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"Soma, what are you still doing here? Where's Tadokoro?" Su Luo ran up to Soma after seeing him and stood beside him.

Upon hearing Su Luo's voice, Soma was momentarily stunned and reacted a beat late, before saying, "Ah! Oh! Tadokoro has already gone back."

"By the way, what were you doing just now?" Soma composed himself when he saw Su Luo arrive, but because it was already dark, he couldn't see her anymore.

"It's nothing, I just forgot to take something." Su Luo gave a vague answer to Soma's question.

"Oh." Soma didn't say anything more, and the two of them stood side by side, walking further and further away.

Meanwhile, Dojima Gin, still standing by the window, watched Su Luo and Soma's departing figures, muttering to himself, "This year's students might be the most accomplished class in the academy's history! I really hope to see them grow up quickly! I wonder what kind of dishes they'll make! I can't wait to see them!"

Not long after, Su Luo and Soma arrived at Marui's room. Since they hadn't greeted each other beforehand, they didn't go back to their own rooms but went straight to Marui's room.

Soma walked up to Marui's room and opened the door without thinking. He was clearly unaware that Su Luo had already kept a distance from Soma.

"I'm back..." Then, everything proceeded as normal, and Soma opened the door wide and said.

bang~

Before Soma could react, Yoshino Yuuki rushed over angrily and slapped Soma hard across the face. Soma's face was completely deformed, and as he was sent flying, white water splattered from his mouth.

Yoshino Yuuki didn't give Soma a chance to react. She grabbed Soma by the collar and shook him violently, saying angrily, "We're so worried about you two! We heard you challenged the graduates to a food battle... and the thought of you two possibly getting expelled..."

"Yuuki, calm down. You shouldn't be attacking Soshin-kun like that!" Ryoko Sakaki advised, seeing Yuuki Yoshino's aggressive behavior.

"Yes...yes...if it weren't for Soma-kun, I would have been expelled long ago." Tadokoro said, trying to dissuade Soma from being beaten and scolded by Yoshino Yuuki.

"Ah! That's true... Ugh..." After listening to their words, Yoshino Yuuki finally understood. It seemed to make sense. Immediately, she stopped what she was doing and threw herself into Sakaki Ryoko's arms, crying, "Waaaaah! Ryoko-!"

"Su Luo... what happened to your right hand? Was it from the food?" Sitting in a chair with his arms crossed and legs crossed, Ibuzaki Jun looked at Soma's bright red right hand and asked with concern.

"Hehe...it's nothing!" Soma said with a smile, shaking his head.

"Hey! I said, why isn't anyone welcoming me? I did help out, after all." Looking at the noisy scene inside, for some reason, Su Luo suddenly felt that the atmosphere was nice, but they dared to ignore her, which was unforgivable. She muttered to herself, quite dissatisfied.

"Oh my! Is your little brother jealous? Let me comfort you!" Hearing Su Luo's dissatisfied words, Ryoko Sakaki immediately stood up, walked to Su Luo, patted Su Luo's head and said, "My little brother is so great."

"Ugh... Damn it, stop calling me little brother! You jerk! And also, get your hand off my head right now! Don't you know you can't just touch a woman's breasts and a man's head like that? What if you don't grow taller?" After being teased by Ryoko Sakaki, Su Luo naturally showed an expression of enjoyment, but in the blink of an eye, her smile froze on her face. She angrily slapped away Ryoko Sakaki's clutches and said sullenly.

"Oh my! The little brother looks so cute when he's angry!" Okay! Ryoko Sakaki acted as if she hadn't heard Su Luo's words at all, pinched Su Luo's cute red cheeks, and said.

"And stop touching my face! You bastard!" Su Luo said angrily to Sakaki Ryoko, her forehead already bulging with a large "well" shape.

"Ah... Sakaki Ryoko and Suro are so affectionate!" Soma said, watching Sakaki Ryoko and Suro playfully bickering.

"Damn it! Where did you get your friendship from?" Su Luo said with great dissatisfaction after hearing Soma's words.

"Haha! Alright, let's hold the karuta championship tonight!" Soma ignored Su Luo's complaints and said to everyone with great confidence.

"Huh...? Start now?" Tadokoro was momentarily stunned by Soma's words.

"I already told you! Why did you all automatically gather in my room?!" Marui complained again after hearing this, but... it was all for naught.

"Soma-!! Are you still alive-!?" Aoki Daigo and Sato Shoji asked at the same time.

Time always flies, and soon it was dawn. Everyone started a new round of lessons, and everyone worked hard to complete them, constantly striving to improve and hone their culinary skills.

Time flew by like water, and soon it was 9 p.m. The members of the Polaris dormitory were walking down the hallway in their bathrobes. Yoshino Yuuki, bent over and looking exhausted, said, "Today was just too tiring..."

"The trial of making 50 meals... I never expected it to happen again... and the quantity has increased to 80 meals." Marui really didn't know what to say when he thought about today's devilish trial. He was already not good at physical strength, and after such a trial, he was completely exhausted.

"And this time the target is students from Deep Muscle University who are currently training in Japan... As expected of Totsuki Resort... all sorts of people come here..." Thinking of today's devilish trial and those muscular men, Yoshino Yuuki suddenly felt powerless and didn't know what to say.

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Chapter 122 What are the next arrangements?

"Speaking of which, a group of people in suits reappeared during the exam... Who are they? I didn't see them until yesterday." At this moment, Soma suddenly remembered the group of people in suits who had suddenly appeared during the class and said curiously.

"Are there really such people...?" Well! Tadokoro was taking this too seriously; he had no idea that this group of people had ever been there.

“Who cares about that kind of thing… Just finishing the project is exhausting enough,” Yoshino Yuuki said, holding the back of her head with both hands.

“As for this… Su Luo-kun doesn’t have it!” After hearing Yoshino Yuuki’s words, Tadokoro clearly noticed something and pointed at Su Luo, who was walking there with a relaxed expression.

"Ah... Only this pervert wouldn't do that! I didn't even finish half of it before he finished so early." Yoshino Yuuki and the others were obviously working with Su Luo on this project, but when she thought about how fast Su Luo was working, Yoshino Yuuki really didn't know what to say. She could only describe it as 'pervert'.

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nod and say, recalling the scene at the time, "Yes, he was indeed a pervert."

"You're the perverts, your whole family are perverts." Su Luo, who was standing to the side, immediately said, "Seriously, is it really okay for you to say this in front of the person involved?"

"But there are only two days left. Maybe we can make it through, right?" Yoshino Yuuki calculated the time. It seemed that more than half of the time had passed, and there were only two days left. Although it would definitely be more difficult than before, she should be able to get through it without any problems. However, she was still not very confident, so she said this.

“Yeah, if things continue like this—it’s strange…” Sakaki Ryoko agreed with Yoshino Yuuki’s words and was about to reply, but she paused when she saw a question in the book.

"What's wrong, Ryoko?" Seeing Ryoko Sakaki's puzzled expression and hearing her words, Shun Ibu couldn't help but ask.

"The schedule in the instruction manual... doesn't indicate the third day... which is tonight's bedtime," he replied after hearing what Ibuzaki Shun said.

"Strange? Really... Is it a printing error?" Generally speaking, there are rules about bedtime every day. Although we are here to study, we are still students, so we need to manage everyone in a unified way. Otherwise, it would be bad if some accidents happened. At the same time, it is also necessary to ensure that everyone gets enough sleep.

ding dong~

Just as the group was puzzled by this question, a bell rang. After the bell rang, a voice came from the loudspeaker above: "To all students, you have worked hard today."

"It's Dojima-senpai..." Upon hearing this voice, many people recognized him immediately.

Dojima Gin's voice continued to come from the loudspeaker: "One hour from now, at 10 PM, please change into your uniforms and assemble in the Grand Ballroom."

After receiving this notification, although they didn't know what had happened or what Dojima Gin was going to do, since that's what they were told, everyone had to gather. Soon, all the surviving first-year students quickly assembled in the hall.

"Everyone looks exhausted..." After receiving the notification, the Polar Star members all changed into their school uniforms. After changing, they entered the hall, which was already packed with people. Ryoko Sakaki said this, seeing that everyone looked exhausted. After such intense training today, it was impossible for her to be the only one who was tired.

"Of course... Ugh... I want to go back to my room and sleep early..." Yoshino Yuuki, who had a deep understanding of today's topic, said with certainty. As she spoke, she couldn't help but yawn and rub her eyes, looking drowsy. To be honest, after a long day, she was exhausted and didn't want to move at all. She really wanted to lie on a soft bed and have a good sleep.

"But speaking of which, what's going on so late...?!" Soma asked with a puzzled look, and almost everyone present had the same expression, clearly not understanding why Dojima Gin had summoned them.

"Souma-!!"

"You idiot... you actually dared to have a food battle with graduates... Don't mess around like that! You moron!"

"I heard about it! You're too impulsive! You haven't even settled things with me yet, so I won't allow you to leave the academy!!"

Upon seeing Soma, Takumi Aldini and Ikumi Mito shouted and rushed over, addressing Soma.

Who are you?

"That's exactly what I wanted to ask you!"

Upon hearing that someone was speaking to Soma at the same time as them, Takumi Aldini and Mito Ikumi, who disliked each other, immediately started arguing.

"Strange... how do you know about the Food Wars?" Soma asked curiously, noticing that the two knew about his Food Wars.

"Everyone's been talking about it this morning, but Soma... you're here now, which means... what do you mean...! You... did you...?" Seeing Soma standing there unharmed, the two couldn't help but think of this.

"No, we lost terribly." Soma couldn't help but sigh when he talked about it.

“Huh!? Is that so…?” Takumi Aldini asked.

"Explain this to us! What exactly happened?" Mito Ikumi really wanted to know the answer to this, since it concerned Soma.

"Oh dear, please don't ask any more questions." To be honest, Chuangzhen really didn't want to talk about this anymore.

"Oh my! Isn't this Soma's wife? How could she not even say hello when she sees me? That's so rude." Just then, Su Luo suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said to Mito Ikumi.

"You brat...who are you talking about! I'm not..." After Su Luo said that, Mito Yumi denied it, but a suspicious blush appeared on her face.

"Sigh..." After hearing Su Luo's words, Takumi Aldini looked at the shy Mito Ikumi with some surprise, his eyes revealing shock.

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Chapter 123 Title: An Egg Dish Full of Surprises

"Hey, judging from your reaction, you don't happen to like Soma too, do you? It's okay, my Soma is in great shape, he doesn't mind whether it's a man or a woman. And you look pretty good too." Looking at Takumi Aldini, whose eyes were filled with shock, Su Luo smiled mischievously and said. But to be honest, Takumi Aldini was indeed very handsome, looking like a pretty boy.

"I...I don't like men at all!" Takumi Aldini was at a loss for words after being teased by Su Luo. His fair cheeks turned red instantly, and he immediately retorted.

"Then why are you blushing?" Su Luo shrugged and said dismissively.

"I...I'm not blushing! You bastard!" Takumi Aldini, who was already arrogant, immediately bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on after Su Luo teased him.

"!? What are you talking about?" Well! Soma had no idea what Su Luo and the others were talking about. He scratched his cheek with his index finger, looking completely puzzled.

"Okay! You two should get along peacefully from now on!" Su Luo didn't care about their reactions and nodded to herself, with an expression that said, 'I'm very satisfied with you.'

"Who wants to spend time with her (him)!" Well! The two of them were completely drawn in by Su Luo, and upon hearing this, they both said it at the same time.

"ah-!"

"Ugh..."

"E...Ms. Erina...!"

Just as Su Luo was about to say something, a commotion suddenly arose from the crowd, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look in that direction. She saw Erina Nakiri walking slowly towards them, followed by Hisako.

"Alright, it seems everyone has assembled. Everyone, pay attention to the stage." At that moment, Dojima Gin looked at the students below and said.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked towards the stage. On the stage, Dojima Gin, seeing that everyone was looking in his direction, directly stated the purpose of the gathering: "I've gathered you here for no other reason than to inform you about your assignment for tomorrow."

"tomorrow···?"

Why did you have to notify me the night before?

"···"

As soon as Dojima Gin said this, the people below began to whisper among themselves, and the entire hall was filled with a noisy chatter. They really didn't understand why tomorrow's topic had to be discussed tonight, and right when everyone was about to go to sleep, so it was inevitable that everyone had some complaints and doubts.

"The task is to create a new breakfast dish suitable for all the guests at Totsuki Resort!" Dojima Gin ignored their noise and directly stated the purpose of the evening, explaining, "Breakfast is the face of the hotel, an important meal that kicks off the day for guests who have stayed overnight. I hope you can come up with a fresh dish that can add joy to the guests' tables and make them feel surprised."

"Do you want us to prepare dishes that match the reputation of the Totsuki Resort...?"

"This might be the most difficult task so far...?"

"···"

Upon learning of the subject matter, it was clearly a significant challenge and a considerable source of pressure for many. After all, the Yuanyue Resort has a renowned reputation, and preparing a breakfast worthy of its caliber would be quite difficult. While the dishes might not necessarily match the chefs' skill level, they certainly couldn't tarnish the Yuanyue Resort's name. This was undoubtedly a considerable challenge for first-year students.

"The main ingredient is eggs! The dishes can be Japanese or Chinese." As he said this, Dojima Gin picked up the eggs in his hand and said to everyone, "But the basic condition is that it can be provided in the form of a buffet. The review will begin at 6 a.m. tomorrow. Please prepare in advance so that the reviewers can taste them at that time."

"Did I hear that right? It's 6 p.m.... right?" Yoshino Yuuki asked innocently, one hand on her hip.

“No… he did say it was 6 a.m.…” Ibuzaki Shun’s words directly shattered Yoshino Yuuki’s naive words.

"So...that means..." Just thinking about this made Yoshino Yuuki feel terrible.

If that's really the case, then it means now is definitely not the time to sleep, otherwise tomorrow morning will be terrible. This statement immediately caused a great deal of panic.

"You have free time until morning. All the kitchens will be open for testing. You can go over there and try things out, or go back to your rooms and catch up on some sleep." Dojima Gin's words were quite clear; he clearly didn't want anyone to sleep! Who had time to sleep during such a hectic time? However, Dojima Gin didn't care about such worries and simply said, "Well then... see you at 6 AM! Dismissed!"