“I'm going to eat.”
Lu Ping'an followed suit, adapting to local customs, and began to enjoy his dinner.
It must be said, Jashin-chan's cooking was truly excellent.
The soft, glutinous potatoes were immersed in the rich, thick soup, each piece thoroughly absorbing the savory essence of the beef. The tender beef was stewed to perfection, with the sweet freshness of the potatoes and the unique essence of Japanese seasoning permeating its fibers. The texture was rich and distinct, truly captivating and very appetizing.
“How is it? Is it to your liking?” Yurihana Hyakuryo looked up and asked.
“Mm, it's delicious. This skill is more than enough to open a restaurant,” Lu Ping'an gave a fair assessment.
Kneeling on the tatami, holding a rag, Jashin-chan, who was miserably cleaning bloodstains, straightened up and let out a haughty snort, wagging her tail which had recovered at some unknown point: “Feel honored, traitor! Ordinary people can't eat my Hikarimono Cuisine! If you have a conscience, give me ten thousand yen; if not, then forget it.”
“You're making me feel very awkward, Jashin-chan.”
Baihe Ling looked coldly at Jashin-chan.
Jashin-chan couldn't help but shrink her neck and continued working.
“Lu Jun, do you still remember your home phone number?”
After taking a sip of miso soup, Baihe Ling looked at Lu Ping'an.
First, let's confirm if they are from the same world!
“There's no one left in my family,” Lu Ping'an looked at Baihe Ling with a helpless smile—due to a sudden illness.
Yurihana Hyakuryo was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then apologized, “I'm sorry.”
“It's nothing.”
Lu Ping'an took out his phone from his pocket and said:
“But I have my friends' numbers saved on my phone.”
He checked it, and naturally, there was no signal. He showed it to Baihe Ling:
“But I can't find a signal here. Baihe Ling, can I borrow your phone?”
“Okay.”
Yurihana Hyakuryo responded, pulled a fruit phone from her dress pocket, unlocked it, and handed it over.
Lu Ping'an took it and looked—
Her phone wallpaper was a selfie; her current outfit was very cute.
Of course, that wasn't what he was looking at.
Lu Ping'an first opened the phone's built-in browser to search for how to contact his home country using a Neon card.
He got the answer—01086 + mobile number.
He randomly found a friend's number in the contacts and dialed it using 01086 + mobile number.
Soon, an electronic prompt sounded:
“Sorry! The number you dialed is an empty number…”
“It seems we're indeed not in the same world.”
Lu Ping'an hung up the phone, looking as expected, and handed it back.
“Mm.” Yurihana Hyakuryo took the phone back with a somewhat heavy heart, then turned her head to glare at Jashin-chan. Look at the mess you made!
“…” Jashin-chan felt guilty and pretended to work very diligently.
“Lu Jun, what are your plans next?”
Yurihana Hyakuryo put on a gentle expression and looked at Lu Ping'an.
Lu Ping'an was deep in thought, about to answer, when a “ding” sounded in his mind.
Then—
A light blue light screen appeared before his eyes.
Sound and text appeared simultaneously!
“Congratulations, you have obtained the 【Infinite Lexicon System】!”
“You can unconditionally draw one lexicon entry every week.”
“Lexicon entries are divided into ability entries and item entries.”
“Each type of lexicon entry has five grades: White, Green, Blue, Purple, and Gold.”
“Your first draw is guaranteed to be a Gold lexicon entry, and you will receive an additional entry. Do you wish to start drawing entries?”
'Yes, yes, yes!'
Lu Ping'an thought with a pleasant surprise.
He never expected that he, who was summoned to an anime world by Jashin-chan, would also have a cheat, and this cheat seemed quite good!
Lu Ping'an felt like he was about to take off.
His heart was filled with excitement!
Of course, what he cared about most now was what lexicon entries he would draw—
On the light screen before him, the text disappeared, the background turned black, and countless light dots flew towards him.
Mostly white, followed by green, mixed with blue, and occasionally a hint of purple—but in the end, a golden glow occupied the entire light screen.
“Congratulations, you have obtained the Gold Ability Lexicon Entry—Hikarimono Cuisine!”
“Lexicon Effect: Your understanding and intuition for cooking are greatly enhanced! Carefully prepared Hikarimono Cuisine will definitely glow, retain maximum nutritional value, and double in deliciousness! It has a certain 'pleasuring' effect on the body and mind, and can conquer the body and mind of all living beings!”
'Hikarimono Cuisine!'
Lu Ping'an's eyes flickered as he looked at the text on the light screen.
He really had a destiny with chefs!
The first lexicon entry he drew was related to chefs.
But then again, what kind of Hikarimono Cuisine is it?
Is it like in 'Little Chef,' where a golden pillar of light shoots into the sky when the lid is removed from a bowl, or something else?
He was curious!
He was eager to try!
Then a white area appeared on the light screen, and new text appeared—
“Congratulations, you have obtained the White Ability Lexicon Entry—Japanese Mastery!”
“Lexicon Effect: You can skillfully use Japanese!”
'Japanese Mastery?'
'This is also good; it's quite necessary right now.'
Although the second lexicon entry was a white language entry, Lu Ping'an was not disappointed.
As long as it's practical, that's enough!
“…”
“Lu Jun?”
Baihe Ling looked at Lu Ping'an strangely and spoke again.
What was wrong?
Suddenly, he had a joyful expression, and then an eager, restless look…
“Baihe Ling.”
Lu Ping'an got up from the tatami and looked down at Baihe Ling—she seemed even more petite from this angle.
Lu Ping'an requested the legal loli:
“Can I use your kitchen? And the ingredients.”
“You can, but why so sudden?”
Baihe Ling tilted her head, asking with a puzzled expression.
“I suddenly gained a cheat just now.”
“Just like the protagonists who transmigrate to another world, I've gained an ability boost in cooking! Also, I can now skillfully use Japanese!”
Lu Ping'an walked around the low table, heading towards the kitchen with an eager expression.
Jashin-chan, who was cleaning bloodstains on the kitchen's sliding door, turned her head and said:
“Nani!?
“Why don't I, who was summoned here, have a cheat? This is unfair! This is unreasonable!”
If she had a cheat, maybe she could kill Baihe Ling in one go!
“Perhaps it's because you're not human?”
Lu Ping'an, in a good mood, replied casually.
Jashin-chan's face darkened:
“A mere lowly creature dares to discriminate against me, an Evil God!”
“You're truly bold!”
“Lu Jun, I have a suggestion.”
Yurihana Hyakuryo took a bite of a potato soaked in soup, revealing a morbid smile:
“How about we use Jashin-chan's tail as an ingredient?”
“Good idea!” Lu Ping'an turned his head, gave a thumbs-up, and grinned: “I also want to taste what an Evil God tastes like.”
“You two are going too far!”
Jashin-chan felt a chill down her spine, took a step back, and stared at the two with disbelief:
“I'm still here! And you're discussing eating me!”
Especially Lu Ping'an, this summoned being, he could actually smile and go along with Baihe Ling's rhythm!
This guy was not right!
Jashin-chan felt that Lu Ping'an was very problematic; it seemed she had summoned a rather ominous fellow!
The key was that he wasn't even on her side!
Damn it!
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