Electronic Nezha

Chapter 129 The Culinary Tyrant
Around 5 PM, Yuan Yuan's body regeneration project was nearing completion. The original bamboo poles were replaced with lightweight alloys, and her upper body was transformed into a bulletproof vest. Her hands were previously considered the most technically challenging part, but now part of the lower edge of her left palm was shattered, and her little finger was completely lost. Dolphin found a rifle bullet to replace it.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jinli stretched and said, "You guys play, I have to go cook." He walked to an electronic door and entered a six-digit password with a "beep beep beep."

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The metal door slid smoothly into the wall, fitting perfectly. Just like in a video game.

Behind the door was a kitchen resembling that of a large hotel, with a huge stainless steel worktable in the center, a dual gas stove, and a running water system. Looking around, there were refrigerators, freezers, electric ovens, and sterilizers—everything you could need. A row of various knives, gleaming coldly, hung on the wall.

Everything is in cool tones, everything gleams with a sharp light, everything is spotless. The koi carp wears a white apron, blending into the environment. You don't need to do anything else; just cut a tomato on the smooth cutting board, and give the blade a close-up shot—that's a classic beautiful picture.

Seeing this setup, I felt a little guilty. I had originally wanted to show off my skills in making Zhajiangmian (noodles with soybean paste), but now I felt that Zhajiangmian was not worthy of any of the tools here, including that door.

"Does cooking with koi fish taste good?" I asked the chubby boy casually.

"It's very clean," the chubby boy said.

"Oh." Before I could finish speaking, I asked again, "How did it taste?"

"The technique is very professional."

At this point, I finally had my doubts: "Is it actually good?"

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The vegetables were in the pan—scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The red tomatoes and yellow eggs tumbled in the pan, the vegetables were well contained, not a drop spilled out, and the oil fumes were cleanly sucked away by the high-powered range hood. Koi flicked her wrist, constantly using the edge of the spatula to scoop out small amounts of seasoning, demonstrating cleanliness and professionalism.

"Get ready to eat!" Koi shouted from the depths of his voice, with the solemnity of a general returning victorious from a battle.

A plate of scrambled eggs with persimmons is served. Although the red and yellow colors are distinct, some parts of the persimmons look like they've been scorched by fire, while others have been scrambled into a paste by the high temperature. The eggs are the same; some parts have turned black, and the egg liquid is still running in the middle.

I cooked better than him when I was 10 years old!
But this is on someone else's turf, and you're the one waiting to be fed. Being picky will annoy people, so I could only casually say, "It seems the timing of the fire in the stove is not easy to control—" before I could finish my sentence.

"You've got the heat just right," Shark said casually as he walked over and glanced at the dish.

The chubby boy chimed in, "Yes, it looks cooked."

I strongly suspect these two owe the koi fish money, but I didn't expect Dolphin and Sixth Master to be so unperturbed by this dish.

The koi nodded demurely and went back into the kitchen.

Sixth Master gestured towards his retreating figure with his lip and whispered to me, "His skills are so-so, but I can't say."

The second dish was eggplant with minced meat. As soon as the eggplant was served, I noticed that the color was wrong. I picked up a chopstick and poked it. The texture was very layered. The outside was cooked and very soft and tender, but when I poked it in, it felt crisp. Yes, the inside was still raw.

"You guys eat first, don't wait for me," Koi said generously.

"Wait, isn't this eggplant ripe?" I decided to be the kid who said the emperor was naked.

"Not cooked yet? Sixth Master, you guys have a taste."

Sixth Master and Dolphin shook their heads together: "No need!"

Jinli picked up a piece of eggplant, put it in her mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and said, "Hmm... it's still a bit undercooked. I'll reheat it." So she's not an autocratic emperor after all; she listens to advice.

As the minced meat and eggplant dish was taken away, a sizzling sound came from the kitchen. Soon after, a plate of dark, burnt-looking new dish was brought out. Jinli put another piece in her mouth, making a crunching sound as she chewed, resembling a folk acrobat performing a charcoal-swallowing act.

"This is a bit too much again, just make do with it," said the koi fish, puffing out black smoke.

When Jinli said that, I couldn't hold back anymore. If he deliberately cooked the dish like that out of spite, it would at least show that he usually has good skills. For the first time, I was reluctant to use "mediocre skills" to describe someone.

"So-so" means not very good, but it also means barely usable. If you say this car is so-so, at least it can be driven; if this phone is so-so, at least it can make calls. When a chef eats a piece of charcoal and says "it'll do," you can no longer trust him—no, a smart person should leave the table the moment he puts the charcoal in his mouth.

"You guys eat, don't wait for me," Jinli emphasized again, and then headed towards the kitchen. I quickly grabbed him: "Brother Yu! Let our housekeeper give it a try."

Jinli pushed my hand away and said, "Stop fooling around, the whole family is waiting for dinner!"

"You're not allowed to leave!" A fruit vendor firmly restrained the state-trained special agent. I cried out helplessly, "Yuanyuan, where are you?"

"Master, put my head on it, I'll adjust it myself."

I rushed over and placed Yuan Yuan's head on the body that wasn't quite finished yet.

“Crackle, crackle—”

Yuan Yuan twisted her joints and took a few unsteady steps on the ground.

The koi fish said, "Would you dare eat food made from this thing?"

Sixth Master said, "As long as it can get to the kitchen—I'd like to give it a try!"

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Yuan had already adapted to her new body. From her first unsteady steps to quickly becoming more nimble, she walked up to Jinli and reached out her hand, saying, "Please give me the apron, thank you."

Koi was stunned for a moment, then took off her apron and handed it over.

"Master, what would you like to eat?"

Koi retorted, "I admit I messed up the eggplant. If you're so capable, try frying a tomato and egg dish yourself, and I'll see how well you control the heat."

I nodded and said, "Go ahead, just use about 80% of your usual strength."

"Yes, Master." Yuan Yuan walked into the kitchen but didn't move for a long time. Jinli said, "Doesn't it even recognize a pot?"

At this moment, Yuanyuan said, "There are no more tomatoes."

"I'll go pick some for you." It was Dolphin who spoke. He went out of the house and into the greenhouse in the yard, and quickly came back with a few persimmons.

"Thank you." Yuan Yuan washed, chopped, and beat the eggs with such speed and efficiency that it was as if a bunch of alloy pipes had been listening to the sacred sounds of the spatula by the stove since they left the factory and had become sentient.

Jinli said, "Hmm, she's quite good at preparing dishes, but I wonder how good her cooking is."

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The eggs are put into the pan and stir-fried until fluffy. Set aside.

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The tomatoes were also added to the pan and stir-fried until their color changed subtly. Simple seasonings were then added.

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Stir-frying them together creates a classic and harmonious yellow and red color scheme.

The dishes were served, and after taking a bite, Sixth Master suddenly slammed his chopsticks down on the table and said, "Continue, and have Yuan Yuan stir-fry some minced meat and eggplant too!"

I was a little puzzled, so I took a bite myself. The dish was fine; it was very delicious.

Yuan Yuan said, "There are no more eggplants."

The dolphin jumped up and said, "There are some in the greenhouse too, I'll pick them for you." Looking at such a steady and honest person, I suddenly felt like I was enjoying watching the drama unfold.

(End of this chapter)