Offer blocks to the end times

Chapter 1586 Changes in Polaris Dormitory

Casually thinking, Thousand Hands, lying on the roof, glanced to the side and saw two figures standing elegantly beside him. "Wilheim, Theresa, you're here too."

“Yes, sir, we are here to protect Miss Tadokoro Megumi,” Wilhelm said calmly, then continued to report, “The original room has been vacated. As for the ‘reincarnators’ you mentioned, sir, we have not found any trace of them here. There are no transmigrators from other worlds either. There are no special beings here.”

"Is that so? That's a little of a pity," Senju shook her head slightly, then raised her hand slightly. "Alright, you can go and do your own things."

"Yes, sir," the two bowed slightly and then disappeared instantly. Senju sighed, "No reincarnators, no transmigrators, what a peaceful world. But transmigrators? I feel like I've forgotten something. Oh well, it's probably nothing important."

After looking at the stars for a while, Senju looked to the side and saw that Isshiki Satoshi had actually climbed up. This guy is dressed very neatly now, is he afraid of catching a cold at night? "Yo, Lord Senju, looking at the stars here."

"Hmm, is there something you need?" Senju glanced at him. She didn't have a particularly good or bad impression of him. He smiled and seemed very gentle, but it was somewhat fake, which was similar to Sai. However, he was also genuine and got along well with the students here. She always felt that he was a contradiction.

"Well, it's nothing. I'm just surprised that Lord Senju would be staying at the Polar Star Dormitory," Isshiki Satoshi said, looking down from the rooftop with a sigh. Senju heard his thoughts. "Are you feeling sorry for your vegetable garden? I'll restore it for you in a bit."

“Let’s forget about it,” Isshiki Satoshi smiled wryly, looking at the drastically changed vegetable garden below. “Although I am confident in the vegetables I grow, I still don’t have the confidence to grow such wonderful fruits. These are far more valuable than the vegetables I grow.”

“Well, after all, the worlds are different levels, and the value of vegetables is different too, so there’s no need to worry too much,” Senju shook her head slightly and looked at Ichishiki Satoshi. “But your hidden strength is really strong, it’s just that you’re limited by the world.”

"Haha, I wasn't hiding anything," Isshiki Satoshi said with a smile, while Senju shook her head slightly. "Never mind, by the way, what's your room number?"

“Number 206,” Isshiki Satoshi said with a smile, then paused for a moment, “Does Lord Senju want to remodel the space in my room? No need for that. If we expand it that much, many of the functions in the room will become unusable.”

"Function?" Senju asked in confusion, casually scanning the Polaris Dormitory. He then noticed many copper pipes connecting the various rooms in the building. This was probably a communication device? It was quite ancient.

Then Senju discovered that the ceilings of all the rooms were connected, and there were signs of people moving inside. This aura... is it Isshiki Satoshi? I didn't expect that guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes to be spying.

"Unbelievable, unbelievable," Senju sighed as he looked at him. Isshiki Satoshi, who was being looked at, asked in confusion, "What's unbelievable, Lord Senju?"

"It's nothing, just a sigh that the buildings here are too old, not as luxurious as the surrounding buildings," Senju said, looking at the other buildings nearby. There was a forest around the Polar Star Dormitory, but there were many other luxurious buildings in the forest. Although they were different in style, or rather, had strange shapes, they were all modern buildings.

“Well, after all, Polar Star Dormitory is a building from decades ago,” Isshiki Satoshi shook his head slightly. From this height, separated by the forest, he couldn’t see the light emanating from the surrounding buildings. Senju clapped his hands, and ten cards appeared. “These are for you to play with. They can freely change the shape and space of buildings. If used inside a house, they can expand the house into a space of 10,000 square kilometers. You can freely edit the terrain inside, and you can even recreate your vegetable garden.”

"Is it alright that you've handled something this important?" Isshiki Satoshi hesitated a bit as he looked at the card that floated in front of him. He opened his squinty eyes and waved his hand. "It's fine, it's just a toy. In other worlds, this thing would only cost a few thousand yen."

"What a terrifying other world," Isshiki Satoshi sighed. But what Senju didn't mention was that the world was called "Doraemon." However, for Senju now, these construction and modification symbols were indeed just toys.

After dismissing Isshiki Satoshi with his thick eyebrows and big eyes—no, his squinty eyes—Senju waved his hand, sealing off the ceiling passageway in the building. This thing was a bit too dangerous. If Senju hadn't felt that Isshiki Satoshi didn't have any evil intentions, he would have thrown him into outer space for modification. After all, he didn't want to be spied on in the middle of the night.

After looking at the stars for a while, Senju sank down and landed directly on his bed. He could sense Wilhelm and Theresa's presence around him, but they didn't live here. Instead, they were lingering around, guarding the outside with a kind of otherworldly magic similar to a 'mage's mansion'.

Then Senju went to sleep, and after waking up in the morning...

Senju noticed that the Polar Star Dormitory had become unfamiliar. The students had transformed it in a rather strange way, with the corridors becoming very spacious and tall, and trees planted on both sides, adorned with many decorative lanterns.

One of the doors has also been transformed into shopfronts, such as a smokehouse, a large vegetable garden, and a library, which feels quite eerie. Standing on the escalator, Senju arrived at the first floor, where the changes are also significant. For example, the kitchen has become much larger, the restaurant has become more luxurious, and there is now a wild forest, a fermentation room, and a gym.

"Uh, they're having too much fun," Senju shook his head speechlessly as he watched the students running around excitedly in the room. He took a step outside and was surprised to find that the exterior of the Polar Star Dormitory hadn't changed much. Come to think of it, no one had thought of changing this ancient building. At least make it more modern, or at least restore it!

Shaking his head, Senju ignored them and went into the orchard. There, he found Seiichiro Saiba and Azami Nakiri studying the various ingredients and preparing to use them in a food battle.

"Can these ingredients be used in a Food War? Isn't that a foul?" Senju asked in surprise. Nakiri Azami looked at Senju curiously. "Senju-sama, didn't you use new ingredients when you competed against the Ninth Seat? Isn't preparing your own ingredients a basic requirement for a Food War? It would be foolish not to use such good ingredients."

Chapter 1587 Glowing Dishes and Chat Groups

"Is that so? That makes sense," Senju nodded after a moment of surprise. After all, isn't it basic common sense for chefs participating in a food war to prepare their own ingredients? Ingredients are an extremely important part of cooking, or even the most important part. It's truly unbelievable that she thought they would use ordinary ingredients in her deductions!

Moreover, Saiba Asahi also has ingredients from another world, so he won't give them up. In terms of this condition, it's equal to this side, or even that this side is at a disadvantage. After all, Saiba Seiichiro hasn't been in contact with ingredients from another world for very long, while Saiba Asahi can gain the insights of several Elite Ten on cooking with ingredients from another world.

"By the way, can you make glowing dishes?" Senju suddenly thought of a very serious question. Then she saw the two people over there smile at each other. Seemingly seeing Senju's doubt, Nami Seiichiro said with a smile, "We have researched glowing dishes before, but at that time we were considering light reflection and edible fluorescent materials. We have never succeeded in making dishes that emit a beam of light like in anime."

“Even now, with so many luminous ingredients, the best we can make is a faint glow, barely noticeable under light. The glint is only visible in the dark. To make a dish that glows brightly under any light,” Saiba Seiichiro shook his head. “It would be difficult in this world, but I don’t know about the other world.”

“Is that so?” Senju nodded, then shook her head helplessly. “I can make glowing dishes using my abilities, but it’s really difficult to turn ordinary ingredients into glowing dishes using my cooking skills.”

“That’s how it is,” Seiichiro Saiba smiled wryly, while Azami Nakiri shook his head. “The culinary skills required to make glowing dishes with ordinary ingredients are simply unimaginable. Those glowing dishes in manga are just for creating an atmosphere.”

"Well, that's not necessarily true," Senju thought for a moment and then shook his head. "There are superpowers here, so maybe there are glowing superpowers."

“That kind of useless superpower isn’t real cooking skills. What’s the difference between that kind of food and food that’s just reflected with strong light? It doesn’t really improve the quality of the food,” Azami Nakiri said dismissively, believing that glowing food was completely heretical.

At this point, Senju lost interest. "Well then, you guys do your best now. By the way, there are also otherworldly ingredients at Saiba Asahi's place, so keep an eye out for them."

"Is that so? This food battle is getting more and more interesting," Saiba Seiichiro said, full of fighting spirit. Then Senju left. What he just said made Senju think of something interesting. Superpowers are formed by the conflict of two forces. So what kind of superpowers would be formed by different proportions of forces?

Furthermore, if Senju looked at the fruits around him and infused them with his powers, wouldn't they become Devil Fruits? Even if they were cooking-themed Devil Fruits, they still seemed pretty amazing.

Unfortunately, after trying a few, Senju stopped. Such fruits consumed too much of the world's essence. If all the rules were dispersed into the fruit, the world's structure would become extremely unstable. Not only plants and animals, but also things like geography and climate would change.

Senju didn't want this world, which was originally relatively normal, to become a pirate world where all kinds of laws were extremely chaotic. So he crushed the fruit he had made, and the two powers returned to their source.

Shaking her head, Senju went to eat breakfast. Well, this time breakfast was made by Tadokoro Megumi and Isshiki Satoshi, and it tasted pretty good. Senju felt her spirits were soothed a lot.

After that, they went to class. Senju got bored after a while, and when Seiichiro Saiba and Azami Nakiri actually asked him for cooking advice, Senju rolled his eyes and ran away.

After wandering around aimlessly for a while, Senju felt he was wasting his time.

So, she started having some fun there. With a wave of her hand, a tablet appeared in front of Senju. After tapping it, Senju entered the chat group. This was the "Possibility Chat Group" that Senju had asked Okazaki Yumemi to make before. With Senju's power added, everyone who had used it said it was great.

Well, although it's very interesting, I don't watch it often. Although everyone else plays it quite well, looking at the total number of people, it has exceeded 100,000. However, after a little analysis, I found that more than 10,000 of them had been darkened, more than 30,000 were inorganic matter, which was marked just because it was possible, and 50,000 were various unintelligent beings. The remaining less than 10,000 were the real intelligent beings.

Of the less than 10,000 people in this chat group, only about 800 understood its meaning and were truly active. The remaining 8,000 people regarded it as a creation of the gods and made all sorts of prayers, completely ruining the atmosphere of the chat group. In this main chat group, Qian Shou saw rows and rows of messages asking for divine help, ranging from small things like getting rich to big things like becoming a god or ancestor.

Others either treat the chat group as a hallucination and ignore it completely, or think they've gone crazy and seek medical help everywhere.

"..." After a careful inspection, Qian Shou was quite speechless. No wonder everyone had created so many subgroups; the main group was already useless. Next, it was time to kick people out. First, Qian Shou kicked out those mindless 'group members,' then he categorized those who were seeking divine intervention: those who were inexplicable, kicked out; those with warped values, kicked out; those who made all sorts of threats, kicked out! This eliminated another 7,000 people.

Those wishes were quite reasonable; they were for good health, academic success, and a happy life. Thousand Hands reciprocated with small gifts, such as various books, abilities, and gadgets. After all, these people had contributed a lot of faith. Then Thousand Hands moved them to the faith group, where they could exchange faith points for various items.

Of course, there are also those with deep-seated grievances who hope the gods will help them take revenge, but Thousand Hands won't help them. Thousand Hands doesn't know them, helping them would bring no benefit, and not helping them would only invite resentment—it's annoying no matter how you look at it! Of course, the most important point is that they all pray to the gods without showing any sincerity! The sensible ones are all in the faith group!

The remaining people were not dealt with by Qian Shou. These were the people who truly understood the significance of the chat group. They had benefited greatly from the information exchange, so there was no need to reward them further.

Then Qianshou adjusted the requirements for joining the group. Although it was still possible, the basic requirement was that one had to be intelligent! You know, when Qianshou opened the chat group just now, the first thing he saw was a string of 'woof woof woof'!

Chapter 1588 Cowardly Group Member

After tidying all this up, Qian Shou also treated the "sick" group members and kicked them out of the group. Those people felt refreshed and finally, they could no longer see the hallucinations. Well, most of these people turned into real lunatics during the treatment process.

"Phew, finally finished!" After dealing with most of the issues, the chat group was much cleaner. However, the remaining members seemed to be frightened and dared not speak. After all, the number of members had suddenly dropped from 100,000 to less than 1,000. That was terrifying!

"Don't mind it, I'm the group owner. I just cleaned up some uncivilized and inactive members. Everyone, please don't mind it and feel free to speak your mind," Qian Shou said. After a while, someone finally chimed in, but Qian Shou didn't care. He was working on the system right now.

Thousand Hands wanted to create a culinary system and summon a transmigrator to become the King of Cooking. After all, how should I put it, the locals' perspectives are still a bit narrow.

Considering the system's constituent materials, Senju quickly decided on Gourmet Cells and Gourmet Comics. Although Gourmet Cells were also extracted from the world of comics by Senju, they could still effectively enhance the human body. The only problem was that if people didn't eat increasingly delicious food, their bodies would deteriorate. With this, most people would pursue gourmet food.

As for food comics, Senju can take out various recipes, insights, and kitchen utensils from them, and endow this materialized ability to the system. Users will be pleasantly surprised to find that they can actually obtain the abilities in the comics. Well, this is not an illusion, but just an expansion and application of divine power. The user's faith, the luck and world origin they absorb, and even the food they upload can all earn points, which can then be exchanged.

After marking the chat, Qianshou checked the group chat and saw everyone was quite lively. So, Qianshou started advertising: "Hiring: Chef. Must be passionate about cooking, of good character, presentable appearance, and quick to learn..."

Unfortunately, after Qian Shou advertised, the group fell silent. No one spoke up. Although the opportunity was great, who could cook for a god? Everyone thought that their cooking skills were insufficient, and there were also issues with appearance and character. They realized that they did have some shortcomings and dared not go!

After posting ads a few times, Qian Shou found that no one responded, which left him speechless. Looking at the cowardly group members, Qian Shou helplessly posted a message: "Alright, we've recruited someone. Everyone, feel free to do whatever you want."

Having actually failed to find anyone, Thousand Hands glanced at the orb of light in his hand. This could be considered a shortcut to culinary skills, or a death knell. Shaking his head and muttering a complaint about the current group members' incompetence, Thousand Hands tossed the system aside.

He went into the Chaos Sea, but well, he didn't look for anyone related to him at all! The other group was full of people from the Thousand Hands World, with over 100,000 members!

Senju sighed, having failed to find anyone to take the blame. However, it was better to act voluntarily; those forcibly taken were not worth keeping. Looking at the sky, Senju realized that time had passed quite quickly; it was already evening, and the moon was hanging on one side, though it didn't look completely full yet.

With one step, Senju arrived in the Moonlit Sky. The place was quite spacious and quiet, but the contestants, referees, and spectators had all arrived. There were fewer than thirty people in total, which seemed very small in this venue that could accommodate thousands of people.

The referees over there weren't from the Nakiri family, but rather three unknown gourmets. In the front seats, besides the Elite Ten, there were also some outsiders, but no one from WGO was there. Nakiri Managi left a few days ago to prepare for the tournament six months later.

This time, Senju didn't sit in the back row either, but went straight to the front. He greeted the other members of the Elite Ten, and a few of them looked rather awkward, but Senju didn't seem to care. "Hasn't it started yet?"

“Yes, still waiting for the moon,” Isshiki Satoshi replied with a smile, pointing to the open roof. Senju nodded, “I see. But there are far fewer spectators than I expected.”

"Well, after all, this level of food battle is not something ordinary people can watch. It has a huge impact on everyone's cooking skills," Isshiki Satoshi said casually. Senju nodded to show that she understood. After witnessing the ultimate cooking skills, she would start to doubt herself. Then Isshiki Satoshi introduced the other people to Senju.

Besides Azami Nakiri, Jun Shiomi, and Akira Hayama, there are also the former Elite Ten, including Gin Dojima, the head chef of the Totsuki Resort; Hinako Inui, the head chef of the Kiriya Restaurant; and Sonoka Kiko, the head chef of the Harukatei Western Restaurant. Well, not many people actually made it, since the locations of the past Elite Ten are now scattered all over the world.

After waiting for a while, Senju felt the space behind him open up, and then he saw Reinhard and Senzaemon Nakiri walking over from the back row. "Oh, you guys are here too."

“Well, after hearing what you said, I think I should come and see for myself,” Reinhard said with a smile. Senju thought it was great that Reinhard and Isshiki Satoshi were good friends; their smiles were so similar. However, Nakiri Senzaemon didn’t give Nakiri Azami a friendly look. If it weren’t for the inappropriate setting, he would have scolded Nakiri Azami. But for now, he could only ignore it and went to chat with his granddaughter.

“Take a closer look. These two are probably the highest level in this world,” Thousand fingers pointed to the two on the stage, and Reinhardt nodded. “Yes, I can indeed feel an extraordinary aura.”

"Who is this?" Isshiki Satoshi asked curiously. Senju gave a brief introduction, and the two nodded to each other. Then Theresa also arrived, but Wilhelm was not there. Senju asked him curiously and learned that he was protecting Tadokoro Megumi at the Polar Star Dormitory.

“Is that so? I think Megumi should come and see too,” Senju said, then contacted Wilhelm. “Is Megumi still awake? If she is, bring her over.”

“Yes,” Wilhelm shared his view, and Senju noticed that the students were waiting silently in the cafeteria on the first floor. Then Wilhelm appeared and bowed to Tadokoro Megumi. “My master ordered me to take Miss Tadokoro to watch tonight’s food battle.”

"Huh? Me?" Tadokoro Megumi was momentarily confused. Then, a magic circle appeared beneath their feet, teleporting them to Senju's side. The others stared in disbelief. After a while, Yukihira Soma finally reacted, "Did Tadokoro go to watch Dad's food battle? Why didn't she take me with her?!"

Chapter 1589 Idle Talk Under the Moonlight

"Huh?!" Xiaohui's exclamation carried throughout the venue, and several people nearby looked over as well. They then noticed a delicate-looking young girl and a thin-looking young man. Isshiki Satoshi was surprised, "Xiaohui, you're here too."

"Isshiki-senpai, where is this?" Tadokoro Megumi looked around in a bit of a panic. Senju nodded beside her. "That's right, this is the Moon and Sky Realm. Sit down and take a look. Megumi, thank you for your help, Will."

“No, it’s my honor,” Wilhelm bowed and sat down next to Theresa. Tadokoro was surprised for a moment, then looked at everyone’s gaze and around. Everyone was sitting far apart. The Elite Ten were scattered around, but they weren’t sitting together. There were also a few other people she didn’t recognize.

The people here are Isshiki Satoshi, and next to him, separated by one seat, is Senju. Diagonally behind Senju is a handsome red-haired man (Reinhard), and next to him sits a beautiful red-haired girl (Theresia). A few seats away from Isshiki Satoshi, there are two other women.

Then she saw the black-haired man who brought her sit down next to the red-haired woman, while the red-haired woman looked at him with obvious displeasure. The red-haired man gave a wry smile and moved to the side, but the red-haired woman looked very unhappy.

Sensing something was dangerous, she glanced at the room and then timidly sat down next to Isshiki Satoshi. A woman with a Yamato Nadeshiko-like demeanor and a dangerous hairstyle looked over and said, "This child, I really like her. She looks delicious."

As she spoke, she slowly approached, and Senju remained silent.

Looking over there, according to the introduction, this was the second seat of a certain generation, the 'Mist Empress' Inui Hinako, but Senju only glanced at her.

But what followed was quite lively. Theresa gave her husband a disapproving look, then waved to the side, "Come here, little Rhine, let Grandma take a good look at you. I haven't seen you for days. Where have you been?"

“Well, I went to another city to learn some cooking skills,” Reinhard said, slightly embarrassed. This grandmother was too young. Isshiki Satoshi, who was in front of him, coughed abruptly. He had also seen the girl behind Senju earlier, and she looked to be in her teens! She was actually a grandmother? But then he remembered Fumio, “I see.”

However, Tadokoro Megumi and Inui Hinako, who had moved over, were dumbfounded, then suddenly realized that they must have misheard. "I see!"

Senju looked at the three people beside him and said, "I see." He then briefly introduced the three behind him, "This is Wilhelm van Astrea, and this is Theresia van Astrea. They are Reinhard's grandparents and are now my butler and swordsmanship instructor."

"You two are so young, you can't tell your real age at all," Isshiki Satoshi's smile was slightly stiff. Megumi next to him looked blank, what was Senju-sama talking about? Inui Hinako's eyes lit up, she opened her squinty eyes wide and rushed over, "How do you maintain your youth?!"

"Huh?" Theresa looked completely bewildered. Skincare? Ask her about swordsmanship, and she can talk a lot; ask her about gardening, and she can talk a lot too, but skincare? She really didn't know much about that, but Hinako Inui next to her looked on with anticipation! She was now at that delicate age of twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and she had already started paying attention to these things!

And she also has feelings for someone, neither of them is married, and she doesn't want her looks to fade too quickly. "What should I pay attention to if I want to maintain this appearance? What cosmetics do you use? What kind of exercise do you usually do?"

"Ah? Well, I usually enjoy admiring flowers. What cosmetics are you talking about? I don't usually exercise," Theresa said somewhat embarrassedly, looking at the woman who was diligently taking notes. "Our current appearance isn't because we take care of ourselves, but because of Lord Senju's help. That's why we've maintained our youthful looks."

“No matter what, Theresa, you’re the cutest,” Wilhelm said affectionately. Having gone through life and death, he seemed quite carefree. Hinako looked around, then locked onto Senju, and ran to his side. “You must be Lady Senju? How did you preserve that appearance?”

"Ahem," Senju coughed dryly, looking like a charlatan, and stroked his nonexistent beard. "I am over a thousand years old. What are these mere tricks for preserving youth worth?"

"A thousand years?!" Hinako Inui looked shocked, while the others around her rubbed their foreheads. Through their usual interactions, they knew that Senju's actual age wasn't that old. "You've actually lived for a thousand years? That's impossible!"

"What's so difficult about this? I possess extraordinary abilities, and those who eat my dishes will live for thousands of years," Qian Shou said in his usual ancient style, implying that he had supernatural powers and that his dishes could grant immortality.