184 BLUE - Lady Luck...

"Now that I did my part of the deal, what about your part?" Alexander chuckled and looked at the dead monitor "Book Master?" he spoke.

All of the chefs in the arena were silent. The Noir Chefs were shocked to their cores. Never in their lives have they been this crushed.

The Monitor switched on [Fufufu~ you're indeed skilled as you say. I will honor my part of the deal...But, if you got defeated by any of the noir chefs in this tournament, that deal will be revoked.] She said. The Noir chefs looked at Alexander with hatred as the set their goal for his head.

"This wasn't our deal," Alexander said with displeasure.

[You don't get to decide that. You play by my rules. Win you get what you want, lose and everything will return to zero.] The Book Master said with an amused tone.

Alexander clicked his tongue and throw the knife on the station "Now what?"

[The previous challenge still stands, you passed, the others are still waiting for their turn.] That was the last thing the book master said before the monitor blacked off hinting to the other chefs that they are still in the red zone.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot, we still haven't passed this gate yet!" Alice remembered. She and the others has been focusing on Alexander that they forgot that their turn is after him.

Well. I am done here." Alexander got a seat and went to the corner of the arena and sat there playing with his phone.

"We can't show a bad performance after what we saw, can we?" Alice took out her knife and smiled.

Takumi brought out his mezzaluna "Indeed. My blood is already boiling with excitement!" Takumi laughed and walked to his station.

Soma was still standing in his place with Tsukasa 'Damn it! everyone got a cool skill...but i don't, this is embarrassing.' He thought 'I can only go with what dad showed me in the past.' Soma smiled and took out his knife "See you later, Tsukasa-senpai."

Tsukasa sighed and looked at Alexander "You don't have an end, do you?" he mumbled before taking a long silver grater like a sword "Time to start the real BLUE." he said with his whole aura changing.

90 minutes later...

Alexander was still playing his game on the phone with a frustrated expression.

"Alexander, the gate is opened, let us go!!" Alice ran to him and spoke. The other chefs who passed are walking through the opened gate.

"Yeah, one moment." Alexander spoke before dying one last moment "Game...I am an hour in this...I know where the jump button is!!" Alexander clenched his hands on his phone almost breaking "Forget it, let us go!" Having no choice but to accept his luck in games and continue the tournament with a heavy heart 'I never got past the first boss... which is a smile.' If he went on for a second more he would cry.

Alice was laughing her mind off, Alexander's reactions never case to amuse her.

After a few minutes, the remaining chefs were given a number and were told to wait. After explaining a bit further, it seems that they were done reducing the numbers.

"You will now fight a battle of 1v1, the winner goes further, the loser gets out. You will continue like this until only one chef remains, and that is the winner of the BLUE." This was the explanation they were given. Though this pattern was overdone and there was no need for any more talking.

Alexander looked at his number "Number 3..." He mumbled. Alice and Tsukasa were not in his group as they were separated and lead to another hall. "Are we fighting the ones in here or from other halls?" Alexander asked the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Hm? ah! you will fight someone from other groups that has the same number as you. Soon you will be called, take a seat." He responded. Alexander shrugged and stood beside Takumi and Soma.

"I hoped to fight you, but I guess we will meet in another division." Takumi yawned with a bored expression.

"You still going on with that. How many times do I have to beat you before you give it a rest for a month or so." Though, Takumi's heated Shokugeki's challenges have reduced since he has been busy lately. He still gets annoyed by him for a challenge.

The worst part is that Soma has joined the mix and now every other day comes to challenge him to a Shokugeki, but thankfully, Takumi is like a guard for him, each time Soma wants to go with Alexander, he needs to defeat Takumi first, which rarely happens as it is a chance of 3 to 1.

Slowly, and little by little, numbers were called "Number 12!! its your turn!" The guards called.

Takumi stood up "That's my cue, see you soon." Takumi fist-pumped Alexander and left.

"Number 3!!" Hearing his number, Alexander stood up and cracked his neck "See you later, Soma." he waved at his brother and left.

"Take care," Soma responded.

Alexander was guided through the long halls "It is very noisy around here." He could hear a lot of people shouting like in a stadium of football. The guard never spoke to him and just kept ongoing. But soon he discovered why himself.

As soon as they reached the last door and want through, a very big round arena was in front of him just like the one in Totsuki. The size is approximately is close to the Chandra's arena back in Totsuki. In the middle, as usual, there are two stations with every equipment needed to make any kind of dish.

A crowd of people started shouting when they witnessed Alexander enter the hall. Many of them recognize him, after all. The event from earlier with the black chefs and the book master was live streaming in this hall.

For them, Alexander was the dark horse of this BLUE.

[Ladies and Gentlemen, for our first battle in the Keep's ring, please welcome Siab Alexander!!] An announcer took to the stage and shouted The crowd went wild and cheered for him.

[And his opponent is...] The Announcer gestured for the opposite door that was opened.

Then from the other side of the arena, another person was coming in, Alexander noticed who it was and smiled "Lady luck is not on your side this time..." he shook his head. The other person smiled in response.

[...Nakiri Alice!!!]

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