I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Granny Setsuna looked at Raiji with the same gaze and said:

"You look so young, but you can make this kind of dish. You must have experienced a lot."

As Setsuna said this, she didn't even know if the other person was a young man or not. The flavor of this soup could not be described as stale or delicious.

This rich soup of life stories, could it be made without so much life experience? And Rai Zhe looks so young and energetic, without any of the temperament one would expect from an elderly person.

Raiji's personal experience is indeed not as great as Granny Setsuna's, but the number of souls he devoured all merged with him and became him.

In terms of spiritual matters, Lei Zhe can be said to have experienced a life enlightenment of over 480 million during his last breakthrough.

Therefore, it can incorporate these complex and ever-changing emotions into the soup.

"My life is just beginning, and my past experiences have certainly been quite remarkable."

With a smile on his face, Reiji watched Toriko and Komatsu awaken from the delicious soup, and calmly replied to Setsuno's slightly meaningful words.

After Toriko and Komatsu woke up, their expressions were complicated and they were somewhat excited. This soup was really too complicated.

The two young people seemed to have undergone a spiritual transformation; their senses were now incredibly sharp, with their hearing and sight enhanced.

Xiaosong gritted his teeth and stared at Lei Zhe. In his eyes, Lei Zhe was now as tall and vast as the sky, and the other's cooking skills were simply divine.

The soup of the century has been elevated to its highest level by the other party's cooking. This technique and the profound intention in the ingredients can turn any ingredient into something magical.

Komatsu's heart was churning. He looked at Rai Zhe and spoke his mind directly, saying, "Mr. Rai Zhe, please...please teach me your cooking techniques? I really want to learn your technique of giving ingredients a soul."

"Xiaosong..."

Toriko looked at his partner, whose expression was firm yet somewhat embarrassed, with surprise, and began to understand Komatsu's desire.

For him, a foodie, the happiest thing is having delicious food on the spot. But for Komatsu, in addition to his passion for cooking, he also wants to improve his culinary skills.

Raiji's culinary skills cannot be achieved through practice alone. Toriko and Komatsu can both sense that the dishes each other makes have a more fundamental element.

It was this ingredient that gave it a second life and soul, allowing them to enjoy a unique and extraordinary meal.

Upon hearing this, Rai Zhe looked at the nervous Komatsu and, under the gaze of Toriko and Setsuno, asked her softly, "Tell me, what did you taste in the first two soups? If your answer satisfies me, I'll teach you."

Upon hearing this, Xiaosong's face lit up with joy. Then, after hearing Lei Zhe's conditions, he closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Half a minute later, he opened his eyes and said with a determined expression:

"The first soup felt like stepping into another culinary world, a world where every moment, every instant, felt eternal..."

"Hmm, not bad, continue with the second one." Lei Zhe also showed a satisfied smile, signaling the other party to continue.

Seeing the satisfaction on Rai Zhe's face, Xiao Song breathed a sigh of relief. Then, looking at the second soup, he cautiously said to Rai Zhe:

"I can't quite describe the second soup, because it felt like experiencing all the emotions of life: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty. But that's just the surface, or rather, a part of it. It's like something different is repeating itself, that... so gentle."

After speaking, he looked at Lei Zhe's expression, very nervous about whether what he said would satisfy the other party.

Toriko and Granny Setsuna nodded in agreement after hearing what Komatsu said. They felt the same way about the first and second soups.

"...Hehe, hahaha, not bad, not bad. As a chef, you are undoubtedly the best. If my master saw you, he would definitely want to take you as his apprentice."

Lei Zhe smiled with satisfaction upon hearing Xiao Song's answer. He couldn't help but admire Xiao Song. You could say he was weak, but he was undoubtedly very powerful in the culinary field.

That enthusiasm was no less than that of Little Chef, the son of Chef Lei Zhe, and Lei Zhe respected such a person.

Looking at Xiaosong's joyful face because of his satisfactory answer, Lei Zhe chuckled and said, "The true meaning of the first course is the eternal moment, the cherishing and longing for the happiness and deliciousness that each ingredient can bring. This is why you felt that your sense of time was different before."

An eternal moment.....

Upon hearing what Lei Zhe said, the three of them still vividly remembered the delicious dishes they had tasted from Lei Zhe's cooking, and they cherished and longed for every delicious meal they had ever had.

It turned out that it was Raiji who gave cooking such a concept, and Komatsu and even Setsuno-chan were extremely curious about why the other party could give cooking such a core concept.

That's not something inherent in the ingredients themselves, but rather something given to them by Raiji, as both chefs Komatsu and Setsuno clearly understand.

"As for the second path, it seems to be about life, but as Komatsu said, that is only a part of it. It is a cycle called compassion."

"The cycle of loving-kindness!?"

The three of them repeated Lei Zhe's words, still not quite understanding what he meant.

They understand compassion, but as for reincarnation... they don't know if it's the one they're thinking of.

Lei Zhe also thoughtfully explained the concept of reincarnation and the true meaning of that compassion to the three of them.

Everyone has a different life. Toriko is a gourmet hunter, and Komatsu is a chef. These are their lives.

No one's life is smooth sailing; there is happiness and joy, but also pain and sorrow. Life is made up of all these positive and negative concepts.

Of course, no one's life ends perfectly, and this soup dish simply represents the end of happiness. No matter how bad your life is, I hope that one day you will find true happiness.

After hearing the true meaning behind the soup, Toriko, Komatsu, and Setsunori all showed expressions of reverence.

The gentle sentiment expressed in the hope that no matter what others have experienced in the past, no matter how much pain or dissatisfaction they have, they will surely find happiness and fulfillment in the end is too radiant.

The first is cherishing the eternity of a fleeting moment, the second is gentle compassion, so... what is the third?

All three of them couldn't help but focus their attention on the last soup dish.

Rai Zhe then pushed the last dish in front of the three of them and said to Komatsu, "Try this last dish. Whether you can answer correctly or not, I will teach you the cooking skills you crave."

Upon hearing this, Komatsu was both excited and eager to enjoy the last bowl of soup with Toriko and the others.

This time, the rich soup, radiating a golden glow, was unlike the previous two dishes in its exquisite presentation. However, it caused the three people present to widen their eyes, unconsciously cover their necks, and drop their spoons onto the table with a clatter.

This scene looks like the three of them ate some poisonous or disgusting food, but that's not actually the case.

This last soup was so delicious it was explosive, but it was just too good. The sheer intensity of its flavor wasn't something the eater actively absorbed; rather, the dish's own deliciousness aggressively invaded the person tasting it.

The delicious flavors exploded on the tip of their tongues, leaving the strongest impression on Toriko and the others as the feeling of deliciousness invading their senses.

“Razor... your last soup was really... violent.”

Toriko wore an expression of enjoyment, his muscles twitching and pulsating. He marveled at the sheer brutality of Raizet's last soup.

It's like being actively invaded by delicious food like a virus. Although you might not be used to it at first, you'll start to enjoy it after you get used to it.

Grandma Setsuno and Komatsu shared the same sentiment, and Setsuno couldn't help but admire the young man's strength.

After finishing the soup, Xiaosong closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, carefully recalling the unimaginable deliciousness he had just experienced.

The three soups each have their own unique charm, and it's impossible to say which is better or worse; everyone's taste is different, so naturally, opinions will vary.

After opening his eyes, Xiaosong looked a little embarrassed and said to Lei Zhe:

"This last 'violent' soup is impeccably delicious, but if I had to describe it, I could only use... Asura. I felt as if a large number of delicious flavors were fighting and devouring each other on my tongue, and then becoming even more delicious..."

Lei Zhe fell silent upon hearing this, this time looking at the other person with an extremely serious expression, and then...

"Clap clap clap..."

Regarding Komatsu's sense of taste, Raiji offered applause of praise and respect, saying with genuine admiration:

"This last delicious soup symbolizes the law of survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle, and also symbolizes war. Delicious food fights against delicious food, and only the one that survives in the end is the strongest. This is true in reality, and it is also true in cooking."

"What a great saying, 'survival of the fittest'! Your last soup is indeed a microcosm of the world today."

Grandma Setsuna smiled admiringly at Raiji and praised him, saying that although the true meaning of this dish was cruel, it was very realistic.

Chefs compete with each other in culinary skills, resulting in rankings within the culinary world. Similarly, the deliciousness of ingredients varies in quality.

Gourmet cells grow stronger by constantly devouring delicious food, which is why gourmet hunters compete with powerful ingredients and other hunters.

Looking at the nervous and excited young chef, Komatsu, Lei Zhe said, "Komatsu, you want to learn how to give ingredients a soul, right?"

"Yes, yes, I want to learn this kind of cooking skill!" Xiaosong replied excitedly. This was exactly what he wanted to learn—the power to turn the rotten into the magical.

"This power that gives ingredients their soul is something everyone possesses; it is the heart, and for chefs, it is the realm known as the heart of the chef."

"...A chef's heart?"

Komatsu, along with Granny Setsuno and Toriko, kept repeating this unfamiliar word.

"An absolute love for cooking can affect reality. The chef's 100% passion for his food can naturally be felt by others. My teacher often told me that cooking is something that brings happiness to people. So every dish she made was infused with her passion. I only realized this ethereal feeling after tasting her food for the first time."

The world of Chinese cuisine doesn't have as many diverse and delicious dishes as the rest of the world. They can only constantly refine and innovate based on limited ingredients, thinking about how to make the ingredients even more delicious.

After practicing with his teacher, Buddha, Lei Zhe finally understood that both Xiao Dangjia and his mother were people who could cook using their mental superpowers.

If Little Chef's mother could be born into this world, she would definitely be a top-notch chef.

"To pour 100% of one's heart into cooking brings people... happiness, but the heart..."

Komatsu pondered these words. He was very passionate about the profession of chef. He recalled his past efforts to learn cooking skills. He only heard these key points from what Rai Zhe said.

Being a culinary apprentice was tough and tiring, but Komatsu persevered because of his love for the profession.

Although I understood most of what Lei Zhe said, letting my heart influence reality is still...

"You think it's impossible?" Rezhe asked with a mysterious smile, looking at Xiaosong who looked puzzled, and a strange aura emanated from his body.

Stillness, stagnation, all sounds and objects ceased. Komatsu, Toriko, and the others, who were allowed to move around, immediately noticed the strangeness of their surroundings.

"This, this is!!"

Toriko and Setsuno spotted the frozen, breathtaking scene outside the window, and also noticed the stopped clock on the wall, and the steaming hot soup had stopped flowing.

Xiaosong, who finally came to his senses, stared wide-eyed and blankly at everything around him that had come to a complete stop.

"The first soup you drank before, its true meaning is an eternal moment, the moment and instant of the person I cherish and value in my heart, the desire to protect the person I love. When this feeling is strong enough to come into reality, it will force time to stop, and only the existence that I care about and allow can move."

"Time has stopped!?"

Komatsu looked around in disbelief. Could the power of the mind really do such a bizarre thing?

Granny Setsuna's eyes also twitched, and her partner Jiro could also use his secret technique to paralyze time, causing it to stop, but he could only move for a few seconds.

But Lei Zhe is still standing there relaxed, looking completely unaffected.

The other party's power wasn't anesthesia, but rather the ethereal power of the mind they spoke of—using the mind to influence reality, which was truly fantastical.

"Wow, that's amazing! Can the mind really do something like that?"

Toriko also clicked his tongue as he looked at the frozen scene around him. This was an extremely abnormal power in battle, and it would be easy for him to gain the upper hand against enemies of the same level.

"Here, take this. It's a summary of my culinary techniques, and it contains the cultivation methods you want for refining your mind."

The frozen scenery was lifted, and Lei Zhe casually created a manual on extraordinary culinary skills. It contained the mind-refining method he had created by integrating the reincarnation space, as well as a large number of culinary essentials.

Furthermore, Raiji's own understanding of cooking is also recorded in it. Raiji will not hold back his culinary skills when it comes to Komatsu, a chef with great potential.

Xiaosong's face lit up with surprise and delight. He carefully took the book as if it were a priceless treasure. He originally wanted to open it and take a quick peek, but after the book was slightly turned open by Xiaosong's hand, it suddenly began to glow brilliantly.

Countless dazzling and mysterious fonts and symbols, as well as various pictures resembling cooking, appeared before Xiaosong and then flowed into his mind through his eyes.