"While you were eating the Three No Stick, I had plenty of time to prepare another dish.
"But the next dish emphasizes freshness, so I waited until you had finished eating."
As Seiya spoke, he took another roll of cloth from the kitchen. When he spread it open, Senzoemon Nakiri and the others discovered that various types of kitchen knives had been tucked into the cloth's inner layers.
Upon seeing those differently shaped blades, Senzoemon's face showed surprise.
Though he was not from the Chinese Cuisine World, given his status and standing in the culinary world, he had naturally heard the legends of the Seven Star Knife.
Thus, when he saw Seiya unfold the cloth and the blades gleaming with cold light, Senzoemon exclaimed in surprise, "Could these knives be...?"
"That's right. This set of knives is called the Seven Star Knife, and I am also its inheriting user."
Seiya had actually hesitated over whether to cook with the Seven Star Knife before Senzoemon.
But he quickly came around. Rather than keep hiding it, he might as well be open about it. That way, if someone discovered it during a Shokugeki in the future, he would not be left without a chance to explain himself.
The Seven Star Knife had been used by Rene and Xiang En. Compared with Azure Dragon Xiang En, who had gone all the way down the dark path, Rene had also been a member of the Dark Cooking World at first, but was eventually cleared of that stain.
However, Xiang En's line now consisted only of his bargain-bin mother, and she had only one child—him. Thus, he was both Rene's successor and Xiang En's successor.
As far as Seiya knew, Rene and Xiang En should have even been enemies. Yet his bargain-bin father and bargain-bin