The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 20

Episode 20 Interrogation (1)

When I returned from subduing the awakened guy who was hiding his identity in the restaurant.

The commotion in the unit had already been sorted out to some extent.

“Wow, Sergeant Shin Youngjun? “What about that…”

“Oh, I’m sorry. “It doesn’t look that good, does it?”

I rushed over because I thought there might be a problem in the dormitory.

However, there was no point in just throwing out the awakened person who had been subdued in the restaurant, so I brought him in for now.

The other soldiers who saw that were scared.

“…Is that thing alive?”

“uh. The pain seemed a bit severe. “I fainted now, so whatever.”

Basically, my job as a chef is not a combat job.

Rather, it is closer to a rear support team that supports allies through cooking.

Actually, my abilities are more effective there, but I fought with my troops on the front line during the last raid.

There are two reasons why it was possible.

One is thanks to the ‘Lesser Dagger Skill’ trait

and the other is thanks to the ‘Chef’s Eye’ skill.

‘A chef’s eye is a good skill, but….’

It was not without its drawbacks.

Basically, what the chef’s eye shows is how to ‘prepare’ the target ingredients.

However, most methods of preparing meat start with cutting the windpipe and draining the blood.

It’s good to be able to easily know the enemy’s weaknesses, but…

‘The problem is that the lethality is too high.’

When you need to keep an opponent alive without killing them, the method to use was ambiguous.

However, if I do not use this ability, my combat power itself decreases drastically.

Of course, you can literally choose to focus only on rear support, but since monsters have started to appear, it is better to pay attention to your own combat abilities, just like when you faced the monster that first attacked the restaurant.

However, even if the goal is to kill monsters right away, when dealing with humans like this time, there will be a need to keep them alive rather than kill them.

This is what came to mind while I was wondering if there was a way.

‘Raw fish sashimi.’

Among them, rather than the raw fish served at a raw fish restaurant, the raw fish is prepared on the spot by captains who have been on fishing boats for decades.

When eating fish straight from the sea.

Sometimes, it is raw and raw without having to kill it and undergo time-consuming aging.

‘That’s also a great grooming method.’

When I tried using the skill with that thought in mind, the ‘maintenance method’ in the direction I expected came to mind.

…The problem is that it has become like that.

“Is that why it happened like that?”

“okay. Even though I’m unconscious right now, I never know when I’ll wake up and go on a rampage. Bind him properly and send him to a priest for treatment.”

I left the guy with one of his arms ‘sliced alive’ in the hands of the soldiers and went to where the other soldiers were gathered.

There were four men who had already been subdued and were kneeling.

They were in a state of panic ever since I brought in the unconscious awakened person.

“That’s Chanjoong!”

“Chanjoong, who was the strongest among us, only lost to the cook…?”

“Even in such a cruel way… what about this unit?”

Aside from the one guy lying unconscious.

The rest of them looked at me and started whispering among themselves as if they were shocked.

‘The strongest?’

They asked me to take on the role of digging up information on the unit, so I thought I would be the youngest.

Considering that he was the strongest, his status may have been higher than expected.

But honestly, if you ask me if I was strong….

“Only this much?”

I definitely think that even if the ability to throw a huge fire doesn’t work for me, it might work for other people.

But that’s it.

When we started fighting properly, he turned to me, the cook.

Strength too.

Skills too.

Technology too.

It was no match in every way.

“That was the strongest level among these guys. “How weak are you?”

“That’s not true, I think we have become too strong.”

Gwangil, who was also at the scene, said this.

“The average level of these guys seems to be around 3. In our unit, there are at least 5 to 6 people who seem to have awakened a little quickly. “Sergeant Shin Young-jun, didn’t you even go beyond level 10?”

“Well, that’s true.”

“And there’s a token there too.”

A group skill certificate received for forming the second clan in Korea.

A badge in the form of a dog tag that only our clan can wear has the effect of permanently increasing stats.

If a level 1 unit member wears it, he or she can obtain similar stats to a level 5 awakened person who is not wearing it.

It was an incredible spec.

‘It is an item that increases a fixed number to a certain extent, so the efficiency will decrease as the individual’s growth progresses.’

In general, buffs are broadly divided into two types.

One is a fixed stat increase and the other is a percentage increase.

In the case of electronically fixed stat increases, it has a significant effect when basic abilities are low.

When the stat is 1, if it increases by 1, it doubles, but if it increases by 1 when it is 100, a 1/100 growth is not very meaningful.

Conversely, in the latter case, the higher the basic ability, the greater the effect.

When the stat is 1, a 100% increase is only an increase of 1, but when the stat is 100, it increases by 100.

Among them, the certificate corresponds to the former.

I don’t know what will happen later.

‘It’s a fraudulent item that immediately raises level 1 to level 5.’

The guy who was the leader of those guys was killed in an instant when Hanil and Daewon, who were the strongest in the warrior group after Gwangil, joined in.

As each of the rest was weaker than the awakened members of our unit, several people joined together to fight, and they were cleared out in an instant.

“Plus, the unit members are always sparring with each other, except during reconnaissance time. Those guys. “It seems like they don’t know how to fight with the physical abilities of an awakened person.”

It seems like they are attacking with confidence because there are five awakened people besides me.

This means that it was not a match in the first place.

Our unit has become so strong…

“Honestly, I thought something big would happen while I was gone.”

When I heard the plan of the man I overpowered at the restaurant.

I was very upset when I heard that others might attack the unit while I was away.

When I came back, it looked neatly organized even without me.

“…I guess there’s no problem now that I’m gone. “I didn’t even have a cooking buff.”

“Haha, that’s not true.”

Gwangil laughed and continued speaking.

“We have become stronger, but how can we do this alone?”

“Hmm…”

“Isn’t it because Sergeant Shin fed me and raised me that I grew up to this point?”

Come to think of it.

I suddenly remember the thoughts I had when I joined other soldiers after a monster appeared in my unit.

‘I guess I thought I had to feed this unit, or something like that?’

Although we are physically keeping them alive by feeding them food.

Other than that, my goal of somehow feeding the troops seems to be being achieved.

“Former soldiers…? “What on earth is this?…”

As I was saying that, Lee Sang-ah, the representative of the survivors, approached me with a puzzled expression.

He looked slightly tanned, probably because he had been fighting against two people until the troops intervened.

When I looked closely, it seemed like my arms were burned.

“It looks like your wounds are serious. We have a therapist in our unit, so you will be healed quickly. “Uijun!”

“yes! “Private First Class Sa Ui-jun.”

“Let’s treat this person first.”

“yep.”

A halo of light appeared from the medic’s hand, and just by placing it on the wound, the burn disappeared.

After a few seconds, only new skin remained without even a trace of injury.

“You guys… were awakened. “And all of them.”

“Not all of them. “It was just barely over half way through.”

“But doesn’t that mean there are more than 50 people…? “Oh my god…”

When I think about it, I ended up lying to this person.

They thought there were no awakened people in our unit and even shared their opinions on how to awaken.

It wasn’t a lie we said with malicious intent, but I think we need to explain it.

“Mr. Sang-ah, you said that your awakened profession was a seamstress, right?”

“yes.”

“I am a chef. In addition, there are awakeners of various professions. Healer Priest, Berserker, and Wizard….”

“Healer Priest, and Wizard?”

“yes. Among them, there is one who can see the future in a limited way called a planetarium.”

I explained why we hid the Awakened.

From the day the monster first visited the unit until now.

In fact, I knew the day before that the survivors would come, and there was a strange warning among them.

The explanation is that he accepted the warning and hid his awakening until he found a threat.

“I understand roughly… So, not only are most of you Awakened, but the number of Awakened is steadily increasing?”

“That’s the way it is.”

Then, Sang-ah became speechless as if lost in thought.

“…Anyway, I hope you don’t misunderstand. “It’s not because I have malicious intent.”

“…Ah yes! “There was no misunderstanding at all, so don’t worry.”

After that, he seemed to be lost in his thoughts again, so I decided there was no need to talk to him further, so I decided to leave for now.

As I approached the tied men again, several soldiers started talking to me.

“Once we have subdued it, how will we handle it?”

“I don’t know.”

“In my personal opinion, I don’t think keeping him alive will help…” Even if

I keep him alive, I don’t think it will help.

That’s what that word means.

“no. “Killing is still on hold.”

“…Why is that so?”

“It’s not only bad for the soldiers’ mentality, but also for the survivors.”

Soldiers have killed monsters, but they have never killed people.

No matter how much I got used to a few things during my fights, time had not passed to the point where I could accept murder without a problem.

The same goes for survivors.

Although they are clearly criminals, they are part of the survivor group.

If they are executed, other survivors will also have no choice but to tremble in fear.

‘But even if you don’t kill it and keep it alive, if it only depletes food and succeeds in escaping, the problem will increase.’

We can’t let go of those who attack other people by saying, ‘Attack other people, not us.’

“For now, put those guys in the basement of the restaurant.”

“Isn’t the basement of the restaurant… the boiler room?”

“uh. There must be seven rooms there for storage. “If you lock it from the outside, it will serve as a prison cell.”

There are a total of seven rooms.

We could probably incarcerate about five people without any problem.

“Because they are dangerous, select each one of them who has awakened to warrior status and manage them. “I’ll take care of it next time.”

After putting him in prison like that.

I decided to visit the prison the very next day.

OK.

“Hee hee!!”

…Anyway, that’s true.

Isn’t the first greeting a bit too much?