A winner in life at Tōtsuki academy

On this day, Damian saw Rindō and Momo sitting on the sofa as soon as he returned to the dormitory, looking at a booklet. Damian was stunned for a moment before saying softly, "I'm back..."
"Oh! Welcome back... Kouhai, look at this."
Damian was stunned for a while and walked over before saying with some doubts, "Huh? What is this? Friendship and communication... Accommodation and training guide... Let's create more good memories together..."
"Don't forget to bring something... Meow? Hissing... This meow..."
Momo narrowed her eyes and whispered, "I wasn't a cat back then, I was a sheep... not cute at all... Taki-senpai tastes so bad!"
"That's not the point! The point is that after three days, Kouhai, you will go to the dormitory to train!"
Damian thought for a while and said: "Um... I'll take a look..."
"You have to pay attention. A little carelessness can cause problems! Those examiners are incredible!"
"Hmmmm... hmm? If I can't bring a game console, can I take a computer?"
"That's... That's ok, you can bring your cell phone, and a computer should be fine, right! Kouhai! Listen carefully!"
Damian tilted his head and said, "Why do you think I'm in danger of being eliminated?"
"Because I don't know if you're suitable for the questions the examiners will ask! Let me give you a question and tell me what you're going to do!"
Damian nodded and said, "Okay, tell me, that's quite interesting."
"Cough cough... uh... Using unconventional means, in two hours, make a meat dish! What are you going to do?"
Damian said directly and casually, "Unconventional means? What does this unconventional mean?"
"In other words, generally speaking, no one would make this kind of food!"
"Overall, that means some people still do it."
"Right!"
"Not many people know... Beef with mint, strange beef... There's a lot of it."
[A/N: Don't ask me, I don't know either...]
Rindō swallowed and said, "Strange meat? What kind of meat is this?"
"A type of fried rice with stinky tofu and beef chili. It tastes good, but some people can't accept it because of the smell."
"Smelly... smelly tofu?! Is that really delicious?"
"It's not bad, but it must be processed stinky tofu, so it qualifies?"
"Not qualified! Unless you fry one!"
"There is no smelly tofu in the dorm..."
"Huh?! Well, it doesn't seem like... hey... Kouhai, come on..."
Looking at Rindō, Damian didn't say anything, just sat to the side and looked at the guide, sighing every now and then.

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In an office, Senzaemon was looking at a document, and after a long while he said dubiously, "Chappelle, I'm very curious about something. Among the graduates who came for the dormitory training, the first person to agree, was this Inui Hinako?"
"To be honest, I don't know either. I just called and asked, and she straight up said that she had time. She didn't say the specific reason. Maybe she just had time."
"But didn't she close the restaurant a few days ago to travel?"
"Huh? She went traveling? How did you know, Commander?"
Senzaemon sighed and said, "I went out to run something. When I came back, I passed by her restaurant and saw a sign on the door saying that he was going away for a few days because he won a prize."
"That's very strange... but that's not important anymore. Now there are so many graduates coming, although not all, but many, at least Tokyo graduates are coming."
"Well, that's it, tell me how your script has been lately."
Chapelle nodded and discussed with Senzaemon. After a long time, Senzaemon said, "Oh... there is this link again, um, it can make the resort earn a lot of costs, and maybe it will be profitable, well, on what day?"
"The fourth or fifth day, depending on the number of students remaining."
"Oh! Understood! Well, I have to think about it, but why is the cape a cat?"
"This...this appears to be the last decision Tsunozaki makes."
"Tsunozaki...Oh! It's that girl from Tsunozaki Taki! No wonder, it's much more interesting than last year's sheep!"
"It was Tsunozaki Taki who finalized the plan last year..."
"Huh? Hahaha! No wonder, no wonder, okay, that's it!"
After Chappelle left, Senzaemon closed his eyes and thought for a while, then finally heaved a sigh of relief and made a phone call: "Come here and bring Hisako."
"I'm in the office."
"I understand!"
Shortly after Senzaemon hung up the phone, he heard a knock on the door, and Senzaemon said directly: "Erina, come in!"
Erina looked at Senzaemon with some doubts and said, "Grandpa, do you have anything to do with me? Is there anything to prove?"
"Yes! It's really a tasting, but it's not in a restaurant."
"This is for..."
Erina was stunned for a moment and said, "What?! But... but... what is there to experience there?"
"It's not for you to try the cuisine there, but for you to try the student cuisine!"
"Huh?!" x2
Hisako quickly said, "Commander! How can these students' cooking be qualified..."
Erina waved her hand and said, "Hisako, I think grandpa should have his own purpose, but I still want to ask why."
Senzaemon laughed and said in a deep voice, "This time, in accommodation training..."
After a long while, Erina stood outside the office door and said softly, "Let's give a rating... Interesting..."
"Erina-sama, what should I do?"
"Hisako!"
"Yes!"
"All reservations for the 4th, 5th and 6th days during the start of accommodation training must be postponed! Reservations for the morning of the sixth day must be moved to the afternoon! Reservations after 3:00 pm on the fourth day have been cancelled!"
"In other words, you will be back at noon on the sixth day?"
"Yes, after all, I'm still preparing to eat a Shokugeki. If I beat this Shokugeki, I'll become an elite ten!"
"Hmm!"

(End of chapter)