"It's pretty much an RPG, actually..." Sogo Doma said, raising an index finger. "Totsuki has such a strong RPG vibe. The Elite Ten are the boss fights, and beneath them are all the little minions waiting to be defeated by the protagonist and provide him with experience points..."
As a veteran gamer who'd been led astray, Erina Nakiri couldn't argue with him. Especially since that guy called Soma had won quite a few Shokugeki matches. Even Ikumi Mito, one of her subordinates, had fallen at his feet...
Hold on a second!
Then what did that make her? A bully...? It wasn't as if she'd bullied Soma, since he hadn't even been worthy of her attention. But who cared whether you'd bullied the protagonist in an RPG? Characters who looked down on the protagonist only had two possible fates: getting won over or getting defeated...
If she ruled out getting won over, then wasn't getting defeated all that awaited her? Would she lose to that Soma? Impossible...
Thinking it over, he had Saiba's blood in his veins, and Megumi thought so highly of him. As a veteran gamer girl infected with the Umaru virus, Erina Nakiri: (;一_一)
Doma Kon... Her senior was right. He really did have most of the traits of a protagonist—especially the fact that he had Saiba's blood in his veins...
"Ahem..." The more Erina thought about it, the more awkward she felt. But... after coughing twice, she actually smiled. "Senpai Doma, if that Yukihira boy is the protagonist, then what does that make you?"
"Hm?" At her question, Sogo Doma, who'd been holding forth, froze. "I've already dropped out..."
"Heh..." Before he could finish, Erina Nakiri sneered. "Does dropping out mean you've moved from the public eye to the shadows? The public-facing Demon King becomes the mastermind