Legendary Cookware

While everyone starts cooking, Lou brings the two fish that he got back to his own chair while Erina and Alice are following him curiously.

"What are you going to do with this fish? Are you going to bring it back, if yes then i will give you a better one." Erina said.

"That's it, just let it be, we can get a better quality than this one." Alice nodded.

"No, it's fine, I want to try something." Lou waves his hand and a gorgeous-looking chopper appears on his hand making the other judge gaze on it.

It's a jade colorado chopper with a dragon engraved on its body giving a magical feeling to everyone who is near it.

With one tap, the ice that covers the fish opens showing the fish inside.

Lou moved his hand like wind, they did not see what he did but they can easily tell that the fish is changing.

That's right, everyone around Lou is a renewal chef around the county, they can easily tell if the change on the fish that Lou just slash.

"T-This!"

"Hey, Erina, if I'm not wrong, it seems these fish become fresh as if they just came from the ocean." Alice amazed

"Yeah."

Lou then flips the knife removing the gills and innards of the fish then a green flame burns it to a cinder before it even reaches upward.

After burning all the innards and gills, Lou touches the fish and slowly gesturing as if he is pulling something.

And just like they expected, drops of blood start to come out from the fish until nothing is left on it except for the edible part and then bones of it.

"A-Amazing! You actually remove all the fishy parts of the fish, it looks fresh and super clean."

Lou looks at the women beside him and asks," You are?"

"Oh~ pardon me, I'm Hinako Inui, 80th Generation Tōtsuki Academy Alumna and a previous 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council. I'm also the owner and head chef of the Japanese Restaurant, Kirinoya."

Hinako is a woman of average height who has a curvaceous body, dark brown hair, dark purple eyes, and an ample bust. Her bangs cover her forehead and have tresses framing her face. Her hair is secured by a ponytail that passes her right shoulder and is slung on the side. Her eyes are usually seen closed and have a smiling face.

Hinako wore a dress that has thin hemlines, with the chest covered by a cloth that has ruffles on the edges, and is fastened by a ribbon on the left side. She adorned her left wrist with a bracelet.

She is giving off the vibe as a big sister while smiling at him, Lou smiles politely making Hinako blush.

"Im Lou Takasu, as you can see, i use magic to remove the blood inside of the fish,"

"What about the knife?"

"Taki-senpai, you can't do that, you're intruding on his privacy." One of the girls softly said.

"Don't worry, Sonoko, I'm just curious about this chopper."

"This is Taki Tsunozaki, 88th Generation Tōtsuki Academy Alumna and a previous 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council who is the owner and head chef of the Spanish restaurant called Taki Amarillo."

"While this baby face is Sonoka Kikuchi, 89th Generation Tōtsuki Academy Alumnus and a previous 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council. She is the owner and head chef of the Western-style restaurant, Shunkatei."

Taki is a relatively short woman with a petite-but-slender body. She has purple eyes and dark blue hair that is tied into a ponytail by a ribbon and reaches just below her tailbone. She wore a short buttoned blazer and a skirt.

Sonoka is a serene-looking woman who is similar to Hinako Inui with waist-length hair accompanied by a chest-length hair strand tied at the bottom by a black bow with bangs covering her forehead, light-blue eyes and a large bust.

Her outfit consisted of a white dress shirt and a dark-colored vested skirt.

"Ever-SoulKnife, a special type of chopper required to perform the Dark Technique and is forged using organisms with regenerative functions and minerals which stimulate that function; cutting an ingredient with this knife will make the cells of the ingredient become active and thus revitalizing the wound."

"Meaning, I can make any old ingredients new again and revitalize its full potential while maintaining the whole fish as fresh as new."

Lou then took a pot with a coiling dragon handle then put the fish on it, with one wave a luxurious-looking container appeared while a silver spoon on the other hand.

When he opened the container the judges were surprised to see salt inside.

"If I'm not wrong, this is the Moon Salt, a treasure-level spice from outer space." Taki said after looking carefully.

"You are right," Lou scoop everything and cover the whole fish inside of the pot.

"I heard Moon Salt is bothersome to collect, only a handful of people can collect it and storing it is also troublesome because the Moon Salt can easily melt from small amounts of moisture."

"Spirit Storehouse, Eternal preservation of contained ingredients,"

"Holy Copperware, stop time and preserve the ingredients."

"Coiled Dragon Pot, accelerate cooking, prevent overheating, gather natural energy around and make the ingredient fresh while cooking."

The girls around were surprised to see Lou easily take out a bunch of cooking artifacts with unique and rare special abilities.

Usually, only those who have this are from an imperial family or from the cooking clan with hundred years of heritage but they actually see it on the hand of a student that is not even a culinary student.

And most absurd is he actually using green flame to cook a fish, a flame that can easily melt iron and cinder anything.

Looking back at Lou who casually chatted with them is more unbelievable, they don't know if he is just trying to show off or he is just doing some experiment.

While chatting, they also discover that Lou is also knowledgeable about different kinds of cooking.

Talking to Lou is huge progress for each of them, they learn different things from his own understanding.

"Stop chatting, the judging is about to start."

They did not expect that the time is already up, talking to Lou is not boring at all, he is a good fellow with a pretty good understanding and plight to everyone.