Isekai'd: Shokugeki no Soma / Food Wars

22 二十二

Chapter 22: Risky Decision

[Hayama’s Point of View]

“I should be the one to attend the banquet! Yoru-senpai told the information to me. Me!” Yukihira yelled.

“It’s too risky! Knowing you’ll challenge a chef or two.” Nakiri replied making me sigh.

[Flashback]

Yukihira laughed while he was staring at his phone. “Whaddya got there Yukihira-chin?” Kuga-senpai asked.

“Oh? Yoru-senpai texted me an information about the noirs.” Yukihira replied smiling smugly.

‘Yoru-senpai?’

“You mean the one with Suzuki-sensei a while ago? (Y/-... I mean... Is she Yoru-senpai?” Nakiri asked while Yukihira responded with a nod.

“What information is it Soma-kun?” Tadokoro asked.

“More importantly. Who is this Yoru-senpai?” Alice asked confused.

“She’s a senpai and is currently studying in a nearby university. We met her awhile ago and she knows informations about noirs.” Tadokoro replied.

“Oh! Right I still owe her a (preferred drink), I wonder how she knew about the banquet.” Soma said while typing on his phone.

“What banquet?” Eizan-senpai asked.

“Yoru-senpai said that the noirs will have a banquet this evening.” Yukihira replied. “Oh! She texted me the location. Wha-? Hey Nakiri!” Yukihira called out when Nakiri took his phone.

“Eizan-senpai’s going to gather more information about the noirs. Kinokuni-senpai’s going back to her hometown. It’s dangerous for Hisako and Tadokoro-san to attend the underworld’s banquet.”

“Isshiki-senpai’s still haven’t come back from his mission. It’ll be troublesome to let the rest of you attend it. Our only option is Hayama-kun.” Nakiri said as everyone looked at me.

[End of Flashback]

“Excuse me.” I told the guy beside me. As if on cue, Yukihira and Nakiri stopped bickering at each other. “What happened to the noir earlier?” I asked.

The guy let out a chuckle, “He’s not a noir. He a famous mafia leader in Spain. Wait- are you new here?” he asked. I gulped before nodding.

“I see... Well that mafia leader was given a chance to serve Queen but he wasted it. Everyone here knows Saiba-sama adores Queen, so that guy from earlier. He is either being tortured right now or sent to a remote country.” he replied making me shiver.

“Tortured?” I asked.

“Yeah, it’s common here in the underworld. Why are you asking? Wait- are you interested in the competition?” he asked.

“Ask him what competition it is.” Nakiri said.

“Do you know what the competition is about?” I asked again.

“You received a letter right? It’s written there.” he replied making me nervous. “Oh, maybe you’re one of those people who was invited by Asahi-sama and not Queen.”

I chuckled awkwardly, “Yeah.”

“The Queen is invited to this banquet and she’s looking for two noirs to fill the position to be her general. Man, I’m too scared to participate. If you fail, it’s either you get killed or sent off the country.”

“I heard the Queen lost one of her Generals?” another guy asked.

“Oh! Right. That guy called Monarch right? But she’s only looking for two noirs though. Are you going to join too?” the guy I was talking to, asked me.

you give it a shot Hayama?” Yukihira said, and I can imagine him wearing his usual smug face.

“Yukihira-kun! I asked Hayama-kun to participate in it to spy for us!” Nakiri replied.

“Mou! There’s no harm in trying!” Alice replied.

“DON’T YOU DARE LOSE! HAYAMA!” Kurokiba yelled making me frown.

“It’s not like Hayama-chin’s going to lose, right? Right?” Kuga-senpai asked.

“It’d be an advantage for us if he won. He’ll be the Queen’s general and we can easily spy on them.” Eizan-senpai replied.

“W-What if Hayama-kun joined and lost? He’ll get killed or sent off to another country.” Tadokoro replied while her voice was shaking.

“N-Now Tadokoro-san, let’s not think about negative things, right?” Aldini said.

“So kiddo, are you going to join?” the guy beside me asked.