner of a bright silver pistol peeking out.

This was the typical gear for a formal Food Mercenary.

"If you’re just out for a walk, come to the mountains with me!" She winked as she said, "Sister Qiong will show you the way—"

"I came from Furano City District, took a government contract on my way to investigate the disappearance of the observation team... uh, the fee is ten million yen. I’ll split it with you when we’re done!"