People in Zongman: My Dimensional Cuisine

Chapter 295 Everyone is a Star, Kuro Reid's Cunning (Please Subscribe~)

Bathed in moonlight, the woman's long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, smooth as silk. It was hard to tell whether it was due to the atmosphere or the events of the day.

The woman sat alone by a pillar, quietly watching the moon. Her black dress, adorned with a butterfly print, combined with her current appearance, created a unique and captivating beauty.

There's a saying that's quite true: if you think someone is ugly, they'll look ugly even driving a Ferrari; if you think someone is beautiful, they'll look beautiful even picking up trash. Although most of the time it doesn't have much to do with looks.

A gentle breeze blew by, lifting the woman's long, black hair before it slowly fell down. The woman exhaled a breath of smoke, and moonlight fell, shining through the smoke onto her delicate and aloof face. For a moment, her long, black hair cascaded down her jade-like shoulders, giving her a unique and ethereal beauty.

The woman said softly, "I think the worst decision I ever made was agreeing to go see such an absurd thing with you before you, you scheming bespectacled guy, died."

Kuro Reid said with a smile, "In any case, time is torture for me, but for you..."

"Am I not?"

"You can understand it as me being a bit stronger, so no matter what, it's better for the slightly weaker one to survive, right?"

The woman paused, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said with a playful smile, "That's true~ If you weren't strong enough, I should have already returned to nature by now... But do you really think I should continue to persevere through time?"

Kuro Reid turned to look at the moon surrounded by countless stars and said softly, "No matter how powerful we are, we are ultimately just a star emitting a faint light. Stars only become conspicuous in the night sky when they appear in clusters, and only then do they realize their value before they shatter."

The woman said softly, "You... are you even considered a star?"

"At most, it's like a star—I think that's a pretty apt analogy."

The woman thought for a moment and said with a hint of helplessness, "That's true. After all, the death of a star involves many things. You are a case in point; even in death, you bring a lot of trouble..."

"So, dying like this is easier, isn't it?"

"How could you say something so irresponsible, leaving behind such a mess? I don't know whether to call you a kind-hearted villain~"

Kuro Reid paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Although I am, in a sense, the villain who started everything, don't you think I'm more like a tragic character in an opera?"

"I don't think so, because your smiling face doesn't convey any sadness to me, but I do see a mischievous, scheming side to you..."

Kuro Reid laughed and said, "I won't argue with you this time, because I have a really interesting idea on my head right now~"

The woman chuckled and said, "Hmm? You're admitting it yourself? That's really something! Tell me about it, I'm looking forward to it!"

"Didn't Fei-Wang want to revive you?"

"so what?"

Kuro Reid smiled and pushed up his glasses, saying, "If you were to come back to life in another world, existing outside of the dimensions and timelines of this world, what would Fei-Wang be like when you return?"

The woman paused, then chuckled, still puffing on her pipe, and said, "I have to say, this might be the most interesting prank you've ever played. Fei-Wang might break down in all sorts of ways~"

Kuro Reid thought for a moment and said, "So, under these circumstances, my existence is unnecessary, but I will still leave behind a continuation of my life..."

"I hope you won't let me spend endless time in endless loneliness and confusion..."

"I'm glad you're starting to wish time would flow..."

"I'm just hoping for some kind of redemption, some kind of life."

"So-called redemption, so-called life, are all empty words, just grand pronouncements. Everything depends on how you choose to proceed after returning to the river of time..."

The woman looked at the exceptionally bright moon and said softly, "The moon tonight is truly beautiful in every sense of the word..."

"Hmm...time's almost up..."

"Midnight...that's still a long way off..."

"Maybe chatting will make the time pass faster~"

"I'd rather look at the moon more often. Time and you are torture for me, but seeing you, this cunning bespectacled guy, being tortured, suddenly makes me feel that it's not so bad~"

Kuro Reid simply smiled, the second hand of his pocket watch ticking away, second by second, minute by minute. For these two who had betrayed time and grasped an existence they shouldn't have, this torment was both agony and anticipation.

At that moment, Bai Yu suddenly sensed something was amiss. He felt a... calling from deep within his heart. Bai Yu looked up at the shop entrance and said softly, "Tonight's customers seem... to be of a higher quality..."

Lucifer asked in confusion, "Hmm? Why do you say that? Do you know who the next guest will be? That's really impressive!"

Bai Yu shook his head and said, "No, I don't know, but I can vaguely feel something strange. Let's not talk about that for now. Xiao Qiong, what are you doing?"

"Huh? Nothing, just browsing social media~ Brother Baiyu, you seem to be updating your status quite frequently lately~ And I feel like a lot of people will notice if you post like this~"

"Wouldn't that be better? Then there would be more customers!"

"That's true~ But Brother Baiyu, your album seems to have been updated with photos from the previous matches~ I guess it was added by Sister Qiluoli and the others~"

"Who knows? Anyway, they're always logging into my social media accounts when I'm not online."

Looking at the two people chatting so naturally in front of him, Lucifer felt dumbfounded. Bai Yu even had a social media account, and they were both logged in and updated it frequently, yet he didn't know!

Thinking about how I'm often stuffed to the point of bursting, yet exhausted and with a sore back, I had no idea this jerk had social media accounts! I didn't even tell her!

"Humph!"

Lucifer, growing angrier the more he thought about it, snorted again. Bai Yu glanced at Lucifer and then smiled. He knew why Lucifer was acting this way, but it seemed Lucifer genuinely didn't know; the main reason was that he had forgotten...

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Chapter 296 Kazami Yuuka Realizes the Depths of Human Nature, a Cute Contrast (Please Subscribe~)

Lucifer is currently very unhappy. Although it's a small problem, it's still annoying. Moreover, Lucifer can't ask now, otherwise Kasugano Sora will definitely laugh him to death!

hum!

Lucifer's phone beeped with a message notification. She glanced down and saw that Bai Yu had sent her something. After reading it, she smiled and thought, "This bastard has a conscience after all!"

That's right, Bai Yu sent over the accounts and other things that Lucifer wanted. Lucifer was naturally very eager to start browsing Bai Yu's updates in a treasure hunt style, and would occasionally pause in surprise.

"Huh? Why do so many people know this...?"

"Huh? Who's this Yukimura Seiichi...?"

"Hmm? What a strange name... It feels like a pen name..."

"Huh?! Kirari isn't asleep yet...? Coffee, what coffee...?"

Watching Lucifer's expressions shift from furrowing her brows to twitching her lips as she tried to suppress a smile, Bai Yu shook his head helplessly. This little queen was as easy to talk to as ever.

Kazami Yuuka turned to look at Shiraha with some confusion and asked, "Don't you have any guests here?"

"It's alright~ Occasionally there are a few more, but never more than twenty~ What's wrong?"

Kazami Yuuka said softly, "You really are a strange person..."

"Hmm? Why do you say that?"

Kazami Yuuka said meaningfully, "With your culinary skills, you shouldn't be opening a shop in a place where you can tell there's no one around just by looking out the window, especially a restaurant that needs customers the most."

Bai Yu said with a smile, "This is the same question again. If that's the case, then Ms. Kazami might not be the only one here. There might be quite a few people chatting and making noise here."

Not long ago, she learned from Shiraha that she could come back here again. She could just find any door and think of this place. After thinking about it for a moment, Kazami Yuuka realized that if the shop was noisy and chaotic, she might just destroy the thing that was disturbing her fun. After all, she planned to come here from time to time to enjoy life.

Just as Kazami Yuuka was about to say something, she heard Shiraha say with a smile, "Besides, if we open it in a busy place, and if guests from another world come, it might even make the news~"

Yuuka Kazami nodded subtly and said softly, "That makes sense, but if that's the case, then you really are..."

"Of course, there's also the most crucial point: if it were a busy place, we wouldn't have guests like you, Ms. Kazami~"

Kazami Yuuka was taken aback, raised an eyebrow, and said in a puzzled tone, "Me? Interesting?"

Kazami Yuuka was a little stunned. It seemed to be the first time someone had ever said she was interesting, especially a human, a human man. She suddenly became very curious about what Shiraha meant by "interesting".

After all, no one had noticed this, but Bai Yu brought it up. She actually cares a lot about other people's positive comments about her... What a load of rubbish!

All Kazami Yuuka wants to do right now is shout: "Give me back my expectations! I (swear)! I'm canceling my expectations! Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha warning!"

Just now, under Kazami Yuuka's somewhat expectant expression, Shiraha casually remarked, "Because Kazami-san seems to have a queen-like aura, I was wondering if there would be any unexpected contrast, would it be intentionally... cute~"

Kazami Yuuka's lips twitched. Was this man truly someone she couldn't control? She said, her lips still twitching, "You... were you just saying 'is this interesting?'"

"Hmm? Kazami-san seems sleepy and is having some auditory hallucinations. I just said 'cute'~"

Kazami Yuuka's lips twitched as she looked at Shiraha, whose expression remained unchanged. Goodness, he really did have a flawless expression. But Kazami Yuuka was also wondering, whether it was interesting or not, was the word "cute" meant for her?

Kazami Yuuka thought for a moment about what she would be like in contrast, but she couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time. In the end, she decided to ask this human, the only one she couldn't quite control, again.

What kind of contrast are you referring to?

"For example, saying funny things when drunk, or feeling a flutter of excitement when seeing something cute, or feeling wronged or frustrated about something but holding it in, and so on~"

Kazami Yuuka's eye twitched slightly, and she said in confusion, "Are you saying I would do that?"

"It seems like Kazami-san won't do that?"

"This is inevitable!"

Shiraha said with amusement, "It's precisely because even you, Kazami-san, don't know what will happen that this contrast is so interesting, isn't it?"

"Um... let's put the first two aside for now, but the third... are you sure this will happen?"

Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, "Miss Kazami, what is the thing you most want to protect and cherish?"

"Flowers, and my flower field... What are you trying to say?"

Kazami Yuuka suddenly had a bad feeling. This man who had always been controlling her seemed about to give her a critical hit, but she didn't believe she would do that.

Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, "If you, Ms. Kazami, went home and found your flower field burned down, and you couldn't beat that person in a fight, and were instead transported to a desolate, plantless other world where plants would die as soon as they were planted, and then, after finally managing to grow a pot of flowers, they were eaten by animals, and before you could even be happy about growing another pot of flowers, you were transported back again, how would you feel?"

Kazami Yuuka stared at Shiraha with her beautiful eyes in disbelief. Kasugano Sora, Lucifer, and the others also looked at Shiraha with strange expressions. Goodness, this guy isn't just frustrated, he's about to collapse... his blood pressure must be soaring!

Kazami Yuuka stared at Shiraha for a long time before finally saying blankly, "You're actually the devil, aren't you...?"

Kazami Yuuka had just thought about that scene, and it was really too outrageous. Could Shiraha really say something so devilish? As expected, this man was someone she couldn't control.

All she wanted to say was, "Are you there? Why do you always scare this delicate and gentle seventeen-year-old girl? Why do you always want to see her looking so wronged? This world is so dark..."

However, Yuuka Kazami quickly realized that even if she couldn't go back, she could still come to the shop. How could she be in another world? She was certain that this human man was just trying to scare her!

This was the first time in her life she had felt so frustrated, and there was nothing she could do but turn her head away and look at the flowers on the windowsill. Looking at him was less appealing than looking at the flowers. How could such a cunning man grow such beautiful flowers? It was illogical!

When Lucifer saw this scene, all she could say was, "This is all too familiar to her, incredibly familiar!"

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Chapter 297 Kuro Reid Returns, Another Queen (Please Subscribe~)

Kazami Yuuka decided that if she came to dine here in the future, she would definitely try to avoid talking to Shiraha, otherwise she might really lose her temper. She couldn't beat him, and she was quite interested in him. Moreover, she felt that she could never forget that dish, so she could only come here in a very unimpressive way.

However, Kazami Yuuka was certain that as long as she was determined enough, she wouldn't be controlled by Shiroha. Right now, Shiroha was like a certain annoying old woman in Kazami Yuuka's mind. At most, she was pleasing to the eye and, in any case, much better than that old woman.

Bai Yu didn't initiate any more conversation with Kazami Yuuka, continuing to read her book. Lucifer, on the other hand, continued his treasure hunt through Bai Yu's social media feed, finding a bunch of unfamiliar faces, but surprisingly, he recognized Kirari and Yumiko—this was just absurd!

Time was slowly passing by here. Although the flow of time was merciless, it was also evidence of life. This was especially true for Kuro and Reid, who were quietly listening to the sound of the pocket watch hands slowly gliding across the dial.

"Hmm~ I'm a little sleepy, Brother Baiyu, I'm going upstairs to sleep now~"

Kasugano Sora finally felt sleepy just before midnight. There was no way around it, because her training volume today was a bit too much for her. Although her body had recovered, it was a fact that she hadn't exercised for a long time, and the feeling of fatigue still found her.

After saying goodnight, Kasugano Sora hugged her plush rabbit and went upstairs. Kazami Yuuka was a little surprised because Kasugano Sora had nodded to her earlier, even though she hadn't said anything, it still made her pause.

Kazami Yuuka didn't say anything and continued to wait for the guests from the other world. In any case, she wanted to see if any interesting guests from the other world would come today.

Click...

At that very moment, when the hour, minute, and second hands of countless worlds all stopped at exactly midnight, Bai Yu looked at the shop door. The door was not lit, but Bai Yu felt that it would light up in the next moment.

In the courtyard, Kuro Reid clenched his fist and said softly, "It's time to go... Midnight has arrived..."

After exhaling her last puff of smoke, the woman put the pipe aside, slowly stood up, and her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, making her tall and perfect figure look exceptionally beautiful.

The woman's previous faint smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression. She said, "If you tell me now it's a prank, I won't say anything, but..."

Kuro Reid pushed up his glasses, opened his eyes, and looked at her with unusual calmness, saying softly, "This prank isn't funny to me, is it?"

The woman stood silently to one side upon hearing this. Kuro Reid looked at the door in front of him, gently placed his hand on it, and whispered, "It's time to go..."

The next moment, the otherwise unremarkable door suddenly lit up. The woman frowned slightly because she could sense that the light was not magic, not magic from any dimension of their world, but something she couldn't understand, yet it was very warm.

Kuro Reed opened the door, and the woman was no longer greeted by the room's interior, but by a soft white light. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Kuro Reed say with a smile, "Still the same warm light... I'm really looking forward to it~ What do you think?"

A look of expectation appeared in the woman's eyes as she smiled and said, "I don't deny it. It is indeed a very warm light. Anyone who can wield such light is far better than a scheming bespectacled guy like you."

Kuro Reid glanced at the woman, his ever-present smile returning as he softly said, "I was saying you're also looking forward to it, aren't you? To enjoying a brand new life as you return to the river of time in another world~"

The woman paused for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Whether I enjoy it or not, I still have to clean up your mess before I can enjoy my new life, right?"

No...you're not alone...