The King of Elden's Multiverse Life

As for Momoko Akane, she naturally fits the description of a beautiful girl perfectly.

After greeting Kobayashi Rindou, Luo Yu looked at Akanekubo Momo and said, "It's great to finally meet you, Akanekubo Momo. Hello, I'm Luo Yu."

Akane Momo's cheeks puffed out slightly as she hugged her teddy bear and looked at Luo Yu, saying, "You ate so many of my cute treats, and you only show up now? You should give me more thanks!"

Luo Yu smiled and nodded: "Of course, no problem. Is there anything you want?"

Chapter 291 Morning Session: A Food War Between Two Elite Ten Players (2/2)

Momoko Akane couldn't think of anything for a moment, but Rindou Kobayashi, who was standing next to her, said with a smile, "Momoko, I have a suggestion. Don't you like desserts? Then let's ask Mr. Luo Yu, a shareholder of Totsuki, to find you some rare recipes."

"Oh! A rare recipe!"

Momoko Akane's eyes immediately lit up as she looked at Luo Yu with great anticipation.

"Is that okay? Once I've figured out some new and adorable desserts, I can make them for you to try!"

"The recipe? That's no problem at all."

Luo Yu readily agreed. The Nakiri family had plenty of recipes and such; if Luo Yu went to Nakiri Senzaemon, the latter certainly wouldn't be stingy.

Moreover, it's for Momoko Akane, one of the Elite Ten. Even if there aren't suitable ones at the school, they can look outside. With Totsuki's connections, finding some recipes is a piece of cake.

Seeing that Luo Yu had agreed, Akane Momo nodded happily: "Yes, you are indeed very good. Please sit down. Rindou was just telling me about you!"

"Oh? Are you talking about me?"

Luo Yu glanced at Kobayashi Rindou, then sat down next to Akane Kubo Momo.

Kobayashi Rindou chuckled and said, "Hehe, I was just talking about what happened at the Totsuki Resort, where we played together! Oh, by the way, Luo Yu-kun, what brings you to Totsuki today?"

Luo Yu said, "Some things happened yesterday, so I came to Tokyo and stayed here for one night. I'll go back to Chiba later."

"Oh... really?"

Senzaemon Nakiri kept Nakamura Azami's matter a secret; no one else knew, and Luo Yu had no interest in telling anyone. Naturally, Rindou Kobayashi was unaware of it.

However, seeing that Luo Yu still planned to stay in Totsuki today, Kobayashi Rindou immediately had an idea: "By the way, Luo Yu-kun, there's a food battle starting later, would you like to go watch it?"

"Food Wars? Who's fighting whom?"

Kobayashi Rindou said with a smile, "The eighth seat of the Ten Masters, Kuga Terunori, who is skilled in Sichuan cuisine, is facing off against the ninth seat of the Ten Masters, Eizan Etsuya."

"Two of the Ten Heroes?" Luo Yu asked in surprise. "How did these two run into each other?"

Kobayashi Rindou spread his hands and said, "It is said that some conflict occurred yesterday, and then each of them took a shop as a wager to have a food battle, and the loser had to apologize to the winner in public."

"Tsk tsk, are these two kids? They're already going straight into a food battle."

Luo Yu shook his head, but he had to admit that he was indeed interested and immediately agreed. He then followed Kobayashi Rindou and Akane Kubo Momo to the food battle venue.

Because it was a competition between two of the Ten Outstanding Students, even though it was still more than half an hour before it started, many students had already arrived at the venue.

Luo Yu and his two companions did not go to the audience seats, but went directly to the VIP room on the second floor.

This wasn't Luo Yu's first time here, but the room wasn't the same. The one he went to before was the Nakiri family's exclusive VIP room.

After arriving and sitting down, Luo Yu sent a message to Erina and the other two who were in class, telling them that he was at the Food War venue.

Erina and the others knew about the food battle between Terunori Kuga and Eizan Etsuya, but none of them were very interested in the two's abilities anymore.

Kuga Terunori, although he is said to be good at Sichuan cuisine, can only make spicy dishes. He is not proficient at all, but rather specializes in one area.

As for Eizan Etsuya, although he is a very talented chef, he is so engrossed in expanding his business empire that he spends less and less time on his culinary skills, resulting in slow progress.

Among the Ten Heroes, these two are arguably the least worth fighting.

Meanwhile, Erina and Hisako were preparing to find an opportunity to first spar with Isshiki Satoshi, the seventh seat of the Elite Ten from the Polar Star Dormitory, who was the real master who had been pretending to be weak while actually being strong.

After sending messages to the three girls, Luo Yu looked at Kobayashi Rindou and Akane Kubo Momo and said, "There aren't any big events at Totsuki anymore. After summer vacation, the Autumn Selection will be coming up soon. But this event has nothing to do with you two third-year students. The event where you'll be performing should be the Moon Festival, right?"

Rindou Kobayashi nodded and said, "That's right. For us third-year students, we can usually graduate smoothly. Most of the tests at Totsuki Academy are only for first- and second-year students. As for us, we can choose whether or not to participate in the Moon Festival. I don't plan to participate. Compared to opening my own shop, I prefer to travel around and taste delicious food!"

Momoko Akane said, "I'm going to win the Moon Festival!"

Looking at Momo Akane, Luo Yu smiled and said, "Making desserts must be quite difficult in terms of sales, especially since you are one of the Elite Ten. The location of your shop will be different, and the prices of your food will be higher accordingly."

Momoko Akane raised her head confidently and said, "I am Momoko Akane. With my skills, I can definitely attract everyone here!"

Kobayashi Rindou said confidently, "What Momoko said isn't exactly a lie, but when it comes to desserts, apart from the first seat's Eishi Tsukasa, no one else can reliably beat her, including me."

Tsukasa Eishi...

Luo Yu had never met the mysterious First Seat, and considering that the other party was a man, Luo Yu had no intention of getting to know him.

Chatting with the two girls, time flew by, and the seats in the venue were all taken. Every student with free time came to watch this heavyweight food battle.

The food battle between the Elite Ten is so rare that it might not even happen once in a semester. If you miss this one, you don't know when the next one will be.

Five minutes before the exam, Erina and her two friends arrived after class and took them to the Nakiri family's VIP room, which was initially a bit too small.

After settling down on the more spacious sofa, Luo Yu was naturally flanked by Erina and Alice.

Seeing the two of them clinging to Luo Yu's arm, Kobayashi Ryudan gossiped, "Are you two not going to hide it anymore? If the other students at school find out, it will definitely cause a huge uproar!"

Alice, clinging to Luo Yu's arm, said happily, "What's the big deal? I don't care what other people think, right, Erina?"

Erina nodded, her usual arrogance gone, and smiled as she said, "That's true. Besides, this is Totsuki. Anyone who dares to say anything behind our backs will be fired immediately."

With one hand supporting her chin, Rindou Kobayashi exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, Erina's words are truly terrifying. She has changed so much since I first met her. Is this the power of love?"

Momoko Akane looked at the three of them with curiosity, as this was the first time she had ever heard of the complicated relationship between them.

Can love turn a person into this?

In Momoko Akane's view, pink bubbles were practically floating around here.

Chapter 292 Food War in Progress (1/2)

In Momoko Akane's mind, Alice aside, even Erina, whom she was more familiar with, was not the kind of person who would fall in love.

Now, he's completely acting like he's deeply in love, which has really shaken her worldview.

Moreover, this wasn't just one person; Alice was also involved. How could these two sisters agree to share a man with each other?

After asking the question, Alice laughed and said, "Who said it's just the two of us? Hisako is one too!"

"what?"

Momoko Akane looked at Hisako sitting to the side in shock.

Hisako blushed inevitably when faced with Momoko Akane's gaze.

After observing for a few minutes, Kobayashi Rindou said thoughtfully, "You guys... you look quite different from a few days ago, even more beautiful. What kind of cosmetics did you use?"

As a chef who often goes out alone to find rare ingredients, Kobayashi Rindou has a very keen eye for detail. In just a few minutes, he noticed that the three people looked unusual.

She didn't quite understand at first, but after the three of them became shy, even Kobayashi Rindou, who had no experience in this area, suddenly realized.

"I see, yin and yang in harmony. It seems your lives are quite harmonious, that's great. I'm eighteen years old now and I've never had a boyfriend!"

Sitting next to Kobayashi Rindou, Akane Kubo Momo understood the reason and shyly covered her blushing cheeks with her teddy bear.

"H!"

Luo Yu smiled nonchalantly, looked at the food battle scene outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and said, "Let's not talk about personal matters for now. The two sides of the food battle have already come out."

That's when everyone turned their attention to the area below.

After the host introduced the identities of the two participants in the food battle and the stakes involved, the theme of the food battle was announced.

“Sichuan food?”

Looking at the question, Luo Yu said in surprise, "It's actually a question that Kuga Terunori is good at. How could Eizan Etsuya agree to such a contest?"

Erina crossed her arms and said, "He must be confident of winning. Based on my understanding of Eizan, he won't easily agree to a food battle unless he's absolutely certain of victory, especially against the other Elite Ten."

Alice countered, "But if you're so confident of victory, why not ask for a spot in the Elite Ten?"

Kobayashi Rindou guessed, "He probably felt it wasn't necessary. After all, one of them is in ninth place and the other is in eighth place. Even if he wins, he'll only move up one place. As for the others, none of them are simple characters. Ruishan isn't entirely confident he can challenge them, so he simply changed the bet to something else."

Luo Yu felt that Kobayashi Rindou's guess was quite plausible.

Although Terunori Kuga's culinary skills are not low, he is extremely unbalanced. Eizan Etsu can find a way to defeat him and win other bets, which is much more valuable than getting a seat that is only one level higher.

After ten minutes of preparation, the food battle officially began.

While the two were preparing the dish, Luo Yu glanced at the judges' panel and said, "Two teachers have arrived. Is the empty seat for the old man?"

Erina nodded and said, "Grandpa has some things to do and will come over before the cooking is finished. Yu-kun, let's have lunch at the villa today too. I just consulted with Chef Shaper and came up with some ideas."

Upon hearing about the new dish, Kobayashi Rindou immediately looked over expectantly: "Erina, can I have some too?"

Momoko Akane also raised her hand, showing great interest in the new dish developed by God Tongue.

Since it wasn't evening, Erina and Alice exchanged a glance and didn't refuse the two's offer to join them.

"Okay, let's come over together after the food battle."

While waiting for the food to be ready, Mito Ikumi and Tadokoro Megumi, having finished their own tasks, also came over.

Sitting down on the sofa, Tadokoro Megumi said nervously, "Since I got into Totsuki Academy, this is the first time I've ever seen a food battle between two Elite Ten players!"

Mito Ikumi nodded and said, "A food battle between two of the Elite Ten is indeed rare, especially at this time, with the end of the semester approaching. But looking at these two, and this topic, Eizan Etsu clearly has a solution in mind, directly cooking Kuga Terunori's specialty, spicy cuisine."

On the cooking counter, Eizan Etsuya's expression was clearly very confident, daring to challenge Kuga Terunori in his area of ​​expertise.

Meanwhile, Terunori Kuga, seeing Eizan Etsuya's actions, also showed a hint of confusion, but quickly focused his attention back on his cooking.

An hour later, both sides finished their dishes and served them to the judges.

The three referees, including Senzaemon Nakiri, were the first to taste Terunori Kuga's dish, Super Mapo Tofu.

Just looking at the bright red, steaming dish on the TV screen, Luo Yu said speechlessly, "When did Mapo Tofu become such an extreme dish? Even if it's incredibly delicious and unforgettable, I still won't admit it."

Alice said with a smile, "Yu-jun is really strict about Chinese food!"

"It's not so much that it's strict, but rather that Jiuwo Zhaoji has gone a bit astray. Getting stuck on a single point is not a good thing, and sooner or later he will run into a wall, perhaps today."

The others, including Kobayashi Rindou, agreed with Luo Yu's assessment.

With one hand supporting his chin, Kobayashi Rindou said, "Focusing on spiciness is indeed good, but Kuga's insistence that spiciness and numbing spiciness are the strongest aspects of Chinese cuisine has led to the fact that, outside of Totsuki Culinary Academy, this Elite Ten member doesn't actually have much recognition in the Chinese food world, and is even less well-known than Eizan, who is focused on business. Simply focusing on numbing spiciness, even if he can make people who don't eat spicy food like it, is still not enough. That's not how a chef does it."

Kuga Terunori's cooking skills are not the problem; the problem lies in his understanding of cooking. If this is not addressed, he will not go far in the future. Most of the other members of the Elite Ten know this, and several of them who are close to Kuga Terunori have mentioned it to him, but he has not listened to a word and continues to do as he pleases.

On the judges' panel, apart from Senzaemon Nakiri, the other two judges reacted just like the other diners, sweating profusely and with flushed faces, yet they continued to eat without stopping, as if the tofu in front of them was the ultimate delicacy.

Terunori Kuga looked confidently at Eizan Etsuya: "See? Eizan, this is my cooking. You can't possibly beat me in my area of ​​expertise!"

In response, Eizan Etsu, who was wearing glasses, did not say anything, but silently carried his dish forward.

Chapter 293 Food War Ends, Erina Knows Her Mother Has Returned (2/2)

Unlike Terunori Kuga's brightly colored Mapo Tofu, Eizan Etsuya's dishes don't present such a striking appearance once the lid is opened.

"Steamed beef with rice flour, please enjoy."

"Oh? It's steamed beef with rice flour?"

Upon seeing this dish, Senzaemon Nakiri looked at Eizan Etsuya and said, "I didn't expect you to start learning Chinese cuisine?"

Pushing up his glasses, Eizan Etsu also said, "I just happened to meet with a few Chinese restaurant partners, get to know a few master chefs, and learn a lot from the best of Chinese cuisine, which came in handy."

"Yeah~~~"

Senzaemon Nakiri nodded, but didn't say much. He picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of steamed beef, and put it in his mouth.

The other two teachers followed suit.

The three of them widened their eyes as soon as they tasted the beef.

"This, this texture?"

"So spicy! So fragrant! Such a unique texture, a completely different kind of spicy flavor!"

Compared to the two incredibly excited teachers, Senzaemon Nakiri picked up another piece, put it in his mouth, tasted it, and said, "You used a complex blend of spices, and the chili peppers were also special, so the flavor has changed."

Eizan Etsu also smiled and nodded: "That's right. I emphasized the tenderness of the beef and the freshness of the chili peppers, and neutralized some of the numbing and spicy flavors that would normally be felt, making the taste more mellow, but still flavorful. It's just a pity that I don't have enough time to research, so this is all I can do."

"good."

Senzaemon Nakiri affirmed, "With your talent, this level is to be expected, and you could certainly do better. But with the materials available, this is already exceptionally good."

After giving his evaluation, Senzaemon Nakiri continued to savor the food.

Hearing Nakiri Sen's (or Zaemon's) evaluation, and considering his previous reaction, Kuga Terunori clenched his fists and said incredulously, "Could it be... Rikugai 4 Liu 0?"

As expected, the result of the food battle was 3-0, with Eizan Etsu winning decisively.