The Transfer Student and Nikumi's Shokugeki Scene: The Legendary Special Student Appears!
The ice witch Declares War on the Special Student: The Battle for the Top Spot Among Totsuki Culinary Academy's 92nd Generation Students!
The Untold Story of the ice witch and the Special Student: Is it an Emotional Entanglement? Or a Moral Degradation?
Totsuki Culinary Academy is a wealthy academy, so much so that even within the academy, newspapers and magazines are regularly published to record all the major and minor events happening at Totsuki Culinary Academy.
Previously, Yukihira Soma and Nikumi's Shokugeki had been widely discussed within Totsuki Culinary Academy, and Yukihira Soma's face appeared on the front page of the newspaper that very day.
Normally, after Yukihira Soma and Nikumi's Shokugeki ended, with Nikumi joining the Bowl Rice Research Society and becoming its president as per the wager after her loss, these events should have made the next day's Totsuki headlines.
After all, Shokugeki are not a common sight at Totsuki, and Yukihira Soma, as a transfer student, was quite a hot topic, while Nikumi was considered one of the top students in Totsuki's 92nd generation.
Yet, a report on such an anticipated Shokugeki failed to make the front page of the Totsuki newspaper the next day, instead being relegated to a corner.
One reason for this situation was that most people at Totsuki were displeased with Yukihira Soma. Since Yukihira Soma won the Shokugeki, they didn't want to publicize it extensively, lest the already arrogant transfer student become even more presumptuous later on.
As for the other reason, the Special Student and the ice witch, Erina, were even bigger topics than the transfer student and Nikumi.
No matter how outstanding Nikumi was, could she compare to this year's top student, the youngest Totsuki Elite Ten member, Erina?
While Yukihira Soma, as a transfer student, was relatively rare at Totsuki, Seiya was Totsuki's unprecedented Special Student!
Totsuki Culinary Academy, Polaris Dormitory, Room 205.
To celebrate Chuang Zhen's Shokugeki victory, everyone, despite Zenji Marui's protests, went to his dorm for a party.
It's worth noting that this time, in addition to the original members of Polaris Dormitory, even Nikumi, as Chuang Zhen's Shokugeki opponent, and Konishi Koichi, the former president of the Bowl Rice Research Society, were invited.
"Totsuki Culinary Academy is, after all, the highest institution in the Japanese culinary world, yet this newspaper looks just like those gossip tabloids..."
At the celebration party, Seiya looked exasperated as he saw the newspaper Sakaki Ryoko had brought out.
He had thought that because of Erina's actions yesterday, he probably wouldn't be able to remain inconspicuous at Totsuki Culinary Academy anymore, but he never expected things to escalate to this extent.
"Damn it, I should have ignored your fate before, and waited until the lodging seminar officially began before coming to Totsuki Culinary Academy."
Thanks to that fellow Erina, Seiya had just arrived at Totsuki and instantly became the number one topic, replacing Yukihira Soma.
Now, whenever he walked around Totsuki, many people would suddenly appear, either asking him for information or directly challenging him.
Although Erina was tsundere and willful, with her superb cooking skills and God Tongue, she had a large number of admirers and suitors at Totsuki.
The newspaper was spouting so much nonsense; an uninformed person might even think Seiya and Erina were going to decide their lifelong commitment through a Shokugeki!
Therefore, as expected, whether to gain fame, to avenge Erina, or to believe that Seiya was unworthy of Erina, various strange and powerful individuals had been searching for Seiya throughout Totsuki recently.
"What does it matter? As long as you stay in Polaris Dormitory these few days, this matter will blow over in a few more days anyway.
But if I were you, I would just defeat all those challengers! Anyway, I originally planned to defeat everyone at Totsuki and stand at the very top."
Seeing Yukihira Soma, who clearly hadn't taken this matter to heart and was constantly recommending his dark dish, 'Peanut Butter Squid Shreds,' to others around him, Seiya immediately delivered a hand chop to his head.
"It's easy for you to say! Do you know how many people out there want to have a Shokugeki with me because of Erina?
Having a Shokugeki with each and every one of them would be more tiring than working at the restaurant!
So why is it that even though I didn't cause trouble everywhere like you, trouble still comes knocking on my door?!"
Isshiki Satoshi, after objectively evaluating Yukihira Soma's dark dish, also brought out his own dark dish.
Seeing Seiya's dejected expression, he also said, "Actually, not all of those who want to challenge you are doing it for Princess Nakiri; many also want to boost their own reputation and use you as a stepping stone.
Totsuki Culinary Academy is an elite culinary academy, so once Totsuki students graduate, they receive excellent treatment when working outside.
And among them, the Totsuki Elite Ten are the foremost; once the Totsuki Elite Ten graduate, they can easily be hired as head chefs in famous high-end restaurants.
But there are many students at Totsuki, not just the Totsuki Elite Ten. Students like Nikumi and Hisako Arato are also excellent students, second only to the Totsuki Elite Ten, and even possess a certain level of fame outside the academy.
As the currently sought-after Special Student, challenging you doesn't have as many restrictions as challenging the Totsuki Elite Ten. Plus, your strength is currently based on rumors, without actual battle records.
The lodging seminar for your generation is in a few days. In previous years, about half of the students would be directly eliminated from this seminar, so it's perfectly normal for them to want to take a gamble now."
Seiya understood Isshiki Satoshi's words. In other words, those who wanted to challenge him now were not very confident about the upcoming lodging seminar.
So they wanted to boost their reputation before being expelled, to make it easier to be accepted by high-end restaurants outside once they were expelled.
The cost of a Shokugeki is severe, but they were already facing the crisis of expulsion. Rather than waiting for death, it was better to go all out!
The Totsuki Elite Ten were not to be trifled with, and having a Shokugeki with them was not easy, so he, Seiya, was being treated as a soft target to be squeezed...
"The bounty for information on Seiya outside is quite valuable now; it even makes me tempted."
"Information bounty?" Yuki Yoshino's sudden words made Seiya's head fill with question marks again.
"It means someone is offering a reward for information about you, like your identity and background, whether you're the young master of a culinary family, what kind of relationship you have with Erina Nakiri, and so on.
Some people are even offering dream ingredients as payment to dig up some of your private information."
Hearing Yuki Yoshino's explanation, Seiya became even more speechless. He now even suspected that he hadn't entered a culinary academy, but rather a gossip paparazzi academy!
(Damn, I feel like this is a bit watered down, but once I start typing, it just comes out this way. I'm so helpless (ToT) / ~ ~ ~)
