Food Wars: The Fishing System
Chapter 97: [97] - A Plan That Ended Before It Began, The Baffled Elite Ten

Chapter 97 - [97] - A Plan That Ended Before It Began, The Baffled Elite Ten

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After speaking, Hisako Arato began to contact the school.

As for Erina Nakiri, she went to find Mana Nakiri.

"Erina, what brings you here at this time?" Mana asked, somewhat surprised to see her daughter at this hour.

Since they had just reconciled, Erina usually came to find Mana after dinner, and her stays weren't long because Mana's body couldn't take it...

Her body was already weak, and she had some work to deal with, so there wasn't much time left for them to bond.

"I came because there's something I want to discuss with you, Mother. Just now..."

Erina told Mana about Azami calling Yuuki, his series of plans, and finally being slammed by Yuuki.

After hearing all this, Mana was silent for a moment.

....

"Yuuki insulting him was not wrong. That guy is really living backwards. After being out in the world for so many years, he still can't understand this simple truth—" Mana Nakiri couldn't help but rub her temples.

If Azami had even a little bit of a brain, it would be impossible for him to play such an outrageous move.

She felt Yuuki's evaluation of Azami was even somewhat conservative.

"So, Erina, what are your thoughts?" Mana Nakiri shook her head and then looked at her daughter.

At this moment, she was somewhat surprised because previously when Azami was mentioned, Erina would instinctively feel some fear.

Mana was very angry at that time.

After all, she knew about Azami's past actions. What normal father would make his own daughter feel fear just by mentioning his name?

But now, fear could no longer be seen in her daughter's eyes—Erina had completely walked out of this shadow.

Almost without thinking, Mana knew that this matter was probably related to Yuuki...

At this moment, she felt that she owed Yuuki a rather large favor.

Her God's Tongue... her daughter's mentality... the relationship between her and her daughter—ALL WERE HELPED BY YUUKI.

"I don't intend to acknowledge him as my father anymore. Tell Grandpa to strip him of his surname!" Erina Nakiri stated her thoughts.

"I understand. Erina, you've really grown up. We will handle this matter!" Mana Nakiri smiled.

At this moment, Erina made her feel a sense of maturity; she was no longer that little girl from before.

Don't look at how Erina appeared as a very mature Ice Queen in the eyes of the outside world before—to put it bluntly, she was still just a little girl.

But now it was different; she had truly become mature!

....

After Erina left, Mana Nakiri directly called her father.

She had originally intended to give Azami a chance. Besides a little guilt of her own, the most crucial point was Erina.

After all, Azami was still Erina's father. But now, this daughter didn't even acknowledge Azami anymore. Plus, learning about Azami's entire plan, Mana's last bit of guilt vanished—

—So, at this time, it was natural to take action against Azami.

They didn't intend to let Azami continue acting like a buffoon.

Although striking Azami down at his highest point would be the biggest blow to him, the Nakiri family didn't need to spend so much effort on THIS clown.

Just taking away his surname was enough!

Once his surname was taken away, it would be impossible for Azami to make a name for himself in the culinary world. He could only honestly find a small place to open a small shop; surviving wouldn't be a problem.

Mana Nakiri didn't intend to truly drive Azami to his death; she still left him a little way out.

....

Senzaemon Nakiri, at Tōtsuki, had been living quite comfortably recently.

Although the God's Tongue problem hadn't been completely solved, with Yuuki around, at least Erina and Mana had reconciled.

And the probability of solving the God's Tongue's drawback in the future was very high.

As the saying goes, "Joyful events bring a cheerful spirit"—he was exactly like this now.

However, after receiving his daughter's call and learning the ins and outs of the matter, Senzaemon was speechless. He had been happy for a few days, and then this Azami guy popped up again to cause him trouble...

At this moment, his mood was quite bad.

Fortunately, after hearing Erina had overcome her inner fear, he also felt relieved.

Originally, one of the purposes of keeping Azami around was to help Erina eliminate her psychological shadow.

But now, it seemed Azami was no longer needed...

Neither Mana nor Erina held any hope for Azami anymore. He, who had always disliked Azami, could finally take action.

"You've finally figured it out! That bastard is no good! I only didn't touch him before out of consideration for you two. Now he actually wants to meddle with Tōtsuki—" Senzaemon Nakiri's tone was filled with disdain.

In his eyes, Azami's plan was something only children who hadn't entered society would play.

After all, this plan—never mind being full of loopholes, was completely meaningless.

It might seem like you've made a good move, but you've overlooked that the opponent is someone who can flip the chessboard at any time.

....

"He is beyond saving. The Elite Ten at Tōtsuki also needs to be punished. If they mess around, it will ultimately affect Tōtsuki somewhat." Mana Nakiri said.

If the Elite Ten messed around, it would definitely damage Tōtsuki's reputation. Just like this incident, although the consequences wouldn't be very severe and the Nakiri family could easily handle it.

But they also couldn't just let these guys mess around when they knew about it. Their time and energy were very precious—they didn't have time to play house with these students.

"I will handle the matter of the Elite Ten!" Hearing this, Senzaemon Nakiri nodded.

The Elite Ten itself was for training management talent for the Nakiri family's enterprises.

He didn't demand that these people must stay and work for the Nakiri family's affiliated powers after graduation, but at least you couldn't be a traitor.

Now these Elite Ten members, before even graduating, were starting to act as traitors.

They needed to be dealt with—

....

After hanging up the phone, Senzaemon Nakiri had someone notify the Elite Ten members at school to hold a meeting.

"The Director is calling us for a meeting? This is quite rare!"

After learning this news, the Elite Ten members were all very surprised.

Even for many school activities, Senzaemon would only briefly understand their work and then not ask any more questions.

Such an incident of directly convening the Elite Ten for a meeting rarely happened.

However, they knew very well that the Director's orders couldn't be disobeyed. Although some of them were planning to replace their Director, before he was replaced, the Director was still the Director; his orders still had to be obeyed.

....

In less than an hour, the Elite Ten members had already gathered in the meeting room.

"Since everyone is here, then I won't waste words. Recently, I received some news. It seems some among you are planning to use the Elite Ten's authority to replace me..." Senzaemon Nakiri's voice wasn't loud, but as soon as these words were spoken, for the Elite Ten, it was like a deafening thunderclap.

The several Elite Ten members who had already agreed to Azami were the most panicked at this moment.

Although they didn't know how Senzaemon found out, since he had now convened them here to discuss this matter, it meant their act of being traitors was also known to their Director—

"Hey, hey, hey! No way! Someone REALLY plans to use that authority??" Terunori Kuga asked, somewhat baffled.

He truly knew nothing.

Because Azami hadn't contacted him yet. Knowing he and Isshiki both had relations with Yuuki, Azami had contacted Yuuki first.

This led to Kuga and Isshiki still knowing nothing.

In the original story, Azami Nakiri received help from six people: Eishi Tsukasa, Rindō Kobayashi, Momo Akakubo, Sōmei Saitō, Nene Kinokuni, and Etsuya Eizan.

The remaining four were Tōsuke Megishima, Terunori Kuga, Satoshi Isshiki, and Erina Nakiri.

"So, it seems some people have had ideas they shouldn't have!" Satoshi Isshiki also noticed.

To replace the Director, more than half of the people needed to agree. Erina Nakiri couldn't possibly participate.

As for Kuga, based on his understanding of Kuga, Kuga couldn't possibly be acting. Plus himself, a total of three people could be excluded.

That is to say, the others might all be traitors. At this moment, Isshiki also didn't know what to say. He was somewhat curious about who exactly had orchestrated this.

"I gathered you here not to assign blame, but just to tell some of you present that your plan has already FAILED."

"Azami Nakiri has been expelled from the Nakiri family. And I will strip him of the Nakiri surname. From now on, this person will not exist in the Nakiri family—"

"You Elite Ten members, since you are in management, your thinking should be more mature. This kind of game that only children would play should have been discarded long ago. Especially you, Eizan. Wanting to build a business empire isn't that easy. You all should think it over carefully. Those who figure it out can act as if nothing happened. Those who can't figure it out, just step down yourselves. This position is NOT suitable for you—" Senzaemon Nakiri didn't say it directly.

It wasn't that he wanted to be a "riddle maker," but some words didn't need to be brought out into the open. If they couldn't even understand this simple truth, then there was no need for them to continue in their roles in the future.

In society, those people would either be devoured until not even bones were left, or they would live a mediocre life. Either way, neither was worthy of his excessive attention.

Senzaemon Nakiri specifically mentioned Etsuya Eizan not because he was disappointed with him. On the contrary, among these people, he favored Eizan the most.

There were countless Chefs with strong Culinary skills, but not so many with strong management abilities—

—Eizan was someone he thought highly of.

Although his ambition was exposed after becoming an Elite Ten member, Eizan's abilities were indeed undeniable.

Specially reminding him was to tell Eizan not to be so naive; otherwise, never mind a business empire, even setting up a commercial street could easily be brought down by others.

....

"So, Eizan, you were also involved?? The Director specifically singled you out!"

After Senzaemon Nakiri left, Terunori Kuga looked at Etsuya Eizan. After all, he was the only one singled out by name.

The others looked at Eizan.

The several traitors who planned to rebel were also the same. They didn't understand why Senzaemon would specifically mention Eizan.

Keep in mind, among them, the one with the strongest Culinary skills was Eishi Tsukasa, and Tsukasa also had a special ability.

He was also a traitor, but he wasn't singled out.

As for whether Senzaemon didn't know Tsukasa was a traitor—Tsukasa certainly didn't believe that. He had actually contacted Azami, and was also the one who contacted him most.

After all, Tsukasa was responsible for lobbying the other Elite Ten members. Under such circumstances, since Senzaemon knew Azami was the mastermind, wanting to find out about him would be almost too easy.

....

"How... Alright, I think I understand. I really did do something stupid!" Eizan, who was already somewhat annoyed by being singled out, flared up even more when Kuga asked him like this.

But he quickly realized the problem.

Etsuya Eizan wasn't a fool.

Now that he was singled out, it instead made him a bit clearer, and he began to think about why he was singled out.

This kind of problem—Eizan could actually figure it out very easily.

It was just that he was too focused on quickly completing his business empire that he was led by Azami's Grand promises.

The place where Eizan fell into the trap was his ambition.

Only with sufficiently large desires would one be easily tempted. Conversely, those who didn't care about anything were the ones who were difficult to approach.

At this moment, he recalled Senzaemon's actions just now: one sentence, directly stripping Azami of his surname. Even if they all now agreed for Azami to become Director, it was useless.

What originally seemed like a very good plan was broken by the other party with just one sentence.

What did this mean? It meant you could only continue to play if the other party was ready to play with you. If they didn't want to play with you, you simply couldn't move an inch.

These Elite Ten members were the same.

Having figured this out, Eizan couldn't help but curse himself internally. No wonder Senzaemon would say such things.

In his eyes, wasn't this just child's play??

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