Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 270 - 269: The Arrival of Mars

Chapter 270: Chapter 269: The Arrival of Mars

The system showed rare mercy, upgrading five projects in the branch immediately, and Xia Yu had a good night’s sleep that night.

The next day.

Xia Yu went to class as usual, while at Far Moon Academy on the outskirts of Tokyo, students gathered early in the teaching area due to the limited internship spots, waiting for their interviews.

"Alas, there are only seven spots in the first batch!"

In an office in the academic building, Kobayakawa Ryodan, the second seat of the Elite Ten, whispered with schadenfreude.

Beside her, standing to the left and right, were Ichise Hui, the seventh seat, and Tiqie Helinai, the tenth seat.

They were the reinforcements Kobayakawa Ryodan called in after being scared by the terrible workload.

Tiqie Helinai walked to the window, picked the curtain slightly with her pale fingers, glanced out at the courtyard teeming with figures, and then muttered to herself, "This crowd is almost like the transfer student exam, there must be hundreds."

"What do we do now..."

Kobayakawa Ryodan, while snacking, asked in an unclear tone.

Ichise Hui smiled bitterly at Tiqie Helinai and hesitated, "Miss Tiqie, why don’t you take the document out to them and explain that there are only seven spots for this ’field study’..."

"No way!"

Unexpectedly, Tiqie Helinai immediately refused.

"Huh?" Ichise Hui was puzzled.

"They would tear me apart."

Tiqie Helinai said expressionlessly, "In the transfer student exam, I could drive away a crowd, but this time, the ’field study’ applicants are second- and third-year elites, I am helpless."

The distinction between new and senior students was just this, even a seat of the Elite Ten wouldn’t dare to anger so many senior students all at once.

The office fell silent as the noisy sounds from outside filtered in.

After a while, Kobayakawa Ryodan spoke in an indifferent tone, "Let’s just leave through the back door and cancel this application interview!"

Ichise Hui responded with a smile and a sigh, "What about Instructor Xia’s request?"

"There are only seven spots. One for me, one for you, one for Tiqie, right, and one for that kid Koga Shoji, that already takes up four spots..." Kobayakawa Ryodan said casually, looking at the empty snack bag.

"This..."

Ichise Hui felt even more inappropriate.

The Elite Ten taking up the spots would surely cause immense resentment among the senior students outside.

"What?"

Kobayakawa Ryodan slightly narrowed her eyes, her lazy gaze suddenly turning sharp as she said, "Ichise, we, the Elite Ten, being the top ten students at Far Moon, shouldn’t we be the first to access the resources? Far Moon’s philosophy is ’competition’! If those outside have complaints, fine, let them issue a Shokugeki and compete for the spots!"

"Only four of us in the first batch and leaving three spots for them is already a great favor!" Kobayakawa Ryodan declared dominantly.

"I agree!"

Tiqie Helinai opportunistically chimed in.

"Then we should consider how to select the remaining three interns," Ichise Hui said.

"Pull the second- and third-year students’ information from the school backend according to Instructor Xia’s criteria and contact them by phone. Isn’t that simple?"

Kobayakawa Ryodan casually tossed the snack bag into the trash can and cheekily added.

...

While the three Elite Ten members were busy with the intern list.

Tokyo Haneda International Airport.

Lancelot appeared alone at the airport corridor, heavy dark circles disguised by sunglasses, and his mask helped conceal his emaciated face.

This week, Lancelot spent his days on edge. The IGO institution could arrest him at any moment, but Shinohara Shigetaro kept up a high-pressure approach. No matter where Lancelot appeared, an IGO inspector was always nearby. The constant surveillance, monitoring every personal activity, was very uncomfortable.

However, there was a turnaround in events, just last night, when the nearly driven-crazy Lancelot suddenly received some good news.

It was a message from his teacher personally.

The message only provided the flight itinerary.

It meant that he was to arrive at the airport on time to pick someone up!

Quietly staring at the time displayed on his wristwatch, suddenly, a chaotic shuffle of footsteps came from the airport, and a large crowd carrying cameras and equipment surged forward from the direction of the waiting room. Lancelot was taken aback as he scanned the crowd and realized they were all from Neon’s local food media.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Coincidentally, a woman clad in a gray-black business suit stopped beside him, panting.

The team carrying the camera followed behind.

"Miss Chiyoda, touch-ups!"

The female assistant immediately came over, took a handkerchief from her backpack, wiped the sweat off the businesswoman’s face, and reapplied her makeup.

Click, click.

A large crowd immediately gathered around, each person holding their cell phones, their cameras focusing on Chiyoda Aichi.

Indeed, this woman was Chiyoda Aichi, a famous food host from Neon. Seeing that it was her, Lancelot felt a sudden thump in his heart and quickly turned his head, muttering to himself, "Why is Chiyoda Aichi appearing at the airport..."

"Right!"

Lancelot suddenly realized, "It must be that the teacher’s itinerary got leaked!"

’Culinary Circle’s giants were also titans in the Bright Food World.

Like his mentor Mars, publicly known as a board member of the Orlando Culinary Academy and one of the vice-principals with real power, whose status in the United States was equivalent to Dojima Yin in Neon, wielding immense influence and prestige.

And recently, coinciding with the exchange meeting between Far Moon and Orlando, this matter had sparked a heated discussion across Neon. His mentor Mars’s journey to Japan had been leaked, and being surrounded and blocked by the media was only natural.

"Yo, Miss Chiyoda—"

A crisp, efficient female voice made Lancelot take a glance and his pupils slightly narrowed.

The female editor-in-chief of ’Taste Weekly,’ Dubian Yuuki, dressed in a white uniform dress, personally led the team appearing at the airport.

"Miss Dubian!"

The just touched-up Chiyoda Aichi blinked in surprise.

The two women, both well-known and of similar age in Neon’s food world, exchanged glances and saw well-disguised competitiveness in each other’s eyes.

Seemingly by agreement, they both stepped forward from the crowd and shook hands.

This scene was captured by the airport crowd and immediately uploaded to Twitter to show off. The headline was about the two goddesses being captured in the same frame.

"Are you here to interview Principal Mars?"

Dubian Yuuki, with her neat bob haircut, asked with a candid smile.

"Yes, you too, right?"

Chiyoda Aichi pursed her lips. She had long black hair and, true to her name, was an intellectual and elegantly tranquil beauty.

Nearby, hearing the conversation between the two professional women, Lancelot inwardly groaned.

Just as expected.

When passengers began to appear at the terminal, the media exploded.

"Principal Mars—"

Dubian Yuuki, with sharp eyes, scanned the crowd and immediately spotted a man in the crowd. He was not tall, had pale skin, and possessed a distinctively youthful doll-like face.

Neon’s local major food media instantly surrounded him, making the area impenetrable.

"Principal Mars, I am a reporter from Tokyo TV Station..."

"I am..."