Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 556 - 555: Use the Red Pot Again

Chapter 556: Chapter 555: Use the Red Pot Again

War was about to break out.

Yet Morioka Makki chose to step back, her face wearing a sly smile as she looked at the taut face of "Divine Tongue."

"Ha, I have confirmed something."

She chuckled softly.

Instantly blushing, Eriina felt embarrassed and helpless about her own predicament.

Her weakness had been caught!

In her mind, a tiny person covered her face in dismay. After all, she was supposed to be the Queen of Far Moon, yet in front of a pure childhood friend from next door, her tail was easily caught!

It must be said that the inexperienced "Divine Tongue" was naturally at a disadvantage. Morioka Makki, after having had a brief romance, had even bought books to cram on love knowledge through the night.

"Cheating cat!"

Those bloody three words were imprinted in her mind, unable to be dispelled.

Eriina took a deep breath in and out, her chest barely stabilizing when she saw Morioka Makki’s mocking gaze coming over, the silent movement of her cherry-colored lips conveying something that instantly made her bristle!

This won’t do! This won’t do!

"What cheating cat, I am not a cheating cat, you ex-girlfriend, don’t be arrogant!" She couldn’t help it and urgently pulled out her phone, sending a message.

Beep beep.

Morioka Makki checked her phone, her smile slightly stiffening.

"Please make sure to remove that ’ex’ word!" she replied seriously.

Looking up to see the childhood friend touching the screen with trembling jade fingers, Tiqie Helinai’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Ex-girlfriend! Ex-girlfriend! Ex-girlfriend!"

She felt she had caught the strong enemy’s weakness and replied in one breath.

The two continued their smokeless war.

While the friend group was closely watching the youth’s live cooking, no one noticed the chaotic scene named Shura unfolding on the Line chat app.

"The pot is glowing red!"

Zhu Qing couldn’t help but lick her dry lips as she stared at the charcoal stove, a fire-red like a gem iron pot on top.

"Orange-red!"

Saito Chiyokuro said gravely, "This pot must be at least 800 degrees high, this temperature is almost like removing the cooking utensils, directly using the stove flames to scorch the food..."

"Yes, and the temperature is still rising; the iron pot will soon turn bright yellow!"

Dojima Yin continued, his eyebrows filled with surprise as he glanced over the beautiful ’Gem Meat Cubes’ and the egg mixture, "Forbidden Ingredients, similar to ’Star Rice,’ are extremely delicate and difficult to cook, requiring the chef to carefully wash and cook them. But the problem is, apart from some extremely heat-resistant ones, most ingredients are also very fragile, and in such high temperatures, they would be ruined in a second or two."

The Tiqie couple and Professor Chapeau remained silent.

Tiqie Ji said, "What on earth is he trying to do!"

"Using rough flames to stir-fry, no, it’s like directly using flames to burn... Can such a dish be comparable to ’Gold and Jade?’" His eyes filled with deep doubt. Up to this moment, Tiqie Ji was still not quite willing to accept his own defeat.

Losing once, he could console himself as being unlucky.

But what about a second time?

If Xia Yu could create another dish that rivalled ’Gold and Jade,’ Tiqie Ji felt he might collapse.

Click.

Suddenly, the young man who had been watching the six clay pots with folded arms, his arms traced an afterimage as he fluidly uncovered the six clay pot lids, a dense mist of rice steam enveloping him in white haze.

Turn off the valve, stop the fire.

Using a rice spoon, he transferred all the rice from the clay pots into a large stainless steel bowl, fluffing and letting it sit for 10 minutes.

During this time, Xia Yu wasn’t idle, he carried the plate of ’Gem Meat Cubes’ and stepped toward the red-hot pot.

"Is it finally starting!"

The friends and family who had been standing and waiting for half an hour suddenly perked up.

The iron pot was no longer merely glowing red but was nearing a thousand degrees, shining a bright yellow, its light dazzling and hard to look at directly.

Approaching the stove and iron pot, a wave of heat surged toward him, sweat appearing on Xia Yu’s forehead, yet his face showed not discomfort but a slight intoxication and contentment.

At that moment.

"Super touch" enabled him to generate an extremely detailed temperature map in his head.

To the ordinary eye, the iron pot was bright yellow, each section seeming about the same temperature, but in Xia Yu’s view, it alternated between red and yellow; the red temperature zone was the rim of the pot, the yellow highlighted area was the bottom.

"Cooking this way, placing the ingredients directly on the fire, the temperature zones must be consistent..." Xia Yu thought quietly, "Otherwise, the heat won’t be even, the ingredients will cook unevenly, leading to one side being overcooked and burnt, while the other remains raw."

Xia Yu’s eyes were full of confidence facing the red pot.

Just a few days ago, he would have doubted himself.

But, having maxed out his "Bursting Flame" and advanced to a Golden Frame, controlling high temperatures had become a breeze for him.

"Let’s start with the red pot familiarizing Golden Frame Bursting Flame!"

Xia Yu muttered to himself.

Without any delay, he positioned himself in front of the red pot, picked up the spatula from the rack beside, and tilted the plate in his left hand towards the pot.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

One by one, the gem meat cubes fell into the pot.

Hiss!

As the first cube precisely hit the middle area of the pot, the originally tender meat immediately sizzled, emitting fat which reached its ignition point and burst into flames.

Thus, the meat cubes were enveloped in flames.

The first, the second, the third...

More and more gem meat cubes caught fire at the bottom of the pot, and soon a roaring wave of flames swept out of the red pot!

"It’s burnt!"

His cheering squad was dumbstruck.

Tiqie Ji furrowed his brows harshly, almost unable to resist cursing.

Before everyone could react further or utter nonsense, Xia Yu suddenly declared, "Done!"

His right hand poised with the spatula, he swiftly swung it in a shiny arc, neatly slicing through the burning red pot and parting the wave of flames.

In an instant, the spatula scooped up a large mass of fire and placed it on the ceramic plate he had been holding in his left hand.

As everyone watched the young man scoop up a mass of fire and plate it, they were nearly breathless, their gaze fixed on the plate.

Was it burnt?

The flames gradually extinguished after about ten seconds.

When the flames had vanished, a strange, captivating aroma, like a web, tightly ensnared everyone.

"It smells amazing!"

Zhu Qing’s delicate body trembled, the fragrance wafting subtly, and suddenly her fine eyes blurred, envisioning a colossal elephant roaring and running, the earth trembling under its weight.

"Mammoths?"

The elephant had long fur and sharp, massive tusks, emitting a strong prehistoric aura.

As the aroma swept through, Zhu Qing felt as though she was trampled by the mammoth beast, her body bruised blue and swollen, yet it brought her a bizarre pleasure amidst the brutality and wildness.

Xia Yu sniffed the aroma, his expression momentarily frozen.

"Top-grade Bursting Flame processed meat cubes are truly extraordinary!"

"It’s as if the will hidden within the meat has been completely awakened!"

Surprise filled his eyes.

With resonance coupled with culinary skills, had he now achieved almost 100% perfect control over the "Gem Meat"?

With this thought, Xia Yu was even more convinced that the fried rice soon to come would be extraordinary.

He placed the plate on the cooking station and then went to fetch the bowl filled with rice.

The red pot still blazed with flames, the residual fat from the meat cubes burning; Xia Yu remained calm, waved his spatula at the flames, and suddenly declared, "Now’s the time!"

Sizzle.

He dumped all of the rice in one go.

As the rice fell, its moisture turned into steam, filling the air with mist.

But quickly, the rice too was enveloped by flames.

Xia Yu worked swiftly from both sides, finding another iron spatula from somewhere and his hands fluttered non-stop, not pausing even for a second.

"Makki, get me the meat cubes we just stir-fried!"

He suddenly said in a deep voice.

"Ah, yes!"

His childhood friend, no longer interested in playing with her phone, immediately rushed over with a shocked look.

"Eriina, the egg mixture!"

Another girl also ran over to assist.