The Trending Topic Herself: The Villainess is the Superstar!-Chapter 153: A Goddess Is Still a Goddess

Where there’s a killjoy, there’s her.

Although the original character was willful and unruly, she wouldn’t curse so harshly; this was Maya Monroe’s own way of speaking.

In the previous mission worlds, it was as difficult as living like a vagrant, and in a survival crisis, no one would be so pretentious as to act like a lady. Maya’s temperament had long been polished to be ruthless and irritable, only she deliberately restrained herself. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Kiki Monroe’s calves were constantly trembling, and with tears, she asked, "You can eat such scary bugs?"

As she spoke, she showed a look of surprise again.

"Otherwise, what do you propose, we swap and you eat for me?"

The voice was obviously impatient.

Maya grew increasingly intolerant of this protagonist girl, always getting startled at things and liking to spout nonsensical, pretentious words.

If it weren’t for the task, Maya wouldn’t even bother to glance at her.

Kiki stiffly turned her head away: "I just wanted to show some concern for you."

At this moment, all the guests had already uncovered their respective dishes; stinky tofu, snail noodle soup... indescribable smells mixed together in the air.

Brian Bennett covered his nose with one hand and laughed, "I didn’t expect the ’weird food’ this time to be so hardcore; just looking at everyone’s expressions, you know it’s a bit tough to accept."

Ian Brooks asked, "So... the first one to finish eating is the champion of this round, right?"

Brian Bennett nodded, "Yes."

Ian Brooks scanned around the room; considering this, Kiki with the stinky tofu and Leo Lancaster with the snail noodle soup were likely champions of this round since these two foods were the most conventional. Liam Hayes got the fertilized egg, which is also a possible contender...

As for himself, the deep-fried centipedes on his plate, although just a few skewers, presented a real psychological challenge.

Just one look felt torturous, let alone eating them all...

As for Maya... Maya was even less likely to win. As a man, eating a few skewers of fried centipedes was difficult to accept, let alone Maya, who got the insect feast.

He had heard before that Maya was temperamental and couldn’t stand hardship; now, if she could eat the insects, it would be strange. He just hoped she wouldn’t get so angry that she’d flip the table, making everyone look bad.

Just thinking about Maya’s eagerness to join this game earlier made Ian want to laugh a bit. She probably never thought she’d be this unlucky...

But why...

Ian looked over.

Maya’s expression was calm, and if you looked closely, you could see a hint of anticipation in her eyes...

Anticipation? What kind of joke is this? She must be crazy, right?

Maya noticed Leo Lancaster’s worried look next to her and found it amusing, "Leo, why are you looking at me like that? Actually, I think your situation isn’t much better than mine, don’t you think?"

Her gaze moved to Leo’s plate.

On the plate was a big bowl, inside was snail noodle soup, carefully paired with greens, a fried egg, sour bamboo shoots...

What seemed like a good meal was probably torture for Leo. He looked like a gentleman, an elegant noble lad, and if he were to slurp snail noodles...

Maya stopped thinking further.

Leo snapped back, lightly chuckling, "I didn’t expect little Maya would consider me."

Maya casually replied, "After all, we’re on the same team."

Brian Bennett’s voice resounded again, "The buffer time has passed by a few minutes. I believe our guests are ready to accept it. Alright, next, we’ll start the game ’Weird Food’!"

Brian said and glanced at Maya, with a bit of sympathy in his eyes.

Maya felt annoyed being looked at like that; this was the kind of gaze she hated most, bar none.

In the instant Brian turned around, all the guests had picked up their chopsticks, ready to go.

"Alright..."

Brian suddenly turned back, unable to hold back his smile as he saw the guests ready to put food in their mouths, "Hahaha, I didn’t expect everyone to be so eager even before I finished speaking. Just kidding, just a diversion."

He turned his back again.

"The game officially begins."

The food presented by the program team was all quite challenging. In fact, dishes like snail noodle soup and stinky tofu weren’t particularly bizarre, but it so happened that Leo and Kiki, who picked them, didn’t like these kinds of foods.

Leo slowly picked up a piece of fried egg, elegantly taking a bite, instantly frowning. His hand holding the chopsticks hesitated to make a second move.

Ian was still engaged in a psychological battle; he found it difficult even to pick up a skewer. His handsome face was almost wrinkled into one piece.

He moved his stool back a bit, thinking this was unacceptable for anyone.

Maya’s drive for victory always prevailed, and Kiki forced herself to swallow a piece of stinky tofu. The sticky flavor exploded in her mouth, along with an unknown stench rushing to her nose.

Kiki opened her mouth to spit it out, but considering how unsightly it would be, she didn’t dare act out, swallowing the barely chewed stinky tofu down alive.

Too smelly... too salty...

She gulped down several mouthfuls of water, but that nauseating feeling didn’t go away.

Maya, with a bamboo skewer in her left hand and "fried skewers" in her right, delivered them to her mouth.

She swallowed one in one gulp, her actions rough yet swift. Her demeanor was at ease, even slightly indulged, not looking like she was faking it at all.

The person who had just been at the center of attention, the least favored guest, had instantly become the most relaxed of all the participating guests.

Julian Caldwell watched in amazement, with a hint of pity in his eyes, "You say my goddess is so unfortunate... But a goddess is always a goddess; whatever she does is the best! The food that tormented us for days was conquered by the goddess without any difficulty!"

He finished speaking, his eyes shining with admiration.

Miles Wallace had just relaxed when he heard Julian’s voice; he glanced in the other’s direction, his eyes emotionless.

"One, two, three, freeze!"

Brian Bennett suddenly spoke, catching all the guests off guard as he turned around.

All the guests maintained their current actions, not daring to move.

Leo and Ian barely used their chopsticks.

Kiki was pathetic; she’d just stuffed a big piece of stinky tofu into her mouth when she heard the freeze command the next second.

If she spat it out... too unsightly. There was no time to chew, so she had to hold it in her mouth, allowing the salty, astringent taste to fill her mouth.

Unlike the others, Maya didn’t stop her action at the command; she had this bad habit of timing things perfectly.

Just as Brian turned around, she suspended her action, not a second off.

Brian surveyed the situation of the guests, nodding in satisfaction.

"I didn’t expect everyone’s reaction would be so quick; no guest moved."