Revenge (2)
“Hah, this is ridiculous.”
There’s no one to pay, but they’re playing their own game.
They’re even causing trouble in someone else’s business.
Even Gandhi would be furious at this.
‘No, I’ll hold back.’
…For a moment, I thought about killing them, but I decided to hold back.
I already killed two big shots. If I take these out too, it’ll be a nightmare to clean up.
For me, who dreams of a peaceful daily life, this is not good.
‘Okay, I’ll think of them as cousins who were being mischievous during the holidays.’
These guys would die from one word of mine, but without them, the world would end.
There should be slaves to clean up a truck full of powerful monsters.
I decided to talk to them as kindly as possible and send them away.
“What the hell are you guys doing?”
“…What?”
Their gazes turned to me. I frowned and said.
“Why are you causing trouble in someone else’s business? You fucking bastards.”
“B-Bastards.”
“…What did you just say?”
“I said you fucking bastards.”
Kim Hyun-seok stepped forward.
I stared at him in disbelief.
He came right up to my face and looked up.
“You want to die?”
“……”
“You just hit S-rank, huh? You think you own the world?”
I closed my eyes.
This guy is really ugly.
“You’re scared?”
The other hunters watched the situation carefully.
They probably wanted to check if my ability was real.
I’ll play along a little.
Then… those innocent lives won’t be lost.
‘Should I kill one of them after all?’
I opened my eyes and thought.
But killing them like this feels wrong, so let me ask once.
“Hey.”
“…Hah, you still don’t get it…”
“You want to die?”
I blinked and asked.
Kim Hyun-seok sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
Then he glared at me with a bad look and answered.
“Go ahead and kill me, you bastard.”
‘This is the first time, huh?’
Since my regression, I don’t think I’ve killed anyone with Instant Death.
Because I could kill without even using my power.
Actually, my power has one secret.
That I can do this.
—Die as painfully as possible.
“What…?”
I ignored him and walked over to Yoo Jin.
“Yoo Jin-ssi.”
“Y-Yes?”
“Cover your ears. It might get noisy.”
I pressed the button next to Yoo Jin and lowered the shop’s blinds.
And I calmly covered my ears.
“Kuaaaaaak—!”
With my ears muffled, I heard Kim Hyun-seok’s horrific scream.
So that’s why he was acting tough… Sigh.
**
There’s one corpse.
Kim Hyun-seok, who was glaring at us with murderous intent just moments ago, is the main character.
Blood pooled in every hole in his body.
His whole body was twisted, as if he had suffered unimaginable pain.
I smiled faintly and said.
“It would be nice if you could clean this up. The shop is a mess, right?”
“……”
The S-rank hunters watching seemed quite shocked.
They hadn’t moved a muscle since earlier, as if frozen.
‘A good example will do.’
My identity being exposed is unavoidable.
I only declared I wouldn’t become a hunter, not that I’d seal my powers. I knew this would happen eventually.
Of course I knew it would cause trouble.
The only way to prevent it is to show a clear example.
After all, Kim Hyun-seok is a worthless person.
In my previous life, he messed with me and got killed by me.
“No, I said clean it up.”
I scowled and looked at Seol Min-ah. If my memory is correct, she was the one who used magic. She was the most suitable for this kind of work.
“Y-Yes…”
She jumped in surprise. She turned away from the gruesome corpse and reached out her hand.
“Clean.”
A light emanated from her hand, and the bloodstains disappeared.
“And you.”
I gestured to the remaining one. Shin Seohyun’s shoulders twitched.
“Kim Hyun-seok was killed by you. Got it? You were fighting over some grudge and snapped in a fit of anger.”
“……”
“Answer.”
“…Yes.”
‘Tsk tsk. You don’t even have the backbone to protect my sister?’
In the end, these people need to try harder for my sister to be safer.
But they’re… hopeless. In my previous life, I did everything, so I thought they were useless, but a hunter who panics over killing one person is disqualified.
At the very least, Yoo Sia wouldn’t have reacted like this.
I looked at them with disdain and said the last thing.
“Then now……”
I pointed at the Kim Hyun-seok corpse once, then toward the entrance.
“Take him and get out.”
**
“I’m sorry. You must have been surprised.”
After the situation was settled, I told Yoo Jin.
Yoo Jin shook her head.
“You showed a dangerous side. I’m not a bad person, and actually, those friends were… not good people……”
“No.”
Yoo Jin firmly shook her head.
“There must be a reason the boss killed someone. I believe it. And… it was cool.”
“…Huh?”
“You killed an S-rank hunter who rules the world with just one word. I didn’t even notice the boss’s movements. It was awe-inspiring, and I had no other thoughts.”
She was sending me a look of trust instead.
‘Hmm. So Yoo Jin isn’t normal either.’
I already knew, but reacting like this after someone was killed… Yoo Jin wasn’t normal either.
Anyway, is everything ready?
I looked at her intently.
“Are the bowls and menu ready?”
“Yes. They arrived when you were away at the boss’s seat earlier.”
“Good. There’s no problem, right?”
“Yes, all the bowls are normal. But the menu doesn’t have prices listed. Did you do that on purpose?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“…?”
Yoo Jin looked at me as if she didn’t understand.
“Didn’t I tell you? The prices for my food aren’t fixed. It’s a system where you pay as much as you’re satisfied with.”
“What does that mean…?”
I pointed to the black money box next to the entrance.
“Pay as much as you want. After all, I’m not running the shop to make money.”
My goal wasn’t to operate the shop to make money.
It was just a formal sign to hide my identity.
“Boss… will my salary come out?”
“Probably?”
“The labor office number is…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll pay your salary.”
Even though it was a formal shop, I had no intention of skimping.
How could I half-ass something that goes into people’s mouths?
The One-Table restaurants I visited recently.
The taste was good, but the service wasn’t the best.
Because prices were fixed, it felt like they weren’t putting in their best effort.
I wanted to break those limits.
To do that, I needed to provide the best food and service.
I already had specific methods prepared for this.
**
First opening after renovation.
I waited for customers with the newly decorated shop.
“Two o’clock reservation?”
“Yes, they’ll be here soon.”
Shop usage is basically by reservation.
To prevent uninvited guests from coming indiscriminately.
The maximum number of users per day is two groups.
This can also vary depending on the schedule.
‘As expected, I chose the right structure.’
I looked at the smooth table.
Bar-like like a pub. No, omakase style.
When the customer was seated, I could serve food from the front.
-Dang.
At that moment, the customer who arrived on time entered the shop.
“Welcome…”
“Annyeonghaseyo.”
Clumsy and awkward Korean.
White ponytail and a doll-like face.
I let out a long sigh.
‘This is crazy.’
I knew exactly who she was.
Murakami Shion. An S-rank hunter famous even in Japan.
‘Now even Japanese people are coming to find me?’
I wasn’t angry.
I just let out a hollow laugh.
The world doesn’t leave me alone even though I just want to live quietly.
I frowned and looked at her.
“Go back.”
“Ehh? Did it?”
“I know. You reserved to drag me to Japan. There’s no point, so go back.”
She tilted her head.
“Food. Hungry.”
“Go back when I speak nicely.”
“Food.”
“Go back.”
“Paga.”
“What, what? Idiot? I already said it?”
Shion, frustrated, came closer and took out her smartphone.
Then she turned on the translator and started speaking in Japanese.
After a while, a mechanical voice came from the translator.
-You bastard. I just came to eat delicious food.
I was quite shocked.
If she had just cursed me directly, it wouldn’t have been this bad.
At this point, I had doubts.
‘Did she really come to eat?’
She kept using the translator.
I shook my head vigorously.
I can’t be fooled.
Recalling the incidents of S-rank hunters coming recently.
The rumors had already spread to nearby Japan.
She was an S-rank hunter from Japan.
Did many people come to Korea just to eat food?
I couldn’t believe it.
“How can I believe that?”
“Mider.”
Shion wiped her small face and extended the smartphone screen.
‘What is this?’
There were plenty of photos of delicious-looking food.
Most seemed to be Korean food, probably taken in Korea.
Yoo Jin, who had been quietly watching the scene, spoke up.
“Boss, it looks like she really came to eat.”
“…Really?”
I looked at Shion with narrowed eyes.
“Honto. Really.”
‘……’
“Welcome to Korea. Please sit here.”
I smiled awkwardly and guided her to a seat.
Shion glared at me.
“I’m sorry. Customer. There have been many uninvited guests lately. In return, I’ll compensate with the best service.”
Only then did she nod and climb onto the chair with a “Yea-cha-yea-cha.”
“Here is the menu.”
Yoo Jin handed her the menu.
“One menu?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
I answered quietly.
The luxurious menu had only one item listed.
-[A Course (Meat Noodle. Taste changeable.)]
“I’ll have the A Course.”
Shion said in her clumsy Korean.
“How would you like it cooked?”
I asked her in front of me.
“How?”
“As you can see on the menu, you can change the taste. For example, a taste that gives you strength, or a taste that makes you healthy. It’s a course where I cook according to your preference.”
The way to provide the best service.
That is, cooking as the customer wants.
Shion nodded as if she understood.
“Make it as delicious as possible. Please.”
“Understood.”
Boil the noodles for three minutes, remove the excess water, and pour in plenty of the stewed broth.
Done.
‘She asked to make it extremely delicious.’
I took out a potion.
An item I would never use normally.
It was Zigmave’s Seasoning.
Zigmave, a nine-armed alchemist, is a monster in cooking.
He creates dishes that humans can’t even imitate with his nine arms.
It was a seasoning potion he researched and created.
‘What happens if I add one drop?’
-Dduk.
After adding one drop of the potion, the color of the stewed broth became even more opaque.
“The dish is ready.”
I placed the food in front of Shion.
She sniffed the aroma, then took a spoonful of the broth.
“……”
She said nothing.
Then she picked up her chopsticks.
And she ate the noodles without a word like a storm.
Shion lifted the bowl and started gulping it down, not leaving even a drop of broth.
“…Eh?”
“Yes?”
“It’s delicious!”
She handed me something.
“What is this?”
It was a ring.
“Marriage. Person who cooks well. Love.”
“……”
It was a bit thrilling to hear from someone as pretty as Shion.
‘Is this a Japanese-style proposal?’
I felt a gaze from somewhere and turned to see Yoo Jin staring at me.
“Boss?”
“I know. I have to reject it.”
‘I have to reject it.’
I don’t want to.
**
“What happened?”
The chairman of the Seongho Group.
Oh Seong-ho stared at a woman fixedly.
“H-He’s a monster. Damn, he killed Kim Hyun-seok without even touching him.”
“So we should have pulled him into our company.”
“He didn’t seem like he wanted to become a hunter. Just leaving him alone… would be better.”
“Min-ah.”
A deep voice.
Chairman Oh Seong-ho was just an ordinary person, but every time he spoke, Seol Min-ah’s body trembled.
“Yes?”
“Will you go back to B-rank?”
The difference in treatment between S-rank and B-rank is like heaven and earth.
Seol Min-ah swallowed dryly.
“No…”
“Think carefully about why you could become an S-rank hunter.”
“…I know.”
Chairman Oh Seong-ho gave a vile smile.
“There are plenty of substitutes. If you want to keep your position, bring Han Seonghun. Use any method.”
“Ah, I understand.”
Seol Min-ah bowed her head and left the chairman’s office.
She opened her status window.
Name: Seol Min-ah
Grade: B
-Kwajik!
She bit her teeth hard.
She resented her weak self.