"Hell yeah! Then next is just time to relax and enjoy, right?" Yuki Yoshino shouted cheerfully.
But the appearance of a group of muscular men immediately broke her beautiful fantasy.
Standing before the bodybuilders was Hitoshi Sekimori, one of the former graduates who specialized in sushi and was known for his squinty eyes.
"Next, you will be serving them. These are members of a university bodybuilding club training nearby. Later, members of the rugby and wrestling clubs will also arrive. You are to prepare 'Steak Sets.' Each person must prepare at least fifty servings following the recipe for dinner. Every single portion must meet the required standard in both quality and quantity. Failure to do so will result in immediate expulsion. You have one hour."
Upon hearing this, most of the students' faces fell, feeling incredibly miserable.
Having just finished a cooking evaluation, they now had to make fifty steak sets within a time limit according to a recipe...
They felt like hell was right in front of them...
"Mr. Gin Dojima."
Gin Dojima, who was walking down the hallway getting ready to soak in the hot spring, suddenly heard a voice behind him and couldn't help but look back.
He saw a student he had a slight impression of from the Totsuki Enkyu...
After all, the boy's appearance was enough to leave a deep impression.
He remembered... was he a fan of Kojiro's?
"The bus for those who failed the evaluation isn't in this direction. This leads to the hot springs," Gin Dojima explained.
Right now, those students should be in the middle of their second timed evaluation, which had only just started.
No student should be over here yet.
So Gin Dojima naturally assumed the boy was a candidate who had been cut during the first evaluation.
"It's already finished," Lexon replied gently.
Finished?
Gin Dojima frowned as he looked at the boy's face and the figure approaching him.
Every year, he calculated the exact time to enter and exit the bath.
Last year, even though a student named Satoshi Isshiki also finished early...
Even then, he only came in during the middle or late stages of Gin's soak.
But right now, Gin hadn't even reached the bath yet...
There was simply no comparison between the two...
The former didn't even hold a candle to the latter.
"What is your name, freshman?" Gin Dojima walked alongside Lexon and asked curiously.
One evaluation could reveal many things.
Although the fifty dishes for this timed evaluation weren't high in difficulty, it was an extreme test of a chef's physical strength and reaction speed.
How much pressure could one handle under high-intensity cooking?
What this freshman had displayed was completely beyond what any normal newcomer should be capable of...
Gin Dojima already considered this freshman to be no ordinary person.
He would surely achieve great things at Totsuki Academy.
"Lexon," he responded.
"Lexon?..." Hearing this name, Gin Dojima was clearly a bit surprised.
"You know me?" Lexon asked.
In his memory, he hadn't had any contact with the man.
Was it another extra setting from the Main God?
"Ah... Director Senzaemon specifically mentioned you... saying something like 'You are the future of Totsuki'..." Gin Dojima said.
"Is that so? Then I'm truly flattered." Lexon's tone when saying this didn't have much of a ripple.
"Before, I didn't think it was possible... but now, there are some signs of it... Hahaha." Gin Dojima was also a cheerful person and was able to joke with Lexon within a short time.
Thus, the two talked as they gradually stepped into the hot spring.
"Mr. Gin Dojima, would you like to make a deal?" Lexon suddenly changed the subject, his voice turning serious.
"What deal?" Gin Dojima couldn't help but look solemn.
"I'll tell you some things about Azami Nakiri... and in return, you'll personally evaluate me during the rest of the training camp." Lexon slowly uttered the words.
He chose a softer way of putting it. The meaning of 'personally evaluating' actually meant that Lexon would have the chance to sign in on him during the remaining days of the training camp.
As for not involving the days after the camp...
That was because the information he provided wasn't enough to make a busy man from Totsuki Resort accept such a troublesome request.
Being able to personally evaluate him during the camp was the highest manifestation of the information's value.
"Why do you know about that person's business?" When Gin Dojima heard Lexon mention the name Azami Nakiri, the expression on his face became even more serious.
Azami Nakiri, Erina Nakiri's father.
A demon father.
He viewed dishes that didn't meet fixed deliciousness requirements as garbage. He had trained Erina's 'God's Tongue' ability since she was a child, intending to maximize his daughter's talent like a tool.
He was the only one expelled from Totsuki Academy by Director Senzaemon Nakiri. He was the shadow over Erina Nakiri's entire life and the big boss who would later forcibly seize the position of Director and fight against the protagonist group like Soma Yukihira.
"Through some special channels," Lexon said, naturally not revealing the fact that he was a transmigrator with a cheat.
"Is that so..." Gin Dojima murmured.
He wouldn't believe a freshman had secret information so easily, but there was no harm in listening.
Then, he asked again: "Why do you want me to personally evaluate you?"
"Mr. Gin Dojima was once the first seat of Totsuki... and is the head chef of Totsuki Resort..." Lexon said with a smile.
"So you want me to refine your culinary level..." Gin Dojima pinched his chin and thought.
'You're overthinking things. I'm just trying to get what I can out of you,' Lexon thought to himself.
"Fine! I agree!" Gin Dojima, still in a state of knowing nothing, had unknowingly jumped into the pit Lexon had dug, just waiting for Lexon to harvest him.
"So tell me... the matter regarding Azami Nakiri!" Gin Dojima said seriously.
Then, Lexon gave him a general account of Azami Nakiri's affairs.
How he courted the Elite Ten... how many he won over... how he planned to use the Elite Ten Council to hollow out Senzaemon Nakiri's position and then use the council to elect himself as the new Director...
He basically exposed every secret of that unappeared boss.
"Why do you know this so clearly?" Even Gin Dojima was a bit stunned after listening.
How is it like you saw it with your own eyes?
If Lexon could hear his thoughts, he would definitely answer: 'Yes, I actually have seen it.'
"Rumors," Lexon started lying again.
Naturally, Gin Dojima wouldn't believe such words.
If even the head chef of Totsuki Resort hadn't come into contact with these 'rumors' but a freshman had, it would be completely nonsensical.
"I'll seriously consider your words," Gin Dojima said solemnly.
He wouldn't believe the boy so easily, but he would keep the words in mind and investigate.
After all, if he wasn't lying... then things would be a bit serious.
Gin Dojima would not let such a thing happen.
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