Can you handle my Hikigaya's cooking?

At Ryoko's urging, the two also walked out of the classroom. Obviously, at this time most of the people in the classroom were dumbfounded by Ryoko's words, and then they rushed out in one step.

Marui: "Everyone in Polaris Dormitory, assemble. Now is the time to see who is falling behind."

Because the autumn selection itself is an indirect recognition of strength, and the talents are selected through voting by the top ten, so...it would be a bit embarrassing if all the friends around you are selected but you are not.

If it were the Hachiman of the past, he would definitely not care about such things at all, but now he hopes to fight for it. If he just waits for progress, the final result may be the opposite.

Takumi: "Hey, you guys, wait for me!"

Isami: "Brother, don't be anxious."

Alice: "Liang, let's go too."

Kurokiba Ryo: "Yes, Miss."

Yukinoshita stood up silently and walked out alone as if nothing had happened.

Yoshino: "Let's go too!"

...

There are countless names printed on a huge white board. Since this is the list of students from the entire class of 92, there are definitely quite a few talented people who can be selected.

However, there has been an unwritten rule for the autumn selection since a long time ago, which is that the higher the ranking of the students, the less controversial they are, while the lower the ranking, the last students are likely to be selected after fierce competition among the top ten.

And on this long list, the first name that appears doesn't need any further thought...

Yukinoshita Yukino.

At the age of sixteen, within a year of learning cooking, he has already defeated most of the students. He even has the capital to compete with Erina, and will be a strong competitor for the top ten in the future.

The second name, which is also a name that Hachiman is very familiar with, is Nakiri Erina's sister, Nakiri Alice.

Although Alice did not become one of the top ten, this guy who returned from studying abroad in Northern Europe is definitely not an ordinary person. He makes perfect use of various chemical components in the ingredients to produce the most perfect taste.

Everyone's names appeared on the whiteboard one after another.

Kurokiba Ryo, Takemi, Isami, Hayama Ryo, Hayama Hayato, Ryoko, Tansho, Marui, Mito, Ibusaki....

What can be confirmed now is that everyone in the Pole Star Dormitory has entered the autumn selection, except for...

Hikigaya Hachiman.

Under normal circumstances, with such excellent results in the school trip, it is impossible for her to fail in the autumn selection. However, after not seeing Hachiman's name for a long time, even the usually calm Ryoko became a little anxious.

"What's going on? Hey, you two come over here and help look for it."

Marui: "Don't rush me, I'm looking for it. Who designed it? The name is so small. Can you please take care of people who wear glasses?"

Ibusaki: "Well, even without my glasses I'm tired."

Tadokoro Megumi: "That's impossible...Hikigaya-san..."

Hachiman had never expected that when he successfully made up his mind to do something, he would be deprived of his own opportunity. This result did give him a little shock, but...

If this could make him give up pursuing something he has decided on, then it would be too much of an underestimation of him. And now...

"it's here."

A familiar voice came to Hachiman's ears. He had no idea when Yukinoshita stood beside him. This was impossible for him in the past, but...

What is even more impossible is that it is happening now.

Yukinoshita had a calm expression on her face. She just placed a finger on the whiteboard. Following her finger, one could quickly find Hikigaya Hachiman's name. It was at the very bottom of the whiteboard, and because of insufficient optical fiber, it didn't look like a name at all.

Yukinoshita smiled faintly: "It seems that not only your presence is low, but even the presence of your name has disappeared."

For the two who rarely communicated, this sudden conversation surprised Hachiman a little. However, this guy started by insulting him, and it seemed that Hachiman had already formed an unconscious response:

"If I can reduce my presence, I don't mind it at all."

Although it was self-deprecating, Yukinoshita said:

"I thought you were going to do something weird again, but luckily it was safe. So we will be rivals in the autumn selection."

After saying this, Yukinoshita seemed to have returned to the state where she had never spoken at all, and she turned around and walked away.

Come to think of it, if Yukinoshita had left when she saw her name, she could have left long ago, after all, her name was the first one, and she waited until now to leave...

Although it is something that everyone is curious about, Hachiman is not overly self-righteous.

As for Hachiman's name appearing right below the whiteboard, Ryoko just breathed a sigh of relief:

"Hikigaya, it seems that Erina really hates you to the core."

Marui: "I say, why does she hate you so much? Are you a heartless man? Dumped her? If this gets out, it will definitely be big news."

Takumi: "I think it looks like you were engaged when you were young, and when Erina found out, she broke off the engagement. Then you said, 'Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the young and poor', and then you started your counterattack. Otherwise, I really can't understand why she would target you in every way."

In response to everyone's puzzled looks, Hachiman just spread his hands helplessly, indicating that he didn't know either.

At least in his opinion, the experiences of the two were quite normal, and he was too self-righteous to presume that it was Erina who had objections to him. Maybe it was really because his ID was totally inconsistent with his strength that led to such a result?

However, if I were to say this to others, I'm sure everyone would look at me with disdain.

As for how Hachiman finally entered the autumn selection, you don't need to think about it to know that it must be because of the existence of the great senior Isshiki. Because as the seventh seat, he has a certain say, so...

It's not surprising that such a result would occur.

Everyone was naturally happy about the fact that all members of Polar Star Dormitory advanced, and after confirming that Hachiman advanced, Takumi and Hayama also came over one after another.

Takumi: "I said, I will definitely beat you in the autumn selection."

Ye Shan: "Me too..."

"Why do you have to target me? Can you have a little more lofty ambition? Isn't Yukinoshita good enough? Isn't Erina good enough?"

Compared to these two people, Alice's goal is extremely simple. After all, she wanted to surpass her sister, Erina Nakiri, from the very beginning. So this autumn selection is naturally an opportunity to get closer to her sister. Only by seizing this autumn selection opportunity can she have a chance to counterattack Erina and become above her.

Just when everyone was still focusing on the whiteboard, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Yes...she was the host of Food Wars, Kawashima Rei.

As usual, as a special guest member, she is still the host of the [Autumn Selection], and her task today is to explain the rules of the Autumn Selection to everyone.

"First of all, congratulations to all the students who were selected. After the selection of the 100 students on the list, they will have preliminaries in groups A and B, with 50 people in each group. After that, the top players in each group will have the opportunity to participate in the official elimination round."

"During the autumn selection, there will be many tycoons and guests from the society visiting, and the judges will be very tolerant of the dishes, which can be said to be a hundred flowers blooming. It will be a great stage to show your strength, and only dishes recognized by the judges can advance."

"Although you may not know it, according to gossip, the next ten best players will be selected in this round."

"Achieving an excellent ranking in the autumn selection means that I am qualified to challenge the top ten, so I will continue to work hard in this direction!"

Encouraged by Kawashima Rei, the entire playground was once again filled with loud and excited roars.

The Ten Greatest Masters of Totsuki, a position famous throughout Japan and the entire culinary world, who would feel dull at the thought of having the opportunity to sit on it?

While everyone's attention was on the whiteboard, only the organizer, Erina Nakiri, was lying on the balcony listlessly, her eyes completely focused on Hikigaya.

Looking at the miserable Erina, Hisako thought that she had suffered from Hikigaya again. In order to comfort Erina, she bravely said:

"Although Lady Erina cannot participate in this autumn selection, I will win no matter if it's Hikigaya, Yukinoshita, or Alice. After all, I am Lady Erina's assistant!"

Erina was happy about Hisako's confidence, but...

But this time, it was wrong.

She did not express any dissatisfaction with Hikigaya Hachiman at the autumn selection meeting. Instead, the other ten members, after seeing the age of Hikigaya Hachiman, thought that such a person was not old enough to participate in such a grand competition.

Although no one knows what she was thinking at the time, Erina still stood up and admitted what was in her heart that she had never told anyone in the past. With the cooperation of senior Isshiki, because of their strong recommendation and the strong push of the talented girl Erina, Hikigaya Hachiman was able to enter the autumn selection.

Afterwards, she just felt her face flushed red, and when she thought about it again, she was too shy to speak, so she was lying by the window like now, completely powerless.

I don't understand it, I don't understand it at all.

Speaking of which, the moment she met Hikigaya Hachiman, the gears of fate began to turn. Her once carefree time was occupied too much by this man. No matter what time it was, his figure would always appear in her mind.

For Erina, she simply didn't understand...

This in the end is why?

She was so annoying, but she said that for him at that time...

Chapter 77: The Son Pays for His Father's Debt, Shiroichiro's Love and Hate

Being selected for the autumn selection is undoubtedly a wonderful thing, which means that every member of Polaris Dormitory has the opportunity to ascend to that throne.

Perhaps because of the autumn selection, everyone started to get up early. Before the sun rose, they had already gathered in the kitchen. Obviously, in order to prepare for the autumn selection, everyone was working hard in the same way.

After experiencing the duel with his father, Hachiman became less passive. At least after being selected, he understood the key to cooking. If he keeps waiting for opportunities like this, he will be eliminated sooner or later.

Of course, there was another reason why he changed his mindset so quickly, and that was because of Komachi. After learning that his sister Komachi would also enter this school after the autumn selection, it was impossible for Hachiman to say that he was not excited at all.

Just when everyone was concentrating on their own cooking, it was Grandma Wenxu who broke the atmosphere.

"A letter just came in outside, you guys can see what's going on."

After handing the letter to Hachiman, Granny Wenxu smiled faintly and left the kitchen. As a dormitory manager who has lived in Polaris Dormitory for more than 20 years, it is her happiest thing to be able to witness every class of students having such an atmosphere.

On the other side, Hachiman, who took the letter, was quickly crowded by the crowd and was crushed into a meat patty in an instant.

Marui: "It can't be a love letter from a girl in our school! Great..."

Ryoko: "Marui, what's in your head? I can tell it's not good..."

In order to avoid being treated as a meat pie, Hachiman quickly pulled the letter out.

but...

There were only two big words on the white paper.

curry.

Tadokoro: "This should be the topic for the autumn selection."

Marui: "How do you know?"

Ibusaki: "Because it was written on the back of the letter..."

The atmosphere became gloomy again, and it was obvious that Marui just felt a little embarrassed about this unexpected incident, while everyone else wanted to laugh.

but...

“Curry...”

Although everyone in Polar Star Dormitory is good at different kinds of cooking, it seems that no one is strong at curry. This seemingly simple ingredient requires a lot of considerations in order to make it truly delicious.

The most famous curry in Totsuki Academy is probably the Shiomi Institute. Although it is not known to everyone, the Shiomi Institute has indeed made its own territory in Totsuki Academy with its curry cooking.

Ibusaki: "This is going to be difficult..."

Ryoko: "Yeah, if it's curry, I guess our dish can only be considered average, but in the autumn audition, if we bring out a dish like this, we'll definitely be eliminated in the end."

Mito: "I have made curry beef offal once before, so I have some confidence, but... if the opponent is an enemy like Yukinoshita..."

Yoshino: "Looks like we have to have a training camp!"

Hachiman: "Again?"

Speaking of training, Hachiman still remembers that before the last school trip, Ryoko had asked him to do a lot of physical training. Although it did help a lot in the end, but...

I really don't want to go through that painful process a second time.

As for curry, although Hachiman has not studied this ingredient recently, he can still find quite a few of it in the dishes his father used to make.

For example, the most classic curry fried rice, spicy curry shrimp, pan-fried curry chicken, curry beef rice and other dishes can all be regarded as the signature dishes of [Hikigaya Hotel]. It is not a problem to use them directly. After all, the scene with his father is still deeply imprinted in his mind.

but...

Just as his father, Shiroichiro, said, if you want to walk your own path, you cannot blindly comfort yourself in the past. Only by choosing to move forward can you make real progress.

Because of this, Hachiman quickly abandoned his previous cooking. Since the topic this time was curry, he thought it was a good opportunity. At least his goal was to continue with his own cooking.

Marui: "Well, why don't we go to the Shiomi Institute to find that outstanding curry master, maybe he can teach us some cooking techniques about curry."

Mito: “That’s a good suggestion indeed.”

Ryoko shook her head. "No, there is a guy named Hayama Ryo in the Shiomi Institute. He is the same age as us, but he has already joined the institute. And the worst thing is, we will be his opponents in the autumn selection. I don't think he will teach us how to cook his curry so easily."

Hachiman: "Hayama?"

Ibusaki: "You joined the research institute in your first year of high school. That's amazing."

'The focus is not on one point at all...'