55 Cheers!

Its new chapter bebeh

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Please forgive my mistakes, they are not intentional.

At the elite 10 council meeting room, Nakiri Erina, Etsuya Eizan, Nene Kinokuni, Sōmei Saitõ are sitting in their respective seat in the meeting room.

"Four...although I had asked for a meeting, only four showed up. Don't they understand that the main tournament is just a few days away?!" Erina tapped on the table with her finger, she was pretty annoyed at how her senpais carry no sense of priorities at all

"There is still enough time Nakiri-san..." Nene, the twin pigtails green-haired girl spoke as she adjusted her glasses "Besides...All we need to do for the main tournament is choosing the theme. That would only require a short 15 minutes meeting. No need for the rush" she said

"Even so--" 

"I don't think we should rush things Nakiri-san" the samurai looking guy with the undercut spoke as he stood up

"Saito- senpai!" Erina called for the leaving senpai. Her purpose is to get things done very quickly so she can free her schedule. 

If things went like this, she will be busy for the whole next week. At this rate, she won't be able to meet him, she won't be able to Congratulate him.

Nene stood up too and looked at Erina " Until the next meeting... " she turned to leave leaving only Erina and Eizan alone.

"God! How can they do this?!" Erina cursed her luck for having such irresponsible senpais.

Erina looked at Eizan who was in deep thoughts while looking at the preliminaries results, things went further than he expected. He looked up and his eyes met with Erina's

"Nakiri..." He called

"What is Eizan-senpai?"

"How much do you know about Saiba Alexander?" Asked Eizan, he had seen Nakiri Alice around him, so he was hoping that Erina does know something.

"Alexander-sama...?" Erina wondered about why would Eizan ask such question but she didn't think about it for long and continued " All I know is that he descends from a prestigious family with a long history in the business and political world, The helmet family and he is the young family head currently after his uncle proved to be unworthy of such responsibility "

Ad soon as Eizan heard the name "Helmet" he felt like he did hear that name before. He stood up and left the meeting room too "until the next meeting, Nakiri"

Erina soon left the room, she met Arato outside waiting for her " Erina-sama!" She called

"What are you doing here, shouldn't you be in your kitchen practicing as I mentioned" 

"My duties as Erina-sama's secretary are far more important," said Aroto with total devotion

Erina sighed and smiled "Your opponents this time are far stronger than you think, especially the ones who were in your group" the two girls walked towards the exist as Erina was giving a piece of advice to her secretary.

Arato recalled the three monsters in her group, Alice, Takumi, and Alexander. 

She has some confidence about defeating anyone in the main tournament, but the two who had the highest score this time around made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Takumi and Alexander's result were phenomenal this time around, no one had expected this kind of result at all.

Speaking of Takumi and Alexander. The two are celebrating their achievement with their fellow friends.

"Everyone. Let us Congratulate each other, Takumi, Alice, Hayama, Ryo, Isami and Alexander. You all did a great job and proved yourselves. Cheers!!" Natasha raised her beer cup up with her shaking and happy voice. Her eyes are shining with happiness.

"Cheers" everyone followed behind her and raised their drinks up as they shouted happily. Most of the North Star residents managed to move to the main tournament making Natasha feel very happy.

Seeing the old Natasha happy made them happy too.

Although not everyone was happy. Hayama was feeling very bad. He can't believe that his score is the fourth. Alexander has 100, Takumi 96, and Alice has 95 points.

This is too much for him to handle, his specialty field is spices, he was damn sure he will be the one to prevail on the top of the preliminaries. But it seems not. It seems he has overestimated his abilities.

Takumi came to Hayama and put his arm on his shoulder " Don't be sad Hayama-kun, we will meet each other in the preliminaries soon hahaha!!!" Takumi was having the best moment in his life. Although he didn't manage to beat Alexander again, he still got the 2nd spot. and he broke a record too.

This further proves that he is growing, all the battles he lost against Alexander honed his skills and spirit even more than he excpected. He was right in choosing Alexander as his rival.

"Shut up, I don't need you to cheer me up." Hayama slapped the smug Takumi's hand away from him but Takumi still laughed 

Isami came to rescue Hayama from his brother's happy mood

"He seems very happy..." Alice spoke to Alexander who was drinking his cold apple juice, he raised his eyebrow and nodded.

Natasha watched her little children play around with a smile as she compared this scene with one of her past memories.

"By the way Alexander... What did you make to earn all of these points?" Ryo popped out of nowhere beside Alexander. Immediately, Takumi, Alice, and Hayama zoomed at Alexander's place

"That's right..." Said Hayama with an intense look "spell what you have right now." 

"I second that too," said Takumi while Alice nodded exaggeratedly.

"It was just a normal coconut curry dish, you guys never made one of those?" He asked

"Don't try to fool us, no way in the 7 heavens will a normal coconut curry dish earn 100 scores in the autumn election." Said Alice, she poked Alexander in the cheek while everyone threatened him with a murderous look.

Alexander sighed and put his glass down "it's all about your way of cooking and belief..." said Alexander, his words weren't clear as the guys tilted their heads in confusion making Alexander face palm himself.

" Everyone has their unique style of cooking while some have the same, they differ in the level of their mastery of that way. Your way of cooking is your identity as a chef, it gives the dish a mysterious flavor that no other chef can give..." He stood up and dramatically spread his arms "and your belief is that you believe in your dish, you believe that your dish is the best and it can reach the desired goal you want, you make the dish believing it will make the judges feel like everything else is trash and only your dish is regarded as true gourmet"

Alice, Takumi, Ryo, and Hayama looked at Alexander with wide eyes.

"What a show-off!!" Said Takumi

"Go flex on someone else!" Said Alice.

"Don't go around giving speeches just because you got 100 points. It doesn't matter if you are not the last man standing in the main tournament" said Hayama.

"... Be prepared." Said Ryo with a monotone voice

Alexander rolled his eyes as he felt like he just poured water in the sand.

"By the way everyone... Did you forget something?" Called Alexander

"I don't think so..." Said Hayama with irritation, his low score is still bothering him.

Alexander opened his uniform and pulled out a small box, he opened it slowly and showed everyone what is inside.

Everyone's eyes widened.

"The North Star's ultimate Uno championship..." Said Alexander, he made a serious expression that he didn't make even when he was cooking in the preliminaries, he wasn't alone, everyone else did the same

"Ah yes, it was today," said Hayama with a deep voice.

"How pathetic... It will be my win this time" Alice looked at Isami who had his usual smile but it was coated with a little of mockery inside it.

"Humph...today will mark my first win" Alexander and the rest gathered around a table as the cards were shuffled and passed around

Natasha witnessed this sudden turn of events as she burst out laughing while thinking 'they are the same...they are really the same!!'

Totsuki is a school with competitive people who grind to be the best cooks in the world.

But inside the North Star. cooking is not everything...

The autumn election main tournament is near. Now, who will face who? will the North Star friends face each other? but most importantly, who will be the strongest student of al of the first years?!