The crabs Seiya and the others had caught from the river were not particularly large, so picking out the meat was a painstakingly meticulous task that took quite a bit of time.
Yet to the disbelief of everyone present, each crab took less than a few seconds from the moment it was placed on the cutting board to the moment its shell and meat were perfectly separated!
Whenever a crab was taken out, several flashes of blade light swept past. The fine crab meat was perfectly extracted and placed onto a plate beside him.
In less than a few minutes, Seiya had finished processing the large bucket of crabs they had caught. The others around him had not even recovered from their earlier shock.
"Was he performing magic just now? I didn't even see how he made those cuts. His hands were leaving afterimages! Is that something a human can do?"
"He's definitely just showing off. Our eyes could barely keep up—can he really remove all that crab meat cleanly?"
"But even if it wasn't completely clean, that would still be amazing, right? Could you do it if it were you?"
Seiya's method of processing the river crabs left quite a few Totsuki students stunned, including his partner Ryoko, Kutami at the other side, and Megumi Tadokoro.
Even Hinako Inui, who had initially only been somewhat curious about Seiya, slowly walked up to him after witnessing the skill he had just displayed. She picked up one of the crab legs he had processed.
After just one glance, an expression of deep astonishment appeared on Hinako Inui's face.
The crab leg, even thinner than a pair of chopsticks, had been completely split apart with one clean, decisive cut. The meat inside had been perfectly removed.
There was not even the slightest