"Is it because Jack Hanma's template has fused to twenty percent... I was never this hungry in the mornings when I didn't eat before..."
"But it's seven o'clock... Since coming here until today, I seem to eat at this time every day... With such a regular biological clock, it's not strange to be hungry now."
Mutou Judai yawned as he walked out of his room, then holding the number plate Erina gave him, he headed toward the main hall of Great Universe Bar.
The bar's general layout definitely hadn't and couldn't be changed.
But effective area division was made on the bar's original style, and the seats prepared for customers were neatly arranged, with increased lighting brightness.
After all this was done, surprisingly, this small bar really did have the feel of a high-end restaurant.
Erina could barely accept this.
And having such a restaurant, Erina naturally chose what she was best at—reservation-based high-end cuisine.
In plain terms—she was selling by the table.
Make a reservation by phone, pay money to Himuro Ryo at the entrance—after paying, if you wanted a refund but couldn't beat Himuro Ryo and couldn't snatch the money back from him, then maybe you could try going to Totsuki Resort or the Nakiri family's front gate to see if they'd give you a refund.
Moreover, on the basis of the reservation system, Erina prepared another dining area—she separated the reserved dining seats from the original bar counter area using private room design, leaving self-service dining seats at the original bar counter, and she put some thought into the pricing here.
Erina had prepared for one night mainly for this area.
After all, purely competing in sales volume by looking at sales figures, it couldn't compare with the usual Totsuki Resort, but today Totsuki Resort only opened partially for those students' field study trip, and it was breakfast—so today's sales figures definitely had no chance against Erina's table-customized high-end cuisine.
There were plenty of wealthy people who wanted to eat dishes made by God's Tongue.
But Erina wasn't satisfied with just surpassing the other party's sales figures.
She was also planning to directly steal customer traffic from the opposite side!
So she deliberately separated the two doors of Great Universe Bar, making high-end custom meals on one side, and on the other side, after considering prices, she chose self-service meals and self-service cocktails.
The high-end custom side would be drawn in by Erina's reputation as God's Tongue.
The other side would use Okuya Ken's various channels at Kinokuniya Bookstore to advertise overnight last night.
It had to be said that Erina's preparations were very comprehensive.
Especially the details.
Just looking at these things gave Mutou Judai a headache, and he had to sigh—only someone from the Nakiri family truly understood how to deal with the Nakiri family!
After understanding the situation a bit, Mutou Judai felt much more at ease.
Then he walked to the private room of table number 1 with his number plate.
When passing through the private room area, Mutou Judai saw that all the other private rooms were completely full—and their serving times were written on the door plates, basically still several hours away from serving time, and they didn't look like they had just arrived.
—Are the foodies in this world this combat-ready?
Mutou Judai touched his stomach.
He, who came to eat because he was hungry, raised an eyebrow and walked into his private room.
He originally thought he would have to wait a while like the others.
But less than ten minutes after he entered the private room, Erina came in carrying dishes.
Mutou Judai was already hungry, so when he saw Erina bringing food, he directly started eating.
While eating, he asked puzzledly:
"Don't I need to wait a while longer?"
Erina, who had already opened the door, couldn't help but stop when she heard Mutou Judai's question, and snorted lightly.
"You came out of your room at this time in the morning before, saying you were about to starve to death—don't underestimate a chef's memory!"
Erina's ears felt somewhat hot, and she ran back to the kitchen like she was escaping to prepare dishes for other tables.
After all, she was very busy today.
But even though she was very busy, she still delayed other customers who had come early and prepared his breakfast in advance...
Thinking of this, Mutou Judai looked at the food in front of him.
Although he wasn't skilled in cooking, even so he knew that even Erina couldn't prepare these things in ten minutes... So, she probably judged his wake-up time well and started preparing his breakfast early.
These breakfasts were still warm, so in a sense, her judgment was indeed correct.
—After all, he had been woken up by the system's sign-in notifications for the past two days.
Thinking of such things, Mutou Judai took a sip of white porridge.
Mm.
Although no sugar was added, it was still quite sweet.
...
A car came from the distance and stopped next to Totsuki Resort.
The car door opened, and Eizan Etsuya, one of Totsuki's Elite Ten, the ninth seat, wearing glasses and slicked-back hair, looking like a businessman, got out.
Originally, he wouldn't come here during this time.
After all, for the lower grades' field study trip, the higher grade Elite Ten only made arrangements, and previously one of the Elite Ten, Erina, had come along because she was a first-year. By all rights, he would never appear here.
But he still came.
Mainly because Erina seemed to have been expelled during the field study trip—
When an Elite Ten member gets expelled, the situation must be understood.
However, the current Elite Ten weren't fools either. They were very clear about the weight of the Nakiri name, so they understood that something unusual must have happened, and basically whoever went would be in trouble, and Erina's affairs didn't need them to meddle.
But even so, Eizan Etsuya still came.
Because he saw some opportunity in this~
"This Great Universe Bar is the trump card Erina plans to use for her comeback..."
Eizan Etsuya's eyes, hidden behind his glasses, looked at Great Universe Bar as he slowly smiled.
Beside him, several guys who looked like small-time thugs approached.
"We..."
Just as he was about to say something, Eizan raised his hand to stop him.
"Don't do stupid things. At this time, you need to use your brain more. Although Totsuki's recent situation isn't very good, Toyo Electric still has a while before making their move, and more distant problems haven't erupted yet. We have absolutely no need to provoke this wounded tiger at this time..."
Saying this, Eizan still stepped toward Great Universe Bar.
"Forget about irregular means, but legitimate methods are still fine—God's Tongue must be extremely busy now. I heard she seems to have only brought along a waste who got all E grades at Totsuki, and even her little secretary was pacified by her and didn't follow by her side..."
"I investigated her plan before, and it indeed has a certain feasibility—but with only herself, the pressure on her is still very great~"
"Her condition and time will both be quite extreme..."
Then...
"—Compared to irregular means, now I just need to give her a little pressure, force her into a Shokugeki with me, and propose some conditions... Then God's Tongue might be usable a few times before being snatched away by Toyo Electric~"
Eizan Etsuya just wanted to make money.
And God's Tongue was simply the ultimate weapon for his money-making model!
For those shops that dared oppose him, just having God's Tongue give a bad review would be enough to sentence them to death!
It was both a deterrent and a dagger—
However, under normal circumstances, he couldn't easily come up with reasons for a Shokugeki equal to God's Tongue, and under normal circumstances in a mutual Shokugeki, he wasn't Erina's match either.
So Eizan Etsuya came today.
And to deal with Erina at this time, he really made full preparations.
As for that waste Erina brought along...
He remembered the name seemed to be something like Mutou Judai?
What use could such a waste who got all E grades at Totsuki have!
Could that guy possibly replace Erina in a Shokugeki with him?
Don't be ridiculous!
So...
This time he finally caught God's Tongue's weakness—he could definitely use God's Tongue to make a fortune!
As for whether she would retaliate afterward?
Heh, Totsuki could barely take care of itself now. In a while, she might become Toyo Electric's tool, so what could she use to retaliate against him!?
Moreover...
He, Eizan Etsuya... was already Toyo Electric's person~!
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