Chapter 37 Godfather! Perception Acuity+++
For players, a good NPC like Kenji Hagiwara who has a good personality, rich interactive rewards, and allows players to draw SR skill books is enough to make players regard him as their best friend, good brother, and NPC they recommend.
And Midorikawa Jing, who generously provided the player with a large amount of supplies and even allowed her to draw an SSR skill book...
Chaomu: If you don't mind, I'll be your adoptive father... Could you give her another 20,000 Raccoon Coins and give her the Affinity Talent Book and Sniper Skill as well? Thank you, adoptive father. Happy New Year!
How could there be such a kindhearted person in this world as Midorikawa Jing? He'd worked hard on the previous mission and never shared any of her rewards. Now he'd bought her supplies, treated her to a meal, and even given her an SSR skill book... His sudden departure must have been a test from her adoptive father! His adoptive father was truly mischievous.
By the time she put down the trash can and stood up, Chaomu felt her steps were light. She drifted into the bathroom, locked the door, and opened her skill panel, intending to take a closer look at her first SSR skill.
You have added the passive skill "How to Conquer Beika Town with Cooking" (Level 0)
Skill Description: A pork chop rice cooked like his mother's can bring a suspect to tears. A delicious dish can easily win the heart of a diner... Of course, for Midorikawa Kei, the spatula is his daily anchor of relaxation, but in the hands of others, it can become a weapon more deadly than a gun.
After acquiring this skill, every dish you create within the Japan map will be delicious (the specific effect increases with level), and each recipe will provide limited-time attribute enhancements. In addition to the Midorikawa-kei recipes provided by leveling up and tutorials, players can unlock more special recipes through independent research and development, improving their various attributes. There are also limited-time achievements waiting to be unlocked!
As expected of an SSR skill... It looks so powerful! And the degree of freedom is also very high!
Chaomu's golden eyes, which were originally excited about the delivery, lit up, and the slight regret he had felt for not drawing the talent book to increase his charm value completely disappeared.
She had originally thought that cooking skills were more for part-time jobs, but if she could cook food that everyone liked, giving it to an NPC would probably boost their favorability quite a bit, right? Wouldn't that also make up for her lack of Charm D?
According to the skill description, special foods can also be used as "weapons." So, will the high-level recipes have the kind where, after taking a bite, the NPC is so amazed, their eyes bulging with hearts, and they say, "I can never...live...off...Raccoon-sama's...cooking...again (heart tilde)"? Could she feed this to Kurosawa Jin?
With a beautiful vision of the future in mind, Chaomu loaded the skill book. After the reading bar finished, the tutorial pop-up window appeared.
[Tutorial Quest Opened: Cook with Midorikawa Kei and create a wonderful dish that will make his pupils tremble and his favor fluctuate.]
Compared to the infiltration mission, cooking a dish seemed much simpler, and it felt like a task that could be completed today if I tried hard - but the requirements for the dish were a bit confusing.
Being able to make NPCs' favorability fluctuate... I feel like this description seems familiar.
Chaomukan rummaged through his backpack, his eyes fixed on a colorful icon, and he touched his chin thoughtfully.
She had been in the restroom for five or six minutes. She stood up to wash her hands and, upon pushing the door open, her gaze met a pair of blue eyes. A young man with cat-like eyes was half-crouching, unpacking boxes, his thigh muscles bulging his trousers into a noticeable curve.
"The restaurant's out of paper towels. I'm coming to get a new pack." He raised his eyes slightly when he noticed the door opening, but quickly and politely looked away. "The hand soap is on the shelf in the cupboard, on the same floor as the razors. Miss Chaomu, can you find it?"
What a thoughtful adoptive father, he even cared whether she had hand sanitizer...!
Chaomu looked at him with eyes so gentle that they could drip water, and whispered softly: "Yes, Dad... Midorikawa-kun, I can find it."
Midorikawa: “……?”
Is this a hallucination... Did she just swallow some strange words...? And her eyes seem a little strange...
He pushed the cardboard box back into the corner and glanced calmly across the room: the furnishings had not been moved, and there were no signs that the mechanism in the wardrobe, the hidden wall behind, or under the bed had been triggered.
The box was also put away with the utility knife. The young man stood up with two packs of tissues, his eyes gentle. "Are you hungry, Miss Chaomu? I washed a plate of strawberries. Would you like to eat some fruit first?"
"No, I'm not hungry." Chaomu righteously declined his offer. "I can help you. Sitting around waiting for food isn't my style. Please let me help with something."
Since she said so, Midorikawa Jing naturally would not refuse.
"Could you please help with the vegetables?" He took her back to the kitchen and handed her the shopping bag of vegetables. "If you want to roast them on a baking sheet, cucumbers, potatoes, eggplants, and button mushrooms. Whatever you want, Miss Chaomu can give it priority?"
"Okay." Chaomu rolled up his sleeves and ran towards the bag of mushrooms excitedly, "Let me show you my skills——"
Mushrooms are great! She just loves mushrooms! Doesn't the item description say that giving a strange mushroom to an NPC will increase their favorability? That's exactly what's happening.
She was busy washing mushrooms, while Midorikawa Kei was busy handling the beef, distracted by her movements with his peripheral vision. The short-haired girl had clearly not been a cook before, and her movements were rather rough, leaving the white, tender shimeji mushrooms with pits and dents.
Under his watchful eye, her movements seemed normal, and there was no possibility of adding any drugs... But why did it seem as if the color of some of the mushrooms she was washing had changed a bit strangely...? Like they were glowing with various colors...
Before Midorikawa could take a closer look, Chaomu had already washed the mushrooms and was ready to show him his skills.
"Mushroom and shrimp balls... grilling them on skewers would be more atmospheric." She rubbed her hands together, her eyes scanning the row of seasonings he had prepared, "Wait for me to prepare a soul sauce--"
In her bag was some freshly picked cilantro from that morning. To show her gratitude to her adoptive father, she generously took out a handful and mixed it with some watercress from her family's garden, blending it into a paste. After blending the green paste, she had another idea: seafood is said to have a bit of a fishy flavor, and sourness can enhance its flavor. Wouldn't adding some strawberries and blueberries provide a complex fruity aroma and sweetness in addition to the sourness?
The stems of the shiitake mushrooms are removed and filled with shrimp paste. The colorful thick sauce flows on both sides, forming a colorful river on the tin foil, and finally they are baked into a colorful black.
Chaomu brushed the jam on the baking tray with great force, then admired it for a moment and couldn't help but sigh: "This presentation is too artistic... Am I really a genius?"
Midorikawa Kei: "............?"
He had just finished grilling two plates of meat and handed them to her when she solemnly handed him a skewer. The layers of sauce on the outside and inside were like a thick contaminant, making it impossible to see the specific physiological state of the original grilled food.
"Is this..." He took it hesitantly, "for me...?"
"It's a thank-you gift for Midorikawa-kun." Chaomu held up his face and looked at him, his golden eyes, which usually seemed a little cold, now gleamed with pure anticipation. "Give it a try? This is a product I'm confident in. Midorikawa-kun, you've worked hard grilling this meat. Please allow me to repay your kindness."
[You successfully presented Midorikawa Jing with a gift: Strange Grilled Mushroom Skewers]
Midorikawa: "...Thank you...?"
Rather than repaying a favor, this kind of food looks more like a curse from hell...
The pure expectation in those golden eyes made it impossible to refuse. He held the bamboo stick stiffly, hesitated for a full half minute, then closed his eyes slightly and took a tentative bite.
Is this really repaying a favor?
【Midorikawa Kei felt dizzy.】
Colorful mushrooms, colorful hallucinations, and a strange smell that reached his head. As he swallowed it, Midorikawa Jing seemed to see his dead parents waving to him. His brother and young brother, in their younger form, pulled him away, telling him not to run towards the colorful figures, saying there was no way out and they were on the rooftop.
After the complex texture and the novel taste, a strange sweetness filled his mouth. He struggled to hold his forehead, feeling the baking tray spinning in front of him and the hot air he breathed.
[Green River View's effect: Perception Acuity +++ (limited to 6 hours)]
There was no notification about the favorability, but when the cat-eyed young man's pupils were flickering, the prompt sound of the task completion popped up.
Chaomu nodded happily to confirm, watching his cooking skills improve a little.
Noticing the other person's strange reaction, she curiously poked the young man's arm and asked, "Is it delicious, Midorikawa-kun? You look so dreamy. Is it really that delicious?"
This made her curious. What was this attribute called Perception Acuity? Did it improve hearing, vision, smell, and so on? It sounded like a big improvement. Would it also speed up her reactions?
The young man whose arm was poked arched his back and jumped up like a stray cat whose tail was caught. He suppressed his gasps and covered his forearm with his hands, and a layer of mist appeared in his blue eyes.
“Not bad…?” The sensation of the fabric rubbing against his body seemed much clearer than usual. His body was tense, and he looked at his forearm in confusion. “But there’s something… what did you add to the mushrooms…?”
Weird... I always feel like my body's perception has become a little... subtle?
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The author has something to say: Don't eat the food handed to you by the strange raccoon.jpg
Others: Husband is husband, boyfriend is boyfriend, baby is baby, dear is dear.
The raccoon cub’s affectionate face: Friends are friends, godfather is godfather, mommy is mommy, dear aunt is dear aunt, you all have different teeth!
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