A crossover anime! The life of a hero!

"..." As for Saiki Kusuo's attitude towards this, it's hard to tell yet, he just had a blank expression.

“By the way, Ishi! If you don’t know your birthday, how about setting it to the day you meet Izayoi? That’s what he decided anyway!” Hoshino Gokawa, snapping out of his reverie, turned to him and offered his suggestion.

"...Is that alright?!" Upon hearing this, Ishi instinctively turned his gaze to Izayoi Sakamaki.

“Of course, no problem!” He nodded without hesitation.

"In that case, why don't you come to my house for dinner on August 8th?" Since he didn't have many close friends before, and they were all from different worlds, Hoshino Gokawa basically never had a birthday party.

But this time was different. This time, he met people he could talk to easily, and they were all extraordinary individuals. So Hoshino Gokawa thought he might try inviting them over.

Although he was an adult in his past life, that doesn't mean he doesn't want someone to visit him on his birthday; it's just that none of his friends are available.

Just like playing games, if you play alone, you'll eventually get bored, but if you have a group of friends to play with, then no matter what you play, it will be very fun.

Moreover, none of the three of them can be considered normal children. Izayoi Sakamaki has killed people, Kusuo Saiki has the superpower to read minds and know the evil in people's hearts, and Ishi has had his organs removed.

Which of the three do you think deserves the word "normal"?

Since none of them are normal people, then that's fine!

Anyway, they've become a small circle now. If someone wants to join, they'll probably need to have something special about them. After all, if an ordinary person were to join, they might lose their composure.

"no problem……"

"can!"

"Okay...Ok..."

They all accepted Hoshino Gokawa's invitation.

"In that case, it's settled then. I'll try cooking it myself." Although he hadn't cooked much in this life or the previous one, Hoshino Gokawa believed that with his learning ability, he could definitely make some dishes that tasted and looked good.

If all else fails, he can go to Totsuki Academy and get some really delicious-looking dishes to treat them. After all, it's a birthday party, so as long as they have fun and enjoy themselves, that's all that matters. As for the guys who get their food taken, he'll leave them some gold as compensation.

After all, he could easily find this kind of thing, especially since he was good at copying and pasting.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Stealing Skills from the Far Moon Academy

"Um...do you guys want some cake?" Three days before his birthday, Hoshino Gokawa suddenly asked the three of them a question.

"It's alright, but I don't really like sweet things." That was Izayoi Sakamaki's reply.

"I haven't... eaten it, but I feel... it should taste really good." You don't even need to look to know that this is Ishi saying it, after all, he's the one who lacks the most common sense among everyone.

"..." As for Kusuo Saiki, although he didn't say anything, his eyes said it all: he absolutely wanted to eat the cake, or more precisely, he liked anything sweet.

"I see... Then why don't you come with me to learn from them?" Seeing that they all had no objection to eating cake, Hoshino Gokawa decided to go to a culinary academy to learn in order to show his sincerity.

"Where?!" The three were puzzled when they heard what the other party said.

"Totsuki Culinary Academy is that very famous culinary school." Hoshino Gokawa didn't want to keep anyone in suspense, so he directly revealed the place he wanted to learn from.

"Um... I have a question." After a brief moment of thought, Saiki Kusuo, having learned who it was, suddenly looked up and used his telepathy to ask him.

"what is the problem?"

"It's summer vacation now, are you sure there are still students at that school?" This question reveals that Kusuo Saiki is unaware of how fierce the competition is within Totsuki Academy.

If he knew that too many low ratings or failure to pass the postgraduate entrance exam would lead to expulsion, he probably wouldn't think this way.

Therefore, even during the summer vacation, there are still a large number of students in the school who have not left and plan to continue to study cooking skills. Some want to make sure they will not be expelled, while others simply want to improve themselves.

Moreover, there are positions like the "Top Ten Outstanding Students," which can influence the policies of a school. In other words, whether it's during school hours or holidays, the students who occupy the "Top Ten Outstanding Students" positions are definitely in the school.

This makes it easy for Hoshino Gokawa to learn cooking skills: see which of the Elite Ten cook and try to learn from them.

He didn't even need to steal their lessons; just by looking at their notes, Hoshino Gokawa knew roughly what to do.

However, this is on the premise that the other person must be someone who can take notes.

"Don't worry about that. That school always has people available, after all, the internal competition there is quite fierce."

"If their cooking skills don't improve, they might be expelled from school next time." Hoshino Gokawa casually waved his right hand, indicating that it wasn't a problem, and gave them a brief overview of the school.

"Oh! There's such an interesting school!" Izayoi Sakamaki drawled when he heard this, because he never expected that there would be such a school in this country.

Thanks to Hoshino Satoru, he developed a strong interest in the school.

As someone who can also cook, Izayoi Sakamaki couldn't help but be curious about the culinary skills of the people at this school.

Even if there's no competition, they should at least know how big the gap is between them and the shopkeepers, Canary and Fox.

And here we have to say how charming the fox shopkeeper's oden is, it even made Izayoi Sakamaki want to linger, even though the poison bottle (the word is changed to a homophone for censorship) had no effect on him.

"Hmm... it's just this school, so do you want to go?" Hoshino Gokawa nodded slightly and then glanced at the three of them again.

"Of course I'm going!" Such a strong tone made it obvious that it was Izayoi Sakamaki who said it.

“Go…” and immediately following was Kusuo Saiki’s telepathic message.

As for Ishi...

"Um... wouldn't that be... a bit too... troublesome?" To be honest, Ishi felt a little embarrassed about asking them to take him along. He felt that he would not only be of no use, but would actually be a hindrance.

"It's okay, they can't see us or hear us anyway," Hoshino Gokawa waved his hand to indicate that it was alright.

"Well... alright." Hearing this, Ishi had no choice but to nod in agreement.

After a while, they left a note for the canary and then slipped away, arriving at the Totsuki Academy in a flash.

"Chirp...chirp..."

The scorching sun and the chirping of cicadas from the trees added fuel to the fire for some of the already unstable students in the college.

"Let's have a food battle! The loser has to give us your club funds and activity room!"

"Come on! Who's afraid of who?"

From the perspective of Hoshino Gokawa and his three friends, one group of students was arguing with another group of students, and they even seemed about to start a fight.

Of course, that's not the main point. The real issue is that all the students on the right are incredibly muscular. If they didn't know beforehand that this was a culinary academy, they might have suspected that it was actually a sports school.

Curious about the true nature of the food battle, they entered the competition venue unnoticed by everyone.

Hmm...how to put it.

Although not many students came to watch the food battle, the atmosphere of the competition was incredibly heated, as the invisible momentum of the two clubs clashed completely in mid-air.

"It feels... kind of interesting." After sitting in the audience watching their match for a long time, Izayoi Sakamaki finally uttered these words slowly.

"I think so too, but I actually prefer eating other people's food to cooking, in other words, the food of the judges." Although the aroma wafting from below was quite tempting, Hoshino had no habit of stealing other people's jobs.

That's right! "Rice bowl" refers to the literal meaning, that is, the rice bowl in front of the judges!

Then a while later--------------------------

"So where do we go next..." After watching a food battle, Kusuo Saiki turned his head slightly to look at Gosho Hoshino, and the meaning was clear: since you suggested coming here, you should arrange the next steps.

"Hmm... let's just look around for now. I think we should be able to find suitable people to learn from in such a big place." After thinking it over, Hoshino Gokawa finally decided to take it one step at a time.

"Can……"

"no problem."

"it is good……"

The three people next to him who heard this had no objection.

Chapter Seventy: Erina Nakiri

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As the four of them strolled through Totsuki Academy, most of the things they encountered were related to food battles. It could be said that the students of this school were either engaged in food battles or on their way to one.

However, Hoshino Gokawa has not yet encountered anyone worthy of learning from, but this does not mean that there was nothing to learn from the food battle he just watched.

But how to say it...

That's a bit too much. Whether it's timing or heat control, these are things he could easily do.

In other words, the things they taught me were things I already knew, but I just never showed them off in my cooking.

So after walking for a while, Hoshino Gokawa decided to go to those buildings that looked more luxurious, hoping that he might find someone there who was worth learning from.

As for whether this method constitutes trespassing...

You'll have to ask that old gentleman, who once said, "Can something done by a scholar be called stealing?"

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Although they have covered their own space, if they do something very obvious like opening a door, it will still attract the attention of others.

Therefore, it's best not to do anything unnecessary, otherwise you'll have to trouble Kusuo Saiki to erase their memories.

To Hoshino Gogawa and the others' surprise, the person conducting the cooking experiment in this luxurious building was not a high school student, but rather a blonde girl about their age, accompanied by a slightly sharp-looking follower with short pinkish-purple hair.

"Erina-sama! Did it work?!" The little follower asked instinctively as she took a dish out of the oven.

"Not yet... I have to try it first to see how it tastes." With that, the girl named Erina picked up a soup spoon and gently scooped a spoonful of cake base from the cake mold in front of her and put it in her mouth.

"Hmm...no, the taste is still a bit off." Feeling the taste still didn't quite meet her expectations, Erina, without further ado, dumped the cake base into the nearby trash can.

"Lady Erina..." The little follower who had witnessed the whole thing seemed to want to say something, but after seeing the other's tense brows, he hesitated to speak.

She actually knew that the old Erina Nakiri wasn't like this, but due to a very extreme and painful experience in the past few years, her personality had undergone a huge change.

And so it gradually became what it is now.

Meanwhile, Hoshino Gokawa, who was quietly watching them cook from outside the window, subconsciously remembered the identities of the two people.

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma's female protagonist, Erina Nakiri, and her sidekick, Hisako Shinto.

Furthermore, Erina Nakiri possesses the ability of the God Tongue, which allows her to instantly discern the advantages and disadvantages of anything she eats.

However, due to her father's influence, she could only perceive the flaws and not the merits of the dishes.

However, in Hoshino Gokawa's view, the so-called "God's Tongue" is nothing more than a superhuman sense of taste. To be honest, anything labeled as the "God's Tongue" is...

It seems there really isn't a problem.

Because of the country's eccentric nature, anything that transcends ordinary people can be labeled as divine or something similar.

So, strictly speaking, this title isn't wrong. But what Hoshino Gokawa really wants to know is whether the other person thinks their title is awkward and childish!

"God's Tongue..."

If such a title were applied to him, Hoshino Gokawa would probably be so embarrassed he'd get cancer.

"Tap...tap..." Just as he was thinking about random things, Erina Nakiri inside started moving again. First, she separated the egg yolks and egg whites, then used a mixer to whip the egg whites into a foamy consistency, and then...

In short, it was a series of things related to making cakes. I don't know if it was Hoshino Gokawa's luck or what, but he happened to see her making a cake today.

“I…feel…she…was so wasteful.” Ishi, who had just watched her dump that cake base into the trash can, seemed to be expressing his dissatisfaction with Erina Nakiri’s behavior.

Food is a precious thing that can save lives, why would she waste it like that!

Regardless of what others think, Ishi simply couldn't bring himself to like her behavior.

“Hmm…it is quite wasteful.” Hoshino Gokawa nodded in agreement. After all, Erina Nakiri had suffered a series of excessive demands from her father at this time, so it was only natural that she would become so unreasonable and wasteful.

As for Izayoi Sakamaki and Kusuo Saiki, they didn't have much of an opinion on it and just left it there to watch.

The former was pondering the other person's cooking methods, while Saiki Kusuo's words were simply a regret about the cake base.

As for the girl's surname and given name, that had nothing to do with him.

Meanwhile, unaware that their actions were being secretly observed by a boy of roughly the same age, Erina Nakiri, after estimating that the time was about right, opened the oven door again and repeated her previous actions.

Unlike before, this time she didn't choose to discard it. Instead, she nodded in satisfaction and began to spread cream and other things on it.

"Hmm... I see, that's how it's done." After watching Erina Nakiri's movements for a while and confirming that he could replicate it, Hoshino Satoru wanted to find a place to try it out casually first.

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After finishing the cake, Erina Nakiri called someone she didn't know, and soon after, a staff member came over with an exquisite cake gift box to wrap it for Miss Erina.

"Ms. Erina! Where should this cake be sent?" The staff member who had packed the cake subconsciously turned around and asked her.

“Send this to my grandfather.” Erina Nakiri’s words sounded somewhat cold and decisive.

"Yes, Miss Erina!" The staff member, indicating that she understood, nodded and then took the cake and left, heading towards the Nakiri family mansion.