My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Goddamned New Trick

What should an Ancient Ruler look like?

Unspeakable fear or something that makes one’s sanity points drop just by looking at it?

Chen Ze made many assumptions, even considering the possibility of trapping Hastur in an illusion should he enter.

Chen Ze also imagined Hastur’s appearance, something like a classic image with a yellow robe and a mask.

Or perhaps like in some mobile game, with a yellow hood filled with evil eyes.

But Chen Ze never expected Hastur to be a mass of black fog.

Yes, a mass of black fog, Chen Ze couldn’t see any form at all, which made Chen Ze wonder if the other party was really Hastur or just a monster with the same name.

"You seem very surprised," a low and chaotic voice, without any emotion, but Chen Ze shivered.

"Or perhaps, this form is more conducive to our communication?" The voice started off very low, but then it became clearer and clearer, and more... cute?

Chen Ze wondered if he had fallen into an illusion, for he actually found an Ancient Ruler cute? This was simply too terrifying, Chen Ze felt his sanity points must have dropped to zero.

However, the black fog in front of him started to churn incessantly and then began to solidify slowly, transforming into a white-haired girl.

And this girl was someone Chen Ze recognized.

"Oh my God..." Chen Ze wasn’t religious, this was just a catchphrase, mainly because Hastur’s current image was so astonishing that Chen Ze felt an urge to spurt it out.

"Do humans of this world all like this form?" Hastur looked at her hand, as pale and delicate as a spring onion, with slender fingers.

Chen Ze took a deep breath, then glanced at Betty, the poor Little Succubus seemed to have fainted, as Chen Ze saw no reaction from her.

"What would the new... ahem, what would you like to eat?" Chen Ze looked at the "girl" in front of him with a conflicted expression, he truly hadn’t expected Hastur to take on the form of a new style anime girl.

Seeing such a vivid anime character standing in front of him, Chen Ze felt slightly out of place.

"Eat something?" The new style anime girl version of Hastur cutely tilted her head and even placed a finger on her lips, making her look particularly adorable.

Chen Ze took another deep breath, feeling like he had been taking countless deep breaths that day.

You are an Ancient Ruler, why are you so proficient at acting cute?

"Yes, this is the Dream Restaurant, we provide delicious food for all the guests who come in," Chen Ze managed to restrain his impulse to rush up and take a selfie with her.

"Stay calm, stay calm... the one opposite is an Ancient Ruler..." Chen Ze took yet another deep breath.

"Then I’ll have a serving of spicy crayfish," Hastur’s response left Chen Ze utterly baffled.

Could it be that spicy crayfish exist in another world too?

"Don’t get me wrong, I’ve just received some random memories from here," Hastur said with a smile, looking at Chen Ze as her ahoge flicked back and forth.

Chen Ze scratched his head, spicy crayfish... he definitely had those, as he had bought five pounds of crayfish a while ago, specifically for making late-night snacks and entertaining friends.

After all, crayfish was one of the few dishes that could enhance the atmosphere at the dining table. Chen Ze didn’t like it when everyone was glued to their phones during a meal, that way, what kind of interaction would that be?

"Alright, please wait a moment." Chen Ze nodded and returned to the kitchen.

As for Hastur’s appearance, Chen Ze had calmed down. No matter what, this living new girl, Hastur, couldn’t possibly go to the world on Earth, so she wouldn’t affect Chen Ze.

Standing in the kitchen, Chen Ze was somewhat conflicted. He had looked up the recipe for spicy crawfish before, so he knew how to make it, but he had never actually cooked it.

Therefore, Chen Ze wasn’t sure if five pounds of crawfish would be enough for him to experiment with. If he used them all up without making a qualified batch of spicy crawfish, Chen Ze would have to go out and ask Hastur to order something else.

Who knew if doing this would anger the Ancient Ruler? What if Hastur, without saying a word, caused Chen Ze’s sanity to plummet?

Chen Ze touched the five-mao coin in his pocket, "Please, please let it be a success quickly!"

Chen Ze first took out half a pound of crawfish and tried to make spicy crawfish.

After he finished, Chen Ze was stunned. The System’s prompt did not appear before him.

This left Chen Ze quite at a loss. He had come to understand the general situation of his System.

Only the dishes he actively developed and could be considered as culinary items would provide him with experience and be recognized by the System.

If the food was made with ingredients from another world, or was something like instant noodles, it also wouldn’t be recognized.

Now the question arose, why wasn’t the spicy crawfish that Chen Ze made recognized by the System?

Chen Ze shook his head and tasted it himself, no matter what, he had to resolve Hastur’s request first.

"The flavor is too bland, and the crawfish haven’t absorbed the spices." Chen Ze shook his head.

"Let’s try again." Chen Ze took the remaining half pound and made spicy crawfish again, this time making a cut along the back shell of the crawfish. freewebnσvel.cѳm

Before long, another pot was finished, but still there was no System prompt.

Chen Ze scratched his head, tasted it, and this time it was much better.

"Should I just go with this?" Chen Ze hesitated for a while. The flavor tasted normal, but he could only say it barely reached the standard of an average night market.

Chen Ze didn’t know how well he had done. With the System’s evaluation in the past, Chen Ze could gauge the quality of his own cooking, but now that the System had suddenly disappeared, Chen Ze was left in the dark again.

To compromise or not to compromise, that was the question.

Chen Ze sighed, put the two batches of spicy crawfish to the side, feeling that he might have developed an obsession. He did not want to serve the dishes to customers unless they met his own standards.

Even though this customer had never tasted crawfish before, Chen Ze didn’t want to fool himself. He could smell that he had overused several spices in his spicy crawfish.

It took Chen Ze three and a half kilograms of crawfish to make a dish that satisfied him.

"Sorry for the wait," Chen Ze said as he brought out a pot of spicy crawfish and placed it in front of Hastur.

"Is this spicy crawfish?" Hastur, in her new girl form, had an ahoge that moved without wind, and then she began to peel the shell skillfully...

Chen Ze watched the scene in astonishment. He didn’t think a person who had never eaten crawfish could do so proficiently, and peel them so skillfully at that.

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, when I read memories, it’s as if I relive that person’s life with their identity," the new girl said with a radiant smile.