Takanashi was not a common surname. Based on that, when Takanashi heard that Sogo Doma had once taught a student named Takanashi, he was stunned as well. "The surname was Takanashi too..."
"But Sogo, you've actually worked as an instructor?" Utaha Kasumigaoka focused on something entirely different. She looked rather surprised. From what she knew of Sogo Doma teaching others, the students would collapse no matter how she thought about it...
"You don't need to be that surprised, do you? That was one of the Elite Ten's duties, at least..." Sogo Doma replied.
But before he could finish, Umaru Doma narrowed her eyes. "Speaking of duties, Big Brother, don't tell me you dropped out of Totsuki because the Elite Ten had too much to deal with?"
"Uh..." Sogo Doma stiffened slightly. "Ha, haha, h-how could that be..."
"But Erina said Big Brother couldn't possibly lose to anyone..." Umaru Doma continued.
"Don't listen to Erina's nonsense. There's no first in literature and no second in martial arts—how could there possibly be someone who never lost in a Shokugeki?"
"But Erina said that in Big Brother's final Shokugeki, what you served were several cups of tap water..." Umaru Doma pressed on.
"How could that be? Who would serve tap water in a Shokugeki? Ha, haha..." Sogo Doma laughed stiffly.
"Maybe no one else would, but Big Brother..." Umaru Doma gave him a suspicious little look.
"Umaru, that final Shokugeki was wagered on Big Brother never being allowed to work as a chef outside again..." Sogo Doma forced a regretful expression.
"Come to think of it, Big Brother, you never intended to make being a chef your main profession, did you?" Umaru Doma continued.
"Umaru, do you know how much of a provocation that is to a student from Totsuki? Every Totsuki student