Chapter 4
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Harry's POV:
It was part of the second portion of this year's hunter exam, most participants were exhausted, but forced themselves to gather as the examiners introduced themselves as gourmet hunters. Sadly many insulted their profession to which I pitied them, you really haven't enjoyed life if you haven't tasted food that one could literally die for.
Examiner Buhara
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Examiner Menchi
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The examiners told us the first part of our exam was to get some roasted pork from a well known pig that is native to this land called "great stamp" that spans into two meters in length, now that what's I call a nice pig.
Great Stamp
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The contestants burst forth into action and headed further into the forest to get some great stamps and I did the same, a blunt strike to the head seems to do the job as it incapacitated the beasts, it was such a rare opportunity that I knocked out ten great stamps and shoved them into my inventory which acts as a super freezer preserving it in the state it was in. I stopped myself before I made them extinct. I hunted one more to present it to the examiners. I brought out my special cooking utensils and washed the pig and also skinned the hairs of the pig, I then removed and cleaned the innards and entrails while saving their blood. I roasted the pig into a perfect temperature while brushing with my special formula of olive oil to bring its flavor to the highest degree and bringing the color of the skin in a perfect red making the skin really crispy and the meat was very tender that it would feel like a little piece of heaven. I made the pigs intestines into a sausage using parts of pigs innards and adding special rice that has the properties of gravy stuffed inside it. I also used the blood of the pig to make a blood soup which I know is a delicacy in some country (Asian).
The contestants were coming in droves while Buhara helped himself to the roasted pigs, and I sometimes question some of the participants. I mean I can see that some just roasted the thing and headed it to the examiner. What about the fecal matter stuck inside. God I pray for Buhara's safety, then again he probably has a nen ability that purified dangerous and poisonous substances in his stomach. Wow, that's what I call an iron stomach.
I presented my roasted great stamp along with my other dishes made from the same pig with a very very large plate that I pulled out of nowhere. Buhara stopped and smelled the aroma of my dishes. He was about to question the other dishes but hey, he was a big man and a big man needs his food for energy, plus judging by his years of many experience from the mixed aroma alone that it was indeed one of the finest dishes he had ever laid eyes upon on, even Menchi took a sample of all this particular dishes that number "444" made. "So young, but I can already tell that this dish is of the highest quality." Buhara thought.
Menchi's reaction came to me as a surprise. Her sour facial expression became dreamy and out of nowhere an image of a flower field appeared right before us, Menchi was wearing a formal dress as if attending to a ball and Menchi danced a beatiful dance.
Buhara noticing the end of Menchi's blissful taste and was about to steal more of the food that was prepared for him quickly ate all the food in one gulp. Menchi pouted and lamented when she could not get any more of contestant "444" food that she could clearly estimate that was off a three star hunter class.
Meanwhile, with Buhara, another reaction happened, out of nowhere Buhara was wearing a tuxedo and everyone was transported into a scene of a church with Buhara's wedding. "Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to witness the union of these individuals, with the the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife." The priest said.
As Buhara was about to unveil his fiancee with a slim figure of a girl and as he uncovered her wedding veil, her face turned into the face of the great stamp and began their make-out session.
Suffice to say that many contestant were subjected to a torture most severe and fainted at the image that is unveiling right before their eyes.
The scene ended with Buhara still having a dreamy expression. Menchi quickly snapped Buhara out of his daydream and asked for who passed his exams. He passed all 185 participants while the other 15 were knocked out by the great stamps.
It was Menchi's turn to give her part of the exam and her dish topic for us to prepare was sushi. Hanzo who knew this dish was trying to cover his laughing but failed miserably and everyone noticed it and connected the dots, when Menchi gave the Go signal, Hanzo ran into the nearest river and the contestants with common sense followed him. I just stayed behind the kitchen.
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"Hey Mr. I'm sure your a gourmet hunter in disguise despite your age, aren't you going to get the ingredient for sushi?." Menchi asked.
"Oh, but I already have it in my super freezer pocket dimension 9000." as I said this I pulled a golden tuna out of thin air shocking both the examiners for five minutes.
During these five minutes I completed my dish.
Flashback:
As I took out my freshly preserved golden tuna, I set it on the table, I took out my trusty knives and I thanked nature for the bounty of food we are about to receive. Then I went into action, in a blur of inhuman speed that a Normal person can't follow, I did the following procedures, I seperated the scales from the skin of the fish and sliced the meat with precision into bite sized portions, applied my mystery salt as my flavoring and folded the sliced tuna with the already prepared cooked rice making an unbelievable batch of 300, in my defense the golden tuna was very large. Thus completing my dish.
Fashback End:
Menchi and Buhara had stars in their eyes, Menchi was awed by the precision of the preparation and Buhara was fantasizing about the tasty dishes he was about to taste, he can only imagine the wonderful flavor he was about to taste and judging the the roasted pig he tasted, it was guaranteed that this dish would also be a most delicious dish.
"Here you go Menchi-san, and I'm sure there are enough left over for Buhara-san to nible on." I said as I handed seperate plates to the examiners.
They both took a bite and a flash of light came out from their mouths. They were suddenly acting a scene from the titanic movie where the girl was opening her arms at the front of the ship while the wind was causining a visual effect casing the billowing of Menchi's clothes like snapes cloak in Harry Potter and it lasted for five minutes.
"What's the secret ingredient of this sushi?, I can't quite put my finger into it." Menchi asked seriously as she had gotten her senses back.
"That would be the salt of the legendary "All Blue", while it's true that the place is both a myth and dream of all Chef's, there are some places that have a localized tsunami via a ten year natural occurrence and thus let's us see a glimpse of it, via its salt." I lectured.
Menchi had stars in her eyes, in front of her was a sure bonified Gourmet hunter, while it is true, the "All Blue" is a myth, no-one has ever proved of its existence, yet in front of her was someone who has acquired salt that came from the legendary sea, oh her colleagues would be ecstatic of this news.
"Here Menchi-san, I'm sure a chef of your calibre will know the value of this treasure more than anyone in the world." I sad as I gave Menchi a special sack of salt from "All Blue".
Menchi was very very happy, it was one more step closer to the advancement of gourmet hunters everywhere. Oh she knew everyone belittled her chosen field of profession but in front of her was a fellow comrade in the pursuit of the art of true flavor.
Thus, she couldn't really be bothered with her exam anymore with a much much more gold mine in front of her eyes, so when the applicants arrived she said.
"You all pass, now leave me alone so I can have a make out session with my bag of salt." She said and went into a private room.
Everyone sweatdropped and Buhara was drooling, he was jealous of Menchi and lamented the fact that he could not have a make out session with a legendary bag of salt himself and pouted.
"Buhara-san, I didn't forget about you, so here's five bags for you." I said as I handed out five bags of "All Blue" salt to him.
"Now participants just wait for your next ride to your next exam location while I will go with my own make out session with my own bag of salts." Buhara said as he too vanished with his bag of salts.
Satotsu who witnessed the whole thing from beginning to end was laughing his ass off and he spat out his breakfast that day.
Chairman Netero feeling dread went on personally to check out on the exam.
Chairman Netero in all his blazing glory jumped off the blimp from the high altitude with his very very strong legs and landing in a spectacular fashion gaining everyone's attention.
"Is there a problem everyone?, did the examiners judge you fairly?." Netero asked the participants.
Chairman Isaac Netero
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"Oh, Mr. chairman, no problem sir, we passed with flying colors, we are just waiting for our transport for the next exam location, the perplexed expression you see in almost all contestant was for having witnessed a most disturbing scene in our lives, we saw the examiners Menchi and Buhara mentioning on having a make out session with a bag of salt, now I've seen some weird things in my life, but that just shot on my number one list." said the random participant.
"I see, that explains Mr. Satotsu over there who is laughing like a maniac. Now to those who passed this part of the exam, kindly get on the blimp so we can continue the next part of the exam." Netero said as he went ahead inside the blimp and imagined Menchi and Buhara having a make-out session with a bag of salt.
"What kind of evil being would do that to the worlds promising gourmet hunters." was what chairman Netero said as he went to get for a headache medicine inside the blimp.