Leveling Up By Surviving Alone - L.U.B.S.A Chapter 38

“This, you could probably eat it, right?”

Ji Yeonwoo is now immune to tetrodotoxin.

However, while the toxin doesn’t affect his body, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t enter his system.

So, the system still mentions to Ji Yeonwoo, who is immune, that tetrodotoxin has entered his body.

But perhaps because a lot of blood had been drained, or maybe because the massive bull shark could withstand that amount of poison, there was no tetrodotoxin contained in the shark fin soup.

“You think so too, right?”

Exactly!

Kim Kokko, who read Ji Yeonwoo’s thoughts, also nodded in agreement.

The shark fin soup in front of them was surprisingly safe.

– Are you sure it’s really safe to trust this?

– They ask if it’s not going to kill them if they eat it.

“Hmm, if you’re that worried, it might be better not to eat it!”

– The Watcher says no, that they trust you, and asks for a bowl right away.

“Hoho! Alright then…”

As he was saying that, the system announced the results for the shark fin soup.

– You have successfully cooked and eaten a Rift Bull Shark (Juvenile) (B)!

– Cooking satisfaction: 50%

– You can learn one of the Rift Bull Shark (Juvenile)’s skills.

“Hmm…!”

The 50% satisfaction rate is disappointing.

But there’s nothing to be done. All he can do is hope that among the two skills listed, there’s a good one.

Soon, the two skills will be listed.

Among them, there might be a familiar skill or a completely new concept of a skill. The thought of having to choose only one will surely bring some regret. Just like when he cooked and ate the pufferfish, it’s unfortunate, but he’ll have to pick only one skill from the list.

There’s nothing particularly surprising about this.

Everything is going as expected.

All he has to do is look at the two skills of the bull shark that will soon be listed and make a careful decision.

But then, something completely unexpected happened.

– You have two more chances to extract skills from this monster.

– Will you list the skills now?

“……What?”

– The Watcher asks why he’s spacing out like that.

– They feel sorry, thinking that maybe only strange skills came out after all that hard work.

“It’s not that, Watcher. Actually, it’s a good situation…”

Ji Yeonwoo repeated the notification he had just heard in his mind.

– You have two more chances to extract skills from this monster.

– Will you list the skills now?

The chance to extract skills must be related to cooking.

It seems that by cooking more, he can extract more skills.

The question of whether to list the skills now makes him strongly suspect that if he lists them now, he won’t get the two extra chances.

In other words, it seems like he can make two more dishes with the bull shark and gain two more chances.

He shared this judgment with everyone.

“It seems like I can make two more dishes!”

Exactly!

Kim Kokko was happy about the prospect of eating two more dishes, and the Watcher was also genuinely happy that Ji Yeonwoo had gained two more chances.

But the Watcher’s worry comes first.

– The Watcher asks if he knows any other shark dishes.

“Hmm… The only one I know for sure now is shark fin soup. But I think it’ll be fine!”

Indeed, this is Ji Yeonwoo’s first time dissecting a shark and making a dish from it.

But sharks are, after all, fish. They likely share similar mechanisms with other fish.

“Can’t I just make a dish that all fish share?”

Any fish would taste good with that recipe.

So, the two dishes are already planned.

This menu was something he had considered making when shark fin wasn’t an option.

“There’s even a saying that people buy sharks mainly for their livers, right?”

Snap!

Ji Yeonwoo’s multi-tool knife shines in the form of a sashimi knife.

Bull shark.

I’ll take your liver.

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Cutting open the belly wasn’t some grand dissection.

He’d have to do it eventually, but not now.

Since they’ve started eating, he needs to quickly prepare the next dish to uncover more skills.

It’s a matter of courtesy to Kim Kokko and the Watcher, who held back their desire to eat and thought of his cooking before the shark fin soup.

Slice, slice.

First, he cut off a suitable amount of the shark’s back meat for the dish.

The neatly sliced shark back meat was as square as a radish cube.

Now, digging deeper, it’s time for the organs.

The largest part among them.

He cut off a suitable amount of the liver.

Back meat and liver!

These were the main ingredients for this dish.

– The Watcher wants to share more shark recipes but is frustrated that they can only do so once a day.

It seems that the Watcher’s memory transfer is limited to once a day.

Yeah, the system wouldn’t make it easy.

“Ah, I can’t always rely on you, Watcher! Besides, I think I can make something tasty. I’ll make it delicious for you!”

– The Watcher says they’re really looking forward to it.

Kokkok!

Kim Kokko is also looking forward to it.

Actually, there’s still some leftover shark fin soup.

The Watcher might not know, but Kim Kokko could eat that.

But for some reason, it feels like eating together would be more enjoyable.

It’s quite unexpected, and Kim Kokko, an ancient bird, has always been wary of such unexpected situations. Probably because every time they’ve had such personal feelings, it hasn’t helped their survival.

But now, it’s helpful.

There’s a strong belief that becoming closer with this pseudo-monkey and this formless youngster will make them stronger too.

Anyway, Kim Kokko was thinking so coldly.

Unknowingly, in the posture of brooding, they wagged their tail feathers.

“Phew! Shall we start?”

Ji Yeonwoo’s tongue tip curls up to the right.

It’s his signature expression when he’s serious about cooking, even if he doesn’t realize it.

“First, the liver…”

Back meat and liver.

If you ask which spoils faster, it’s obviously the liver.

Examining the liver, there were blood vessels spread across it and a membrane covering the entire liver.

Ji Yeonwoo burst the blood vessels to wash out the dead blood and carefully peeled off the membrane covering the liver. He worked meticulously to ensure that no part of the liver came off with the skin.

After about 10 minutes, about 1 kilogram of liver, the size of three fists, was fully prepared.

He washed it in seawater.

Now, boiling it would essentially finish the dish.

But,

“It’ll look more delicious if it’s rolled up…”

There’s a method usually used when boiling monkfish liver.

It involves rolling it up in aluminum foil to shape it.

After shaping, boiling it solidifies the shape, making it both visually appealing and tasty.

He wanted to use that method, but there’s no aluminum foil. Or anything similar.

‘Rolling it up like a kimbap would look good and taste good…’

Ji Yeonwoo soon found the answer.

The answer was close to Ji Yeonwoo.

The neatly cut square piece of bull shark back meat!

The shark skin attached to that back meat was exactly what he needed.

With that, he could probably roll up the shark liver like a kimbap.

“It needs to be peeled off thinly…!”

Maybe because he’s been doing a lot of this kind of work lately?

Swish~

The skin and flesh separated perfectly.

After scraping off the collagen from the back with a knife, only the perfect shark skin remained. He placed the shark liver on it and rolled it up to shape it.

A giant shark liver roll, about the size of a child’s fist, was completed.

He sealed both ends with wire and the middle as well, then placed it in the pot where he had boiled the shark fin earlier.

The gentle steam rising would hit the lid and come back down to steam the shark liver perfectly.

Now, it’s time to prepare the other dish.

Ji Yeonwoo’s gaze moved to the neatly sliced pieces of the Rift Bull Shark.

Slice, slice, slice, slice!

Cutting them into 2 cm thick pieces, he got five palm-sized pieces of meat.

He cut them in half again to make ten palm-sized pieces, then sprinkled them with salt and pepper.

Now, it’s time to make the batter.

The batter isn’t anything special.

No, to be precise, there’s nothing special he can do.

Ji Yeonwoo took out a precious handful of flour he had been saving.

Many things run out after a few uses, but this flour will be gone after this one use.

This might be the last time he’ll ever see such fine flour.

He held it and played with it softly.

“I’ll remember your taste.”

He added the flour, then water. He seasoned it with salt and sugar. He also added the magical white powder essential for umami and stirred it into a thick batter.

Meanwhile, he checked the ten pieces of bull shark back meat.

Drops of moisture were rising on the surface of the back meat pieces.

It was a sign that the salt had penetrated well, meaning the seasoning was well absorbed.

He dipped them in the flour batter and dropped them into the preheated oil.

Sizzle!

Five pieces went in and were fried.

The oil, heated more than necessary, safely fried the five cold pieces of meat despite their temperature.

It was the result Ji Yeonwoo intended.

He took out the golden-brown pieces and laid them out, waiting for the oil to heat up again before frying the other five pieces the same way.

Meanwhile, he thinly sliced the prepared kelp chips to the thickness of a finger.

The kelp chips, which seemed like they might break, were sliced by the sharp knife into the desired shape.

By now, the liver was also perfectly steamed.

He opened the steamer and cut off the end of the beautifully rolled part to check inside.

“Hehe.”

Of course, it was well-cooked.

The Rift Bull Shark liver stew and Rift Bull Shark fish and chips (?) were now complete.

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