[35] - Terunori Kuga's Invitation

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"It's still hard to imagine what it looks like to dissect a whole cow in an instant."

Even after Yuuki's explanation, they still couldn't quite picture it. Something so far beyond their comprehension was indeed difficult to visualize.

"You'll have a chance to see it someday." Yuuki said with a smile.

He didn't bother demonstrating it directly. He would use this Secret Technique in the future anyway—at that time, everyone would know what it looked like.

"By the way, Yuuki, there's something I need to tell you. Terunori Kuga wants to invite you to join the Chūkaryōri RS. Since you haven't been out much lately, I told him you were busy, so he asked me to pass on the invitation."

After discussing the previous matter, Satoshi Isshiki brought up something else.

"Terunori Kuga? If I remember correctly, he's the Eighth Seat of the Elite Ten, right?" Yoshino Yuki asked after thinking for a moment.

"That's right. He is. Actually, he's invited Yuuki many times, but Yuuki has always refused." Megumi Tadokoro nodded.

Among the Elite Ten, besides Satoshi Isshiki, the one she was most familiar with was Terunori Kuga—and that was also because of Yuuki.

Although Tōtsuki students learned a variety of cuisines, everyone still had their specialties.

At Tōtsuki, the Chūkaryōri RS was a very large group.

And their leader was Terunori Kuga—

—Terunori Kuga had repeatedly invited Yuuki to join. Megumi Tadokoro, who was always by Yuuki's side, was very aware of this.

"Always refused? Why?" Alice Nakiri was surprised.

Joining such clubs was something many students did, like Megumi Tadokoro joining the Local Cuisine RS.

These research societies had their purpose—after all, they were all students. While there were strong and weak individuals, everyone had something worth learning from.

Exchanging knowledge together was better than working in isolation. Of course, this only applied to most people. For "cheat players" like Yuuki, researching on their own was better than exchanging knowledge with these people.

"Because Terunori Kuga's idea of Chūkaryōri is wrong." Yuuki shook his head.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of Chūkaryōri wouldn't acknowledge Terunori Kuga's philosophy.

However, Terunori Kuga was an Elite Ten member, and his Culinary skills were very strong, so many people, in order to cozy up to him, didn't care.

Terunori Kuga himself was also pretending to be oblivious. He knew his own philosophy was flawed, but he wanted to impose his personal preference onto the system of Chūkaryōri, thereby distorting the perception of others.

If you just looked at Terunori Kuga himself—he liked spicy and numbing flavors, considering them the be-all and end-all of Chūkaryōri. There was nothing inherently wrong with that; everyone had their preferences.

But the problem was—HE forced his beliefs onto others, completely disregarding whether it was suitable for them.

Chūkaryōri, passed down for thousands of years, had a comprehensive and well-established system—the most suitable system for the general public.

Terunori Kuga's alterations led many newbies astray. He himself didn't suffer any losses, but others suffered significantly.

Moreover, those misled didn't even know the principles they were learning were incorrect. It was very difficult to progress along an incorrect path—unable to achieve meaningful results, they would think that the Chinese Culinary system was just like that.

It could be said that Terunori Kuga's actions were completely slandering Chūkaryōri.

Miyoko Hōjō felt the same way about Kuga. She also didn't join the Chūkaryōri RS because of his philosophy.

Both of them found Terunori Kuga annoying, but they couldn't do anything about it. Kuga's Culinary skills were stronger than theirs, so they could only avoid him.

After all, even if they were right, if their Culinary skills were inferior, and they ended up losing, everyone would only acknowledge the winner.

Yuuki hadn't expected Terunori Kuga would invite him again. If Kuga hadn't brought it up himself, Yuuki would have almost forgotten about it.

Now that Terunori Kuga had delivered himself to his doorstep, Yuuki naturally wouldn't let him off.

"Kuga's philosophy is seriously flawed. Even those of us who don't specialize in Chūkaryōri can see that. But that guy is dead set on his own path."

"Within Tōtsuki Academy, the one with the highest level of Chinese Culinary skill is also that same guy. However, now that Yuuki has awakened his special ability, even Kuga's Culinary skills can't compare to Yuuki's—" Satoshi Isshiki said with a smile.

Actually, when Terunori Kuga had asked him to pass on the message, Isshiki had already known the result.

As a dorm mate, Satoshi Isshiki knew that Yuuki wasn't fond of Terunori Kuga. However, Yuuki's Culinary skills were previously inferior to Kuga's, so Isshiki could only pretend not to notice.

But now the situation was completely different. For Terunori Kuga to come now, flaunting his status—wasn't he just asking for a beating?

"Isshiki-senpai, you should have Terunori Kuga's contact info, right? Contact him for me... I'm planning a Shokugeki with him." Yuuki said.

Hearing this, everyone was startled, but they quickly calmed down. The reason was simple: with Yuuki's current Culinary skills, beating an Elite Ten member was a simple matter.

"If that guy agrees, then our dorm will have two Elite Ten members, right?" Yoshino Yuki said, a little excited.

"In your dreams. I don't want his Elite Ten seat. If I used an Elite Ten seat as the wager, he would definitely refuse the Shokugeki. Plus, I'm not interested in being an Elite Ten member. Too much trouble, not enough reward."

"I want his position as the President of the Chūkaryōri RS—" Yuuki shook his head.

Terunori Kuga wasn't a fool.

Yuuki's reputation was quite something now. Under such circumstances, if he wanted Terunori Kuga to agree to a Shokugeki, he couldn't bet on an Elite Ten seat, otherwise, the other party would surely refuse.

Yuuki wanted his President position. As long as Terunori Kuga agreed to the Shokugeki, Yuuki's goal would be achieved.

After all, never mind Terunori Kuga—even Eishi Tsukasa was no match for Yuuki now.

So, Yuuki just had to beat Terunori Kuga, obtain the position, and then correct everyone's skewed perception.

As for whether people believed him or not, that wasn't the issue. The credibility of the victor was much higher than the loser's.

It would just take some time.

Once these people encountered authentic Chūkaryōri, they would naturally understand that the information they had received before was wrong.

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