Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Chapter 2: Waaah... I'm Being Disliked!

After breakfast, An Jie began preparing to receive guests, eagerly anticipating what rewards the system would grant him upon completing the task.

He went to the kitchen and took out the ingredients needed to make steamed buns: warm water, white vinegar, flour, yeast, and so on, and then began to get busy.

First, he added an appropriate amount of yeast to the water and stirred it evenly. After letting it sit for a few minutes, he added flour and stirred until the flour became flocculent, then added more flour to knead.

During this process, the system had very strict requirements for the ratio of water, yeast, and flour; not a bit more, not a bit less.

Even more attention needed to be paid to the strength used when kneading. It couldn't be too much or too little; he had to use skillful force. The system even rigorously trained An Jie on the direction his hands should rotate when kneading the dough.

The one supervising An Jie's training was Diancie.

Don't let Diancie's usually gentle and soft personality fool you; she never even speaks loudly. But once she transformed into a system instructor, her attitude was incredibly strict.

Diancie's strict demands were indispensable to An Jie's rapid improvement in cooking skills. Empowered by the system, her eyes were practically all-seeing. She could easily spot even the slightest mistake An Jie made.

After kneading appropriately, An Jie spread a layer of vegetable oil on the surface of the dough, then placed it in a basin to rest, covered it with plastic wrap, and then waited for it to ferment slowly.

Applying vegetable oil allows the dough and water to blend better, making the dough more elastic and softer, and also preventing moisture from evaporating.

After doing all this, he washed his hands and called out to Diancie, "Diancie, shall we go outside and see how it goes?"

Waiting at home for guests to take the initiative to come was obviously unrealistic. It was more realistic to go out and attract customers; otherwise, who would know you were running a restaurant here!

It was a good opportunity to go out while the dough was fermenting, and he could proceed with the next step of preparation when he returned.

"Okay!" Diancie peeked out her head from behind the door frame.

"Then let's go." An Jie walked out of the kitchen and closed the door, then changed into casual clothes.

All the resources An Jie was currently using were provided by the system. According to Diancie, this was a newbie benefit. Once the newbie period was over, his food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, including the ingredients used for cooking, would all need to be earned through his own efforts.

Before leaving, An Jie took away the Komala's empty food bowl and placed a cup of warm water next to it. "Komala, please take care of the house. Diancie and I are going out for a while."

Komala hugged its log pillow, turned over, stretched out its small paws, gently tugged at the small quilt covering itself, and then continued to snore loudly. Its eyes never opened, and An Jie didn't know if it understood.

An Jie didn't dwell on it. Who asked Komala to have such a habit?

"Diancie, let's go."

"Coming!"

The two, one human and one Pokémon, walked out of the house with light hearts. Being able to go out together like this was also a happy thing for them.

They stepped on the soft, verdant grass, feeling the gentle sunlight cast down from the sky, letting the breeze caress their faces, and admiring the beautiful scenery of the Nibel Plateau.

An Jie opened his arms and took a deep breath. "The air here is really good."

Diancie also imitated An Jie, squinting her eyes and looking up. "Yes, it is!"

At this moment, a Scatterbug flew across the sky. An Jie waved to it friendly. "Hi, hello there!"

"Lee~~!" Oh no! It's a human, so scary!

However, when Scatterbug saw An Jie, it was as if it had seen a plague and quickly flapped its wings and flew away.

An Jie stared blankly at Diancie and asked, "Diancie, do I look that scary?" The Fletchling was like that, and so was the Scatterbug.

Diancie gave a thumbs up and said, "An Jie is handsome, Lee! The most handsome!"

"Really? Then why... Never mind, let's go look elsewhere." Saying that, An Jie continued to search for Pokémon with Diancie.

Not long after walking, a small mound suddenly appeared on the grass not far from them. Then, a Diggersby poked half of its body out, holding a root of an unknown plant in its arms.

Diggersby had just taken a small bite of the root when it heard a voice.

"Good morning, Diggersby."

"Ho-bi!"

Diggersby was so startled that it immediately shrunk its head back into the hole, even dropping the food in its arms at the edge of the hole.

"Whoosh ~ Whoosh ~ Whoosh ~ ~"

At the same time, a Flabébé passed by in the sky, humming a little tune. As it flew, its body swayed with the rhythm of the tune, as if it were dancing with the flower beneath it as a stage, looking very happy.

But when it lowered its head, it saw An Jie.

After a long while, An Jie saw a small paw sticking out from Diggersby's burrow. It groped around the edge of the hole, and after grabbing the dropped root, it immediately and quickly retracted its hand, as if there was something scalding outside.

An Jie wailed, "Why is this happening!"

Patta ~ Patta ~ ~ ~

Affected by his wail, several Fletchinder and Fletchling passing by in the sky quickly flapped their wings to get away from here. Their flustered appearance made An Jie suspect they would fall because they couldn't fly steadily.

Seeing this, An Jie said with a face full of anger, "I don't believe it. Do I really have a face that looks like I eat Pokémon? Let's go, Diancie, let's go look elsewhere!"

Diancie twisted her small hands in distress and said, "Could it be that they are afraid of seeing me?" After all, she looks different now than before.

As soon as An Jie heard this, he said without hesitation and with certainty, "How is that possible? My Diancie is so, so, so cute, who wouldn't like her? I like Diancie the most!"

An Jie's expression was exaggerated and certain, and Diancie was immediately amused. She said happily and shyly, "Since An Jie said so..." Then I'll believe it.

"Let's go look elsewhere," An Jie said, striding out.

"Mmm~" Diancie quickly followed.

This time, An Jie came to the big lake not far from the small building. Many pink lotus flowers grew on the lake surface near the small building. Round lotus leaves stuck to the surface of the water, and several Poliwag and Poliwhirl were leisurely lying on them, sunbathing.

From time to time, several Surskit and Yanmega flew over the lake, gently creating ripples on the water surface, and finally stopped to rest on the budding lotus buds.

At this moment, a voice broke the silence.

"Hello everyone, is anyone interested in making friends?"

When the Pokémon saw An Jie's appearance clearly, Surskit and Yanmega immediately flapped their wings and flew away. Their wings almost created afterimages. Poliwag and Poliwhirl were also panicked and scurried into the water one by one.

Splash ~ Splash ~ ~ Splash ~ ~ ~

A clueless Surskit tadpole didn't immediately flee. It blinked its round, big eyes, tilted its head, and curiously sized up An Jie.

An Jie was delighted to see this and was about to step forward for a deeper interaction with the Surskit tadpole when a Masquerain poked its head out of the water, grabbed the Surskit tadpole's tail, pulled it into the water, and disappeared.

An Jie watched the ripples swaying back and forth between the lotus leaves, and a sense of sorrow welled up inside him.

He now strongly suspected that he was carrying some kind of aura that Pokémon feared.

His greatest wish in this life was to be able to 'rua' Pokémon to his heart's content. Could it be that the heavens allowed him to transmigrate to the Pokémon world, but couldn't fulfill this wish? Wasn't this bullying an honest man!

An Jie turned his gaze to the lake, only to see Wooper heads popping out of the water at some unknown time. They cautiously sized up An Jie, and when they noticed An Jie looking at them, they immediately panicked and submerged into the water.

An Jie: . . .

"Forget it, let's go home first."

At this time, the dough's fermentation time was almost up, so An Jie had no choice but to dejectedly return home with Diancie.

On the way home, Diancie comforted An Jie, "An Jie, don't be discouraged. Everyone is probably just seeing you for the first time and isn't used to your human identity yet. It will be fine once you get familiar with everyone."

In the past, when An Jie was weak and sickly, he couldn't help but secretly envy others who were lively and energetic. Every time this happened, Carbink would come to comfort him.

Although they couldn't communicate directly in words at that time, their hearts were connected, and each time Diancie's comfort would calm his restless heart.

This time was the same.

An Jie hugged Diancie tightly and said, "It's a good thing Diancie has always been with me."

Diancie hugged An Jie back and gently patted his back, saying, "Of course, I will always be with An Jie. Let's go home. Take your time with the task, there's no need to rush."

After the two, one human and one Pokémon, returned home, Komala was still fast asleep, but when it heard An Jie's return, its big ears twitched slightly.

An Jie saw that the warm water he had given Komala had been drunk, so he pinched Komala's ears and said, "Komala, thank you for watching the house!"

Komala's short little tail twitched uncomfortably.

Don't look at Komala's petite figure and cute appearance, but An Jie guessed that it might be a very powerful Pokémon.

He had tried to use his Observation Eye to check Komala's data, but he failed.

According to Diancie, An Jie's Observation Eye cannot check Pokémon whose levels are higher than his own initial Pokémon, which means that Komala's level is higher than Diancie's.

Diancie's level is 50, which is already very high, far exceeding most wild Pokémon.

Diancie has been by An Jie's side since she was little. Although An Jie was weak and sickly and neglected her training, Diancie's level as a Carbink had been steadily increasing under the training of the Azoth Kingdom's royal family.

Then Komala, whose level is higher than Diancie's, is very remarkable.

But well, An Jie is now a chef, and he doesn't expect Komala to fight for him, so levels and such don't matter.

After taking away the empty water cup, An Jie returned to the kitchen to continue working.

He kneaded the dough and found that it had completely fermented, so he lit a fire and boiled a pot of hot water, putting the dough in the pot to continue fermenting with the hot water.

After about thirty to forty minutes, the dough's fermentation ended. An Jie took out the dough, and at this time, there were many small bubbles on the dough, and the volume was almost twice as large as before.

So An Jie continued to knead the dough by hand until all the small bubbles were kneaded out. Only then did he knead the dough into a long strip and cut it into equal sizes.

Finally, it was time to steam it in the pot.

Before long, a strong aroma of steamed buns wafted from the kitchen.

Diancie poked her head in at this time, asking with a look of anticipation, "Are the steamed buns ready yet?"

An Jie saw that her saliva was about to drool and asked with a smile, "What? Are you hungry again? Didn't you just have breakfast?"

Diancie giggled and said, "It smells so good!"

An Jie sighed here, worthy of being a legendary Pokémon, its digestive ability is strong!

Don't think that An Jie is steaming ordinary steamed buns. In fact, the energy contained in them is by no means inferior to the Pokémon food sold outside. It is very beneficial for Pokémon to eat, but Diancie can eat a basin of them at once.

Every time An Jie made fun of Diancie for her large appetite, she would chase after An Jie and beat him up.

Diancie: Nonsense! How can a lady have a big appetite! (Note: Diancie is genderless.)

After the steamed buns were steamed, An Jie turned off the fire, then opened the steamer, took one out, and handed it to Diancie, saying, "Here, taste it."

Diancie couldn't wait to take the steamed bun, even forgetting that it was hot, and bit into it.

"Mmm ~ ~ ~" She subconsciously closed her eyes with a look of enjoyment, "Delicious, so delicious!" It's the taste of happiness! "An Jie, I feel that the steamed buns you steamed are even more delicious than before."

"Is that so?" An Jie was very happy to hear that.

After Diancie finished eating, An Jie saw that she was still craving more, so he took out another one and handed it to her, saying, "Let's go outside and try to attract customers again!"

You can't be discouraged by a little setback. This is nothing!

"Okay!" Diancie took the steamed bun and clenched her fist with high morale, "An Jie can definitely do it!"

So the two, one human and one Pokémon, left home again.

A day passed in the blink of an eye. At the moment when the sun set, An Jie and Diancie returned home dejectedly, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Obviously, they still gained nothing. All the Pokémon on the Nibel Plateau seemed to see a plague when they saw An Jie, avoiding him as much as possible, and were unwilling to contact him at all, let alone come to the store to eat.

In the end, all the steamed buns An Jie steamed went into Diancie and Komala's stomachs.

"Sigh ~ Sigh ~ ~ ~"

After dinner, An Jie sat at his door, sighing while enjoying the cool night breeze.

Diancie walked over at this time, took An Jie's arm, and comforted him, "It's nothing big, let's continue to work hard tomorrow!"

"That's all we can do." An Jie said helplessly.

After working hard outside for a day, An Jie was exhausted, and his bones were aching all over. "Forget it, let's take a hot bath and go to sleep. We'll talk about everything tomorrow."

"That's right!" Diancie said in agreement.

"Let's go, Komala too!" An Jie got up and took Komala off its small bed. It was time for Komala to take a good bath too.