New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 26: Mysterious equipment that can increase favorability
"What on earth is going on? I don't understand! I don't understand!" Lei Ye was completely confused. "Are there any more? Are there any other scenes? Is there no sequel?"

"I was also curious about what happened, so when I read the Kun-Lai memories, I decided to go back and investigate," Buyad spread his hands, "but unfortunately, these are the only memory fragments I have obtained so far. I said that the ability to read memories requires physical contact, and my contact with him was only a few seconds, so I only saw these."

She sighed, "Also, let me add that the feeling of forcibly copying someone else's memories into your own brain is disgusting! So I rarely use this skill."

"Of course. Recently I've discovered that there are a few people whose memories aren't that bad when they're poured in."

Who is that so-called very special person?
Lei Ye did not delve into this issue. Looking at the last frozen image of the Vision Crystal, he thought that this was the information about Kun-Lai that Buyadi had mentioned at the time.

Curiosity overwhelmed the discomfort of the world being reset, and he was now truly curious about what happened next.

——Hillius——

But it seemed that he had arrived too early. He took a walk around the guild and found that no news seemed to have reached Hillius yet. Everything was very quiet. Lei Ye returned to his home and looked through the gap in the curtains through the window. Loya was already asleep.

As for Kun-Lai, Lei Ye walked around but couldn't find this person yet.

That's normal, it's already late.

Returning to the previous daily rental hotel, Lei Ye rented the same room, this time for five days at a time.

Lei Ye has always had the "thrifty" habit of being diligent and thrifty, but now he always has a sense of "it will go back to the original state anyway", so he is too lazy to care about many details.

There are just some details that need attention, for example, Lei Ye no longer wants to sleep in the same bed with Buyadi, he is afraid that Buyadi will get into his mind and watch cartoons again.
So Lei Ye spent the night in a sleeping bag that is used when camping outdoors.

Of course, Buyadi protested against this, but Lei Ye insisted on doing so, so in the end Buyadi had no choice but to compromise.

This was something Lei Ye was thankful for. The other party was at least willing to respect the male's will and would not use coercive means to mess with Lei Ye.

Therefore, in the following interactions, if Lei Ye wants to avoid having his brain invaded by Buyadi, he just needs to be as careful as possible and reduce physical contact like this.

But in this world of infinite cycles, how long can this peaceful state last?

The other party had already said something cruel like "I'm going to hang him up and lock him up", which made him feel uneasy.

Lei Ye slept very restlessly, but he still had a lot of things to do in the new day.

First, find Kun-Lai.

Lei Ye changed into low-key clothes and came to the Explorer's Guild, choosing a seat in the corner to sit down.

"Two deluxe barbecues and two large cups of beer, thank you!"

Buyadi, who was sitting opposite, raised her hand and ordered the food skillfully.

Based on the lesson from last time, Lei Ye decided not to take out lunch boxes in public again to avoid unnecessary trouble, so he would use the food from the guild for breakfast today.

As long as they ordered the food, they could sit here for the whole morning without being nagged by the waiter and could slowly wait for Kun-Lai to appear.

The food was soon served. Lei Ye and Buyadi took a bite and both looked as if they could hardly swallow it.

Oh, it tastes terrible.

"To be honest, I kind of understand those explorers. It would be fine if they had never eaten your food before, but after tasting it, it would be hard to accept eating this kind of food again."

Lei Ye nodded, silently agreeing with Buyadi's words.

How can I describe it? After getting used to eating the food I cook, eating ordinary food in this world is like eating plain rice without any side dishes.

"Come to think of it, the explorers on Hillius's side are really mixed. Look at the team of explorers that just came in. Just looking at their armor you can tell they are not ordinary level. And if they really fight, they will probably be at the level of the warrior in your team." Buyadi complained softly while chewing with difficulty.

The one she was talking about was called Gegeli, the ferocious tiger, the strongest warrior in the empire.

Even though his death was a bit hasty, it was only because his opponent was too monstrous. In fact, his fighting ability was unquestionable.

The people who were identified as being at the same level as Gegeli were
Lei Ye turned his head and looked while chewing a piece of meat.

It was a team dressed in bright and beautiful clothes. From armor to weapons to decorations, all were top-notch goods.

The Silver Wolf Squad, Hillius's top team, and the leader of the only three S-level explorer teams.

Indeed, it is capable.

A tall male warrior captain, a dwarf female healer and a slightly hunchbacked female magician. A faint atmosphere of sadness lingered around these people. As they entered the guild, even the conversations in the guild became much quieter.

Lei Ye suddenly remembered what he had read in the newspaper. A member of this team had been killed in the underground maze not long ago.
If I remember correctly, she was a young female knight with a very arrogant look from the royal city. She had only come to Hillius to become an explorer in the last one or two years, and with her extremely powerful strength, she was quickly promoted from a low-level explorer to an S-level explorer.

It's a pity that such a legendary explorer would fail in this underground maze.

"They are indeed good at fighting." Lei Ye nodded, looking worried.

He hadn't encountered these people in the first and second rounds, and he was worried that these special characters who appeared in the third round would come into contact with Buyadi and create new friction.

This kind of problem shouldn't occur for the time being. Those people glanced over here, but just glanced. They sat in the center of the guild and ordered their meals quietly.

"Strong and low-key, I like this team, they know what they are doing."

Buyadi reached out to Leiye, "Let me borrow the one you wore on your ear earlier."

Lei Ye was stunned at first, then he realized that she was talking about the loudspeaker, and subconsciously wanted to refuse.

This kind of magic tool that can easily spy on other people's secrets is not a good thing after all and should not be used casually.

But before he could say no, Buyadi's previous words, 'It will be rolled back anyway', echoed in his mind.

He casually took out the little gadget from his storage bag and threw it to Buyadi.

"Oh my ears are being strengthened." Buyadi put on the loudspeaker and bared her teeth in pain for a moment, but soon calmed down and frowned slightly, "Wow, these people are already discussing disbanding. Isn't it just the loss of a team member? Is it such a big blow to this team?"

As expected, he was eavesdropping on the conversation of the Silver Wolf Team.

Lei Ye glanced over there but did not comment on the matter.

Some teams have a core. If the core is gone, then the team will have no soul.

Eh?
Speaking of which, the Yuzu team I had before was because something suddenly came to my mind.
Lei Ye silently glanced at Buyadi who was chewing the barbecue with difficulty, and thought about the next place to go.

——Dark Alley——

After observing the Explorer's Guild for a whole morning, all kinds of explorers came in and left, but I didn't see the explorer Kun-Lai.

In order to prevent the house from being robbed, Lei Ye would go home from time to time to take a look, but he only saw Luoya at home, eating and sleeping alone, and she never even opened the door.

Lei Ye even suspected that she had never gone out to throw away the garbage, and the storage bags at home were already filled with all kinds of messy things.

But such trivial matters don’t matter now. Finding Kun-Lai is the priority, so Lei Ye brought Buyadi to the dark alley.

"Are you sure you can find Kun-Lai here?"

In front of the slave trader's shop, Buyadi stared at Lei Ye with a questioning look.

"It's an investigation. You have to look around." Lei Ye nodded perfunctorily, then stretched out his hand to call the boss out and shouted loudly.

"Boss, buy two slaves. I want one with pink fever and one strong enough to make me fly."

The slave trader who ran out was stunned and looked at Lei Ye with a strange expression. He had never heard of such a request before.

His excellent business qualities allowed him to remain calm and introduce himself in a polite tone.

"Okay, as you wish, there are indeed two slaves who meet your requirements, but I need to inform you in advance that these two are defective products with certain defects. I don't know if you can accept them."

"No need to say more, just serve it quickly."

Lei Ye was a little happy, and glanced at Buyadi who was a little unhappy, "You gave it to me before, and I'm buying it back now, is that okay?"

"Just because I can give it to you doesn't mean you can buy it yourself."

".Don't steal this shit out of my head."

The slave trader called out to his men, and soon, two familiar-looking girls were led out with ropes.

The alchemist Eljiejie, and the beautiful girl Murphy from the Stoneman tribe.

Oh, and Murphy doesn’t have a name yet.

These two didn't know Lei Ye yet, but this was the third time Lei Ye had met them. He quickly took out the money, signed the formalities, and transferred the slave rights. Everything was done quickly and efficiently.

This made the slave trader suspicious, and he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you also a slave trader?"

Lei Ye shook his head.

"Ah, that means you buy slaves frequently. I hope you can take care of the business here." The slave trader suddenly realized.

"Hey, hey, since we are buying slaves anyway, wouldn't it be better to change to more expensive ones? You are not short of money now anyway, or if you are really short of money, I can make it up to you." Buyadi whispered to the side, looking like she couldn't stand it anymore.

"It's not about money," Lei Ye shook his head. "Even if I have to start over, I would like to catch some fate again."

He thought for a moment, untying the ropes on Jiejie, and added in a low voice, "It's just like if it was me instead of you who had the ability to rewind, I would find you every time and make friends with you. Some things can be repeated, but there are some people I don't want to miss."

“?!!!”

These words were not blurted out, but Lei Ye wanted to find an opportunity to seriously discuss the matter of replaying the game with Buyadi.

This is not the way to make friends.

Bu Yadi is indeed a little twisted, but she is like a good brother who has flaws but you can feel that she really cares about you. It is true that you want to continue to get along with her, but it is also true that you hope she can change her bad habits.

"So, I sincerely ask you to consider my feelings before you return to the game next time."

When he said this, Lei Ye realized that Buyadi had already walked away.

She skipped away like a child who had received a present.

"Why are you going?!"

Lei Ye shouted at her back.

"It's too hot. I don't want to wear leather boots. I'll go to the stall next door and buy a pair of sandals~"

Without even turning her head, she answered happily.

silence.

Lei Ye suddenly realized that if he only read the first half of the words just now, they were the standard lines of the "Asasi" male protagonist when he was giving a strategy.

I hope I don’t trigger any keywords that will make Buyadi even crazier.

Just then, Lei Ye heard the argument around him.

"Ten big gold coins? It's just a land dragon, why don't you go and rob it?!"

This sentence always sounds a bit familiar.

Lei Ye skillfully held Jiejie, who was struggling desperately, under his armpit, took out a snack and stuffed it into her mouth to make her calm down, then turned his head to look over there.

Those are two knights.

One of them looked very familiar. He was the apprentice knight who I met twice in the second round. The other one was a young female knight with fiery red hair. She was arguing with the slave trader with a fierce look on her face.

Lei Ye noticed that there were two bars on her epaulettes.

The more shoulder bars one has, the higher his status in the Knights Templar. A knight with two shoulder bars is considered a high-ranking knight who can stand on his own.

By the way, there was only a gray smiley face on the epaulettes of the trainee knight.

Lei Ye wants this shoulder badge more.
"Sorry, actually this is calculated based on the deposit. If you really just rent it, we will return part of the deposit when you return it," the slave trader explained with embarrassment. "We have rented earth dragons from the brave team before, but they disappeared in Hillius for more than a month. If this happens again, our loss will be huge."

Ah, you mean the earth dragon. Lei Ye has an impression of it.

Luxurious dragon meat banquet, magnificent.

The female knight looked particularly anxious. After repeated communication failed, she angrily pulled the apprentice knight towards the next slave trader.

After some negotiations, she became even more irritable, but seemed to have compromised in the end. She fumbled for a long time, took out various coins of different denominations and handed them to the slave trader, and then took two monsters that looked like ostriches from the other party's hands.

The knights riding ostriches looked a bit funny, but the two of them didn't seem to care about such a small matter. They just rode on them and walked out of the dark alley.

Lei Ye hesitated for a moment and didn't go forward to talk.

In the second round, he and the apprentice knight only met once, but this time their meeting was brought forward because Lei Ye returned to Hillius early.

The image of the trainee knight kneeling in front of the door of the daily rental hotel flashed through Lei Ye's mind.

Lei Ye thought that maybe he could do something in another way, by the way.

After watching the two people leave, Buyadi also came back, and she really changed into a pair of sandals.

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In the silence, Lei Ye suddenly realized that there was something very important that he had not done.

Even though they have been friends for so long, he has never carefully observed Buyadi's jade feet.

It was a slightly longer, less prominent and very tight ankle.

The foot shape is perfect, with round toes that do not protrude in length, and they are neatly arranged in a slanted row, and the toenails are neat and beautiful.

The skin is very soft and does not hurt the teeth.

There is another key evaluation criterion, the taste. Considering that this is a pair of jade feet that were just wearing leather boots, it is not difficult to imagine that the smell is strong, no need to say more.

The pair of jade feet stopped in front of Lei Ye.

Lei Ye stared at it for a while, then looked up and found that Buyadi was standing there in a daze, staring at him with suspicious, red eyes.

"That's weird. The favorability has increased again?"

(End of this chapter)