My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 251: Chapter 111: Ash’s Second Visit

"Senior Yan really is a remarkable person," Chen Ze muttered as he fiddled with the copper coin in his hand.

"Manager, do you know that bearded guy?" Betty curiously watched Chen Ze, noticing that it was rare for him to take such an interest in a new customer.

"Not exactly, but I have met him," Chen Ze put away the coin. Yan Chixia had left, taking only a gourd of the Water of Life with him, but he had left behind a copper coin.

Of course, this coin was no ordinary money but a special item that could detect whether an approaching entity was an evil Ghost or not.

Though it wasn’t of much use to Chen Ze, considering in his restaurant, nobody could harm him, except for Lafra.

Still, Chen Ze felt a bit regretful, as he had wanted to learn some spells from Yan Chixia.

The saying, "Harness the limitless power of the universe, borrow the laws of nature," was something Chen Ze had seen many times when he used to play "A Chinese Ghost Story." It was truly classic.

However, Yan Chixia did not teach him any magic, saying that it would be extremely difficult for Chen Ze to learn because his body’s constitution was already set and his spiritual energy was chaotic.

"Young friend, looking at your physique, your constitution has been fixed, and with your disordered spiritual energy, attempting to study the Dao is like seeking hardship upon hardship," that’s what Yan Chixia said, which left Chen Ze quite disappointed. But on reflection, it was true; since entering university, he hadn’t exercised much, not to mention since graduating.

Moreover, after graduation, due to lack of exercise, he had gained some weight and his body wasn’t as fit as during his student days.

Furthermore, Chen Ze had never trained in martial arts from a young age, so he later gave up on the idea of asking Yan Chixia to teach him the Dao.

"Manager, can you make takoyakis?" Betty asked excitedly, having noticed the round snacks while watching anime.

"No, and I don’t have the equipment," Chen Ze shook his head. What a joke, takoyakis typically require special tools to make.

"I see... So there are dishes even you can’t make?" Betty sounded a bit down, while Chen Ze’s mouth twitched; of course, there were dishes he couldn’t make.

For instance, he had long coveted the dish, "Wensi Tofu," but had never managed to make it. Although he had drunk the alchemy potion provided by Lafra, his knife skills were still inadequate.

His attempts at Wensi Tofu ended up as scrambled tofu with green onions.

"Manager Uncle, I’ve brought the stuff," the door was pushed open again, but this time, who entered was the super-rookie Ash.

"Pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu also made an appearance, perching on Ash’s shoulder.

Chen Ze thoughtfully looked at Ash, wondering from a certain perspective, could it be that Ash’s status as a super-rookie was mostly due to Pikachu’s training?

After all, having his special defense trained by Pikachu’s Electric Shock and frequently carrying the six-kilogram Pikachu must have these effects over the years.

"Wow~ Pikachu~ super cute!" Betty eyed Pikachu with excitement, making Chen Ze feel like if this were a manga, she would have stars in her eyes.

"Pika~" Pikachu obediently settled at Betty’s feet, nudging her leg affectionately.

"Manager Uncle, this is for my meal!" Ash pulled out a... bottle from his chest, which contained a white liquid.

Chen Ze was slightly disappointed; he had thought Ash might give him a Pokémon as payment, even if not a Lapras, a Bellsprout would have been good.

Of course, if Ash offered Chen Ze a Zubat, Chen Ze would resolutely refuse. freewebnovёl.ƈom

"What’s this." However, Chen Ze didn’t care too much, after all, his restaurant couldn’t provide a suitable living environment for Pokémon.

"This is a specialty from our place, Moomoo Milk." Ash confidently took out another five bottles of milk.

Chen Ze’s eyebrows raised, he certainly knew about Moomoo Milk; it could be said to be a famous specialty in the world of Pokémon.

Similar to this was the Farfetch’d, described in the Pokédex as a Pokémon with delicious meat.

This fact had initially shocked Chen Ze, as he had always thought that Pokémon wouldn’t eat each other, but as he grew up, he became less fixated on that.

"Thanks, what would you like to eat today?" Chen Ze smiled as he stored away the six bottles of Moomoo Milk. Milk was quite useful, whether for drinking or for cooking.

Moreover, many desserts required milk, so for Chen Ze, milk was indeed a necessity.

"Then I’ll have a serving of dumplings, I haven’t had dumplings in a long time, and also a serving of curry pork chop rice!" Ash sat down happily in a chair, the cuisine at Chen Ze’s place was especially delicious.

"Pika~" Pikachu also jumped onto a chair beside him, looking at Chen Ze.

"Then for Pikachu, let’s go with a rice omelette with a whole bunch of ketchup~" Chen Ze looked at Pikachu with a smile, receiving Pikachu’s enthusiastic response.

Chen Ze laughed proudly; preparing an exploding rice omelette and a regular rice omelette were not the same, but overall, they were quite similar—except that the egg in a rice omelette was fully cooked.

"Can I pet Pikachu?" Betty asked with a look of anticipation.

"Pikachu, do you mind?" Ash first bent down to ask Pikachu, and after getting consent, nodded his head.

Chen Ze stroked his chin; he knew exactly what kind of dumplings Ash was talking about, given that Ash had also ordered a serving of curry pork chop rice.

In Japanese Cuisine, dumplings were typically gyoza and served as a side dish. Although Chen Ze didn’t quite understand it, since he particularly liked boiled dumplings.

However, Chen Ze would not make any unexpected changes to the dishes ordered by his customers, so in the future, even if British people came to eat fish and chips, Chen Ze would still cook it accordingly.

While wrapping dumplings, Chen Ze watched the pork chops in the frying pan, hoping they wouldn’t be overfried later—that surely wouldn’t be good.

"Pika pika Pikachu~" Betty looked at Pikachu, who was in her arms, and her happy eyes squinted—Petting Pikachu was like stroking a cat, with its smooth fur feeling very pleasant to the touch.

"Ash, if I want to keep a Pokémon, what should I do?" Betty finally couldn’t help herself; she really wanted to own a Pokémon, even if it wasn’t Pikachu.

"Eh? To keep a Pokémon, you generally need permission from the Pokémon League, like having a Trainer’s license or being a Breeder, or if you work with Pokémon-related jobs," Ash paused, before explaining quickly.

"Eh, I see..." Betty looked very disappointed; after all, she couldn’t possibly go to Ash’s world and get certified by the Pokémon League.

"Betty, come in and serve the food." Chen Ze heard everything clearly from the kitchen; Ash had actually missed one point.

Team Rocket was not an organization with proper certification.