"Actually, while you were eating the 'Three Non-Sticks,' I had plenty of time to prepare another dish.
But this next dish is all about freshness, so I waited until you finished eating."
As Seiya spoke, he took out a roll of cloth from the kitchen again. When the cloth was unrolled, Nekkiri Senzaemon and the others present realized that various types of kitchen knives were inserted in the layers of the cloth.
When he saw these different-shaped knives, Nekkiri Senzaemon's face showed a surprised expression.
Although he wasn't from the Floral Cuisine world, his status and position in the culinary world meant he had naturally heard of the legend of the Seven Star Knives.
So, when he saw Seiya spread out the cloth and saw the cold light flashing from the knives, Nekkiri Senzaemon exclaimed in surprise, "Could these knives be..."
"That's right, this set of knives is called the Seven Star Knives, and I am the inheritor and user of this set of knives."
Seiya had hesitated about whether to cook with the Seven Star Knives in front of Nekkiri Senzaemon.
But he quickly realized that it was better to be open and honest than to keep hiding it, so he wouldn't have the chance to explain himself if he was discovered during a food war in the future.
The users of the Seven Star Knives are Rein and Xiang En. Compared to Xiang En, who walked the path of darkness to the end, Rein was initially a member of the Dark Cuisine World, but was eventually redeemed.
However, Xiang En's lineage now only has his own cheap mother, and she only has one child, so he is both Rein's successor and Xiang En's successor.
As far as Seiya knew, Rein and Xiang En should even be considered enemies, but his cheap father and cheap mother, as their successors and descendants, were able to come together, which Seiya found quite outrageous.
Nekkiri Senzaemon, although he has a certain status and position in the culinary world, is not from the Floral Cuisine world after all.
He may know something about the events of the God of Cookery and the Dark Cuisine World more than a hundred years ago, but he certainly doesn't know much.
Rein and Xiang En both used the Seven Star Knives, so as long as he uses them as Rein's successor and doesn't use the techniques of the Dark Cuisine World in front of outsiders, there shouldn't be any problems.
Instead of hiding it and being discovered, it's better to use Nekkiri Senzaemon's status and position to reveal to the outside world that Seiya is Rein's successor and has nothing to do with Xiang En. That's Seiya's idea.
"Minezaki, can you go get some ice and pile it up like a small mountain?"
Seeing Seiya take out the Seven Star Knives that he usually doesn't use, Minezaki knew that Seiya was serious this time, so she quickly ran to the refrigerator to get ice.
While Minezaki went to get ice, Seiya directly scooped out a red sea bream from the fish tank in the store.
The store didn't have oxygenated fish tanks before, but as the business boomed, Minezaki arranged for the corresponding equipment to provide better service to customers and ensure the freshness of the ingredients.
Considering that Nekkiri Senzaemon and the others were only four people, Seiya didn't scoop up the largest sea bream in the tank.
However, Senzaemon's face quickly showed dissatisfaction when he noticed this scene, "Are you planning to make sashimi? If so, why not choose the largest one?
Are you trying to perfunctorily deal with this old man, or do you think we can't afford top-quality sashimi?"
Hearing the old man's rather dissatisfied words, Seiya was stunned for a moment, and then said with a serious face, "No, every ingredient in the store is carefully selected by me.
Including every fish in this tank, whether it's fat content or fish meat density, they are the best of their kind.
The reason I didn't choose the big one is simply because I don't want to waste food. After all, you just ate a lot of 'Three Non-Sticks,' and there are two women present."
Seiya wasn't lying. His originally excellent dynamic vision seemed to have evolved into a superpower like the 'Eyes of God' in this world.
No matter what kind of ingredient, Seiya can directly see its grade and quality.
"Do you know why I am called the 'Food Demon King'? It's because my desire and appetite for food are as greedy and endless as a demon king."
"That's right, it's just sea bream sashimi, it's not a big deal, it's like we can't afford it.
Catch the biggest one, the rest are too small, who are you looking down on, if other guests see it, they will think my grandfather and I can't afford it!
If there aren't enough ingredients here, I'll call someone to send some bigger sea bream."
Hearing Erina's rich and imposing tone, the corners of Seiya's mouth twitched slightly. Was she acting like a big spender in front of him?
Very good, what he likes most is this kind of rich patron... oh no, rich and tasteful person.
Originally, Seiya didn't want to rip off Nekkiri Senzaemon and the others too much, after all, they were the Totsuki director and the heroine.
But Erina, this arrogant young lady, was too arrogant. When Minezaki calculates the bill later, if he doesn't charge her three times... ten times the processing fee, Seiya would feel sorry for her character.
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The two most important things in processing sashimi are the quality and freshness of the ingredients themselves, and the ultimate workmanship.
When the sea bream, which was more than one meter long and weighed nearly a hundred pounds, was brought to Seiya's cutting board, it was still struggling vigorously.
Seeing such a huge sea bream struggling, Soma and Minezaki, who were next to him, originally wanted to step forward to help Seiya, but he stopped them with his hand.
A sea bream weighing hundreds of pounds, if it were in the sea, would be enough to easily drag an adult into the water.
Even if it is out of the water, it is not easy to handle such a big fish alone.
The rapidly waving tail fin of a sea bream weighing hundreds of pounds is quite powerful. If you are caught off guard and fanned by it, it is not impossible for your bones to break on the spot.
However, just as Erina wanted to see Seiya make a fool of himself, she never expected that Seiya, who refused Soma and Minezaki's help, looked at the struggling sea bream on the cutting board, directly drew a thick-backed kitchen knife from the Seven Star Knives, and with just one slap, the sea bream weighing hundreds of pounds suddenly stopped moving!
(Whether there are sea bream weighing hundreds of pounds, or whether they can survive on land, the author doesn't really know.
But this is, after all, an anime, and it's meaningless to be serious. Besides, in the later stages of this world, fantasy ingredients such as those from Food Wars may be mixed in (▽｀)
