Crossover Anime: I'm at Shuchiin Academy, and my surname is Uchiha.

Chapter 293 This is a war of appetite! Let's conquer the super spicy ramen!

"Ugh... this could really kill me!" Tears streamed down Shirasaki Hana's face as she tightly gripped Uchiha Ryo, who was eating regular ramen beside her.

"Please, Brother Ling..."

Uchiha Ryo put down his chopsticks. "You're going to eat it for me, huh? I told you to order something else. This level of spiciness is not something a child can handle."

Shirasaki Hana's eyes hardened. "I'm not letting my brother eat me! I have a very strong attachment to food!"

Spicy... a very peculiar taste, and one of only two addictive tastes, the other being sweet.

Regarding this statement, Uchiha Ryo said that it's acceptable for sweetness to be addictive, but why would anyone be addicted to spiciness?

In the mid-1980s, the popularity of Mexican extra-spicy cuisine sparked the first wave of extra-spicy food craze in Japan. This period also coincided with a surge in the use of the internet slang term "extra spicy."

The second wave of spicy food craze in Japan came when various ethnic cuisines from Southeast Asia appeared on the streets in the 1990s and 2000s.

Suddenly, spiciness seemed to have entered every household, but at this moment, the appearance of Eagle Claw Chili peppers immediately became the challenge target for all spicy food lovers.

But humans are an insatiable species, and the 50,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) of the Eagle Claw chili is far from the limit of human desire for spicy food.

As a result, the million-hot pepper, the ghost pepper, and the legendary 248 million-hot pepper, the Dragon's Breath pepper, have appeared in recent years!

In modern times! The Carolina Reaper pepper, with a Scoville rating of 3 million, is a full 60 times spicier than the Eagle Claw pepper, the leader of the previous generation of spicy food craze!

Unfortunately, this small ramen shop didn't use the Reaper pepper or Dragon's Breath pepper, which are considered biological weapons. However, this ramen did include a small amount of devil's hot pepper powder!

"Hey, isn't this the Uchiha clan? And Hana's here too... Boss! One extra spicy limited-edition ramen, please!"

As a woman who loves ramen the most, Shizuka Hiratsuka would never miss any ramen shop nearby! And today, she's here to challenge the limits of this ramen shop!

"Hiratsuka-sensei, you really love ramen." Uchiha Ryo was not surprised to see Hiratsuka Shizuka here. He even wondered if this teacher ate ramen three times a day.

"Hmph, ramen is an indispensable part of my life. By the way, boss, has anyone successfully completed the challenge recently?"

The shopkeeper looked up at the newcomer. "Oh, it's Hiratsuka. We get people ordering it every day lately, but not many actually finish it. Isn't there someone over there doing the challenge?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka raised an eyebrow. "Uchiha? I didn't know you liked spicy food too! How about a contest?"

Uchiha Ryo waved his hand, then turned to the side, revealing Shirasaki Hana, who was already crying from the spiciness. "The challenge isn't on me, it's on Hana."

"What?! How could you be a temporary guardian like that! You actually agreed to let a child eat such spicy food!"

"What could I do? She wanted to eat it herself."

Uchiha Ryo turned to look at Shirasaki Hana, who was still persevering, and couldn't help but sigh.

Don't blame your brother. Xiaohua's food-obsessed personality will eventually lead to trouble. Rather than letting her eat those strange things in the future, it's better to teach Xiaohua a lesson in advance.

Liking to eat isn't a bad thing, but eating everything is not. And as Yukinoshita said, spoiling a child too much in terms of diet is not good. I guess after eating the ghost pepper noodles this time, Hana won't eat much for a week.

On the other side, Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the ramen that had been served to her and couldn't help but swallow.

"This flavor is truly impactful!"

Five minutes into the meal, Hiratsuka Shizuka's facial features began to contort, and her right hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

So... I failed the challenge after all? Looks like I still have a long way to go.

What?! Xiaohua, Xiaohua is still eating! Doesn't this child like spicy food?!

Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes widened, and then she felt a sense of powerless defeat! I, who have been eating ramen for half my life, actually lost to a child who is only a teenager.

Why is this happening? Could it be that Hana's appetite for ramen is even stronger than mine, Hiratsuka Shizuka's?

Indeed, times have changed... As a remnant of the old era, there's no ramen bowl left to hold me in this new era. Hiratsuka Shizuka wanted to put down her chopsticks and end the fight, but a final trace of resentment compelled her to look at Hana.

"It's so spicy, why is Xiaohua still eating it...?"

Shirasaki Hana wiped the soup from the corner of her mouth and then dried her tears.

"Because eating spicy food + ramen equals zero calories! And the spicier it is, the more you can lose weight! As long as I prove I'm lighter than when I went to the US, I can continue to eat delicious food!"

Hiratsuka Shizu's pupils trembled!

Eating spicy food plus ramen equals zero calories? What kind of theory is that! No... thinking about it carefully, I often eat high-calorie ramen, so why has my figure remained stable like this?

Could it be that Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly believed Shirasaki Hana's theory?

Uchiha Ryo remained silent. He really wanted to tell Shirasaki Hana that her theory was completely... but if he said it, the child would probably immediately give up eating noodles.

Looking at how hard Shirasaki Hana was trying, I really didn't want to interrupt her!

I acknowledge your incredible appetite! Among all the people I know who are foodies, no one is better than you, Xiaohua. I, Uchiha Ling, would call you the strongest!

"Hiss... Brother Ling, do me a favor..."

On the other side! The chopsticks that were about to be put down were actually raised again!

Screw the old days! I gained some weight from not exercising during the holiday, but I never thought eating ramen could help me lose weight! Well then, I'm going to do whatever it takes!

Hiratsuka Shizuka felt every pore on her body working up a sweat; she was determined to finish this bowl of ramen today, no matter what!

...

"Challenge successful! Congratulations to Ms. Hiratsuka for becoming the first conqueror of our shop's Devil's Ramen!"

Finally... Hiratsuka Shizuka looked up at the ceiling, her lips so spicy she couldn't speak.

After a long while, until Uchiha Ryo left with Shirasaki Hana, Hiratsuka Shizuka finally reacted. "Wait! Why did you only congratulate me? Hana has finished eating too, hasn't she?"

The shopkeeper smiled at Hiratsuka Shizuka and said, "That little girl only completed half of the challenge; she switched the noodle soup with the older boy next to her halfway through. So you're the only one who succeeded."

"Eh!!!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka clutched her burning stomach. If it weren't for Shirasaki Hana's insistence, she would have given up long ago! But it turned out that Hana had given up even earlier than she had!

Shirasaki Hana: (To avoid wasting food, Ling-gege and I switched the noodle soup. Although the noodles were still spicy, they were much better after being neutralized by the clear soup.)