The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 150
Episode 150 If you don’t adapt, you’ll just be left out.
“Tsk.”
The mood of the people gathered on the mountain became tense.
It’s as if nothing happened even after shooting a pistol at someone.
Or rather, a man standing with an annoyed expression on his face.
Because I had to keep an eye on Sergeant Shin Young-jun.
-Did you really just shoot him?
-Then you must have faked the shot?
-Joe, be quiet! Don’t provoke me for no reason.
at that time.
Sergeant Youngjun Shin said.
“what is it. “Did you say Jinsu’s father?”
“Are you talking about me?”
“I guess the soldier found it very easy because I treated him with respect.”
“….”
Until just a few dozen seconds ago, Hong Jeong-soo had always had a confident attitude.
No matter how he is, he still has a bullet stuck between his legs.
I couldn’t be confident after hearing a warning that I wouldn’t miss the next one.
“If you want to live long, stay quiet. “Don’t be annoying.”
“Yes yes. “I’m sorry.”
Right now at this moment.
One image appeared in people’s minds.
This is something that appears with a high probability in any movie about the destruction of the world.
‘Corrupt soldiers.’
Exploiting the powerful power of the military.
A story about plundering people or mistreating them like slaves.
“How much did I say… Huh. “Why are you interfering and making such a fuss?”
“….”
A man with a sharp look.
Sergeant Youngjun Shin seemed to embody that image.
‘That soldier is running wild like that, so what are the monks doing…’
People’s eyes slowly turned to another direction.
Awakened people who should have originally stopped these people.
I wondered what they were doing.
“…Ugh. “I can’t believe I just have to watch like this.”
“Whoa!”
“Everyone, please be patient. “If you provoke me for no reason, you will be greatly harmed.”
It seems like they can’t help it either.
The awakened people are watching the evildoing with an exasperated sigh.
‘What happened with that soldier?’
Although I’m embarrassed.
There was no way to know how this happened.
“anyway. As I said, many military units have been destroyed. Our corps doesn’t have much free time right now. “In particular, there is a significant shortage of soldiers.”
“….”
“Right now, we are concentrating most of our efforts on keeping a large group of monsters in check in the northwest. I don’t know when this front line will collapse. “The moment the front line collapses, those monsters will spread throughout Gangwon-do, so we can’t withdraw our troops.”
at that time.
One person said, carefully raising his hand.
“Over there. “Can I ask you a question?”
“yes. “Let’s do it.”
“that. “What is the reason you are telling us this…?”
In those words.
Sergeant Youngjun Shin scratched the back of his head with a pistol.
“I told you. “There is not enough space, especially soldiers.”
“…Yes yes. “I understood up to that point.”
“Then isn’t the conclusion obvious? “The reason we came here is to conscript soldiers.”
“…!”
“What!”
From a word suddenly thrown.
The agitated people began to murmur.
“quiet!”
But even for a moment.
When Sergeant Shin Young-jun, holding a gun, shouts, people instantly fall silent.
“I was told it was conscription, but looking back, I think most people don’t have to worry. “Because our conscription targets do not include ordinary people.”
“Then who do you mean you will conscript?”
“We will only take the awakened ones.”
“…!”
People’s eyes were focused on one place.
Monks and people who cooperated with monks and underwent awakening.
“It’s hard for ordinary people to use their full power. In the past, we would have trained them somehow… but now we don’t have the time to train each soldier one by one. so. “We will only recruit awakened people who have experience killing monsters.”
Sergeant Youngjun Shin also looked at them and said.
“Conscription may sound like a bad thing, but it’s probably not a bad thing.”
“How can that not be a bad thing?”
“We have secured a large amount of food and weapons. After stabilizing some farmland, we have established a long-term food supply plan by farming. “At least you don’t have to worry about starving to death.”
“….”
“Furthermore, there are already many awakened people active in our corps. “Just me right now.”
As he spoke, he lowered his head and
picked up a stone from the floor.
Crunch….
The stone held in his hand turned into powder.
The faces of the people watching turned pale.
“He is an awakened person whose level is over 30.”
“I guess the more strong awakeners there are, the less likely it is that they will die in battle.”
The only problem is the word conscription.
Definitely not bad conditions.
It occurred to me that the Awakened might really leave.
Fear spread among the survivors.
“Then what should we do!”
“How do you do it? “What do you mean?”
“It means that we were able to survive until now because those awakened people protected us. If those people leave…”
Then.
Sergeant Shin Young-jun looks at the man who spoke.
The gaze was greatly distorted.
“Should we care about that?”
“That kind of thing.”
“I told you. It is said that a large group of monsters is located in the northwest. The moment the wire blocking them is breached, all nearby survivors will be exterminated. “We are trying to expand our power to prevent that.”
“….”
“But what? Are you going to stop this for your own survival? “Are you saying you don’t know what happens to other people?”
Hehe.
Sergeant Youngjun Shin spat roughly on the floor.
“no. Rather, I’m curious. “Do you not know how to become an awakened person?”
“Oh, I know. All you have to do is hunt monsters…”
“Then why are you still an ordinary person? “If it were a group with more than 30 awakened people, it would not have been difficult to increase the number of awakened people.”
“that.”
“Tsk tsk. It’s obvious. You guys probably rejected it. I don’t want to fight monsters, so please just protect me. “Do you think there were one or two people like you?”
The look in your eyes as if you were looking at a bug.
“Selfish bastards who want to be comfortable even though the world is like this… And then they want to be treated the same as those who fought so hard. “Trash that is no different from the bugs I hate the most.”
“….”
“Our corps aims to defend the Gangwon-do region. “We can’t afford to worry about a few useless people being weeded out in the process.”
“It’s useless…!”
“It seems like I’m holding back on something I want to get rid of in front of my eyes. Please…don’t make me angry anymore.”
It seems as if the survivors’ opposition is not worth listening to.
Sergeant Shin Young-jun turns his head and looks at the awakened people.
“We never neglect the awakened. Unlike those scum, they are people who have fought to survive. If you join us, we promise to give you all the support to become stronger.”
“….”
“of course. I understand that this is a difficult decision to make lightly. “I will come back to you in three days.”
“It’s 3 days….”
“I look forward to your wise choice. “Okay then.”
like that.
Sergeant Shin Young-jun ignores the frozen people and leaves.
Following them, the soldiers of the corps leave the temple.
however.
Among them, one large soldier looked at the survivors and asked.
“Are you only active around here?”
“yes. For now…”
“As expected.”
The large soldier sighs.
“You. “You should consider yourself lucky that our unit found you.”
“What does that mean? “You were trying to kill someone with a gun!”
“But they didn’t actually kill him. “They didn’t drag me away by force.”
It seems like he genuinely feels sorry for you.
A large man spoke with pitiful eyes.
“If it had been any force other than us… it wouldn’t have ended so gently.”
This is polite?
The survivors wondered what was going on.
The meaning was simple.
“We respect civilians and try to deal with monsters. “It is the result of following the wishes of our corps commander.”
“….”
“I’m asking this seriously. Do you think others feel the same way?”
Unlike Sergeant Youngjun Shin.
A large soldier who appears to have a gentle personality.
“We only conscript awakened people to battle monsters. Others, even ordinary civilians, don’t just leave them alone. “They have no value as combat personnel, but they have sufficient value as slaves or toys.”
He seemed genuinely worried about them.
Gave advice to people.
“I guess you mistakenly thought you could hide in this temple for the rest of your life and be protected. Even if it wasn’t us, it would have been discovered by another force at some point.”
“That kind of thing.”
“The world is gradually changing. A world has arrived where the Awakened are in charge of both production and military power. The distinction between awakened and non-awakened people begins… and soon, we will end up in a world where status is determined by how strong an awakened person is.”
“Then… what should we do?”
“I understand your fear. I was like that at first too. But there is no way to stop this change. So it would be better…”
“Rather?”
“You’d better make a decision quickly.”
If you can’t stop change.
Rather, we must quickly adapt to the changes.
“Those who cannot adapt to change will only be left behind.”
That’s the last word.
A soldier turns his back and heads out the mountain gate.
People looked at his back and said nothing.
* * *
“…after.”
“What on earth is going on?”
The soldiers leave.
Unlike the awakened people who returned to their homes, the survivors were still sitting, unable to leave their seats due to shock.
“Oh, I don’t know yet.” Hong Jeong-
su, the middle-aged man sitting between them,
spoke.
“You don’t know? “What do you mean?”
“I told you. “The monks may have brought deserters to change the situation.”
“…Are we still talking about that?”
“I didn’t ask properly before, but there’s no evidence that they are real soldiers, right? “How do we know you’re lying to us!”
It wasn’t wrong, though.
A middle-aged woman who heard this shook her head and said:
“…Even if it’s a lie. “If the monks are really trying to betray us, isn’t there something we can do to stop them?”
“That is. That’s right…”
A sense of helplessness spread among the people.
“What you said is true, but those soldiers are probably not lying.”
“hmm?”
“You know, right? “He was hiding near the south until recently, and only recently came here.”
“Ah… I did.”
“actually. Before I was rescued by monks, I had planned to go further south. “There were rumors that there was a large military unit remaining there.”
“…!”
“It was just a rumor I heard from people I ran into by chance. It is said that the city actually has over 1,000 awakened people. “They say they provide food at the military base, so at least you don’t have to worry about starving to death.”
Those soldiers or monks wouldn’t know.
There was no reason for a man who had been among the survivors for several weeks to lie.
A rumor means that there is a high possibility that it will actually spread.
The reality.
He appeared in front of them just a moment ago.
“Then let’s say you are a soldier. Why did the monks let those guys in? Unless they were intentionally trying to antagonize us, they should have blocked it from the monks’ line in the first place-”
“The monks probably didn’t want it either.”
“what?”
“The tent I’m staying in. “You know it’s close to the warehouse where monks’ armor is stored.”
This time it was another man who came forward.
“this. “This is the item that was left there today.”
What did the man bring?
It was an iron helmet distorted into a bizarre shape.
“This mark. Can you see it?”
“This.”
“It’s a human handprint. “It’s a little big, though.”
“….”
A helmet is worn on the head.
There are marks like this on that helmet.
“…no way.”
“Are you saying you were planning on killing me by blowing off my head?”
“Maybe so.”
gulp.
Aside from being cruel.
He grabbed his head with one hand and tried to blow it up.
The one wearing a helmet.
The one who left his handprint there.
This means that the difference in power between the two is significant.
“This helmet. It is Monk Hyeyeon, who is said to be the second strongest among the awakened people. He was the guard at Sanmun today, but is now lying in a hospital room. “With bruises all over my body.”
“That’s right.”
“The monks were trying to stop the soldiers. “The result is this.”
Let’s hear that story.
Hong Jeong-su felt sweat running down his back.
‘The soldier I spoke to informally during the day. It was that guy called Sergeant.’
Let him argue with the soldier.
Monk Seungju stopped him.
‘If I had continued to argue at that time…’
The sergeant casually fired a pistol at himself.
Let’s recall that emotionless expression again.
I got goosebumps all over my body.
‘for a moment. That’s right.’
At the time, it was thought that the monks brought in outsiders to plot something.
Even when monk Seungju’s expression turned sour when he saw him approaching.
I just thought, ‘It’s a good catch.’
but.
Now that I think about it.
‘Monk Seungju… wasn’t trying to protect that soldier.’
There was no other reason why that expression became rotten.
When you see a child fearlessly approaching a dangerous animal.
One cannot help but frown.
Without even dreaming that the other person is a monster.
A man who attacked without knowing anything.
‘…You were trying to protect me.’
There was not a single thing of disbelief.
Hong Jeong-su, a man who only wanted to take advantage of the good-hearted monks.
‘It just kept getting in the way of me.’
In that heart.
A huge debt arose.