My Advice Is to Forfeit

Furthermore, it was only through his own investigation that he confirmed that the story of Demon Slayer should have ended a hundred years ago.

Thinking back to a hundred years ago, when this world was in a mysterious period of accelerated decline, Muzan of this world was probably forced into a corner, which is why he took the initiative to make a final stand against the Demon Slayer Corps.

In short, apart from the rumors related to the Demon Slayer Corps, most of the rest were just family genealogies and local chronicles about Asahigaoka, nothing of particular value—if the Miyauchi Family could really collect those precious ancient texts, they wouldn't have been farmers in Asahigaoka for over a hundred years.

The recipe he was referring to was, of course, a reward he received from his diary.

Liu Maoxing's Recipe Notes.

It enhances the holder's cooking skills, and when cooking according to the recipes in the notebook, there is a very low probability of creating the legendary glowing dish.

This thing might be a treasure for modern chefs, but it's rather useless to Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage.

After all, although his own cooking skills were passable, he was too lazy to cook most of the time, so this cooking notebook could only be kept as a collectible in his hands.

He wasn't short of money, and naturally, he wouldn't sell this notebook, which was also a collection of his childhood memories, to anyone else.

So after thinking about it, he realized that he didn't know any of the characters from Food Wars! and there was no need for him to get involved in their mess. So he decided to lend the notebook to Shiina Mahiru, a girl he got along well with and who also had a great talent for cooking.

As for glowing dishes, Miyauchi Hiyage thinks that even the people from Totsuki Culinary Arts can't do that now.

He had investigated and found that while the "God Tongue" and other "superpowers" in Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma existed, their effects were not as overpowered as depicted in the manga.

As for clothes tearing or bursting due to delicious cooking, Miyauchi Hiyage has never heard of such a thing happening anywhere.

Overall, the Totsuki Culinary Academy now appears to be just an elite culinary training school with relatively strict admission requirements.

To see the kind of near-clothing-tearing scene from the original work, we'll probably have to wait until the spiritual energy recovers further.

Or perhaps, the culinary world has already awakened similar powers, but they can only hide these abilities because of the rules of the Reverse Side World?

Miyauchi Hiyage made this guess in his mind.

It's estimated that after the full revival of spiritual energy and several extraordinary events, allowing supernatural powers to gradually enter the public eye, stories of superpowered sports works like The Prince of Tennis and Kuroko's Basketball will gradually appear in this world.

Thinking about a certain Seishun Academy that also exists in this world, and the increasingly outrageous and deadly tennis techniques that appeared in the later parts of Prince of Tennis, those world-class tennis players probably all reached the level of a Special Grade Sorcerers.

Dynamax, Black Hole, Time Loop, Other Dimension, Asura Shinto.

Let alone those Sorcerers, even Sukuna would probably question his existence if he came.

But to be honest, Miyauchi Hiyage is quite looking forward to that kind of world.

Instead of constantly talking about ruling or destroying the world, isn't it more fun for everyone to "happily" use their superpowers to play tennis or basketball?

With these thoughts in mind, Miyauchi Hiyage finished his breakfast in a cheerful mood.

However, this happy mood did not last long after I went to school.

Because Kasumigaoka Utaha, that woman, was actually waiting for them at the school gate early in the morning.

After seeing the Miyauchi siblings who were going to school with Shiina Mashiro, she greeted them in a rather "friendly" manner.

"You two are coming to school together again today. You seem to have a good relationship. But I have something I want to talk to Mashiro about. Could you lend me Mashiro for a little while?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha seems to be aware that her reputation at school is somewhat precarious.

Therefore, before more and more students gathered around, she pointed to the flower bed next to the teaching building.

There weren't many people passing by, and it was a public area, so there was no need to worry about her doing anything special to Shiina Mashiro.

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha looks quite normal now, Miyauchi Hiyage can't help but feel a little uneasy when she senses a fleeting glance from the other person.

Women who naturally possess a yandere tendency are indeed not to be trifled with.

The Old Fat Kasumi in front of me seems to have become obsessed with gaining Reading Points faster.

Miyauchi Hiyage looked at Shiina Mashiro.

Shiina Mashiro also looked at Miyauchi Hiyage with a questioning gaze, as if asking herself whether she should follow Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Since it's Kasumigaoka, Senpai who needs to see you, you should go with her. I'll be watching from the side," Miyauchi Hiyage smiled and nodded to Shiina Mashiro.

He has already spoken to Shiina Mashiro, and he believes that Shiina Mashiro can handle it.

Upon hearing Miyauchi Hiyage's reply, Shiina Mashiro nodded expressionlessly toward Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Under the somewhat gossipy gaze of Miyauchi Kouka, the two girls walked towards the flower garden on the side.

Miyauchi Hiyage followed them at a slightly further distance.

During this process, Miyauchi Kouka repeatedly urged him to quickly snatch Mashiro back from that scheming black-stockinged devil, lest the pure Mashiro be defiled by that woman.

Miyauchi Hiyage looked at her second sister with some helplessness.

Do you know what they want to do right now?

She didn't want to defile Mashiro, but your little brother me!

Thinking about the request that was most likely related to him, Miyauchi Hiyage couldn't help but wipe his forehead slightly.

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense. I think Kasumigaoka, Senpai really has something to ask Mashiro. Even if she really wants to do something, Mashiro won't let herself be bullied."

Miyauchi Hiyage offered a reminder.

Miyauchi Kouka then remembered that Shiina Mashiro, was not as innocent as she seemed.

But she has already entered the second stage of practicing that strange Breathing Technique.

Let alone going all out, if Shiina Mashiro were to arm wrestle with her now, she could probably crush her with just one finger.

Thinking this way, Miyauchi Kouka felt much more at ease.

She was even somewhat looking forward to the scene where Kasumigaoka Utaha tried to do something to Mashiro, only to be directly counter-killed by Shiina Mashiro.

Beside the flowerbed, Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at the Miyauchi siblings, who were following behind at a safe distance, and a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes.

If it weren't for the You Know Who, her reputation at school wouldn't have become so embarrassing.

She took a deep breath and then asked Shiina Mashiro about the details of the other party's request.

Shiina Mashiro naturally wouldn't reveal the request she received yesterday. Instead, she blinked and mentioned the two requests she had just received today.

Upon hearing that the other party's second request was to have that Miyauchi Hiyage choose clothes for her every day, Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze became somewhat strange.

That You Know Who guy has a really twisted sense of humor. Is it because Shiina Mashiro is rather naive that he assigns her this type of request?

However, Miyauchi Hiyage yuri works who almost never adds scenes for himself, so there's probably no need to worry about him making any excessive demands.

"If you come across any more outrageous requests in the future, remember not to accept them casually."

"This request is the same. If that Miyauchi classmate picks out some random clothes for you one day, remember to refuse, okay?" Kasumigaoka Utaha Shiina Mashiro.

Shiina Mashiro nodded absentmindedly.

Seeing Shiina Mashiro's expression, Kasumigaoka Utaha knew that her words had probably been in vain.

This girl is too naive; she has absolutely no sense of responsibility as the owner of the Diary.

The You Know Who has already joked in his diary that you and your sister might become each other's harem, so why haven't you reacted at all?

Is this Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage really that charming?

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed helplessly.

However, thinking about her request, she could only continue talking to Shiina Mashiro.

"Do you need my help with your comic book debut? I do know a few comic book editors with good reputations in the industry, and I should be able to help a lot."

Upon hearing this topic, Shiina Mashiro finally became much more focused.

However, after listening to what the other person said, she shook her head slightly and said softly that Miyauchi Hiyage had already made arrangements for her and that she did not need to ask anyone else for help.

Looking at Shiina Mashiro, who was completely unyielding and whose every other sentence revolved around the name of Shiina Mashiro Miyauchi Hiyage, Kasumigaoka Utaha was also having a bit of a headache.

But she cursed the You Know Who in her heart, muttering that it was all the You Know Who's fault, and still gritted her teeth and told Shiina Mashiro about the request she had received.

"I know this commission is likely something the You Know Who did to create conflict between us, but I came to ask for your opinion precisely to avoid that."

"If you're not willing, I'll refuse this commission right now."

Chapter 142: My suggestion is to abstain directly.

After hearing Shiina Mashiro Kasumigaoka Utaha did not show any refusal on her face; instead, she looked somewhat puzzled.

"If you need Riying's help with something, why don't you just go to Riying directly?"

Upon hearing Shiina Mashiro's purely questioning tone, Kasumigaoka Utaha was momentarily speechless.

She had originally thought of a whole bunch of things to say to get Shiina Mashiro to give in, such as Miyauchi Hiyage not being her type, Shiina Mashiro not needing to worry about her taking him away, and that they could help each other out and work together to increase their Reading Points.

But before she could even utter those words, Shiina Mashiro cut her off.

Moreover, judging from Shiina Mashiro's serious expression, it seems that her thoughts really are that simple.

In fact, Miyauchi Hiyage never interfered with Shiina Mashiro's choices.

Compared to Guanghua, Mahiru, and even Kasumigaoka, when they look at the relationship between Mashiro and him, they subconsciously speculate from the perspectives of opposite sex, dependence, or even love at first sight.

Only Miyauchi Hiyage knew best that Shiina Mashiro, with her lack of common sense and slow yet resolute emotional nature, could not possibly have developed such feelings after only knowing her for half a month.

She kept the secret for Miyauchi Hiyage, who helped her debut as a manga artist, provided her with enough creative ideas, and even let Miyauchi Hiyage act as her human model. This should be Shiina Mashiro's only idea at the moment.

There is certainly dependence, but that's just a habit she's developed since childhood, not because of romantic feelings between a man and a woman.

Apart from that, their relationship is currently very pure.

The word "friend" might sound a bit awkward; "partner" would be a more appropriate term.

As for how long this pure partnership could last, Miyauchi Hiyage thought about it and felt that it should last for a long time.

Perhaps.

In short, although Miyauchi Hiyage herself couldn't predict what the future would hold, at least in the current situation, Shiina Mashiro could easily defeat Kasumigaoka Utaha with her sincerity without Miyauchi Hiyage needing to say anything.

Shiina Mashiro looked up slightly at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was a little taller than her, and continued speaking.

"Hikage is very talented and a very nice person. Without him, it might have taken me a long time to finish drawing your story. If you need his help, just ask him directly."

Shiina Mashiro's words were as if she were saying, "I usually listen to Miyauchi Hiyage, so it's no use you coming to me now."

Kasumigaoka Utaha hadn't yet recovered from Shiina Mashiro's overly generous attitude, which even gave off a vague "official wife vibe," when she heard Shiina Mashiro's question again.

"Do you want me to call Rin-kage over for you?"

Shiina Mashiro's response made Kasumigaoka Utaha a little flustered.

This development speed is a bit too fast.

This made her, who is usually very proactive, feel a little embarrassed.

This is Mashiro's trust in herself. Because of this trust, she must continue to maintain a sufficient distance from Miyauchi Hiyage after completing this task.

Seeing Shiina Mashiro waving at him from afar, Miyauchi Hiyage knew that Shiina Mashiro had won this "confrontation".

The phrase "naturally naive yet cunning" is not just a figure of speech.

Even Miyauchi Hiyage herself was caught off guard and fell to Shiina Mashiro's hands. How could a little fox like Kasumigaoka Utaha possibly suppress Shiina Mashiro?

Miyauchi Kouka quickly pulled his younger brother toward Shiina Mashiro.

She was the most anxious, thinking that Shiina Mashiro had run into some trouble.

Although her fighting strength was far inferior to Shiina Mashiro, Miyauchi Kouka still subconsciously stood in front of Shiina Mashiro, intending to question Kasumigaoka Utaha about whether she had any ill intentions towards her Mashiro.

Seeing that the girl in front of her was obviously affected by those messy rumors, Kasumigaoka Utaha was both amused and exasperated, while muttering to herself that it was all the You Know Who's fault.

Feeling Kasumigaoka Utaha's close-range ultimate attack, Miyauchi Hiyage coughed lightly, telling his older sister there was no need to get so excited.

"Calm down. Didn't you see that Mashiro was calling me over? It must be that Kasumigaoka, Senpai has something to ask me."

Kasumigaoka Utaha breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that Miyauchi Hiyage seemed completely unaffected by the rumors.

Thankfully, there were some normal people among them, otherwise she wouldn't know how to start the conversation.

Shiina Mashiro nodded slightly. "Hikage, Utaha said she needs your help with something."

As Shiina Mashiro finished speaking, Miyauchi Kouka was the first to fall silent.

She looked at her hometown with a complicated expression.

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No, bro.