Chu Ge checked Chef Jin and the others' progress again, then left the Black Room thoroughly satisfied and rode his Electric Scooter to pick up Qiu Wuji.
This bunch's Esper Abilities were getting more and more interesting.
Chef Jin made people think things tasted awful, while his wife made people think food sparkled. Neither ability fundamentally had anything to do with the food. The food didn't taste bad, nor did it sparkle. The problem lay with the five senses.
Taste, smell, and sight.
It was just that taste could only manifest through food, making his ability seem food-related. His ability didn't actually act on food, however; it acted directly on the senses of taste and smell.
If he kept training, could he affect the other senses?
Working together, the couple could potentially pull off sensory deprivation at a more extreme level...
With an ability this badass, on the level of a Gold Saint's ultimate move, they'd somehow managed to get trounced on their own doorstep by a mere Rong Fu... Thankfully, they'd learned their painful lesson, and now they seemed pretty badass.
The reason it was only "seemed" was that it didn't do much to Chu Ge. He used Divine Sense now and didn't need his five senses, so he knocked the couple flat with one punch apiece, like beating up little kids.
Seeing the couple's woebegone faces, Chu Ge wasn't sure how effective they would be against other powerful Espers, but they were clearly much stronger than before...
"Depriving people of their five senses is pretty impressive." Sitting behind him with her arms around his waist, Qiu Wuji listened to his account and smiled. "Espers in this world probably can't replace everything with Divine Sense the way we do. From what I've seen of your honored mother..."
"Hm?"
"...Auntie.