Chapter 80: Three Consecutive Strategy Machines

At noon on August 2nd, Yun Xuan walked out of Dongjing Airport. He hailed a car and headed straight for the Culinary Academy.

Half an hour later, in a quaint courtyard of the Culinary Academy.

“Mr. Yun Xuan, welcome to the Culinary Academy. May I ask what brings you here this time?” The academy’s director, Sanjo Kamikawa, sat opposite Yun Xuan and spoke.

“I’m here for only one thing. It’s said that Director Sanjo Kamikawa possesses a certain mobile phone. That’s exactly what I came for,” Yun Xuan replied, sipping his hot tea.

“A mobile phone? What do you know, Mr. Yun Xuan?” Sanjo Kamikawa’s expression changed.

“Director Sanjo, the Culinary Academy appears to flourish, but in reality, it’s merely a school under the Food Management Society. Are you content to let the Culinary Academy remain just a school, and not a true sanctuary of gastronomy?” Yun Xuan smiled, shifting the topic.

“What exactly do you mean?” Sanjo Kamikawa frowned.

“I can gift you three original recipes for free. With these, you can spark new innovation within the Culinary Academy, assuring its future. This colossus will never grow old,” Yun Xuan stated, word by word.

“Are you serious?” Sanjo Kamikawa’s eyes widened. Three original recipes were enough to temporarily turn the Culinary Academy into a culinary sanctuary. If they could inspire the students’ creativity, the academy might even surpass the Food Management Society.

“Of course. Provided you hand me that mobile phone,” Yun Xuan smiled.

“Let me think about it.” Sanjo Kamikawa took a deep breath.

On one hand was the academy’s standing, on the other, his father’s relic. Which weighed more? Sanjo Kamikawa sighed.

“I accept,” Sanjo Kamikawa stood up and said.

A notification chimed: “Congratulations, host, you’ve received 100 exchange points. Your space backpack has gained 10 slots. Universal ability: traversal.”

Yun Xuan gazed at the super notebook and a set of silver chef’s tools in his hands.

The owner of this strategy device was from the world of Food Wars, an ordinary student at Totsuki Academy. With the exchange points accumulated, only the super computer and these silver chef’s tools were redeemed.

Silver Chef’s Tools: Silver-grade equipment, improves knife skills, with a 30% chance for the wielder to create dishes with a 10% special effect.

“Silver-grade equipment?” Yun Xuan bound it right away, intrigued.

Only he could bind and use silver-grade equipment. More importantly, if he threw it, it would automatically return to his hand.

Wasn’t this a hidden weapon? An infinite flying knife?

Ten thousand exchange points to traverse once to Totsuki Academy? Yun Xuan wasn’t interested; perhaps he would go someday in the future.

Staying at the Culinary Academy, Yun Xuan had come quietly this time, with secret plans for the night.

He took out the super notebook and began controlling the Thunder Shield system. The task wasn’t easy, but thankfully, the basic AI was no less capable than he was.

The basic intelligence from the smartphone had long since had a subroutine placed in the super notebook.

Even with both approaches, it was still challenging.

Night, nine o’clock.

Yun Xuan rode his bicycle toward St. Sakura Girls’ High School. The night breeze brushed past, and his heart raced.

The roadside cameras were controlled by the basic AI, looping footage of the nighttime scene, allowing Yun Xuan to travel unimpeded.

Just the thought of infiltrating St. Sakura Girls’ High School at night thrilled Yun Xuan.

In less than twenty minutes, he finally saw the school’s main gate.

St. Sakura Girls’ High School resembled a typical anime high school, perfectly ordinary, yet it was a world-class institution.

Yun Xuan dared not be careless. He quickly disabled the cameras and headed for the principal’s office.

The dormitory was far from this teaching building, and since it was nighttime, Yun Xuan only needed to be cautious about what lay ahead.

He silently arrived at the principal’s office. The automatic doors here were either controlled by the Thunder Shield system or simply absent.

Yun Xuan was about to push open the principal’s office door when he noticed it wasn’t locked.

“This…” Yun Xuan was speechless. It was a peculiar situation—nine o’clock and someone was still in the principal’s office?

With no other choice, Yun Xuan summoned Snow and entered battle mode, opening the door.

As soon as the door opened, Yun Xuan covered his nose at the sight before him.

On the desk, two women in professional dress were down to only their skirts, tightly embracing each other, a thin strand of saliva connecting their tongues.

“This really is the daily life of a girls’ high school.” Yun Xuan looked closely, snapped a photo for posterity, took the strategy device from the cabinet, and left.

He left no fingerprints or footprints, departing St. Sakura Girls’ High School without a trace.

Glancing back at the principal’s office, Yun Xuan couldn’t help but let his imagination wander.

A notification chimed: “Congratulations, host, you’ve received 1000 exchange points. Your space backpack has gained 10 slots. Universal ability: traversal.”

“A fantasy world?” Yun Xuan looked at the notebook, surprised it wasn’t from an anime.

According to the notebook, the fantasy world was a Western magical realm, inhabited by beastmen, warriors, mages, demons, and fallen angels.

The traverser there was a tavern owner; the backpack contained only the notebook and 1000 exchange points, nothing else.

The handwriting suggested it was a woman.

“This is another high-risk world. Better not go for now,” Yun Xuan shook his head.

“Congratulations, host, you’ve collected more than half the strategy devices. Strategy device search function unlocked. Would you like to spend 1000 exchange points to search for the device location?” came the voice of the cat-eared girl, Meow Meow.

“Search,” Yun Xuan replied without hesitation.

“Ding! Strategy device found, located at the Sasaki residence,” Meow Meow announced. A virtual screen appeared, displaying a map with a flashing red dot at the Sasaki residence.

“Sasaki residence? Could it be…” Yun Xuan recalled an anime.

The next morning, Yun Xuan left the Culinary Academy, leaving behind the three least impressive original recipes.

Sanjo Kamikawa was very satisfied. Even if they couldn’t spark innovation, they could bring in tens of millions annually.

Yun Xuan arrived near the Sasaki residence, activated battle mode to freeze time, and swaggered in to take the strategy device.

With the sixth strategy device in hand, Yun Xuan didn’t linger, flying out of the island nation.

As for what happened after it was taken? No need to worry. When Yun Xuan took the device, he left a high-quality replica, chosen by the basic AI and crafted by Yun Xuan himself.

Whether at St. Sakura Girls’ High School or the Sasaki residence, unless someone opened the device, they’d never notice.

On the plane.

A notification chimed: “Congratulations, host, you’ve received 1000 exchange points. Your space backpack has gained 10 slots. Universal ability: traversal.”

Yun Xuan looked at the uniform and samurai sword in his space backpack. It was indeed him—famous and bearing the Sasaki name.

(Five hundred years of eating and drinking without satisfaction—am I not the unluckiest of all? Please vote for recommendations.)