The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 198
Episode 198 Compatibility (1)
No, what.
The guy whose abilities have become so strong.
“There is a fire that has been quieted because of you. “That fire could suppress the fire demons released from the military base.”
“What kind of bullshit are you talking about…!”
That guy’s nonsense is the same.
‘Just because my abilities have gotten stronger, doesn’t mean I’ve become kinder?’
It was absurd.
No… but.
If so.
‘Even more so, I should have come to the 423rd Battalion.’
I also thought about it.
‘Because Taejun and the other members of the raider team don’t know much about the unit’s situation.’
To be exact.
After ‘Doomsday’.
How did the unit members who left the mountain range grow?
What have you been through?
Who became a new comrade in arms….
‘Who lived and how they died.’
Taejun, who was stuck here.
do not know.
‘If you listen to those explanatory phrases… perhaps they are clues to solving this problem.’
in other words.
It must be something to do with the strength of our unit.
No matter how much of a shaman-like job it is, a planetarium is called a planetarium.
A guy who has not received any detailed information about the unit except for guild messages.
Is there any way you could know about that?
On the other hand.
‘If it’s me… it’s possible.’
Although I’m not bragging.
I think I have a friendly relationship with my unit members.
There.
Not long ago, interviews were held with former unit members.
Customers who will eat my cooking.
Since they don’t know when to feed me my ‘cooking with all my might’.
I understand the detailed information to some extent.
“Damn it, what can I do? “I have to do it.”
If it were me who had been with us through the entire history of our unit.
I can interpret the words this guy is spitting out.
“Sergeant Shin! The notebook and pen you mentioned! “I brought it.”
“thanks.”
I kept taking notes of the guy muttering in my notebook.
What does that mean?
I interpreted what they were trying to convey.
‘The first thing he said was… the axe was small, but it suddenly grew bigger…’
At first, I wondered what this meant.
I racked my brain to analyze its meaning.
“Is this really that?”
I didn’t understand at first.
Let’s concentrate as much as possible
[Chef: All unit members are focused.]
What does that mean?
I felt like I knew.
* * *
“Thank you for your hard work~.”
“Everyone worked hard.”
The size of the army grows.
Most of the unit members were busy with their respective jobs.
For combat workers.
The most representative ones are patrolling the surrounding area and subjugating monsters.
[Vimana] They say the mercenaries will solve the problem in the vicinity.
The AI of those mercenary soldiers is so bad.
It was not easy to patrol or subdue distant areas.
“Off. It was my first long-distance mission in a while. Have a hard time.”
“haha. “It’s boring to just take on patrol duties, so isn’t it okay to do something like this sometimes?”
Taking on that role.
The soldiers of the legion.
“I’m glad the mission ended well, but it won’t be until tomorrow before I can return to the vimana.”
“If we hurry, we may be able to arrive at night… but there is no need, so there is a guard post set up by engineers nearby. “Let’s stay there tonight.”
And now.
One of those soldiers was returning from a mission.
“lol. “Then I have to share the same room with Sooyeon.”
“Ugh…”
One of the unit members.
He said, pulling the cheek of a girl who still looked young.
As the army expanded its power, it accepted many different types of humans.
Its members included men, women, the elderly, and children.
The person I am talking to now is a woman in her early 30s.
And he was a child who only looked like he was in middle or high school.
“If we share the same room, they won’t let us sleep until late… We’ll be busy tomorrow too, so even if we share a separate room today…” “
Then you’ll be lonely. huh? “Let’s sleep together with my sister~.”
Toward the woman playing with her balls.
A girl who makes a fuss.
“If it’s because you’re lonely. “Umm.”
“Look at how weak you are and can’t refuse. “You’re cute~.”
A lot has happened since Doomsday.
Among them, there were many who suffered heartache.
Join the corps.
These people feel calm in many ways after eating the rationed food.
The atmosphere upon returning from the mission was quite comfortable.
“Until we return, it’s no different from carrying out an operation. … Please be a little quiet.”
“Yes~.”
However, the operation is not completely over yet.
A middle-aged man with a grave look and a large scar on his face joined the conversation between the two.
“And the guard post there seemed to have a lot of rooms. Everyone will be given a private room. “It means we won’t have to share the same room.”
“Cheet.”
A woman who looks playfully regretful.
And so the unit’s march continues.
“Thank you for that.”
After a while.
A girl who looked to be around high school age approached a middle-aged man and started talking.
“hmm? “What do you mean?”
“You helped me because I looked like I was in trouble earlier, right?”
In those words.
A middle-aged man who smiles and says it’s no big deal.
“There is no need to be grateful. “Because it is my role to do this.”
“But it’s true that I’m grateful.”
“Miss Suyeon is performing her role well, so I’m just being faithful to my role.”
The girl’s name is Lee Su-yeon.
past.
I was hiding out by picking up pet food from a storeroom at a supermarket.
There was a brother and sister who were discovered by a group of soldiers searching the supermarket for food and joined them.
Suyeon Lee.
She was the older sister of the siblings discovered at the time.
“…Incredible. Like a man, I understand the mood of my squad members, stay focused, and show consideration… I don’t think I’ll be able to do this.”
“Well, I haven’t aged in a while, so it’s natural for me to be sensitive to this level. In my opinion, Sooyeon is even more amazing. Even though he is still young, he is performing his role properly. “It’s so great that I can’t even compare to it.”
“That’s not true.”
“hmm?”
He was a middle-aged man who wanted to compliment.
Lee Su-yeon shakes her head resolutely at the middle-aged man’s words.
“The Corps Commander also said that age and gender do not matter to awakened people.”
“Huh.”
Recently, the corps has started aiming to become elite.
From now on, they have decided to strictly accept new corps members.
Until then, anyone who wanted to come in was reluctant.
To that extent.
The number of young corps members was by no means small.
but.
‘It is also true that most of them were assigned to relatively safe missions.’
No matter how old an awakened person is, it doesn’t matter.
That’s exactly what it says.
Sending a child into battle is difficult even for an adult.
but.
“Thank you for your help, but if you’re thinking of paying extra attention to me because I’m young, there’s no need to do that.”
“…This is so. “I made a mistake.”
A girl who is just about to enter high school.
Suyeon Lee didn’t want that kind of consideration.
past.
Because I don’t have any power, I’m stuck in a dark space.
A time when I had to fall apart in fear and terror.
She couldn’t forget the moment she woke up to every sound outside.
I would have rather died fighting.
I never wanted to be like that again.
To do that, I had to increase my strength.
For her who wants to increase her strength.
Consideration just because you’re young is just useless.
“It’s not like it’s a mistake! “That’s just the way it is.”
“haha. Sooyeon is very stocky. “When I look at Sooyeon, I think of my daughters.”
About that story.
A woman in her 30s who was walking in the distance approached and joined the conversation.
“What is it? Mr. Jungseok. “Did you have a daughter too?”
“hmm? Didn’t I tell you? I am currently studying abroad in the United States. I’m worried about what happened there, but… they were straight-laced kids. “I believe he will survive well.”
“You’re Mr. Joong-seok’s daughter… hmm, I can’t imagine it?”
“Luckily, she looks more like my wife than me. “They’re both quite cute.”
“I’m curious. “But she may not be cuter than our Suyeon!”
“Why am I here again…!”
It seems like he joined the conversation in the first place because he wanted to joke around.
It was the woman touching Su-yeon’s cheek again….
Tiring.
“?”
right before their eyes.
A line of messages appeared.
[Chef: All corps members, concentrate.]
To be precise.
A guild message appeared.
“This is….”
Guild message.
The only people who can transmit this are senior level personnel in the corps.
There are also private messages between them and messages that only executives can see.
Just like this.
It was also possible to send a message that could be seen by all unit members.
“This is an order from the corps commander.”
“…!”
Let’s look at the message.
The playful atmosphere from before was nowhere to be found.
Soldiers stand up calmly holding their weapons.
“Everyone, please concentrate because you don’t know what orders will come.”
“…Loyalty!”
At the same time as the command of the corps commander was issued.
It’s as if the light atmosphere from just a moment ago has gone somewhere.
A squad leader who gives orders with cool eyes.
Squad members too.
I followed the command with a nervous look on my face.
And soon.
Additional orders were given.
[Chef: Squad 13. Head to the location where the 324th Battalion under the 12th Corps is located and subdue the monsters that appear in the area.]
“The 13th Squad. This.”
“It’s about us.”
The order given was:
It was directed at none other than their squad.
“I was just about to return. “This is true.”
There were some complaints, but they were short-lived.
The members of the 13th squad began preparations for the operation.
and.
A middle-aged man with a large scar on his face.
Park Joong-seok opened his mouth.
“Please give orders. “Squad leader.”
The person he was talking about.
“…Former squad member.”
“Loyalty!” It was a small girl
who was pinching her cheek just a moment ago
.
“We are beginning preparations for the operation.”
* * *
“Department Captain Park Joong-seok.”
“yes. “Partial leader Park Joong-seok.”
“Take out the military map and figure out the shortest route to the 324th Battalion. “We’ll have to move as quickly as possible, so hurry.”
“Loyalty.”
A middle-aged man who received orders.
After confirming that Park Jung-seok took out a military map.
Suyeon Lee called the next unit member.
“Choi Seong-ah, squad member.”
“Loyalty. “Squad member Choi Seong-ah.”
A woman who had been teasing a girl by pinching her cheek just a moment ago.
She answered the call with a serious expression.
“We will run as soon as the route is figured out. “Please use the buff beforehand.”
“All right.”
The playful atmosphere from before was gone.
A priest who takes out a cross around his neck and sprays buffs on his troops.
“Legion headquarters.”
“It’s close.”
Some of the waiting unit members opened their mouths as if they were anxious.
“I would be happy if it was an ordinary monster subjugation mission.”
“After all, it’s near a military base….”
“I think it’s something unusual, especially since it was ordered directly by the commander of the corps. It might be a mission that we can solve on our own….”
A mission that takes place close to a military base.
If you do it wrong, you may attract the attention of powerful monsters that may be located in the military base.
No…
the monster itself could be the target of subjugation.
The monsters located in the military base are especially powerful.
No matter how corps it is, it is not an enemy that an ordinary squad can handle.
“If a mission is impossible, all you have to do is make it possible.”
“….”
but.
Their squad leader spoke casually.
Looking at the anxious unit members.
She continues speaking calmly.
“If you’re really scared, you can hide behind.”
“Squad leader…!”
“We’re not that cowardly.”
“It’s a subjugation mission adjacent to a military base. “It’s natural to be afraid.”
past.
When she was an ordinary survivor, she held only a fire axe.
In the process of escaping from the apartment.
An old fire ax that I was lucky enough to obtain.
One time I used that fire axe.
She even had thoughts of committing suicide along with her younger brother.
After going through awakening.
Now that I have grown through countless battles.
she is.
I had become a different kind of person than in the past.
It’s so loud…
it doesn’t seem like an ordinary human could even lift it.
An excessively large ax spear.
A halberd with a weight approaching a ton appears.
“Squad members should move with safety as their top priority.”
I don’t know if it’s used for decoration.
A heavy weapon that appears to have no practical use.
“Just like I always do when there is a difficult mission. This subjugation mission as well.”
Sooyeon Lee.
He said, lightly placing the halberd, which was larger than his own body, on his shoulder.
“I will solve it.”
Those words toward the squad members.
There was endless confidence.