Chapter 44
The Gourmet Hunter's Life Menu!
"How boring~"
Listening to his math teacher teaching multiplication and division of numbers up to three digits, Wang Changsheng couldn't help but sigh deeply.
It has to be said that it's a bit difficult for someone who has gone through nine years of compulsory education to do calculations on a few numbers, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Wang Changsheng then came up with a good solution.
He simply threw a computer into his World Tree space, so that if any unexpected problems arose, he could directly manipulate the computer to provide the answer.
Of course, under normal circumstances, he can calculate it mentally.
After all, these were just elementary school math problems, which were quite simple. In addition, under the influence of magic, Wang Changsheng clearly felt that his mind was much clearer, perhaps because he had returned to his youth.
In short, he was fully prepared for any questions the teacher might ask, and with Sakura and Tomoyo acting as his wingmen, there wouldn't be any problems.
So during class, Wang Changsheng directly channeled his consciousness into the World Tree space and played with his two pets.
A baby Ultraman Tiga, and a garlic-shaped turtle.
"Da ne da ne!"
"scare!"
When Wang Changsheng's consciousness descended through the World Tree to his two pets, both Little Tiga and Little Turtle ran towards him.
Listening to the two little ones talking back and forth, Wang Changsheng couldn't help but twitch his lips.
"Didn't we just eat breakfast? How come I'm hungry again so early in the morning?"
He had already fed his two pets before leaving home in the morning.
One pet contains three energy cubes; two of them can consume six thousand negative points in one meal.
This was just one meal. Three grains were just enough for Wang Changsheng's test, barely enough to make him feel seven or eight tenths full.
Bulbasaur was about 80-90% full, perhaps because the quality of the pets was slightly different.
Therefore, in addition to three meals a day, they also need to be fed some energy cubes or other foods as snacks.
However, ordinary food, besides being delicious and filling, doesn't possess any magical properties, and you'll get hungry again soon after eating it, which gives Wang Changsheng a bit of a headache.
If the system hadn't rewarded him with a hundred magic fruits, which could be used as pet food and barely make ends meet, he might not have been able to afford to raise these two money-devouring beasts.
Even so, on average, one pet would cost him a full 10,000 negative points per day, and two pets would cost 20,000.
Three, four, five
Wang Changsheng has no control over the system's rewards, so who can guarantee that he won't receive other pets in the future?
In the long run, that would be a huge expense.
In addition, magic fruits are primarily used by humans to restore their magic power. Pets can eat them, but not too many, otherwise their magic power will be greatly depleted, which would be a loss. Moreover, magic fruits have other uses, such as attempting to reach higher levels of magic sources.
"If only I could cook food with a spirit, that would reduce some of my expenses."
He gave each of his two pets an energy cube, and while watching the baby Tiga and Bulbasaur happily eat it, Wang Changsheng felt gratified, but also sighed inwardly.
His pet doesn't seem to give him negative points, or rather, it does occasionally, but like ordinary people, it only gives a few points at a time, which is completely different from Xiao Ke's.
Therefore, if Wang Changsheng wants to raise his two pets to be plump and healthy, he'll have to focus his attention on Xiao Ke for the time being.
After sending his two pets off to play with the toys he had prepared, Wang Changsheng exited the World Tree space and then cast a kind glance at the backpack in Sakura's desk drawer.
"Achoo—!"
Suddenly, at that moment, a sneezing sound came from Sakura's desk drawer, and the teacher's voice paused.
At that moment, Wang Changsheng clearly noticed that Xiaoying's body seemed to stiffen for a moment, and then she reacted quickly and sneezed three times in a row.
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!"
After finishing, Sakura looked at the teacher somewhat embarrassedly, and then rubbed her nose.
Looking at Sakura's appearance, the teacher couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
Why did he feel like the sneeze was coming from some enclosed space? It sounded somewhat muffled.
However, he didn't think much of it. He just glanced at Sakura and, seeing her uncomfortable expression, continued his lesson: "What we call the denominator..."
Seeing that the teacher's attention had been diverted, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief. She lowered her head and whispered to Kero in her schoolbag, "What are you doing? Don't make a sound!"
Xiaoying's voice was very low, and even though Wang Changsheng was sitting behind her, he could hardly hear her. Therefore, with the teacher's voice, the others probably couldn't hear her at all.
"I don't know either. I suddenly felt like something was watching me, and I broke out in a cold sweat!" Xiao Ke replied in a low voice.
Sakura didn't really intend to scold Kero for sneezing so casually. She just gave it a word of advice and then turned her attention back to the class.
Mathematics was her worst subject, and she had to pay close attention in class; otherwise, she wouldn't even be able to do her homework.
Seeing how clever Xiaoying was, Wang Changsheng, sitting behind her, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
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How come he didn't know that Sakura was such a good actress?
Her acting was so natural that Wang Changsheng wanted to give her a thumbs up.
After enduring a while longer, Wang Changsheng finally got to finish class.
Lunch break time has arrived.
"It wasn't easy." After finishing a morning of classes, Wang Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Chang Sheng, would you like to have lunch with us?" Just then, Tomoyo, who was sitting to Sakura's right, turned around after putting away her books and said to Wang Chang Sheng in a sweet voice.
Upon hearing this, Wang Changsheng nodded slightly, "Of course."
He was even more eager to go out for dinner, so that he would have more opportunities to accumulate negative points.
"I'm starving! Let's go!" Seeing that Wang Changsheng agreed, Xiaoying stood up with a smile and rubbed her already somewhat deflated belly.
She was initially worried about how she would explain things to Tomoyo on her own, but now that Wang Changsheng had agreed to have dinner with her, it was clear that he was willing to face the topic of magic with her. This put Sakura at ease and made her much happier.
"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm starving! The food is right here, and it smells so good, but I can't eat a single bite!" Kero's somewhat muffled voice came from Sakura's schoolbag.
Because she was in a hurry today, Sakura didn't put her lunchbox in the locker downstairs, but instead stuffed it into her schoolbag and brought it to the classroom.
The lunchbox was almost flush with the desk drawer, so even if Xiao Ke wanted to sneak a bite, she couldn't open it and could only drool with envy.
Upon hearing Kero's words, Sakura immediately looked around guiltily. Finding that no one was paying attention to her, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. However, she still nervously grabbed Tomoyo and was about to run out of the classroom.
However, at this moment
"Kinomoto-san?"
A student standing at the back door of the classroom was about to leave, but when he saw the schoolbag that Sakura was holding, he was stunned.
Sakura paused when called, then turned around stiffly, forcing a smile, and said, "You called me? What's up?"
"Uh, it's nothing," the classmate said, glancing at Sakura's schoolbag with a puzzled look. "I just wanted to ask if you're taking the afternoon off?"
Upon hearing this, Sakura was taken aback, then shook her head. "Take a day off? No, why would I need to take a day off?"
Why was he carrying his schoolbag if he wasn't going to ask for leave? I thought he was going home.
The student was also stunned for a moment.
Just as he was about to say something, Wang Changsheng grabbed Xiaoying's arm.
"Okay, Sakura, I'm so hungry. Let's hurry up and go. I want to take a nap later."
Wang Changsheng grabbed Xiaoying's wrist and walked forward, directly rescuing her from this embarrassing situation.
Seeing this, Tomoyo stood behind the two for a while, and a subtle smile appeared on her lips. She nodded to the student who had been interrupted to ask a question, and then followed the two with elegant and light steps.
When they arrived at the teaching building, Wang Changsheng released his grip on Xiaoying's wrist.
"Xiaoying, let's find a quieter place. There are too many people here, and it's not easy to talk." Wang Changsheng turned around and found that Xiaoying's cheeks were as red as a monkey's bottom, so red that one really wanted to bite them.
Of course, this doesn't mean he wanted to bite the monkey's butt.
This is just a metaphor; what he really wanted to bite was Sakura's cheeks, which were as red as a ripe apple.
"Okay, this way." Sakura didn't know why she blushed, but after being pulled by Xiao Wang, who looked somewhat like Yukito, even though they weren't holding hands, just their wrists were enough to make her shy.
Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz. After pointing in a direction, she lowered her head, grabbed her schoolbag, and hurriedly ran off.
"Hey, wait a minute, Sakura! I haven't gotten my food yet!" Wang Changsheng was stunned when he saw Sakura running away.
Because Tomoyo came so early today to ask Sakura about the recording, she brought her lunchbox to the classroom to save time during lunch break.
But he didn't!
He casually put his lunchbox in the locker this morning instead of in his backpack, so he has to go get it now.
"I told you to find a place, not to just run away!"
Message: Wang Changsheng's negative points +999
Shaking his head helplessly, Wang Changsheng was relieved that Tomoyo knew where Sakura was looking for. After bringing the bento box over, he followed Tomoyo to a rather secluded place and found Sakura.
Upon seeing Wang Changsheng, Sakura couldn't help but wave to him and Tomoyo, "Over here~"
"Sorry, Xiao Wang, I ran too fast just now."
When Wang Changsheng approached Xiaoying, the latter couldn't help but scratch her head awkwardly.
"It's nothing." Wang Changsheng chuckled at Xiaoying, then took on the task of laying out the tablecloth.
After he spread the blanket on the grass, Sakura and Tomoyo placed their belongings on the tablecloth and sat down.
As Sakura put her schoolbag on the ground and started taking things out, Kero, who looked like he was about to collapse, also crawled out of Sakura's schoolbag.
"I'm going to die, it hurts so much."
With great difficulty, Kero used his small arms to support himself and peek his head out of Sakura's schoolbag.
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"Hiss~ Ha!"
As soon as it emerged, Xiao Ke began to pant heavily, and streams of fresh air rushed into its body, making it feel much better.
"Why did you zip it up so tightly and run so fast! I couldn't breathe, and you almost bounced me to death!"
After a while, Xiao Ke finally felt like it had come back to life, and the dizziness subsided. It glared fiercely at Xiao Ying.
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have run so fast," Sakura scoffed, then continued, "So what are you doing following me to school? I didn't even notice you sneaking into my bag!"
After Xiao Ke crawled out, it leaned against its schoolbag and plopped down on the blanket. Hearing Xiao Ying's words, it realized it was in the wrong and couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly.
However, it suddenly flapped its wings and flew up from the ground, abandoning its shy attitude and saying shamelessly, "As my appointed Cardcaptor Sakura, of course I need to know about your daily life~ It's my duty as a sealing beast!"
"Duty? I bet it's just that you're craving Sakura's bento and want to sneak in and steal it."
Suddenly, Wang Changsheng's voice rang in Xiao Ke's ear, interrupting it.
Message: Your friendly interaction makes me want to punch you twice!
Message: You have obtained a special item—the Gourmet Hunter's Life Menu!
Message: The Life Menu has been added to the All-Heavens Friendly Exchange Shop, priced at Negative Points/each!
Message: Negative points from Cerberus +999
Message: Negative points from Cerberus +999
Message: Negative points from Cerberus +999
Life Menu
Appetizer: None
Soup: None
Fish dishes: None
Meat dishes: None
Main meal: None
Salad: None
Dessert: None
Beverages: None
P.S.: The exotic dishes on life's feast menu each have their own purpose. Collect all the dishes, and the menu itself will be given power!
PS1: The Life Menu can transform excess ingredients into special dishes! However, the resource consumption is too high, so it's recommended to buy the relevant ingredients directly or hunt them yourself.
PS2: Selected dishes can be stored in the menu indefinitely, provided you have enough money to buy them.
PS3: Please explore the details yourself!
PS4: All rights of interpretation belong to the Celestial Gourmet Merchant Guild.
"Huh?"
Wang Changsheng was stunned as he watched the system notifications pop up one after another.
This hint revealed a lot of information to him, and the reward it gave him also surprised him greatly.
"A Gourmet Hunter's Life Menu? Isn't that something from Toriko? And come to think of it, you can buy a blank menu with Negative Points?"
Based on the system's prompts, Wang Changsheng quickly realized one thing: the "life menu" here was not the same as a menu in the ordinary sense.
The Life Menu has become a special item that can be obtained repeatedly and filled with delicious food.