The Food War between a Totsuki Special Student and a Totsuki Elite Ten graduate was full of hype, and the wager, information about the “Legendary Kitchen Utensils,” truly opened the eyes of the Totsuki students present.

As more and more people gathered, Gin Dojima felt that such a chaotic situation might affect Seiya and Shinomiya's performance.

And no matter who won or lost this Food War, Gin Dojima did not want the result to be spread externally.

So very quickly, the Director of Totsuki Resort waved his hand, and a high-end kitchen was cleared to serve as the Food War venue for Seiya and Shinomiya.

As for the other miscellaneous people who wanted to watch the show, they were all expelled by Gin Dojima.

Currently, the only ones allowed to remain on site were Gin Dojima himself, as well as Totsuki graduates Mizuhara Fuyumi, Inui Hinako, and Donato Gotoda.

As for Seiya's side, Yukihira Soma and Tadokoro Megumi were also specially permitted to stay because they had been present from the beginning.

As for Ryoko and others who later learned the news and intended to come to support Seiya, they were even stopped at the door.

When Erina learned that Seiya was going to have a Food War with Kojiro Shinomiya, and the wager was information and clues about the “Legendary Kitchen Utensils,” she was the most surprised.

She hadn't expected that Seiya hadn't even confronted her yet, but he had already gone up against the former Elite Ten First Seat.

Although Erina was confident and proud, and she believed that given enough time, it was only a matter of time before she surpassed Kojiro Shinomiya, the former Elite Ten First Seat, and even Gin Dojima, the record holder for the highest score.

However, at her current stage, let alone Kojiro Shinomiya, she didn't even have much confidence against the current Totsuki Elite Ten First Seat, Eishi Tsukasa.

And as someone also skilled in French cuisine, Eishi Tsukasa greatly admired and looked up to Kojiro Shinomiya.

Simply put, the gap between Erina and Kojiro Shinomiya currently was at least one or two Eishi Tsukasas.

But that guy Seiya was already bold enough to directly challenge Kojiro Shinomiya, who was more than ten generations older than them!

Upon hearing this news, Erina was undoubtedly shocked, and she quickly rushed to the Food War site, attempting to stop this seemingly ridiculous Food War.

Erina admitted that Seiya was a culinary genius like her, but they were still young and lacked the accumulation of time and experience.

They were Totsuki's 92nd generation students, while Kojiro Shinomiya and his peers were 79th generation students, a gap of at least 13 years.

Erina and Seiya were only 16 years old now; with almost double the age and experience gap, how could Seiya win this Food War?

And if the opponent were some insignificant small-time character, it would be fine, but Kojiro Shinomiya was the Elite Ten First Seat of their generation!

Erina didn't care if Seiya would be expelled; in fact, Erina herself had always wanted to expel Seiya, who disrespected Totsuki.

But out of her own dignity, she hoped that the person who expelled Seiya from Totsuki would be her, Erina Nakiri, and that it would be through a Food War, defeating him fairly and squarely.

If Seiya were defeated by Kojiro Shinomiya this time, wouldn't Erina Nakiri lose the chance to have a Food War with Seiya later?

However, unfortunately, Erina's status as the Director of Totsuki's granddaughter and a Totsuki Elite Ten member was completely useless at this resort.

If it were a regular student, it would be fine, but the person presiding over this Food War was Gin Dojima, the head chef of Totsuki Resort, a member of the Totsuki Board of Directors, and the record holder for the highest graduation score at Totsuki.

Let alone Erina, even Senzaemon Nakiri, the Director of Totsuki, would have to give Gin Dojima some face.

Erina's aura and status as a young lady truly couldn't stand up to a BOSS like Gin Dojima.

To Erina's rude request to interrupt the Food War, Gin Dojima unilaterally denied it and stated that, out of respect for Erina's God Tongue, she could either stay as a judge or leave quickly and not cause trouble here.

Ultimately, the flexible Erina chose to... obediently stay and serve as one of the judges.

And with a look of deep unwillingness on her face, she didn't forget to glare fiercely at Seiya to vent her inner resentment.

The Food War challenge between Seiya and Kojiro Shinomiya had vegetables as the main ingredient, as Kojiro Shinomiya was known as the “Magician of Vegetable Cuisine” in France.

As for the cooking style, it was left to their discretion; after all, if even the cuisine was limited to French, it would not just be unfair to Seiya but truly bullying.

To allow Seiya and Kojiro Shinomiya to perform to their fullest, Gin Dojima even prepared all the ingredients from Totsuki Resort for them.

Before them, in addition to a large variety of vegetables and common ingredients, there was also a densely written ingredient list.

Because of the limited space, Gin Dojima could not bring all the ingredients here for Seiya and the other to choose from.

The reason for giving them this ingredient list was to indicate that all the ingredients on it were available at the resort, and if they needed anything, it could be delivered to the kitchen immediately with just a word from them.

Seiya glanced at the ingredient list in his hand and couldn't help but marvel again at Totsuki's wealth.

Because in addition to some common ingredients, there were also many dream ingredients on the list.

Although Seiya had seen most of the dream ingredients in the Gourmet Association's illustrated guide, their levels were not high.

But even so, it was still astonishing; one should know that for most ordinary chefs, dream ingredients were already quite rare, and the fact that Gin Dojima could procure so many already showed his impressive ability.

Since there were dream ingredients, Seiya and Shinomiya naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to use ordinary ingredients again.

Especially Kojiro Shinomiya; although he was quite confident in his own strength and did not believe he would lose to Seiya, a first-year high school student.

However, the wager for this Food War was too significant; after understanding Gin Dojima's good intentions towards him, he also decided to display his full strength to ensure he wouldn't disappoint Gin Dojima.

The dream ingredients Kojiro Shinomiya chose were cabbage cultivated from the Gourmet World's Vegetable Paradise and Hunger Bird breast meat with a capture level of 3.

Although Hunger Bird is poultry, its meat texture is quite chewy and contains marbled fat with a rich juice similar to high-grade Wagyu beef.

As for the dream ingredients Seiya chose, they were the Giant Cabbage also from Vegetable Paradise and Five-tailed Egret with a capture level of 2.

The Five-tailed Egret is also a large raptor; although its meat is somewhat lean, it is exceptionally delicious, and when this raptor grows five tails, its meat's nutritional value and taste are at their most exquisite.