Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 489 - 488: The Big Black Bear

Chapter 489: Chapter 488: The Big Black Bear

This time,

Xia Yu found a flat, slab-shaped rock, laid the squirrel on it with its limbs spread out as if tied, and thus the rock became a miniature chopping block.

The sharp knife gently teased the squirrel’s back fur.

"To the brother who mentioned launching a rocket, watch closely!"

As soon as he finished speaking, zip— the knife made a cut near the squirrel’s buttocks, close to the tail. Then, half the blade went in, slicing through the connective fat between the flesh and fur. With one hand, Xia Yu grabbed this cut while the knife in his right hand kept swinging inside.

Hiss hiss hiss.

The pace suddenly quickened—first a cut to the squirrel’s head, then its limbs. However, Xia Yu controlled his strength well, peeling off the squirrel’s skin completely in the second attempt, leaving only some fur and skin around the claws. Noticing this, he swung his knife again, and with a flash of cold light, the four claws were separated.

He looked up, Tang Yuqiong timely lowered the camera pole for him to see the screen clearly.

In such a short time, the popularity in Tang Yuqiong’s live streaming room did not rise but fell—dropping from over forty thousand to just over twenty thousand, presumably because the bloody scene scared away many tender-hearted viewers.

"Uh..."

Xia Yu was embarrassed and looked at Tang Yuqiong, but saw her smiling with no displeasure.

The comment section exploded again.

"So fast. Was that even 5 seconds?"

"This guy really makes that knife dance!"

"My knees are broken! No thanks!"

Of course, amidst the amazement, there was no lack of sharp and critical comments. Some found it novel, and naturally, others disapproved of Xia Yu slaughtering small animals. Even a user named ’I am the Animal Rights Advocate’ seemed to have registered and paid just to aggressively curse him with colorful, eye-catching comments.

Is this gaining a hater?

Xia Yu couldn’t help but chuckle.

Suddenly, from the bottom left of the phone, a rocket soared up:

"User ’Dazed Dazed’ gifts the host 1 rocket!"

"Thank you, thank you for the rocket!"

Tang Yuqiong hurriedly said, laughing with her brows raised, very pleased.

"Sister Qiong, let this random guy send another one! Hold the camera pole steady, don’t shake!" user ’Dazed Dazed’ said.

Random guy?

Tang Yuqiong was stunned, then covered her mouth as her face turned red.

Damn, these people don’t recognize me?

After all, she had performed on the international competitive stage as a young prodigy and should have built a strong recognizable presence in the country!

Xia Yu paused for a moment, then remembered he was wearing a cap, with half of his face covered. Previously, considering privacy, Tang Yuqiong hadn’t shown his face close-up, so now he was nicknamed just a supposed passerby.

Hmm, appearing as a passerby in a female streamer’s room?

Seems like that was the case.

After all, this was Tang Yuqiong’s live stream, and he had just met this mercenary-like woman half a day ago.

Muttering to himself, Xia Yu’s enthusiasm did not diminish; he felt no awkwardness being on camera, his expression and moves natural and relaxed as he cleaned up the third squirrel neatly.

Comments were goading him to catch more squirrels. Xia Yu shrugged it off with a smile, "Alright, alright, three is enough. These grey squirrels are pretty large, each half a pound after skinning and gutting."

He started walking as he spoke, with Tang Yuqiong gripping the camera pole, following him.

Facing away from the camera, Xia Yu said:

"Although my skills are good, for hygiene reasons, these three squirrels still need to be rinsed with water."

"In the wilderness, the purified water we carry should not be wasted. Tomorrow, Sister Qiong and I are heading to the mountains, you saw that big snowy mountain, right? Using melted snow to boil water on the mountain is feasible, but facing the unknown, we should tighten our belts and save as much survival resources as possible. Water is one, food is another... in the wilderness, why eat stiff dried food and weird-tasting canned goods when you can eat wild game?"

Tang Yuqiong pursed her lips, glanced at the comments, and said, "They’re asking you why you’re heading in this direction—"

Upon hearing this, his footsteps paused slightly.

Turning back, he saw that the campsite and the jeep had disappeared behind him, hidden by the dense forest.

"There’s a river up ahead—oh, no, it should be a stream!"

Xia Yu said.

At this point, Tang Yuqiong’s gaze also turned strange as she couldn’t help asking, "How do you know?"

"Well..." Xia Yu chuckled secretly. He couldn’t possibly say that he relied on his Bursting Flame culinary skills, using his detector-like skin to detect the high air humidity in that direction and the cool breeze, could he?

The moisture in the air, in the crisp autumn season, was too obvious to ignore for Xia Yu.

After walking about twenty or thirty meters, Tang Yuqiong’s ears perked up at the faint sound of water flowing in the distance, and she was amazed.

She was a chef, too, but she didn’t have this skill. Tang Yuqiong felt frustrated.

The bullet comments were already floating a chain of "66666", and as Tang Yuqiong heard the sound of the water, so did the viewers. Moving a bit further, a green strip appeared in the thick of the autumn wood in the camera, and the bullet comments exploded:

"Holy crap, there really is a stream!"

"It’s flowing water!"

In the video, Xia Yu suddenly stopped, turned back and crouched slightly, putting a finger on his lips, making a hushing gesture.

Tang Yuqiong’s expression shifted.

Wild animal?

With her knowledge of the outdoors, encountering wild animals near clean water sources was all too common.

What could it be?

Tang Yuqiong crouched next to Xia Yu, peering ahead while also focusing the camera there.

The air froze suddenly.

"Holy shit!"

Xia Yu couldn’t help but curse softly.

Ahead, in the rushing stream, there was a black, incredibly bulky wild animal, standing on two legs in the water, unaffected by the current. Suddenly, with a thunderous splash, the animal slapped the water, sending waves flying. As the splashing water fell, two lively fish appeared on the shore.

"Black bear!" Tang Yuqiong covered her mouth.

"Mmm, a very big one!" Xia Yu’s gaze was stern as he cautiously placed one hand on the gun holster at his waist and said in a lowered voice, "I estimate it’s about 3 meters tall and weighs around 400 kilograms!"

This was not really an estimate; it was accurate data provided by the "Eye of Analysis" that was now flashing across his retina! After all, a big black bear was still considered as food material!

A 3-meter tall, 400-kilogram bear?

The bullet comments panicked. A bear of this size was a monster, and the viewers knew that human life was at stake, urging the duo to flee immediately.

"Should we run?" Tang Yuqiong also hesitated.

"Run?"

Damn!

Exposed!

Just this single phrase let Xia Yu know that his female companion was a novice!

Xia Yu turned his head to size up the Laura-like mercenary woman and couldn’t help but roll his eyes, saying, "Sister Qiong, you’re just a coser dressed up in mercenary gear for fun, pretending to breeze through, right?"

Tang Yuqiong blushed.

Although she was well-trained and skilled, facing a huge bear tougher than a ferocious tiger made her very anxious.

He sighed. Xia Yu hadn’t just been sitting around these past days in Platinum Town; he’d used the large amount of Fame Points earned from his stunning debut in the competition to acquire various Skill Books, such as series of firearms skills from novice, intermediate to advanced purple books, buying them all at once, consuming 30,000 Fame Points just on firearms.

Then, there were the outdoor survival books, like "Encyclopedia of Plants" and "Encyclopedia of Animals." Essentially, he crammed a lot of books into his brain. Xia Yu didn’t want an outing to end up dead from fantasy invasive species rather than from ordinary fierce animals or toxic plants and flowers, for which he had paid a hefty price.

"Right now, there’s no need to run, nor can we!" Xia Yu said solemnly.