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Ancient Manipulator - Chapter 14

Published at 23rd of February 2019 04:58:53 AM


Chapter 14

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Yasuo woke up with buoyant sunlight covering his sight.

Yesterday was quite a weird day. Raziel, the [Archangel], had told him to meet up with him in a shady street, and in the end, he even killed the dude. But, everything considered, that guy was a bit of a prick... and he even gave him [Knowledge and Mystery], so now he is able to do absolutely anything as long as he has contact with it.

Kumiko-CHAN has now moved in with the family. Yup, he knows she's a girl now, after much... persuasion. Mother and father were more than happy to have Kumiko in the family while Shisui didn't really mind, as usual. But Vyra, at first, was quite distraught about the new addition to the family and her reasoning to mother was, "I won't be able to spend more time with Onii-chan!" Which made mother and father, heck even Shisui, quite amused at the situation.

She eventually got used to Kumiko's presence, to the point that she would even 'play', *cough* talk about Yasuo for hours *cough*, with her sometimes, and Kumiko didn't seem to mind much, she even seemed quite happy to do so at times.

Mother and father was out on a S-Rank mission last night and still have not come back, while Kumiko and Vyra were already asleep when I went out to find Raziel, don't even have to mention Shisui as he knows everything, somehow. Perhaps using [Knowledge] Yasuo would eventually be able to learn his ways.

Shaking away his thoughts, Yasuo looked around the room and walked towards the door. As was quite early in the morning, he wanted to do some running on [3x Gravity] to train his body. He quietly opened the door and went downstairs towards to living room, where of course, Shisui was, already preparing breakfast.

Shisui already noticed Yasuo coming down and staring at him while he was cooking, but didn't mind as he already knew Yasuo had gotten [Knowledge] and wanted to train his young master some in the arts of cooking.

Just by seeing Shisui cook for mere seconds, Yasuo had already gotten the [Cooking] skill in the [Learned Knowledge] list.

[Cooking]: Passive - Lvl. 2 -

[Anything related to cooking]

[Makes dishes more appetizing and delicious by 10%]

And it was already overpowered, a whole 10%! Any cook would want that, and it was just on [Lvl. 2], imagine what [Lvl. MAX] would do to the food. However, Yasuo didn't think of any of this, instead, he activated his [Mangekyō Sharingan] and copied all of Shisui's graceful movements with his sharp kitchen knife.

By the end of the short cooking session, Shisui had made some fresh bacon and egg with an abundance of ramen that all leaked an enticing aroma. Yasuo's [Cooking] skill had reached [Lvl. 6] which gave the dishes a whole [30%] bonus. Contrasting Yasuo's normal attitude of wanting to eat all the food at once, he slowly came up to the kitchen and took a knife from the counter.

Instantly, he knew how to use the knife due to [God Swordsmanship], however, it was not in the cooking aspect of mastery, instead, it was more of the death and killing side probably due to the fact that [God Swordsmanship] was not suppose to be used for [Cooking]. But, who's gonna stop him using his skills for [Cooking]?

Shisui in the background, had already set the breakfast on the only table in the house in the living room, and was currently spectating his master. His thoughts were of how his young master was and is going to be a complete genius in all subjects due to [Knowledge] and it made him excited that his young master would become stronger. If his young master was happy, content, and safe, he would also be happy.

Shisui had secretly cast a weak [Genjutsu] on Vyra and Kumiko to not disturb Yasuo on his [Cooking] training and thus, everything was going well according to his keikaku (plan). Of course, Vyra was not affected at all, but decided to go with Shisui's keikaku to make Yasuo better at [Cooking], 'cause who wants a useless... *Vyra blushing*... husband?

Yasuo set aside the knife and took a leftover egg, which Shisui purposely didn't use, and grabbed a nearby bowl. He mimicked Shisui and gently made a crack onto the egg shell, letting the yolk flow into the bowl.

This all happened in the matter of milliseconds, Yasuo's two hands seemed like thousands as he continuously cracked egg after egg until the rather large bowl was 3/4 full of nothing, but egg yolk. He then added milk, salt and bits of pepper, all which were quite rare and expensive in this world. He then grabbed a whisk, a new invention in this world that Shisui created, and began to elegantly whisk the mix.

Letting the eggs sit, he took a pan, another one of Shisui's magnificent creations, and placed it onto the stove, which was another one, however unlike the ones on Earth, this one used [Fire Release] to function. One had to use [Fire Release] on a fireproof tube that was connected to the stove, which the stove stored inside a space where the fire burned [1,000x] slower due to seals all around the stove, which was also why the stove was extremely expensive and the secret to Shisui's or rather, Yasuo's wealth.

Yasuo blew several small [Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu] and turned a knob which started a small fire on the burner. He proceeded to pour the mixture into the pan slowly and carefully, not wasting one drop. He then left it alone to cook up for 1 minute, no more, no less.

Shisui had bought a great deal of raw pork, eggs, vegetables, and much more for breakfast, able to last months, perhaps even years if used fairly and that was only for breakfast. The pork was stored somewhat close to the kitchen as it was used regularly for an early mean, however, that bacon was now for Yasuo's use and use it, he did.

Yasuo went to the nearby fridge, created by Shisui with [Water Release] seals, [Time] seals, and many others that made the items in the fridge, spoil much slower. Our fridge had a rate of spoiling of at least [210x] slower, while the mass produced units had at least [11x].

Yasuo chose relatively small chunks of already cured bacon. He brought the bacon to a plate on the kitchen counter and took out a cut board from a cabinet. Taking the bacon and placing it onto the cut board, he took a knife and started to cut the bacon into thin stripes, delicately, cleanly, and symmetrically, with the same gracefulness that Shisui had shown.

Putting the sliced bacon onto another pan, then onto a burner besides the eggs, and finally, turning the knob to start the burner for the bacon to cook, Yasuo counted the seconds left for the scrambled eggs be prepared.

19 seconds.

18 seconds.

17 seconds.

All at the same time, the pleasant sound of sizzling from the bacon had rung all across the kitchen and into the living room. It had created a strange silence, not one of the awkward nor creepy, instead it was comforting and calming.

During the remaining seconds, Yasuo had remembered a certain book. Most likely dropped by that idiot Raizel probably, was what Yasuo had thought.

Looking into his [Inventory], he noticed the book had quite the name. [Book of Knowledge], it was called. Yasuo had thought about it no longer however, as the eggs were now done. He took a spatula (guess who made it...) and gently pushed onto an edge of the egg into the center of the pan while tilting the pan to allow the still liquid egg to flow in underneath. Yasuo had seen Shisui do the same, for the explanation.

Turning off the heat, the scrambled eggs were now done. It looked and smelled breathtaking. Normally, scrambled eggs would look almost wet, be glossy and creamy, and have a have a yellow or almost orange color, this was from Yasuo's experience eating Shisui's homemade scrambled eggs, which were amazing of course.

However, this strange lovely anomaly was of a slightly golden tint, faintly reflecting a bit of light, almost as if it was made of gold. Though the egg was still somewhat lumpy, there was not a single flake of egg wasted, all clumped up into a perfect oval. Anyhow, Yasuo took 5 plates and delicately placed the eggs onto the plates, even on the plates, it still looked beautiful with Yasuo's precision.

Some might ask why 5 plates. Reasoning was, one: Yasuo didn't want, thinks Shisui's cooking is much better than his (might not be true, who knows). Two: for some reason, Shisui only made enough for Yasuo to eat, the eggs, bacon, ramen and all. And finally, three: Yasuo had a feeling mother and father were coming back...

"Yasuo-chan! Vyra-chan! Kumiko-chan! We're home!" A feminine voice rang through the house and beats of fast footsteps came rushing towards to living room.

Speak of the devil...

Miyrae came into the living room and gave a quick nod and smile towards Shisui. After, she rushed towards Yasuo like the overprotective mother she is, pulled him up to her head, looking eye to eye, gave a tight hug, and finally rubbed her cheeks with his, saying, "Kyaa! My Yasuo-chan is so cute!" As she says that, Yasuo glared at her and pouted, making her hug him even tighter and rubbing her cheeks faster, continuously saying, "Yasuo-chan is so cute!", over and over again.

Izuna came into the room soon after, saying nothing but, looking at us with a grin. Then, he focused towards the kitchen, seeing a pan cooking, full of little stripes of bacon. Yasuo looked towards the direction Izuna was staring at and swiftly got out of Miyrae's motherly grasp, getting back to cooking.

"Aw! My Yasuo-chan is even cooking now!" Said Miyrae, figuring out the situation before her. However, just as she was going to help out with the cooking, Shisui stopped her, putting his hand on her shoulder and shaking his head lightly. Miyrae had gotten the message, as expected from the strongest kunoichi in Konoha, and left Yasuo alone to his devices...

Soon, the bacon was ready and on the exact time, Yasuo, like a blur, almost instantly turned off the heat and put the bacon onto a plate that was cleaned in mere milliseconds. The washing of dishes was also included in the [Cooking] skill.

Yasuo had cut a total of 25 pieces of bacon, finally using his brain to do math for everyday problems! The bacon, alike the eggs, did not look... normal, but not in the bad way. Each one was perfectly straight without exceptions, but at the same time, it still had that rough texture of any other 'normal' bacon. Yasuo divided, using his brain once again, placing 5 stripes of bacon onto each of the plates that already had the scrambled eggs.

After, Yasuo had gotten a nice notification about [Cooking], leveling up to [Lvl. 10], giving a whole 50% bonus! A.M. had explained that the [Cooking] skill's bonus does not apply until the whole dish is finished, meaning, each plate had a 50% bonus on appearance and the taste of the food itself. To make things even better, Yasuo had gotten 1,000 A.M. Points from just cooking breakfast! Each plate giving 200 Points, and had a status screen too -

[Bacon and Eggs] (Dish) x 5

[Affects] (For Each):

[5% Less Energy/Chakra Usage]

[10% Faster Handsigns]

[30% Nourishment; No matter of daily consumption]

[Makes the 'Consumer' like the dish at-least 67%; No matter if 'Consumer' dislikes anything within the 'Dish', or the 'Chef' who made it]

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Vyra and Kumiko had already come down when Izuna and Miyrae came come and they had just stared at the five plates presented to them with expressions filled with shock, desire, and gluttony. Everybody, except Shisui, he still seemed quite proud about Yasuo's accomplishments though, looked towards to young cooking genius and they all gave him pleading eyes. Yasuo gave a 'go ahead' sign and he dug in, eating the food Shisui made previously.

Everyone all made happy grins and began to burrow into the food with ranging emotions from slight nervousness, excitement to downright enthusiasm. Slowly at first, trying to feel the light blissfulness that the food gave off when eating, especially Kumiko, as she has never tasted such heaven before, also, the minor (A/M: major) fact that she hasn't tasted the delicacy that is Shisui's cooking.

Then soon, the pace began to pick up, faster and faster, almost like crazed and hungry beasts that were starving to death, finding a haven with an abundance of delicious food. They had all finished in a mere two minutes, all still craving for more, looking at Yasuo with even more plead than before.

Yasuo could only sigh in this situation, what could he do? Escape? Izuna would probably be able to track him in a few seconds, not to mention Shisui. His only choice was to say yes, with his childish voice:

"Alright, alright. What do you what to eat?"

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[Learned Knowledge] -

[Cooking]: Passive - Lvl. 10 -

[Anything related to cooking]

[Makes dishes more appetizing and delicious by 50%]

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A.M. Points: [1,046,000]




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