Reborn in Japan as a Chef God

"Yes, he rose like a comet!"

"He made a name for himself at the Sapporo International Competition!"

"Upon setting foot on ancient lands, a title spread widely—"

"He is—"

"The Young Devil, Xia Yu!"

Boom!

A heavy metal background tune plays it's deep, powerful.

The spotlight shines on the most special, sixth treasure seat.

Xia Yu stands up, smiles and waves to the camera, waves to the audience, to the four guest rooms on either side, ignoring the boos wherever they come from. He is determined, just black haters, he'll conquer them with a perfect and classic culinary performance, at the very least turning haters into neutrals.

Amidst the jeering and cheers, Xia Yu greets and sits back down.

The introduction of the six chiefs occupied a large portion of the opening. In contrast, when the next 20 rookies took the stage, as the host read out their names and provided a brief introduction, the venue no longer had explosive shout-out call sounds.

"Lei Aoxue, descendant of the Lei Family, current holder of the 'Seven Stars Knife', inheritor of the title…"

Upon this introduction, Xia Yu couldn't help but glance at a clear maiden.

By coincidence, the maiden takes off her black cloak and hood, and looks straight over.

Their eyes meet, entangling for about seven or eight seconds, and then as though reaching some agreement, they each look away.

This scene caught by the camera lends plenty of understanding people to sigh in disappointment.

The whispers arise from the overhead compartments.

"The Lei Family descendant isn't going to trouble him?"

"That Xia Yu, at the Sapporo competition, flaunted many suspected 'Seven Stars Knife' culinary tools, given the Lei Family's temperament, it should be a relentless pursuit…"

"Ha!"

Upon hearing these words, Wei An and Kong Chun exchange glances, revealing mockery.

"Today is not the stage for the Lei Family descendant and him, these two merely reached a tacit understanding." Kong Chun said.

Wei An coldly snorts, "This is Flying Boat and his battleground, who dares to interfere?"

In another booth as well.

Dark World leader Yan Qi, first looks at the elegant Lei Aoxue, then at the calm Xia Yu, twitches his lips, and complains to his equally calm old friend beside him, "Xia Qing, are you really unaware of where your grandson's 'Seven Stars Knife' came from?"

Xia Qing laughs heartily, "I know, perhaps even less than you."

He waves his hand, "Don't mention that, the focus right now isn't there, did you watch the pre-match interview? I reckon that little rascal will do something big; what exactly did he prepare for his menu?"

Yan Qi, on the other hand, stares at Ye Feizhou on the chief's throne.

"I'm equally curious about Ye Feizhou's response recipe."

Clang!

The introductions of the chiefs and 20 rookie contestants are done, without any delay, the male host rings the golden gong, loudly announcing, "Now, please welcome the five judges on stage!"

Another set of seats rises slowly from the stage and is fixed in a prominent position.

"Ugh!"

The lights shine on the elder in the middle, his face appearing on screen, suddenly, a burst of gasps echoes.

"Oh my god!"

"It's him!"

"Heavenly King—"

"Why would the Dragon Head come to judge the grand hunt finale? It seems the last time he appeared on the hunting stage was over a decade ago."

The host goes silent again, while the cameras on stage give a full view shot from above of the judging lineup.

Besides the ruler of the Chinese Cuisine World, on his left and right are also two renowned Dragon Chefs.

The Lan Family elder, executive chairman of this biennial hunt, ultimate authority at the official level, full name Lan Fengxian, Shu's top Dragon Chef, grand elder of the Shuchuan Chef Alliance…

Some audience counts the accolades hanging on Lan Fengxian, who was once a spectacular old monster in the Chinese Realm, but has been half-retired in recent years, seldom seen and relatively low-key.

The third Dragon Chef is 'Scalpel' Karl, specially invited from the IGO Denmark headquarters to judge, and speaking of which, Xia Yu returned home using this big shot's private jet, so Xia Yu didn't find Karl sitting on the judging panel surprising at all.

The most startling thing to him is the appearance of the Dragon Head.

Especially as the elder cast a meaningful look across the distance, Xia Yu's back chills.

"This old guy is really watching me closely!"

Xia Yu thought sarcastically.

Feeling the pressure inside, a faint sweat forming on his forehead, a vague sense of excitement arises within, generating a warm flow spreading to all limbs…

The whole person inexplicably gets fired up.

Cough!

Is beating the disciples in front of someone else's master a big grudge?

But why doesn't it worry him, instead, it's filled with the thrill of tasting forbidden fruit? Xia Yu secretly awards himself the Best Troublemaker Award; who dares to cause trouble like him before the Dragon Head? Surely, daring as a lion-heart.

Dragon Head, Lan Fengxian, Wise Man Karl, these are the three Dragon judges.

The other two are Wei Qinglian and a side character Lin Chef, heard the audience gossip he seems to be a leader of some cold-door chef alliance.

Probably among the contestants on stage, only Xia Yu with excitement, palms sweaty.

"Five Chinese Talents" and 20 rookies, which of them isn't sporting a tense face, some even lightly trembling in body reactions.

"Let's begin—"

The Dragon Head announces.

The host appears once more, his excited voice resounds: "Before the battle begins, let me briefly explain the rules."

"This battle adopts a ranking challenge system!"

"Each of the six chiefs and 20 rookies only have one opportunity for any challenge, with no restrictions on the target or topic, even if you're at the bottom you can directly challenge the Chief King!"

"Moreover, contestants who receive multiple challenge letters may freely choose their desired opponent!"

Xia Yu boiled down the rules to two words—

Free-for-all!

No order, just the existence of losers and winners in a free-for-all, only winners can reach their expected positions, and there's only one chance, if you lose you can only wait till next year, it's really brutal.

Clang!

The sound of the bell declares the official start of the challenge letter round.

Oddly, of the 26 people on stage, no one acts rashly, the scene appears still for a moment.

"Devil—"

Impatient audience shout, "Please step in!"

More voices of prompting fill the venue.

"Pick whomever you want, whoever you can't bear, take them out!"

"Quick, quick, show your devil's majesty!"

Full of the vibe of live broadcast bullying kids, audience shouts are far more real than live room bullet comments.

Listening to those impatient voices, it felt like densely rolling bullet comments madly urging, Xia Yu on the sixth treasure seat finds it very funny.

Hey, Hey.

Isn't something off? Shouldn't the real devil be sitting steadily on Mount Tai, waiting for waves of brave challengers to step into his palace and challenge him, piling up bodies?

Thinking this way, he sweeps his gaze around, and as Xia Yu's gaze is noticed, Li Han, Tang Yuqiong, Wu Yingying on their seats have a scalp explosion.

"No, no!"

If not for being in public, Li Han's standards would have likely been clasped in plea.

"A little girl begs for mercy—"

Bottom-ranked Wu Yingying among the Five Talents also sticks out her tongue and whispers, "I want to save my energy to deal with others. I feel my fifth position is very dangerous!"

Tang Yuqiong straightforwardly threatens, "Hmph, if you dare to send me a challenge letter, see if I don't bite you when I return!"

Xia Yu's gaze sweeps over to the other bunch of 20 rookies.

Hence, the exaggeration occurs, everyone turns their heads, dodging his gaze, daring not to meet his eyes.

Only Chen Yang, Yuan Yun, and Lei Aoxue are exceptions, but the three have flickering eyes, obviously unwilling to take on that devil's battle letter. If Xia Yu is going to actively send a battle letter to someone.

A cold halt.

No one expected the devil's aura indeed exists, the host beside the judging panel wipes sweat with a handkerchief, dryly laughs, "It seems contestants are very cautious about the one challenge chance…"

As these words fell, suddenly from on high on the Chief King's throne, a silhouette stands.

"I, challenge Chef Xia Yu!"

With a powerful voice.

It's Ye Feizhou!

The five-time Chief King has actively issued a challenge!