Bottom-tier voice actress wants to become a big star on VTuber.

After sleeping soundly with Lily and Rion in the sunset, Shimizu Toru met Tsukino Mito and Higuchi Kaede for the first time the next morning.

The former is at most 145cm tall, and with her long, straight black hair, she actually looks quite cute, but unfortunately she's an abstract, crazy woman.

Delong is another example of a perfect imitation; he has no flaws in either appearance or physique, but unfortunately, he is also a madman.

Her most distinctive features, besides her booming laughter, are her incredibly loud screams that could shatter eardrums, or perhaps they should be called battle cries.

As soon as the two met, Delong gritted his teeth and began to dredge up old grievances: "Yuzuru, you bastard! You've finally fallen into my hands. Go to hell and repent!"

Shimizu Toru slapped away the fist that was aimed at his chest, looking utterly speechless: "The Mahjong Soul Cup happened so long ago, why are you still holding a grudge?"

"Mind your own business! I'm just petty, is that so wrong?!"

"That's possible, but if I were to go to hell right now, you'd have a chance to eat some delicious mutton."

Higuchi Kaede, who had managed to deflect all of Higuchi Kaede's wild punches, said, "Then I'll spare your life for now, and we'll talk after we finish eating the mutton."

After the playful fight ended, the group marched in a grand procession toward a mutton restaurant in wooden barrels that Qingshui Tou had inquired about beforehand.

As the name suggests, it is mutton cooked in a wooden bucket, with only salt added throughout the cooking process, and it is eaten by dipping it in the salt water.

As for the shop opened by another content creator on International Lamb Day, he searched it up and found it was a bit far away, so it seems there won't be a chance to dip the lamb in the broth.

"Mmm~ Delicious, it really doesn't have a gamey smell!" After taking a bite, Lily's beautiful eyes lit up with admiration.

Each person cut half a pound of mutton, and Qing Shui Tou also ordered two extra sheep eyes and sheep kidneys. Then, everyone sat down at the entrance of the small restaurant and started eating.

Green Fairy, who was also eating mutton for the first time, quickly took a bite: "Mmm! Indeed, it tastes even better than beef."

“In ancient times, oxen were important tools for production. Slaughtering them privately was illegal in most dynasties. Pork was too smelly, so mutton was the preferred choice of nobles.”

Dipping it in salt water diluted with mutton soup, and tasting it with clear water, I found that it was indeed fatty but not greasy, and had no muttony smell at all, so it must have been castrated lake sheep.

As mentioned before, if a boar's testicles are not removed, it will secrete excessive amounts of androstenone and skatole, giving the pork an unpleasant odor that is difficult to remove even after blanching.

Actually, the same applies to other animals. Not only does castrating reduce the muttony smell of sheep, but castrating also improves the taste of chickens.

Japan does not have a tradition of eating mutton, or rather, before the Meiji Restoration, it did not have a tradition of eating meat at all.

From the Asuka period in the 8th century AD, the ban on meat, issued due to the rise of Buddhism, meant that the entire country could only rely on fish as a source of meat for nearly a thousand years. Even if one wanted to eat wild boar, one had to change the name to "mountain whale" to deceive oneself.

As we all know, fish is a type of white meat with low fat content. Like rabbit meat, it won't make you gain weight at all, which explains why the average height of people is not increasing and has even shown signs of regression recently.

Over thousands of years, the bloodline issues caused by long-term vegetarianism have been deeply ingrained in the DNA, and after several generations, they have finally reached their limit.

"Is the quality of this mutton only considered average at Dongda University?"

He finished half a pound in one go, and then asked Shimizu Toru to ask for another half a pound of Higuchi Kaede. He was somewhat incredulous when Shimizu Toru said that the lamb from a certain province in the Tohoku or Northwest region tasted even better.

"Yes, this shop probably uses Hu sheep, while Dongda University generally recognizes Tan sheep as the best quality, which is said to have a natural milky aroma."

Lake sheep, also known as sheep breeds in the Taihu Lake region, are mainly produced in Huzhou, a place with only 50 meters of jurisdiction over Taihu Lake—don't ask why it's Huzhou, because there's no water there.

Tan sheep are said to be chosen sheep that grow up eating sand onions, licorice, and fennel from a young age, and have no gamey smell even when boiled in plain water.

"Lily told me you ate a lot of delicious food yesterday, and you didn't even invite us!"

Moon Rabbit, who also added half a pound of mutton, felt she was being ripped off: "No way! No matter where you go from now on, you have to take us with you!"

"No problem. After we finish the mutton, I'll take you to buy some specialty fruits from Dongda University. I guarantee you've never tried them before."

Seeing that Shimizu Toru agreed without hesitation, Higuchi Kaede patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Since you're so sensible, we'll let bygones be bygones."

"Thank you so much for your kindness. Here, have a sheep's eye."

"Ugh! Take it away! I'm not eating this stuff!"

"Don't be shy, although it looks a bit unusual, the taste is absolutely fantastic!"

"If you like it, you can eat it yourself! I absolutely won't touch it!"

Despite his good intentions, Higuchi Kaede didn't appreciate them, leaving Shimizu Toru feeling very hurt.

After finishing the lamb, the group went shopping at Sam's Club under his guidance. Although fruit shops are everywhere, their prices are a bit too high, so the supermarket is more affordable.

"Hey~ this is a bayberry, a sweet and sour fruit with a very short shelf life, so it's rarely exported."

Shimizu Toru and others were lucky to catch the last batch of late-ripening bayberries of the year; a few days later and they definitely wouldn't have been able to buy them.

"This is a lychee. It's the same variety that Yang Guifei rode off on horseback to deliver a smile to the emperor, but no one knew it was a lychee." However, the taste is just average.

After trying one, Rion Takamiya's eyes widened in surprise: "This is just average? What must the best variety be like?"

"Look, this Guiwei is widely recognized as second to none, but the best one has to be the one freshly picked from the tree."

In the parlance of the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, the lychees sold in supermarkets are all dead for a while, and the flesh isn't even translucent.

This is thanks to timely cold chain transportation and Shanghai's proximity. If it were the kind of fruit you get in inland cities where the flesh starts to turn yellow, it would be considered dead for three days, and in Guangdong and Guangxi, it would only be used to feed pigs.

"Mmm~ It's so sweet, and it has a special aroma! Unlike the Fei Zi Xiao tea from before, which was very juicy but a bit astringent."

After tasting the Osmanthus flavor, Higuchi Kaede, who had just thought the Concubine's Smile flavor was delicious, immediately changed her mind.

Besides lychees and bayberries, Qingshui Tou also bought seven or eight kinds of fruits, including kiwis, pomelos, and jackfruits, and brought them back to the hotel.

—In Japan, yuzu refers to sweet oranges. They have little flesh and a sour taste, and are generally used to make drinks and as a condiment. Some yuzu peel is also added to baths.

As for the pomelos commonly eaten in China, they are called "Wen Dan," and their size and taste are incomparable to those of the Todai variety, not to mention varieties like the red-fleshed pomelo.

"You should eat less, eating too much will make you feel hot and bothered."

Seeing that they started driving around like crazy after arriving at the hotel, Shimizu Toru quickly reminded them.

Goodness, do you also want to eat three hundred lychees a day like the great poet Su Shi?

What does "getting too much internal heat" mean?

"In more scientific terms, it's an imbalance of oral flora, which can lead to mouth ulcers and sore throat. Remember to brush your teeth right after eating."

Book 1: Chapter 135 Sheila, who hasn't graduated yet

For lunch, Qingshui Tou treated everyone to hot pot. After all, we had come all the way to the University of Tokyo, so how could we not have hot pot?

We ate Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot again, but to prevent them from having to go to the toilet frequently today, we ordered mild spicy.

Even so, Green Fairy and the others were still sweating profusely as they ate, constantly drinking coconut juice, Wanglaoji herbal tea, and soy milk, while occasionally pulling out a tissue to wipe their sweat and blow their noses.

During the meal, they used up several boxes of tissues. Luckily, this wasn't eastern Guangdong, where tissues were free.

"Hiss~ Ha! This is authentic hot pot! It's definitely not your average spicy hot pot!"

Looking at Higuchi Kaede's slightly swollen lips, Shimizu Toru announced regretfully, "Shanghai is already one of the places in Tokyo where you can't handle spicy food, and today we ordered mild spicy."

"Huh? Then, how terrifying must a place be if they can eat spicy food?"

"There will be a BW Comic Con in Tianfu at the end of the year, which is also an event organized by bilibili. You will find out if you are interested."

Upon hearing this, Green Fairy quickly shook her head: "No, no, I still think CM suits me better!"

"Really? Tianfu is a habitat for giant pandas, and it also has the largest giant panda breeding base at Southeast University."

As Shimizu Toru spoke, he used his phone to search for relevant videos on Bilibili and handed them to the group.

"Kawaii!! The panda as a baby was so cute!!"

"Ugh! Blood, my health bar is empty! Call an ambulance right now!"

The girls, completely charmed by the baby's tiny, babyish cries, immediately forgot their earlier decision.

"Are you sure you want to go? If you want to see pandas, you'll have to get up at five or six in the morning to queue up for a chance to see them."

Shimizu Toru had anticipated the destructive power of sesame dumplings, after all, they were magical beings whose real bodies were even cuter than dolls or comics.

"I want to go! Anyway, you have to queue at Ueno Zoo, and each person can only watch for a short while."

The Japanese truly love pandas, especially after the birth of Princess Xiang Xiang a couple of years ago, which made Ueno Zoo earn a fortune in ticket sales.

So much so that when Xiangxiang returned to China, the whole country wept, and many people later traveled to Chengdu specifically to see her.

After lunch, the convention center started letting people in, and Shimizu Toru, the translator and MC, officially started work.

Compared to Hammer, he not only speaks better Chinese, but he is also more famous in Japan.

Those who attended the guest meet-and-greet were all his old acquaintances. After all, GuoV is only just starting out, so there's really not much to say.

As for the guests, besides the members of Nijisanji, they are mainly people who are frequently active on Bilibili, such as Kagura Mea, Inuyama Tamaki, and Tanaka Hime.

Thanks to Shimizu Tomo, even Tachibana Hinano, who doesn't usually get much attention, was invited to join in the fun.

"Sashibuli~ Tou-kun's performance yesterday was super cool, we were all very moved."

"You guys will hold a live show someday too, so remember to invite me then."

Actually, VSPO already has 3D models. The four original members, Hana-chan, Suzume-do-do, and Ichinose Rei, had 3D models a long time ago, probably because video was popular at the time.

It's just that due to insufficient funding, the models were all of very poor quality, and they couldn't compare to the exquisite 3D models that came later.

"I will! I will practice singing hard for that day!"

As the member with the best singing ability in VSPO, Tachibana Hinano can definitely be called a singer with great potential, although he probably hasn't reached that level yet.

Besides, Lisa, who is jokingly called a good brother by DDs, also sings very well. I recommend everyone to listen to her Luna Say Maybe, it's simply divine.

VSPO, a box brand known for e-sports and shooting games, certainly has a lot of singing talent. If it weren't for someone like Akarin who is tone-deaf, it would be mistaken for an idol project.

After Tachibana Hinano's segment, a VTB member named Shimizu Toru, whom I had never met before but had long admired, came to the show.

Sheila, who will graduate at the end of the year and then join Nijisanji EN as a second-generation Petra, is still a student using a cheap computer at this time.

"Hello everyone, I'm your class monitor, Sheila. My Chinese isn't very good, but I hope Tou-kun can understand me?"

"You understand, and you speak it quite fluently, so shall we speak entirely in Chinese?"

Sheila's Chinese was much better than that of Paradise Bird, who was of Chinese descent in the EN group later, and she had almost no accent, just like the sweet Maria.

"Huh? All, all in Chinese? Then, speak slowly, or I won't be able to keep up."

"OK~ Let's take a look at the marshmallows together and see if any of you have any questions for us."

After finishing speaking, Shimizu Toru randomly picked a cotton candy from the collection gathered by the officials and asked, "What is your favorite anime?"

"Anime? Natsume's Book of Friends, Code Geass, Cardcaptor Sakura!"

"I see. Sheila, did you learn Japanese by watching anime?"

I vaguely remember that the other person's Japanese level was N1, and I really don't want to believe that you can master this level of Japanese just by watching anime.

You should know that N1 level is the highest level of Japanese proficiency, which requires a considerable amount of classical Chinese knowledge. Even if he were to take the test, he might not be able to pass.

"Besides anime, I also play otome games, and I also watch some Japanese tutorials. Actually, it's not entirely based on anime."

"I see. My favorite anime is Baka and Test, and Seitokai no Ichizon."

As Shimizu Toru spoke, he briefly explained the reason: "For example, shonen manga like Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball, which have hundreds of episodes, I prefer slice-of-life anime with a dozen or so episodes."

"Hey, what does 'Dead Fire Sea' mean?"

"It's Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece, because they are all long-running shonen anime, so they are usually grouped together."

The main problem is that if a story becomes too long, given the weak plot control of Japanese manga artists, it tends to start strong but end weakly.

In addition, the animation team often pulls tricks like flashbacks and TV originals to avoid catching up with the manga's progress, making watching long-running anime series a truly torturous experience.

This is probably because many comics were not originally intended to be that long, but after they became popular, editors forced them to continue serializing them.

Many popular shonen manga have had similar experiences, so much so that those that managed to land smoothly, like Demon Slayer, are extremely rare.

"Speaking of songs, what kind of music does Sheila like?"

"Personally, I love Vocaloid the most, and their covers. Lately, I've been listening to 'Like a God' the most!"

Shimizu Toru was taken aback by what she heard, thinking to herself, "What a coincidence! You wouldn't happen to be a rainbow box fan like Meow Meow, would you?"

—That's true, my favorite V characters are Yumekoi Sho and Midori Sen.

Volume 1: Chapter 136 Rainbow Armor: My Role as Supervisor at a Girls' High School

On the 21st, after getting a photo and autograph from Roselia and finishing their final performance, Shimizu Toru and the others finally returned to Tokyo.

Everyone bought a lot of things: fruit, snacks, souvenirs... If you didn't know better, you'd think they were personal shoppers.

After agreeing to do a joint live stream tomorrow and a post-BML discussion, the group went their separate ways.

"Phew~ It's definitely more comfortable at home, Noah-chan~ Were you lonely while we were gone~"