For students expelled from Totsuki, joining the Kondo Group—or rather, becoming chefs for the Kondo Group—was absolutely the best choice, bar none!
It couldn't be helped. For culinary families, being expelled from Totsuki generally meant lacking talent. Such descendants were even worse than wastrels. But once they were accepted by the Kondo Group, it became an entirely different matter...
Fortunately, the Kondo Group had not taken in many people like that. As for chefs, they only needed enough. Senzaemon Nakiri—no, the culinary world as a whole—simply turned a blind eye to it. As for the agreements surrounding Shokugeki, ordinary people—even capitalists—might dare to argue their case, but who would dare reason with a violent organization?
It wasn't as though other prestigious families had never considered picking up overlooked talents among students expelled from Totsuki. But compared to those expelled from Totsuki, weren't proper Totsuki graduates far more appealing? Only Sogo Doma had suddenly felt like challenging Totsuki's Shokugeki system—and ultimately reached the conclusion that no system was absolute in the face of overwhelming power.
Well, it hadn't exactly been a whim. Sogo Doma simply felt that Shokugeki had become so deeply ingrained in people's hearts that there might be some kind of causality weapon involved. Otherwise, why would everyone take Shokugeki so seriously? Yet there was nothing of the sort.
Sogo, who had thought some mysterious force was at work: "..."
That was also the main reason he had been so excited upon seeing Miss Bunny Girl. Unfortunately, the interference level had been too low. In the end, it was merely a matter of cognition. Sigh...
Let's put that aside for now.
With culinary apprentices who could be considered exceptionally gifted even at Totsuki—aside from having slightly poor luck, they were decent in every other respect—most members of the Kondo