“After all, some rare ingredients require venturing deep into dangerous and remote areas to obtain.”
“Without a powerful Gourmet Hunter as my partner, I wouldn’t be able to get those rare ingredients and cook them into delicious dishes.”
He said.
Kobayashi Ryokutan continued to toss snacks from the bag in his arms into his mouth, crunching them with a satisfying sound.
“What do you think, Saeki Momo?”
Numakijima Tozuka turned his head toward a petite girl with blue-purple short hair, two cat-ear like hair buns on either side of her head, and a plush toy in her arms.
Fourth Seat—Saeki Momo!
Saeki Momo hugged the teddy bear tightly, her small frame curled up in the chair, and she replied with her head down, “I… anything is fine.”
“Tsukasa Eishi?”
Kobayashi Ryokutan, Numakijima Tozuka, Ichiyo Eishi, and the rest of the Ten Masters all looked toward the end of the long table, sitting under the [Totsuki] emblem, a handsome young man with silver-white short hair, wearing a white shirt and a tie, resembling a knight.
First Seat—Tsukasa Eishi!
A look of aversion to trouble flashed across Eishi’s eyes, and he said weakly, “Everyone… let’s decide by vote.”
“I object to someone of unknown background entering Totsuki Academy.”
“Because we don’t know what kind of unknown influence he might bring.”
Saito Soumei, holding a wooden sword, closed his eyes, and followed with an answer, “I vote against.”
Ryousui Saeba pushed his rimless square glasses up, and a calculating glint flashed in his eyes behind the lenses. He smiled and replied, “I also oppose.”
“To be honest, I watched the entrance exam, and that kid was a little arrogant. I don’t like him.”
Numakijima Tozuka, wearing a knitted cap, also cast a dissenting vote.
In a blink of an eye.
Four of the Ten Masters of Totsuki Academy had cast dissenting votes.
Seeing this, Nakiri Erina, sitting at the end, quickly said, “I agree with the new student’s enrollment!”
“Oh?”
Several members of the Ten Masters looked at her with curiosity and doubt.
You see.
Nakiri Erina was known for her arrogance.
With her status as the granddaughter of the Director and the God Tongue, even though she occupied the last seat among the Ten Masters, no one dared to underestimate her.
Her silence before made people think that Nakiri Erina disdained to participate in the discussion about the new student.
Unexpectedly.
She stood up to speak for Hong Yi and cast a vote of agreement.
“Oh~~~”
“Could it be that you’re interested in this new student, Nakiri Erina?”
Kobayashi Ryokutan’s lips curled up into a playful smile, one golden eye surveying the arrogant and beautiful girl at the end of the long table.
“I… I’m not!”
Nakiri Erina’s cheeks flushed slightly, she crossed her arms, lifted her fair and delicate chin, and quickly explained, “I… I… I just think he passed the school’s entrance exam.”
“If so, then he’s a student of Totsuki Academy.”
“Even if he’s expelled, there must be a more formal reason, like failing his grades or being eliminated.”
She spoke with increasing confidence, and her queenly aura returned.
Kobayashi Ryokutan finished the bag of potato chips, raised his hand, and said, “Agree!”
“I cast a vote of agreement.”
Ichiyo Eishi let out an “Ah,” with his five fingers touching his forehead, exuding a middle-school-syndrome-like aura, and replied, “I also agree with his enrollment.”
“Being able to easily capture a Level 5 Gala Crocodile, I think he shouldn’t be denied entry to Totsuki Academy.”
Kizuki Yoshino, with her literary girl aura, extended a slender middle finger to her glasses, and answered seriously, “I vote agree.”
“I think the new student is pretty cute (handsome), so… agree!”
Saeki Momo hugged her stuffed bear and waved its small hand.
Thus.
Five of the Ten Masters cast their votes in favor of Hong Yi becoming a student of Totsuki Academy.
“Swish”
Nine pairs of eyes focused on Kūga Terunori.
“Eh!?”
Kūga Terunori raised his hands and feet, leaning back, with a surprised expression.
Now it’s four against and five for.
Therefore, Kūga Terunori’s vote became crucial.
“I… this…”
“It’s so hard to choose.”
Kūga Terunori rubbed the golden hair that hung down over his forehead, then inserted his ten fingers into his hair, frustratedly ruffling it.
“Aaaaaah…”
He secretly glanced at Kizuki Yoshino, jealousy flashing in his eyes, raised his arm high, and answered loudly, “I vote against!”
Nakiri Erina’s eyes turned cold, and she snorted.
Kizuki Yoshino turned her head, not looking at Kūga Terunori at all.
Kobayashi Ryokutan was not surprised, grinned, revealing his sparkling canines, and calmly said, “Five in favor, five against.”
“It’s a tie!”
“Haah—“
Ryousui Saeba’s jaw dropped, he slapped his hands on the table, and asked in surprise and puzzlement, “Why did you guys agree to let an unknown boy enroll?”
“Is it because he’s handsome?”
“Or because he’s good at what he does?”
“But there are plenty of Gourmet Hunters in the second and third years of the Hunter Division who can capture the Gala Crocodile!”
Numakijima Tozuka said expressionlessly, “Five against five, which is why I’ve always opposed having ten seats on the Council.”
“If such a situation occurs, it’s hard to make a decision, isn’t it?”
Kobayashi Ryokutan smiled and said, “It’s simple, we’ll use Totsuki Academy’s most traditional and direct way to solve this—”
“Food Wars!!”
The two words came from the hearts of the Ten Masters.
Food Wars.
A tradition of Totsuki Academy, established to resolve disputes between students.
Since Totsuki Academy established the Hunter Division, Food Wars were no longer limited to cooking competitions.
For the Hunter Division.
Capturing rarer and higher-level ingredients is their Food War!
Tsukasa Eishi nodded, “Okay, let’s resolve this with the traditional method of Food Wars.”
“However…”
He looked around at the other Ten Masters and asked in a low voice, “Who will challenge the new student to a Food War?”
Ryousui Saeba’s lips curled into a cunning smile, and he pushed his rimless glasses up, saying, “It’ll be me, I’ll challenge him to a Food War!”
Some cooks themselves are Gourmet Hunters with extraordinary strength.
Like Ryousui Saeba, Numakijima Tozuka, and Saito Soumei, they are all Gourmet Hunters.
Especially the fifth seat, Saito Soumei.
He’s said to have a fighting strength close to that of a Gold-ranked Gourmet Hunter.
During the previous high school study tour, he was able to single-handedly capture a Level 20 Elephant Bear!
As for Ryousui Saeba, his strength is naturally not weak.
He and Saito Soumei, Numakijima Tozuka, were planning to apply to IGO to land on Ligaru Island during their study tour, attempting to capture the legendary “Ancient Culinary Treasure”—the Ligaru Mammoth!
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Thanks to the reward from the big shot, [丿90丶後ツ楷爷灬]!
If I hadn’t copied and pasted, I wouldn’t have been able to type that (laughing cry).
Then about Mito Ikumi’s attire, it will be changed later. Let’s just not change it in the first chapter, you can assume she’s wearing a normal JK uniform, right? Because to modify the article, I need to ask the editor for permission, and I… I’m a failure and socially awkward… so I won’t bother the editor.
Actually, when describing characters, I usually follow the original descriptions. Whatever she wears, I describe it. But I found that readers really care about female characters wearing sexy clothes, so I’ll have to dress them more conservatively in the future.
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(Ten minutes later)
As someone who’s socially awkward, I still asked the editor for permission to modify the first chapter regarding Mito Ikumi’s attire.
With so much sincerity, asking for a vote isn’t too much, right? Hehe!