Fantasy Realm [One Piece] [Harry Potter] [Naruto] - [Progression] [LitRPG]

Chapter 174: Business Plan and Juicy Decisions

Alex, Menchi, and Tereza sit in the living room, discussing their future plans.

"Anyway, we need to make plans to sell the unranked and Gray-quality dishes... No. We might as well sell most of the Ordinary White-quality dishes as well. You'll end up with more of that, I'd reckon, so we might as well sell early. Even if you fail at cooking up Green-quality food, there's no way the quality will drop to Gray if you cook with Green ingredients! These dishes are almost useless to us, but players just entering the Realm from their tutorial mission, or even players who've finished one or two regular missions—might need them. I'm also sure that even if they're not interested, we can vendor them to the workers. We might need to calculate at which quality we incur losses, or if we might be able to break even despite selling it to the stores run by workers," Alex explains.

"This sounds complicated, but I see what you're trying to say. I want to sleep for a few hours, but after that, I'll go to the Realm to check for more ingredients and to check the prices offered to me by workers. I'll try to come up with a few calculations after that," Menchi says, not particularly excited about the tasks but understanding their importance.

"I guess I'll help you out and check the market. I'll read a bit more while you sleep," Tereza says, planning to tag along.

"That sounds good. Don't forget to message Rishi and ask about his opinion too, that guy might have some suggestions," Alex suggests. "Anyway, Menchi, I don't want to pressure you, but we all need at least Green-quality food items for our next mission. We have 13 days left. There could also be a scarcity in the Realm, so we need to start buying these items at least a few days before our mission. I'd say you have roughly 10 days to continue your experiments. After that, we'll need to decide if we buy food for our next mission or if we can use your cooking. Honestly, I think you'll succeed, especially if you use Green-quality ingredients."

"That's no pressure, Alex. I'll be able to create Green-quality dishes, I promise you. I've been cooking my entire life—this is nothing. Give me a few days, and you'll be surprised," Menchi says with absolute confidence.

As Menchi heads to her bedroom for a nap, Alex and Tereza continue studying. Aside from Harry Potter, Alex also researches One Piece and Devil Fruits.

At one point, Alex pulls out his Devil Fruit, conjures grenades, and tries to somehow use his Nen to connect them.

It takes Alex two hours before his Aura is completely drained, and he realizes that what he's doing is pointless. Blushing slightly, he notices Tereza smirking at his failed attempts.

"It was worth a try," Alex says, attempting to justify his ridiculous dream of infusing the Devil Fruit into his Annihilation Grenade lvl 4, creating living bat grenades that could fly directly into enemies' faces.

That would have been such a strong ability. Combined with In, I'd have had access to invisible, agile, flying bats that could assassinate almost anyone. Too bad it didn't work. But I guess it makes sense. Only Vegapunk knows the secret of infusing Zoan Devil Fruits into specific items. And besides, my grenades aren't even real—they're just a conjured Hatsu, I guess this was bound to fail, Alex reasons.

"So now that that's over... I don't have a single remaining use for this thing. It's trash," Alex says and casually tosses the fruit toward Tereza.

Tereza desperately stretches her body to carefully catch the fruit before it falls.

"ARE YOU INSANE? Don't throw this treasure around like it's trash! What if you damage it? This is easily worth 250,000 FC—probably way more in the main part of the Realm!" Tereza exclaims, clutching the fruit tightly.