The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 343

Episode 343: Our own secret.

“that. “Let’s keep it our secret.”

After creating an environment where that guy can only tell the truth.

I asked several questions.

Just one thing.

There was something I didn’t ask about on purpose.

The first time…

when he was lying.

I asked him if there were any traitors besides him.

‘He answered that there are many traitors.’

This is definitely a lie.

That’s why Han Yi-seo also shouted that the guy was only telling lies.

But…

‘That answer… is considered a lie even if there are only a few traitors.’

It’s not a lot, so that’s definitely a lie.

Just because that statement is a lie does not mean that there are no traitors.

so that.

After giving him a confession, I didn’t ask him about the traitor.

“…why?”

and.

Yunseong said, clenching his fists as if he was very curious about the reason.

“Why didn’t you reveal it?”

“….”

“I couldn’t reveal it to anyone all this time. I had to suffer so much to hide it somehow. But… if it were you!”

He looked at me and said.

“Isn’t it possible for you to reveal it? But why?”

“…I have my own reasons.”

I said, scratching my head.

“This operation. This is an operation that must somehow be successful if the people of Gyeonggi Province are to survive. “For that to happen, the expedition’s morale is more important than anything else.”

“…I also regularly attended those meetings. “I know that much.”

“Then you understand, don’t you?”

I said, looking intently into those eyes.

“If information about that traitor becomes known, morale will plummet.”

* * *

Even after that.

Yunseong asked several questions as if he was going to attack me.

I answered the question sincerely.

‘…I understand for now.’

After a long scuffle.

Yunseong nodded as if he understood what I said and headed somewhere.

‘He’s a traitor…’

Whenever I even talk about him, my head hurts.

Well, fortunately.

‘I’ve known this side’s identity for quite some time. ‘I have my own thoughts.’

I’ll have to wait and see if it works or not.

We have prepared our own countermeasures.

“Now more than that….”

After brushing off the thoughts about the traitor.

I looked around inside the wall.

-If a raid party appears as an enemy, the strategy itself must be drastically changed.

– Equipped with anti-personnel equipment…

planning a strategy or preparing equipment, etc.

Those preparing for battle for the upcoming advance.

I looked at that and thought.

‘…since this raid failed. The probability of another attack from over there would be low.’

They obtained the bodies of the awakened members of the raiding party.

He was even able to use those memories intact.

This attack makes the most of that memory.

It must have been an attack sent with enough strategy and troops to be considered ‘unconditionally successful’.

They probably expected it to succeed with a reasonable margin.

actually.

If we were not careful, the expedition could have been wiped out in vain.

Of course…

‘I failed cleanly.’

After a lot of hard work.

Their attack ended in failure.

100%… no.

The operation that was thought to have a 200% chance of success failed.

Over there too.

They must have realized that this expeditionary force included more powerful forces in addition to the information known to those raiding parties.

‘He’s probably on extreme alert, right?’

and.

I thought about what I would do in this situation if I were a commander.

‘Probably… there is a high probability that there will be few obstacles in advancing to the enemy base.’

When they found out that the enemy coming towards them had an unknown and mysterious power.

You would not want to cause unnecessary power consumption by sending out additional troops.

Rather….

‘That side is in a defensive position.’

A fortress battle is clearly more advantageous than a siege war.

If it were me, I would rather send out troops to hinder the approaching enemy.

Even after saving the troops for him as much as possible.

‘With maximum power in just one battle.’

It will try to block the attacking enemies.

According to the information I heard from that ghost guy.

The enemy’s hometown is not that far from here.

We’ll be able to get there sooner or later…

‘There… all the enemy’s forces will be gathered.’

If so…

hmm.

After thinking for a moment.

I muttered as I got up.

“We have to come up with a way.”

That one battle where both sides will clash with each other with all their might.

I need to come up with a way to win there.

* * *

A moment later.

In order to find a way, the place I headed to was….

[Temporary Medical Center]

A temporary medical center created within this wall.

Inside….

“Mr. Lee Seo.”

“Oh, Mr. Youngjun?”

Shaman of the association.

It was Han Yi-seo.

“Youngjun… I thought about you from the first time we met, but you were a much more amazing person than I thought.”

“yes? “What are you talking about out of nowhere?”

Han Yi-seo started saying those things as soon as she saw my face.

“Actually, I thought about it when I saw what he showed in this battle. “What surprised me more than that was the interrogation site.”

“What is that…?”

“To be honest. I was confused because I didn’t know why they included me, who was not in combat position, in this expedition. But no way…!”

She seemed unable to contain her admiration.

He said with his eyes shining brightly.

“The identity of the enemy was something like that… I never thought they would have called me to reveal that identity!”

“….”

“The fact that you called me doesn’t mean you have guessed the enemy’s identity?”

“Well, whatever. “It is true.”

“How can someone who has only recently come down from the demon world find out something that no one in the association knew about…! “I thought he would be a great person, but this was beyond my imagination.”

…sigh.

Anyway, I can’t believe you praise me like this to my face.

I scratched my cheek in embarrassment and then changed the subject when I found her next to me.

“What were you doing here anyway?”

“Oh, that’s it.”

Next to her was a cot.

And a man lying there.

“Actually… I tried to wake up shooting leader Jang Ji-han.”

The person whose body was being taken over by that monster.

It was Jang Ji-han.

“You’re waking me up?”

“You said that monster too, right? Mr. Jang Ji-han only had his body stolen. “That soul remains deep within this body.”

“ah.”

“No matter what, he is not an executive of our guild for nothing. If only he would open his eyes, he would be a great help to the expeditionary force. “I wanted to wake him up somehow.”

In those words.

I took a quick look around.

‘It’s a sacrificial table.’

behind her.

There was a ceremonial table with dried fruit on it.

“That is.”

“Should I say it’s preparation to demonstrate my abilities?”

“You mean that ancestral rite table?”

“yes. Roughly speaking, a sacrifice is offered to the Great Spirit… and wishes are granted according to the amount of offering…” As

her words trailed off.

I could roughly guess the conclusion.

“I guess it didn’t work out.”

“Unfortunately, that’s what happened.”

Han Yi-seo sighs and shrugs his shoulders.

I glanced at Jang Ji-han’s face as he was lying down and said,

“If you want to [forcibly] wake me up, I have a way…”

Definitely.

After meeting with him, I found out that he was a man whose qualifications as a sniper were questionable.

It was true that, rather than being a sniper, he was an incredibly skilled person simply in terms of long-distance shooting.

As long as you have escort troops to block the enemy’s approach, you will be able to demonstrate tremendous skills.

There might be a way to do this if you use your cooking skills.

I said this because I wanted to help you wake up too.

“No, it’s okay.”

“yes?”

“The reason we failed was not because the power of the Great Spirits was lacking or for any other reason.”

Han Yi-seo shook his head and said.

“Actually… it’s not that difficult if you look at waking it up itself.”

“What is that?”

“The real problem is after being forcibly awakened like that. “Hmm, how should I explain it?”

Han Yi-seo thought for a moment.

He grabbed my hand and held it over Jang Ji-han’s face and said.

“Would you like to put your hand on this person’s head? “Close your eyes.”

“?”

I don’t know the English version.

As she said, I placed my hand on Jang Ji-han’s forehead and closed my eyes.

OK.

“Do you see it?”

Beyond the darkness of closed eyes.

Far away.

In a very deep place.

Curled up like a baby.

I saw a small, scared-looking figure.

“It’s so far away that I can’t see it clearly, but… that thing can’t be right.”

“yes. “That is Jang Ji-han’s soul.”

Han Yi-seo spoke in a low voice as if she felt sorry.

“As Youngjun saw it. “Right now, I’m in a very, very deep sleep.”

“….”

I opened my eyes and asked.

“It was an amazing sight, but what’s wrong with it that you can’t wake it up?”

“The problem is that it goes too deep. What should I give as an example… Ah! “Do you know anything about diving?”

“diving?”

Let me tilt my head.

Han Yi-seo began to explain.

“There is something called a diver.”

“…?”

“When a person dives into the deep. For people who don’t know much about diving, shouldn’t they just quickly return to the surface? You often think, right? But in reality, that is not the case at all.”

“Why is that so?”

“It’s because of pressure.”

The deeper the water, the stronger the water pressure.

Under water, the human body changes little by little due to the water pressure.

“The problem is when it comes up to the ground in that state.”

The surrounding pressure undergoes a rapid decompression.

The body, which has changed due to high pressure, cannot withstand the rapid change and causes abnormalities.

“Thanks to you, you must come up to the surface from deep water! “You have to take your time and climb up very slowly.”

“Oh, that’s an interesting story. “Why are you talking about that now?”

“This spirit and soul are similar to that.”

Han Yi-seo closed her eyes and placed her hand on Jang Ji-han’s head and said.

“It is a spirit that has been forcibly confined to the very depths of the unconscious. “I was trapped so deeply that I became accustomed to that deep, dark place.”

“….”

“If you try to force it up, there’s nothing you can’t do, but… “If you suddenly try to lift a soul that is accustomed to the pressures of that deep mind.”

Pow-ing.

Han Yi-seo expresses an explosion with a hand shape.

“It’s worse than a diver. “It will just explode.”

Are you saying your mind is collapsing?

“Then what should I do?”

“You said it was like diving, right? “The answer is the same.”

Han Yi-seo shrugged his shoulders and said.

“The idea is to let it rise slowly.”

“….”

“The soul of the monster that stole the body has disappeared, so the empty space… The shooting leader’s soul will slowly rise, drawn by the force of the place where it was originally supposed to be. It’s safest to wait for that. “It’s a method that doesn’t know how long it will take, but it’s also the most certain method.”

Unfortunately.

It is difficult for Jang Ji-han to join right away with full force.

at the same time.

‘…I guess the same goes for Mom and Dad.’

Even if we somehow succeed in rescuing them.

They said it would be difficult to open my eyes right away.

“But it means that if you take the time, you can definitely open your eyes. “You don’t have to worry too much.”

“…okay. “That’s a good thing.”

“Well, by the way.”

After finishing the lecture on the soul.

Han Yi-seo looked at me and said, as if she had finally remembered.

“Why did you come to visit me? “You must be very busy right now.”

“Well, that’s it.”

ah.

As I was listening to the lecture about the soul, I found myself forgetting my business.

I looked at Jang Ji-han and Han Yi-seo in turn and thought.

‘As expected, he is a more capable person in his field of study than I thought.’

If she.

That I will be able to fully accomplish the task I am entrusted with now.

“I’m talking about the part you mentioned earlier.”

“yes? “What part are you talking about?”

“It says that Mr. Lee Seo was called because of that monster’s spirit.”

“Ah, I was really impressed. “But what does it matter?”

Han Yi-seo predicts the identity of those monsters.

I think he just called me to reveal his identity.

but.

“What Mr. Lee Seo said. “It’s half right and half wrong.”

“yes?”

It’s true that I called you to find out the identity of that monster.

That’s not all I called you for.

“Now that we know the enemy’s location… isn’t the only thing left to do is fight?”

“Yes.”

“But what else is there for a non-combatant like me to do?…”

“There is. That too…”

Grinning.

“It’s something that will have a huge impact on the battle.”

“yes?”

I find her embarrassed.

No, to be exact.

With her.

She said while looking at the ancestral rite table behind her.

“I also did a bit of digging. I was convinced after hearing the story just now. “If it’s Mr. Lee Seo, it’s definitely possible.”

“???”

“Well, please consider it positively.”

okay.

The same ancestral rite table with fruit on it when I first met her…

[Introduction to soul cooking]

It was fluttering around her ancestral rite table.

Figures looking at the dried, twisted fruit with lingering eyes.

Sigh.

“The Great Spirits… will be very satisfied.”