"I am gonna cook some dish for us! Just stay here, Yoru and Makima." Yoichi went into the kitchen and took his ingredients inside the fridge.
Let's cook a charsiu ramen!
"What's he up to?" Maki exchanged glances with anyone, puzzled as to why would he proceed to cook for them and what Yoichi scheming.
"I don't know. Maybe got inspired by something." Satomi shrugged her shoulders, curious about his cooking.
"Yoichi was cooking for us because I am pregnant and he wants to celebrate it with his cooking." Makima was also surprised and interested in his cuisine.
"Sister Makima, do you know what is he cooking? Or did he have any experience before you met?" Yoru's eyes were glimmering, fishing secrets with a polite tone.
"I have some experience with his grilled wild boar but other than that, I don't have any clue. But always remember, our husband was a foreign being pretending to be a human so maybe he will shock us with something new." Maki shrugged her shoulders and sat down leisurely.
"Oh!" All of the people nodded.
"Let's just wait and see..." Yuki appeared to be expectant, waiting for the dish.
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6 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes remaining inside of the [Training Domain.]
"Remove the excess fat from the pork belly and tenderize with a fork or other poking utensils."
"Boil some hot water to let the pork simmer with spices and ingredients."
"Get some dried kelp and bonito flakes for a common dashi stock. Put the dried kelp into cold water and simmer it down."
Afterward, Yoichi began his cooking journey with his white bandana tied on his head and a white apron, looking sleek and neat as a Japanese chef.
Multitasking as a chef was an energy-consuming beast and it was a job Yoichi liked the most.
He began with the stock starting with the chicken bones and pork bones alongside green onions, ginger, and a whole onion just for the broth itself.
Then he rolled the pork belly and tied the pork with a little string to shape up the pork as he boiled the water into the large pot.
Yoichi sliced green onions, garlic, and ginger into thin cuts and then he placed the pork belly into bubbling hot water in a large pot due to the large amount of pork belly, around 4 pork belly tenderized and tied tightly.
He put soy sauce, mirin, green onions, ginger, garlic, and brown sugar and simmered the pork belly around medium heat for about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Waiting for the pork belly, Yoichi made the dashi by simmering the dried kelp and bonito flakes together as a way to deepen the flavor.
It is called dashi in Japan as a way to enhance the ingredients with its umami flavor. It is commonly used in households and a wide variety of Japanese cuisine including miso soup, chawanmushi, shabu-shabu, and ramen.
He also started boiling the egg and put it in cold water with ice to have a wet yellow yolk.
With all of that done, he proceeded to cook the ready-made noodles which were thick in the boiling pot.
After boiling the base stock, Yoichi put his dashi stock inside the soup mixed it with his wooden scoop, and carefully removed the chicken and pork bones.
Noticing the 1 hour and 30-minute timer, he scooped the pork belly out of the sauce and cut it into thin slices. Afterward, he dipped the slim pieces of the pork belly back into the soy sauce and seared it down with a kitchen blowtorch.
Straining the noodles, Yoichi prepared 9 big bowls designed for classic ramen as the noodles went through alongside the ramen. The slices of pork belly were delicately placed on the side with the eggs cut in half and three pieces of nori.
With that done, the final product has been finished, 9 charsiu ramen was done in a much more modern way with the use of modernized utensils thanks to his Akashic Records.
"Makima, Yoru! Help me and put it on the table!" Yoichi wiped away the sweat from his forehead and delivered the ramen inside the dining room.
'Oh, he looked a little bit handsome in this one...'
"Okay, we are here!" Both Yoru and Makima glanced at the chef's attire and carefully put the remaining ramen in the dining room.
"Wowowow! What's the name of this delicious food? Smells good and flavorful!" Satomi's eyebrows were uplifted in delight.
"The name of this dish is charsiu ramen, one of the best ramen dishes. In my opinion." Then Yoichi removed his white attire and sat down.
"What are you waiting for? Let's eat!"
All of them ate the food with relish and pleasure of eating such a wonderful dish, casually talking and eating with each bite. The atmosphere was joyful and cheerful compared to the other households of the current era. Yoichi was grateful for these brief moments of relaxed and peaceful time.
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"Did the children teach you all about the Chakra?" Yoichi sat down and looked at his wives.
After eating, a rare moment of peace came through. Yoichi casually talks and asks his wives about the progression of their training conducts.
"Hmmm! They taught us earlier about it and it felt so incredible. We didn't know about the existence of this energy until you came!" Yoru sat down near him and snuggled her way into Yoichi's lap.
"But you can't teach it to anyone, understand?" He then exploited her position by hugging her from behind and smelling the scent of her body.
"Ohhh..." Yoru leaned her head on his shoulder, understanding his concern.
Nobody wanted to pass another power, especially Yoichi. He is not like Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who developed ninshu for peace and a diplomatic approach in a much more noble way.
Power was the defining factor for peace. If Naruto decided to use his Talk-no-Jutsu against Kaguya, what would happen? Maybe it will go on the tactful approach just like the almighty plot armor. Maybe.
"Can both of you get a room or something? We couldn't concentrate if you are lovey-dovey out here in the training grounds!" Glimpsing at the two love birds, Satomi was disgusted with a slightly envious expression simmering through her face.
"Idiot..." Satomi's sparring partner, Maki glanced at the two and flickered with jealousy until she shook her head.
"Looks like Satomi wanted another huggy from his hubby! Let me chase after you!" Yoichi pecked Yoru's cheeks and ran towards Satomi, who quickly sprinted ahead of time.
"We are wrapped around like idiots in his hands..." Maki sat down near Yoru's position.
"Don't say that, mother. We also benefitted from his abilities and capabilities as a formidable husband. If not for him, maybe we are still getting ostracized inside our clan..." Yoru looked at Maki, grateful for the blessing she received.
"... don't call me a mother. It feels so uncomfortable when you say such things." Maki was in a weird spot due to the dynamic between the two.
"You will always be my mother and I will be thankful for that... I will still be your polite and adorable daughter!" Yoru snuggled into Maki's embrace, memories of childhood resurfaced as the heat of her mother made her feel lucky.
"...Haha... A mother who became a sister-in-law for her daughter... How pitiful is that..." Maki rubbed Yoru's head, downcasted in their weird status.
"Hahahaha..." Yoru merely chuckled at Maki's sad expression.
Looking back on their initial status, Yoru never felt this great and pleased until Yoichi came as a rope, tying everyone down in this happy family.
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"I must control the seal but the overall explosive damage once it was detonated will be greatly reduced. The seal must form through my 361 Chakra Nodes but it is easier said than done. Ah! Let's try it, there is nothing easy with modifying techniques after all."
After joking around with his wives, Yoichi began tinkering once more with his signature skill [Phantom Dispersion Technique.]
[Phantom Dispersion Technique!]
[Phantom Dispersion Technique!]
[Phantom Dispersion Technique!]
"Ohohoho! Now I get it! Since the 361 nodes discharge Chakra-Ki at the same time, the form solidifies through the seal. After the seal was converging my Chakra-Ki to the earring, I could completely move the seal by making little seals around my sneaky little Chakra Nodes. For example, the foot Chakra nodes were sneaky because some of the ninjutsu wouldn't hit those nodes. It should work!" Yoichi analyzed his afterimages and concluded his hypothesis.
[Phantom Dispersion Technique!]
Looking at his attempt, Yoichi analyzed the afterimage and attacked the body. As usual, the head was gone but instantly solidified due to the switching of the main seal to the little shady node on the foot, designated for Basic Chakra Control.
"Yes! It worked! HAHAHAHA. I am such a genius!" Yoichi was glad at his newly developed jutsu, framing himself as an intelligent individual.
"It needs some refinement here and there but my current cultivation in Body Forging was still too low. I am in the Muscle Transformation Stage and still couldn't find anywhere near the best form of this technique... Haaah... No worries, the only thing I need is time, and time is all I have right now."
Yoichi's concern was the ability to let his afterimage explode through the destruction of the seal but it would be so difficult to be controlled by the main body due to his insufficient strength in body-reforging. The next level for this martial art was Spirit Nurturing which is what Yoichi needed at the time. Someone needed to control the seal over a long distance and the Spirit Nurturing was the solution.
The Spirit Nurturing Stage was divided into 3 stages. 1st stage is the Spirit Child and its ability is massive for mental protection and reincarnation itself. If a person had this ability, they could reincarnate into a baby once more. Better RNG with a good bloodline is a must-have. It could also solve the problem of afterimage detonation by sealing the mental attack on the seal itself and kaboom. Making a bomb without any form of detonation button with just a thought in mind.
2nd Stage is Spirit Adolescence, a stage where a person can possess any being with a weak mentality or defenses. It's just like the Living Corpse Reanimation by Orochimaru without any side effects. The Spirit Adolescence was just another upgrade from its childhood.
3rd stage is Spirit Maturity, a stage where the body and the mind are at their peak. Another upgrade from the adolescent period. But the quirk is different, it can unleash devastating mental attacks and predict any form of attack strengthen the body instantaneously, and attack the enemy soul in an instant. It's just like the 3 different variations of Haki in One Piece.
As for the next stage, we will talk about it later.