Unlike Mai Sakurajima, Lin Ye ate non-stop.
Considering that his current Agility attribute points were insufficient and hadn't met the usage requirements for the 'Lark Feather', he placed extra emphasis on eating chicken. His current Agility was 9, still three points shy of the Lark Feather's requirement of 12. Although he could use his unused Free Attribute Points to quickly meet the Agility requirement, Lin Ye preferred to first try increasing his Agility attribute by relying on the superpower 'Devour'.
Eating chicken and duck meat to a certain extent should allow him to accumulate enough to increase his Agility attribute points. Surely the email notifications from the Strange Game Character Panel wouldn't be fake!
Clatter...
Lin Ye fetched more chicken legs, chicken wings, the braised chicken nuggets from the meal counter, and roast duck. Chicken and duck were the two foods that increased Agility points.
Lin Ye ate incessantly, his hands and mouth never stopping for a moment. Bones were left on the tabletop one by one, and stacks of plates were filled with residual skeletal remains.
The girl with long black hair sitting opposite Lin Ye watched him. She continued to gaze at him, seeing him eating with such gusto that she felt embarrassed to disturb him. However... the waves of taste constantly assaulting her brain caused her to feel a sense of rebellion, both psychological and physiological.
She endured it, drinking fruit juice from time to time to alleviate the sensation.
"Ugh..."
Finally, another wave of nausea struck. Mai Sakurajima pulled out a tissue and covered her mouth.
Lin Ye looked at the girl in front of him. "Senpai, are you..."
"I'm fine, don't mind me. You continue eating!"
Instead, she urged Lin Ye to go on. But this sentence reminded Lin Ye.
"It's because I'm eating too much, right!"
She didn't answer, but her expression had already given the reply.
Lin Ye thought about it and agreed. Although he hadn't reached the point of being tired of eating yet—likely due to his superpower—given the amount of chicken and duck he had consumed, an ordinary person would have long since grown sick of it. Even he, without the superpower 'Devour', would probably be sick of it by now and wouldn't want to touch chicken or duck again.
Although Mai Sakurajima wasn't eating, the taste was constantly impacting her.
"I'll just finish what's here!"
Lin Ye pointed to the remaining one-fifth of the chicken meat.
"Since I brought it over, wasting food is always bad."
Mai Sakurajima nodded. Just endure it for a little longer!
Lin Ye sped up his pace. When he finished eating the third chicken leg, he suddenly saw that his Agility attribute point had changed from 9 to 10. Under the accumulation, Agility finally increased!
How much chicken did I have to eat for this?
Lin Ye did a mental calculation. The chicken legs added up to 20, chicken wings were 30 pieces. Calculating at 150g per leg and 50g per wing, that was roughly 4.5kg. Plus the scattered popcorn chicken and duck meat, it should add up to about 10 to 11 jin (5-5.5kg).
Lin Ye searched on his phone for the weight of an adult broiler chicken, which was in the range of 4 to 6 jin. That meant in this single meal, he had eaten roughly the equivalent of two to three chickens.
"What's wrong?"
Mai Sakurajima noticed the joyous emotion rising in the man before her. Something good must have happened.
"Effort always yields rewards," Lin Ye sighed with emotion.
Mai Sakurajima didn't understand the context.
"Two chicken legs left. Senpai, wait for me a bit longer."
"Mn."
Still two more! Mai Sakurajima lamented in her heart.
Lin Ye gnawed with even more vigor, but he discovered that the mailbox no longer had notification emails regarding micro-increases in the Agility attribute.
"Has the attribute points gained from devouring the creature 'Chicken' reached the limit?"
This shattered Lin Ye's idea of continuing to eat twenty or thirty jin of chicken over the next two days to constantly raise his Agility attribute.
"I'll switch to other animals and see."
There were still plenty of meat products. Chicken, duck, goose. Besides those, there were beef, mutton, pork, and the many fish in the rivers and seas. Even some prohibited animals could be obtained if one had money.
For the coming week, his main task was to eat. Eating would make him stronger. Waking up from a sleep would make him even stronger. Where else in the world could one find something easier and simpler than this!
Lin Ye finished off the last of the food on the table, striving not to waste a single bit.
"Don't you feel uncomfortable doing this?"
Mai Sakurajima had only tasted the flavor, but Lin Ye had physically eaten that much food. Wouldn't his stomach go bad?
"Probably about sixty or seventy percent full," Lin Ye touched his belly.
"Big Eater."
Mai Sakurajima had no other noun to describe him.
"Hahaha, I guess so! Digestion might just be a bit faster." Lin Ye rubbed his stomach. Under normal circumstances, he feared he would have been too stuffed to walk!
Lin Ye arrived at the cashier counter. "Brother, bill please. Refund the deposit."
"Okay, guest, please wait a moment."
They needed to check the situation with the leftovers. If it exceeded the stipulated weight, they could deduct the deposit. Soon, another staff member returned. The cashier's expression changed after listening.
The stacked plates on that dining table indicated just how much food this one man had eaten.
"I said earlier, I'm paying for two people." Lin Ye laughed and handed over five thousand yen.
"But..."
"I'm coming back tomorrow too. Please prepare more ingredients for your esteemed shop. Oh right, prepare more beef, pork, and mutton. It needs to be fresh. If it's not delicious, I'll come every day from now on."
The cashier trembled. If you come every day, won't our shop eat itself into bankruptcy?
"Hahaha."
Lin Ye left with a laugh.
Walking on the street illuminated by streetlights, Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but say, "The staff member's face turned green."
"Work hard tomorrow to make him turn even greener."
"Haha..."
Mai Sakurajima couldn't help laughing. She covered her mouth with one hand. "I'm not coming with you again."
Lin Ye felt the tactile sensation of a hand on his mouth. He subconsciously touched it, and instantly, Mai Sakurajima felt it too. The girl's face flushed red. This special abnormality was still persisting. She had thought it was over.
"Senpai, I'm thinking about something."
"What thing?"
"With our current condition, what do you say a kiss would feel like?"
As the voice fell, Mai Sakurajima immediately took a step to open up the distance from Lin Ye. "Don't even think about it. It is impossible for me to agree to cooperate with you on this test."
Just now, enduring the nausea, she had witnessed Lin Ye eating happily and with satisfaction. Now Lin Ye was actually thinking about her first kiss; how could she agree!
"Not a test."
The next sentence startled Mai Sakurajima's heart even more.
"Just purely want to try."
Under the illumination of the moonlight and the silvery-white streetlights, Lin Ye's face revealed a cold, pure whiteness. He gazed at her, those bright eyes making the girl named Mai Sakurajima tremble in her heart.
Mai Sakurajima gripped the hem of her clothes with both hands, her feet rooted to the spot, unable to advance or retreat.
Lin Ye also saw the girl's unwillingness. He knew from the start that the Senpai couldn't possibly agree; opening his mouth this time was merely teasing.
"Senpai, actually, I have another idea."
"What? If it's not too difficult, I can consider it," Mai Sakurajima said immediately.
She suddenly realized Lin Ye did this on purpose: first proposing a plan she absolutely couldn't accept, then proposing a slightly more acceptable compromise. After comparing the two, it led her to accept the latter plan which she wouldn't have agreed to if proposed initially.
"I'm actually also curious. If something happens between us in this state, would we be able to experience a double sensation?"
Double?
After a good while, the innocent Mai Sakurajima finally reacted, finally understanding what matter Lin Ye was referring to.
In an instant, her face was covered in a blush. She raised a trembling hand to point at Lin Ye. "I... I didn't expect you to be this kind of man!"
This guy, this guy really has designs on my body!
"Just pure curiosity regarding shared touch," Lin Ye sighed. "If I had a girlfriend, and the girlfriend was the target of the effect, perhaps I could experiment."
"Don't even think about it."
"Eh?"
"I, I cannot possibly agree to be your girlfriend."
Lin Ye: "..."
"Senpai, I know. You've said it several times already. Although I always think you are raising a flag, I won't go so far as to force you to become my maid. I was merely expressing my lament just now."
So that's how it is. Mai Sakurajima understood.
"Sorry, I overthought it. But your words just now..."
"Yes, it indeed easily makes people feel like I'm hinting. I'll continue in the future."
Mai Sakurajima: ???
This guy just likes to play like this.
But this matter could be considered to have come to a close. However, Mai Sakurajima also generated thoughts regarding that idea of Lin Ye's. It floated in her mind, considering the possibilities within.
It seems... very much... like it would be true!
So lewd!
This time, Lin Ye's ability is still so lewd. Sensory sharing, too scary.
More than half an hour later, the two returned to the apartment.
Click...
"Woof woof woof."
John shouted energetically. That little bit of stuff at noon wasn't enough to eat at all; he was already hungry and urgently needed delicious food.
Lin Ye specially brought a big chicken leg for John, with dog food as a supplement for the rest.
Crunch crunch... John began eating in the corner.
"Senpai, what do you say about tonight?"
"I'll take the floor, you sleep on the bed," Mai Sakurajima said directly.
"Better if you sleep on the bed!"
Lin Ye decided he would sleep on the floor himself.
"Mn." Mai Sakurajima didn't decline anymore.
Her relationship with Lin Ye was merely that of ordinary friends, but the resistance in Mai Sakurajima's heart toward him had already lowered to the minimum point. In the current situation, the only person she could communicate with was Lin Ye. Even if Lin Ye was of the opposite sex, she could only choose to get used to it and adapt.
"Senpai, you rest for a while. I'm going outside to make a phone call."
"Okay."
Lin Ye walked out of the apartment and closed the room door. He took out his phone and dialed a number. Twenty seconds later, the call finally connected.
"Sorry, sorry, Lin-kun, didn't make it in time to answer your call."
"Truly rare. Miss Haruno actually failed to answer my call in time."
Usually, it was answered within five seconds. This time it took twenty seconds; very abnormal.
"Can't be helped!"
Haruno's voice, complaining yet mixed with a teasing smile, rang out. "I'm taking a bath, you know!"
Splash...
As she spoke, there was the sound of flowing water.
At this moment, Haruno was soaking in the bathtub, enjoying the comfort and coziness brought by the warm water. Her snow-white skin was exposed, hidden by faint mist, appearing extremely alluring. She scooped up warm water with her right hand again, her smile becoming even more brilliant.
"Lin-kun, want to come over and bathe together? Big Sister can wait for you, wait until you arrive here."
Seductive words came from the other end of the phone. Even the spatial distance couldn't conceal the alluring aura coming from Haruno's side.
"No need."
"But Big Sister misses you so much! Tonight, the night is deep and quiet, the moonlight is beautiful. Big Sister needs someone to accompany her to relieve the fatigue and loneliness of consecutive days of work. Lin-kun, this is all your fault!"
Haruno's voice held an extra touch of resentment, as if reality were truly as she said—that her current exhaustion was all caused by Lin Ye.
"Be a bit more serious. I sought you out to ask how the matter I asked you to help handle is going."
"Still checking! That dream lover you want to find still needs more time."
Asuna Yuuki. Wasn't having the name enough? It couldn't be that Asuna's name in reality wasn't this one, right! Lin Ye couldn't help but think.
"I understand. Another thing, how is the German Shepherd's dog license? My German Shepherd has arrived."
To avoid trouble, Lin Ye still hoped to obtain the dog license as soon as possible.
"It's already handled. Just take a photo later to supplement the final information and it's done. I don't know your German Shepherd's condition; best if it still gets a vaccination," Haruno exhorted.
"Mn, I will."
"By the way, friendly reminder! Yukino is afraid of dogs. You raising a German Shepherd, I'm afraid she won't dare go to your place anymore."
"She already knows."
"Eh?" Haruno exclaimed. "Yukino already knows? Could it be that Lin-kun told her yourself?"
"She discovered it when she came to my apartment yesterday."
"Wah! Yukino even ran to your place? Did you sleep together overnight last night?"
"You're overthinking it. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if I wanted to, she wouldn't agree."
"Hahaha, who told you to not have confirmed a romantic relationship with Yukino yet! Merely the relationship of quasi-fiancés is far from enough."
But Yukino Yukinoshita has already used this relationship to confront Kyou Fujibayashi, Lin Ye thought silently in his heart.
"Anyway, you pay attention. Endure it for me. If there's really a need, Big Sister can help, but Yukino won't do; that child will be serious."
Contrasted with herself who had long since given up on her own love, her sister still held extremely high fantasies and expectations for love. Haruno Yukinoshita didn't wish for her sister to lose that fantasy. She even hoped her sister would be this innocent and kind forever. All bad, negative things could be shouldered by her, the older sister.
"I am also serious in getting along with her."
"If you were really serious, you should break it off cleanly with other women. If you break it off cleanly, I definitely won't obstruct you. I'll even actively help you. At worst, us sisters together... isn't impossible either."
Words reaching the end, it was ambiguous language again. Haruno couldn't change her nature—or rather, this was her performed nature.
"Yukinoshita is the only one who cannot accept you, Miss Haruno. Could it be you don't even know this point?"
One sentence instantly left Haruno speechless. How could she not know? Although her sister was unlikely to accept other women, if such a possibility really existed, the woman she could accept least was her.
"Lin-kun be a bit more formidable, just 'sleep-vince' (persuade) Yukino! I believe you can do it."
"Miss Haruno overestimates me."
"No! Lin-kun's strength is obvious to all in my eyes."
A burst of praise. Haruno's admiration for Lin Ye was heartfelt. Even if the acquisition of skills and player identity might be certain luck, being able to successfully return alive from Strange Games time after time was enough to demonstrate Lin Ye's strength. Luck only happens occasionally; only strength could let him break through Strange Games time and again and live until now.
"Alright, there is one more thing that needs your help."
"Can do! As for the reward, just give yourself to me!"
Lin Ye directly ignored the latter half of Haruno's sentence. "Remember the matter I asked you to help get on the Trending Search before?"
"Mn. But why do that? I don't remember clearly a little bit."
She remembered Lin Ye asked her to help do it, but she just couldn't think of the reason. Haruno once thought her memory was bad, but she was only twenty-something; she still had certain confidence in her own memory.
"No need to pay attention, you will remember later. Now I need you to help me complete the second half of that Trending Search."
Rather than a confession like in the original work, Lin Ye prepared a larger stage, a broader scope. If even this couldn't restore Mai Sakurajima's presence and let her be perceived by a wide range of people, then... Senpai probably really had to live on like she was now.
He didn't mind taking care of Senpai, but the problem lay in that Senpai herself definitely didn't wish to continue a life like this. As days went by, psychological problems would likely arise. Lin Ye still hoped to help Senpai return to normal and return to her original life as soon as possible.
"Speak!"
Lin Ye voiced his general idea. Haruno noted it down. Although she didn't understand why Lin Ye wanted to do this, she would work hard to help Lin Ye perfect it.
"Give me at least three days. I will contact a few verified livestreamers and news TV stations. I will find copywriters to help perfect your concept and satisfy your requirements."
These all needed time to contact, arrange, and perfect.
"Good."
"So, as repayment, Lin-kun you..."
Beep beep beep...
All Haruno heard was the beep beep sound of hanging up.
"Tch."
Haruno clicked her tongue. "Don't know which woman can take you down."
She was unexpectedly curious. Ai Hoshino? Surely Lin Ye wasn't thinking about Yukino, right! Hoping Yukino would help him step onto the ladder of adulthood.
Splash...
Haruno stood up, pulling over a towel to wipe the water droplets from her body, then wrapped herself in a bathrobe and returned to her own bathroom.
"These matters recently are really many!"
According to Lin Ye's suggestion, she was currently busy looking for talents in the gaming industry. Games were profitable, but the difficulty for a novice company to make a game explode in popularity was truly not small. But since Lin Ye said so, let's do as Lin Ye says! Anyway, the money spent was all Lin Ye's.
If it was really all lost, Haruno also believed Lin Ye could still find a way to quickly earn it back. At worst, take a trip to Las Vegas in America and replicate the classic experience in Macau.
Haruno believed Lin Ye had the ability to make money. Lin Ye wanting to start a business now was more because he hoped for a stable, legal, and labor-saving way to make money.
Lin Ye returned to the apartment. Mai Sakurajima had already gone to the bathroom to shower. The sound of splash splash water flow stimulated the senses from time to time, making Lin Ye's imagination run wild for a spell.
However, in the end, the girls' bodies that surfaced were the delicate body of Ai Hoshino at the Love Heart Love Hotel back then, and the fine body of Yukino Yukinoshita. But comparing the two girls with Mai Sakurajima, there was a serious deficiency in a certain part. Senpai's figure was truly quite good.
Lin Ye thought as he arrived at his seat, making a summary of the Superpower: Devour and its drawbacks. The current summary basically matched the manifestations.
"Strange entities... are they also within the scope of Devour?"
Lin Ye suddenly thought of a question. As long as it can be eaten, show you by devouring it? Inexplicably, Lin Ye thought of this sentence.
Need to find a Strange entity. That Strange Dog type could totally be tested.
"But how to find it?"
The difficulty of actively searching for Strange entities was only high, never low. In this period of more than a month, he had actively searched many times, but the number of times he could find one was pitifully few. It would be great if he could obtain an item to find Strange entities or a Strange object sometime.
Lin Ye anticipated this.
Click...
Mai Sakurajima, wrapped in a bath towel, appeared in the bedroom.
"I'm done washing, you can go wash."
"Senpai."
"Mn?"
"Just now, it seems vision was shared."
Swish! Mai Sakurajima immediately wrapped her body tighter, staring at Lin Ye with an angry red face.
"Hahaha, Senpai, you believed that too! If vision was shared, you would be able to see me too."
Mai Sakurajima only then recalled this matter. She had ignored this rule just now because she was too anxious.
"Lin Ye, liar."
"Senpai don't be angry, I was just alleviating the atmosphere."
Lin Ye said with a continuous smile.
"Hmph." Mai Sakurajima huffed, deciding to ignore Lin Ye.
Lin Ye went to shower. When it ended, Mai Sakurajima was already lying on the bed. To her, this bed could bring her peace of mind and comfort.
"Senpai, what's your thought for tomorrow? Stay here, or go to Sobu High with me?"
"Go to Sobu High."
She didn't want to stay alone in this empty apartment, even with John's company.
"Mn."
Lights out, sleep. A night of peaceful sleep.
Lin Ye woke up very quickly under the illumination of the morning sunlight projecting from outside the window. His first sensation was that it felt so hard. He opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling, realizing he had slept on the floor.
"Mn?"
Why sleeping on the ground? What happened?
Lin Ye was stunned. Not sleeping on the good bed, why sleep on the floor?
Lin Ye stood up and looked toward the bedding. There was nothing either...
Swish!
A faint human silhouette emerged, flickering incessantly.
Lin Ye clenched his fist; after a burst of thinking, he finally remembered. In his vision, a girl with long black hair was closing her eyes, sleeping quietly and soundly. Her cute sleeping face made one unable to help but feel peace of mind and a surging warm current.
Lin Ye revealed a smile, but his back went cold, even a bit chilling. This was absolutely not due to him being groggy from sleep.
Just before he racked his brains to think of 'Mai Sakurajima', matters regarding Mai Sakurajima really seemed to have been erased by half. Now that the superpower updated and the drawback disappeared, and only 'Puberty Syndrome' was interfering with Senpai, this unknown power had begun to affect him too.
Continuing like this, he didn't know how many days he could persist. If even he forgot Senpai, Senpai would definitely despair! He absolutely had to restore things to normal before that happened.
Mai Sakurajima's consciousness also slowly recovered. She opened her eyes, and when she saw Lin Ye at first glance, she was startled.
"Looking at me like this early in the morning, isn't it a bit inappropriate?"
"Isn't it because Senpai's sleeping face is too cute? Couldn't help but want to look a few more times."
"You are harassing me!"
"Senpai didn't refuse me either."
"I was asleep, of course I couldn't refuse."
"Then is Senpai willing to let me watch your sleeping face?"
"Not willing."
"Mn, girls all love to speak in opposites."
"I am willing."
"Senpai is willing as expected."
"..."
Mai Sakurajima was thoroughly speechless. She supported herself with one hand. "I'm going to change clothes."
"Please."
"Turn around."
Lin Ye did more than turn around; he took John out. "I'll take John for a walk and buy breakfast."
One person and one dog left the apartment. On the street outside, under the illumination of the morning sun, John dashed all the way joyfully. Running freely—this was precisely the life it had looked forward to for a long time!
"Woof woof woof..."
John barked a burst, expressing the happiness and excitement in his heart.
Twenty minutes later, Lin Ye dragged John back. John acted like a dead dog, absolutely refusing to go back.
"John, next time I'll take you to a fun place, guarantee you'll play until you're thrilled. According to reports, there are pretty female dogs."
Swish! John immediately flipped over in high spirits, following Lin Ye back with large strides.
Lin Ye watched with a twitching corner of his mouth. This dog was truly realistic. Hearing 'female dog' got him energized.
Back at the apartment, Lin Ye began washing up, while Mai Sakurajima took a sandwich and milk and put them in the microwave to heat.
When Lin Ye came out, Mai Sakurajima had already prepared everything completely.
"Itadakimasu."
One sentence gave Lin Ye the atmosphere of a Japanese family. After all, similar phrases had been heard who knows how many times in Japanese anime in his past life.
Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima headed to Sobu High together. However, at the school gate, they unexpectedly ran into a young girl. It was Rui Tachibana. She was in the forecourt, obviously waiting for someone.
Lin Ye thought she was waiting for Tachibana-sensei, but the result was she was waiting for him.
"Student Tachibana, is there something?"
He gazed at this girl with a plain expression before him.
"Sister told me."
Tachibana-sensei told you about the Strange matters? Your pestering ability is a bit strong! Although knowing about the Strange didn't necessarily mean being targeted by the Strange 100%, the probability would increase. Tachibana-sensei really should have been firmer.
"Since she told you, I hope Student Tachibana prepares herself mentally. If you really encounter danger, contact me promptly. Let's exchange contact numbers!"
At that time, who knew if phones could still contact the outside world, but adding it was better than not adding.
Rui Tachibana silently took out her phone and exchanged contact numbers with Lin Ye.
"Sister told me you're coming to the house to eat this week."
Lin Ye fell silent. He was set up, wasn't he!
"Do you have any dietary restrictions? Anything you can't eat?"
"Ingredients are all fine. Not good at eating spicy, but can eat it too."
"Mn, anything you want to eat?"
"Student Tachibana just arrange it."
Rui Tachibana nodded. She lifted her eyes to meet Lin Ye's line of sight. "Can you tell me the details? As payment..."
"If Student Tachibana is really considering for yourself and Tachibana-sensei, don't get to the bottom of it. Not knowing this matter is the good thing for you and Tachibana-sensei."
The serious appearance made even Rui Tachibana believe it. Rui Tachibana didn't mention this matter again; who knew if she temporarily didn't say it or planned to give up later too.
"We'll contact again when the time is confirmed."
"Good."
Rui Tachibana left, and Lin Ye accompanied Mai Sakurajima to the club building first. Currently, the Service Club was the best place Lin Ye hinted at for settling Mai Sakurajima.
"Senpai, I'll go first."
"Study hard, improve every day."
"Yes yes yes, I definitely will."
Lin Ye left the club building with a smile, heading to the second-year Class J.
Noon. Lin Ye dined at the Service Club. Actually he wasn't hungry, not a single bit of hunger. He felt it had a certain relationship with eating too much last night. But since Yukinoshita prepared a bento, he had no reason not to eat.
Who would be the object of the drawback 'Sensory Sharing' this time?
Lin Ye ate it down. Before long, he noticed the change in Yukinoshita's expression. She was surprised, and her line of sight looked toward Lin Ye; that was a seeking gaze.
She and Lin Ye had exactly the same bento. But when eating broccoli, it was impossible for the taste of fried chicken to appear no matter what.
This forced her to think that some strange things or abilities had appeared on Lin Ye again.
Lin Ye picked up a fried chicken nugget with his chopsticks. She understood at a glance. Sure enough! This guy... this time she could taste the flavor of the food the other person ate. This... how did this feel similar to an indirect kiss?
Yukino Yukinoshita lowered her head thinking.
And in the Service Club this noon, there was one extra person: Isshiki Iroha. Today, the Junior student came to the Service Club, and was proactive toward Lin Ye as always.
Mai Sakurajima took it in, lamenting Lin Ye's happy life. Beautiful deskmate, gentle classmate, cute junior. Just in Sobu High, girls of various attributes were all gathered, let alone the girls outside school.
"Put in an anime, absolute male protagonist."
Lin Ye heard it and only felt he was very innocent. How could he possibly be an anime male protagonist!
After school, he still chose to head to the buffet restaurant, only this time Mai Sakurajima didn't accompany him. Last night, she was scared of eating; she didn't dare eat again, and dared even less to go eat with Lin Ye together.
"Senpai, leaving you alone while I go to the buffet restaurant alone to eat my fill and have a blast, isn't that bad!" Lin Ye said hesitantly.
Mai Sakurajima shook her head vigorously. "No need, no need, you go eat by yourself! You can eat even more joyfully alone, completely without needing to care about my existence. I know you didn't eat to your heart's content last night; tonight you can eat to your heart's desire."
Anyway, she was absolutely unwilling to let Mai Sakurajima go to the buffet restaurant with Lin Ye again.
"Pity, I still wanted to experience it properly with Senpai!"
Lin Ye had to send Mai Sakurajima back to the apartment first.
"Senpai, what do you want to eat for dinner? I'll bring it back for you."
"Anything is fine," she said. She wasn't very demanding about food; anything was no problem.
"Good."
"Woof woof woof."
John shouted twice to express his existence; he wanted to eat delicious food too.
"Fine, won't forget you, John."
"Woof woof woof..." John grinned happily.
Lin Ye left. He headed to the buffet restaurant he went to yesterday. Having tasted it once, he determined the ingredients of this buffet restaurant were still okay.
"Sir."
"Not welcoming me?"
"No no no, please..."
Lin Ye entered the restaurant. He arrived at the same position as yesterday and began another great war.
Today, Lin Ye fought the buffet alone. Eating until the end, the buffet restaurant's manager appeared.
"Sir, regarding today's buffet fee, our shop won't accept your money. If you have buffet needs in the future, please be sure to go to the friendly competitor next door. Their buffet restaurant's ingredients are also quite good, and the price is even lower than our restaurant."
"This... I feel your restaurant is quite good."
"Please be sure to go to their restaurant."
The manager bowed to Lin Ye, and even gave Lin Ye money, hoping Lin Ye would let their restaurant off the hook. Seeing this, Lin Ye didn't make things difficult. "I really feel your restaurant is quite nice."
The manager was about to cry upon hearing this. Not good, not good, our restaurant ingredients aren't good! Good must also become not good.
"Haha, I will go. Won't come to your restaurant anymore."
"Ten thousand thanks."
Today, through consuming numerous amounts of beef, his Constitution finally +1 too. Distance to becoming stronger still required continued effort.
And on the third day, after finishing eating at a buffet restaurant with total satisfaction, the manager of the new buffet restaurant also stood in front of Lin Ye with a bitter face. He also wanted to apologize to Lin Ye, waive the bill, and hope Lin Ye wouldn't come to their buffet restaurant anymore. Their restaurant shop was small, capital limited; they couldn't withstand the eating of a Big Eater guest like Lin Ye.
"Sir, ten thousand apologies." The manager bowed.
"Recommend me another buffet restaurant shop that's not bad," Lin Ye said.
"Good good good."
The manager even gave money too. Etiquette was done to the fullest, striving not to let Lin Ye feel any uncomfortable places. Lin Ye naturally didn't make things difficult.
With so many buffet restaurants in Chiba, eating through them one by one, he estimated he could eat for a full week. For certain ingredients not available in buffet restaurants, he prepared to contact Haruno to prepare them, to solve those ingredients properly on the weekend to satisfy the needs of Superpower: Devour.
"Not bad, not bad."
Ate passably well, Constitution increased by 1 again. Key was that it was free. Whored for free. Lin Ye didn't lack money, but a free lunch—who didn't like it? Who wouldn't be happy encountering it?
However, just as Lin Ye hadn't walked three steps out,
Lin Ye heard a familiar sound.
[Ding:]
An invitation mission from the Strange Game.
New mission, appeared. This time, what type of Strange Game will it be?
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