Chapter 390: There's someone even stronger than this transfer student?!

At the Totsuki Academy opening ceremony, because the person in charge of supervising the entrance exam this year was the "Ice Witch" Nakiri Erina, besides the students promoted from the junior high department, the only transfer student this year was Yukihira Soma.

So, naturally, as the only transfer student who passed the entrance exam, the school gave Yukihira Soma quite a bit of face and directly gave him the opportunity to speak on stage.

And Yukihira Soma wasn't polite. Even after coming to Totsuki Academy and facing the many Totsuki students present, he went directly on stage and started mocking everyone: "I've heard from others before that this academy has many powerful guys, but for me, the so-called Totsuki Academy is just a stepping stone for me.

Since I've come here, I will rise above all of you, because if I can't even defeat you, how can I defeat that guy?"

Yukihira Soma's arrogant speech undoubtedly aroused the public anger of all the Totsuki students present, and he even directly became the public enemy of everyone.

After all, everyone who manages to enter Totsuki Academy is a proud and arrogant person. Now that they were being mocked right to their faces—and by an unknown transfer student at that—the people present were naturally furious.

And Nakiri Erina, who was originally sitting under the stage, was also greatly shocked when she saw Yukihira Soma on stage and heard his speech.

Because the person in charge of the entrance exam this time was her, Nakiri Erina. Nakiri Erina indeed had a deep impression of Yukihira Soma's face and the cooking he did at that time, but she should have failed the other party against her conscience, right? Why did the other party appear here now?

"It was I who kept him. Because I also tasted the 'Egg-Mixed Rice' he made, and I believe he has the qualifications to pass the entrance exam."

The person who suddenly appeared behind Nakiri Erina and spoke was an old man with a scar on his right eye, wearing a black kimono, and with a head of silver hair.

Facing Nakiri Erina, who possessed the "God's Tongue," the cooking she judged as unqualified, even those mentors at Totsuki probably couldn't argue with.

But facing this old man with his arms crossed, the aura he emitted was such that even Nakiri Erina, who was like a queen, didn't dare to refute him in front of him.

Because this silver-haired old man was no ordinary person, but the Totsuki Academy Director-General, the leader of the Japanese culinary world, known as the "Demon King of Food," Nakiri Senzaemon.

"Erina, in the last entrance exam, your evaluation of Yukihira Soma's cooking was mixed with your own personal emotions, right?"

Facing the grandfather she respected, Erina couldn't lie and could only say somewhat stubbornly: "Although his attitude was so arrogant..."

"Just like what was said in the letter, he is an interesting young man, and I also tasted that 'Egg-Mixed Rice' of his; it is indeed quite good craftsmanship.

It's just a pity that I only saw his son, but didn't see the other young man mentioned in his letter.

According to him, the culinary skills of the other young man are far superior to Yukihira Soma's. This makes me quite curious about what kind of person that young man is to be able to get such a high evaluation from him."

Hearing Nakiri Senzaemon's words, Erina on the side showed a look of surprise, and at the same time, she understood why her grandfather, as the Totsuki Director-General, would pay attention to a mere transfer student.

It turned out that after all this time, listening to what her grandfather just said, the other party seemed to be the son of someone he knew.

"Erina, I ask you, if you were to use eggs to make a dish, do you have the confidence to win against that Yukihira Soma on stage?"

Hearing Senzaemon's inquiry, Erina's face immediately showed a confident expression: "Of course. I can't deny that guy indeed has some strength, but as long as I get serious, he is no match for me at all!"

Erina, who said this, emitted a powerful confidence. As the gifted "God's Tongue," Erina was born with a superior sense of taste.

And as everyone knows, for a chef, the sense of taste is undoubtedly the most important sense.

No matter what kind of cooking it is, Erina only needs to taste one bite to be able to eat out the pros and cons of this dish. This is her unique advantage compared to other ordinary chefs.

As long as she can eat out the deficiencies in the cooking, she can improve it and make continuous progress.

And it was also because of the "God's Tongue," plus Erina's own efforts, that she was promoted from the junior high department to the high school department as the valedictorian, and served as the 10th seat of the "Totsuki Elite Ten" as a first-year student.

Don't look at it as just the 10th seat at the bottom; in fact, Erina's current achievements were still extremely dazzling in the eyes of those students at Totsuki Academy.

Totsuki Academy has a junior high department and a high school department, and like ordinary high schools, the semester is a three-year system.

And this year's high school first-year has about 820 people, but by the high school second-year, there are only 102 left, and the number of high school third-year students is only a few dozen.

And the reason for such a large gap in numbers is the extremely cruel promotion rate in Totsuki Academy.

The full name of the Totsuki Elite Ten is the "Totsuki Elite Ten Council," which is the highest decision-making body of the academy. It can decide on various affairs within the academy, and even teachers have to listen to the arrangements decided by the Elite Ten.

And if one wants to become one of the "Totsuki Elite Ten," one's own culinary level must reach the top ten level in the academy.

The three grades of the high school department have nearly a thousand students, but the "Totsuki Elite Ten" of Totsuki Academy in previous years were almost all third-year students near graduation, and very few second-year students.

As for first-year students who have just been promoted to the high school department, examples of becoming one of the "Totsuki Elite Ten" are almost rare, or almost non-existent.

And in this situation where there are many talents, Erina being able to obtain one of the seats in the "Totsuki Elite Ten" after just being promoted from the junior high department to the high school department is enough to see Erina's strength.

For the confident Erina, Senzaemon didn't expose the fact that his granddaughter had made egg-mixed rice all night, but nodded slightly: "With your current strength, you might be able to fight that Yukihira Soma on stage to a draw, or even be slightly better than him.

But don't think that you are the true number one among the students of this year. If the young man mentioned in his letter also comes to Totsuki this time, I'm afraid you are not his match either."

Erina's personality has always been confident and proud. Not to mention those seniors near graduation, but among the students of this 92nd class, she has always believed that she is the number one.

It cannot be denied that the "Egg-Mixed Rice" previously made by Yukihira Soma on stage indeed received the recognition of her "God's Tongue," but this does not mean that the other party could win against her. So, for her grandfather Senzaemon's words, Erina was also somewhat unconvinced in her heart at this moment.

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