Chapter 430 Gourmet Guild, Thunder Empress
"Vasilisa Yuryevna Mostovaya, codenamed Thunder Empress, leader of Russia's official organization, the Gourmet Guild. Possesses the ability to control lightning attributes."
Using the intelligence in hand, combined with some information he had previously known in his mind, Hakuto finally gained some understanding of this Vasilisa Yuryevna Mostovaya.
The name Vasilisa Yuryevna Mostovaya might not be known to many, but if it's the head of Russia branch from "Seiken Tsukai no World Break", the unlucky one who used the 13th-level forbidden spell "Heavenly Crusaders" only to be defeated by a Japanese person who forcibly cheated, then many people would know her.
When Hakuto watched "Seiken Tsukai no World Break" in his younger years, he didn't see any problems with the anime. But as he grew older, he realized that this anime was really self-indulgent as hell.
Especially in the anime, when the protagonist of "Seiken Tsukai no World Break" single-handedly defeated the entire Russia, Hakuto didn't know what expression to show.
But animation is animation. Now, Vasilisa becoming the leader of Russia's Gourmet Guild surprised Hakuto a bit, while also causing him some distress.
The Gourmet Guild is Russia's official organization of chefs and cooks. And that Legendary Cooking Utensil is in the hands of Vasilisa.
That means unless Russia voluntarily hands over the Legendary Cooking Utensil, if Hakuto and his group want to take it by force, they would have to face the entire Russia.
Hakuto finds things like one person defeating an entire country, as seen in anime plots, somewhat ridiculous. Does he really think Russia doesn't have nuclear bombs?
You need to know that the power of Russia's Tsar Bomba, also known as Big Ivan, is second only to the Chicxulub crater event that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. That is to say, unless he wants to restart the world, Hakuto cannot use force to take the Legendary Cooking Utensil from Russia.
Of course, stealing it might be worth a try. But Hakuto can't bring himself to be a thief.
So after much thought, he didn't know who gave him such a bad idea: the honeytrap. If Hakuto could win over Vasilisa, then getting her to hand over the Legendary Cooking Utensil would be easy.
Hakuto instinctively wanted to refuse, but in the end, he found that this seemed to be the only way to obtain the Legendary Cooking Utensil.
Helpless, Hakuto had no choice but to start researching Vasilisa's information.
Then, the more he read, the more Hakuto understood one thing. This woman is a pure egoist. Unless you completely crush her head-on, smashing all her self-esteem and dignity, she will only look down her nose at you.
To put it more simply, Vasilisa is a recessive masochist. It's just that no man has yet been able to awaken her M attributes.
"This woman is hard to handle. And on Russia's side, if you disagree with them, they threaten to restart the world. It's just too much to handle."
Hakuto felt somewhat helpless. Who can understand this, folks? Going on a mission to woo a woman who looks down her nose at everyone—Hakuto said he really doesn't know how.
"First of all, I need to meet Vasilisa Yuryevna Mostovaya face to face."
Hakuto muttered to himself.
The most important thing for Hakuto to do now is to meet Vasilisa. If he can't even get a meeting, what use is it even if he finds her?
Hakuto picked up his phone and made a call. Soon, the call ended, and Hakuto muttered to himself, "With an official, public identity, the next step is to go to Russia to meet Vasilisa."
Russia, Moscow.
At the Gourmet Guild headquarters, the girl in the big red dress, Vasilisa, listened to her subordinate's report with a bored expression on her face.
"If it's just this kind of boring matter, you don't need to inform me anymore. I think I've said this many times, right?"
Vasilisa looked at the subordinate before her with a hint of impatience.
"I'm very sorry, but this visitor is from the Great Ming government. And they specifically requested to meet Her Majesty the Thunder Empress."
Vasilisa raised a smile. "Oh, interesting. So they came specifically to see me? Then I'd like to meet this person. I want to see what business they have with me. Very well, after they arrive, have them come see me. But if they bore me, I will invite them to taste my cooking."
"Your Majesty the Thunder Empress, this person is from the Great Ming government. If it causes a diplomatic incident..."
Hearing the Thunder Empress's words, the staff member instantly broke out in a cold sweat. This would be a major diplomatic incident. This diplomat from the Great Ming Dynasty was not like those from other countries who could only swallow their grievances even when bullied.
So this Russia official looked at Vasilisa and spoke cautiously.
Vasilisa, however, looked coldly at the speaking official. "I don't want to hear what you say. If you want me to take it seriously, the prerequisite is that you can eat my cooking."
This Russia official immediately fell silent. Eating Vasilisa's cooking was no different from receiving an electric shock. This Russia official was not a masochist, so naturally, he didn't want to suffer such treatment.
He had already said what needed to be said. The rest was up to fate. At worst, the world restarts. Hurrah!
The corner of Vasilisa's mouth curled into a smile. But this smile was slightly brutal.
"Hehe. I hope you can bring me a bit of amusement. Otherwise... hehehehe..."