Bottom-tier voice actress wants to become a big star on VTuber.

The reason why people from other places can't afford it is simply because the logistics costs are too high. In reality, it doesn't fetch a good price locally, and some of it rots on the branches without anyone picking it.

Shimizu Toru picked a fully ripe one, and with a flick of his wrist, the plump, purplish-black fruit was presented to Sunset Lily's lips.

Sunset Lily paused slightly, then a gentle smile spread across her eyes. She gently parted her lips with his hand, her pearly teeth biting the tip of the mulberry, and pursed them slightly.

"Well!"

The incredibly sweet juice, with its unique and rich aroma, bursts in your mouth instantly. It's extremely sweet but not cloying at all, mixed with subtle fruit acidity, resulting in a rich, soft, and glutinous texture with almost no seediness.

Lily's eyes lit up instantly, as if filled with stars, and she squinted contentedly: "So sweet! So delicious! A hundred times better than what you buy outside!"

Seeing her blissful expression, Rion Takamiya, standing next to her, protested, pouting, "Tohru~ I want one too! I want the biggest one!"

Qingshui Tou chuckled, then picked out another equally large and plump one and held it to her lips.

Rion Takamiya couldn't wait to take a bite, and was immediately captivated by the exquisite taste. Her cheeks puffed out as she mumbled indistinctly, "Mmm—it's so sweet! Toru, you're amazing!"

That's because farming genes are deeply ingrained in our DNA. Even after the lunar exploration robot successfully reached the moon, its first concern was whether vegetables could be grown on it.

"It just so happens that Green Fairy and the others are coming tomorrow. How about we give each of them a box? And let them take a few pounds of vegetables with them when they leave too?"

Growing too many fruits and vegetables is a happy problem. The money from selling the vegetables is too little to be worth, so I can only give them away as much as possible.

"Hey~ Tou, you wouldn't be thinking of winning them over and finding us a few more sisters, would you?"

As Lily picked the fruit, she would pop one into her mouth every now and then, only choosing the fully ripe ones. Clearly, her years living abroad had given her a high threshold for sweetness.

That's true. Europeans and Americans tend to put two or three pounds of sugar in every cake they make. Even the Thirteen Protectors of the so-called "Sweet Capital" would be considered mild-tasting compared to them.

"...I can barely keep up with the two of you, and you want to find a few more? Do you really want me to die from exhaustion?"

Although he has now started practicing every day according to the teachings of a master who also has the surname Shimizu.

But to be like those people who are over forty and still working on the front lines, you have to persevere for at least a few months to see results. So, I really don't have those worldly desires right now.

More than building a harem, he was concerned about tonight's Mahjong Soul Cup semi-finals, where he would be seated at the same table as those three.

We agreed to eliminate one person in every round, and we can't break that promise today.

Volume 1: Chapter 86 Your claim of being a peerless national hero is invalid!

The preliminary round rules for the Mahjong Soul Cup are that each group plays one South Wind round per day, with the points increased to 100,000, and then points are awarded based on the final results.

Following the order of high to low (4-3-2-1), after three rounds, the two players with the lowest scores are eliminated, and the remaining players advance to the semi-finals.

As for why not play three matches in one go and select the players directly?

Isn't it all about extending the competition to increase buzz and giving everyone a chance to go back and review the game and analyze their opponents?

Liz, who only scored four points in the first two rounds of the preliminary round, managed to turn the tide and secure second place by figuring out the playing habits of the other three players.

As a result, when she saw that she had drawn Shimizu Toru, Higuchi Kaede, and Elu as the group D in the first round of the semi-finals today, she was completely stunned.

"What terrible luck!? We actually ran into that great demon king!!"

That's right, Shimizu Toru, who was just the Demon in the Shadows before, has advanced to the Great Demon King after the preliminary rounds.

Both Nijisanji's fans and the general audience agree that he is the kind of being in that isekai anime, waiting to be defeated by the heroes.

Unfortunately, the result is already in, and unless they choose to forfeit the match, they can't avoid this blow.

Fortunately, Higuchi-senpai and Elu-senpai are both first-generation students, so that great demon king should restrain himself a bit, right?

As introduced before, Higuchi Kaede is the first generation of the Rainbow Society's "Queen of Ten Thousand Women" in the JK group, along with Tsukino Mito and Shizurin. People usually call her Tokuryu.

As for Elu, she has the longest name among the first generation. Because it's too long, I won't mention her full name, as that would be considered padding the word count.

She is a spirit, and her special skills are her impromptu tea-themed skits and her ability to perfectly mimic anyone's speech.

"Good evening~ I'm Toru Hanyu. By the way, is this the first time I've met Tokuryu-san and Elu-san? Please take care of me tonight."

The Group C matches were nearing their end, and Shimizu Toru logged into the game and joined the dedicated match room and voice chat.

Upon hearing this, Delong immediately retorted in Kansai dialect, "Tsk, I'm really not happy at all. Why did I have to run into you?"

"Eh~ Delong-san, what you said is really hurtful. You are clearly my favorite Lik in the company."

Just like I told Lily in the evening before, Shimizu Toru would look at Delong's slices whenever he was eating or in a bad mood.

The main thing is the other person's hearty laughter, which makes people feel happy without even realizing it, although it's a bit of a strain on the eardrums.

"Really? You don't say that to everyone you meet, do you?"

"If Delong-san doesn't believe me, you can message Lily to verify. I talked to her about this topic before."

After offering a brief explanation, Shimizu Toru greeted another senior colleague: "Elu-san, please go easy on me tonight."

"I should be the one saying that! I've only been learning to play mahjong for a week, and I've already run into an opponent like you!"

Ailu was clearly very dissatisfied with this garbage ranking system. What's the difference between this and letting a Bronze player face off against a Challenger player?

"Actually, at first, I also thought about whether I should be the defending champion and MC, and wait for you to decide the three winners before the final battle."

"—Then why didn't you go!" the three roared in unison.

"The main reason is that when I mentioned this idea, Tiankai Sang said that he would be the host and told me to just enjoy the fun that mahjong brings."

"That guy! He's a real bastard!" Higuchi Kaede gritted her teeth, wishing she could drag that honorary rainbow person out and beat him up right away.

As the MC and commentator waiting for the match to begin, Tenkai suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if he were being watched by several people.

A few minutes later, the winners of Group C for today were announced: Shiina Yuika and Kenji Touya. The four members of Group D immediately took over the broadcast.

The Mahjong Soul Cup project was undoubtedly a success. Even Ailu, who usually has a low profile, had over 5,000 viewers and her channel's followers increased significantly.

On the contrary, Qingshui Tou, due to its large user base, did not benefit much from this wave of traffic.

Fortunately, his goal was to surpass Tsukino Mito and become the number one player in Nijisanji by the end of the year.

We've already achieved nearly half of this goal, which means we only need to gain another 200,000+ followers in the second half of the year, and there's still plenty of time.

After the game started, Shimizu Toru had good luck right away, becoming the dealer in the East round. Unfortunately, his hand was a bit weak; he had South and West winds, but no East wind.

After casually discarding a West Wind tile, he saw Higuchi Kaede, the player to his left, discard a Two of Bamboo, and he immediately raised an eyebrow.

Not playing terminal or honor tiles at the start? Surely you can at least fake it, right?

Well, I'll take a look around first, but he still kept the two South Wind cards he was originally planning to throw away.

By the third round, seeing that Delong still had no terminal or honor tiles in the discard pile, Shimizu Toru decisively chose to attack quickly.

Just then, the player before her, Ellu, played a three of bamboo. After taking it, Ellu threw away the five of coins in her hand, leaving Lise somewhat bewildered.

"Eat three of the bamboo and beat five of the cakes? Mr. Tou, are you going to go for a pure suit?"

"Who knows~ Maybe it's just a minor role."

Even though Shimizu Toru was telling the truth, none of the three people present believed him. After all, everyone knew that he had lied to Jun Dao Mei Ling about Duan Yao Jiu's evil deeds.

In the next round, he drew a pair of nines, which immediately convinced everyone that he wanted Hu Qingyi.

By the tenth round, there were already three terminal tiles in the Higuchi Maple tile river, clearly just one step away from a full yakuman.

As Shimizu Toru played an 80,000 tile, she suddenly asked, "Delong-san, is your 'Peerless Hero' ready to win?"

"Huh!? You, how did you know I was listening to 'Peerless Hero'??"

"...There wasn't a single terminal or honor tile in the first five rounds, it would be strange if you couldn't tell, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lizard and Elle both let out awkward dry laughs, causing Shimizu Toru's lips to twitch: "Of course, beginners are an exception."

"Hmph o(￣ヘ￣o＃), so what if you figured it out! I'm already ready to win, even if you don't discard a tile that completes my hand, I can still draw it myself!"

Faced with Delong's flag, Shimizu Toru simply smiled and reminded him, "Didn't you notice that even though no one has eaten or touched any cards, Liz hasn't drawn any?"

"Huh!? You, you wouldn't be—" Delong belatedly realized the anomaly and his face turned pale with fright.

"Heh heh heh! Your claim of being a peerless national hero is invalid!!"

The mouse clicked on the bright red "London" (or "Rondon"), and Shimizu Toru let out a devilish grin: "All-in-one with a 19! Number one! 1500 points!!"

"Oyster—Aaaaaah! My unparalleled hero! You ruined him with such a lowly card! Aaaaah, I can't accept this! I'm going to kill you!!"

Shimizu Toru, who immediately and decisively took off her headphones, sighed contentedly, "Playing mahjong~ is so much fun~"

[Hiss~ It's here, Toru's hidden true face]

[Even through the screen, you can feel Higuchi-san's despair. He's truly inhuman.]

Even my dog, Dahuang, would say after seeing this, "I may not be human, but you really are a dog."

[I'm a little worried that if Tou-kun attends an offline event one day, he might get ganged up on by his colleagues.]

[No doubt about it, it definitely will! After all, even I, a fan, am convinced.]

Volume 1: Chapter 87 Shimizu Toru, who earns 30 million yen a month [Bonus chapter with 750 razor blades]

Shimizu Toru was actually afraid of being talked to by Delong with a baseball bat offline, so in the next game, he deliberately fired a shot at her.

However, this will only happen once. After all, manipulating scores and rigging the game is unacceptable and can easily damage one's character.

Anyway, first place was definitely his, and whoever could get second place depended on their own abilities. In the end, Lizard got second place by relying on her Kamehameha style of never taking any dangerous moves and her youngest son's command.

After the broadcast ended, I took a bath with Yuhi Lily and Takamiya Rion, played a game of Dou Dizhu (a card game), and then went to sleep with them on either side of me.

The next day, because Midori and the others were coming, Shimizu Toru went into the vegetable garden after breakfast.

For today's lunch gathering, he doesn't plan to cook any big fish and meat dishes; he only plans to make cola chicken wings, pickled pepper chicken giblets, and twice-cooked pork.

The chicken giblets were something Lily bought from the vet yesterday when she took her kitten for a routine check-up, intending to give them to the cat as treats.

So there are no chicken intestines at all, only chicken hearts and gizzards. No wonder you can't buy Qingshui Tou in the supermarket; it turns out it's all become pet food.

The remaining vegetables were naturally sourced from their own garden, allowing Green Fairy and the others to experience healthy eating.

Okay, to put it bluntly, we planted too many vegetables, and they'll grow too big if we don't eat them soon.

Although due to time constraints, only some vegetables like bok choy, spinach, and romaine lettuce are available to eat, while others will have to wait another half month.

But even these few edible items are not enough for the three of them to finish. They'll definitely have to let Green Fairy and the others each take two or three pounds with them.

Just after 10 o'clock, Chima Machida, who didn't have class today, was the first to arrive. As soon as she came in, she spotted the mulberry tree full of fruit.

Shimizu Toru saw this and was about to stop her, but she had already stuffed the still-white mulberry into her mouth. As expected, her mouth twisted from the sourness: "Ptooey! Ptooey! So sour!"

"...The ones on the tree are obviously unripe. Couldn't you have asked one more question? The ripe ones are in the refrigerator. Go get them yourself."

Now that people have started arriving, it's time to start preparing the ingredients. The chicken wings and giblets are already soaking, but the pork belly still needs to be cooked.

Authentic twice-cooked pork should be made with pork belly, specifically the second cut of pork or the tip of the buttock, but he was worried that it would be too fatty and others wouldn't be used to it, and besides, pork belly is hard to find in Japan.

Just like most Chinese restaurants in Ikebukuro, they replace garlic sprouts with cabbage when making twice-cooked pork, which is also due to the limited availability of ingredients.

The only issues are that one is unavailable and the other is too expensive to use, so localization modifications are the only option.

Place the pork belly in a pot of cold water, add scallions, ginger, and cooking wine. Once the water boils, reduce the heat to medium and start skimming off the foam. Cook until the pork can be pierced easily with chopsticks.

If you slice the meat at this point and serve it with minced garlic, chili oil, and shredded cucumber, you get garlic-flavored pork belly. Twice-cooked pork naturally needs to be stir-fried again.

Luckily, there were garlic sprouts in the garden. The garlic sprouts were only twenty days old, so they weren't actually at their best yet. They were too tender and the flavor hadn't fully developed. But Qingshui Tou really wanted to eat them.

After all the preparations were completed, everyone arrived in about half an hour. Green Fairy went into the kitchen with her phone in hand.

"Yuzuru, it's time for the second installment of your Chinese cooking tutorial video! I'll be the photographer!"

"Come on, I think you just want to sneak a bite. Besides, I'm not going to continue teaching. Nobody's taking it seriously."

I forgot to wear gloves at the time, so the video is full of hand-controlled people prpr. I really don't want to fall into the same trap twice.

I'd better just stick to copying songs and posting short videos; after all, the food category doesn't have a high ceiling.

Stir-frying greens in plain water follows the same method: heat the pan, add cold oil, sauté garlic to infuse the oil, then add the vegetables and stir-fry until softened. Season simply and it's ready to serve.

One key point is that when stir-frying green vegetables, it's best to use lard. If possible, you can also add some chicken fat, otherwise the taste will be quite different.

For those who find rendering lard troublesome, you can first sauté some pork belly and then add the vegetables. Another unorthodox method is to microwave it for fifteen minutes, but remember to cover it with a plate.

As soon as the four vegetarian dishes were served, Xu Hai couldn't help but complain, "Is Yuzuru implying that we should pay for our meals because he thinks we ate too much last time we came?"

"Pfft! He's not as poor as you say, Inui. Everyone knows that once his income arrives at the end of the month, he'll be a self-made millionaire."

As Longdan Zun spoke, he couldn't help but ask his best friend, Takamiya Rion, "Did Toru tell you two exactly how much he earned?"

"It was mentioned once, saying that after deducting the company's share, it would be about 30 million."