046. Restaurant-Hunting Mukbang
046. Restaurant-Hunting Mukbang
I parked on the shoulder, grabbed the camera, and got out of the car.
Then I slowly made my way toward the building that looked like it might be the restaurant.
【Reformed Guburi】─You going in here?
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─This place? lol This place, this place!
【Hottie Licker】─Not funny, so shut it.
【Yoho】─Maniac, looks like you gave up on the new concept.
In front of the building's door.
I stopped in place and lifted my gaze upward.
I could see a roof with fork and knife models attached.
"...Going by that alone, it's definitely a restaurant, but I can't tell what they sell."
【Hottie Licker】─A restaurant lacking basic competence.
【Qkrnfl892】─fr fr, don't they even have a proper sign? At least set it up so you can guess what kind of place it is from the outside.
【Reformed Guburi】─Seems like they don't want to do business. Just go somewhere else. lol
A few viewers were negative about this place.
They didn't like that it wasn't properly put together.
But I was different.
For dinner, I wanted to eat here.
None of the other restaurants I'd seen while driving had appealed to me, but this one had something that drew people in, though I couldn't say why.
"I think this place might be fine."
【Yoho】─I think so too. heh
【Dick Lover】─yeah, maybe they didn't bother with a sign because they're confident in the food?
【Min-ji】─Maybe it's just a restaurant someone runs as a hobby?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. Why is nobody mentioning how the fog suddenly evaporated?
"Don't worry about that. There's nothing we can figure out even if we wonder about it anyway."
【Reformed Guburi】─fr fr lol
【Dick Lover】─lol cool.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Hmm. No matter how I look at it, this seems like a Wandering Restaurant.
"Huh? A Wandering Restaurant?"
【Reformed Guburi】─The hell is a Wandering Restaurant, you weeb.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─It's a restaurant that does business across dimensions. I've never been to one either, so I don't know much. I just know that when a Wandering Restaurant opens, fog suddenly appears around it and then disappears.
【Reformed Guburi】─The hell is this bitch on about. Shouldn't have asked.
【Hottie Licker】─lol you a novelist?
"Really? So there are restaurants like that too, huh."
【Reformed Guburi】─oh? You believe that? You got a hole in your brain or something?
【Hottie Licker】─fr fr, the more I watch, Se-hun's actually pretty innocent.
"We're living in a world where yokai exist. Something like a Wandering Restaurant could exist too."
【Reformed Guburi】─Ah. Is that so?
【Hottie Licker】─'Is that so' my ass, sounds like you're the one with the hole in your brain, Guburi.
If this had been before the Abandoned House Exploration, I wouldn't have even pretended to see Defense Force's chat.
But not now.
Ever since I'd confirmed the existence of yokai with my own two eyes, my perspective had broadened a lot.
I could pretty much accept anything as just being what it was.
Even if aliens showed up.
"Anyway. I'm somehow drawn to this restaurant. Plum Blossom, what do you think?"
My mind was already made up.
I'd have dinner at this place.
Still, I decided to hear Plum Tree's opinion before going in,
because it might not be a Wandering Restaurant but a building related to yokai.
【Plum Tree】─yupyup?
【Reformed Guburi】─She's asking if there are yokai in the building, you clueless thick-skulled bastard.
【Plum Tree】─Ah.
Plum Tree fell quiet after that one chat of 'Ah.'
About thirty seconds passed, maybe.
A long message came up.
【Plum Tree】─Like I said last time, it's hard to determine the presence of yokai just from a broadcast. Still, I'm fairly confident there aren't any yokai in that building. Yokai rarely nest in places that stand out to human eyes.
"Saying it's rare means it could still happen, doesn't it?"
【Plum Tree】─There are occasional cases. But Seoul and Gyeonggi Province have none at all. Those areas are packed with exorcists.
【Reformed Guburi】─Oh...
【Hottie Licker】─Exorcists, holy shit, for real lol
Plum Blossom, who was an exorcist, had firmly guaranteed its safety.
That left no reason not to go in.
"Then let's just eat here. Plum Blossom said it's safe too."
No objections to my decision came up.
Just as I was about to push the door open.
『'Se-hun Defense Force' donated 10,000 won.』
└Se-hun, wait!!!
Defense Force urgently sent a voice message.
I paused in place and asked,
"What, you fuck."
【Se-hun Defense Force】─The more I think about it, I really think that's a Wandering Restaurant.
"So? Is a Wandering Restaurant a dangerous place?"
【Se-hun Defense Force】─No, that's not it. I just called and asked a friend, you know? The food at a Wandering Restaurant is all free, but you have to pay an entrance fee at the counter before you go into the hall. So bring the entrance fee with you. They said the restaurant opens in multiple worlds simultaneously, but only one person from each world can enter and you can't re-enter.
"...I don't really get what you're saying, but to sum it up, it's like a buffet where you pay an entrance fee, right? I've got my card, so no problem."
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Nope, no card payment.
【Qkrnfl892】─daebak, is this a restaurant openly committing tax evasion?
"No cards? Then I'll pay in cash."
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Nope, no cash either.
【Reformed Guburi】─Then what the hell do you want me to do, you fuck!
【Se-hun Defense Force】─They said the entrance fee isn't money, but an item. If you get denied entry, you can't go back in, so at least take that case of cola you bought earlier.
【Reformed Guburi】─huh? The fuck is that.
【Hottie Licker】─A barter restaurant? lololol
【Yoho】─Gasp.
【Min-ji】─Are they cavemen?
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya! A restaurant with a dumbass concept!
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─lolol a novel kind of place. Seems fun.
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Se-hun. I'm really not lying to mess with you, so make sure to take it and go in. Just think of it as a place with a weird concept. It's not a restaurant you can visit anytime, so if you miss this chance, you'll seriously regret it.
"...There really is every kind of bullshit restaurant. Fine, I'll take it with me like you said. But if the staff treats me like a weirdo, you're banned?"
【Se-hun Defense Force】─okay...
In the end, I took a case of cola out of the truck bed.
I decided to trust Defense Force this once, since she wasn't a malicious viewer like Guburi.
【Reformed Guburi】─lolol she's actually taking it. As if barter would work, you fuck!
【Hottie Licker】─Problem customer Gye Se-hun has appeared! lolololol
If I got treated like a problem customer, I could just permanently blacklist ban Defense Force and that would be that.
***
When I opened the building's door, a short hallway came into view.
There was another door at the end of the hallway, and a counter set up beside it.
‘...What was that? Bunny ears?’
The outfit of the staff member standing at the counter wasn't ordinary.
Was she doing cosplay or something?
She was wearing a black swimsuit and a bunny-ear headband.
‘A bunny girl cosplay? Thank god it was not a bunny boy.’
Holding the case of cola, I slowly approached the counter.
Then the staff member noticed me, smiled brightly, and greeted me.
"Enter, thou shalt!"
Her way of speaking was damn weird.
It was a greeting that left me confused about whether it was formal or informal.
"Hello. Um, I heard there's an entrance fee here..."
"Correct! Give thou the entrance fee!"
Having arrived at the counter, I carefully set down the case of cola and asked,
"Is this acceptable, by any chance...? I heard you don't take money..."
"Hmm!"
The staff member's headband twitched,
as if it had nerves connected to it.
"I shall verify-y-y-y!"
Using an even more bizarre tone, the staff member leaped from the counter and sprang out.
She really was like a rabbit.
‘...It looked like this really was a restaurant that accepted items as an entrance fee.’
The staff member set the box down on the floor.
Then she began circling around it restlessly.
It seemed like a procedure to confirm whether it had enough value to cover the entrance fee.
Then she briefly came into the camera's view.
【Reformed Guburi】─Gah! The fuck is that!
【Qkrnfl892】─Ah, fuck!!! A bunny girl, really? And not even a bunny boy!
【Plum Tree】─Are you a lesbian bar?
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Wow lolol, of all places, I see a disgusting rabbit here. Anyway, it really was a Wandering Restaurant after all.
【Yoho】─I'm going to go wash my eyes out.
【Hottie Licker】─Seriously filthy.
【Min-ji】─A bunny girl, though...
【Se-hun Defense Force】─Ah. But I think the broadcast might end once you enter the hall. Since that place is another world.
【Drift AI】─She says she will speak. She states that she has taken measures so that the broadcast can be transmitted from anywhere.
【Bubblegum Collector】─Wakyapya. At this point, seems like this isn't a concept, you bastards. lololol
【Reverse-Rape Maniac】─Se-hun. You do a bunny boy cosplay and purify our eyes.
【BigGirl】─That's a good idea.
【Dick Lover】─Don't you ever show that rabbit bitch again. Final warning.
I could understand the viewers being disgusted.
I'd have reacted the same way.
If I saw a man in a bunny boy cosplay, I'd have frowned instinctively too.
Even so, I couldn't let them curse at an ordinary person.
No matter how disgusting, they should have swallowed their curses internally.
"Gyejipsa. Chat mute all."
【Gyejipsa】─Hahaha!
I decided to caution the viewers through chat mutes.
Without needing to explain the reason out loud, if they had any sense, they'd know why they got muted.
I was watching the chat window, which had gone quiet, when it happened.
The bunny girl staff member abruptly handed me a necklace and said.
“Pass! Put this on!”
I reflexively took the necklace.
It was a necklace with a green gem embedded in it.
Was this like an entry pass?
I didn't really know what it was, but I put it on for now.
And at that moment.
“You may enter now, guest.”
The staff member's manner of speaking abruptly turned normal, and even her voice tone became calm.
"..."
"Guest?"
Just in case, I took off the necklace and asked.
“I can go in?”
"Correct! Enter, thou shalt!"
"Hmm..."
I put the necklace back on.
"I'll go in, then?"
"Yes. Enjoy your meal, guest."
I decided not to think too deeply about it.
The way her speech changed depending on whether I was wearing the necklace was probably just a concept. Whatever.
Turning my attention away from the staff member, I opened the door next to the counter.
And then, the restaurant's spacious hall spread out before my eyes.
‘Oh. Way bigger than I thought? It didn't seem like a building this big; was there space in the back?’
I slowly turned my head and looked around the hall. There were ten tables in total.
Nine of them already had guests seated, and only one spot remained.
As I walked to the empty seat, I glanced sidelong at the other guests once more.
‘...But everyone's outfits were unusual.’
Every single guest, without exception, was wearing cosplay clothes.