The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 304

Episode 304:

“Now that I think about it, you disappeared as soon as you got here, so I guess you’ve never stopped by this restaurant.”

The reason why Park Jung-gu hesitated to give directions to the kitchen.

I think it’s because he’s mistaking me for an assassin.

I thought he was hesitant due to the fact that he was trying to make a poison that would kill people.

“I think I’ve said it a few times… but the food here is quite edible.”

“…?”

“And there’s a reason for that.”

It wasn’t.

“I don’t know about you, but… there are more awakened people in this world than you might think.”

“…yes?”

He leads me into the kitchen.

When you start saying things like that.

“And those awakened people from various professions… have the greatest influence, at least in their fields of expertise.”

I thought to myself.

I was really wondering.

“In the case of this central branch, the kitchen and dining room can be considered places under such influence.”

“….”

no.

Anyway, that’s true.

I was the only one in that vast land of Gangwon-do.

“The owner of the kitchen exists here. That’s it…”

When I followed him to the kitchen.

What greeted me.

“Aang? “What are you guys doing…”

“…”

“You came into the sacred kitchen with feet of clay and sat down!?”

Short hair with tattoos visible here and there.

A man who looks like a very delinquent gangster.

And at the same time.

“That’s my friend.”

“….”

[Ingredient Identification (Enhancement)]

[Awakened: True Western Food]

[Occupation: Intermediate Chef Lv.21]

He was a chef.

“crazy.”

“I’m the one who has to say that, you bastard!”

* * *

Crazy.

‘There was another cook besides me?’

but.

This job as a chef is a fairly rare job.

Aside from simply making delicious dishes.

By refining and processing power that humans cannot absorb.

A job that relies on human power.

but.

‘It’s not a particularly unique job… of course.’

Even though the entire Gangwon-do was wiped out, not a single person came out.

In other words.

I was there in Gangwon-do too.

There may be at least one person in another region.

“What is this guy… what are you doing if you don’t turn it off quickly?”

That proof.

This guy is just like a bully.

“Now, calm down.”

I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t speak.

Park Jung-gu smiled hollowly and stood between me and the chef.

“…You’re an old man from Jung-gu. “What are you doing here?”

“It’s nothing special. “This friend said he wanted to tour the kitchen here.”

“This man?”

The man who looked like a gangster looked at me with a dissatisfied expression.

He immediately held out his hand and said.

“My name is Howard Zinn. “Call me Howard.”

“…yes. “My name is Youngjun Shin.”

…Howard?

A little question arose in my head, but there was no time to dwell on it.

“So what’s going on in the kitchen?”

“What can I say? “I wanted to take a look.”

“yes?”

I can’t reveal my true intentions, so I mutter in confusion.

“…Oh really. This is why other awakened people.”

“yes?”

“Don’t you think the kitchen is just a place for chefs to have fun? huh?”

A man with a very harsh attitude.

Park Jung-gu, who saw that, stood between me and the man and said.

“I didn’t mean to. “I apologize if I was offended.”

“…Whew.”

He whipped his head around in frustration.

He said with a sigh.

“We brought a lot of food from the northern part of Jung-gu, where Mr. Jung-gu is located… Thanks to that, the situation in the kitchen has improved a lot. “I’m only letting you go once.”

“Thank you.”

“There’s nothing else to do, right? I’m already busy working, so don’t disturb me and leave quickly. “Next time you come, at least don’t come into the kitchen with dirt feet.”

“I understand, I understand.”

In the end, like that.

Park Joong-gu, unable to withstand the pressure from a man who looked like a gangster, took me with him and retreated.

“Haha… I guess you were embarrassed.”

“Uh yeah. “A little bit.”

After a while.

Jung-gu spoke to me as I stood dazed in shock.

“That man is the reason I hesitated when I was asked to lead him to the kitchen. “His name is Howard.”

“…Howard?”

“Um, Howard Zinn? “I heard they learned how to cook in Canada.”

[Jin Yang-sik]

It seems a little different from the name I saw.

Well, that’s not important right now.

“…You seemed like you had a pretty rough personality.”

“Haha… if I put it in a bad way, that’s okay. To put it positively, he is a person who takes great pride in his work.”

A man who chases me away with harsh words.

I only saw it briefly, but there was something like a tattoo on his arm.

Even his short-cut hair gave him a strangely scary look.

Park Jung-gu is basically an easy-going personality unless he is someone who boosts his winning spirit.

It seemed like I was just going to say that and move on.

“That kind of thing is a chef…”

What can I say?

A person who is quite different from the fantasy I had of a chef.

“It’s amazing that there is a job called a chef. “It could be because you don’t know much about other people’s jobs.”

Jung-gu seemed to understand what I was saying as ‘I can’t believe there is a job called a chef.’

He answered as if he himself was absurd.

“Still, if you look into it, chef is a surprisingly ordinary occupation. There are many criminal-type jobs, such as petty thieves, and there is one job that I have heard of that is the most absurd. If you hear it, you will be shocked….” Jung-gu

starts talking about something incoherently.

“More than that.”

I stop talking.

I decided to ask something important right away.

“…What does that chef do? “He looks like a very gangster.”

“Kahaha. It would be better not to say that in front of him. Well, as you can see, he is a man with a job that only exists in this ‘Central Association’. As I said, he’s a chef… and he’s in charge of cooking here, as per his profession.”

He muttered, licking his lips.

“Honestly, it doesn’t seem like a very meaningful job, but the taste of the food is still quite excellent. If you eat it, you can get a fairly significant level of buff…”

“Is that so…”

“Actually, that was the reason why I was embarrassed when you disappeared. Since it is a specialty only here, I wanted to try it at least once. “In a world where there is nothing left to enjoy, shouldn’t we at least enjoy the pleasure of eating?”

I guess.

Although he is so picky, he seems to be working sincerely when it comes to serving the food.

It’s not a job with great meaning.

You can somehow get a meaningful level of buff.

If you hear things like this, it’s likely that you’re not a very good cook…

‘No, wait a minute.’

Come to think of it…

‘Han Yi-seo acted like he was hearing the concept of [eating monsters] for the first time?’

Because I heard that.

I also decided that there were no chefs in Gyeonggi-do.

If that chef is serving ordinary food to others.

That was a bit strange.

[Chef] This means that even though there are a lot of awakened people, the concept of eating monsters is not widespread.

‘Did you hide it on purpose? Otherwise…’

Doubts settled in my head.

There was no way to get the answer right away.

“I heard that all the elites of the Central Association went missing after going to attack the ‘cause of the cold.’ “Isn’t that person an elite member of the Association?”

“huh? no. What are you talking about? It’s elite, right? “It’s just not a combat job.”

ah.

“The president of the association only brought in combat positions. Other than that, I guess they were support positions with the ability to be immediately effective on the battlefield. Of course, we left the production workers behind at the base.”

“Every single executive of that guild was included in the attack….”

“That’s because all of those executives were combat workers.”

…but.

If you think about it.

My job is a chef.

‘If you dig into more detail, it’s correct to think of it as [cooking disease].’

A chef and a soldier at the same time.

Although a chef is a chef.

There were parts of those characteristics that could be applied in battle.

Because there is such a unique part.

Although he was a cook, he also roamed the battlefield.

‘An ordinary cook… If you’re a production worker, it’s natural not to follow you to the battlefield.’

Our guild’s representative blue collar awakener.

Lee Sang-ah, the leader, is quite good at combat.

However, even she focused only on supervising the production staff after she no longer had a shortage of combat personnel.

Even though elites are elites.

It may be for the same reason that the leadership role here is now played by someone else.

‘The potential of production workers would have been revealed relatively late in life.’

It is only after using monsters’ materials that the real effects begin to appear in production work.

Until then, there has been little activity.

The reason the production workers were able to play an active role from the beginning was because our unit was in a unique environment where we were able to quickly increase the number of awakened people.

It was quite slow for the blue-collar workers to stand out among the other survivors.

‘I guess that’s why this battle fanatic overlooked me being so harsh.’

Park Joong-gu is a battle fanatic.

It seemed like that personality only appeared in the same combat positions.

To be honest, I was a little embarrassed.

If it were normal, I would have tried to approach that man and find out more about him.

“More than that.”

okay.

Whether that guy has the same job as me or not.

For now, my goal remains the same.

“Are you saying I can’t use the kitchen if that person is there?”

“Hmm. “The probability of that happening is probably high.”

My goal now.

Go into that kitchen and make a ‘proper dish’.

‘By force-feeding it to the leaders here… [persuade] them.’

Although it is a method that has not been used before.

at the same time.

‘It is also an easy method to cook if given the environment to cook.’

But no way.

I never thought I would get stuck in the ‘environment for cooking’ part.

“…Is there any way I can use the kitchen?”

“hmm. Even if you say that. As you can see, that kitchen is the chef’s domain… and he is a man who takes pride in that domain.”

In a small voice

– Compared to combat workers, there is bound to be less activity. Park Jung-gu mutters, “I guess he just wants to claim his rights in his own territory.”

…but it was the same in Gangwon-do.

Even here, the profession of chef did not seem to be overvalued that much.

The reason is probably.

‘It’s probably because that chef’s skills aren’t that strong.’

Immediately I will bring the vimana’s food storage and kitchen.

If only I could cook authentic food here.

I was confident that the humans here could create dishes that would make you faint.

‘But the chef here couldn’t do that.’

Although I have pride and authority in my field as a chef.

Other than claiming that, he has not shown any activity that could increase the value of the chef profession.

He looks like a gangster and spits harsh words the first time they meet him.

It was hard to see him as a proper cook.

There is a high probability that your skills will not be that great either.

If so, hmm.

“that person.”

“hmm?”

“You said your pride as a chef is high… right?”

“I see. I haven’t met him often, but he often repeats the same thing, saying, “If you’re a chef, you have to be like this.” “The young friend had a more old-fashioned side than me.”

“The reason it’s taking up the kitchen. “The reason was that it was the domain of chefs.”

“hmm. yes. “What does that mean?”

“Thank you for letting me know. And from now on…”

Grinning.

“I will take care of it.”

* * *

“yes?”

Let me go back to the kitchen.

The bad-looking cook looked at me with a frown.

Although I was a little intimidated inside by its scary appearance.

“That scary-looking guy from earlier. “What is going on here?”

In the next words.

I was so moved that I could only mutter.

“Then you lose…!”

“What man?”

Huh.

I was so upset for a moment that I said something strange.

There was something else to do.

“First, I shook off my shoes and washed my hands.”

“Hmph… I guess I’ve finally got the basics down.”

“yes. So, could you please let me inside?”

In those words.

The chef frowns.

“It’s a refusal.”

“Why is that so?”

“I’m busy cooking. Besides, the kitchen is the domain of chefs. “The fact that someone who isn’t even a chef is just looking at me for the sake of interest… I feel like I’m an animal in a zoo, so it’s extremely unpleasant.”

okay.

This is exactly what I was waiting for.

“The kitchen is the domain of chefs….”

“Why are you dissatisfied?”

“No, it’s not like that.”

okay.

I don’t know anything else.

I really agree with that statement.

“Anyway, then you’ll have to let me in even more.”

“So you keep talking nonsense….”

“That’s right.”

The kitchen is the chef’s domain.

And that’s why.

I deserved to be in there.

“I’m a chef too.”

“…what?”

I just kept it hidden until now.

The reason for hiding it was simple.

That’s right.

Those who find out this secret…

‘I might have to kill them myself.’