Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3744: Food Attraction
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The gray screen flashed again on the small TV.

The screen distortion did not last long, and a new picture popped up.

The third picture, which is also the final picture, is much clearer than the previous two pictures, without any obstruction.

You can clearly see a building that looks like a clock tower located near a Ferris wheel. There is a light flashing in a high-rise room of the "clock tower". Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see a ponytailed woman wearing elite clothes and black-framed glasses, typing on a typewriter at a desk in distress.

If you look closely, you can see a title written on half of the manuscript that came out of the typewriter:
The Temptation of Dessert.

The subtitle is "——A Journey to Discover the Taste of Traditional Noodles".

The document introduces some recommendations for dessert shops in the modern city, as well as some food reviews.

Ingres observed the scene carefully and saw a lot of magazines near the typewriter. The cover of each magazine had "Food Pioneer" written on it.

The cover features various mouth-watering food pictures, combined with the colors of macarons, which not only make people greedy, but also make people feel the youthful vitality of this magazine.

Looking at the working environment around the ponytail girl and the documents on her desk...

Angell has basically determined that this "clock tower" shaped building is most likely an office building. And the ponytail girl is a staff member of a magazine department in this office building.

Sure enough, Turing's words confirmed Angle's guess the next second.

"This person is not a fashion wizard, so her information is relatively complete." Turing: "She is the editor of a food magazine. She is currently located on the 13th floor of the White Bell Building in the West Third District, in the editorial department of Food Pioneer."

Although the information is more complete than before, the specific name and identity of this ponytailed girl are still not displayed.

However, knowing her address, it is not difficult to determine her identity.

Turing: "If this female editor could taste the food made by the stall owner, she could also become the driving force behind the incident."

But again, the prerequisite is that the female editor can eat the food made by the stall owner.

After reading the information of three different "promoters", Turing looked at Angel and said, "Master, traffic insights can only go so far at present. There is no more information about how these promoters can make the stalls popular again."

"What do we do now?"

"Should we continue to observe, or should we test the viralization experiment?"

Faced with Turing's question, Ingres also fell into thought.

From the perspective of the surface effect of pure testing capabilities, this is actually the end. However, if you want a more complete testing capability, you must still see how the person targeted by traffic insights will change the fate of the stall owner? How to turn an "ordinary event" into a "hot event"?
So, Angel thought about it and decided to continue observing.

"Which of these three does the master intend to choose?" Turing asked.

Angel thought about it and gave his choice: "Excluding the first one, the remaining two can be arranged."

The first one is too blurry. Although Ingres can check them one by one through some picture information, it will take a lot of energy and time.

So, Angle ruled out the first one.

As for the remaining two, Angel felt that he could give both of them a try. He wanted to compare how two people with completely different identities, professions, and statuses would handle this event.

Turing: "Should we notify the stall owner and ask him to bring the noodles to contact these two people?"

After all, “traffic insights” can only provide clues about the people behind the scenes. If the stall owner wants to influence the other party, he has to find and contact them personally.

Ingres shook his head.

It might be difficult for the stall owner to contact these two people.

Not to mention whether the stall owner believed what they said, it was difficult for him to contact these two people as a stall owner.

Most importantly, it wastes a lot of time.

So, Ingres decided to go directly to the "influence" step.

As for how to "influence" these two, Angel already had an idea in mind. Xiaopang was now in the 15th town. When the security personnel went to look for the transplant recipient, they went to the 15th town, and there were many nightmare nodes left there.

Angel directly remotely investigated through the God's perspective.

Soon, the remaining location of the Nightmare Node and the location of Xiaopang were locked.

He still remembered that Xiaopang's name was very long, something like Nathaniel Jacob Alistair Gabriel? Forget it, let's just call him Xiaopang...

Xiaopang seemed to be in a motor oil shop, asking the boss to apply motor oil to his "holy garment", while he sat aside eating snacks bought from somewhere.

Angel did not use the Nightmare Node to influence him directly because he wanted to record completely "real" data.

He floated the Nightmare Node into the oil shop owner's brow, and through the owner's mouth, he inadvertently revealed that there was an amazing noodle stand in the nearby Fourteenth Town.

As a foodie, Xiaopang immediately caught the key words.

"Is it really so delicious?"

“It’s delicious... The noodles made there are not only as soft as cotton, but also fragrant. Just smelling it makes you feel like you are in noodle heaven..." The boss said as he closed his eyes and described it.

Just by listening to the boss's description, Xiaopang was already tempted.

Even the snacks in my hands have become tasteless.

If it's really that delicious, why not try it later?
Just when Xiaopang was about to move, the boss changed the subject.

“But... it will probably be hard to eat it again.” The boss sighed.

Xiaopang was surprised: "Why?"

"The last time I went to Fourteenth Town, I heard that his wife didn't want him to continue setting up the stall because he couldn't make much money. She wanted him to work at a nursing home."

The boss couldn't help but shook his head when he said this: "Although I may not be able to eat such delicious food in the future, there is nothing I can do about it. After all, making money is more important."

Xiaopang frowned: "How much money can you make in a nursing home? It's wrong to give up cooking just for this little money..."

The boss laughed and said, "It's different. You are a fashion wizard and you have many ways to make money. But he is just an ordinary person and it's hard for him to live a good life. They have been married for so many years and they don't even dare to have children. Isn't it because they have no money?"

Xiaopang wanted to say something, but finally kept his mouth shut.

In a sense, the fashion magician has indeed opened up a gap with ordinary people, even if he is just the worst type of fashion magician.

"So has he closed the store now?" asked Xiaopang.

Boss: "Probably not today. I just asked the supplier in Fourteen Towns and he opened a stall today. But, just like before, there is not much business."

"If this predicament continues, he will probably have a hard time opening his stall tomorrow..."

"After all, he has to live too."

The boss stopped talking after this.

It’s not that he didn’t want to continue talking, but Xiaopang had already stood up: “I guess it will take some time for you to oil my Xiangzhu Holy Armor, so you can do it first, I’ll go to the Fourteenth Town to take a look.”

"I want to see how delicious it is."

The boss smiled and waved at him: "Don't worry, it will definitely be delicious."

Xiao Pang didn't say anything, just walked out with his head down. From the direction he left, it was clear that he was heading towards the Fourteenth Town...

Angel looked away.

Xiaopang has been taken care of, and the next one is the female editor of "Foodie Pioneer".

It was even simpler for her. According to Ingres's observation, the female editor seemed to be troubled about where to go to explore the store.

Recommending food and exploring culinary delights are the content of Food Pioneer, but similar content can also be found in other food magazines.

The noodle shops selected by the people below have actually been featured in other food magazines. Although she can do it again, it is estimated that readers will not find it new.

Therefore, she personally hopes to find more delicious pastry shops hidden among the people that have never been featured in other food magazines.

But this kind of shop is hard to find.

After all, delicious food spreads easily. Once a restaurant’s food is delicious, word of mouth will spread and everyone will know about it soon.

It’s easy to find a small shop hidden among the people, but it’s hard to find a small shop that serves delicious food.

Just as she was struggling, someone knocked on the door.

"How is it? Any new recommendations?" The female editor looked at the person who came. This was the person she sent out to explore the store.

"Yes, but this store might be a little special..."

She was stunned: "Special? How special?"

"This store is not on the surface, but in... an underground block."

……

The sloping eaves of the nursing center's roof.

Angel and Turing came here again because the view here is the best and they can clearly see the mobile stalls at the fork in the distance.

However, after coming here, Angel kept his eyes closed and no one knew what he was doing.

Turing was not bored and began to try to edit what he had recorded today.

About twenty minutes later, Angel opened his eyes.

"coming."

Turing hadn't reacted yet and subconsciously looked in the direction of the stall, only to see a fat young man with a chubby figure driving over from another street on a mechanical cart.

This mechanical scooter is a bit like a skateboard, but with a front steering wheel.

Xiaopang came speeding along, attracting a lot of attention. Firstly, mechanical carts are rare in the underground, and secondly, Xiaopang's size is also rare in the underground district.

Xiaopang came to the stall cart and immediately ordered one of all the types sold by the stall owner.

Then, he found a place near the stall cart, sat on the ground, and started to feast on the food.

Not long after Xiaopang started eating, a ponytailed woman wearing sunglasses, escorted by a pair of bodyguards, also came to the stall cart.

This person is undoubtedly the female editor of "Foodie Pioneer".

But compared to Xiaopang, what she ordered was very restrained.

Just ordered a signature bread.

After all, it was her first time in the underground neighborhood, and she naturally felt repulsed by the people and food here.

Although Xiaopang and the female editor ate different things, their expressions while eating were exactly the same.

The more you eat, the faster you eat, and the brighter your eyes become.

It took Xiaopang three minutes to finish a large pile of high-calorie food, and then he continued to ask the stall owner to make new pastries, even with the intention of buying the whole thing.

Seeing this, the female editor was afraid that Xiaopang would order everything, so she quickly placed the order even though she had not finished the noodles in her hand.

It was the first time for the stall owner to encounter such a "fighting" situation, but he did not feel depressed. Instead, his worried brows slowly relaxed.

Of course, he is happy to see guests who like delicious food.

"No need to fight for customers, I will set up a stall here every day..."

Xiaopang: "Every day? Didn't I hear that you and your wife had a fight and your wife asked you not to set up the stall?"

Female editor: “Is there such a thing?”

Seeing that the female editor was curious, Xiaopang, who was also a food lover, had a good impression of the editor, so he briefly told her what he knew.

After hearing this, the female editor was somewhat incredulous.

"Such delicious noodles can't even support your family?" The female editor was surprised: "If this was placed on the ground, you could buy a house after selling it for a year!"

Xiaopang nodded again and again: "Yes, if you open a shop next to my house, I will buy all your noodles every day. By the way, I have a lot of friends who I know and can recommend them to you. As long as your business is good, you don't have to close the shop, right?"

The female editor also said at this time: "I can help you write a food recommendation, I guess you don't have to worry about not being able to sell your food in the future. But your wife will never be so unreasonable as to let you work as a cleaner!"

Stall owner: "Actually, my husband is not so unreasonable. He is just worried about our future..."

Xiaopang and the female editor: "Don't worry, as long as you cook good food, you will have a bright future!"

The stall owner stared at the two of them blankly, and inexplicably recalled the words of the foreign traveler: It turns out that persistence really works...

……

Ingres could guess what happened next without even watching the film.

Xiaopang has his own social circle, and most of them are magicians who love food and have strong spending power. It is easy to increase the popularity of this food stall.

Another female editor of Food Pioneer has even more powerful public opinion resources. The food recommendations she writes are definitely no less valuable than those written by Xiaopang.

The only regret is that this food stall is located in an underground block, which may discourage some diners.

But for real gourmets, this is not an insurmountable barrier.

In short, after this, the ordinary food stall will inevitably become a focus.

The effect of "Traffic Insights" has also been certified.

In fact, before contacting Xiaopang and the female editor, Angel had already guessed the answer, but guesses can never be true. It still depends on whether they really like the stall owner's food.

It turns out that the target of traffic insights is not wrong.

In general, the effect of traffic insight is relatively intuitive, but it also has many disadvantages. If it weren't for Angel's help, it would have been difficult for the stall owner to find Xiaopang and the female editor in person to achieve the current situation.

But its disregard for everything and its focus on those with the potential to be promoters, in a sense, has already involved the level of "fate".

If a wizard with the ability of prophecy were to come into contact with this ability, perhaps he would gain a new understanding of fate.