Eizan and Satoshi were watching the match from the sidelines.
Satoshi: You don't look very happy, Eizan-kun.
Eizan: What are you talking about? The arena's really pumped. This year's Autumn Elections are a major success. As the organizers, there's nothing to be unhappy about.
Satoshi: But it looks very different from how you imagined it to be, doesn't it?
Eizan: Hmph. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Satoshi: You're the one who directed Mimasaka Subaru to target Soma-kun, aren't you?
Eizan: .....
Satoshi: If he used Takumi-kun, Soma-kun would no doubt agree to the Shokugeki. If he were defeated before such a large crowd without being able to avenge his friend, there would be no greater humiliation. You kept your own hands clean, and manipulated everything from behind the scenes. It's very much your style, Eizan-kun. But your schemes didn't work. You used your wits to set up a trap for him the best way you knew how, but maybe you're the one who got caught and drowned instead.
Eizan got pissed to hear that.
Eizan: What did you just say!?
Soma; I'd like you to have seconds, too. Does no one want more?
Yusuke: (Soma, just what are you trying to pull?)
Dojima: It's the end of the line.
Dojima grabs his microphone and speaks up.
Dojima: With this, we conclude the evaluation-
Then they caught up a scent.
Soma: If it means you'd have seconds, I'd like you to pour this over the rice and dig in.
Senzaemon: Hmm!
Everyone was taken off guard.
Satoshi: Well, to be more precise, it wasn't only you. Everyone at Totsuki felt the same way.
Miyuki: (I knew it. This battle is not yet over.)
Soma: My Pacific saury dish is not yet complete.
Erina: (That's... a white soup?)
Senzaemon: Let's have seconds.
Soma served them another round, this time with white soup added.
Alice: Yukihira-kun, you're free to struggle on till the very end, but isn't this just a remake of the idea you used in your match against me!?
Erina: (No, it's not, Alice. It's-)
Soma: There, honored judges. This is my Pacific saury dish:
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Soma: Porridge-Style Pacific Saury Rice. Enjoy!
The crowd went silent.
Dojima: (The slightly viscous soup has soaked into the dish, and gently melded with the rice.)
