Seeing Saito Soumei's request, Satou could only take out Wenqu. Originally, he wanted to compete fairly with the other party.
However, what he said also made sense. Wenqu was his preferred chef's knife, and if he switched, it would indeed feel a bit awkward.
Because the shape and weight of chef's knives are different, if a chef is accustomed to a knife's weight and shape and suddenly switches to another, it will indeed affect his performance.
"Eh? Satou, are you going to compete in knife skills with Saito-senpai?"
Erina Nakiri couldn't help but walk over and ask curiously.
"Mm."
Satou nodded.
"You can do it!"
Erina Nakiri clenched her small fists, cheering him on like a young woman.
"Of course I can."
Satou smiled slightly, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "If you call me 'Husband,' I might be even more motivated."
"Eh?"
Erina Nakiri's cheeks immediately flushed red. She secretly glanced to the side, then leaned close to Satou's ear and quickly called out, "Husband."
"Mm. My wife is so good. Watch your husband perform!"
Satou couldn't help but smile.
Erina Nakiri's cheeks were flushed. Luckily, no one should have heard it just now.
"Miss Erina actually called Satou 'Husband,' tsk tsk."
Yuki Yoshino suddenly shook her head, tsk-tsking twice.
"I never would have guessed."
Ryoko Sakaki said with a smile.
"Eh?"
Looking at the two of them, Erina Nakiri was so embarrassed that her ears turned red, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.
Seeing Satou about to compete in knife skills with Saito Soumei, nearby students also gathered to watch the excitement.
"Saito-senpai's knife skills are famously impressive."
"Yeah, Satou probably won't be able to win, right?"
They conversed in low voices.
Saito Soumei chose tuna as his ingredient.
"Hmm, cutting tuna can indeed showcase knife techniques very well."
Chapel also walked over with interest, smiling.
However, Satou unexpectedly chose tofu.
"It's tofu? Tofu is so soft, it's impossible to carve, right? What is he trying to do?"
Erina Nakiri's delicate brows furrowed slightly, feeling a bit confused.
At this moment, Saito Soumei had already begun.
He placed the tuna on the cutting board, then held the handle with one hand and placed the other hand on the blade near the tip, shouting, "Break!"
He pushed the knife completely along the tail, and in an instant, a large piece of tuna meat was cut off.
The cut was very smooth, almost perfectly adhering to the fish's spine.
It looked easy, but it was actually very difficult. The hand holding the knife had to be steady, fast, and precise.
Most people would easily get stuck by the fish meat, unable to push the knife through halfway, and the cut would be crooked.
But Saito Soumei completed it in an instant, with a cut as smooth as a mirror, so precise it could almost be measured with a ruler.
"So amazing! A combination of strength and technique!"
"Yes."
The nearby students exclaimed in admiration.
Next, Saito Soumei divided the fish meat into several large pieces and then switched to a smaller chef's knife.
"Cut!"
Soon after, the fish meat was cut into smaller pieces.
Everyone was engrossed in Saito Soumei's movements, momentarily forgetting to pay attention to Satou.
Meanwhile, Satou was also carefully horizontally slicing the tofu into very thin pieces with Wenqu.
In Chinese cuisine, there is a dish called Wensi Tofu, which requires the tofu to be cut very finely. Some masters can even cut the tofu as thin as hair.
However, only a handful of people, even in China, can achieve this. It can be said to be a touchstone for a chef's knife skills, and Satou wanted to challenge it.
After activating the Dexterity effect, Satou's movements when cutting tofu were as fluid as flowing clouds and water, containing a unique beauty.
Before long, some students were attracted by his movements.
"What is that Satou guy doing?"
"I don't know, but his movements seem very artistic."
"He seems to be cutting tofu, right?"
Chapel turned his head to look, and was also slightly stunned, then remembered something, and a smile appeared on his face, "So that's it, is it Wensi Tofu? I wonder how thin he can cut it?"
In a short while, Saito Soumei completed his work.
He cut the tuna blocks into small square pieces, each piece almost identical in size and thickness.
"So amazing! What perfect shapes!"
"Saito-senpai must have won this time, right?"
The students immediately exclaimed in admiration.
Some students even specifically measured it with a ruler and found that the error of each piece would not exceed 0.1 centimeters.
At this point, even Chapel believed that Saito Soumei had definitely won by a clear margin.
"Such terrifying precision!"
Even Erina Nakiri was surprised. It's extremely difficult for ordinary people to even draw two squares of the exact same size on paper.
Saito Soumei wiped his sweat, then looked at Satou.
When he saw Satou, he was stunned.
"Are you cutting tofu?"
Saito Soumei asked curiously.
"Yes."
Satou nodded, then put down his chef's knife and let out a long breath. He had also finished.
Saito Soumei watched for a while and saw that the tofu strands were dense and looked very thin, but he couldn't tell exactly how thin they were.
"You can see it more clearly if you put it in water."
Satou said.
Then, he carefully placed the tofu strands into the water.
The nearby students immediately gathered around. Although they thought it would be difficult for Satou to win, they were still very curious.
In the water, the tofu strands immediately dispersed, and it could be seen that each strand of tofu was as thin as a single hair.
"So thin! It's practically like hair!"
"No way? Is this really something a human can cut?"
All the students who saw this scene were dumbfounded.
If Saito Soumei's knife skills were described as miraculous, then Satou's were simply supernatural, not at all like something a human could cut.
Even Chapel was deeply shocked.
To be honest, it was his first time seeing someone cut tofu as thin as hair.
He couldn't help but pick up a strand with chopsticks. He could barely see it only by holding it close, and what was even more astonishing was that almost every strand of tofu in the water was just like this one.
"This is truly amazing. Is there really such a knife skill?"
Saito Soumei took a deep breath, utterly astonished.
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