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Chapter 430: Totsuki residential training begins!
"Totsuki's law of survival of the fittest makes this place more like a small society than a school.

There are students who truly love cooking and are dedicated to studying it, but there are also many people who only use cooking as a tool to make money and become social elites.

Being able to gain the attention of Erina Nakiri and the favor of General Totsuki means that you have the ability.

Add to that the financial resources you have to freely give out high-quality and rare ingredients to support your friends in their food battles, and it's no surprise they consider you a descendant of a renowned culinary family."

“Those who offer a reward for information about you may not necessarily want to use you as a stepping stone to defeat you.

I guess there are many who want to know your background and then curry favor with you.

Even many girls may come here with the intention of throwing themselves at him, after all, Seiya, you are pretty good-looking, aren't you?"

After hearing Isshiki Kei's words, no one present except Seiya and Soma Yukihira showed any strange expressions, not even the sexy and cute Megumi Tadokoro and the energetic girl Yuki Yoshino.

This is Totsuki Academy, a place where the law of the jungle prevails. Compared to ordinary academies, the students here are much more mature than their peers due to factors such as their growth environment.

Everyone present, except Seiya and Soma Yukihira, had graduated from Totsuki's junior high school, so they were used to it after seeing it so many times.

"It's a pity that those girls who want to curry favor with the powerful and throw themselves into the arms of men will probably be disappointed.

Although my family is considered a culinary family, it is unfortunately a family that has fallen on hard times. I am not the son of a wealthy family. I am just an ordinary chef who runs a restaurant for the general public.

Hearing Seiya's self-deprecation, the people in Polar Star Dormitory who already knew Seiya's background were not surprised. However, Roumei, who was invited to the banquet, showed a look of surprise.

"Mr. Wenren, does your family just run a restaurant for the general public? But if that's the case, how did you help Soma Yukihira find such a rare ingredient as frozen bison?

Even though we at Mito Meat have a certain reputation in the meat industry, it's not easy to find this level of rare meat."

Regarding this, other people in Polar Star Dormitory, including Soma Yukihira, were also quite curious.

Seiya did not reveal the truth that he was a gourmet hunter, but took out the silver membership card of the Gourmet Merchants Association and said: "For some reason, I helped the big man of the Rare Ingredients Gourmet Merchants Association, so he gave me this membership card.

If I need it, I can order rare ingredients from the Gourmet Merchants Association at a 10% discount."

After hearing Seiya's explanation, everyone present looked at the membership card in Seiya's hand, and the light that instantly burst out almost blinded Seiya's eyes.

Being a VIP of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce who can order rare ingredients at a 10% discount is much more valuable than being the eldest son of a consortium!

Exotic ingredients are very expensive, but for most chefs, they are not unaffordable.

But the main thing is that this thing has a high price but no market. Ordinary people cannot buy it at all without certain channels. They can often only buy it at a premium through some black markets or auctions.

So far, there are only three people in Tokyo who have the VIP status of the Rare Ingredients and Gourmet Food Chamber of Commerce... or three institutions have such status, and Totsuki Academy is one of them.

However, the VIP level of the entire Totsuki Academy seems to be lower than Seiya's.

To be frank, even if Seiya was down and out, as long as he had the VIP status of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce, he would be treated as a guest of honor wherever he went. The giants in the food industry would even marry the women of their families to Seiya to establish a relationship with him.

"Shengya, I didn't expect you to have such an identity. If that's the case, then I won't be polite. Actually, there is a rare ingredient I have wanted for a long time, but I have never had the channel to obtain it..."

"And me, and me. I'm going to be doing residential training in a few days. I'm not sure if I can bring my own food this time, but just in case, it's better to bring some trump cards."

Before, everyone in Polar Star Dormitory thought that Seiya relied on connections to get the rare ingredients, so even though they asked Seiya for help, they didn’t actually hold much hope in their hearts.

In order to avoid embarrassing Seiya, they didn't even mention it again.

But now that Seiya has revealed his silver membership of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce, there is no point for them to be hesitant anymore!
Sakaki Ryoko and Yoshino Yuuki, who were already familiar with Seiya, unceremoniously told Seiya about many rare ingredients that they had long wanted.

As for the shy Tadokoro Megumi and the newly-acquainted Nikumi, they were a little embarrassed at first, but in the end they couldn't resist the 10% discount on rare ingredients.

Rare ingredients are hard to come by, and now you can get them at a 10% discount. Where else can you find such a good deal?

Having experienced the delicious and magical properties of rare ingredients, Soma Yukihira initially opened his mouth to ask, but he quickly realized that with the high prices of rare ingredients, even if there was a 10% discount, he simply couldn't afford it...

A few days after Soma Yukihira and the Nikumi Shokugeki fight, the grade activity for the 92nd grade first-year students of the high school department of Totsuki Academy, also known as residential training, officially began.

In order to prepare for this residential training, everyone in Polar Star Dormitory has made preparations, except for Isshiki Hui, who is a year older than Seiya and the others.

Because of Erina's declaration of war, Seiya has been staying in Polar Star Dormitory for the past few days and has not gone out.

Because he is a "special student", apart from important grade activities like residential training, Seiya can skip classes for general classroom assessments without any problem.

The special advantage of being a "special student" also makes Megumi Tadokoro, who is also a member of the Polar Star Dormitory, envious.

Because she was the last one in the middle school department to be promoted to the senior department, even in ordinary classroom assessments, if she received a D evaluation, she would face the risk of being expelled.

Because of this, every time there was a classroom assessment, Tadokoro Kei was always walking on thin ice.

However, all the members of Polar Star Dormitory who have eaten Tadokoro Megumi's cooking know that Tadokoro's cooking skills are actually not low, and are even better than most of Totsuki's cooking.

It's just because he gets nervous easily that he always performs poorly at critical moments, which is why he always gets low ratings.

So in order to avoid being eliminated from this residential training, Seiya prioritized ordering a lot of rare ingredients for Tadokoro Megumi.

The same dish, when cooked with rare ingredients, tastes better than that cooked with ordinary ingredients. This can also be considered a physical cheat.

Unfortunately, when the well-prepared Polar Star Dormitory and others went to the meeting place to take the bus, they were informed by the Totsuki teachers that all students were prohibited from bringing any personal clothing with them to this residential training.

(End of this chapter)