Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 22 - 18: Multifunctional Gloves

Sun Jian felt unnerved under Tang Yiyi’s suspicious gaze, and had no choice but to say something to divert her attention: "Do you... do you have a personal terminal? You need identity verification to enter Safe City, you should know that, right?" He wasn’t very confident about Tang Yiyi’s identity, and speaking made him a bit anxious, fearing he’d accidentally anger her.

Tang Yiyi frowned upon hearing this, feeling a bit frustrated. How could she forget such an important thing! Without a personal terminal, she’d be arrested as a suspect upon entering the city! And her face! Back then, the murder case was sensational because the victim was pregnant, and with Liu Pengyi and Liu Zhenlan deliberately stirring things up, it was a huge uproar. There were probably still her 3D photos online!

Entering Qinghe City in such a way, she’d definitely be recognized! What could she do now?

Sun Jian saw her frowning and looking troubled, and understood that she probably didn’t have a personal terminal for some special reason. He was a bit puzzled; how serious a crime could Tang Yiyi, at her young age, possibly commit? But thinking about Wang Jian’s fate, he suddenly felt that even if Tang Yiyi committed murder in Safe City it wouldn’t be surprising. As for Tang Yiyi’s case, Sun Jian didn’t actually know much about it.

Even Tang Yiyi herself was kept in the dark about it. While she was detained awaiting trial, Liu Shuya had deliberately visited her, telling her the case had become a sensational uproar online, and even her 3D photos were posted, subjecting her to scorn. But in reality, due to some undisclosed reasons, despite the news coverage, it wasn’t a huge uproar online. Her 3D photos were indeed posted, but the facial features were blurred; not only strangers couldn’t recognize her, even her classmates couldn’t!

She was too young and affected by Liu Shuya’s provocation, failing to understand what was happening. After all, she was the Liu Family’s adopted daughter, raised in the Liu Family since childhood. Even if Liu Pengyi and Liu Zhenlan harbored intentions to kill her for her inheritance, they couldn’t possibly let the matter blow up. Such a scandal would not only call the Liu Family’s reputation into question but potentially destroy Liu Shuya’s career and Liu’s Restaurant business!

Liu Pengyi and Liu Zhenlan couldn’t possibly do something so foolish unless a government wanted poster was issued. Otherwise, no one would recognize her and tie her to the murder case over a month ago!

Sun Jian was unaware of Tang Yiyi’s troubles and didn’t know how to resolve the personal terminal issue. Seeing the young Tang Yiyi troubled over this matter softened his heart, and he comforted her, saying, "Don’t... don’t worry, there might... might be a way." Though he said this, he couldn’t think of a solution.

Tang Yiyi naturally didn’t expect him to solve the problem. After thinking for a moment, she straightforwardly asked the system, "System, do you have a solution?" At this point, her only hope was this eccentric system.

Speaking of which, Sun Jian and Wang Jian’s personal terminals were in her possession, but the terminals were fingerprint locked and tied to Wang Jian’s identity. Even if she unlocked it with Wang Jian’s fingerprint, using it directly was impossible. In Safe City, many places required personal terminals; entering the city required one swipe, which would project the 3D photo stored in the terminal. If the photo didn’t match, she’d not only be arrested but face worse consequences than having no personal terminal!

After a while, the system’s voice chimed in: "Item has been placed in the system backpack, please check and use promptly."

Tang Yiyi was startled, having asked the system out of desperation without expecting a solution. Unexpectedly, the system gave her such a surprise! She was thrilled and wanted to check the system backpack immediately, but remembered Sun Jian beside her. Glancing at him warily, Tang Yiyi asked the system in a hushed voice, "Can others besides me see the system panel?"

System: "No, the system panel is only visible to the host."

Tang Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief, then opened the system backpack, eagerly checking the item mentioned by the system. Upon seeing its contents, she felt a bit puzzled. Besides the weapons, keys, medicines, personal terminals she discreetly stored there, the only unfamiliar item was a pair of transparent gloves. Yet, these gloves looked like the disposable biological gloves used in kitchens.

Tang Yiyi didn’t have time to be dismissive before hearing the system say, "Please equip the item and pick up the personal terminal."

She eyed the "biological gloves," feeling they were unreliable, but had no better option and followed the system’s instructions. To avoid Sun Jian’s suspicion, she didn’t take the items directly from the system backpack but pretended to fumble around the seat before retrieving the gloves and putting them on.

Once she donned the gloves, she noticed the difference from what she knew as kitchen gloves. They were thinner and fit her skin like a second skin, the material was incredibly soft without causing any discomfort. They were so transparent and thin that you couldn’t tell she was wearing gloves unless you looked closely.

The system’s voice sounded again: "The multi-functional gloves have been equipped, choose to hide them?"

Upon hearing "multi-functional," Tang Yiyi had a strange feeling, recalling the chef’s knife provided by the system, which was also a multi-functional knife, capable of handling various ingredients and supporting different cutting techniques. So she asked, "What was that knife called?"

Her premonition was quickly confirmed as the system concisely replied, "Multi-functional knife."

Tang Yiyi begrudgingly continued, "Can these gloves be used in the kitchen?"

System: "Yes."

Tang Yiyi: "..." This truly was the Super Foodie System, always revolving around food!

Despite the internal complaints, she swiftly chose to hide, and in the next moment, she found the gloves on her hands indeed became invisible! She could clearly feel them on her hands, yet they were invisible to the naked eye. After carefully inspecting her hands and confirming they were indeed unseen, she temporarily set the matter aside and picked up Wang Jian’s personal terminal.

The terminal was easy to open, just press the thumb to unlock the fingerprint lock. Logically, Tang Yiyi shouldn’t be able to unlock Wang Jian’s personal terminal, but once she pressed her thumb onto it, about 10 seconds later, the terminal surprisingly opened!