Witch Special

It's another day of doing nothing, a day that can be called a wage thief.

As the clock finally jumped from 59 to 00, Lin Zhenxi relaxed like a deflated balloon. She glanced at the parchment magic circle diagram on her desk, which had consumed her entire day's work, yet had only added a few minor runes compared to yesterday. She felt deeply the difficulty of her chosen goal.

As expected, great magic wasn't easy to create, especially since she had chosen a path so different from others. However, thinking back on the miracles she had witnessed along the way—these could be called great magic—and the great magicians who had mastered and wielded them, Lin Zhenxi didn't feel overly frustrated, but rather filled with anticipation. Although her great magic was currently struggling, she believed that the path she had chosen was the right one, and as long as she persevered, the future would be bright. All she had to do now was persevere. Sooner or later, her great magic, blended with science, would shine with its own brilliance, just like those of her predecessors.

But it is still difficult... In order to create an extreme environment that can decompose mass into energy, do we need ultra-high temperature or ultra-high pressure?

Or is it both? Or is it that all that's needed is magic power? With enough magic power, one can perform miracles?

Never mind, today's work is over! I'll leave the next thought for tomorrow! Lin Zhenxi rolled up the parchment that he had poured all his efforts into recently and found a suitable gap on the bookshelf to insert it.

Well, the reason why Yanyan always needs to help find things is because Lin Zhenxi always likes to throw things around, finding a place that she likes and then just tossing it away. With her behavior like this, it would be a wonder if she can find things.

But that's also where the Black Cat familiar comes into play, right? If the wizard can do everything himself, then what's the point of having a familiar, right?

"Yanyan, turn off the lights, we're getting off work." Lin Zhenxi skillfully untied her hair tie and tied her ponytail into a round bun, while speaking to the black cat who was staring at the ornamental fish swimming slowly in the big fish tank without turning her head.

The black cat smacked its lips twice, reluctantly averting its gaze from the plump-looking fish, and flicked the light switch. Lin Zhenxi's office was suddenly plunged into darkness, with only the small light strip in the fish tank still emitting a dim, soft glow.

Lin Zhenxi was already standing at the door waiting. When the black cat floated over and sat on her shoulder, she closed the office door, officially announcing the end of "work (mo) (yu)" for the day.

"Hey, Maki, let's go down and eat fish later."

"Grilled fish? Or fried fish?"

"Sanma!"

"The saury is only available with the sake set, but I don't like sake. Let's try something else."

"I want saury, meow, saury, saury~~~~"

"If you pull my hair again, you won't be able to do anything today."

"Saury QAQ"

"Tsk, alright, saury is saury, I can just order something else."

"Long live the saury, meow!"

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Although Lin Zhenxi's daily work was just "on call" in the office when there were no commissions, she was free to do whatever she wanted. However, she was the kind of person who would forget everything around her when she was immersed in research. Especially when she was figuring out which magic runes to fill in her magic circle to achieve the desired effect, she would often leave work in the blink of an eye.

In short, she often forgets to eat lunch, and even if she remembers, she will just ask her familiar, Dark Demon, to find something to eat for her. So every night when she gets off work, she will be starving, her stomach sticking to her back, and her body is in urgent need of energy.

But in fact, this feeling of hunger is also part of what she pursues every day, because only when she is hungry can she have the best feeling when she enjoys delicious food.

Every day after get off work, Lin Zhenxi would seek out well-regarded restaurants and enjoy a relaxing meal. Lately, she'd set her sights on a Japanese restaurant owned by a skilled chef, and she'd been sampling every dish on their menu. She had no intention of moving on until she'd tried every dish on the menu.

New Blue City is an extremely prosperous modern metropolis, even a city of the near future. New technologies, influenced by aliens, are always first applied in New Blue City, then gradually spread to the surrounding areas and even the world. New Blue City is always exposed to the latest innovations, some even having been used there for a year or two before becoming popular worldwide through the promotion of commercial companies.

So, New Blue Market is a barometer of global trends. If you want to know what the future holds and what might become popular, then come to New Blue Market and you'll definitely find what you're looking for.

Against this backdrop, countless people flocked to New Blue City, desperately trying to gain a foothold. They firmly believed that this city, representing the future, held countless opportunities, and that their share belonged to them. Of course, the vast majority of people in this world lacked talent, so even if they managed to squeeze into the New Blue City ecosystem, the end result was nothing more than a mess, leaving them dejectedly with their tails between their legs, packing their bags, and leaving this heartbreaking place that brought them endless painful memories.

Xinlan City does not believe in tears.

However, Lin Zhenxi wasn't among them, as she was one of the first to arrive in Xinlan City. The number on her residence permit was a rather unusual four-digit number, indicating that when she arrived, the city's population was less than 10,000. Now, I heard that the numbers issued by Xinlan City residence permits are already eight digits, making it a veritable metropolis of tens of millions.

Of course, just as some left because they couldn't adapt, others stayed because they could adapt. In fact, there were quite a few such people. Countless craftsmen with dreams of success in New Blue City were successful. While there were certainly more failures, only the successful ones were worthy of being remembered.

The restaurant industry is easily the easiest to establish in New Blue City. Anyone with a unique skill and the ability to create culinary delights will be generously rewarded by New Blue City. Consequently, a large number of exceptional chefs flock to New Blue City, becoming head chefs at major hotels or renting small shops in remote corners. In short, these chefs are like hidden treasures in this city, waiting for every "adventurer" to discover them.

Lin Zhenxi is such a "hunter" who searches for gourmet treasures.

After leaving the company building, Lin Zhenxi hailed a hovercar on the street and told the autonomous driving AI where she wanted to go. As the advertisement blared, "Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy a safe and comfortable journey. Denuo Travel, your best choice for travel," the hovercar quietly started up, smoothly merging into traffic and heading towards a small Japanese restaurant not far away.

Not long after, the hovercar stopped in the middle of a two-way, single-lane urban bypass. Lin Zhenxi, holding onto the door he had opened, exited the vehicle. The onboard AI said, "Thank you for your patronage. Welcome back to Denor." It then deducted the starting price for the hovercar rental from Lin Zhenxi's personal account. The distance was so short that the meter wouldn't even tick.

It wasn't that Lin Zhenxi was lazy... well, she was just being lazy. But she usually skipped lunch or only ate a small amount, and she was currently starving. Forcing her to walk for more than ten minutes to find food in this state would be too cruel.

In short, she is just doing it herself, but this is the lifestyle she chose, so there is nothing much to say.

After getting off the bus, I saw a small shop with red and white as the main colors. Unlike other shops that have plaques above the door, this shop's name is written on the door curtain.

"Tonight's wine"

Lifting the double curtains, Lin Zhenxi walked into the store with the black cat.

This was a small izakaya-style restaurant. A circle of high stools anchored to the floor surrounded the front counter. Several customers had already ordered drinks or set meals and were engrossed in their meals. The sound of soft, elegant music echoed through the restaurant. Although the quiet atmosphere was somewhat diluted by the aroma and aroma of alcohol that permeated the air, it still subconsciously made people lower their voices.

This wasn't a bar that primarily sold alcohol, after all. Since there was a bar where drinking was more important than eating, there were also individual tables for those who came purely for food. Lin Zhenxi found a table in the corner, surrounded by greenery, and picked up the menu.

The black cat floated on the menu, staring at Lin Maki, and kept poking the "Salt-grilled Saury and Sake Set Meal" on the menu with its furry tail.

"Maki, saury-nyan~~"

"Okay, okay, let's have the saury. I really can't do anything about you." Lin Zhenxi had a gloomy face and gave up the fried chicken, barley and beer set meal that she was supposed to order according to the order. She put a check mark on the salt-grilled saury and sake set meal, and then handed the menu to the ordering robot that was already waiting on the side.

The ordering robot ate the menu, said to Lin Zhenxi, "Your order is complete, enjoy your meal," and then squatted back in the corner to wait.

After browsing her personal terminal for ten minutes and being bombarded with a string of silly short videos, the robot brought a tray and placed the set meal ordered by Lin Zhenxi in front of her.

A sizzling, oily, salt-grilled saury cut in half, a bottle of sake, and half a sour lemon.

There was also a potato salad dotted with onion whiskers, a vegetable salad with salad dressing stretched horizontally and vertically, and two skewers of fried asparagus dipped in a little cumin.

Miss Lin Zhenxi's meal tonight is also delicious.