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"Using this stick—"
After dropping that line, Yuuki went to process the ingredients.
Hinako Inui was rather exasperated by Yuuki's vague answer, but she couldn't just keep pestering him, not during an assessment.
However, Yuuki's subsequent actions soon captivated Hinako Inui's attention.
Because Yuuki had now taken out his Seven-Star Knives. Although he hadn't brought out the largest one, the unique shapes of the other Seven-Star Knives were eye-catching enough—
Besides that, Yuuki's movements were simply mesmerizing—the Seven-Star Flash Severing Knife Dance not only handled ingredients with ease but also had an incredible visual flair.
Several knives danced between Yuuki's hands, and the ingredients before him were quickly processed.
The fish, having been knocked out earlier, was now dead. Yuuki's Seven-Star Knife swiftly scaled the fish, cut open its belly, and removed the innards—
In the blink of an eye, the fish was already prepped.
As for that chicken, which had its head bashed in—normally, preparing a chicken involved scalding it with hot water to loosen the feathers for easy removal.
But Yuuki had no need for such tedious procedures. He simply shaved off the feathers with his Seven-Star Knife—
Ingredients that would normally take a considerable amount of time to process were prepared in Yuuki's hands in less than a minute.
"What incredible knife skills! And these knives are also incredibly sharp. He didn't even need a cutting board, effortlessly gutting the fish and the chicken."
Hinako Inui couldn't help but exclaim in admiration—Yuuki's technique was truly stunning. She swore she had never seen anyone with such impressive knife skills in her entire life.
Not to mention, this set of Seven-Star Knives—she had never seen such unique and sharp blades before.
....
"Damn! That guy beat me to it!"
At this moment, Takumi and Isami Aldini also rushed back with their duck. Although he had been slightly affected by Yuuki's earlier stunt, Takumi had quickly recovered.
While he couldn't directly compete with Yuuki, he could still try to compete secretly, like how Ryō Kurokiba had acted towards Yuuki before.
However, when he returned, he discovered that Yuuki was already in the kitchen.
"Brother, look at the ingredients he has! HOW did he finish prepping them so quickly?"
Isami Aldini looked at the already-processed chicken and fish, totally dumbfounded. Catching the duck hadn't taken them much time, but after returning, Yuuki had already even finished prepping the ingredients.
How was that even possible?! In such a short time, it would barely be enough to pluck a chicken, let alone process it like this.
"Yeah, there's NO way he could have finished prepping all that in such a short time. Inui-senpai, there must be something wrong with Yuuki's ingredients!"
Takumi Aldini was instantly dissatisfied and immediately reported Yuuki.
He wasn't usually a tattletale, but from his perspective, Yuuki's actions could only be interpreted as cheating. So, naturally, he couldn't hold himself back.
"Not at all, there isn't anything wrong. I watched him prepare those ingredients myself. You might not believe it, but those two items were prepped in under a minute!" Hinako Inui said with a smile.
Yuuki's ingredient processing speed was so incredibly fast that when others returned, they only saw the finished product.
Such speed was beyond the realm of normal human understanding, so it was natural to think Yuuki was cheating—
—But having witnessed the entire process herself, she knew Yuuki wasn't cheating.
"A fish and a chicken prepped in under a minute?! NO WAY!"
Naturally, Takumi and Isami Aldini immediately rejected this.
"It's the truth. If you don't believe me, you're free to file a complaint with the Tōtsuki Resort staff." Hinako Inui said with a smile.
That Takumi and Isami didn't believe her was normal. Any regular person, without seeing it with their own eyes, would find it hard to believe.
She couldn't directly make Takumi believe her. There were security cameras here, so if Takumi didn't believe her, he could file a complaint and see how his superiors handled the matter. She was just a temporary worker here, after all.
....
The reason graduates like Hinako Inui were here at the Tōtsuki Resort was partly to maintain connections with Tōtsuki—after all, it's always good to have powerful backers—and partly to scout for talent.
These graduates basically had their own restaurants, and besides themselves, their establishments also needed other skilled staff. But normal people couldn't keep up with their cooking pace.
It was like when Soma Yukihira interned with Kojiro Shinomiya—Soma was completely superfluous there. Forcibly inserting such individuals into their workflow only lowered their efficiency.
Therefore, the people they hired also needed sufficiently high Culinary skills, and the students from Tōtsuki were the best resource.
Although these students would definitely leave to start their own restaurants after a certain period, being able to study alongside these graduates was a great opportunity.
Most students readily accepted such invitations.
As for these graduates, although they knew these students would eventually leave, getting a skilled assistant without spending too much was undoubtedly a win-win situation.
Moreover, even after these students completed their training and left, their connection remained, forming a network.
It was precisely because of this that graduates usually wouldn't refuse Tōtsuki's invitation, even pushing aside other matters to come here.
....
Hearing Hinako Inui's words, Takumi fell silent. Logic told him that a graduate like Hinako Inui wouldn't lie about such a thing, but logic also told him it was absolutely impossible for someone to prep a fish and a chicken in under a minute.
In short, he was now caught in a dilemma. However, he knew very well that he needed to quickly prepare his own dish.
But as he passed by Yuuki, his pupils suddenly shrank, because he saw the innards, fish scales, and chicken feathers Yuuki had removed.
Those innards looked very fresh. Based on his experience, they had definitely just been taken out...
"What's wrong, Brother?"
Seeing his older brother frozen in place, Isami Aldini asked with some confusion.
"It's nothing. Let's prep the ingredients, Isami!"
Takumi Aldini shook his head, indicating he was fine, then returned to his station with Isami to start processing their ingredients.
Just as they began prepping, Soma Yukihira also returned with the fish he had caught.
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