Chapter 25 – Experimentation (Part 3)
Chapter 25 – Experimentation (Part 3)
The feeling he experienced when he destroyed that star immediately led him to a conclusion.
"I've changed something about the potato's taste. That... I'm certain of," Zane muttered as he inspected the vegetable. "The surge of information had only been about the taste. So, if the star shattered... does that mean the potato is tasteless now?"
There was only one way to find out.
Zane stood up and went to the kitchen, returning moments later with a knife in hand. Sitting down again, he began peeling the potato with practiced ease.
'Never liked the skin. I only want to eat the raw potato itself,' he thought.
Eventually, a cleanly peeled potato sat in his hand, yellowish and hard. He stared at it for a moment, sighing to himself.
"I'm really about to eat a raw potato... The sacrifices I have to make..."
He cut off a small piece and tossed it into his mouth, already bracing himself for the unpleasant taste. But in his head, he was just searching for that signature flavor—a natural, earthy taste only raw potatoes had.
As he chewed slowly, Zane's eyes widened.
"I can't... taste anything," he said, stunned. He chewed a few more times just to be sure, but the result didn't change. The potato was completely tasteless—like chewing on nothing but texture, with zero flavor.