Chapter 100

A nerdy-looking teenager said as he lifted his glasses in a way that he thought made him look cool and knowledgeable.

" Black hole blondie...I kinda like that, YOU CAN DO IT BLACK HOLE BLONDIE."

" ONLY 17 MORE BOWLS TO GO BLACK HOLE BLONDIE." Suddenly the crowd started to chant the nickname glasses decided to give her.

And said black hole blondie had a straight unemotional face as she consumed another bowl of Wanko soba noodles.

Ekko who had managed to make his way to the front of the crowd was finally able to see who was going to break the record.

' Eh?...Koizumi.'

Ekko was surprised to see her here, but if he thought about it was it really a surprise.' Wait if she's here maybe other classmates from school are here too.' Ekko thought as he continued to watch Koizumi eat.

" 443...444...445...446...447...448...449... FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY." The crowd cheered congratulating the new record holder, while Koizumi just bowed to the chef before walking away.

A few guys that found Koizumi attractive tried to get her number but she just ignored them like the chees touch and walked away looking for a good ramen stand.

" Hahaha, you did pretty well there black hole blondie, I didn't know you could eat like that." Suddenly a familiar voice sounded from behind her as she felt a hand pat her head.

She didn't recognize the voice straight away so on instinct she grabbed the pervert's hand and kicked backward aiming for his most vulnerable spot...the family jewels.

Though that was immediately stopped by the pervert's knee that blocked her kick.

"..." There was an awkward silence between the two.

"Did you just try to kick me in the balls?" Ekko asked a rhetorical question but with a calm look, Koizumi replied.

" Yes..."

"..."

'Fair enough, note to self never sneak up on Koizumi, unless you want to be potentially left infertile.'

" I didn't think you would be coming to the festival. It's pretty isent it." Ekko said trying to diffuse the awkwardness.

Koizumi just stared at Ekko before walking away. And to her chagrin, Ekko followed behind before asking something that surprised her.

" By the way, why have you been running away from me in school, every time I want to talk to you or get some ramen you ignore me, did I do something wrong." Ekko asked genuinely curious.

Koizumi stopped walking before looking at Ekko. The two just stared at each other before Koizumi looked down to the floor."...I'm sorry." She said in a whisper barely audible, especially with all the loud sounds in the background but Ekko heard it.

" If you are sorry can you at least tell me what I did wrong then?" Ekko asked but Koizumi sighed before looking at Ekko again.

" Two...I'll eat with you two times." Ekko looked at her confused before smiling, it would seem she was trying to make it up to him.

Ekko already knew that Koizumi dident have any friends with how she interacted with the other students so maybe she just didn't know how to act.

" Sure, I saw a really awesome-looking ramen stand on the north side, let's go there before they get sold out." Ekko said before grabbing Koizumi's hand and dragging her to the stall.

Koizumi looked at Ekko in confusion before looking at the hand he was holding hers in.' Big...there like papa's.'

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"Mhhhhhhhh~~~ It's so tasty, big sis Masane you have to try some." Eris who was drinking a bowl of chicken soup said.

Masane looked at the bowl a bit tempted.

In the end, she gave in but didn't regret it in the slightest after drinking just a sip. She felt like hundreds of flavors were exploding in her mouth.

It was just two good, Eris and Masane were gulping their portions down while Rangiku was calmly drinking hers.

The chef who was making the food noticed Rangiku's calm expression and was a bit surprised before deciding to strike up a conversation.

"So how's the soup I hope everything is to your liking." He said grabbing Rangiku's attention.

" Mhh! It's quite delicious...but."

"But?" The chef was surprised, did she not like the soup?

" It really is good, but I don't know, I ordered the scolding spice of your menu but this soup doesn't seem spicy in the slightest."

The chef's eyes widened." Not spicy...Pft hahaha! Is that so little lady, mhhh well to be quite honest with you that scalding spiciness is the maximum most normal people could take.

I didn't want to put anything that could put anyone in the hospital, but from your expression the meal I cooked you wasn't to your satisfaction."

Rangiku thought for a moment before nodding" I guess that's one way to interpret my words."

" I see, well I would hate to have a customer leave unsatisfied, I do have that recipe I have yet to test.

But little lady ill warn you now, this won't be like anything you've ever experienced, hell your very clothes might even explode from the sheer intensity of it."

Rangiku raised a brow before resting her head on her hand" Well what are you waiting for then." Rangiku gave him a challenging smile as if to say ill believe it when I eat it.

" Hahaha, coming right up little lady... SOMA!!!" The chef shouted at his assistant/son who was his also Sous chef.

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"HAI!!" Soma yelled with a wide grin while flipping a Wok with fried rice in it.

" Get those special chilies ready, looks like we have an unsatisfied customer." Jōichirō Yukihira said in a commanding tone as he and soma smiled.

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They both suddenly unstrapped two long white fabric sashes from their wrists and tied them on their foreheads.

" YOU UP FOR ANOTHER COMPETITION SOMA!!"

" ANY TIME OLD MAN." Soma replied with equal intensity.

Rangiku, Eris, and Masane just sat there, confused about what was actually happening.

"LET'S DO THIS." The father and son said as they started cooking with even more ferocity, so much so that it even drew a crowd in.

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" AND THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS THE NEW QUEEN OF BOOZE, DEFEATING LAST YEARS REIGNING CHAMPION, CANA ABERONA!!!"

There was a whole crowd of over 1000 people on the bottom of the stage cheering Cana's name as she drank another bottle of sake.

" Now before we give out the winners the prize, is there anyone in the crowd who wants to take on the new champion, remember if you manage to beat her you are automatically given 1/7 of the prize money."

The mc asked but no one in the crowd dared to step up, they saw how Cana decimated the competition by a landslide, she didn't even look drunk.

How were they supposed to beat a monster like that?

And just as the mc was going to announce the final winner once again, a sudden gust of wind blew past the crown scattering sakura blossoms everywhere.

" Wow what was that...huh! Who's this, could it be..." The mc said as he looked at the women who mysteriously appeared on stage.

She was beautiful, no less than Cana and no one else could feel it but Cana saw that this woman was the cause of that gust of wind just then.

" Few! I made it just in time, now what's this about prize money." The woman asked the mc with a flirtatious wink.

The mc blushed before excitedly shouting into the microphone." It would seem we have a changer folks, Our new champion still has one last person to conquer."

The mc said hyping up the crowd. The mc approached the mysterious woman and asked for her name. When he received it he told her to sit next to Cana so they could start.

" CANA OUR NEW CHAMPION VS KAZEHANA THE FREE SPIRIT FROM THE EAST!!!"

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Cana stared at Kazehana with a smirk while Kazehana blew her tongue at her.

Sparks flew between the two ladies but the crowd didn't seem to notice.

"Whoever drinks more sake cups than the other without throwing it back up will be the winner of this second competition, well then ladies when you're ready...BEGIN."