Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 488 - 487: Xia Family’s Wilderness Kitchen

Chapter 488: Chapter 487: Xia Family’s Wilderness Kitchen

Eventually, Xia Yu decided to take a trip with Tang Yuqiong.

Actually, he was quite curious about the disappearance of that observation team. These past few days in Platinum Town, he had heard about the incident from not a few of the townspeople. Two experts, seven or eight volcanic explorers and researchers, along with a somewhat famous group of ten from the Food Mercenary Corps, had vanished without a trace, without a single call for help. The townspeople, talking about this matter, were all visibly shaken.

Moreover.

Having come all the way to Shisheng Mountain, not climbing up to take a look seemed to do a disservice to his identity as a "Gourmet Hunter." Xia Yu decided to join them for two days, and after two days, regardless of how the investigation into the incident had progressed, he intended to descend the mountain and leave to search for the Chuyun Shrine at the next location.

"Rumble..."

The jeep left the narrow forest path, and suddenly the view opened up strikingly; the forest disappeared, giving way to a rugged wasteland covered with pebbles that stretched across the land. The piercing wind blew, carrying with it a fair amount of dust and sand.

"Get out!"

Xia Yu glanced at a small clearing on the right side of the road, his eyes lit up, and with an abrupt brake, he stopped the jeep.

Tang Yuqiong, holding the camera pole steadily, jumped out.

"There’s a camping site over there. Let’s stop; we haven’t had lunch since we set off at noon, and now it’s almost evening. We’re very likely to spend the night in the open here," Xia Yu said offhandedly, as he took his backpack and got out of the car.

The outdoor female anchor paid him no mind, glanced over, moved the camera pole, and captured the beauty of the place, immediately reaping a series of amazed comments on her live-stream. The unspoiled primeval forest was tranquil and pristine; everything was so natural. But because it was autumn, the leaves had lost the green vibrancy of spring and summer and turned yellow-brown, and the ground too was covered with fallen leaves.

It seemed that Tang Yuqiong was a newcomer to hosting; her popularity was around thirty to forty thousand, but the comments were dense, indicating that there were likely many real viewers. After all, she had the looks and was not just for show. As the live streaming continued, her popularity was sure to skyrocket.

"Sister Qiong, at three o’clock there’s a squirrel! So cute!"

"Eh, it looks like there’s more than one..."

"Quick, get a close-up! Super cute!"

The comments suddenly surged, as many viewers were charmed. Squirrel was a frequently mentioned word. Tang Yuqiong noticed the comments and while focusing her camera, she also looked up.

Indeed, a few adorable little creatures were perched on the branches five or six meters away, their round eyes staring at the humans who had suddenly intruded into the forest.

But just then, whooshing sounds pierced the air, and one after another, things fell from the treetops, thudding onto the ground.

Tang Yuqiong was taken aback.

The stream of comments on her phone seemed to freeze, with a silence lasting for half a minute.

Then, in the camera’s view, a figure casually moved past, searching for his spoils on the ground covered with dead branches and fallen leaves.

"Two kills, one knock out, one miss... Not a bad hit rate!"

Click.

The one stunned by a stone, Xia Yu reached out to finish it; in front of the camera, he twisted the necks of the adorable animals that the viewers adored, and then he picked up three dead squirrels and returned to the campfire remains at the camping site.

Tang Yuqiong hurried over, almost out of breath, "Hey, what are you doing!?"

"What do you think?"

Xia Yu bent down to gather the dry plant fibers to start a fire, without looking up, he said, "I didn’t even have lunch because you dragged me up the mountain. Who knew this mountain trail was so difficult to navigate, walking and stopping all afternoon, I’m starving now!"

"Look at the comments!" Tang Yuqiong didn’t waste words. She lowered the camera pole and brought the phone in front of Xia Yu.

A dense stream of outraged comments filled the screen.

"Wow, this guy is so cruel!"

"Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting!"

"Why did you have to kill them?! They’re so cute! We accuse you of destroying the peace of the forest! You have brought slaughter to the forest!"

Fuck!

Xia Yu looked at these barrage comments full of love, then raised his head to Tang Yuqiong, "Is your audience age a bit young? And, do you usually feed them ’chicken soup for the soul’...?"

Well then, Xia Yu piled the dry branches and leaves near the remains of the campfire, placed the three squirrels he had just killed in an open area, and let Tang Yuqiong give them a close-up shot, patiently saying,

"There are actually many types of squirrels, and I need to clarify here, the ones I’ve killed now are gray squirrels, which are an invasive species with primarily gray fur, large tails, and lots of hair. Don’t be fooled by their small size, they have become ’pests’ in many countries around the world, the UK has been tormented by gray squirrels so much that the government even encourages the public to massively hunt and eat them..."

The barrage still wouldn’t let up, Xia Yu glanced at it and cracked a smile.

"Then, to talk about why I killed these little guys, because, they... taste good! I’m hungry now, I hit whatever I see, it’s that simple!"

"Squirrels are officially wild game in the West. In the hard days of the past, Westerners ate a lot of squirrel. The United States, in everyone’s impression, seems like a country that wouldn’t dare to eat any strange food, but some of their cities still hold squirrel cooking competitions... As for squirrel meat, because of the squirrel’s omnivorous habits, there’s not much fat, almost all lean meat, easy to cook and not dry, indeed, our Chinese cooking methods, like stir-frying, pan-frying, deep-frying, braising, smothering, and soup making can all be used..."

Xia Yu didn’t expect to have said so much, and Tang Yuqiong was left stunned on the side.

The barrage began to feature other voices:

"Yeah, this guy is right, I’m studying abroad in Great Britain, and the squirrels here are too cunning!" a user named ’Dazed and Dazed’ commented.

"Squirrels are overrunning in our Northeast, and nobody eats them!"

"Squirrels are not protected animals..."

"To be honest, I’m more interested in how the guy is going to make a delicious squirrel dinner! Drooling!"

Seeing the last comment, Xia Yu was also excited. In these wild mountains, he didn’t expect Tang Yuqiong’s live broadcast signal to be so good without any lag, and he readily said, "Alright, if everyone wants to see it, then I’ll make a squirrel dinner!"

"Ahem, welcome to Xia Family’s Wilderness Kitchen—"

He reached into his waterproof backpack and took out a sharp outdoor knife. Seeing this, the barrage got rowdy again.

"Don’t you need to boil water?" / "Bro, don’t tease, how do you peel it without boiling water first?" / "Sister Qiong has good culinary skills, let her do it!" / "Don’t waste the game."

With the camera pole in Tang Yuqiong’s hand, she focused on Xia Yu. Xia Yu couldn’t see the barrage, but she held back a laugh and read them out one by one.

Xia Yu just shook his head.

Boil water?

Ordinary common sense did not apply to a top-tier chef.

Snap.

Only the afterimage of the knife remained, disappearing in his hand. A couple of seconds later, as though nothing had happened, Xia Yu reached out and grabbed a squirrel. With a flick of the wrist, the fur separated from the flesh, and with another flick, the complete innards fell out of the body cavity and plopped onto the dry branches and leaves.

He laid out a complete squirrel skin with its head on the ground. In Xia Yu’s hand was a perfectly skinned squirrel carcass, now just a smooth, meaty body.

"Nice, perfect!" Xia Yu complimented, "Even without washing, it can be cooked directly!"

The barrage went silent for a dozen seconds, then exploded.

"Holy shit!"

"What’s happening! I’d kneel for you if I could!"

"I’m sending my knees! I want a replay, aaaah, slow-motion, do it again, and I’ll fire off a big rocket for you!"

That self-proclaimed UK student ’Dazed and Dazed’ sent a conspicuous colorful barrage.

"Big rocket?"

Hearing Tang Yuqiong read out the barrage, Xia Yu chuckled, "Sure, no problem. But let’s keep our word, if you fire off a rocket for Sister Qiong, I will take my time with the remaining two squirrels..."