Chapter 120

Although having Gold Ship involved would make people doubt the legitimacy of this match, it seems there was indeed no alarm sounding from the discipline committee and student council's horse girl assault.

Output: 【3】 It's actually legitimate?!

Aomo, who had no interest in squeezing into the crowd, looked from afar at the big red banner hanging above the canteen that read 'Cooking King Contest', then glanced at the QR code posted nearby, feeling somewhat speechless.

As his gaze lowered and he looked further out at the white‑hatted, white‑coated kitchen staff moving in and out, delivering dish after dish to the tables deepest in the crowd, the live‑sync screen placed above them was displaying the intensity of the 'battle situation'.

Output: 【6】 Is modern technology just for you guys to put on this kind of display?

Output: 【7】 With this technology, you're crowded so close that even if you could see the inner layers, the outer layers can't see inside by poking their heads; it would be better to just look up at the screen. Is it necessary?

Output: 【8】 Only the frenzied atmosphere and the ardent fan-chasing can explain it.

In a school that gathers famous horse girls, one‑sided admiration and crushes among students are fairly common, like Suzi's roommate Ailishuma, who is simply a pure 'horse girl chef'.

Output: 【10】 They fervently support all horse girls, also collecting anecdotes about them, and often blurt out 'respect death' as meaning 'perfect, the best, awesome'.

Output: 【11】 But they also follow the iron rule of 'do not touch, do not insist, do not disturb'.

Only this kind of horse girl could barely serve as Suzi's long‑term roommate; anyone else would first be scared off by Ailisuzhi's notorious reputation, let alone getting to know each other as roommates.

Aomo still recalled how Ailishuma had first given her info to Suzi, resulting in him being blocked by Suzi, but he never got a chance to meet and thus couldn't exchange thoughts with the dd head.

The other person seemed quite busy, just like Meipu Bōfang's roommate Xiyehua, who also hardly had a chance to meet.

Both roommates were quite living the good life, which made Aomo feel ambiguous about Suzi and Bōfang, and looking at Mancheng Chazuo he couldn't help but wonder whether the other person's roommate was also living the good life.

Output: 【16】 But that's getting off topic.

He had just finished questioning the legitimacy of the opponent's match, wondering whether such a tightly packed space would invite a ban from campus security, but now it seems he was being rigid—Telesen is very free.

Output: 【18】 "Early game! This match's rules use a food-grabbing system! Right now everyone can see the chefs have stacked the food into a tower, what excellent balance! What a perfect tiered stage!"

What's more free is that, besides Gold Ship and its trainer openly promoting their cheering sticks, there is also a horse girl who dragged a chair onto the table to overlook the 'battlefield' and act as the host; she is wearing a rather professional earpiece microphone, with the mic moving from the side of her brown bangs to her mouth, amplifying her commentary so the whole cafeteria can hear.

The host, the Qianming representative, is her again.

Telesen's freest horse girl and the freest horse girl from the stars are both here showing their own freedom, and this strong alliance also lets Aomo understand why the student council hasn't rushed in yet.

Output: 【22】 "—Who doesn't know that's the student council's guest?" (x)

As soon as they see her, the students don't even think of reporting it; they just feel the student council has tacitly approved this, and some even ask whether Gold Ship has the Qianming representative's cheering stick.

Output: 【24】 They're all quite popular.

Aomo silently observed Gold Ship's response, hearing that there was none, then turned his attention back to the screen and glanced at Meipu Bōfang approaching with a tray.

Output: 【26】 "Sorry, I'm late by two minutes, master."

"I didn't give you a definite time, did I? Sit down and eat, don't worry—if there's a problem, it's Suzi's fault; she hasn't come back yet."

Aomo said irritably, and then saw on the screen that the angle shifted just enough to catch a flicker of Suzi's ahoge, leaving him somewhat resigned.

Output: 【29】 Has she squeezed into the front row? It seems we can't count on her eating on time...

Thinking this, Aomo resignedly got up.

"A trainer?" the tea seat expressed some surprise.

"I'll go talk to the display case over there, at least leave one portion… no, two portions of food." Noticing an ear covering resembling Yemo Juji flashing past the overhead camera, Aomo gave a brief explanation and hurried toward a certain meal display case.

Frankly, I've been using Yeguo Reading to read and chase updates, switching sources, with many voice tones, the app available on Android and iOS.

Quite a few people I know; although Aomo has an impression of most students at this academy, everyone he's met since coming to school has been seen, and even Narita Hakujin is standing by the edge of Sojouhi.

Output: 【35】 But because these people went to watch the match, there aren't many people eating in the cafeteria.

Output: 【36】 But this doesn't mean there will be leftover food, especially since the match is still ongoing and the back kitchen is busy as hot as fire.

Output: 【37】 Most of these folks watching the excitement haven't considered that ingredients might run out later, leaving them with nothing to eat.

Output: 【38】 But maybe they don't care, after all, there are several streets outside the school gate with eateries that specially profit from students, preparing delicious food just for them.

Expecting Ailisuzhi to go out and eat on her own is no different from letting Meipu Bōfang give up her already hardened way of speaking—

"—it's so difficult that even Aomo can't be bothered to consider it."

"The race has started! The one rushing out of the gate to grab a spot is Special Week! One bowl, two bowls, three bowls! The ramen is disappearing quickly! The beef steak with carrot is also disappearing quickly! What's going on, what's going on, Special Week athlete!"

"Why does she today have such a momentum like a runaway horse, as if driven forward by some terrifying force! Can you explain, Miss Silent Suzuka, as a friend of the competitor?"

"Um… that… Little Te…" "Oh, I know this one! The answer is—" "Special training! She's undergone special training!"

"Oh! So it's special training! Ailisuzhi seems to want to say something, but as a fellow friend of the Special Week athlete, Sojouhi quickly replied."

Output: 【45】 "It's actually special training! What excellent special training could change one's previous running style!"

Output: 【46】 "But it doesn't matter! Everyone knows! Any horse girl in the early stage will accelerate as fast as possible to reach maximum speed!"

"Little Chestnut Cap athlete! Rice Bath athlete is catching up! They've come up! They've started coming up! 21 laps! 26 laps! 33 laps! Obvious acceleration!"

Output: 【48】 "Hello, may I ask to keep two portions of food? The tray composition is as described above."

Even the uncle standing at the canteen's display case, who was looking at the screen from afar, saw Aomo lightly tap the window to bring up his own adjusted screen.

"About..." Aomo glanced back at the big screen behind him, then turned back and said, "In about twenty minutes I'll come to pick it up; please make sure to keep it in good condition."

Output: 【51】 "Oh oh, no problem, I'll notify the back kitchen." It seemed the cafeteria uncle didn't want to miss the 'battle situation', his gaze lingering on the distant big screen.

Output: 【52】 But he still walked away very professionally.

Output: 【53】. Just twelve minutes.

Output: 【54】 "Mid-game! Mid-game, even to the spectators! Everyone knows that in the first half of the mid-game, players aim to find a 'good position'; when a horse girl is in a 'good position', they can reduce stamina consumption, and in the

"But! Some horse girls also start accelerating and sprinting at this stage! Just like our Black Shadow Assassin, the Rice Bath athlete!"

「Two hundred twenty bowls! Two hundred thirty-one bowls! Look! Compared to the Supreme General and the Reed-haired Monster, the black assassin who rarely draws attention charges into the midfield with unmatched force, and now she flickers with the heroic radiance of a challenger! Can she shake the positions of the Stomach General and the Glutton Monster and become the new Trezen Glutton King? 」

. After a total of sixteen minutes.

「Although the horse girl's appetite is very free, eating this fast still suggests she should see a doctor. 」

「……master…」「How did it go, trainer? 」

Watching Aomo slowly reseat himself, Bourbon didn't know how to respond to Aomo's words, while Chazuo skipped over and asked about the window interview results.

「Of course it went well, but Bourbon, I don't want to be too rude, so later I'll prepare some digestive tablets for classmate Mi Yu. 」

Aomo gazed at the distant light screen; it was as miraculous as a comic, yet not losing its wild eating scene, and he inexplicably recalled the famous monster 'Eyeq's vortex-suction eating style.

In his mind surfaced a conversation with Narita Hakujin, and he thought, 'Horse girls and monsters indeed share similarities...'

. Twenty minutes.

Chief General 421 bowls, reed-haired monster 401 bowls, jet-black hero 412 bowls, the distance between them not large, Special Zhou's escape advantage no longer obvious! But looking at the food ladder diagram, the match is nearing the endgame! The endgame is the decisive zone! This is the final one-third!

The commentary by Qianming seemed to be having fun, the more he talked the more he got into the state.

"Little Chestnut Cap accelerated! Little Chestnut Cap accelerated! That roaring final lap has already surpassed Special Zhou! At the same time! Rice Bath is losing speed! Her momentum has begun to drop!"

"The front and rear have already pulled a six-bowl gap! The reed-haired monster begins to speed wildly, astonishing fighting spirit! It's the flow state domain! It's the beat of victory!"

"Oh!" xn, the audience seats timely let out a gasp, not merely cooperating with the commentary, but because they also saw that exaggerated effect.

As Qianming said, the battlefield displayed on the big screen also began to become extraordinary; in a disturbance where an electric current shattered, shadows emerged from the gray-haired horse girl's seemingly broken pupils, and surging white vapor floated from her mouth.

This also caused Aomo's gaze to become subtle, as if seeing a Godzilla juvenile.

Behind the horse girl Little Chestnut Cap rose an astonishing pressure that was no illusion, while not to be outdone, the other side erupted with cherry-colored flowing flame from Special Zhou's body.

It was exactly like a monster Radon forged in fierce fire.

Flow state domain, terrifying indeed!

This is the flow state, proposed by positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: 'When people immerse themselves in a task or goal at hand, they are fully focused, fully engaged, and enjoy the state they experience.'

When entering that state, you will feel you are striving wholly for the task itself, even your own self seems distant, and you do not notice time flying.

You feel that every one of your actions and thoughts occurs and develops like flowing clouds and water, and all your abilities are exerted to the utmost.

This is a psychological phenomenon, also especially common in competitive sports, though one cannot speak of a 'domain' in such a mystical way, but what if the athlete themselves actually possesses rather mystical abilities and potential?

Just now, the two blazing flames devour each other, eating as if truly becoming a battle; at this moment, the black-haired horse girl on the edge who failed to elicit the effect is squeezed by the effect into utter insignificance.

Too hilarious, at times like this dare you say those two aren't really monsters?

Cheers have long vanished, noise also no longer present, the extreme pressure makes everyone break out in a cold sweat on their forehead.

Their hearts held both fear and the nervous excitement of being drawn by this match, yet transcending all this was only the Triple Crown host seated higher up, indifferent to the two's aura.

"Little Chestnut Cap, with visible blazing flame, continues to widen the gap; the match has entered the final battle!"

"Little Chestnut Cap vs. Special Zhou! A classic 1v1 final showdown!"

"With 550 bowls as the final bend, Special Zhou still doggedly pursues; can Little Chestnut Cap maintain the last advantage! In the end will it be the reed-haired monster or the Eastern Chief General!"

Single-minded, body and spirit fully engaged!

Radiance of source energy shines around each of them; horse girls are not only able to burst potential on the racecourse, rather, for horse girls the racecourse is not limited to grasslands, muddy grounds, and such places.

. Twenty-one minutes.

Aomo has already been knocking on Ludaofu Xiangzheng's line, only because he lacks contact info for the infirmary.

Originally he wasn't worried to this extent.

But now seeing Rice Bath already teetering on collapse, Bourbon even more sweating on the forehead, as one of the few people of common sense present, Aomo feels he ought to set an example.