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"In that case, the course will still be yours to teach. The students who were eliminated in your class before—we've kept them. You will conduct another assessment for them."
Hearing Kojiro Shinomiya's words, Gin Dojima nodded. He could see that Shinomiya's state of mind had changed somewhat.
After this incident, Dojima also believed Shinomiya wouldn't mess around in his subsequent classes.
Among the many graduates, Shinomiya was very outstanding, and he now also planned to return to develop his career. Dojima wouldn't let go of such a talent.
Roland Chapelle at the side also smiled. Seeing a smile on this professor's face was quite a rare sight.
He also thought very highly of Shinomiya. Being able to see his student return from his misguided path—this was undoubtedly the best outcome for a teacher.
"Looks like this matter is perfectly resolved. But Yuuki, could you tell me how you did that earlier? Dissecting an entire cow in an instant, and without spilling a drop of blood..." Hitoshi Sekimori said.
Even though he had witnessed it with his own eyes and personally confirmed it, he still found it hard to believe.
"Yeah! Just how DID you do that?"
Only then did everyone else react. Previously, because Yuuki was busy preparing his dish, and they were busy examining the cow, they hadn't asked about this matter. Now that everything was over, they couldn't wait to find out.
The Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash was too outrageous, to the point where everyone was now utterly stunned—even Kojiro Shinomiya, his opponent.
Although Yuuki had defeated him, and even mocked him in front of everyone before, Shinomiya didn't hold any animosity towards Yuuki.
On the contrary, he was grateful to Yuuki.
Combining Dojima's earlier words and actions, he realized that, as a student, Yuuki had no reason to find fault with him, especially after he had already made concessions.
All of this was orchestrated by Gin Dojima behind the scenes; Yuuki was merely responsible for carrying it out. And in the end, Yuuki defeating him had actually helped him.
So now, Shinomiya felt more gratitude towards Yuuki.
"How should I put it? It's a very Special Technique..."
Yuuki didn't elaborate on the details of the Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash, just briefly explained the general idea. No one found anything wrong with this. After all, any normal person would treat such a unique skill like a precious treasure.
They now also realized that their earlier inquiry had been too abrupt. Directly asking about someone's unique skill was like trying to pry into their secrets.
It was like going to a restaurant and asking the owner for their secret recipe. For the owner not to throw them out directly was already incredibly merciful. Similarly, Yuuki not storming off in anger was already very good.
So, after learning the general concept of the Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash, no one asked any further questions, even though they were still extremely curious.
....
After chatting for a while, everyone left—after all, there were other things to do. As for Gin Dojima, he and Roland Chapelle went straight to the security room and took the recording of the kitchen they had just been in.
After taking the recording, the two began to watch it in slow motion. It wasn't that they wanted to steal Yuuki's technique—in fact, even if Yuuki hadn't said anything, they knew they couldn't possibly learn such a skill themselves.
After all, they couldn't even see clearly how many times Yuuki swung his knives in that extremely short period, let alone doing it themselves—
—and Yuuki using his Evolving Touch to understand the cow's internal structure was also something they couldn't learn.
They just wanted to see just how fast Yuuki's knife speed was and how many cuts he made to dissect the cow like that.
As the video was repeatedly slowed down, the two finally managed to barely make out Yuuki's knife speed.
"..."
"Hiss..."
Watching Yuuki's movements, Roland Chapelle sucked in a breath. Even after slowing it down many times, Yuuki's knife speed was still astonishingly fast; they could only barely see it clearly.
Such knife speed—if it were displayed in a kendo competition, it would be completely invincible. He even wondered if Yuuki could easily obtain the title of "Sword Saint" if he desired.
His thoughts actually weren't unreasonable...
As mentioned before, the Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash wasn't only for cutting bulls—it could naturally be used on other creatures as well.
Yuuki only used the Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash to cut ingredients, but if it were used in combat, no one could withstand his attacks either.
Not to mention, Yuuki also had the Seven-Star Knives—
In the world of Food Wars, the Seven-Star Knives were the kings of cold weapons. So, as long as Yuuki was willing, obtaining the title of Sword Saint would be incredibly easy.
Of course, the world of Food Wars was ultimately about gourmet food. Although other professions existed, the Chef profession was undoubtedly the most popular.
Special abilities alone were enough to be immensely attractive.
In this world, only Chefs could awaken special abilities; no one else could. Even if the awakening probability was extremely low, it was still enough to make people eager to try.
"Every single cut Yuuki made was calculated in advance. And the sharpness of those knives—to think they could be sharp to this extent, as if the bones within the cow's body were nothing at all."
Gin Dojima also had some understanding of the Seven-Star Knives and knew they were very sharp. But he hadn't expected them to be sharp to this extent.
This was primarily because of Yuuki himself...
Yuuki's strength, enhanced by Food Honor, was quite immense. Without sufficient strength, sometimes even divine weapons couldn't be properly wielded.
Komatsu from the world of Toriko was a classic example. The knives in Setsuno's hands could easily cut through a mountain several thousand meters high.
But in Komatsu's hands, they could only cut through walls and the ground.
Yuuki being able to dissect a cow so easily was, besides the inherent sharpness of the Seven-Star Knives, because of his terrifying strength. After all, brandishing knives at such a speed clearly showed how powerful the force applied to the blades was.
....
The video of Yuuki cutting the cow—the two watched it again and again, even forgetting to eat. After all, they had eaten Yuuki's beef noodles earlier and weren't hungry yet.
Incidentally, Gin Dojima also sent this video to Senzaemon Nakiri and Sōe Nakiri.
His phone was then bombarded by the two of them, as the content in this video was indeed extremely exaggerated.
Unfortunately, Gin Dojima didn't know much either and could only tell them what he knew.
The two were quite helpless about this—
Their curiosity was now also piqued, just like Dojima and the others, but they couldn't directly ask—after all, this was Yuuki's own Secret Technique.
In the end, they could only temporarily give up. Senzaemon Nakiri then sent the video to his daughter.
....
Although Mana Nakiri had been given hope before, such knife skill was undoubtedly another strong dose of encouragement. So, he didn't hesitate to send it to Mana.
"This..."
At WGO headquarters, in Mana Nakiri's room, Anne watched this video with Mana. After all, Anne was responsible for playing the video, and as Mana's trusted confidante, she naturally watched it along with her.
But after watching it, both were left dumbfounded. If not for this video being sent by Senzaemon Nakiri, who had repeatedly emphasized that this truly happened, and that the protagonist in the video was Yuuki, she would have suspected it was a movie clip.
In her view, This terrifying knife skills only appeared in movies. As for the real world, although special abilities came in all sorts of strange varieties, there was a limit. Anyway, she didn't think a special ability could achieve this.
After all, the information revealed in this video was too much; just Yuuki's extreme physical ability alone couldn't explain it.
"Anne, seal this video. Absolutely do NOT let it leak out. I'll give Father a call." Mana Nakiri said after regaining her composure.
She didn't want Yuuki to be targeted by others. Although in Japan, under the Nakiri family's protection, no one could actually cause Yuuki trouble—
—that was only on the surface. If this video were to leak out, while she wasn't particularly worried about others, if it somehow fell into the hands of the Midnight Chefs, it would be TROUBLE.
Those people were notoriously reckless and lawless. So, to prevent them from targeting Yuuki, this news naturally couldn't be spread.
Although Yuuki might use this Secret Technique in the future and would eventually be discovered, being able to keep it hidden for a while was still something. They could also use this time to make some preparations.
Following Mana's reminder, at the Tōtsuki Resort, Gin Dojima directly deleted the video and instructed those who had seen it not to reveal Yuuki's Raging Bull Blue Dragon Slash.
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Time quickly arrived at evening.
Hitoshi Sekimori's steak set meal assessment began again, and the difficulty continued to increase. For Yuuki, an assessment like this was as easy as pie.
Just like the first day, after completing his assessment goal, Yuuki went back to wait for everyone.
Due to the day's events, Hitoshi Sekimori was very polite to Yuuki. Although Yuuki was still a student, he had already defeated Kojiro Shinomiya.
This level of Culinary skill was at the very top among these graduates. And he hadn't even graduated yet; he was still a first-year.
It was hard to imagine what Yuuki's future would be like, so Hitoshi Sekimori's attitude towards him was naturally incredibly good.
Building a good relationship with Yuuki now was certainly a sure win.
....
As for the other graduates, after returning to the office, they started to crowd around Kojiro Shinomiya.
After all, everyone knew that Shinomiya had clashed with Yuuki and was then taken away by Gin Dojima. However, they didn't know that Yuuki and Shinomiya had an informal Shokugeki.
"Shinomiya-senpai, what exactly happened on your end today?"
Hinako Inui came directly to him as soon as she entered the office and asked, her face full of curiosity.
The others also perked up; they were also very curious...
However, due to Shinomiya's personality and status, the only ones who would dare to ask so directly were probably Hinako Inui and Fuyumi Mizuhara.
"It's nothing. Just an informal Shokugeki with Yuuki—"
Kojiro Shinomiya was now much calmer, without any intention of hiding it. If it had been the previous him, he would definitely have been afraid of failure and wouldn't have dared to say it directly.
But he was different now.
Today, the students he encountered—although only a very few modified the recipe to deal with the problematic ingredients—
—the methods these few students used to solve the ingredient issues were incredibly varied; there were even some that Shinomiya hadn't considered.
Combined with the impact of being defeated by Yuuki before, this made Shinomiya start to learn these things. Returning to his earlier mindset was undoubtedly a very good thing for him. He enjoyed this feeling of being able to improve himself.
After this day, he had become completely different. Although his Culinary skills wouldn't change much in a short time, he was very clear that his mental block had been broken, and his Culinary skills would continue to improve next.
First Class Chef was only a matter of time for him, and as for Special Class, there was also a great chance.
"WHAT?! You had a Shokugeki with Yuuki?!"
Hearing this, many of the graduates were dumbfounded. Hinako Inui even shouted out loud.
"Why are you yelling so loudly? It was an informal Shokugeki." Kojiro Shinomiya looked at Hinako Inui, rather exasperated.
"What do you mean, why am I so loud?? How can anyone be calm about something like this??? You had a Shokugeki with a student still in school! Isn't that a bit like bullying!!" Hinako Inui couldn't help but exclaim.
The others also nodded.
Although Yuuki was very strong, for Shinomiya, a celebrity Chef who had graduated for so many years, to actually have a Shokugeki with Yuuki, a student—even if it was just an informal one—made them feel it was somewhat bullying.
"Bullying? I was the one who lost this Shokugeki. Do you still think I was bullying him??" Kojiro Shinomiya said, rather annoyed.
Indeed, for a graduate to bully a student still in school was quite shameful. But the problem was, this student in school wasn't exactly normal; he was outrageously strong.
"L-Lost... You lost? Shinomiya-senpai, you LOST?! Am I hallucinating?" Hinako Inui asked with a dazed expression.
She would rather believe her own ears had malfunctioned than believe Shinomiya had lost to Yuuki.
"Shinomiya is telling the truth. He did lose. Professor Chapelle, Sekimori, and I were the judges for this informal Shokugeki. Yuuki's dish was truly very impressive, and Shinomiya conceded defeat before he had even finished his own dish." Gin Dojima confirmed.
Yuuki's beef noodles had indeed greatly surprised him. Too bad others couldn't possibly replicate that dish.
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