A young love story that started with exorcism

The best raw ingredients, the exquisite cooking methods, the selection and combination of spices, and finally the precise control of the heat, each of which requires the chef to put a lot of thought into achieving.

The word to remember is heart. Only with heart can you make better dishes."

"You should kneel down at the gate of Hojo Building and think about this principle carefully." After saying that, he looked around and saw that no one wanted to ask any more questions, so he quickly called the security guard to drag this guy away.

Unfortunately, we haven't been able to uncover the true identity of the EH chat group's owner. However, we did learn some information about the group. For example, it now has only 13 members. This small number, aside from unknown reasons, is likely due to the group's desire to avoid public exposure.

But trying to find one whose name and gender are unknown and whose appearance has never been seen by anyone is not like looking for a needle in a haystack. It is like trying to catch a specific water molecule from the ocean, which is the type that you cannot catch even in your dreams.

However, today, the group owner appeared only after Takahashi Takumi had seen the EH chat group. Presumably, based on the previous two times, the level of vigilance has been greatly reduced. I may encounter it again in the next few days. If it does something stupid again, I may not be able to catch it by the tail.

After dragging Kanazawa Naoya out, Hojo Midori shared her joy with Takahashi Takumi and others.

"I've been selected for the Autumn Trials preliminaries. The competition will start next weekend. Are you interested in coming to watch?"

"Autumn Trials? There are also preliminaries?" Yotsuya Miko and the others knew nothing about the campus life of Totsuki Academy, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"The Autumn Trials are a battleground for first-year high school students. First, the top 60 students are selected from all first-year students based on their academic performance and the teachers' evaluations. They are then divided into two groups, A and B. The top four from each group advance to the quarterfinals. Finally, they compete in pairs according to the rules of Shokugeki until the champion is determined."

"Oh~ It sounds very exciting, I will definitely go." Yotsuya Miko immediately raised her hand to indicate that she wanted to go to the scene to watch it, and said that she would definitely cheer loudly for Hojo Midoriko.

"If I have nothing to do on the weekend, I will definitely go to watch it live," Yukinoshita Yukino said, adding that she also wanted to go.

Takahashi Takumi is still a little interested in Totsuki Academy. The ingredients brought back from the world of gourmet food need a chef. Hojo Midoriko is a good choice and is good at Chinese cuisine. Of course, he has to build a good relationship with such a good cook.

"Wherever Takahashi goes, I'll follow him." Kasumigaoka Utaha closed her notebook and said mysteriously, "I feel like as long as I follow Takahashi, there won't be any shortage of Hourglass Masters."

"You're still talking about this? I already told you not to compare me with that elementary school student who's a god of death. It's always the case that paranormal events occur first, and then we take action."

After Takahashi Takumi said this, Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino looked at each other and laughed and said, "Haha, although we are not elementary school students of death, we often encounter supernatural events."

Speaking of supernatural events, Yukinoshita Yukino mentioned the time when Makoto Matou jumped to his death from a school building. According to her investigation, the boys who had bullied and sexually abused Matou Matou and had been expelled are still alive and well.

"Alas~ So it's not the wronged spirits that are seeking revenge." For some reason, Yotsuya Kenko felt a little sorry.

"The possibility is not high." Yukinoshita Yukino also hoped that those scumbags would go to hell as soon as possible to accompany Matou Makoto, but they were really fine.

Furthermore, since Takahashi Takumi mentioned that Shinomiya Kaguya also jumped from a building at noon that same day, there was a possibility that the Shinomiya family's internal and external interests were involved. Therefore, a special investigation was conducted into the Shinomiya family's businesses. Their total output value exceeded 200 trillion. Recently, several highly profitable subsidiaries had experienced sudden illness or car accidents.

It was clear that the Shinomiya family was facing a blow from some individual or group. Coincidentally, Makoto Matou's father, the president of one of the subsidiaries, had been in a car accident some time ago and was currently in the hospital.

This, coupled with Miko's claim that he saw some invisible spirit watching Shinomiya Kaguya, suggests that this could be a conspiracy against the Shinomiya family. If this is the case, both Matou Makoto and Shinomiya Kaguya are simply chosen targets.

There are so many questions. It would be best to ask Shinomiya Kaguya at school tomorrow, Monday. Then, we can look for the owl on campus. We can't leave any hidden dangers. Miko and the others are just ordinary people physically. If something happens, even Takahashi Takumi can't watch over them all the time, even with Senzu Beans in his pocket. So, it would be best to let Miko and the others learn telepathy. That way, we don't have to worry about them getting into trouble all the time.

Chapter 120 Return x News

Even if Kaguya Shinomiya is not well-received in the Shinomiya family, she is still the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, and she must know more than outsiders.

Since no new victims have appeared, will this be the end? Takahashi Takumi is not sure. All the information is too scattered.

Hojo Miyoko was completely bewildered, only vaguely understanding that someone had fallen to their death from the rooftop of Takahashi Takumi's school. Everyone then realized that it was Hojo Miyoko's thank-you banquet, but they had already enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by Hojo Miyoko herself. Seeing another food battle victory was truly a huge win.

It wasn't appropriate to discuss Matou Makoto's case in front of Hojo Miyoko, so Takahashi Takumi had to abruptly change the subject: "Hojo-san, what do you think of Kanazawa Naoya, who has transformed his tongue and nose, claiming to have the "divine tongue" and "divine nose"? So, what exactly are his cooking skills like?"

Recalling the food battle with Kanazawa Naoya just now, Hojo Miyoko pondered for a moment and then said, "His cooking skills have indeed improved a lot since he was still in school.

I don't think I would have won so easily if it weren't for the super high-quality beef that Takahashi brought out. Judging from the dish he made, among the first-year students at Totsuki Academy, it would at least be at the level of being selected for the Autumn Trials preliminaries.

I feel like my level is about the same as before I went to Totsuki Resort for training."

Having said that, even if Kanazawa Naoya has the successfully transformed Divine Tongue and Divine Nose, his score in the Autumn Selection Qualifiers is around 70 to 80 points. In previous years, he might have made it to the quarterfinals, but this year is the Jade Generation of Medicine King, so if you don't have 90 points, you'd better not speak too loudly.

"The Divine Tongue and Divine Nose are truly impressive," Yotsuya Miko said with emotion. "A person who was expelled from school has become almost as good as the top students. I'm so envious. But then again, what about your school's official Divine Tongue owner, Erina Nakiri? Where does she rank among the top ten?"

When mentioning Erina Nakiri, there was a bit of longing in Hojo Midori's eyes, and she briefly introduced Erina Nakiri's basic information.

"Erina Nakiri is the tenth of the Ten Elites of Totsuki Academy. She's in the same first year as me, but she's already been selected as one of the Ten Elites. This is a first in history. To be honest, I'm not even as good as her right now.

It is said that she was born with a divine tongue and worked as a supervisor at a famous restaurant since she was young. Her comments can influence the future of a restaurant.

Having said that, Hojo Midori clenched her fists and expressed confidence that she must perform well in the autumn selection competition, and will definitely become one of the top ten in the future, and let everyone prove her strength.

After the banquet, Takahashi Takumi and others were about to leave. Before leaving, Takahashi Takumi left some ingredients brought back from the gourmet captives to Hojo Midoriko.

Seeing so many wonderful ingredients, Miyoko Hojo vowed: "I will study the secrets of these ingredients carefully. Not only will I make them more delicious, but I will also use ordinary ingredients to replicate their taste. In the future, I will also create dishes that taste even better than them."

As for the big peaches that can improve physical fitness, Takahashi Takumi was not stingy and gave one to each of the girls, leaving no one behind.

Looking at the big peach in her hand, Yukinoshita Yukino said thank you with a blushing face, then looked nervously at Yotsuya Miko, Kasumigaoka Utaha and Hojo Midoriko beside her. It seemed that she wanted to do something to Takahashi Takumi, but she was stared at by several girls and finally realized that she had done nothing wrong, so she got into the car with a blushing face and went back.

"Really? What is Yukino so shy about?" Hojo Miyoko muttered to herself, watching Yukinoshita's expression. Then she saw Takahashi Takumi also preparing to get on the bus back. His tall figure overlapped with the image of him saving her on the rooftop that day. Her heart trembled, and she finally understood why Yukinoshita was so shy.

However, Hojo Midori did not back down. Under the gazes of Yotsuya Miko and Kasumigaoka Utaha, she opened her arms and gave Takahashi Takumi a big hug.

Facing Hojo Miyoko's dribbling collision, Takahashi Takumi felt the softness on his chest and wanted to dribble back with a two-handed dribble, but as a gentleman he certainly couldn't do that.

He just gave Hojo Midori a gentle hug, then got in the car and left.

"Why can Midori hug Takahashi-kun?" In the car, Utaha Kasumigaoka saw Takahashi Takumi being separated by Yotsuya Miko again, and immediately complained to Yotsuya Miko with great dissatisfaction.

"Miyoko, that was a proper hug, different from yours, Senior."

"What's the difference? Miyoko's breasts are bigger than mine, okay? She can hug Takahashi-kun like that, so why can't I even hold his hand when I want to be with him?"

In response to Kasumigaoka Utaha's complaints, Yotsuya Miko blushed and pressed her into the window seat to prevent her from getting close to Takahashi Takumi.

Takumi Takahashi was watching the two beautiful girls entangled with each other with great interest, and even took out a white apple and started to eat it. This life is so sweet.

After finally returning home from a long day of traveling, Takahashi Takumi sat in the empty living room, bored, turning on the TV to see if there were any pornographic pay-per-view programs. Unexpectedly, he saw the news. Well, keeping up with current affairs is also what young people today should do.

"Three bodies were found today at the XX Golf Course: two men and one woman, an elderly man, and a young man and woman.

One of the female corpses showed signs of having been eaten. Strangely, body tissue belonging to the female corpse was found in the mouth and stomach of the young male corpse next to her; one of the arms of another elderly corpse was cut off by an unknown weapon, and the severed arm also had bite marks. According to the investigation, it was the young male who bit it.

What happened in this little villa at that time..."

"According to the investigation, the young man's body was the owner of the famous Anglela Hotel in Tokyo, the elderly man was his housekeeper, and the young woman was his secretary. Our reporters' interviews have revealed that several missing persons cases are related to the Anglela Hotel. The specific details of the cases are under further investigation."

"Next, let's invite our special commentator to tell us whether this incident is related to the missing persons case."

"...The body of the owner of the Anglelala Hotel is quite unusual. The nails on his hands are like ten daggers. This obviously can't be an ordinary person, so I think..."

Bang, the signal is interrupted!

The news commentator's signal was cut off before he could finish his words. It seems that the authorities still know something.

Chapter 121 Seven Star Dragon Ball

It was almost midnight, and Takahashi Takumi's system mall still had two unused refreshes this week.

This can't be wasted. After twelve o'clock, there will be three more refresh opportunities, so there are a total of five refresh opportunities, and I'm sure I can get the best!

Turn off the lights, turn on the faucet, put the small stool on the sofa and sit on it. OJBK, mall, refresh!

Sprite, Fanta, 7UP, Coca-Cola, Pepsi... a series of carbonated drinks, and the last tenth box was actually Kangshoufu iced black tea.

What's going on? Did the ritual go awry? Why are there so many carbonated drinks? Takahashi Takumi hasn't had these drinks in ages, but if he wants them, he can just go to a convenience store and buy them. Why is the system pushing them?

Could it be that Tuntun is not favored by the system?

When I was a leopard head in Yuan Moushen, I was still a hoarder. I accumulated 300 draws to fight the Night Orchid pool, but in the end I only got one Night Orchid, a toothpick and a handful of mint. In the end, I exchanged it for Starlight and dug out the spare resources on the map before I could barely get a Night Orchid with one life.

Is the past repeating itself? No, my fate is in my own hands, I'm going to smoke! With sacrifice comes ambition, and I dare to change the sun and the moon for a new world. I don't believe you can come up with ten more pieces of garbage!

With a wave of his hand, he continued to refresh the mall.

RTX1050, RTX1050Ti, RTX1060/6G, RTX1060Ti...RTX2060, haha, what the hell are all those? Aren't these the 10-series and 20-series graphics cards from previous generations? Now they're all 40-series, and why are they all from Huang? Huang is abandoning the DIY market for gamers and focusing on AI chips, so why do they need you to promote them?

Is this currency system A black, looking down on Su Ma's graphics card? My Platinum full blood 588 can fight for another 10 years!

Besides, Takumi Takahashi is now a successful time traveler and hasn't been to Tuba for a long time. There are no trash people here.

Did I use up all my luck getting Senzu Beans before, so now all I have are useless things?

It was already 11:59 PM, and the second hand on the clock was approaching twelve o'clock. Finally, with a click, the second hand reached the top. However, it wasn't twelve o'clock, but midnight!

The system mall's refresh frequency returned to three times a week. At this moment, Takahashi Takumi clicked refresh again. The system mall refreshed again.

First grid: Sunflower Book/50 energy points

Comment: If you want to practice magical skills, you must first castrate yourself; even if you don't castrate yourself, you can still succeed. P.S.: Some people are not born male.

Oh, if any man needs this secret book, Takumi Takahashi expressed his willingness to help him with all his heart. After all, he was a brave man who dared to draw his sword at his second brother under his crotch. Such a strong-minded brother must help him realize his dream of becoming a hero in the martial arts world.

Second grid: Madman's Diary/1 energy

Evaluation: A certain gentleman is a brother, whose name is hidden for now.

Takumi Takahashi said that he had written a review after reading the book in the past. Mr.'s masterpiece can now be purchased online. Is there any need to buy it here?

The third grid: bamboo dragonfly / 10 energy points

Comment: A robot cat with a dimensional pocket is for sale. It has a payload of 500kg, a maximum altitude of 500m, a maximum speed of 50km/h, and a flight time of 5 hours. It will self-destruct after use.

Such a great thing is actually a one-time product. When I saw Doraemon bring this thing out as a kid, who wouldn't want one? Even though it's a one-time product now, Takahashi Takumi is still tempted. But thinking about the possibility of even better products coming down the line, he held back for now and watched it through before making any further comments.

Fourth grid: I am a cat / 10 energy points

Comments: This card grants the ability to grow cat ears and a tail. It can be used in half, lasts for one hour, and has a cooldown of one day.

A special effects card? Besides adding cat ears and a tail, it has no other effect. Who would want one? Cat lover Yukinoshita Yukino might want one, but the macho Takumi Takahashi naturally has no interest.

Fifth grid: I am a dog / 10 energy points

Comments: This card allows you to grow dog ears and a tail. It can be used in half, lasts for one hour, and has a cooldown of one day.

Just now the cat special effects card came, and now the dog special effects card is here. Takahashi Takumi is neither a cat fan nor a dog fan, so he is not interested in growing cat ears and a cat tail or dog ears and a dog tail.

Sixth grid: Transformation Potion/10 energy points

Review: In a different world where sex shops are rampant, this is a shop's signature product, selling the pleasure of experiencing the other sex. It allows you to completely transform into the other sex within three hours, so enjoy it to your heart's content.

Bah, what a vulgar product. Takahashi Takumi believes that he has been familiar with the Spring and Autumn Annals since he was a child, and is very resistant to this kind of self-indulgent hedonistic product. He decides to buy 10 bottles first, and he must criticize this kind of hedonism severely in the future.

The seventh grid: Dragon Ball/1000 energy points

Comment: This is the Seven-Star Dragon Ball. There are seven Dragon Balls in total, ranging from one to seven stars. Collect all seven Dragon Balls to summon the Dragon God. Make a wish to the Dragon God and you will get everything you want.

Oh my god, there is such a thing? Takahashi Takumi was stunned. This is the Dragon Ball! If he collected a set of seven Dragon Balls, he would be truly invincible in the world.

But this Dragon Ball only costs 1000 energy points? Isn't that too cheap?

Calm down! Takahashi Takumi took a few deep breaths before holding back his hand. Thinking carefully, even though each of the seven Dragon Balls only cost 1000 energy points, no one had said the next one would also cost 1000 energy points. Perhaps the next one would cost 2000 energy points, the next one 4000, and so on, until the final one had 64000 energy points, for a total of 12 energy points.

This amount might be a reasonable price. After all, it is a dragon ball that can summon a dragon that can grant wishes. It is worth it just for the purpose of resurrecting the dead.

But besides the energy point issue, will you still be able to spawn Dragon Balls next time? Is it certain that you'll get a full set of seven Dragon Balls in this lifetime? If not, then the Dragon Balls you purchased earlier are useless, and the energy points you spent are wasted.

Investing involves risks. Is it worth buying?

After some ideological struggle, Takahashi Takumi's energy points were successfully reduced by 1000 points.

How dare you refuse a gift from heaven? Now that you've got it, there's no reason to let it go. Even if you regret buying it later, it's better than regretting not buying it later.

Besides, 1000 points of energy are still within the tolerable range. Looking at the energy points that are still over ten thousand, Takahashi Takumi is looking at this Seven-Star Dragon Ball with great joy. The pattern of seven stars and a dragon makes people like it more and more.

After playing with it for a while, I put it in my personal space, so I don’t have to worry about losing it.

What will appear when you look at the products below?

Chapter 122: Lunch in the Service Department

Eighth grid: Quadrant/1 energy

Comment: A tool used to measure the latitude of celestial bodies.

Isn't this a tool used in early navigation? Who still uses it now that we have satellite navigation? While early maritime exploration was made possible by it, the sextant, a more accurate tool, was later developed. So, are you buying this as a family heirloom?

Ninth grid: White pistol-Gaser/1 energy

Comment: The weapon of a certain vampire lord. A 13mm pistol, armed with silver baptism bullets forged from the cross of Lanchester Cathedral. It's highly effective against vampires.

Isn't this the pistol used by Akado in Hell's Song? It's a massive pistol, too large for ordinary humans to handle—it could practically be called a hand cannon. However, because it's an early-generation pistol, it couldn't harm Father Andersen.

Could it be that another weapon is next?