The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 347
Episode 347: Chef of Gyeonggi-do (2)
“There is no way I can be satisfied.”
Clenching my fists in anger.
The guy opens his mouth with his whole body shaking.
‘Well, of course there’s no way I can be satisfied.’
Even though it is being ignored like that now.
This guy named Howard Zinn.
‘You mean he wasn’t someone worth ignoring in the world before the destruction?’
Even though I started cooking at a late age.
By building a track record at a crazy pace through tremendous talent and hard work.
He was a true elite chef who was recognized as surpassing all those who entered cooking faster than him.
“But what can I do!”
As such, they are elite.
You must have taken great pride in your job.
“Now this world has become a world where power is everything!”
In this world where survival has become the top priority.
The luxury of pursuing taste has no meaning whatsoever.
In fact, it is natural that the profession of chef is looked down upon.
“But I’ve done everything I can to establish myself as a chef!”
Is there a lot that has accumulated from the past hospitality?
Howard said angrily.
“It’s a shitty world where it’s hard to get even a single ingredient, and when an awakened person with a lower level than me points at you with a weapon, I have to beg like a dog to save my life… but I worked so hard to survive!”
“….”
“Thanks to you, I was able to gain recognition for my authority in the kitchen!”
When I first visited the central branch.
Let’s say I want to stop by the kitchen.
Park Jung-gu frowned at my words.
That’s probably it.
‘It was because it was recognized that the kitchen was the domain of chefs.’
About having to invade the chef’s territory.
I felt a bit of pressure.
As the guy said.
Howard lives in a world where power is everything.
Somehow, he succeeded in getting his area recognized.
The process would never have been smooth.
There must have been tremendous hardship.
Maybe that’s why.
It may be that he was even more obsessed with that area called the kitchen.
“…Okay, what if you come forward?”
The guy who was angry seemed to have realized something.
“Unlike at the beginning of the expedition, no one looks down on seniors now. “If they knew that you were actually a chef, their attitude would change.”
Even though I said that with my eyes sparkling.
“I told you. “I cannot reveal my occupation for certain reasons.”
“….”
Unfortunately.
I couldn’t live up to those expectations.
‘That would destroy the foundation of the [setting] I built here.’
Because if I’m not careful, it could endanger my life.
And…
“Even if I were to reveal that I am a chef, the same would apply.”
“what?”
“I’m not going to be actively involved in that.”
okay.
Because this wasn’t something I had to solve.
“…Then what should I do!”
“You idiot, you’re so angry.”
At that guy’s shout.
I was on the outermost edge of the expeditionary force formation.
“But anyway… I can see the effort I put in. “As a senior, I will teach you one thing.”
He said as he opened a large tent.
“As for what to do… I wonder if I should teach you things like this.”
“…?”
“The answer to that question is simple.”
It was a very spacious tent.
It was empty with nothing inside.
“It’s about proving it.”
After entering the tent, I collapsed on the floor.
[Shadow Curtain]
I put my hand into my shadow.
Crunch.
Tuk….
“…this.”
“I will provide you with the tools to prove it.”
okay.
After arriving in Gyeonggi-do.
There was one thing that I continued to be dissatisfied with.
“I will also provide some assistance.”
In this place.
The treatment of the chef profession was very different.
Just like Howard was upset.
‘I… my pride was hurt quite a bit, right?’
As a fellow chef.
This was a pretty annoying situation.
Even so.
As a chef in Gangwon-do, it is not right for me to step in and solve the problem.
‘Because this is Gyeonggi-do.’
okay.
To solve this problem.
There is only one answer.
“You… I need to raise the status of a chef.”
To the stupid worms of Gyeonggi-do.
The time has come to show the true value of a chef.
* * *
next day.
“…Whoop!”
Let someone let out a breath full of tension.
The people standing nearby laughed and said.
“Hey, why are you so nervous? “It seems like it’s not as big a deal as they think.”
“It’s just… that’s how it was before I fought.”
Before the expeditionary force entered the city where the enemy was lurking.
They were forming a formation and gathering in one place.
‘…I tried to raise morale as much as possible.’
And the person to whom command of this expeditionary force was transferred.
Beomseok Jo thought as he looked around at the condition of the gathered awakened people.
‘also. ‘There are limits.’
Although I managed to keep morale at its best.
Nevertheless, the number of enemies was considerable.
There was considerable tension among the soldiers.
Even among those who pretend to be fine on the outside, there are probably many who are nervous on the inside.
and.
Actually, that wasn’t even what anyone said.
‘…Because it’s the same for me too.’
Beomseok Jo too.
When I thought of the battle that would take place in a moment, I felt fear.
Unlike the awakened members of the ordinary expeditionary force.
People like Jo Beom-seok knew that dealing with them would not be easy.
Maybe if we fight like this.
Even if we fight 100 times, the expeditionary force will be defeated in all 100 times.
‘Youngjun…what on earth is he doing?’
so that.
He was waiting for the ‘method’ that Shin Young-jun had prepared…
at that time.
Fluffy….
“…?”
From far away.
A man appeared, pulling what looked like a large cart.
“Oh what. “That person.”
“…Isn’t he the chef?”
Chef at the central branch.
It was Howard.
* * *
Of course, he was active in the central branch for a long time.
Whenever there was a meeting between groups, it was always held at the central branch.
The person in charge of the meal each time was that person.
‘That man.’
I saw it was Howard.
Among the awakened members of the association, it was quite rare for anyone to know his face.
and.
“Why did you, the chef, come here?”
When those who know that face think.
As a chef, he was not a suitable person for this place where a battle was about to break out.
“I don’t know what brought you here, but please go back. We plan to charge as soon as we have our front line, so you from the back line…”
“Why did you come…?”
“Huh?”
“Why are you asking such an obvious thing?”
The awakened man who was leading the soldiers stopped him.
“What reason would there be for a chef to bring a cart?”
“…?”
“of course.”
Howard responded as if he was asking something obvious.
grasp!
Let’s unfasten the cloth covering the cart.
It was piled up on a cart with no idea where it came from.
“It’s cooking.”
A dazzling dish appeared.
“Cooking…”
While people were confused by the sudden appearance of the dish.
‘That’s really the way…!’
The old man was watching the scene.
‘It was just cooking…!’
Beomseok Jo frowned and despaired.
* * *
‘It’s just cooking.’
In the first place.
Beomseok Jo was a person who had high culinary potential compared to any other person in the association.
Considering the examples of several blue-collar workers who have only recently begun to stand out.
It was clear that chefs were also a profession with potential.
but.
‘It’s absolutely impossible to reverse this situation!’
In the first place.
If that had happened, there is no way Howard would have remained an ordinary awakened person until now.
It’s true that chefs have tremendous potential.
From what he knows, Howard is an awakened person in the late 19th to early 20s at most.
Because there is bound to be a limit to what an awakened person at that level can do.
‘Damn it, what on earth were you thinking…’
Jo Beom-seok was dumbfounded.
nevertheless.
-…How should we stop this?
-No, don’t do that.
The other leaders, who were contemplating whether to stop him or not, stepped forward.
He stretched out his arms and stopped their movements.
Just cooking.
It was a method that he could not understand at all.
Nevertheless.
‘That young man might have had something more in mind.’
I thought Shin Young-jun also had something on his mind.
of course.
‘It’s not just cooking, there might be something more to it…’
If it was something other than cooking, it was something.
I didn’t think that method would be cooking.
There must be more to it than cooking.
After thinking that, Beomseok Jo watched the scene a little longer with a nervous look on his face.
“Cooking. No, I know it’s cooking. “What does this all mean?”
When the awakened person who came out to stop him asked with a puzzled expression.
Howard answered confidently.
“I have a non-combat position. “But all the rumors that are worth hearing are heard.”
“…?”
“I heard that this expedition will depend on the lives of everyone in Gyeonggi-do.”
Howard is like a young fighter with a sense of duty.
He spoke in a confident manner.
“I heard other people go on such expeditions. “You can’t just sit there and do nothing!”
“You… think like that.”
While people were a little moved.
Howard pointed to the dishes he brought.
“If you eat my cooking, you will get a buff. Everyone knows, right?”
“Of course I know.”
“Of course, it’s not that much of a buff… but I still think this battle will be one where I’ll have to use all my might. “I made it in a hurry because I wanted to feed the people well before the battle and add what little strength I had.”
In those words.
Some people were still just confused.
at the same time.
“…gulp.”
“Crazy dog looks delicious….”
Some people said.
I was distracted by the dishes placed on the cart.
After Doomsday.
It has become extremely difficult for people across the country to eat normally.
Especially after the extreme cold arrived and movement was restricted.
There are only a handful of people in Gyeonggi-do who have experienced a proper meal.
“When I think about it, I wonder if it was for this day that I honed my cooking skills so far… “These are the best dishes, made with all the know-how I have accumulated over the years.”
“….”
“I hope the expeditionary forces eat this and gain strength.”
In the meantime.
Howard was a chef who consistently provided edible dishes even with crappy ingredients.
When you have to head to the central branch for a meeting.
There were even people who forcibly joined the dispatch to try his cooking.
“…Well, if you say something like that, there’s no need to refuse, right?”
however.
The dish on the cart right now doesn’t have any of those strange ingredients.
It consisted of very tasty meat dishes.
“That’s right. “There’s nothing wrong with what that guy said, right?”
“I heard that eating the food will give you a buff. Whether the amount is large or small, the more the more the better…”
“…I just eat it, right?”
Food that is guaranteed to be delicious just by looking at it.
When several people approached expecting to taste the food.
“…for a moment!”
Several people suddenly jumped forward.
It blocked the way to cook.
“…?”
“Everyone, please wait for a while without eating.”
Leader-level figures say no.
Elite awakened people who have a high status in each branch.
“Howard… I didn’t know you were a person with such passionate thoughts.”
“…Well, you could say that.”
“I thought you weren’t that kind of personality to begin with, but anyway.”
they.
He said, glaring at Howard with a wary expression.
“I am truly grateful for the thought that was given to the expeditionary force. But… can I ask you one thing before we eat?”
“Anything.”
That’s also worth it.
After winter came.
In Gyeonggi-do, it has become difficult to obtain the right food ingredients.
especially.
The Gyeonggi Province Association has completely lost the ability to obtain meat.
nevertheless.
“Where on earth did they get this amount of meat?”
“In the first place…what kind of meat is this?”
The dishes served to them were.
Because it was all meat.
“…Tsk.”
and.
From the sharp eyes of those awakened people.
Howard clicked his tongue and said:
“I thought it was almost done, but I failed.”