Jangsanbeom Accepts the Offer
The sizzling sound of meat cooking filled the air as the forbidden act of killing in Buddhism was being grilled appetizingly right in front of me.
I had been eating only processed meat without any meaty flavor for so long, now for the first time I could oil my stomach, churup!
Don't tigers prefer raw meat?
I don't bother to get fire because I actually prefer cooked meat.
If I use fire wrong, I can burn the entire mountain home, so even if the taste is a bit less, I eat raw meat.
The meat sizzling on the fire plate now is samgyeopsal.
Because even if money comes, I can't order beef because my hands shake.
“First, one piece......”
I wrapped the grilled samgyeopsal in lettuce with garlic and ssamjang.
And....
Chewing.....!
Kwaaah!!! Crazy! Crazy! Life is really delicious.
It was just yesterday that I was tormented by convenience store thugs and filled my stomach with expired food.
“Boss, here, not soju, one bottle of soju!”
“Sorry, customer, our store requires ID......”
If I meet that Grim Reaper again, I really have to beat him to death. Even if I give the body, I should give something mature! It's annoying to always be treated like a kid!
“Here.”
I hand my ID to the boss.
20 years old, my age on the ID is exactly 20.
When setting the age, I said at least make it adult, so it was fortunate, otherwise I would have been forced to abstain from alcohol.
The boss looks at me suspiciously and finally places one bottle of soju on the table and leaves.
She pours soju into the glass and gulps it down.
Kwaaah!!
In the past, to get drunk, I had to go down to the village to find a liquor store or eat a dog.
Now that I'm human, I can proudly buy alcohol with money.
It's also one of the reasons many hwan su and yeong mul have come down to the human world.
“Liquor store...... Thinking of liquor store, I remember that guy. Should I call him after a long time?”
It seems that wanting to call a friend while drunk is common for humans and hwan su.
“Hello....?”
“Woochi ya.....!”
“Sanbeom....? You drank alcohol?”
“Yeah. I'm eating samgyeopsal as an appetizer right now.”
“You said you didn't have money and were having a hard time a week ago, right?”
“Yeah! But money came. A lot of it!”
“That's good. So what did you call for?”
“I wanted to hear my friend's voice. I was drinking so it reminded me of you. You like alcohol, right.”
“Yeah. In the old days, I drank alcohol instead of water.... Recently, I don't have time to drink because of work.”
“Work? Ah, right! You are that, the weather agency.....?”
“Korea Meteorological Administration.”
“Ah, right! Korea Meteorological Administration. How is work these days?”
“It's fine. The weather or something, I used to change it with a few spells. Seeing that you have money, it seems you found a job that suits your aptitude.”
“Hmm.... Should I say it's a job that suits my aptitude? Anyway, I found one. It's voice acting..... Mimicking voices like a pansori singer.”
“Good job. Then I have to go. My daughter keeps asking me to play.”
“Daughter? Ah, that gumiho, right! Last time at the playground in front of your house, I almost swallowed the one playing...... Anyway, take care.”
The call ended.
It was a conversation with a friend after a long time, but it felt a bit empty.
The bitter taste rose in the alcohol that had been sweet until now.
“Everyone is working hard......”
The era of sincerity seemed to be fading away as times changed and time passed.
The friends who used to laugh and chat together are now going their separate ways.
When I look back, that time remains only as memories that cannot be returned to.
Just like humans.......
Thinking that I, a hwan su living in the fantasy world, am like humans...... Tsk, it's not fitting.
While lost in such thoughts, someone tapped my shoulder.
A pair of man and woman in blue clothes.
“There was a report that a minor is drinking alcohol in the store.....”
The Grim Reaper who gave me this body, I will definitely kill him!
(The words “kill” are said after the fact!)
Damn it!
The line from the recent anime came to mind and I tackled him.
............
The police checked the ID and did a background check, apologized, and left with their heads bowed.
I wanted to call the Grim Reaper immediately to change the body, but those stiff bureaucrats wouldn't come when I called..... Do I have to die?
The human form of a hwan su never ages.
But since the strength is the same as human body, it's easy to get damaged from small falls from high places.
If it is damaged more than a certain level to the point of no recovery, the Grim Reaper comes to change the body......
“It must hurt....?”
I muttered while looking at my wrist.
I am not a pervert who enjoys the pain of reincarnation, and I don't want to self-harm just to cut the body.
“Later, I should go to the funeral home or near the ICU and look for the Grim Reaper.”
After thinking that far, I turned on the computer.
Just like usual, I checked the YouTube views and comments, then rode the algorithm to the distant place.
“Damn ads!”
An unavoidable 15-second ad blocked my path like the gatekeeper of hell.
“Wait a minute...... Why am I angry because of the ads? I have money!”
YouTube Premium subscription ON
This is it! This is why humans are all about money, money.
Like the monk who lived austerely tasting pleasure and becoming a fallen monk, I also realized the taste of money.
For dinner, I ordered the chicken as the winning product.
I have tasted baekjuk and samgyetang, but chicken is on a different level from them.
“Honestly, if I took the chicken recipe and went back to the past....... I would have been hunted as soon as I came down to the village.....”
Thinking of the chicken recipe like the popular regression webtoon, I started imagining opening a restaurant franchise in the Joseon Dynasty in the four provinces of the country, but then I remembered that in the old days I wasn't human.
Among the videos that appear in YouTube recommendations, a video that caught my eye stood out.
Viewer Voice Mimicry Contest! This Isn't AI, Right?!
“Let's see how well they do.”
I clicked the video.
There are humans who are good at voice mimicry among humans.
Well, not as good as me, though.
While watching the video by imitating the voices of the participants for fun, the participant appeared.
Her skill was amazingly outstanding, but the viewers were too perfect, so the participant was being insulted as manipulated.
The participant's skill was too perfect, so she must have uploaded a voice mimicry video on YouTube that was being insulted as manipulated by people.
And right now, she is probably eating chicken as a midnight snack.....!
What more words are needed. This is me.
The viewers who thought my voice mimicry was manipulated went crazy when they realized the last voice mimicry was not AI.
That's why, from the beginning, don't believe it.
In the email, it said the viewers are very curious about me, but it was beyond imagination.
After watching the video, I searched Do Dohan's channel.
“They said they would give a reward if I participate, right?”
I searched through several videos and checked the donation history in the video.
The video with the most donations was the ‘Haptic Suit’ video, receiving continuous video donations.
While the streamer suffered because of it, it was pain to endure to make money, right?
If I could earn even half of that, my pocket would be full.
My pocket is already full, but the more power and money, the more...... Seeing it this way, I am too human-like.
It seems I am only getting closer to human evil, but I am overlooking the details!
I immediately sent an email saying I want to participate in the invitation seat or something.
............
Ring.
Do Dohan woke up from sleep with messy eyes and checked her smartphone.
I don't remember setting any notifications, and it wasn't a notification sound.
“Email.....”
When Do Dohan clicked the email, a long message unfolded.
Seeing the letter, Do Dohan couldn't hide the awkward smile.
“Hey, you seem to have some age.....!”
Because of the kimbap at the end of the letter that unfolded the greeting and introduction like in a martial arts novel, Do Dohan seemed to be in a daze.
“Did I accidentally invite her? Could it be an AI-made voice mimicry?! No, that's not it. If it was, I would have rejected the invitation.”
It wasn't like this even when watching the world's seven major mysteries.....
The content was definitely created, and if well done, it could even come to Wetube.
“I applied, but why am I hesitating....!”
At the moment my head was hesitating, my hand was already sending the date for the invitation seat to that person.
To Do Dohan, who is a broadcaster to the bone, it looked like a contract being handed by a devil, but she finally stamped it.