The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 21

Episode 21 Interrogation (2)

“Are you here, Sergeant Shin?”

“Oh yeah, it’s been a lot of trouble. “Is there anything special?”

“yes. “I thought they might try to escape, but they probably thought it was impossible, so they are quiet now.”

After roughly organizing the ‘threat’.

Guided by the soldiers, I arrived at the basement of the restaurant where the five men were being held.

A space where Lieutenant Kim was imprisoned and ‘persuaded’ not long ago.

I opened the door to one of them and went in.

“Hello, Mr. Chanjoong?”

There was a man tied up in the room with a blank expression.

Named Chanjoong.

This man was clearly the strongest among the five.

He was also the guy I subdued with my own hands at the restaurant.

Is that why?

“Hee hee!!”

As soon as he saw my face, Chanjoong screamed and started a fight.

No matter what, the first greeting is a sigh.

“Is that what you say as soon as you see a person’s face?”

“I’m sorry!”

I thought it might be a little unpleasant, but I said something to try to get the momentum going, but it quickly ended.

If anyone saw him shaking so hard, they would think he was receiving a death threat.

They seem to be overly afraid of me.

‘Is it worth it?’

I thought I couldn’t kill it, so I came up with a way to subdue it without killing it.

The problem was that the result was a method of ‘cleaning rather than killing’.

‘…even though I was in the position of grooming it, it was a bit disgusting.’

That was the extent of it from my perspective, but what was it like from the perspective of someone who was being groomed directly?

I don’t know, but seeing as he even fainted, I thought he must have been in a lot of pain.

I didn’t know that just looking at my face would make people foam at the mouth.

“Hmm. Anyway, Mr. Chanjoong.”

“Yes yes!”

“The reason I came to see you, Mr. Chanjoong, is because I have a few favors to ask… will you please?”

“Just leave everything to me!” So please… please save me…”

He must have been so traumatized that he completely surrendered to me.

As expected, maybe that was too much… My conscience prickled a little as I thought about it.

However, in the end, it is a good situation in that one of the people who threatened the unit complied with the interrogation.

‘…good is good.’

I decided to ignore any remorse.

“Sure. “If Chanjoong just listens to what I say, you won’t get sashimi again.”

“Hee hee.”

“Then eat some of this first.”

When I handed him the confessional ice cream I had left just in case, the man accepted the bowl with a somewhat puzzled expression.

Even though I was trembling with fear, my expression relaxed a little when I ate it, wondering if it tasted good.

‘It seems like I’ve completely surrendered… but there’s always what if.’

I’m not bragging, but I’m confident that I made it quite deliciously.

I would be happy to eat it, except for the side effect of being overly honest.

“Well, first I have a few questions.”

I asked Chanjoong a few more things I was personally curious about.

Actually, I could have asked you the last time I gave you a confession, but there are a few things I couldn’t ask because I wasn’t in a good mood at the time.

“The reason we wanted to take over the unit… has to do with our jobs.”

“job?”

The story that came out during that time was quite shocking.

“My colleagues and I… we all have different jobs, but we have something in common.”

“hmm? What are the commonalities between different professions? “What is it…”

“I mean, I’m a criminal.”

“criminal?”

“Brother Kwon Chang and I are ‘arsonists.’ “The rest of my brothers have jobs like ‘gangsters’ and ‘scammers.’”

“under.”

Well, considering that this world has turned into a game, it’s not a strange job.

This was a shocking fact in that it had a different meaning from things like ‘priest’ or ‘wizard’.

‘There are even jobs that are explicitly related to crime.’

Even if they say they are the same person.

Because it also meant that I couldn’t trust it.

“We were the so-called gangsters… operating near Gangwon-do.”

Chanjoong explained the process of his awakening.

Chanjoong and his colleagues were members of a gangster organization operating in Gangwon-do, especially near Chuncheon.

It is said that the world has become difficult for gangsters to live in, but it is said that they have changed into a corporate type and are doing well.

“But one day, monsters appeared, killed people, zombies appeared… and the world began to fall apart.”

In the midst of the chaos, most of the members of the organization Chanjoong belonged to also died.

Fortunately, only five members of their group barely survived and were able to awaken while running away.

“Anyway, we succeeded in awakening everyone. “There is a problem.”

“Is this a problem?”

“It was difficult for us to increase our power because our job was just a job.”

All of them are awakened criminals.

Although awakenings were rare, information about the awakening itself was widely spread among the survivors.

They are already men with a scary appearance.

It was difficult to gain trust from others or increase power while hiding a criminal job title.

“That’s what I thought.”

“What do you mean?”

“If we find it difficult to increase our power, let’s eat up other forces.”

So they joined Sang-Ah’s group of survivors.

Even hiding the fact that he was an awakened person.

“That woman was quite sincere, her job was funny, and her abilities were decent. I thought that its power would grow quickly. “It was a plan where we would later absorb the power that had grown so much.”

“It won’t be easy to take over someone else’s power, right?”

“One of my older brothers has the ‘trickster’ ability, right? If you use that ability well, you can incite and drive out even a normal leader like a serious criminal. A group that lost its leader like that…”

It gives me goosebumps.

These guys.

It’s like a virus that removes the group’s head and only occupies its body.

“Then why did you try to take over our unit?”

“If you’re going to eat another power, wouldn’t it be better to eat a bigger power? The survivor group is rather small. “I thought that Brother Kwon Chang’s abilities would give him an advantage against soldiers who mainly use firearms… I thought that if I could just subdue the soldiers and get the guns, there would be no need to secretly plot from within.”

A group of survivors who just happened to join decided to head to a nearby military base.

If you occupy that place and obtain powerful firearms, it will be possible to increase your power through force from now on.

“What if there is an awakened person in our unit?”

“That’s why I spent several days researching. If there were awakeners stronger than us, we would take our time rather than engage in an all-out war. He secretly sneaked in and gradually expanded his influence with the instigation ability of his conman brother, then rebelled. gulp. “That was the plan.”

Only after hearing that story did I understand the prophecy that Taejun had spoken.

‘I wondered if there was a reason to hide one’s strength from these weak guys.’

If they knew that we were a strong force, they secretly joined our force, pretending to be survivors.

They must have carefully increased their power from the inside.

Like cancer cells that suddenly appear in the body.

In the end, they would have taken over the head and the body.

‘…Even if we noticed it later, it would have been difficult to eliminate these guys whose power had grown from within.’

If Taejun hadn’t gotten the hint that he needed to hide his power from this guy, he would have suffered a great deal of damage.

“…under.”

It’s good to know their intentions.

Preventing that intention without harm can also be seen as the greatest achievement.

But it didn’t feel good.

Beyond monsters and zombies, we now have to be wary of even the humans we encounter.

‘If I think about it now, it was dangerous to bring survivors into the unit.’

I did it because I didn’t know at the time… but

it was a situation where if I did something wrong, the unit could collapse from within.

After roughly hearing the whole story, I left the man and left the basement.

I had a vague idea of their identity and intentions.

the problem is.

‘What should I do with these guys?’

These people will only waste food if left alone.

The fastest way to deal with it before it causes other problems.

That means killing.

‘We have no experience killing humans yet.’

someday.

The day may come when humans will have to kill each other.

However, in order to protect the humanity of the unit, my judgment is that it is still too early to have such an experience.

Measures must be taken to prevent them from becoming a threat without killing them.

There is a good way….

“Yeo Youngjun!”

“Lieutenant Kim?”

As I was walking around the base worrying, someone called my name.

Lieutenant Kim.

He said with an awkward smile.

“Yes, I came to reassure the survivors as you instructed!”

Survivors suddenly face a threat to their lives.

Moreover, we learned that we had been hiding the fact that we were a unit made up of awakened people.

I thought their anxiety was growing, so I sent Lieutenant Kim to reassure them.

“Were there any problems?”

“huh! There were a lot of voices that sounded a bit anxious, but I’m also the type of person who speaks well. “I persuaded him well, and in the end, he smiled and moved on.”

This ability is really useful.

“So, that’s right.”

“What else do you have to say?”

“You did a good job with what I asked you to do, right?”

“Yes, you did well.”

“As compensation. “Can you make me something like a late-night snack just once?”

“…iced coffee.”

I wondered what he was going to say.

Lieutenant Kim is addicted to the dishes I make.

Since you did well in what you were asked to do, can you please cook one more dish?

“Woah, did I cross the line a bit? Just kidding! I am satisfied with just eating three meals a day! “I definitely don’t mean to climb up!”

“No, whatever. All right. “I think you solved it well, so I’ll give you one.”

Although there are not enough food ingredients.

Lieutenant Kim likes food made from monsters.

There is a lot of lizard meat, so I can do this much.

“…Thank you, Youngjun! “I will continue to be loyal!”

“…ah.”

“Yes? “Do you have anything to say?”

“no. “Let’s go and see.”

Lieutenant Kim is addicted to my cooking and pledges his loyalty with just a late-night snack.

Looking at him, a solution came to mind.

“Hee hee! That’s all I said! Really!”

“I know, I know. “I came because I have one more favor to ask.”

I went into the basement again and looked for Chanjoong.

“Here, grab your notebook and pen.”

“Why is this?”

“Write it down there.”

Just give it to me.

Wouldn’t they be happy to do what they like?

“You and your brothers. Favorite dish Disliked dish. Do you eat it bland or salty? What kind of appetite and eating habits do you have? All.”

A few days after that.

[Achievement achieved – Indoctrination]

[A party made up of evil attributes has been completely subdued with the power of cooking.] [A

title will be given as a reward.]

[Title – Indoctrination Chef]

[Targets evil attribute monster jobs. The effectiveness of cooking increases by 30%.]

Achievements and titles given as rewards for educating criminals through cooking.

‘Sweet.’

The youngest members with unusual occupations joined the unit.