Chapter 9: Chapter 7: hypostasis materials? You bet!
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As the system's alarm clock rang, the chef had awoken from his beauty sleep, much to his displeasure
*yawn*
He got out of his bed and went on to his routine, going to the bathroom, brush his teeth, washing his face, etc.
"Ah… this really feels way better than sleeping on that rock, now my back doesn't hurt at all" he currently appreciated his stay at Baiju Guesthouse, for he weeks he has been sleeping on a flat hard rock, giving him more back pain than the old man zhongli
"As im in the bathroom… i have to take a shower, I haven't had in weeks! I wonder how no one even noticed.." He was morally disgusted by himself. in his old world, he used to take a shower every 2 days to feel accomplished of himself, he didn't do it every because it was to much of an hassle for him, yet he was impressed as no one ever noticed. It might be luck
Then he went up to the shower head, and turned on the water, he looked around and only saw soap as the viable option for showering. He guessed that teyvat didn't invent shampoos yet
'Darn… i cant even find shampoo in here.. why haven't they invented it?' He thought to himself, someone could easily invent shampoos and it will be a huge hit for teyvat, making the inventor drown in mora. Which a certain pink haired loli dreams about all the time, until a idea appeared in his mind
"Hey system… are you selling shampoos in the credit shop thingy?" He asked the all-knowing A.I, i think
[ there is indeed shampoo in the chef point shop, it costs 4 chef points per shampoo bottle ]
He accepted to buy one, which a glowing orb appeared in the air, materializing into a bottle shape. Ryuma took note of this situation and grabbed it, making the orb into a shampoo bottle
"Heh, this still fascinates me to this day on how you make stuff like this appear, system" He praised the system, then quickly going on to his shower
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"Ahhhh… i feel so refreshed in a long time.." he sighed pleasantly, he was walking out of the bathroom with a towel on his waist, he really missed the feeling of warm water coursing on his skin
But as he was relaxed, he quickly remembered about his daily training. He must bot slack off in this week as he may finally use the hybrid hypostasis transformation!
He quickly checked his stats, wanting to make sure how close he was
—[ name: Xie Shen ( ryuma ) ]—
—{ Health: 70 [ 4200/4200 ] }—
—{ Strength & power: 64 }—
—{ Agility & mobility: 68 }—
—{ Intelligence: 97 [14550/14550 EE ] }—
—{ Stamina: 70 [ 2644/2644] }—
'Huh? EE? I dont remember that being there when i last checked… can you explain this?' He asked his system, he used frequently kept checking his stats back when he used to sleep at the cave
[ EE stands for Elemental Energy, the limit of how much Elemental Energy like electro and pyro you can channel before being drained and unable to channel anymore, in short terms, it works like mana. But it is currently useless as of right now as host doesn't have a vision, but your future hypostasis transformation may need the elemental energy ]
'Ah, thank you for the clarification' he thanked the A.i, again he was thankful to have a system by his side 'but it seems the xie shen is sleeping as he didn't appear out of nowhere, i should let him be. I should probably claim the rewards of the quest sooner or later, otherwise it will be useless to have him, like a certain aqua goddess.' He inwardly thought
'Thats beside the point, i should double-check the hypostatis requirements' he voiced, then opened up the box for the said thing
—[ hypostasis transformation ( locked ) ]—
( FULL TRANSFORMATION )
—[ HP needed: 160 ]—
—[ STR needed: 148 ]—
—[ MOB/AGI needed: 180 ]—
( HYBRID TRANSFORMATION )
[ INSUFFICIENT MATERIALS ]
—[ HP needed: 80 ]—
—[ STR needed: 74 ]—
—[ MOB/AGI needed: 90 ]—
'Hm? It needs materials now? Thats new, it's probably appeared as i am close to getting it' he voiced in his mind, he's not that surprised since its goal was to disappoint him during his first transmigration days, but he still hoped they will be relatively easy to obtain
—[ MATERIALS NEEDED: ]—
{ 5 hilichurl masks, hypostasis/regisvine cores, any hypostasis boss drop }
'Hypostasis cores… thats not in the game, is it? Im going to bet on getting after defeating the hypostasis, i dont want to fight a regisvine by any means' he thought with a troubled expression, while the pyro regisvine was fairly easy to beat, he didn't have a hydro related attack nor teammate, making it near impossible to beat, and the same goes to cryo regisvine
Speaking on that thought, he wondered on which hypostasis he should fight, the geo hypostasis will need either ranged or claymore, and he didn't have any of those, and he needs a boat to go on the island its located on so it was canceled for him
Next in line was the dendro hypostasis, and it was located in sumeru which instantly made him disregard that thought
The pyro and hyrdo one were simply unobtainable as they were located in the islands of inazuma, and he doubted he couldn't casually hit up beidou and go there, he isn't the traveller nor has any plot armor to do that
The cryo hypostasis was accessible, but it being located in dragonspine made him rethink twice, he may die of sheer cold before getting the chance to fight it
That left the electro and anemo hypostasis, he memorized the electro hypostasis's attack pattern, but at the end of the fight, you need to use the elemental skill to make a reaction for the electro crystal to explode or some sort, and he didn't have any element as of right now so he again disregarded that thought
That left the anemo hypostasis, which he too memorized the attack pattern, as he fought it to level up his sucrose one time. And it didn't need any specific weapon nor element, and it was located in mondstadt, the city of freedom, which is the place he wants to open his restaurant at, so it was the perfect choice for him
'Alright, ill take note of that for now, i need to put some clothes back on… and cook too' he thought while look at his torso, he only had a 4-pack, which he was disappointed with but couldn't complain about it, he was also surprised that the normal cliché happened yet, where someone comes in his room and sees him half-naked, causing said person to blush and run out the room while apologizing
'I guess old habits dont die hard… anyways, ill just go dress up now' he head onwards to do said action
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There was a maid walking through the hall, the maid was name xin yi, she worked in Baiju Guesthouse for around two years, she was basically an ordinary person throughout her whole life, loving parents, supportive siblings, caring friends, in other words she was a complete NPC
She was getting ready for work in her maid uniform as usual, until she smelled a unique smell she never smelled in her years of living, it was delightful pleasant
'Did the chef not go in the kitchen yet?… he should be there currently. Some of the guests wake up in this current time, i should go and check… despite him not cooking something ever this good for it to smell this pleasant.' she wondered to herself, the chef was usually up and ready, but he never cooked in his apartment as his words were 'i never cook in my apartment because it was too troublesome', lazy person indeed.
Deciding on it, she went to the door, the enchanting smell was coming from this specific one, and knocked on it curiously, expecting the chef for obvious reasons
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'What in the..? Im in the middle of cooking hashbrowns here! Who knocks on a door this early…' ryuma thought to himself with an annoyed tone, stopping whatever he was currently doing and opening the door, it was a rule for all of his co-workers to not disturb him while he is on his cooking in his former life
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The door opened, quickly bracing herself to scold the chef, only to find out that it was a normal person some inches taller then her
Not expecting to see his annoyed expression, she quickly got intimidated and embarrassed, she was about to say something until he cut her off
"Why the hell are you knocking? Make it quick as im in the middle of something." He blurted out, seemingly impatient with the maid infront of him, while having a expression of… nostalgia?
She quickly bowed and said the following: " I apologize sir, it is my mistake as I thought you were somebody else i was going to talk to" she said in a apologetic tone, as she had experience dealing with familiar situations.
Seeing this, ryumas entire mood changed, he thought he was about to meet a karen in the first day of staying here, but he was instead met with a normal person with emotions, he was used to dealing with karens and male karens, some had the audacity to put their own hair in thw food then blaming him
That reminded of retail workers, he saw how they were treated and what they had to put up with despite not being paid enough, he really pitied them and had huge amount of respect to them, while thinking that an idea popped up in his mind, and gave the maid a smile
"Ah, I apologize for my behavior. your tired, right? Wait here, ill be quick" he told her, then closing the door
Hearing his footsteps quickly getting quieter and quieter, she was confused, but obeyed nonetheless, standing infront of the door
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After a couple of minutes, he finally opened the door, earning him with a bored expression on her face
"Young sir, I don't have time to wait anymore, is there anything you need help with?" she expressed her slight annoyance to him, she always disliked people who make her wait for unnecessary amounts of time
"Yeah i do actually, i want you to try my hashbrown, i promise you'd like it!" He joyfully handed her his newly-made meal with a napkin covering half of it as he held the napkin-covered part, not wanting his fingers to effect the hashbrown
"…seriously? *sigh* atleast this makes up for time i stood waiting" she accepted his offer, curious, she took a bite of it
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'This is..!' the crispness hit it first with a satisfying sound as she took a small bite out of the hashbrown, the taste of the potato melted her tongue with unique flavors and spices, this single-handedly dwarfed any food shes ever eaten throughout her whole life
Seeing her devour the hashbrown in an instant awoke ryuma's chef pride as she was pleasured with the meal he cooked, and she was the first actual person to get a taste of his cooking! He will cherish this memory
[ system notice! ]
[ customer 'xin yi' absolutely loved your cooking! ]
[ you're rewarded with 25 Chef points! ]
"It really tastes that good, right? I can cook more if you'd like, but I haven't eaten yet so you can save it for another time, I'll see you later!" He offered her. as he was going to close the door, he was interrupted by the maid by her stopping the door
"WAIT! I have an offer, why don't you work for us for a day! This is absolutely delightful! I promise we'll give you a good amount of mora!" She offered him, surprising him as he never expected to get hired this quickly
"To that i have to say…"
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( authors note: hey guys, i hope you enjoyed today's chapter! I decided making him a bit more powerful with his abilities then making him stay at a certain power level, and if i guess correctly, chapter 15-30 will be the anemo hypostasis fight depending on the pace, i wish you a very good day! )
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