Jack Grant, why are you looking at me like that? Fine, maybe this idea is a bit naive, but at least getting through the internship period shouldn’t be a problem, right? I just don’t know which fool would choose to intern at 九州鼎食?”

That's right, my students really are a bunch of quick-witted kids...

Looking at these students who were so obedient, Brian Harris was very satisfied and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If these students can’t pass the internship period, the one who would lose the most face is him, the homeroom teacher.

What worried him most was that kid... That kid has depression.

Brian Harris glanced at David Carter, and seeing that he still hadn’t started filling out his internship platform choice, his heart skipped a beat. Could this kid really be so stubborn as to actually choose 九州鼎食 as his internship platform?

……

Explanation of the term “勤行”: In a broad sense, it refers to all professions that require diligence with hands, eyes, and mouth; in a narrower, modern sense, it especially refers to the chef industry.

They are the most hardworking people.

Chapter 002: Interning at a Five-Star Hotel

“Becoming an intern kitchen worker at 九州鼎食 will meet the system activation conditions. Does the host wish to choose this?”

The cold, mechanical voice was completely devoid of any human warmth. David Carter immediately felt even more irritable. Damn hallucination! I haven’t stopped my medication, so why is it getting worse?

“Does the host wish to choose...”

The mechanical voice had already repeated the question five times. David Carter was furious. Fine, I’ll choose! I’ll fill out this internship application form right now and see if this hallucination disappears!

He quickly wrote “九州鼎食” on the form, and David Carter sneered inwardly.

His attending physician had said that auditory and visual hallucinations are illogical. In other words, once he chose 九州鼎食 as his internship platform, this “system hallucination” would naturally disappear due to a lack of logical continuation, and he could temporarily escape his illness.

Shatter like a beautiful soap bubble, you damn hallucination!

“Ding, host has chosen to intern at 楚都九州鼎食, meeting condition three. System successfully activated... System activation complete. Host cannot go back on this decision. If you fail to fulfill your promise to intern at 九州鼎食, you will face a random penalty...”

“Please claim your newbie gift pack!”

A flash of light appeared before his eyes, and beneath the golden instructions was a pouch-like item, very much like an in-game item pack.

“There’s actually a newbie gift pack?”

This hallucination is actually this terrifying!

David Carter’s frown deepened.

Comrade Old Harris was very frustrated. The one he worried about most really had an incident. Walking over to David Carter, he saw that this guy had, sure enough, foolishly chosen “九州鼎食” as his internship platform!

Old Harris felt a tightness in his chest. This kid really is having another episode! Poor me, with my 100% graduation rate for Culinary Class Two...

Could David Carter really complete his internship and graduate smoothly at 九州鼎食? Old Harris didn’t even dare to imagine it. What kind of place is 九州鼎食? Even the top student at 青翔 would struggle there, let alone this kid.

Sigh, I just have bad luck with people, I, Old Harris, just have bad luck with people...

“Could this system actually be real? Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.”

“Claim newbie gift pack...”

As soon as Ethan Carter had the thought, the gift pack transformed into a golden, glowing book, with a line of small text on the cover—“Master-Level Vegetable Washing”!

Next to the book was a detailed description: “Never underestimate washing vegetables. An ordinary chef might not care, but a true culinary god starts with washing vegetables!

Master-level vegetable washing techniques may not improve the quality of the food, but they can maximize the flavor of the ingredients without damaging them!

Young man, start with washing vegetables and embark on your path to becoming a culinary god!”

Although this description was much more lively, it was still the same cold, mechanical voice, without a trace of human emotion. This made David Carter feel more at ease. He was already starting to accept the reality of the system’s arrival, and naturally didn’t want there to be a human mind behind it.

The skill book turned into a beam of golden light and poured into David Carter’s mind. Instantly, all kinds of ingredients—meat and vegetables, those that fly in the sky, run on the ground, swim in the water, or hide in the grass—appeared before David Carter’s eyes, and the corresponding vegetable washing techniques played out in his mind like a movie.

A brand new status bar appeared before David Carter, currently with only one stat: Master-Level Vegetable Washing 0/3000 (upgrading will grant Perfect-Level Vegetable Washing)

“So this is how you wash crown daisy without damaging the stems and leaves?”

“Turns out washing pork isn’t simple at all. The way I used to do it really wasted good ingredients!”

“Is this crazy chef god system really not a hallucination?”

“David Carter, David Carter! What are you thinking about? Snap out of it!”

Brian Harris forcibly pulled David Carter back to reality with his lion’s roar technique. After confirming that the kid was finally awake, Brian Harris tapped the internship application form hard with his finger and shouted, “What’s this? So all my talking was for nothing, and you still chose 九州鼎食 in the end! Are you trying not to graduate smoothly from your internship?

Student Carter, your attitude is a real problem. If you don’t want to graduate smoothly, that’s your business, but you can’t drag the whole class down with you, can you? Do you realize you’ll affect our class’s graduation rate? Hm?”