S-Class Hunter Heals with Monsters - Chapter 221
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221. Family Cooking Performance
People were speechless when they saw the Coconut Family team coming out of the gate.
Where on earth have they been?
Judging from the situation, it seemed like seafood had been caught from the sea of the Demon World.
I was wondering if that could really be considered seafood, but anyway.
After seeing it with my own eyes, I couldn’t doubt that it was brought from the demon world.
‘If it’s you, Samgakdae, it might be possible to enter the sea of the Demon World.’
Oh Seung-cheol, the leader of Team AA, saw the Demon World clam. He also saw red moss.
When I saw the giant octopus legs, I was already so scared that my shoulders slumped.
It was a moment when the Hanwoo flower sirloin I was going to give them looked shabby.
“Captain… Cheer up.”
The team members patted Seung-cheol Oh and returned to their seats.
Cheon Do-woon, who had unintentionally trampled on his heart, looked at the food with a satisfied face.
“The ingredients are ready. Now, I guess we need to hear the chef’s instructions.”
Nam Ki-seok became nervous at Cheon Do-un’s words.
He has cooked for the Coconut Family for years, but he has never cooked for so many people before.
‘The Coconut Family’s victory or defeat rests on my shoulders!’
He must not be discouraged. He tied his hair up in a ponytail. He fluttered his apron, giving off the air of a chef at a five-star hotel.
“Then let’s get started. First, we need to wash the ingredients in clean water. Assistant Kim Na-ri, go to the water tank and get some clean water.”
“Oh, I got it! Get the water. That’s my mission!”
Kim Na-ri went to the center of the playground carrying three large basins on her head.
There was a large water tank installed there for all the teams to use.
As Kim Na-ri brought water, Cheon Do-woon and the siblings each soaked ingredients in their own basins.
Cheon Do-woon rubbed the octopus’s legs with his hands.
He put his hand into the suction cup and cleaned out the sand that was stuck inside. He was calm, but the onlookers were not.
[Look at that. The suction cups are full of little teeth! Whoa, the octopus legs are still moving. It’s dangerous to put your hand in…! That’s the only way to get your hand ripped off…!]
It wasn’t torn off. As Cheon Do-woon calmly continued to work, people were left speechless.
“Sir, I want to help too.”
“Really? Then there’s sand stuck in the suction cups. You just have to put your hand in and get them out.”
“I get it.”
When young Kim Na-ri joined in, the surroundings became quiet.
The shock to the active hunters was especially great. They couldn’t even touch something that a young girl was handling so casually.
‘What have I been doing until now?’
The hunters were left dazed, feeling as if their lives had been wasted.
Cheon Do-woon and Kim Na-ri unknowingly planted a desire for retirement in the hunters.
“Those two are in charge of the octopus. I’ll have to take care of the clams.”
Yoo Beom put his hand into a basin filled with water.
He converted his mana into wind and vibrated the inside of the basin.
Unable to withstand the vibration, the clam opened its mouth and began to vomit out foreign substances.
The water in the basin turned black in an instant as the poison was spit out.
[Look at that! A member of the coconut family, the clam! The water has turned black. It’s even sticky! I’m worried that the poison might melt my hand… .]
The host’s voice gradually became smaller.
He was initially surprised that Yoo Beom looked unfazed, but when he saw Yoo Beom’s face, his eyes grew wide as if they were going to pop out.
[Those people, surely…]
The siblings had taken off their paper masks because they had been out at sea. The host, who saw their faces, belatedly realized who the siblings were.
[A group of men and women who subdued the chimera in the slums! They are S-class hunters from the slums!]
The audience stirred at the announcer’s shout. Cheers rang out as people belatedly recognized the siblings one by one.
“Oh my god. So there are three S-rank hunters in the Coconut Family?”
“There are four of them, including Dodak! Dodak is also S-class.”
“I’ve made some connections. This is awesome! What on earth is that team?”
Surprise was followed by understanding. For an S-class hunter of the old days, it felt natural for team members to be like that.
While everyone was cheering, only Nam Ki-seok broke out in a cold sweat due to the pressure.
‘Don’t be nervous. Just do what you usually do. Think back to the day we all had a barbecue party at the villa.’
Your job is to boil the water in the pot to the right temperature. That’s it. Cheon Do-woon and his siblings will take care of the rest. Let’s trust them.
Nam Ki-seok took a deep breath after placing a large pot of water on top of both hands.
* * *
Cheon Do-woon raised his head at the loud noise.
There, Nam Gi-seok was spewing out pillars of fire with both hands.
“Haaaaaap!”
With a roar, the pillar of fire rose all the way to the sky.
“Oh my god. What is that? A fire? That’s incredible.”
“As expected, Dodak’s tripod group is different no matter what.”
“Who is that person?”
People were gossiping about Nam Gi-seok.
Since Nam Ki-seok had never taken off his paper mask, no one recognized him.
The audience cheered for Nam Ki-seok’s fireworks show, but the game participants watching nearby looked indifferent.
“Judging by the strength, it seems similar to mine. Is that an A-rank?”
“How did an A-class get into the Coconut Family?”
“Isn’t the rank irrelevant? The kid who appeared in the first round was also an A-rank.”
“Is that the same as this? That kid was an A-class player when he was 7 or 8 years old. He has different innate talents.”
“That’s right. That guy doesn’t deserve to be in the Coconut Family!”
People were talking about the family status of original member Nam Ki-seok.
It’s not that I’m jealous of the author’s acquaintance with Dodak and the tripod.
Although I tried hard to think that way, my eyes were filled with jealousy and envy as I looked at Nam Ki-seok.
“Huh, hmph! What an idiot. With that kind of fire, all the water in the pot will evaporate.”
“That’s right. You need to boil water to cook. If you focus only on performance, you won’t be able to cook.”
People spoke with fresh faces.
Even though he heard what they were saying, Nam Ki-seok didn’t lose his smile.
‘Haha. Only someone who can’t control the intensity of the flames would do that.’
Living in a place with luminous stones, your Mana proficiency was bound to increase.
If you set foot on a resort island in the northern seas, you will learn to handle mana well in order to survive.
‘This pillar of fire is just for show. The inside of the pillar of fire lowers the heat. On top of the pot, I put up a wall of mana, which is my brother’s specialty. This will prevent the water from evaporating.’
“Haaaah!”
Nam Ki-seok shouted. Now it was the final stage. He moved his mana and created a shape in the flames.
“Wow! Look at that! It’s a flower. The flames have turned into flowers!”
“There’s a bird too! A firebird!”
“awesome!”
Cheers erupted from the audience. Even the previously indifferent Awakened people looked surprised this time.
Nam Ki-seok, who was sweating profusely while controlling mana, smiled in satisfaction.
Does this mean I am not qualified to be a member of the Coconut Family? That was what it seemed like he was saying.
“You’ve grown up.”
“Yeah. You’re pretty good at it, aren’t you?”
The siblings and Cheon Do-woon laughed.
But Seok Woo-hyuk and number 49, who were watching it, couldn’t laugh.
‘Oh my god. That kind of mana control is hard even for an A-class.’
‘Nam Ki-seok, how much have you been pushed around?’
Nam Ki-seok, the first member of the Coconut Family.
Behind that splendid performance, there is sadness. Seok Woo-hyuk and No. 49 noticed it and made pitiful faces.
Their eyes became gloomy at the thought that they too would soon become like that.
Of course, the audience only applauded Nam Gi-seok’s fire show.
The Awakened ones who had been looking at him with jealous eyes also seemed to have no choice but to admit it and sank to their knees.
“Phew. It’s all done now.”
Nam Ki-seok placed the pot on the table.
The process was fancy, but it was just boiling a pot of water.
“Now, cut the octopus and clams into small pieces. I’ll grill half of them and skewer the other half!”
At Nam Gi-seok’s words, Cheon Do-woon threw the octopus leg into the sky.
The thread from his ten fingertips instantly sliced the octopus’s legs apart.
“Brother, the performance is missing! Be flashy! This game absolutely has to be flashy!”
“Flamingly?”
What should I do if I already cut it? Cheon Do-woon looked at the octopus legs falling like rain and then let out the thread again.
[Look at that! The thread is threading octopus pieces through the air! The octopus pieces are being strung like beads!]
The host shouted excitedly.
[The wire moves as if it were alive. It quickly threads through the octopus pieces and passes them by. Oh my, that mana control is like a possessed movement!]
Nam Ki-seok’s mana control was also great, but there was a big difference from Cheon Do-un.
Cheon Do-woon’s expression did not change even once while doing this. He manipulated each of the numerous threads as naturally as breathing.
People were amazed by his absurd control ability. Cheon Do-woon’s performance did not stop there.
“The fire has already been shown by Nam Ki-seok. If it has to be fancy… Okay. Let’s go with the electric grill.”
Cheon Do-woon sent electricity through the tips of his ten fingers.
Sparks flew along the thread. The pieces of octopus on the thread crackled and cooked in an instant.
“Wow!”
Applause erupted as blue sparks flew through the air along the thread.
“He’s a multi-talented person!”
“Oh my god, Mr. Tripod is a multi-powered being. Electricity on the wire! Awesome!”
After the visual splendor, people went wild when it was revealed that he was a multi-talented person.
“Kim Na-ri. The pieces of octopus that aren’t threaded will fall out. They will be boiled and eaten, so put them in a bowl.”
“Oh! Got it. It’s my job to get that!”
Kim Na-ri received a piece of octopus on a wide plate while moving at high speed.
“We can’t lose either. Yujia, let’s go!”
“Okay, brother!”
Next to me, a brother and sister threw clams into the air and started making skewers.
“There are vegetables here too!”
Seok Woo-hyuk and No. 49, who were squatting next to each other and washing vegetables, threw vegetables at them.
Yellow peppers were thrown. Carrots were thrown. Potatoes were thrown.
“Haat, haat, tahaat! Clams, vegetables, clams, vegetables! The point is to put them in alternately!”
The siblings took turns skewering small pieces of clam meat and vegetables. It was all happening in thin air.
[Wow! It’s like they’re flying through the sky. Oh, and they even do somersaults! Five somersaults with a jump! Every time they land, they’re done with grilled clams!]
“Wow!”
“awesome!”
[Look! That’s already a circus!]
The host was now only broadcasting the Coconut Family. It would have been natural to complain about the biased broadcasting, but no one raised an objection.
The audience, participants, and even the judges were all just staring at the Coconut Family, completely absorbed in it.
[Look at those sharp movements! Their breathing is in perfect sync. It shows how much they practiced for today!]
It’s not that they practiced, it’s just their daily routine. Seok Woo-hyuk and No. 49 held back their words.
“Brother, get out!”
“Song song song, song song.”
“Onions too!”
“Song song, song song song.”
“Great spirit! Finish with some salt and pepper, chachacha!”
Nam Gi-seok shook the salt shaker and pepper shaker. In an instant, the seafood stew from Magye Mountain was completed.
“Here’s the seafood stew and grilled fish! It’s done!”
Nam Ki-seok placed the finished dishes on separate plates and set them down.
People’s eyes were focused on it. The dishes they made were shown in close-up on the large screen.
[… The Coconut Family Team’s cooking is finally complete. What on earth will it taste like?]
“Hey, do you want to eat?”
“No way. It must be just for show. You saw that clam spewing poison earlier.”
“Right. The same goes for the octopus. That one was made from a monster. That kind of thing is poisonous, so if you eat it, you’ll die the moment you do.”
People were buzzing as they watched the finished dish.
That’s just for the performance. We’ll make the food for tasting separately.
While I was thinking like that, the Coconut Family sat around the table.