Chapter 358

Soon.

"Here comes the extra-spicy, extra-large udon bucket!"

Three massive, fiery udon buckets were set before the three of them.

Even just smelling the spiciness made Chuixue struggle to accept it.

"Can you really eat this? Will you die if you swallow it? Why are you doing this anyway? Is it for money?"

Chuixue looked at Luo En, puzzled.

"Money? … I'm not short on it."

Luo En pried open his chopsticks, took a bite: "I just wanted to challenge something new, and… I actually like spicy food."

"I didn't expect anyone else would join us in this challenge. It's kind of reassuring. Let's push harder."

Qiyu tore his gaze from Luo En and stared at his own fiery udon bucket: "Genos, let's settle this."

"Yes, Master Qiyu!"

Both grabbed their chopsticks and buried their faces in the buckets, eating voraciously.

The customers and the shop owner and staff all turned their eyes toward the three.

Qiyu's expression twisted in agony, his face flushed red, as if he might spit fire any second.

Genos buried his head in the bucket, devouring wildly—or rather, sucking greedily.

Luo En ate, sweat beading on his forehead, pausing occasionally to sip water.

Soon his cup was empty; he snatched up Chuixue's cup, which she'd barely touched.

"Hey, that's mine—"

Chuixue hadn't finished speaking.

Luo En already raised the cup and gulped it down with a glug-glug-glug.

Chuixue looked at the three of them and couldn't help but pinch the bridge of her nose with a sigh.

"Men are all idiots."

The three kept eating.

The shop owner grew tense, wishing they'd stop immediately.

At this moment, Chuixue also checked her phone and found the identity of the bald man beside the S-class hero, Devil Cyborg.

"Qiyu, hero title: Bald Cloak Hero, hero rank… C-class? C-class?!"

Chuixue stared at her phone, eyes wide: "Why is an S-class hero hanging out with a C-class hero?"

The three's challenge neared its end.

"Is that guy not looking too good?"

"Who?"

"The bald one."

Qiyu, whose nose was spewing udon noodles, collapsed first.

"I… I can't go on. You're on your own now, Genos."

Then Luo En also stopped chewing, drenched in sweat.

"I've reached my limit. This spiciness is beyond imagination—it's not humanly tolerable…"

Chuixue stared blankly: "That doesn't even look like food meant for humans."

"But apparently someone can eat it."

Luo En glanced toward Qiyu and Genos.

Chuixue followed his gaze.

"Glug-glug-glug."

Genos lifted the entire udon bucket and poured it straight into his mouth; before the shop owner's horrified eyes, he swallowed the last bite.

He turned to the shop owner: "Phew… so that's it, right?"

"Uh…"

The shop owner stood frozen, spoon in hand.

"See? That's what you get from an S-class hero."

"That's because he's a cyborg, isn't it?"

At that moment,

the noodle shop's door opened.

"Welcome—"

The shop owner hadn't finished speaking; when he saw the blue-haired, handsome customer, his eyes widened in shock.

The other customers reacted the same way, faces filled with disbelief.

"That person is…"

"You're Genos, right?"

Genos and Qiyu turned at the voice.

Chuixue also turned, and when she saw the man, a flicker of surprise crossed her eyes.

The newcomer didn't notice Chuixue; he smiled at Genos: "I'm Sweet Mask, ranked #1 A-class hero. I have something to say to you."

Qiyu, slumped on the table, blinked: "#1 A-class?"

"It's Sweet Mask!"

Two high school girls gasped in delight.

"No way! It's really him!"

"Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

An older woman spotted Sweetheart Mask and nearly fainted from excitement.

"The number-one A-class hero, Sweetheart Mask—why is he here?"

Hiyuki glanced sideways at Sweetheart Mask, thinking to herself: "Is he here looking for Devil Cyborg?"

12, First Meeting with the Bald Demon King

"The number-one A-class hero, you have something to say to me?"

Genos looked puzzled.

Goku whispered to him: "He's probably training a new recruit—be careful, Genos."

"I see. I understand. Then, Teacher, wait here for me."

Genos stood up, his expression cold as he faced Sweetheart Mask: "Let's go. I just wanted to digest that."

Sweetheart Mask and Genos went outside the room.

Goku propped his cheek on his hand and went back to crunching the ice cubes in his cup.

"Will Genos be alright?"

"Hey, you."

Goku heard the voice and looked up.

A stunning woman with a voluptuous figure, dressed in a green gown, stood before his table, arms crossed, eyes fixed on him.

Goku glanced left, then right.

Then, utterly baffled, he pointed at his own face and asked Hiyuki: "Are you talking to me?"

"Who else is here besides you?"

Hiyuki felt exhausted.

"Really… then, what do you want with me?"

Goku asked her, still wearing that clueless expression.

Hiyuki stared at Goku: "I know you're the new recruit who passed the hero certification test today—'Bald Cloak Hero'…"

At her words, a dark vein twitched on Goku's forehead.

"Can you not call me that? It's annoying."

Hiyuki ignored his objection and continued staring at him: "I'm the number-one B-class hero and leader of the Hiyuki Group—Hell Hiyuki. You've probably heard of me?"

The Bald Demon King scratched his face: "No, I've never heard of you before."

"Though I don't know why you're with the S-class hero 'Devil Cyborg,' since you've become a hero, you probably don't want to stay here—you want to rise to a higher rank, right?"

"Hmm… well… yeah."