The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 390



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Episode 390 Return (2)

“What are you three doing here?”

“What’s going on?”

When Shin Young-jun appears in the forest.

The three people from the northern branch answered in confusion, not knowing English.

“I just… I heard that there’s someone nearby who should be in the hospital room.”

“You felt it… … ? Oh, this is the forest. I forgot about Jaeho.”

Shin Young-jun makes a face as if he is troubled.

“… … I guess you called those three together too?”

“Can’t you tell just by looking at it?”

“… … Should I have just pretended that nothing was happening here?”

Those who arrived early.

Kim Jong-doo tilted his head.

Howard scratched his head as if he noticed something odd.

“Hmm… … This wasn’t in the plan. Even if I told you to go back here since there’s nothing going on, it would be hard for you to accept that, right?”

“That’s true.”

Three people who suddenly appeared.

Shin Young-jun looked at their faces and thought for a moment.

“Well, does it matter?”

“huh?”

He then shrugged his shoulders and said:

“I don’t know about other people, but for the three of you… … Since we’ve been together for a while, I think it’ll be okay.”

“What is that… ?”

“There’s no point in explaining anyway, so just follow me. You two too.”

Shin Young-jun said that.

I turn around nonchalantly and walk into the forest.

“… … Brother, sister. What are you going to do?”

“What should I do?”

“I don’t know much, but it seems like he has something to show me… … so I should follow him.”

at last.

The rest of the people followed behind without even knowing what was going on.

As he walked into the forest, Kang Jae-ho thought.

‘I don’t have any doubts anymore.’

He was a person who seemed so suspicious when we first met.

And now.

Even while such a person was dragging them to a place where there were few people.

Those following behind may be puzzled.

They had no doubt whatsoever that the young man might mean them harm.

“… … I was just wondering, senior.”

While we were heading deep into the forest in silence.

Howard seemed to notice something.

He looked at her back and carefully opened his mouth.

“Where are you planning on going, senior?”

“……huh?”

In that regard.

The other people walking behind tilt their heads.

‘You’re leaving.’

Where is there to leave from here?

I thought you were just saying something so out of the blue… … .

“oh.”

The only person who reacted differently to those words was.

Only the person who was asked the question.

“They say you have good insight. You’re amazing.”

“……what?”

When people are surprised by the answer.

Howard sighed and said,

“Of course you would notice. No matter how much you use the injury as an excuse… … Even though he has that much influence, he leaves all the important positions to others and is strangely reluctant to get involved in the association’s affairs.”

“Could it be that you just don’t like annoying positions?”

“It didn’t feel like that. Rather… … it seemed like they were reluctant to get involved with a group that would soon leave.”

“I guess it was very obvious.”

Shin Young-jun confirms Howard’s words.

Other people looked at Shin Young-jun with surprised eyes and said.

“Leave, leave, is that true?”

“Well, that’s what happened.”

“What are you talking about? Where else can we go in Gyeonggi-do besides the association… … Oh, are you talking about the central or southern branches? There’s a big power vacuum in those areas… … .”

In that regard.

Shin Young-jun just smiled silently.

“Anyway, if you’ve noticed that much, I guess there’s no need to explain at length.”

He left the three northern branch members’ questions behind.

He said, looking at Park Jong-doo and Howard.

“Mr. Jongdu and my junior, the reason I called you two was because I had something to propose to you.”

“proposal?”

“As I said, I’m thinking of leaving this place. And you two… … don’t you want to come with me?”

The two people flinch at Shin Young-jun’s words.

“Can you tell me where… … ?”

“First of all, it’s not Gyeonggi-do. Instead, let’s make it clear that we have no intention of causing any harm.”

“I know you didn’t mean to do that! If you were someone who would do that, you wouldn’t have saved me back then… … .”

Kim Jong-du was one of the three leaders of the Eastern Branch.

Jongdu fell into deep thought when asked if he had any plans to leave Gyeonggi-do.

And soon… … .

“… … I will go, even if I don’t know where.”

“Huh? Is it really that easy to choose?”

“It wasn’t an easy decision. I received a lot of help from the people in the group. If I had to break up with them… … Even if you were the one who saved my life, it would be normal to refuse. However… … I am also an experienced Awakened person. I have an intuition that I have gained from surviving until now.”

He closed his eyes for a moment and fell into thought.

He quickly made up his mind and said.

“There are already many barriers set up in Gyeonggi-do. There is not much for me to do here. On the other hand.”

“the other side?”

“I don’t know where you’re going… … but if I follow you, I feel like there are many places where I can put my power to good use. A place where my power would be more useful is… … by your side.”

“You have a good feeling. It will definitely happen.”

Shin Young-jun smiled and nodded.

This time I looked at Howard.

“That’s what Jongdu said. What are you going to do? Hey, junior.”

“… … Even if that’s true for Jongdu-ssi, why do you want to take me with you? I’m of a lower level compared to the other leaders.”

“You felt it too, didn’t you? Collaboration between chefs holds tremendous potential.”

Shin Young-jun looked at Howard with serious eyes and said.

“Our collaboration was short, but we were able to see that much effect. If we could collaborate a little more deeply… … we could create much greater synergy.”

“… … That must be it.”

“I can assure you that if you follow me, no one will ever look down on you because you are a chef. On the contrary, many people will respect you and follow you. Some will even fear your abilities.”

“… … .”

In that regard.

Howard thought for a moment and then… … .

“It’s like a dream that a mere chef can be treated like that.”

He then shook his head and said.

“As you said, senior, I’m a chef from Gyeonggi-do.”

“… … I can solve the food problem in Gyeonggi-do. Besides, you were pretty ignored by the people here, right? I heard you had a hard time settling down.”

“That too.”

He said, scratching his head as if embarrassed.

“When I first introduced a dish made with monster meat, there were people who believed in it and ate it even though they knew it was monster meat.”

“… … .”

“Originally, when you first open a restaurant, it’s really hard to get established. But once you start getting regular customers, things start to stabilize. I’ve had a hard time and been ignored a lot, but… … Those are the regular customers who trust me the most.”

“you.”

“Those people… … I think Gyeonggi-do needs me.”

A clear rejection.

However, even though his proposal was rejected.

Sigh.

“Well… … that’s true.”

Shin Young-jun said with a pleasant smile.

“Well then, do whatever you want. But I made the offer, right? Don’t regret rejecting it later.”

“Don’t worry, that won’t happen. I know I’m your substitute, but… … .”

“huh?”

I thought that was the end of it after I rejected the offer.

Howard’s business didn’t end there.

“If you say you’re leaving, I have something to say to you too.”

“What is it? What is it?”

“I want you to think more about the profession of [chef], senior.”

In that serious voice.

Shin Young-jun turned around and looked at Howard’s face and asked.

“What are you talking about? Are you saying I have a vague idea about being a chef?”

“No way. But I think there are some parts that I’m missing.”

“… … ?”

“I mean, I didn’t fully understand your teachings… … but I tried hard to understand them.”

He put his hand into the pocket on the chest of his clothes.

He said, taking out a small note that was there.

“I wrote down my senior’s teachings in this notebook and kept reading them. I didn’t understand them at all, but if I kept trying to understand them, I was able to accept them one by one.”

“That’s great.”

“But you know, no matter how much I thought about it, there was something I just couldn’t understand.”

“… … ?”

Shin Young-jun’s past.

I’ve been looking forward to meeting other chefs besides myself.

“According to the theory that my senior mentioned, a chef is a being that refines the power of monsters that humans cannot absorb so that humans can absorb it.”

“That’s right, that’s right.”

“But, if we follow that logic.”

The reason was simple.

Unlike other professions where people in similar occupations build their skills through interaction with others.

This was because it was impossible for chefs to exchange information between similar occupations.

because.

Others, through such exchanges… … .

“Why are all the buffs from cooking temporary?”

“……uh?”

Realizing things I would never have realized on my own.

Because we grew step by step.

“What is that… … .”

“Think about it. Not as an awakened person, but as a regular person. Regular cooking has more of an effect on long-term health than short-term effects.”

For ordinary cooking.

The effects of the dish tended to show up quite late.

“There has never been a case where someone suddenly became healthy in one day by starting a healthy diet. It is also rare for someone to suddenly collapse the next day after eating unhealthy food. The essence of cooking, as we know, is not temporary change, but long-term change.”

It is common for people who have tried a healthy diet for a long time to barely feel the effects.

Likewise, even if you have some bad eating habits.

Of course, the side effects only appear after you have maintained those bad eating habits for a long time.

Because those side effects tend to last a very long time.

“But [cooking] was the opposite. It was all temporary effects, and the effects would disappear after a short period of time? I felt that way since I first awakened. Don’t you think that’s a little strange?”

“… … .”

“In the first place, if we eat the meat of a monster, that meat becomes our blood and flesh. No matter how much it is refined, the meat of monsters with special powers will dissolve into our bodies. In that case, rather than this temporary buff… … .”

“It would be more natural to influence permanent growth… …?”

“yes.”

As Howard’s explanation continued.

Shin Young-jun’s expression becomes strangely distorted.

“This is just my guess, Senior. Even if the meat of the monsters we’ve eaten so far was cooked, it would have become our blood and flesh.”

“… … .”

“In my case, I haven’t taken it long enough for the effects to really show… … .”

Howard said, placing his hand on his chest.

“Perhaps, those powers have not yet fully penetrated us. They may be melted into some part of our bodies.”

“… … .”

“The possibilities for chefs… may be wider than we thought.”

And then, at that moment.

“ah…….”

Shin Young-jun made a blank sound.

The gaze is slightly raised.

And then the eyes that look into space.

It was a somewhat unexpected action, though.

The Awakened could see the meaning of that action.

‘System message.’

A system window that appears in mid-air.

When you look at the contents, the awakened ones look like that.

And then.

Shin Young-jun muttered in a small voice.

“I got a clue to a higher level… … .”

Only then did the people gathered here come to a realization.

My name is Shin Young-jun.

A man whose identity was completely unknown from the moment he first appeared.

He.

“oh my god…….”

The fact that you can make such a surprised face.