Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

As the dumplings were wrapped one by one, the table was filled to the brim.

At this moment, the professor came out with the researchers.

Professor Olin: "I was wondering why I didn't smell any fragrance today. It turns out dinner isn't ready yet?"

Anji smiled and said, "I made something new today, so it's a bit late."

Hearing 'something new,' the professor and researchers' eyes lit up one by one.

Professor Futu: "It seems we're in for a treat tonight!"

Anji said, "Everyone, please sit for a while. It will be ready soon."

So the two professors and the researchers sat around the dining table, chatting about the day's experimental progress while looking forward to dinner.

The afterglow of the setting sun cast a layer of soft light on the grass, also coating everyone in a gentle glow. The professors and researchers' chatter, the Pokémon's playful sounds, the bubbling of boiling water in the pot... intertwined like musical notes.

Anji glanced at everyone, a smile of peaceful contentment on his face. He put the plump, white dumplings into the hot water one by one, watching them dance in the water.

Lakiel leaned over to the pot and asked, "Your Highness, are these dumplings? They look so delicious." He already knew from Diancie what they were having for dinner tonight.

"Yes! You'll definitely like them," Anji nodded. "But don't get too close, be careful the hot soup doesn't splash on you."

"Oh, oh..." Lakiel quickly moved away a bit.

As time passed, the dumplings in the pot began to float to the surface one by one. Lakiel stared at them expectantly, "Your Highness, aren't they ready yet?"

Without knowing when, Bubu had also stood next to Lakiel, standing on tiptoe, also staring expectantly at the pot, even with glistening drool hanging from the corner of its mouth.

"Okay, okay! Go tell everyone that dinner is ready!" Anji said helplessly.

Lakiel's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he turned and ran towards the dining table.

"Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!" He shouted as he ran.

Anji then took out a large bowl and filled it to the brim.

At this time, Diancie happened to come over, so Anji handed her the bowl of dumplings, "Take it to the table!"

Baby Snorlax, Drizzile, and Capsakid came over to help bring the dumplings to the table. Before long, everyone was eating enthusiastically.

"Hoo-ha~ Hoo-ha~" Professor Futu blew on the dumpling while impatiently stuffing it into his mouth, "These dumplings are so delicious, the best food I've ever eaten!"

Professor Olin said helplessly, "Eat slower, be careful you burn yourself." Although she said that, the speed at which she was eating was not slow at all.

Everyone around the table was silent, only the sounds of chewing and slurping soup could be heard.

"I want another bowl!"

In the blink of an eye, Lakiel had finished a bowl. He held up his empty bowl and shouted loudly.

"Pui Luo~"

Next to him, Tinkatink shook her head helplessly, took the bowl from his hand, and filled it with another bowl.

Lakiel: "Thank you, Tinkatink, you're so nice!"

Seeing this, Anji said, "Lakiel, even if the dumplings are delicious, don't be greedy. It's not good to overeat at night!"

Lakiel smiled, "I know, I won't eat any more after this bowl." As he spoke, he scooped up a dumpling with a spoon and stuffed it into his mouth, his cheeks bulging and his eyes narrowed happily.

"Bu~ Bu~"

At this time, Bubu had unknowingly finished a bowl as well. It held up its empty bowl and came to Anji's feet, tugging at Anji's trouser leg.

It turned out to be Baby Snorlax. As he spoke, he took Bubu's bowl and walked towards the pot.

Bubu wasn't angry at being scolded by Baby Snorlax, and followed behind Baby Snorlax's butt with a joyful waddle, then excitedly took the bowl full of dumplings from Baby Snorlax's hand, and couldn't wait to grab it with his hand.

Pa~

Baby Snorlax slapped its hand.

"Gang~" Use a spoon.

Bubu immediately picked up the spoon from the bowl with a aggrieved expression and started eating with the spoon.

Baby Snorlax is also a qualified senior!

Anji looked at Baby Snorlax with a gratified expression, feeling like his son had grown up.

The Capsakid family was currently gathered in a circle, eating heartily. It was their first time eating human food, and they never expected human food to be so delicious. For a time, they couldn't stop.

They didn't follow the wrong person!

So happy!

Anji and the others wrapped hundreds of dumplings, and they were all eaten in one meal. The key point was that the dumplings he wrapped were also big! Even the dumpling soup was drunk up.

"So satisfied."

Professor Futu lay on the chair like a corpse, and couldn't help but burp.

Professor Olin said with a wry smile, "You ate too much."

Professor Futu retorted, "Don't talk about me, you didn't eat less!"

Professor Olin: "Then I didn't eat as much as you did. It's too unhealthy!"

Professor Futu said indifferently, "What does it matter if it's just once in a while?"

Professor Olin mercilessly exposed her husband, "Don't say occasionally, ever since Anji came, you've been eating until your stomach is round every meal!"

Pepa leaned on Mabosstiff, looked at his bickering parents, and shook his head helplessly.

"Awoo~~"

Mabosstiff gently rubbed Pepa, and Pepa hugged Mabosstiff's neck.

After resting for a while after dinner, the professors continued to work late into the night, while Anji took the Pokémon, Pepa, and Lakiel to sleep.

Diancie, Baby Snorlax, Drizzile, the two Charcadets, and the Capsakid family were teleported back to Nibel Plateau by Anji.

Before going to bed, Anji, as usual, planned to claim the system task rewards before going to sleep.

There was still only one daily task.

After clicking to claim, the system popped up a prompt.

Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Top-grade pork belly 10 kg.

Seeing the reward, Anji's eyes lit up. This reward is good! Top-grade pork belly, it should be delicious, right? I'll eat this tomorrow!

After directly storing the reward into the system backpack, he turned his attention to the two [Seasoning Collection Tasks] that he had just completed today.

First is [Seasoning Collection Task 2].

After clicking to claim, the system immediately popped up a prompt.

Congratulations to the host for completing [Seasoning Collection Task 2] At least capture one Nacli or Naclstack or Garganacl. Reward: Special Recipe - Doubanjiang Recipe (essential seasoning for some advanced recipes).

Excessive completion of the task, reward: Constitution + 2.

Seeing the reward, Anji couldn't help but grin. Doubanjiang! A seasoning that must be used in many recipes, such as braised pork, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu... and so on.

Doubanjiang can be said to be a versatile seasoning. Most dishes can add a little, and after adding it, the taste can immediately become different.

Moreover, the Doubanjiang recipe rewarded by the system must be very special! Anji couldn't help but look forward to it.

He opened the recipe interface and found that making Doubanjiang requires two very important ingredients, namely the spicy seasoning produced by Capsakid or Scovillain and the rock salt produced by Garganacl or Naclstack, Nacli.

Sure enough, the tasks issued by the system are not issued randomly.

As for the extra rewards, Anji was not surprised.

Next was the reward for 【Seasoning Collection Task 3】.

Click to claim, and a system prompt popped up.

Congratulations, Master, for completing 【Seasoning Collection Task 3】 by subduing at least one Hella or Spicy Pepper. Reward: Special Recipe - Hot Pot Broth Recipe.

Exceeded task completion, obtaining an additional reward: Constitution +1, Intelligence +2.

Hot pot broth? Surprise! Another surprise!

Ange hadn't eaten hot pot in a long time, and just thinking about the deliciousness of hot pot made his mouth water! He didn't expect this reward to be a hot pot recipe!

Ange opened the recipe and found that there were generally two types of hot pot broth recipes: one was a spicy red soup broth, and the other was a non-spicy clear soup broth. The red soup and clear soup broths were further divided into many categories, such as red soup including beef tallow red soup, spicy red soup, etc.; while clear soup included tomato clear soup, mushroom clear soup, etc.

Just looking at these recipes, Ange had already begun to let his imagination run wild! He would definitely make it and eat it later!

Just as Ange was pleasantly surprised, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with his body. A strange power rose from within him and flowed throughout his body.

At this moment, Diancie suddenly called.

Ange answered the phone, and Diancie's voice came from the other end.

"Ange, do you feel anything strange about your body?"

Ange quickly said, "Yes, I feel like something has appeared in my body, something strange."

Diancie said, "That's right. I just received a system notification that your intelligence points have passed the critical point, and you're about to awaken your Aura power!"

"Aura power?" Ange exclaimed, "So that's the purpose of intelligence points?"

Diancie said, "That's right. Aura power will be of great help to you in cooking in the future. When you use Aura power to cook, based on advanced recipes, there will be a certain chance of creating special foods with special effects on Pokémon!"

Everything has Aura. It is a life energy within living organisms, but the Aura power within most living organisms is too weak. They cannot sense it themselves, nor can they use it.

After Ange masters the power of Aura, during the cooking process, he can use the power of Aura to sort out the Aura energy of the ingredients, making the food more delicious and even creating special effects.

The recipes that Ange unlocks through the system are divided into two categories: one is ordinary recipes like steamed buns, and the other is advanced recipes like milky steamed buns.

After such a long period of observation, Ange has discovered that the ingredients for advanced recipes are generally produced by Pokémon, such as milky steamed buns requiring grass goat milk produced by Ride Pokémon.

And only food made according to advanced recipes has a chance to create special foods with special effects.

After Diancie's explanation, Ange finally understood why the system would allow him to awaken the power of Aura. This was too awesome, wasn't it? It could actually be used for cooking!

He opened his personal information interface.

Ange

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 16 (+500)

Constitution: 42

Intelligence: 21

Cooking Evaluation: A newbie whose cooking skills have just barely passed.

The intelligence point column showed 21, so it seemed that 20 points was the critical line.

Feeling the special power within his body, Ange understood.

"Ange, the system has another task. I've accepted it for you. Take a look yourself," Diancie said on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, I know."

Saying that, Ange opened the system task interface and saw that there were indeed two new tasks listed.

First:

【Aura Cultivation Task】 Contact 1000 Pokémon and sense the Aura within them (0/1000) — Pending Completion.

Second:

【Temporary Task】 Request Dr. Arven and Dr. Sada to modify Robert 1 — Pending Completion.

It seemed like he would be busy again tomorrow.

Fortunately, he was now in Area Zero, where a large number of Pokémon lived. If he were in another place, this Aura cultivation would have given him a headache.

But this 【Temporary Task】... Ange was a little confused. Could it be because his Robert 1 was too stupid?

Without thinking too much, Ange threw this task aside. Since the system had issued it, he would just do it. Why think so much!

After chatting with Diancie for a while, Ange hung up the phone and then closed the lid and went to dreamland.

When Ange woke up the next morning, he made breakfast for the professors as usual, and then busied himself alone again.

He called Jeremy, the assistant arranged for him by the royal family, and asked Jeremy to buy a lot of pork and send it to Nibel Plateau, and then have Diancie bring it to Area Zero.

Because there was still work to be done at home, Diancie went back after delivering the pork.

Looking at the table full of pork, Penny asked suspiciously, "Ange, what are you going to do with so much meat?"

Ange explained, "Making some snacks."

The system wanted him to contact 1000 Pokémon to sense the Aura within them, so Ange planned to make snacks to attract Pokémon.

Besides, he couldn't let the Pokémon help for nothing.

"Snacks?" Penny looked puzzled.

"Yes, I plan to make some jerky."

Saying that, Ange took out a large basin and put the pork into the basin to wash it.

"Fuee~ Fuee~" Is it delicious?

Fuecoco hugged a tomato, gnawing on it as he asked.

Ange rubbed its head and said, "I'll let you try it when it's done."

"Fuee~ Fuee~"

*( ˊ ˋ * )* Fuecoco excitedly ran to Lechonk and Pawmi, telling them the good news. Soon, the Lechonk also ran to Ange, looking at Ange expectantly.

"Then I'll help!" Penny said.

"Okay, thank you!" Ange smiled.

"Fuee~ Fuee~" Me too! Me too!

Hearing that Ange was going to make something delicious, Fuecoco couldn't sit still.

"Flamigo~ Flamigo~"

Flamigo was not to be outdone.

"Okay, okay, everyone together," Ange smiled.

With the help of the Pokémon, the pork was quickly washed. Then, Ange put them into the food processor and ground them into minced meat.

Because there was too much pork to process, if he chopped it by hand, Ange's arms would definitely break. He might as well just use the food processor!

After the minced meat was completed, Ange added the seasonings little by little, adding light soy sauce, cooking wine, fish sauce, oyster sauce, red yeast rice powder, salt, sugar, black pepper, etc., and then began to stir.

"Flamigo, can I trouble you to help?" Ange said, pointing to a large basin of meat filling.

There was too much meat and it was too heavy. He couldn't stir it by himself at all. It was too troublesome to stir it separately, so he simply let Flamigo use its superpowers!

"Flamigo!" Okay.

Flamigo walked to Ange's side, and white light flashed in its eyes. In an instant, a large basin of minced meat quickly rolled and stirred.

After stirring for half an hour, Ange called to stop after the minced meat and seasonings were fully integrated.

"Flamigo, thank you for your hard work!" Ange said gratefully.

"Flamigo~ Flamigo~" It's nothing.