And so, the whole affair took on a life of its own, heading in a direction no one had anticipated.

Before the PK began today, everyone had assumed it would be a vicious battle, but in reality—

The competition was rather peaceful.

The robot quickly portioned out the dishes, and Jiang Qiuqiu finished her upload. Afterward, the scramble for taste-testing slots began on her stream.

Old and new fans alike rapidly clicked the "Claim" button, receiving a portion of the sweet, sour, and appetizing pineapple sweet and sour pork.

Posena himself also quickly snatched a portion and began eating it on his own stream, completely absorbed.

This left his fans feeling incredibly conflicted. They had been ’freeloading’ off him for over half a year, and feeling deeply guilty, had resolved to vote for him in this PK no matter what.

’Damn it, I resisted the temptation of that aroma and didn’t betray you.’

’And you actually... you actually—’

’Are eating it with such relish!’

And so, following their streamer’s lead, his loyal fans also quickly snatched a portion of pineapple sweet and sour pork from Jiang Jiujiu’s stream.

Not eating it was one thing, but the moment they took a bite—

The hesitation in their minds was like a firework, instantly shooting into the sky and vanishing.

After Posena finished his bowl, he suddenly said to Jiang Qiuqiu, "I sensed healing in your food. May I ask, are you a Spirit Healing Master?"

The moment he asked this question, the noisy stream of live comments came to a sudden halt.

[???]

[What’s the young lady from the other stream talking about?]

[A Spirit Healing Master?]

[What the heck... Sensed healing? Isn’t it just ’healing’ because it tastes so good?]

Jiang Qiuqiu hadn’t expected anyone to ask this question on a live stream. But since she was heading to Federation University at the start of next year, there was no need to hide it. And so, with everyone watching, Jiang Qiuqiu nodded. "I am."

"Just as I thought."

Posena stared at Jiang Qiuqiu for a long moment. "If I didn’t work with Healing Spiritual Power myself, I wouldn’t have even been able to tell you’re a Spirit Healing Master."

"Your food is just too delicious. The flavor dilutes the joy that comes from the faint spiritual power." It made people assume all the pleasure came from the food itself.

Pure spiritual power, distinct Healing Power... As a fellow professional, Posena could clearly sense that he was inferior to Jiang Qiuqiu. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Federation Live is truly full of hidden talents. I originally planned to defeat you, then take on Xiong Xin and make him taste defeat at my hands."

Posena spoke rather quickly, "It seems I can only hope that Xiong Xin and I will taste defeat at your hands together."

After saying this, Posena disconnected from the joint stream, turned his head slightly toward his camera robot, and said, "The previous PK wasn’t comprehensive enough. It seems I’m not the number one Spirit Healing Master at the Federation Live Broadcast Company after all."

After saying this, Posena paused for a moment, then added, "She is."

The moment he finished speaking, he cut the connection and returned to his own stream.

After he left, Jiang Qiuqiu’s solo stream went quiet for a moment. Her audience hadn’t quite processed what had just happened, but once they did, the live comments exploded.

[...That all happened so fast, did I see that right?]

[What did that Spirit Healing Master just say? Juju... Juju’s a Spirit Healing Master too?]

[I... I never would have guessed???]

[Juju’s a Spirit Healing Master?]

"What’s wrong? Everyone seems so surprised."

[...Of course we’re surprised!!]

[Juju, you’re too much! When you started streaming, you obviously could have picked a major category like ’Beauty’ or ’Spirit Healing,’ so how on earth did you end up in ’Food’!?]

[Yeah, exactly! It’s just so weird...]

"There’s nothing weird about it."

"I chose it because I like it. Would you rather I hadn’t? Was the pineapple sweet and sour pork not delicious?"

[Of course not!]

[It was delicious! Incredibly delicious! It’s just... we feel like Juju could have a better career path...]