"Go, Nikumi! Take down that arrogant nobody already!
Show that brat what truly ultimate meat cuisine is!"
If chants and cheers like that had come from the other spectators around them, the Polar Star Dormitory members would not have been surprised at all.
But when they saw who was currently waving both hands, constantly cheering for Nikumi while badmouthing Soma Yukihira, the Polar Star Dormitory members were genuinely speechless.
"Seiya, aren't you Yukihira's childhood best friend? Why aren't you cheering for your friend? Why are you crazily supporting his opponent instead?
Could it be that you know Nikumi too, and that you're closer to her than you are to Yukihira?"
Ryoko Sakaki truly could not understand it. Weren't they here to support Soma Yukihira? Fine, they might not cheer for him due to the pressure of the crowd, but why had they suddenly defected?
And defecting was one thing, but wasn't Seiya Soma Yukihira's childhood best friend? Wasn't this betrayal a little too fast...
"Nikumi? Before coming to Totsuki, I didn't know her at all. Before this, I didn't even know whether Nikumi was a man or a woman."
"Then why are you cheering for Nikumi?" Yuki Yoshino asked with a puzzled expression, adhering to the fine principle of asking when she did not understand.
"Isn't that obvious? Look, everyone here is cheering for Nikumi. If I cheered for Soma at a time like this, what if they thought I was with him?
He's having a Shokugeki onstage, so nobody can do anything to him. I'm the one at risk of getting beaten up."
Marui Zenji understood Seiya's reasoning, but soon became confused again. "Then why not just quietly watch the match with us? Why cheer for his opponent?"
"You don't get it, do you? This is called reverse jinxing.