Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

"That despicable bastard—"

Despite the thoughts, the competition must continue.

Even if we lose first place, we must still strive for second.

It was less than three laps—

"I'm out of cards."

Drake spread his hands, revealing a calm smile.

Gilgamesh: "..."

Holy crap, today is really weird!

He, a dignified hero, was actually outmatched by the two in terms of luck.

"Hey, hurry up and play your cards. If you can't handle it, you might as well just admit defeat."

Karen held up the card, gesturing for Gilgamesh to draw quickly, and beneath her calm exterior, she began to unleash her sharp tongue.

"Ha, you bastard, how dare you speak to me like that!"

Gilgamesh's face twitched with anger.

If he hadn't already suffered a loss once, he would definitely have taken action to teach the other party a lesson.

Karen: "Are you trying to stall for time? Too bad it's no use. You can't win this kind of match by stalling for time."

Gilgamesh: "I'm not an idiot! I would never win in such a shameful way!"

After saying that, Gilgamesh took a card from Karen's hand, and then his face darkened.

Joker!

"Hehehe..."

A devilish smile crept across Karen's face.

She had observed carefully before that Gilgamesh's card-drawing habit was to choose from left to right, and several times he would directly draw the leftmost card, which seemed to be because he was very confident in his luck.

Unfortunately, his defeats to Taiga Fujimura and Drake made him a little anxious. Karen took the opportunity to deliberately provoke him with her words, which made him very likely to draw the leftmost card without thinking.

Everything was part of Karen's plan.

Karen wasn't worried that the other party would scheme against her, because this king was not good at hiding his emotions.

And so, Karen successfully won third place.

(*~︿~)

Looking at the Joker card in his hand, Jin Shanshan felt as if the clown on it was mocking him, and in anger, he tore the card to shreds.

The game was over, so Captain Dragonfly didn't punish him for obstructing official business.

With the second match over, Captain Dragonfly threw a dart at the spinning wheel to begin drawing lots for the third match.

The event drawn in the third competition was "Hot and Cold Eating Contest".

Since it carries the words "big eater," it must have been eating.

Artoria: "You want to eat, right? Leave it to me!"

Rin Tohsaka: "Isn't it obvious that the Knight King is the champion of this competition? (ーー゛)"

The Emperor: "Yes."

He still remembered Artoria's amazing feat of boasting about having dozens of large pork knuckles.

"Ahem, let me finish speaking first."

Seeing that everyone had some misunderstanding, Captain Dragonfly quickly explained, "This is not a simple eating contest, but a hot and cold eating contest!"

Everyone: "(??︿??)"

Is there a difference?

Captain Dragonfly: "The so-called hot and cold eating contest is where contestants draw a hot or cold option, and then eat extremely cold or extremely hot food. The three who eat the most within a specified time win."

Now that you put it that way, everyone understands.

Rin Tohsaka: "Ah! So that's how it is!"

She had originally wanted to give it a shot, but immediately gave up participating in the competition.

After all, she still wanted her own mouth and stomach.

This competition is probably only something that heroic spirits can withstand; it puts a lot of strain on the human esophagus.

Even Feng Xi backed down.

After all, he doesn't have any masochistic tendencies.

As expected, all the remaining participants on the field were Heroic Spirits and non-humans; there wasn't a single human among them.

Everyone values ​​their life.

"Alright, the match is about to begin!"

With a wave of his hand, Captain Dragonfly transformed the venue back into the original reality show stage.

Tables have been set up on the stage, all custom-made for each contestant, with no major or minor issues.

"call out--"

With a whistle, food, hot or cold, appeared in front of everyone.

Artoria was lucky; she drew a cold dish. A large bowl of shaved ice appeared in front of her, along with various flavored syrups and toppings, allowing her to choose her own combination.

Those contestants who drew hot food were in for a rough time.

The food prepared for them for the competition was freshly baked cream-coated vegetables, which are the hottest dishes in the world.

The system also thoughtfully added a heat-preserving buff to the dishes, preventing them from losing heat.

"Goo-"

Looking at the steaming hot, creamy roasted vegetables, a bead of cold sweat involuntarily trickled down Jin Shanshan's forehead.

That's right, the ever-competitive Gilgamesh has entered the competition again.

He's determined to get first place today!

But now, he faces the biggest challenge of his life.

After all, compared to cold dishes like shaved ice, piping hot baked vegetables with cream sauce are a greater test for one's esophagus.

Seeing that the other contestants had started eating, Jin Shanshan knew he couldn't hesitate any longer. He gritted his teeth and scooped a big spoonful of the milk-flavored roasted vegetables into his mouth. The next moment, he was burned and his face turned bright red.

Without screaming or spitting it out, Jin Shanshan showed his backbone, swallowing the scalding hot food, and then a puff of white smoke rose from his mouth.

Captain Dragonfly thoughtfully brought him a large tub of ice water, and Gilgamesh quickly poured himself a glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Upon seeing this, Feng Xi couldn't help but give Jin Shanshan a thumbs up.

"This is way too hot—"

"Kakaka-"

Just as Gilgamesh was about to complain after recovering from his shock, he witnessed a scene that slapped him in the face.

Uncle B shoved a plate of creamy roasted vegetables into his mouth, chewed it twice expressionlessly, swallowed it, and then picked up the second serving that appeared after the update to continue showing off.

Goodness, you can't feel the heat at all like that.

So, unwilling to admit defeat, Gilgamesh immediately gritted his teeth and continued to engage in the 'battle'.

Similar to Uncle B, there's also Elizabeth the Dragon Girl.

The piping hot, creamy roasted vegetables tasted just like any other food to her. In fact, she quite liked the dish and planned to research how to make it herself when she got back.

Fortunately, not everyone is a monster like Uncle Berserker or Dragon Girl.

Dog also drew a hot dish, but it squeaked and cried from the scalding hot vegetables with milk sauce. It was not as good as Jin Shanshan.

Of course, eating shaved ice isn't all that easy.

"Ah-"

After eating too much ice in one go, Nero felt a headache coming on and had to stop temporarily.

It would be fine if it were anything else, but why is it a headache?

Nero has zero resistance to headaches.

Seeing Artoria, who had the same face as her, acting as if nothing was wrong and showing off her shaved ice, she felt a surge of annoyance.

Damn it, we all have the same face, and I have a better figure, so why can't I be as generous as the other person?

The match time is set at ten minutes, since it's not good to waste everyone's time for too long.

"clang!"

When the time was up, Captain Dragonfly rang the race bell on his wrist, and the food in the contestant's hand instantly disappeared.

"Huhuhu..."

Jin Shanshan slumped in the chair, her lips burning red from the heat, steam rising from them.