Chapter 14 – The System with Intentions to Conquer the World

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"You're retiring at such a young age, just a year older than me!?" Utaha couldn't believe it. "Isn't that idea a bit strange?"

"I'm tired of those days filled with intrigue and plotting against others. Now, I just want to lie down quietly and enjoy life," Sadao said, sitting in front of the computer. "Playing games and petting the cat every day, that's all I need to be content."

"This..." Utaha was at a loss for words. "Isn't that a waste of your incredible culinary skills?!"

As someone born in Japan, Utaha couldn't understand Sadao's thoughts. In her eyes, if you had talent, you should use it to contribute to society. But this man had a completely opposite approach; he just wanted to quietly live his own life.

"Anyway, let's get back to the topic. Tell me about the computer market!" Sadao sighed, not entertaining her previous comments.

Utaha took a deep breath and, instead of responding to his inquiry, asked a question of her own. "Is the peculiar decoration of your store designed to keep future customers away?"

"Yes, now you understand why I don't want you meddling around and recommending my store to others, right?"

"I understand..." Utaha showed a headache expression. She now understood this person's way of thinking, a person with talent but no ambition.

Sadao gave a look of someone teaching a young one. "Understand and don't do unnecessary things. Just bring Megumi Kato here."

"Is this really okay?" However, Utaha still found it hard to accept. "Are you burying your talent in this unremarkable store?"

After hearing this, Sadao almost burst out laughing. What talent did he have? In the end, even he, the person involved, couldn't figure out where his exaggerated culinary skills came from. Talent? That kind of thing had nothing to do with him!

"I think it's good..." Of course, he couldn't say these words out loud. However, he still gave an answer that disappointed her.

"What a pity..." She shook her head in disappointment.

"No, no, no..." Sadao naturally couldn't accept her comments. "...It's not a pity at all. Everyone has their own way of life. Don't you understand that?" He gently rubbed "Ruri" head, making her emit a comfortable "purr, purr, purr" sound.

Seeing this, Sadao slightly raised the corners of his mouth and turned his gaze to Utaha. "You see, isn't my life now quite enjoyable and carefree?"

Utaha didn't know what to say. Rationally, she knew that Sadao was burying his talent in this way. But even she had to admit that he was living an unusually carefree life.

"I still can't understand..." After pondering for a long time, she finally gave up trying to persuade him. If she upset him because of this, and he shut her out, that would be a shame. "But, you won't refuse me dining here, will you?"

"As long as you don't cause me trouble, the door to my place will always be open for you," Sadao said somewhat reluctantly. Although, according to his original plan, she should be discarded after helping him, Utaha was someone he had once liked as a fictional character. He couldn't bring himself to completely shut her out.

"I hope doing this won't get me into trouble!" Sadao sighed silently. Should I play 'My Heart is Too Soft' at this point?

"I'll take your word for it..." Even though she still couldn't agree with his ideas, since he didn't plan to shut her out, she let the matter rest. "Okay, let's end it here. Tell me about the computer."

Utaha did not refuse, and the two of them discussed buying a computer for a long time until late at night. They stopped the discussion only when the night gradually descended. Sadao, true to his word, generously served her several baskets of dumplings. In the end, he even gave her a "takeout" as a gift.

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After Utaha left, Sadao planned to take a rest. Although staying up late to play games was not out of the question, he still needed to buy a new computer tomorrow!

As for Megumi Kato, she wouldn't come here until tomorrow afternoon since both she and Utaha had school. In that case, he could open the store door in the afternoon.

"I didn't expect to still encounter you in the end!"

Just as he was closing the store door, a voice he had never heard before suddenly rang out in a very abrupt manner. Sadao was surprised. Was there someone inside the store?

Almost instinctively, he looked in the direction of the sound... and what he saw was an unexpected presence.

The monitor?

Sadao was a bit bewildered. Had the clever cat turned into a spirit, or had the monitor turned into one? Are you sure this situation is normal?

"Who are you?"

Despite wanting to complain about this setup, Sadao was still curious about the identity of the screen.

"I am a system that has yet to encounter a suitable host... though I'm essentially crippled now. By the way, your superb but flawed Chinese culinary skills are a gift from this system."

Sadao was dumbfounded. Was the mystery I've been desperately trying to solve all along just revealed like this? What kind of plot development is this? It would definitely be criticized if it were written in a novel!

However, the system's words helped him understand one thing. "So, you mean I am not a suitable host candidate, right?"

"Isn't that obvious? You have no ambition to dominate, even if you were chosen as the host for this system, you would just hide in the shadows and live your own little life. This system relies on conquering the world to restore itself, and you are completely unsuitable!"

Sadao twitched his mouth. "How can you say I have no ambition? I do have..." But as he said this, he suddenly realized that he really had no interest in conquering the world. From this perspective, it seemed quite normal for the system to reject him.

"However, this system is about to collapse. Now, even if you are not particularly suitable, for the sake of revenge against the entity that deceived me into such a state, I can only establish you as the host. I will strive to cultivate you into a world-conquering demon king!"

"What!?" Sadao wanted to say something more, but a thin beam of light shot out from above the monitor's screen. Guided by this light, the two sides were entangled completely.

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