Shaking his head, Takeru stopped thinking about it. He would see when the time came. After some collection and organization, by the time Takeru returned to the villa, it was six o'clock.
"Takeru, you're back." Seeing Takeru return, Rem quickly woke up.
"Yes, it's still early. You can rest a bit more." Hearing her words, Takeru said softly.
"No, I've rested enough." Hearing Takeru's words, Rem sat up nimbly and carefully stepped over Rifana, getting out of bed.
Seeing Rem's actions, Takeru nodded at her with a smile. Then, after Rem briefly freshened up, and with Takeru temporarily free, he accompanied Rem to the kitchen to start cooking.
Although many dishes could be prepared in advance and stored, they were actually more accustomed to cooking on the spot and then eating.
Of course, they also stored some pre-prepared dishes, but basically only kept enough for just over a day's consumption for everyone.
Arriving at the kitchen, because it was a specially designed kitchen, Takeru could easily handle ingredients like whole large Spice Cows.
Takeru picked up a kitchen knife, casually showing off some fancy moves, then quickly bled and butchered the Spice Cow.
With his max-level Chef skill and strong power control, Takeru's butchering process was very aesthetically pleasing, like creating a beautiful piece of art, not appearing bloody at all.
"Takeru-sama's knife skills are truly amazing." Watching Takeru easily butcher a large Spice Cow in under three minutes, Rem commented with emotion.
The three minutes were needed for bleeding and because Takeru wasn't being too serious. After butchering all the parts, Takeru took out a few more to butcher.
Rem watched for a while, then began to cook.
Because the kitchen had very complete facilities and equipment, Rem could prepare several dishes simultaneously.
With her super physical strength and mental power, she didn't feel tired or make mistakes.
Soon, unique aromas began to waft from the kitchen: Supreme Rice, Tiger Chicken Omelet, Squid Tuna sushi, Potacarronion Bird Curry, Pan-fried Spice Cow, braised Red Haired Pig meat, and Watiger, which could also be used as a main ingredient for curry...
Seeing that the Watiger in his portable space had multiplied to eight, Takeru directly hunted one and brought it out. The huge Watiger was a dream beast that concentrated the deliciousness of seafood. Takeru wouldn't waste such high-grade ingredients.
Besides making curry, he would also make other dishes. Although his cooking skills might not match those of top chefs from the Toriko World, Takeru's cooking was really not weak.
Moreover, with his unique Chef skill and top-level Observation Haki, Takeru could even hear the special sounds the ingredients made.
Dish after dish came from Takeru's and Rem's hands. Because there was time, Takeru and Rem made a lot. They then stored some in large boxes, and the boxes in their item bars for preservation.
Soon, drawn by the unique aromas, everyone had woken up early.
Continuously swallowing saliva, they came to the kitchen. Watching Takeru and Rem quickly cook, Naofumi and the others felt they couldn't even help.
"Too amazing. So strong, and even their cooking skills are hard to rival." Watching dish after dish seemingly glow as they came from Takeru's hands, Kizuna said with emotion.
Indeed, her cooking skills were average, but Takeru's performance was so natural and seamless. Even without actually tasting, everyone knew it would be an ultimate delicacy, especially since the ingredients themselves were top-tier.
"Yes, yes. I've never seen Takeru cook before. I didn't know his cooking skills were this good either." Hearing Kizuna's words, Yui agreed.
After being busy for two hours, Takeru and Rem stopped their work. Looking at the onlookers at the door, they showed a smile. "Good morning."
"Master, can we eat now?" Seeing Takeru was no longer busy, Filo quickly jumped over and looked at him expectantly.
"Yes, let's have breakfast first." Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Takeru nodded with a light laugh.
Then, everyone moved to the dining room. As Takeru brought out dish after dish, they all looked somewhat eager.
"Say, can we learn this spatial storage ability?" Suddenly, Kizuna thought of something and asked Takeru curiously.
"This is very difficult. But perhaps when you develop your Nen later, you might develop a [Hatsu] with spatial abilities, or develop a Nen Beast with storage capabilities." Hearing her words, Takeru shook his head gently.
"Nen can develop such things?" Hearing Takeru say this, Kizuna wasn't disappointed, but rather a bit excited. It seemed Nen was even more magical than she had imagined.
"Yes. Nen has a high ceiling. But for now, you don't know much about it. So, I suggest you prioritize it as an auxiliary means. Focus on training your Holy Weapons or vassal weapons. As for you, L'arc, focus on honing your combat experience and magic."
Looking at the excited crowd, Takeru said calmly.
"That's true." Hearing Takeru say this, everyone quickly calmed their excitement.
Although Nen was strong, using it as their primary means was still a bit forced now. Only after things settled down later, when Holy Weapons and magic were hard to improve, would it be better to research Nen.
Soon, everyone stopped dwelling on it. After all the breakfast items were brought out, they began to enjoy.
After all, it was morning. Takeru didn't bring out things like curry rice. For breakfast, they were used to eating lighter: Moomoo Milk with Tiger Chicken Omelet.
If they wanted something a bit richer, there was also Pan-fried Spice Cow steak, Squid Tuna sushi, and so on.
Although they didn't get to taste the more aromatic curry rice, being able to enjoy these foods was already very satisfying for everyone.
After breakfast, cleaning up, Naofumi and the others said goodbye and returned to the penguin monster area to level up.
Takeru and the others continued to enjoy the slimes' labor, gaining experience while lying down.
However, the others weren't lazy either. They went to train their newly acquired ability, Nen.
As for Takeru, he studied his newly acquired Breathing Technique. Besides the Breathing Technique, there were three special abilities in the Demon Slayer World: The Demon Slayer Mark, the Transparent World, and the Bright Red Blade.
Takeru would try to unlock the Demon Slayer Mark later. As for the Transparent World, it had little meaning for Takeru.
Whether it was seeing through a living body or accelerating his own perception, Takeru could easily do it, and much stronger than the Transparent World.
As for the Bright Red Blade, it also had little meaning. Because the Bright Red Blade was more specifically for dealing with Demons from Demon Slayer World. It might not even work on Demons from other worlds.
However, because of the increased temperature, attacking enemies would also cause an additional burning effect.
There are three ways to unlock the Bright Red Blade. One is to increase the temperature of the Nichirin Blade through strong grip strength. The second is to increase the blade's temperature through collisions between weapons. The third is Nezuko's Blood Demon Art.
In other words, the Bright Red Blade is roughly just raising the temperature of the Nichirin Blade.
But for Demons, being hit by it is like being hit by the sun, having a special bonus.
The Holy Weapon in Takeru's hand was not a Nichirin Blade. However, when Takeru used Sun Breathing last night, the blade turned blood red, roughly equivalent to unlocking the Bright Red Blade.
Shaking his head, Takeru stopped thinking about it and tried to unlock his Demon Slayer Mark.
But as he controlled his body temperature to over 39 degrees Celsius and his pulse rate to over 200, nothing much changed on his body.
As for the so-called Demon Slayer Mark, it was completely absent.
Takeru had expected this result. Perhaps it was because he was no longer purely human. Also, he had many negative resistances. Not to mention a body temperature of 39 degrees, even 390 degrees had no effect on Takeru. [Status Abnormalities Nullified] was no joke.
In that world, the Demon Slayer Mark was essentially an ability to squeeze life force and fight desperately. It wasn't surprising it had that effect.
But for Takeru, he wasn't sure how to squeeze his own life force. Moreover, if he truly had to damage his own life force, there would be no need for Takeru to unlock it. There were plenty of ways to increase strength... he didn't lack this one.
Shaking his head, Takeru stopped dwelling on the so-called Demon Slayer Mark. In the future, if he really taught others the Breathing Technique, Takeru wouldn't advise them to try unlocking the mark.
After a brief study, Takeru refocused his mind and concentrated on training the Breathing Technique.
Takeru could feel he was close to achieving [Total Concentration: Constant].