New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 45: Magical Items That Can Resist Hypnosis
Before the time to lock the door came, the castle gate opened with a push.

The two maids who were cleaning turned their heads and looked over here, both showing surprised expressions.

Buyadi waved her hand, indicating that they didn't need to make a fuss.

Lei Ye slipped in from the side with familiarity and looked around the Moko Castle where he had been once.

There was a very conspicuous pedestal with many layers in the reception room, and the maids were wiping the stone slabs on it.

In this low-key but stylishly decorated castle, this high seat seems very oppressive and is really perfect for showing off. The decoration of other places is also very high-end. Looking around, Lei Ye nodded to Grady's taste.

This castle seems perfect for karaoke.

"Greti! Come out!" Buyadi shouted loudly as she walked.

The basic layout of the castle interior was similar, so Lei Ye could tell that she was heading towards the bedroom.

Lei Ye looked at his watch. It was about ten o'clock in the evening. Generally speaking, this time was suitable for starting the little red car, but it was not time to go to bed yet.

It shouldn't be considered a disturbance.

But looking at the maids who came over after hearing the noise and were moving very cautiously, Lei Ye felt that this was not the case.

At this time, Lei Ye heard the sound of a door opening.

(without you my friend)

Amid the song playing on repeat, he raised his head and met the sleepy-eyed Grady standing in front of a door on the second floor.

Long time no see, Lao Di.

She was not wearing the beautiful dress. Now she was only wearing a black pajamas and an eye mask on her forehead. She looked very loose and her short hair was disheveled.

Seeing an acquaintance again, Lei Ye felt warm inside.

She patted her cheeks and slowly became alert. After seeing the stranger, she frowned slightly in vigilance and looked at Lei Ye with a sharp gaze.

Ugh.
It's this feeling again. We used to be acquaintances, but now the other person's gaze is so unfamiliar. It makes me feel lonely as snow.

It's broken, probably not because she was caught looking at her pink slippers.

Lei Ye took out the radio and threw it up to Grady.

"Hello there!"

He shouted a greeting.

"I'm Lei Ye, a senior engineer who just moved to the neighborhood. This is my welcome gift. Please accept it."

Although he has never been actually rated, judging from the fact that the other party doubted whether he was a senior engineer last time, it would not be revealing if he reported this title given his level.

And based on the experience of the previous weeks, contacting in this capacity would definitely be the fastest way to build closer relationships.

Sure enough, the moment she heard the word "engineer", her frown immediately relaxed a lot and she grabbed the radio that was playing the song.

"Master Demon, you are finally back."

Grady looked down at the reception room and nodded to Buyadi, who had found a random place to sit down, as a greeting.

Then she began to play with the radio in her hand.

Grady didn't mind the little black square.

Grady looked serious, slowly stood up, and found that things were not that simple.

Grady forgot about Lei Ye's presence and leaned against the door, trying to dismantle the radio with his bare hands.

Lei Ye waited for three or two minutes and found that she was already immersed in it and completely entered into the working state. He sighed and sat next to Buyadi, took out two cups of tea, sipping while waiting.

"Didn't you say Grady didn't sleep?"

He pointed to Grady, who was in her pajamas, in a chatty tone.

And Buyadi nodded as a matter of course.

"Yes, I didn't sleep."

Ok.

Anyway, it's not too late at this time, so it shouldn't be too disturbing.
He carefully watched Grady's operation. She had just completed the first step and removed the outer shell. Although the other party wanted to tear the gift he prepared into pieces right away, Lei Ye was still a little happy. Just like Grady was happy to see a colleague, Lei Ye also felt a sense of sympathy when seeing a rare colleague. He knew that if this person dared to dismantle it, he would be able to put it back intact.

This might take some time. Lei Ye clinked the teacup in his hand with the teacup in Buyadi's hand, making a small crisp sound.

From the details of Buyadi's expression at this moment, he could tell that this person was very nervous for some reason.

What's going on?

Lei Ye sighed and asked the emotionally unstable girl softly.

".What’s wrong with you?"

As if she was waiting for Lei Ye to say this, Buyadi took a deep breath.

"The magic item I'm going to ask her to make is very important. Based on past experience, when it comes to making magic items, she will ignore my authority and ask about the purpose of the magic items, so I may have to tell her about the rollback next." Buyadi looked a little helpless. "Except for you, a special existence, no one knows about this skill since I have it. I'm going to tell her about it later, and I don't know if she will believe it."

".Is there any reason why you can't tell me?" Lei Ye was stunned.

"Skills as important as this must be kept secret. That's why you humans are so weird. Just because you form a team, you have to expose each other's underwear. I really don't understand your behavior."

She said shyly, "Besides, it's okay if I get caught, but it's a bit weird to tell her. What if... what if she asks me about my previous relationship with her?"

relationship?

Lei Ye was stunned again, "What do you mean, besides being superiors and subordinates, do you have any other hidden relationship?"

"Don't you know? I remember what I said," Buyadi looked up at him, "When I was exhausted from practicing, I would save the game and go out to play. We have been good friends several times."

I see. No wonder she said something based on past experience. In that case, they were very familiar friends in a previous round.

But her previous form was not like that.
No, after all, the devil race can determine its gender based on the gender it psychologically identifies with, just like Buyadi claimed that she could turn herself into a little loli at any time. If she is not in a relaxed state during her training, she would probably be like this.

Devil, that's convenient.

"Let me ask you a question," Lei Ye suddenly thought of something, "How long was your longest time between replays?"

".Eighty years."

what! ?

This number shocked Lei Ye instantly, and he was completely stunned.

He had only experienced a few days of replay before, but even so, he had already felt a lot of discomfort. Eighty years was equivalent to a human's life. In this replay, everything would be overturned and he would have to start over again. How much memory would he lose? How many ties would he lose?
"Don't look so panicked. I've been growing potatoes by myself for those eighty years," Bu Yadi explained quickly after noticing that Lei Ye's expression was not right. "That was a save file I created specifically to try out whether scorched earth could actually be used for farming. So I found a remote place to live in seclusion and have been farming by myself. Unfortunately, under normal circumstances, almost no crops can survive in scorched earth. I used eighty years to prove only this fact." She grew potatoes for eighty years?

Lei Ye was confused for a long time before he calmed down.

It's for farming.
By the way, Lei Ye actually had some carefully selected potato seeds in his storage bag. He would go back and see if they could grow in the scorched earth.

But compared to this.
"When did that save happen?" Lei Ye swallowed dryly.

"It happened more than ten years ago." Buyadi replied immediately.

An indescribable strange feeling erupted in Lei Ye's heart.

A dozen years ago, a few decades later.

How did he spend this period of time that he didn't know?

It felt strange to imagine 'another me', and after hesitating for a moment, Lei Ye tentatively asked the person who had experienced that period of time.

"What was I doing in that save file?"

"What? Oh, yes, you were also in that timeline, but I really didn't know. That archive was just for the purpose of experimenting on whether crops could be grown. During my seclusion, I didn't contact anyone. I just farmed. But..." Buyadi said with a puzzled look on her face, "Strange. Strange. Why couldn't you save your memory at that time?"

Oh, has she finally realized this now?

Maybe I can discuss this issue with her later, but Lei Ye's heart trembled when he heard her say it was strange. It's better to wait until Buyadi's condition is completely stable before talking about it.

Lei Ye came over and patted her on the back to calm her down.

"Alright, alright, don't worry about it. In the end, I still have to talk to Grady about it, right? It's okay, leave it to me. I will make her understand this matter and then make that magic item."

Lei Ye stood up and walked towards Grady, who had successfully disassembled the radio and quickly reassembled it with a proud smile.

He walked up the spiral staircase slowly because he couldn't help thinking.

What kind of life would he have lived in those eighty years that didn't exist?
And how will we spend the future, which will be filled with infinite replies?

Thinking of this, he felt a little confused. If the eighty years he had spent seriously were meaningless, then what was the meaning of every day that followed which could be rolled back at any time? I always felt that only when I decided to save the game next time, would I really spend the time before this save seriously. Otherwise, the words "I will roll back anyway" would always be weighing on my chest, making me feel suffocated.

This may have once been Buyadi's unique trouble, but now it is also his trouble.

He finally walked up to the second floor and shook hands with Grady, who offered her hand.

".Leino, huh? Your name is...a really nice name. I'm Grady, one of the seven deadly sins, Greed. Nice to meet you," Grady coughed lightly and retracted her hand. Her expression was a little cold, her posture was straight and elegant. She shook the radio in her hand, "Not bad, a very powerful little thing. As far as I know, no other engineer in the world has solved the problem of how to replicate sound. That means this is your creation, right? I have to admit that this is a very genius idea, simulating sound through vibration. Why didn't I think of it? If it were me, I would also combine it with the Mirage Crystal, which would open up the market instantly."

The so-called slightly cold expression only lasted for a few seconds. Her speech speed became faster and faster, and at the end her little face was faintly flushed with excitement.

After noticing that Lei Ye was staring at her, she paused and coughed again.

"In addition, there is a more interesting little thing that I am very interested in. When I got it, I was thinking, if it is a traditional magic storage machine."

"Skip." Lei Ye suddenly interrupted Grady.

".Huh?"

"Skip it, skip it. I've heard this term before. Forget it. I'll quickly explain it to you. The power source here is called the Magic Drive Device. It's a brand new engine I developed. This little thing is a welcome gift for you. I won't charge you for it, but I won't sell you the patent. I want to make the money myself. One more thing. According to market research, the most profitable products at the moment are sex toys. If you want to cooperate, we can discuss it in detail later."

Lei Ye spoke very quickly. Greti wanted to interrupt several times, but then her mouth froze, as if the question was answered before she could even say it. After repeating this several times, Greti's eyes became brighter and brighter.

At the end, Lei Ye took something out of his storage bag.

【Yam electric stick】

After hearing the last sentence and looking at what Lei Ye took out, Grady completely gave up on maintaining her status and slapped her thigh with excitement.

"Hey! A kindred spirit! A kindred spirit!! As soon as I saw you, I knew you were completely different from the stupid neighbors who only wanted to take advantage of my hard work. You have an amazing business talent! Oh, sorry, Master Buyadi, I didn't mean to insult your other distant relatives," Grady waved to the head maid standing behind Buyadi, "Arlene, hurry up! Go tidy up two rooms and make a pot of good tea! We have distinguished guests at Moko Castle today!"

So this is what speedrunning feels like.

Lei Ye was surprised at the change in Greti's attitude.

If he also had a favorability system, Lei Ye could be sure that after this brief negotiation, the other party's favorability towards him would probably exceed that of the previous rounds.

He was not very happy. Instead, he felt that this was a bit bad. It was okay to like cheating when playing porn, but he felt inexplicably guilty about cheating in interpersonal relationships. However, if he followed the previous process completely, he felt that everything in front of him was just a watered-down plot. Even when he recited the lines he had said before, he couldn't be sonorous and powerful, and he lacked interest.

In that case, there's no need to go through all the red tape and slowly discuss things with her. Just do it directly.

"I'll get straight to the point," Lei Ye took a deep breath and spoke a long paragraph like swallowing a mountain and a river. "Miss Grady, I'm here to ask you for help. The price must satisfy you. Let me tell you the requirements. First of all, you need to understand an inherent skill I have. Its effect is to rewind. After death, I can return to a certain saved time point with my memory. Under normal circumstances, this ability is invincible, but I found out that humans have a hypnosis skill. Facing such a skill, once I am hypnotized and save the file in the hypnotic state, everything will be ruined. So I need your help to make a magic item. There are no specific requirements. It's good enough to be able to deal with this situation."

Lei Ye panted and nodded to Greti who looked thoughtful.

"That's it. You can think about it first. By the way, if it were me, I would probably make a helmet, the kind that the Ten Thousand Female Queen wears."

Since the game will be rolled back anyway, he might as well just say it is his own skill. Lei Ye had no psychological burden when telling this little lie. After all, it was indeed more convenient to talk this way.

".I am thinking because I didn't hear clearly. Please say it again."

So Lei Ye repeated with a dark face.

After that, Grady leaned against the wall and fell into silent thought. Lei Ye saw that her expression was as serious as a stone sculpture.

After a long time, she turned to look at Lei Ye.

His expression was no longer excited, but suspicious, "Isn't this the first time we've met?"

This guy is really perceptive, Lei Ye thought.

He nodded expressionlessly.

"I see, no wonder." Grady sighed slightly, the excitement in her eyes extinguished and turned into complexity. "Anyway, I will assume that your skill is genuine. If you want to resist hypnosis, there are many ways to think about it. The simplest one is to start directly from your skill."

Yes, this is called professionalism.

Grady said as she put away the radio and took out a small identification mirror.

"You are also an engineer, so you should be able to understand this very simple principle. First, for people in a hypnotic state, a confusion mark will appear on the identification mirror."

She spread her hands and said, "Then, combine it with anything, a collar, underwear, or armor. As long as the chaotic state is detected, the magic bomb set in advance will be triggered."

"boom—"

She made an explosion gesture and said, "That's great."

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