"The reason I dared to run away from home was because I knew he still existed within the family."
"I placed all my hopes on him, always believing that even if I left, he could take care of you in my stead and manage all the family affairs for my father and me."
"The result…"
"What he did was utterly outrageous!"
After speaking, Nakiri Mana's gaze deepened, filled with profound regret.
"Mom… Mom, I don't really want to recall that period, so please don't say anymore."
Erina paused, recalling some past events in her mind.
Suddenly, her face instantly turned exceptionally pale, and her whole body tensed, clearly from fear!
"Sigh, don't worry, if I have a chance to meet him, I will choose to divorce him."
"I will never allow him, as your father, to do such things to you again, nor will I allow him to drag the entire Totsuki Culinary Academy, the entire Nakiri family, into the mud!"
Nakiri Mana glanced sideways at Nakiri Erina, seeing her so frightened and uneasy, her heart ached even more.
…
Time, quietly passed.
With the conclusion of the celebration, all the students at Far Moon Resort boarded the large bus again and returned to Totsuki Culinary Academy.
This meant that the 6-day, 5-night Practical Training event had officially ended!
And after the training camp, all students also welcomed a short holiday.
Some students would take advantage of this holiday to go back to their hometowns, for example, Tadokoro Megumi wanted to return to Shōeien, while Yukihira Soma would go back to reopen Yukihira Restaurant.
Still, some students hid in the kitchen.
Oh, no, it was the laboratory, preparing to tirelessly develop new cuisine!
Alice Nakiri, dressed in a white lab coat, was currently washing a melon, then directly juicing it into melon juice.
Next, she mixed 500g of water, 2g of sodium alginate, 5g of calcium lactate, 80g of melon juice, and the sodium alginate, then mixed it with the remaining melon juice and set it aside, mixed and set aside.
Afterwards, the water and calcium lactate were mixed and placed in a large container, set aside.
Using a fine needle, she drew up the sodium alginate melon juice, dropping it drop by drop into the calcium lactate solution.
After 1 minute, she scooped them out and rinsed them in clear water.
Just like that, caviar made from melon was successfully created.
…
It is well known that caviar is particularly expensive.
But in the field of Molecular Cuisine, the cold oil spherification technique can be used.
To turn ordinary ingredients, such as melon, strawberries, mango, raspberries, or even coffee, into caviar.
At this moment, looking at the glistening, plump melon caviar before her, Alice couldn't hide her excitement and began to taste it impatiently.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"
"What's going on? It looks exactly like caviar, but it tastes entirely of melon."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she took a bite, Alice's face instantly turned ugly.
She quickly spat out the melon caviar from her mouth, expressing her disgust.
In fact, after this Practical Training event, Alice had long realized the gap between her and Erina.
Especially during the third day's breakfast challenge, it made her realize that not only was she progressing, but Erina was also continuously evolving by relying on the power of her God Tongue!
And it was clear that her progress was much faster than Alice's.
This meant that if she didn't change herself in time, let alone surpass Erina, the gap between them would likely only grow larger.
"I remember the Autumn Elections should be coming up soon, which is my best opportunity to advance to the next Elite Ten, so I really don't have much time left!"
After muttering to herself, Alice Nakiri's gaze became even more determined, and she continued to develop new caviar Molecular Cuisine.
…
The Autumn Elections, this was an important cooking competition following the Practical Training.
Although failures in this competition would not result in forced expulsion, for any participating student, its significance and influence were absolutely incomparable to this Practical Training!
The Practical Training event was indeed brutal, with an elimination rate exceeding 50% every year.
However, for exceptionally skilled individuals like Alice Nakiri, Yukihira Soma, Nakiri Erina, Hisako Arato, and Hayama Akira.
As long as they didn't make any major mistakes and cooked according to the assessment requirements with their eyes closed, they could generally pass easily.
However, the Autumn Elections were different.
In short, it was a competition carefully selected by the Totsuki Ten Masters Council, where 60 top-performing students out of the remaining 400+ students would compete.
And considering that the Elite Ten are re-evaluated each year with the arrival of graduation season.
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