The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 309

Episode 309: A Soldier, Not a Chef

“I need to do some cooking first.”

“…uh?”

Let me say so.

Howard panicked and rushed towards me.

“I’m sure I’ll stop cooking this…!”

“That wasn’t what you promised, was it?”

“what?”

“I thought about it for half a day to see if there was another way.”

Howard looked at me like I was wondering what that meant.

I ignored that and said as I gathered up the kitchen utensils.

“Like you said, I think I’ve been a little excited so far.”

“…Yeah, and you still look excited.”

“The dish I’m about to cook right now isn’t something you should stop me from cooking, so calm down.”

“Even if I tell you to calm down…”

Originally.

I planned to bring the people participating in that meeting under my control through cooking.

but.

As Howard said, I decided to spend half a day thinking about another method.

I had no intention of breaking that promise.

“I heard you have such good insight?”

“….”

“Just look at it that way. “I wonder if what I say is true.”

In those words.

Howard looked at my face closely.

“…ha. “I don’t know, but I have no choice but to believe.”

Although it seems questionable.

Nevertheless, I nodded.

Eat.

I saw that.

After laughing lightly, I started cooking.

Like that guy said, it’s good to think of another way.

I decided to think of another way.

‘I need cooking to think properly.’

For that dish.

I took out the materials I had stored in the shadows.

“…uh?”

Howard, who saw that, was surprised and asked.

“Where did you just get that from?”

“Just think that there is such a thing.”

“No, that aside. What is that in your hand? “It looks like meat.”

“If you’re a chef, you can see it too, right?”

I’m in front of his face.

I said, showing the ingredients I had taken out.

[Frost Hunter Panteron]

[Freshness – High]

“It’s monster meat.”

“…What!?”

Shock spreads across Howard’s face.

“No way. “The subversive thing I was trying to do by cooking was monster meat…!”

“It’s not like that.”

I ignored the excited guy.

He said as he lit the brazier.

“The reason you didn’t eat the monster’s food. “I understand.”

“…?”

Cooking is something that goes directly into the human body.

Therefore, it is unacceptable for a chef to cook using ingredients that have not been confirmed.

This is the mindset of a great professional.

There are definitely things I need to learn.

but.

“In this world, only those who take a certain amount of risk can advance to the next level.”

“What is that…”

“You said you haven’t tried eating monster meat because you still have food, right?”

Although it was good to pursue stability.

Thanks to this, it has become stagnant.

“In order to move forward… I should have cooked and eaten the meat of the monster myself, even if it meant taking on the risk of becoming a monster myself.”

“….”

“I assure you. “You may be a great cook, but you’re a rookie who doesn’t know anything about [chefs].”

On my word.

Howard nodded solemnly.

“…is it. “I guess your cooking skills are the result of taking that risk.”

“That’s it.”

…perhaps.

If I get a chance later, I might be able to teach Lee how to cook.

on the other way.

I too would be able to learn about humanity’s proper cooking methods from him.

If only possible.

It’s possible that both of them will be able to raise the level of their cooking to a great extent.

Of course…

‘That’s only if the opportunity comes.’

Whether that opportunity will come or not.

It depended on whether I succeeded in coming up with another way or not.

* * *

Anyway, so.

[Panteron Steak with the calm emotions of a war chef]

“You really cooked the meat of a monster…”

The dish was completed.

I put the dish in my mouth.

‘…Whew!’

OK.

My head, which had been excited to find my parents’ whereabouts, was forced to cool down.

I felt my mind calming down.

‘He was definitely extremely excited.’

Only after I was forced to calm down the excitement.

I could feel how out of my mind I had been before that.

‘In order to find my parents’ whereabouts, I need the power of the humans of this [association]. This doesn’t change.’

Let your head sink.

My thoughts became more organized and I was able to make decisions more calmly.

By placating the people here.

The troops of each branch must attack the cause of that cold on their own.

When I’m excited, I find the solution.

It was set as [Special Sauce].

‘If you think about it… they had already dealt with it.’

If you calm your head and think about it.

It was incredibly foolish.

‘Each branch in Gyeonggi-do has at least three leaders.’

Just like what Kang Jae-ho experienced.

In this world, it is not strange for someone to be controlled or replaced by a monster.

Measures taken to ensure that the organization does not waver even in such cases.

Why at first? I thought so too.

‘Even if I control the minds of the leaders gathered here, if they show strange behavior due to cooking, the remaining leaders in each branch may come out in opposition.’

Now that I was trying to be the one controlling it, it turned out to be a very reasonable measure.

To solve that problem, we need to feed all the leaders.

Rather, it will take much more time.

‘I can’t believe I couldn’t even think of this.’

I’m just dumbfounded by myself.

It was good until I realized that the method I had previously thought wouldn’t actually work.

The problem was next.

‘What should I do?’

My job is a chef.

Until now, most problems have been solved through cooking.

It is questionable whether this problem can be solved through cooking.

at there.

I am that man.

I remembered what Howard said.

-If someone has that level of ability, there might be another way.

That kind of ability….

‘What kind of ability do I have?’

I sat down on the kitchen floor.

I closed my eyes and thought about other means I had.

‘Cooking methods such as forced feeding or elemental cooking ultimately end up in [special sauce]. ‘This is off topic from the beginning.’

but.

If you look at it without the cooking method.

As a chef, what would be left if I take away cooking?

‘…Right.’

The moment I was thinking that.

I am.

I realized that I had been mistaken.

Although I am a chef.

Rather than that, in essence….

‘It is a cooking disease.’

I slowly opened my eyes and saw Howard looking at me anxiously.

‘Unlike mine, that guy’s skill set was all purely for cooking.’

Unlike that Howard.

As a chef, I can also fight at the same time.

I guess it’s because my identity as a cook has influenced my job.

At the same time, I am a chef.

He is a soldier.

and.

As a soldier, not as a chef…

‘Now that you think about it… it’s been exactly a week since then.’

Than you think.

It had a lot of power.

“hey.”

“…hmm?”

I came to a conclusion.

He said to Howard.

“As you said, let’s temporarily stop abusing cooking to solve problems.”

“Am I serious?”

“instead. “Everything that happened here is a secret.”

“secret…?”

“If you try to leak that, I will have no choice but to kill you. be careful.”

“Oh, I understand. however.”

Howard said curiously.

“Shouldn’t you tell me exactly what you mean by keeping it a secret? That way, whether you keep it a secret or not…”

“It’s simple. “The fact that I’m a chef and that I wanted to cook here.”

“Oh, that? I wonder if there is any reason to keep it a secret. and?”

“And… what happens next.”

“…uh?”

Leaving behind a puzzled Howard.

I watch from the shadows.

“Come out.”

“…?”

That’s what I said.

“It’s time to work. “Come out quickly, you guys.”

“Who are you talking to? Are you…”

Then.

“yes!”

“Master’s master!”

In the shadows.

Two humans jumped out.

“What…!?”

Leaving Howard behind, who looked as if he was about to faint.

“You guys, as quickly as possible….”

I said to those two.

I decided to pass on my orders.

* * *

“Hey General?”

“hmm?”

originally.

It has been customary for this meeting, which also serves as a transaction between each branch, to end as soon as the transaction is concluded.

but.

This time, the northern branch brought in much more food than usual, which was unusual.

Due to the increased volume, transactions have become a bit more complicated than usual.

Thanks to this, the number of days people from each branch stayed at the center increased by one day.

“Now that that’s the case, there will be a meeting between the leaders of each branch today… is that okay?”

“Huh.”

So much so that the day has increased.

I decided to continue the meeting that I couldn’t finish yesterday.

“I wonder what it means…”

To be honest.

Beomseok Cho felt a little uncomfortable at that meeting.

A strange sense of anxiety I felt from the monsters that attacked me when I visited this central branch.

Because of that anxiety.

It was a situation where I wanted to return to the southern base as quickly as possible.

‘But there’s another meeting.’

I wondered if that really had any meaning.

“Because today is that day. Including that…”

“Hmm? iced coffee! indeed.”

After hearing what a person from the central branch said.

Beomseok Jo nods his head.

“If that’s the reason, well. I can’t help it. “I will participate too.”

“yes!”

What was reported by the humans at the Central Branch.

This was something that had never happened in a transaction that was usually completed in one day.

‘I get to stay like this for one more day. The dates overlap.’

Thinking that this is a very special event, let’s head to the central building where the meeting is held.

I could see people from other branches already gathered.

‘…Keuhum.’

Among them.

Park Jung-gu, the leader of the northern branch, with whom he had a bit of a fight at the previous meeting.

And there was also a stranger who came with him.

“You’re here, General.”

“Um…”

“I have something to tell you for a moment…”

As soon as our eyes met, I felt an ominous feeling.

just as expected.

Park Jung-gu immediately approached him and spoke to him.

Beomseok Jo shook his head and said.

“I don’t know what you’re trying to say. That’s it.”

“General… don’t do that.”

“I’m sorry, but I probably won’t change my mind about what I said last time.”

OK.

Park Jung-gu spoke in a serious manner.

“As the general said, I was the one who supported the association president’s strategy last time. I admit that the choice I made at the time was wrong. As the general said, excessive expeditions are not good.”

“That’s a good thing.”

“But that and this are different. “If we don’t properly investigate the cause of that coldness, it could be a really big problem.”

“…Whew.”

Beomseok Jo sighed and said.

“To be honest, I think there is some truth to what you say.”

“then!”

“but. Please understand. “There is a reason why I cannot follow that suggestion.”

“yes? “Why?”

“…Hmm.”

Jo Beom-seok looked at Park Jung-gu’s face intently without saying a word.

He immediately shook his head and said.

“It won’t work either. “It would be difficult to tell you why.”

“General…!”

“I’m sorry, but just know that I have no intention of changing that opinion easily.”

“….”

In stubborn refusal.

Park Jung-gu eventually steps down.

“Are you not persuasive?”

And behind Park Jung-gu.

The stranger was just watching the conversation between the two with his arms crossed.

“You don’t seem like the kind of person who would listen to my persuasion. “I don’t want to go through any trouble.”

“Hmm?”

Beomseok Jo thought it was unexpected.

‘I thought that man would come to persuade me.’

Yesterday’s meeting.

It was none other than that man who spoke even more persuasively there.

Because I wasn’t a guild member, those words didn’t carry any authority.

Because deep down, Beomseok Jo was almost persuaded by those words.

I refused because it was unavoidable.

Even today, I was wondering what I should do if he came to persuade me.

‘Yesterday… I rushed at it as if there was a reason for it.’

But why?

Feeling a little calm today.

I don’t think they’ll rush at me like they did then.

It was fortunate.

“Everyone gathered together.”

After everyone gathered.

Yunseong of the central branch, who was in charge of the meeting, entered the room.

“Then, as I announced in advance, before the meeting today….”

In his arms.

There was something big inside.

“Let’s start by listening to the Legion’s radio.”

“hmm. We listen to the radio and if new information comes out, we discuss it with each other… I guess this meeting is for that, right?”

“yes. you’re right.”

Although it was once almost useless in a world where radio waves were cut off.

Its value has risen sharply recently.

It was a radio.