Chapter 55: Mom says don't eat things randomly

  The boys' raid was repelled under the leadership of Katsuragi. However, these guys apparently received instructions from Ryūji and carried away a large number of girls who were lying unconscious on the ground during their retreat. Of course, this wasn't for any perverted purpose but to create casualties among the girls who were already at a numerical disadvantage.

  Katsuragi sent someone to find Nakano Azusa and Haruka Amami, who were worried and said: "You go according to the plan. If this plan can't succeed, we'll definitely lose. And even if you succeed, this position can't be defended with the current number of people. But still, please do your best!"

  The team members led by the two had already eaten lunch in advance, and they would go to execute Eliya's most shameless, unscrupulous, and unlimited "Heaven First Hell Later Plan" that directly challenged human psychological and physiological endurance limits.

  Katsuragi Keiko almost fainted on the spot when she first heard about this plan, and as for the two girls who were appointed to carry out this plan, they immediately fell to the ground with a thud. With her flighty way of thinking and her unscrupulous tactics, Erihime was directly equated with a dangerous element in Keiko's eyes.

  Now, the boys are about to taste this big meal specially made by Eriol for them.

  1 o'clock, lunchtime which had been delayed. Many boys sat on the ground in twos and threes, taking out their water bottles and hard bread.

  "Enemy attack!!" The sentinel responsible for the lookout suddenly shouted loudly - this is absolutely the last thing that many boys want to hear at this moment.

  "Has it finally arrived?" shouted Yuji, biting into his bread, "Let's intercept according to plan!"

  Nakano Azusa and Hara Mura's raiding tactics were exactly the same as those of the boys: a small unit would pass through the forest to attack both flanks. Yūji, who had anticipated that the girls would launch a surprise attack during lunchtime, had already arranged for an ambush unit, and now both sides were engaged in fierce combat at the edge of the forest - or rather, not exactly combat, as the girls hadn't left the forest but were hiding inside to shoot cold arrows. This looked more like harassment than a raid.

  In the face of the boys' stern waiting, neither of the two girls' troops was able to gain any advantage. They harassed for a while and launched a surprise attack, but failed and retreated back into the woods.

  "Yuji, are you going to pursue?" Tsuchiya Kouta appeared beside Yuji with his usual eerie tone.

  "No need." Yuji shook his head and said, "By the way, where is Akihito now?"

  "The team he led has approached the top of the mountain and should be having lunch now."

  "Silently, you go inform Mingjiu to make sure he waits for us to exert our full strength and force the enemy to dispatch reinforcements from their main camp before launching a sneak attack."

  "I understand."

  After Tsuchiya Kōta disappeared from view, Yūji stroked his chin and gazed up at the mountain peak, muttering to himself: "It's going to be a tough one."

  But what Ryner didn't know was that Eris' counterattack had already begun one step ahead.

  Dunn felt stifled: as a noble, he actually had to eat plain bread and clear water like those commoners. Although he also wanted to get some better food for his stomach, dry rations were not fancy, just practical things that could fill his belly but had no taste. As for those luxurious dishes that were not portable - sorry, not everyone had spatial items like that little girl.

  Just then, Donnerson suddenly smelled a certain food smell.

  "Hey, can you smell it?" a boy next to him asked, sniffing hard, proving that this wasn't just Donnason's imagination running wild with thoughts of foie gras and caviar.

  "Did you smell it too?"

  "Me too."

  "Where did this come from?"

  The troops gradually got up and soon alarmed the leading warriors. The leaders of several teams near the forest, after consultation, thought that this food fragrance was accidentally emitted by the female who failed to attack the camp at noon, so with the idea of enjoying good things alone, they did not report to Xiong Er, but instead organized their troops to follow the fragrance into the depths of the forest.

  Tangnason's squad soon found the girls' temporary campsite, but they had seen it coming early and the last one had just slipped into the woods as the boys arrived.

  Although they didn't catch the opponent, the boys still got what they came for: a portion of food carefully placed in exquisite lunchboxes. Hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, grilled fish, rice from Dongdaemun, and even high-quality steaks... A large number of girls' homemade dishes were put into portable lunchboxes, becoming bento - you know what I'm referring to. Before the boys found a place to set up camp, the flustered girls didn't have time to clean up and left their lunch behind in their haste to escape.

  The girls' abandoned lunch boxes were unexpectedly numerous, but no one would complain about the lack of them. The team leaders saw that there weren't enough hands to take away all the lunch boxes and had to contact other team leaders - in this way, tens and hundreds of boys who were gnawing on hard bread learned that someone had obtained the girls' abandoned lunches and wanted to go and get a share. Those team leaders who found the girls' campsite naturally didn't want to share, after all, there were too many boys.

  The leaders then took such an action: divide the bento in half and give it to the nearest team, and then everyone will eat it all before others arrive.

  Donnerson luckily got a bento and he was overjoyed and busily gobbled it up. Then this is what he felt next:

  It started with an incredibly delicious taste, as if I had entered heaven; but then it was completely tasteless, like biting into wax, leaving me bewildered. Next, a dark figure flashed before my eyes, dressed in tattered robes and wielding a scythe, the embodiment of death passing by with great force. Finally, the scene brightened, and the misty River Styx as well as countless wailing spirits on its banks came clearly into view.

  That's right, this is the trump card of Eriol's trump cards, super killer move, final decisive battle weapon: special assassination cooking!

  These dishes were provided by Wakaba and the Cooking Club members as high-quality products, then specially processed by Kirishima Rih and Michelle, and finally added with a food fragrance that can cover up irritating smells and spread over long distances by Cecilia through three-stage craftsmanship. Unfortunately, I have to tell everyone that these dishes are temporarily not for sale outside because they are limited editions given to boys.

  But would you really buy and eat it?

  The boys who had been fighting for a whole morning were definitely all hungry, but the food brought by these careless and inconsiderate guys was unlikely to be well-made bento, only dry goods sold in stores. As long as they were slightly tempted with fragrant food at this time, they would come to their door uninvited.

  To prevent the doctored bento from being exposed immediately, Eriol had Vachess and the cooking club members' works placed on top of Rie's and Michelle's dishes. She also had Cecilia develop a potion that simulated food aromas (which didn't count as cheating since it wasn't for combat) to sprinkle inside and mask the smell that would knock people out with one sniff. As a result, after eating the top layer of food, the boys no longer suspected anything and distributed the rest without hesitation, and then... they collectively suffered from food poisoning.

  The effect was even better than Eriol had initially estimated, and she hadn't expected the male team leaders to divide the bentos into two portions to shut up the nearby teams. As a result, when Yuji received reports that at least one-third of the boys were heading to the underworld to make soy sauce, his face managed to go through every possible human expression in an instant.

  This time's culinary festival not only caused countless boys to collectively travel in groups to the underworld's scenic spots, but also honed the girls' cooking skills: Countless girls who helped Wakaba from now on became virtuous housewives, cooking delicious dishes; while many girls who helped Miharu and Riechi thoroughly forgot how to cook ingredients and had to start learning all over again.

  But Yuji didn't care about that, after perfectly performing a changing face juggling act, he chose an egg-pained expression and said to the liaison officer: "Send those guys outside the boundary and let the teachers in the infirmary be busy, we'll continue attacking after lunch as planned!"

  On the mountain waist array land.

  Katsuragi looked silently at the boys below the mountain transporting "the injured", wiped away cold sweat and turned back to Nakano Azusa and Horiguchi Kaido: "Looks like it was a success, good job you two."

  The two of them heard this and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

  "We can't hold this position for much longer." Katsuragi said to Sophia and Char, "Sophia, are you ready to organize a retreat? As for Char... I really don't know what kind of reason Eriol made such an arrangement, every bit of combat strength is precious to us now."

  "This I also know." Khasi smiled and said, "However, Vice President, I believe in Erihlya."

  Sophia chimed in, "Anyway, we're not going to win no matter what, so let's just go with Eriol's plan. Compared to our trial back then, this situation is child's play. If she had a way out back then, she'll probably come up with some crazy idea now too."

  "Alright, since we've chosen her as our commander, let's trust her." Gui Yujuan nodded and said, "Kasai, go gather your troops, you'll be going on stage soon. Yuetu, how's the preparation of your archer team?"

  "Get ready."

  "Alright, when the boys launch their attack, you'll scatter and hinder their speed. The next interception will be left to Khasi." Gui Yujuan arranged, "Sophia, when the boys start attacking, organize a retreat. Our second and last line of defense is at the top of the mountain. It's even more unfavorable for defense than here, but there's no other way. If we stay here and defend to the death, we'll all be surrounded because we won't have time to retreat, and everything will be over."

  "Understood." The crowd responded in unison.

  Yuji planned to pressure Eriol by sending a frontal assault, forcing her to withdraw the guards from the headquarters to support the front lines, allowing Mika to launch a sneak attack. However, unexpectedly, Eriol ordered the troops to abandon their advantageous position and retreat.

  Poor Mingjiu, you're in trouble now...

  But you're luckier than those who were sent outside the boundary - at least you don't have to pay respects to the elegant winds of the Naihe River.

  So good kids must listen to their mother's words, when they were young, she often educated us that this is not okay, that is dangerous, and this is not right, it's harmful. As a result, when we grew up, we all forgot or deliberately ignored them - take a look at the ending of those useless men, don't you guys hurry to prepare pens and notebooks to record mom's teachings?

  The notebook title will be "Mom says don't eat things randomly"