138 Let Us Discuss The Terms Once Again

Still in pain, but I can't leave you with nothing for long.

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After the battle ended. Alexander was tired so he returned to his room. There is still time before everyone else finishes their battles.

When he entered his room, he jumped on his bed and turned on the tv, he didn't even bother to take off his shoes and just let the news channel on.

[For the first time in history! all kinds of cuisines!! all...in one tower!! come and get a taste from the Golden Tower restaurants!]

Alexander's ears perked at this, he got up and looked at the tv where an ad for his tower is being played.

As the voice was describing the tower, many cut scenes were played to show the interior.

[Come and meet the world's best chefs, such as Chef Luca! Chef Skulk! and the head chef of the tower himself, the magician Shinomya Koujiro!!] Following that a picture of many chefs standing side by side and the last one was Koujy.

"So, it has begun." Alexander chuckled. The ad ended and the news segment continued on.

In his own office, Azami was watching Tv and he has seen the ad of the Golden Tower. His hands were trembling from fury. Once he couldn't take it anymore he throws the remote controller at the tv with all his strength breaking the tv screen, but the sound was still on.

"Another fooder restaurant has been opened, and this time it houses 99 of the world's most disgusting chefs!! RAAA!!!" His hands swiped his desk off of anything that was on it, messing all of his papers and breaking some glass cups that were on it.

Azami stood in his office huffing from anger. Once he et rid of the bugs in Totsuki, the turn will come on the restaurants of Japan and then all of the world's.

In the exam halls, Erina has finished her exam and let her hair loose from its ponytail.

"Wonderful! Erina-sama, you did such a great job!" Teach Endu spoke

"Indeed, Erina-sama is Totsuki's hidden gem!!" The old witch from the first exam spoke after him. these two were the literal definition of the word "Bootlickers".

"Shut up!" Erina didn't want to hear any of their crap. She took off running to Alexander to see what he did. She wasn't particularly worried about, but about the others. Fighting the elite 10 is not something they can bear yet.

After she reached the arena, she found no one, so she went to the waiting rooms. There she found Hayama with teacher Jun and her father's assistance.

"Akira-san, have you seen Alexander." She didn't even ask if he won or loos as the result is predictable to her.

Hayama shrugged his shoulders "Who knows, but I saw him run inside the hotel." Hayama said.

"Is that! Thank you." Erina didn't waste any time and took off again.

After Erina left, er father's assistance continued his talk "As per our agreement, Hayama Akira. Due to your loss against Saiba Alexander, you're expelled." he said.

"Wait!! how can that be?!!" Jun was shocked "There is no need to expel Akira-kun! just because he lost against another student doesn't give you the authority to kick him out of school!!" Jun protested.

Hayama chuckled "Jun...It's okay." he said.

"But Akira-kun!!"

"He is right, this was what i agreed on with Azami after joining Central. If I lost this battle then i will be expelled."

Jun looked at Hayama with shock. This means that Hayama will lose his chance to graduate from Totsuki and he won't be able to meet his friends again.

Hayama was well aware of this, so he didn't mind. He sees this as his punishment for being a coward and abandoning his friends in their battle.

'With this...I can at least sleep at night.' He thought.

"Alexander-sama!!" Erina entered Alexander's room and found him on his bed. Alexander was taking a nap when Erian entered his room.

"What is wrong Erina?" he asked.

Erina came closer to him "Did you get any news about the others?" she asked. She hoped that Alexander has some news since he was the first to finish his exam.

"No." Alexander left his bed and stood up "But we can go see..." He stretched his arms and yawned.

"Yes, that is right, we should go see Alice, Takumi-kun, and Hisako first." Erina nodded.

The two left the room and headed for the exam halls, they looked for their friends but didn't find them. There was only one hall left and it was the big hall.

And lucky for them, on their way, they met with the three returning from their exam.

"Oh! look who came back." Alexander chuckled.

Erina didn't waste any time and went straight to the point "Who did you guys face? did you win? are you alright?!"

"Back off will ya!" Alice pushed Erina away from her as she was so close.

"Erina-sama..." Arato spoke up "....we faced against Kobayashi Rindo-senpai, the 2nd seat." those words sent Erina into shock.

Alexander fist-pumped with Takumi. He can see that Erina wasn't in her right mind. It looks like she is too nervous about this elite 10 battles that she can't see that by how these three are looking, they must have won.

"Did you actually win against Rindo?" Asked Alexander

"Something like that..." Rindo voice came from behind them "Congratulations to the five of you!" Said Rindo as she clapped.

"Thank...you?" Erina felt weird for being congratulated as she didn't even feel like she was taking the exam.

Alexander wondered "What kind of an exam did you give them?" he asked Rindo.

Takumi laughed awkwardly "Well you see..." Rindo spoke "...The exam was..." Her aura changed to something serious "....they had to make me something yummy!!" She said with a sunshine smile on her face.

Alexander looked at Takumi then Alice and Hisako who avoided his gaze 'These bastards!' Alexander felt frustrated 'They had to make something yummy for Rindo and I had to face off against Hayama.'

Rindo started laughing "And it looks like you've won against Hayama-kun..." Rindo said, "Too bad for him."

"hm? what does that mean?" Alice asked.

"Well, Hayama is now as good as expelled from Totsuki..." Rindo dropped the bomb, shocking the five.

'I didn't see that coming...' Alexander thought.

'Also, your other friends are also expelled as they lost their battles. You five are the only rebels left." Rindo dropped another bomb.

'I~ didn't see that coming.' Alexander thought with an awkward smile "This put us in a tight spot here." He spoke.

"Oh it does, with your numbers now, your chances of staying the school are quite slim. Come up with something soon or else... this will be the last time we talk in this school." Rindo passed by Alexander and left.

Erina was in turmoil, she looked at her friends and clenched her hands 'Something...? We can only endure their exams and survive until the end.' She thought

The others too were thinking about a solution but to no avail.

Alexander remembered, "By the way Rindo..." Alexander called making Rindo halt in her steps "What?" she asked.

"What if we directly challenged the elite 10 for their seats? you know, you guys are fighting us in Shokugekies with our expulsion on stake...but you guys aren't offering anything in return. So in a sense, your Shokugekies are invalid as it doesn't meet the necessary requirement." Alexander said.

"It is not a Shokugeki..." Rindo said, "We are testing you to see if you're fit to be promoted to the second year."

Alexander smiled "It is a Shokugeki, as you may know, i was challenged by Hayama in a direct cooking battle. He didn't give me a task to complete or an obstacle to overcome..." Alexander's words made a little sense to the others as they started to understand where he was coming from " As far as I know, those are what a test should be about, for example, in normal schools, you don't see the teacher takes the exam with his students and he tells them that they should get a higher mark than his to pass. No, he just observes as he gave them the task that they should complete."

"And this is exactly what you guys are doing to us, you have dragged us in a Shokugeki without us knowing about it and not offering your part of the deal." Alexander finished his speech "So, I want us to discuss our Shokugeki terms once again."

Rindo tilted her head "well, i didn't do such thing, but you can solve the problem with Azami-san himself. Go to his office on the 37th floor..." Rindo sighed, this is why she was against the idea of the elite 10 moving against rebels, now they have found a loophole.

"Father is here?!!" Erina was shocked. He was supposed to be in Tokyo managing the school.

"Yeah, he is here." Rindo looked at her watch "Ah! you should hurry. If you want to meet him as he would be leaving for the next venue with his private helicopter soon..."

"Let's go, Alexander-sama...Everyone." Erina looked at Alexander, Hisako, Alice, and Takumi as all of them nodded.

They all passed by Rindo and ran to the rooftop where they can meet Azami or wait for him there until he wants to leave. They don't want to miss the chance of meeting him because they didn't see him leave his office while going to meet him.

As for Rindo, she was taking a walk in the garden to relax a bit. After a while, she sat on a chair and started whistling.

"Looks like your enjoying yourself, Rindo-chan!" A charming voice came from behind Rindo. She turned around to see two tall women standing behind her. One had black hair with red eyes while the other had white hair with bloody eyes.

"Alexandra-san? and Leonora-san?" Rindo couldn't believe her eyes. Why are the current two strongest chefs doing here?

"Its good to see you too my sweet child." Alexandra ruffled Rindo hair "See you later." She said before going to the elevator.

Leonora smiled at Rindo "Bye-bye♪" Leonora followed behind Alexandra leaving Rindo still in shock.

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