A crossover anime! The life of a hero!

After all, he had been thinking about what happened yesterday for a long time, not only at school but also at home, trying to figure out what to do.

But to his surprise, things took a complete 360-degree turn this morning.

However, there was one thing that Saiki Kusuo was very curious about: how exactly did those officials find Hoshino Gokawa?

"Hmm... I can't really explain it, it's just a very strange device. And they used that device to lure me over there." Hoshino Satoru, recalling the unique signal from last night, honestly wanted to take apart that thing to see what was inside.

"Is that so..." Saiki Kusuo, having understood what was going on, did not show any further change in expression.

Since the matter has already been resolved, why should I think about it so much?

Besides that, Kusuo Saiki was more interested in understanding the revealed identity of Kalirus.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Space Ring

"Hmm... Have you ever watched Ultraman?" After pondering for a while, Hoshino Gogawa suddenly asked Saiki Kusuo this question.

"I've seen it... What's wrong?" Upon hearing the other party's puzzled question, Saiki Kusuo was slightly taken aback.

"Could it be?!" Then, he suddenly realized something and subconsciously looked at Hoshino Gokawa with a very surprised expression.

"It's pretty much what you're thinking... I'm somewhat like Ultraman's human form now, except that I'm completely fused together and can't be separated anymore." Hoshino Gogawa nodded slightly to indicate that he was right.

"..." Saiki Kusuo, who finally understood why the other party was so strong, was at a loss for words. He was a natural esper, but the other party was directly possessed by "Ultraman" as if a god had descended.

It can't even be called a divine descent, after all, judging from the background stories told by Hoshino Gokawa, the being who merged with him is far more powerful than the so-called gods on Earth.

One lords it over the planet, the other wreaks havoc in the universe; even a fool can see just how vast the difference is.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore, Kusuo. Actually, I found a place yesterday that might be really good oden. It's run by a father and son who are both foxes. Would you like to take some home and try it? It's on me!" Now that he didn't have to worry about school bullying and other issues, Hoshino Gokawa's mood naturally improved a lot, so he couldn't help but turn his attention back to some random, trivial matters.

For example, what to eat for dinner tonight, where to eat, etc.

"There's something strange about the oden made by the fox..." Kusuo Saiki subconsciously imagined what the fox would look like making oden. How to put it, it felt weird. He even doubted whether the fox's hands could hold chopsticks.

Of course, it was strange, but that didn't mean he wouldn't try it. After all, Hoshino Gokawa had said it might be delicious, so how could he not give it a try? Eating delicious food wasn't illegal.

However, there was one thing that Kusuo Saiki was very curious about: what did the yokai use to buy and sell things?

"Hmm...the things they trade are all sorts of strange things, so I'm planning to make something that only I can make and trade it with them. I can give you one if you want."

"What is that?!" Upon hearing this, Kusuo Saiki couldn't help but feel curious.

"Space! The ring!"

evening----------------------------

Despite possessing a variety of superpowers, there is one thing that Kusuo Saiki has yet to have: he does not have his own storage space. When he received the space ring from Gosho Hoshino, he couldn't help but marvel at the space inside.

It has a volume of about 1,000 cubic meters, and you can put anything in it, whether it's a living thing or an inanimate object.

Of course, the spatial ring that Hoshino Gokawa wants to trade away won't be this big, since if it's too big, something might happen, like the holder being robbed or something.

Therefore, the space rings traded outside are basically limited to less than 100 cubic meters, but even so, this is still too big for other "people". You could even live in it.

"It's quite amazing..." After carefully examining the ring on his thumb for a while, Saiki Kusuo turned his gaze back to Hoshino Satoru.

"Of course! My products are guaranteed to be top-notch!" He smiled slightly at Saiki Kusuo after receiving the praise.

"But I have a question. If you don't plan to expose yourself, how are you going to make a deal with that fox shopkeeper?"

“It’s very simple…” As he spoke, a ring that Hoshino Gokawa was playing with instantly disappeared from Saiki Kusuo’s sight.

In the secret realm------------------------------------

"Hmm?" The fox shopkeeper noticed something suddenly appearing on the table and subconsciously looked down.

then……

"!!!!!" Upon seeing the white characters appear on the table, the fox shopkeeper almost popped his eyes out of their sockets.

After all, any monster that comes here cannot be unaware that these white characters are the unique way the owner of this place communicates with the outside world.

Of course, that's not the point; it's the meaning conveyed, which can be summed up in just one sentence.

"Pack these into two separate portions for me. This is your payment."

Looking down from the text, the fox shopkeeper saw a very cool ring, with its function also indicated next to it.

"It can hold things that do not exceed ten cubic meters, whether they are inanimate or living."

"This! I understand!" Unable to contact the other party, the fox shopkeeper could only accept it unilaterally. Originally, the fox shopkeeper wanted to say that the other party did not need to pay anything, after all, everything here was provided by him, and he was too grateful to ask for anything from the other party.

But since things have come to this, this is the only way for now. At worst, I'll slip a little note inside when I pack it up.

Having figured things out, the fox shopkeeper quickly got to work, filling each box to the brim.

"Shopkeeper, who are you packing this for?" A monster sitting in front of a street vendor eating asked the fox shopkeeper curiously when it saw his actions.

"It's prepared for the great one who created this world!" The fox shopkeeper didn't hide anything and said it directly. Of course, speaking didn't mean he would stop what he was doing.

"!!!!" The monsters who were standing by, upon learning that it was actually prepared for the being who created this world, were all shocked.

After all, the other party hasn't appeared in front of them even once so far.

When the fox shopkeeper finished his work and placed the takeout box where the white characters had just appeared...

"..." The takeout box disappeared without any warning.

"!!!!" The monsters watching all this instinctively held their breath for a moment.

Then the perspective returns to Hoshino Gokawa's side-------------------------------

"Wow! Looks like we can eat and drink for free from now on." Hoshino Gokawa, who handed two takeout boxes to himself, immediately noticed the small note stuck to the outside of the packaging.

The gist of it is that the fox will provide him with oden for free for the rest of his life.

"Is this the oden you were talking about? It does smell really good." Even without asking, Kusuo Saiki could smell the aroma around his nose.

"I also feel it will taste great." Hoshino Gokawa had to admit that the other party seemed to have some real talent for making oden.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Cooking

night------------------------------

Sniff...sniff...

"What smells so good?!" Hoshino's father, who came home a little later than usual today, smelled the incredibly tempting aroma of food as soon as he entered the door.

"It's oden that Goku brought back..."

"What kind of oden smells so good?!" Hoshino Natsuhiko, who was quite surprised, hung his clothes on the clothesline next to him and then went to the dining table to take a closer look at the oden that was emitting a very strong aroma.

"Alright, stop smelling it and sit down to eat. To be honest, I think this cooking is much better than the dishes made by the Elite Ten at the Moon Festival." Hoshino Sakurako placed a piece of radish soaked in juice into her husband's bowl, indicating that he should try it.

"Is it really that amazing?!" Hoshino Natsuhiko couldn't help but wonder how delicious this oden must be to elicit such a response from his wife.

"Moon Festival! The Ten Heroes!" Hoshino Satoru, who was eating his meal nearby, paused his chopsticks the moment he heard these words.

"Could there be a Food Wars! spirit here?!"

"Mmm! It's delicious!" Just as Hoshino Gokawa was thinking about other things, his father's praise suddenly came from the restaurant.

then……

"Where did you buy this oden from, Gokawa?!" Hoshino Natsuhiko, who was so excited that he wanted to eat his own tongue, turned to look at his son beside him.

"I bought it from a street vendor I was passing by."

"I see..." Hoshino Natsuhiko felt a little down when he learned that his son had bought the item from a street vendor. After all, a street vendor meant that the vendor's location was not fixed, and in other words, whether or not he could buy the item depended entirely on his luck.

"Mom and Dad, if you like it, I'll see if I can come across it again in the future, and if I do, I'll buy one." Although he could eat and drink for free, Hoshino Gokawa didn't have the nerve to eat at the fox's house every day. Besides, eating the same thing all the time would inevitably get boring, no matter how delicious it was.

"Hmm... that's the only way." Hoshino Natsuhiko nodded slightly as he ate his oden.

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"Oh! By the way, Dad! What are the Moon Festival and the Elite Ten that you were talking about?!" Hoshino Gogawa, who had just finished talking about oden, suddenly asked his father about Food Wars! Soma, after all, he needed to make sure he wasn't mistaken.

"The Moon Festival! It's a five-day event held by Totsuki Academy for the outside world! On that day, everyone can go in and enjoy the dishes made by the students of this school."

As for Totsuki Culinary Academy, it's the best culinary academy in the country for training chefs. I've heard the competition there is incredibly fierce, and many students drop out every year. The ten best among them are known as the Ten Masters. Noticing his son's curious gaze, Hoshino Natsuhiko didn't think too much about it and simply explained the origin of the Moon Festival to him.

"I see……"

Hoshino Gokawa said this, but in his heart he was quite moved by it.

"So it really is Food Wars! ... Maybe I should make time to go there and try it sometime. I wonder if those dishes that make you look like you've eaten computer parts will have any effect on me."

at the same time----------------------------

"Wow! Kusuo! How can this be so delicious!" Qi Mu Kuniharu, who was eating Fox House Oden for the first time, praised it as he ate.

"Swallow what's in your mouth before you talk, okay?" Seeing his father like this, Saiki Kusuo was speechless.

"Yes, Kusuo, you should thank that Hoshino classmate properly later."

"I will..." Upon hearing that it was his mother speaking, Saiki Kusuo nodded subconsciously.

This shows that Kusuo Saiki's attitude towards his father and mother is completely different.

Then time slowly moved on to the next day, Saturday.

Ding Dong…Ding Dong…

Suddenly, a rhythmic knocking sounded outside Hoshino Satoru's house.

Tread...tread...

A short while later, a series of rather hurried footsteps came from inside, and then the door was opened shortly afterward.

"Hello, Auntie! I'm Kusuo Saiki, a classmate of Gosaku's." Kusuo Saiki, carrying a bag of homemade cakes, nodded subconsciously to Hoshino Gosaku's mother when she opened the door.

"Oh, you're Gokawa's classmate! Please come in!" Even without him saying it, Hoshino Sakurako would recognize him, since she had chatted with his parents not long ago.

Moreover, with such a striking hair color, it's hard not to remember them.

"No need, Auntie. I came here to deliver some things to you. I need to go home for lunch after I finish." Saiki Kusuo, who had his own plans for the day, declined Hoshino Gosakawa's offer after thinking of a suitable reason.

"Oh, I see... I'm really sorry to trouble you, Qi Mu."

"No trouble at all..." Saiki Kusuo shook his head slightly as he handed the cake to the other person.

After waving goodbye to Hoshino Gokawa's mother, Saiki Kusuo teleported back to a secluded corner.

Inside the room -------------------------------

"Click!" Hoshino Sakurako, who had just pushed open the door and was seeing her son reading a comic book, instinctively said something to him.

"Wuchuan! Your classmate just came by and brought some gifts."

"I know, Mom. I'll come out and check later." Hoshino Gosakawa was very aware of Saiki Kusuo's arrival, after all, the spatial fluctuations just now could not escape his notice.

As for why they didn't come out to greet us? Because there was no need!

After all, they didn't have anything to do together this weekend, and frankly, they weren't ordinary kids, so why would they play those weird little games?

For example, playing shadow tag or hide-and-seek.

"Alright..." Hoshino Sakurako didn't say anything more after receiving her son's reply, and left after closing the door.

Then the only sound left in the room was the constant turning of Hoshino Satoru's pages.

Sa... Sa...

After a while---------------------------

"Let's go out for a walk."

Chapter Thirty-Nine: An Unexpected Event

"Mom, I'm going out for a walk. I'll be back in a bit." Hoshino Gokawa said to his mother as he entered the living room after closing the bedroom door.

"Okay, be careful on the road." Hoshino Sakurako, who was cleaning in the living room, subconsciously looked up at him after hearing this, then nodded slightly, and then lowered her head again to continue cleaning.

"Hmm..." After receiving his mother's permission, Hoshino Gokawa walked a few steps to the shoe cabinet at the entrance, quickly put on his shoes, and then pushed open the door and walked towards the large shopping mall with a lot of people.

On the road ------------------

"Huh...huh..."

It's clear that Hoshino Gokawa is in a good mood right now, otherwise he wouldn't be humming a little tune on the road, and he even picked a foxtail grass from a patch of weeds and waved it around in his hand.