Capítulo 33: Advancement Exams
The next morning came as everyone was out of the dorm and was standing in front of Erina and Soma
Erina wore her uniform while holding a boom mic
"what I see here are disappointments," Erina said on the mic as she gave out a speech to everyone, for them not to give up, to never give hope and fall into despair
"Follow me!" Erina exclaimed as everyone cheered
Soma smiled to Erina as she was back again, the real Erina
"now then…" Soma went back inside as he went to a suitcase stored bellow a table
He reaches in and takes it out before opening it
The suitcase had only two content in it
A pure black kitchen knife, and a pure white kitchen knife
Soma stored one of his knives into the suitcase before taking out the black knife as it gleamed to the light
"it's time to cook a hell-storm" Soma had a dark grin on as he takes the knife and stored it into his knives' case before locking the suitcase and stashing it away bellow the table
Days passed as the advancement exam came
"It's Hokkaido!" Yuki and the others cheered running into the snow
"snowing as ever," Soma said looking at the snow
"you've been to Hokkaido before, Soma-kun?" Megumi asked as Soma nodded
"yeah, and I have an uncle here," Soma said with a smile
"There's so much snow!" Yuki rolled around in the white powder with some of the others.
"This isn't the time to play around." Erina told them "Did you come here to pass or just play in the snow?"
"Sorry, Erina-sensei!" They apologized as a few days before departing to Hokkaido, Erina and Hisako drilled into their heads the fundamental cooking of Hokkaido and every dish that is special to Hokkaido
Everyone went on the train where they took them towards the first training grounds
Soma and the others arrived at their first test ground as it was five-person teamwork and they have to make a dish that is good enough to pass
Soma was teamed up with Megumi, Ryo, Alice, and Yoshino
It was on the first test that Central started to execute their plan to expel them
"hehehehe…with such ugly ingredients, they will surely fail!" a central institute instructor smirks and laughs as Azami had planned everything from the gecko
Soma and the others look at their ingredient as it was a spoiled looking Salmon, and it was not best to be served
"what do we do!? If we can't serve them a dish, then we fail!" Yuki panicked as all the other students were now their enemies as they all sneered to the resistance
"Yukihira's pickling technique won't work on these and it takes too much time," Ryo said as the fish weren't good at all
"she said that we can secure our own, right?" Soma asked as he takes out his cellphone and did a phone call
"Yeah, it's me…uh-huh, …thanks for doing this…yeah….two of them...Salmon…any you can get your hands on is alright…yeah…..I'll pay you back after this is all over…sure…. I don't mind" Soma talked on the phone before hanging up
"who was that?" Megumi asked
"my uncle" Soma replied before the door to the testing ground were suddenly slammed opened
"EXPRESS DELIVERY FOR YUKIHIRA SOMA!" someone shouted out as Soma and the others looks to see someone wearing thick winter clothes entering the place with a package in hand
"right here," Soma said as he went to the man
"sign here and here," the person said as Soma signed the paper
"Sorry for calling you out of the blue" Soma said as he takes the package into his hands
"it's fine," the person said as he takes off his mask and revealed a spitting image of Soma but his hair was brown "we're family, right?"
"yeah," Soma said with a smile before the person left the premises
"was that?" Megumi asked as Soma unravels the package
"my cousin from my dad's side" Soma replied "he and my uncle work at a delivery store, TaQBin"
"TaQBin?! That famous delivery service network!?" Yuki exclaimed
"yeah, but I'll tell you guys all about it later," Soma said as he opened the package as the inside was two fresh salmons "right now, we've got a dish to cook"
"wow!" Megumi and Yuki wowed in amazement
"that's impossible! All of the Salmon fish near here were sold out! We've emptied the whole area! How were you able to get that!?" the inspector exclaimed in shock
"ever heard of Tokishirazu?" Soma asked the inspector as he puts on his headband and takes out the black knife from his suitcase
"Tokishirazu!? But they're only caught in the summer!" the inspector exclaimed
"yes, but my uncle and my cousin always deliver things quite fast," Soma said with a smile as he sharpened the black knife as it gleams like a diamond
"This is impossible…this is a nightmare," the inspector said in shock as Soma take hold of the salmon
"Sorry guys, but mind if do this alone?" Soma asked as everyone saw the dark grin on his face "I need to test this bad boy again! It's been so long!"
Soma swipes his knife to the side before the fish suddenly cut to pieces in just mere seconds
"so fast!" "the fish was cut in just a second?!" "he's inhuman!"
Soma slashed the knife at some vegetables as they were all cut into even pieces in a flash
"This is impossible!" the inspector screamed as in mere 10 minutes, Soma presented him a salmon dish
"Yuan Yaki Salmon, finished," Soma said as he cleans the black knife
"haaahaaaaa!" the inspector tasted the dish and was sent to the sky by a flying fish that slapped his face hard
"so, how was it?" Soma asked as the inspector fell to his knees
"y-you pass," he said as Soma takes off his headband and then looks to the other student
"I don't care if you all try to do anything to sabotage our cooking but once you do that" Soma said as he holds the black knife near his face. It gleamed from the light as Soma's eyes turned dark. "you all be paying a hefty price with your lives"
Everyone felt shivers as a horrifying clown aura appeared behind Soma and was laughing a lot
They passed the first exam as the second came and they passed it as well
"do we pass, inspector?" Soma asked the inspector as the man cleans his black knife
"y-y-you pass!" the inspector said as the rebel team survived yet again
After completing trials, they were given free time as everyone spent it all on visiting the places in Hokkaido
Erina was watching the snow in the town as she was accompanied by Soma
"it's beautiful," Erina said as she watched the falling snow
"it is" Soma replied before he dusts off some snow on Erina's head before the two started visiting around the place
After a good 2 hours around the town, they all went to the train station
"where are Hisako and the others?" Erina asked as she looks around
"they must be on board," Takumi said
Erina's phone suddenly rang as Erina looks to the caller as it was Hisako
"Hello?" Erina answered the call
"Erina-sama! Where are you?!" Hisako frantically exclaimed on the phone
"Hisako, don't panic," Erina said to Hisako as everyone gets on the train "I and the others are about to get on board the train"
"what do you mean, Erina-sama?! The train had already left 30 minutes ago!" Hisako exclaimed
"what!? What does that mean?!" Megumi exclaimed
"Why are you surprised about?" a voice spoke as everyone turns around to see Kobayashi Rindo with them
"Rindo-senpai!?" everyone exclaimed in surprise except for Soma who squinted his eyes at the Second Seat
"man this place is cold," Rindo said while shaking a bit from the cold
"What is the meaning of this? Why did everyone got split up?" Soma said to her
"Of course, everyone gets split up at this stage." Rindo said, "If you're good enough you'll just meet them again at the final stage."
"and why are you here?" Soma continued on
"Oh, right I'm supposed to tell you about the next part." Rindo said as she reached into her jacket and pulled out a bag filled with knives of many different sizes and shapes "You'll get to compete against the Elite Ten!"
"so this was his plan from the start," Soma thought as he can Azami's hand in this separation
"let's enjoy the trip," Rindo said while licking her lips
"fine" Soma said as he takes out his black knife
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