Although Yukihira Soma kept saying that Seiya's cooking skills were very strong, and he had lost to Seiya more than once.
However, Seiya was a big shot who could easily get dream ingredients, and the people at Polaris Dormitory didn't know if Seiya had used dream ingredients to defeat Yukihira Soma before.
But through Ryoko and Tadokoro Megumi's accounts this time, Yuki Yoshino and Zenji Marui also had a better understanding.
Knife skills so fast that only afterimages could be seen, fire control like flame magic, and dishes that even Totsuki Elite Ten graduates praised endlessly...
No wonder Yukihira Soma had always felt immense pressure before, and after coming to Totsuki, he was completely at ease facing the current Totsuki Elite Ten members, Isshiki Satoshi and Erina Nakiri.
Isn't that obvious? With a genius monster like Seiya as a childhood friend, this kid Yukihira Soma's stress resistance must have been maxed out since he was young, right?
"A dish that can make even Totsuki Elite Ten graduates full of praise means that the current Seiya already has the ability to contend for Totsuki Elite Ten, right?"
Yuki Yoshino's words also reminded everyone present that at the food wars!: shokugeki no soma venue between Yukihira Soma and Nikumi, Erina Nakiri seemed to have declared war on Seiya, right?
Compared to Seiya, who was not a Totsuki Elite Ten member, the steps for Erina, as one of the Totsuki Elite Ten, to apply for a food wars!: shokugeki no soma against a regular student were much simpler.
However, if a Totsuki Elite Ten member loses in a food wars!: shokugeki no soma, they still have to bear the consequences...
In other words, once Erina loses to Seiya in the competition, her Totsuki Elite Ten seat will be replaced by Seiya!
"Impossible. I negotiated with Totsuki's Director, Senzaemon Nakiri, before. As a Special Student of Totsuki, although I have some privileges that ordinary students don't, I am also restricted from some rights.
And this includes that I cannot become one of the Totsuki Elite Ten, who hold certain authority in Totsuki."
Hearing Seiya's explanation, Ryoko, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but show a look of regret and said, "That's really a shame. I was thinking that with Seiya's strength, he definitely had a chance to contend for a Totsuki Elite Ten seat in his first year.
This way, our Polaris Dormitory would have a second Totsuki Elite Ten member, and if the rest of us also work hard, perhaps before we graduate, we can even help Polaris Dormitory break a record.
Strive to achieve the most Totsuki Elite Ten residents in Polaris Dormitory's history."
"There's nothing to regret. I never had much interest in the Totsuki Elite Ten seat to begin with."
Totsuki students might regard the "Totsuki Elite Ten" seat as the highest honor, but in Seiya's view, it was nothing special.
If it were just the "food wars!: shokugeki no soma" worldview, the Totsuki Elite Ten might be quite impressive.
But the problem is that this world now also incorporates Xiao Dang Jia and another high-combat gourmet anime, so the so-called Totsuki Elite Ten now seems like nothing special.
Totsuki has nearly a thousand Freshmen every year, and there are ten Totsuki Elite Ten seats. One in a thousand seems very impressive, but compared to the Culinary World of Zhonghua, which has a longer heritage and a larger population base, the gap is still quite large.
After all, even the Dark Culinary World, which everyone despises, doesn't take just anyone; they only want those one-in-ten-thousand geniuses.
"Although he can't be a Totsuki Elite Ten, if Seiya has this kind of strength, he shouldn't be afraid to face the strict Chef Shinomiya in terms of cooking.
You don't know, today our Group D's assessment instructor was Chef Shinomiya, and his strictness regarding cooking was simply..."
At Totsuki Resort, in the instructor's lounge, the Totsuki Elite Ten graduates who had just taken a hot spring bath were now gathered together at Gin Dojima's invitation, chatting about the outstanding students in this year's Totsuki class.
"So-so, I guess. Overall, although I didn't find anyone particularly outstanding, there are some who are worth cultivating."
These were the words of Mizuhara Fuyumi, who was a 79th-generation graduate like Kojiro Shinomiya but ranked second.
"I did find quite a few excellent prospects in my group, but the most monstrous among them should still be Director's granddaughter, Erina Nakiri, who possesses the God Tongue.
Oh my, it's truly amazing. She herself possesses innate talent, and she's the youngest Totsuki Elite Ten member ever. It's really hard to imagine how far she will grow in the future."
These were the words of Donato Gotoda, an 80th-generation Totsuki Elite Ten graduate.
"Compared to our generation, it's just average, but there are really a lot of people who are just making up the numbers, so I gave many people failing grades today."
Hearing Kojiro Shinomiya's words, Donato Gotoda and the others showed helpless bitter smiles.
Based on their understanding of Kojiro Shinomiya, they could probably guess that the group Kojiro Shinomiya was responsible for today should have the most dropouts.
"What about Hinako? Your group today had the most failing students. Don't you have any thoughts?"
When they heard Gin Dojima's sudden words, all the Totsuki graduates present now showed surprised expressions and looked at Inui Hinako in unison.
To be honest, among the Totsuki graduates present, everyone always believed that Kojiro Shinomiya, who was always meticulous about cooking to the point of being somewhat neurotic, was the one who caused the most Totsuki students to drop out this time.
But what they never expected was that the "Demon King" was someone else, and it was Inui Hinako, whom they least expected!
It should be known that among the Totsuki instructors this time, Inui Hinako should be considered the easiest to talk to among them. Everyone originally thought that her group should have the most passing students, but now Gin Dojima said that Inui Hinako's group had more eliminated Totsuki students than Kojiro Shinomiya's group.
"Hey, Hinako, what exactly is going on?"
Regarding Mizuhara Fuyumi's question, Inui Hinako also sighed deeply and said, "Regarding the group I was responsible for this time, the reason why there were the most failing students was really not because of my strictness, but because of that Special Student from before."
Then Inui Hinako proceeded to explain everything about the content of her class assessment this time and the dishes Seiya made.
"So, in other words, you were too greedy and, after eating the entire plate of that Special Student's dish, you lost your appetite for other dishes, which is why you gave low scores to the subsequent students?"
The Totsuki graduates present couldn't help but be curious about what kind of dish could make even Inui Hinako eat more.
"This is only part of the reason. The other reason is that Wenren Seiya made such a big commotion while cooking that many students around him were affected, even leading to their performance being abnormal."
