The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 6
Episode 6: Increasing Awakening (3)
I don’t know if other soldiers know.
However, there is one thing that is done so openly among cooks that no one knows about it.
For a single soldier to satisfy his personal self-interest.
A serious criminal act that illegally steals the military’s assets and the people’s tax money.
“Hey, Sergeant Shin? “Is it okay to just use that chicken like this?”
“ok? Oh this? are you okay. “Since we’re going to eat it alone, let’s just remove the legs and wings.”
“Oh, I like breast meat more.”
“what? “Is it because you like sports?”
They steal ingredients and make delicious food for themselves.
“I heard a rumor that the cooks cook delicious food among themselves…”
“Not only do we cook it for ourselves, we often cook it for the executives as well.”
“yes? Do the executives know?”
“uh. The supply leader sometimes brings soju when we eat together, and Lieutenant Kim even orders it? “I really like that kind of noodles.”
As I spoke, I took out the necessary ingredients from the refrigerator.
‘Chicken breast, onions, carrots, green onions, eggs…’
Turn on the gas in the furnace, light it with a kitchen lighter, and put water in a pot.
‘I want to get rid of some of the odor, so I wonder if I can use the Cheongju that Junhyuk bought.’
There are many cases where cooks cook and eat together.
It is difficult to cook a delicious dish with only the ingredients available in the bag.
The only seasonings we can use right now are salt, pepper, red pepper powder, soy sauce, soybean paste…
Other than that, the military can only use natural seasonings like shiitake mushroom powder.
So, whenever we went on vacation, we bought and stored ingredients and seasonings that suited the dishes we wanted to cook.
My youngest and I were people who didn’t cook in society, so we weren’t very active in that kind of thing.
Junhyuk, who is now deceased, and the third child, who is on vacation, tend to be stubborn, perhaps because they came from cooking.
The snack bar in the cook’s lounge was filled with ingredients that did not fit into a military cafeteria.
“Most of them were bought by other cooks… I guess it’s okay.”
Adding rice wine to boiling water and cooking chicken breast.
Gwangil, who was fidgeting behind him, spoke up.
“This is Sergeant Youngjun Shin.”
“uh.”
“I’m sorry about that.”
Take out the cooked chicken breast, separate it from the bone, and tear it thinly.
“You know I’m sorry, right?
”
“I’m really sorry.”
“I’m kidding, man. Taejun was like that too, so it could be scary. “You’re a bit harsh, but whatever.”
After roughly removing the meat, I lit a fire in the brazier, heated the wok, and poured oil into it.
“Ever since I was young, I have been very scared… I was often told to act like a big kid.”
I was about to bring the cleaned green onions and oil them.
He seemed embarrassed to be watching from behind while someone of a higher rank than him was cooking, so he started talking about himself.
“I heard that exercising will boost your confidence, so I started exercising and fighting… but this personality did not change.”
So, is that muscle mass completed?
As I listened to him while beating eggs in green onion oil, I heard that he had a hard time because of his personality.
There were many cases, like today, where I couldn’t do something even though I knew rationally that I should do it.
“So, when I enlisted, I had a lot of concerns about whether I would be able to adapt… But I didn’t want to be a nuisance to those around me, so I tried to do everything I could.”
Add rice on top and mix with eggs, then add prepared vegetables and meat and stir-fry until the rice grains loosen.
“I tried really hard to take on even the bad things. So, I thought it was fortunate that other people liked it too… but I never thought it would turn out like this…”
Season with salt, pepper
, and the high-quality oyster sauce that my successor bought.
“I heard that Sergeant Shin fought a monster even after seeing his subordinates die, but that guy…”
“Hey.”
“yes?”
I’m a bit sorry for interrupting what you were saying with a serious expression on your face.
The food is ready.
“It’s a special meal.”
I took the stainless steel bowl that was in the dryer, filled it with food, and handed it over to the guy.
“There’s nothing I can do for you. “Eat this.”
“Sergeant Shin…”
It wasn’t a good thing to see a guy as big as a bear crying.
[‘Chicken breast fried rice by a courageous novice cook’ has been completed.’]
[The quality of the main ingredient-meat is not good. Cooking ability decreases slightly.]
[The quality of the auxiliary ingredients and seasoning is excellent. Cooking ability increases slightly.]
[This is a dish made with the chef’s sincerity! The cooking ability increases significantly.]
[This is a dish made for a specific target. If the target consumes the dish, the effect of the dish increases.]
[When consumed, strength + 3, agility +3 for a certain period of time, and if the target consumes the dish, all effects of the dish increase by 30%.] [
The chef’s special sauce increases by 30%. Added.]
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il began to put food into his mouth with a tearful expression.
“Is it delicious?”
“It’s delicious. Sergeant Shin, did you come from cooking outside? “What does it taste like…”
“You’re good at putting words in your mouth.”
“It’s so true….”
The guy quickly empties his bowl as if it’s actually worth eating.
‘…I understand how hard he worked.’
Being timid is ultimately a natural trait.
Trying to change that innate personality would not have been easy.
In the first place, it would be wrong to criticize or correct an individual’s personality.
However…
‘But that doesn’t mean this guy’s deviance is tolerated.’
This is the military.
Contrary to common sense, individual tendencies cannot be completely respected.
The entire unit learned that the awakening process could be dangerous.
If we allow this guy to be excluded from awakening, others will also ask to be excluded.
Because no one wants to go out and do something dangerous.
If such a person becomes an outlier, he or she has no choice but to be divided and distinguished from the awakened people who did not become an outlier.
When division occurs, division arises, and division leads to weakness.
Tolerating this guy could lead to the collapse of the unit…
But…
“Hey.”
Wouldn’t it be okay to tell you this much?
“Good job.”
“….”
How much time has passed?
The guy who finished the bowl looked at me and said.
“Sergeant Shin… I am truly sorry.”
“Uh-huh, if you ate well, you should say ‘I ate well,’ not ‘I’m sorry.’”
“Well, I ate well.”
“Draw.”
The guy hesitated as to whether he had anything left to say, and then continued.
“Thank you so much, Sergeant.”
“OK. Oh, they can’t provide special meals like this often? know? “Our unit is currently experiencing a food crisis.”
“I know. The food was delicious, but other than that… what should I say. It’s because I felt a bit relieved after telling the sergeant what had been building up in my heart. Strangely, I feel like my confidence is growing.”
“I’m glad.”
It’s confidence.
He seems to think it’s not because of the cooking, but because he confided in me, but…
‘It’s probably because of the cooking.’
It’s a guessing corner.
Anyway, there is such a thing.
“Sergeant Shin. Finishing off the next monster. “I’ll give it a try.”
“Are you going to be okay?”
“yes. “I think I can do it now.”
done!
I clenched my fists while internally cheering.
In my mind, I thought, ‘Yes!’ Even though I screamed.
On the outside, I answered as if nothing had happened.
“Good idea.”
“I will never forget this grace. “Sergeant.”
“What is grace? Come back now. “I’m sorry I kept holding you back.”
After sending Gwangil off like that.
Left alone in the restaurant, I breathed a sigh of relief.
“It worked…”
As a soldier, Corporal Jeon Gwang-il is the ace of aces.
Athletic ability resulting from his tall height and muscle mass, and combat performance skills gained from martial arts experience.
He has a gentle personality, so he has a good relationship with his predecessors and listens to orders well.
The only drawback is that I am very timid.
“Then just fix it.”
If it were a normal military unit, they would have had to undergo mental remodeling through rigorous training.
Fortunately.
There was an alternative method.
[Chef’s special sauce]
[Delicious food moves people’s hearts!]
[A good chef can control the direction of the mind.]
[The special sauce can change the emotions of those who eat the food. ]
One of the strange abilities gained upon awakening.
The experiment has already been roughly completed.
‘It was also effective when used to reassure soldiers.’
The soldiers’ mood, which had been agitated with anxiety, seemed to stabilize to some extent after the meal.
Although we cannot know exactly how big the effect will be.
It is a confirmed fact that it is useful.
Then there is no reason not to use it.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s weakness is that he is very timid.
What is needed to fix it is….
‘The power to overcome fear is courage.’
[Chicken breast fried rice by a courageous novice cook]
Of course, the reason I brought him over and fed him rice was to use this ability.
I put in a lot of effort into cooking so that it would taste as good as possible.
“It seems like it went well.”
Because Gwangil gained courage.
When the next monster appears, you can successfully awaken and move on.
Of course, an accident like Taejun’s shouldn’t happen again.
If you use a gun to completely neutralize the monster’s power and awaken it, there won’t be any major problems.
* * *
An hour later.
I found out that things did not go smoothly.
“Corporal Jeon Gwang-il! “You shouldn’t go yet!”
“You crazy man! Everyone stop Gwang-il!”
The soldiers screamed while holding Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s arms.
As for what Gwangil actually felt like when he was caught….
“Don’t stop me! “Here is a chance to test my courage!”
A monster that appeared in the unit at night.
First, I tried to drain as much stamina as possible with a gun and then let Gwangil finish it.
But when Gwangil saw the monster that hadn’t even been hit by a few bullets, he was running towards it, spouting out those words.
“Haha! die! monster! Be my sacrifice!”
“Kruk….”
Since I was hit by more than 10 bullets, I must have lost some of my strength.
However, it is a monster that still has strength due to its tough vitality.
Finally, Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who shook off all the soldiers who tried to stop him, attacked the monster with his bare hands and without a weapon.
“Kahak!”
Of course, the monster did not stay still.
Two hands with sharp claws attacked Gwangil.
“Kkkkkk!”
Gwangil held out his hand in response.
He grabbed the hand of the monster that was attacking him and entered into a battle of strength.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il holds the monster with both hands and raises his knee to strike the monster’s abdomen.
chin! chin!
It sounded like hitting a wall.
The scales covering the monster’s body are very hard.
I couldn’t break the scales with my knees, as they could only be pierced by shooting them with a gun.
Rather, the knee of Gwangil’s military uniform was torn, and the skin on the inside of the knee was torn and blood was flowing.
“Hahaha lizard bastard! “It’s pretty sturdy!”
The guy who shouted turned the knee he had been kicking in the stomach into and hooked the monster’s foot.
At the same time, I changed the direction in which I was applying force to my hand.
The monster’s body shook violently and fell to the floor.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s large body loomed over him.
The guy who knocked the monster to the ground stomped on the monster’s right arm with one foot.
Then, he pressed the monster’s head with one hand and lifted the monster’s left arm up with the other hand.
OK.
The armpits between them were exposed.
The area that has no scales and is close to the heart.
‘…the weakness I told you about!’
It seemed like he had gone crazy, but did he remember the monster’s weakness?
However, just because there were no scales on the armpits did not mean there was no skin.
Although it was soft as it was a joint.
There was no way for Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who attacked without even a bayonet, to rip off the skin and attack the heart.
however.
Kwasik.
It was my mistake to think there was no way to attack.
The guy opened his mouth wide and bit off the monster’s armpit.
Some of the monster’s flesh was hanging out of Corporal Jeon Gwang-il’s mouth.
“Wow, it tastes so bad.”
The guy who ripped off the skin from the monster’s armpit brought back the arm that was pressing down on the monster’s head.
I raised the blade of my hand and stabbed it into the armpit area.
Creak, creak.
“Kraha… Hak!”
The monster with its face freed tried to bite Corporal Jeon Gwang-il.
Let’s explore the inside of the body, where the blood vessels near the heart are gathered.
A monster writhing in pain.
After a while.
I must have burst a blood vessel because I was roughing the monster’s flesh.
Blood poured out.
Let the blood drain from your body rapidly.
The monster, which was struggling in pain, even lost the strength to run wild and became more and more calm.
Tuk.
It didn’t take long for the monster to lose its life.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il, who confirmed the monster’s death, stood up.
The guy looked for a moment as if there was something in front of him.
Immediately our eyes met.
“Sergeant Shin! I too have awakened!”
Staining my entire body with the blood of a monster.
Holding the monster’s heart in one hand.
The guy, whose mouth was still covered in monster flesh, smiled brightly and said.
“Khahaha!!! “It’s all thanks to Sergeant Shin!”
“….”
I felt the eyes of the people around me were focused on me.
I don’t know, but I can still feel myself thinking, ‘What on earth did I do…?’
Faces that can’t hide their astonishment.
“…I guess the drug was a bit too much.”