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The Returner’s Three Meals Chapter 2

The Returner’s Three Meals Chapter 2

―The Future Frontier has announced new safety rules for the newly opened 18th floor.
―This is another opportunity that came to Korea after the US cleared the 17th floor. Opinions from all walks of life are coming out as to whether or not the development should be rushed.

Yoosung sighed.

“Sigh… … .”

Listening to the announcer’s dog whistles on the TV installed in the park, now is clearly a thing of the past.
Up until this point, Korea was in a state of turmoil rather than rushing to pioneer and establish national prestige.

About half a century ago, that is, 30 years ago from now.
When the Abyss opened, the earth that had been devastated was completely destroyed.
One day, all animals and crops suddenly disappeared.
Half of the world’s population died within two months.

Some people died of starvation, but it was not easy to die from war and violence.
The stored food was limited, and those who did not have it had no choice but to raise their weapons and steal others’ things.

If it wasn’t for the infinite nectar gathered in the Abyss.
And if it weren’t for making it an energy bar, the human race would have perished.

Those who barely survived began to pioneer the Abyss.
Firearms of modern civilization cannot be brought in, so it was a pioneering process made at the expense of the explorers who received the gift.
Through the magic stones and mysteries mined in the Abyss, civilization was rebuilt and the ‘Great Exploration Era’ was opened.

Just before returning, the meteor had just passed through all of that hell.

“Hey, bastard!”

Unable to bear the tantrum, he smashed a tree in the park.

blah.

Previously, wood of this thickness could be crushed with one punch.
But now, only a few leaves are falling. Even the body that had been trained so much returned to the level of a normal person.
Not only that, but as my allergy to energy bars got worse, I couldn’t even eat properly, so my condition was anchovy itself.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

The shooting star this time smashed its head into a tree.

Kwajak.

His forehead was broken and blood was dripping, but this time the tree was not in good shape.
The raindrops fell like the leaves.

“I think that person is crazy… … .”
“Don’t come close, it’s scary.”

People in the park slowly retreated.
Yooseong, who was in mourning, shed tears whether or not he did.

“It’s all in vain… … .”

I have achieved the Abyss Clear, my lifelong dream.
Finally, the earth became prosperous, and a world where we could live and live was about to return.
People who thought food was savage and ate energy bars were also going to return to normal.

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

However, he returned to the age of twenty-one.

The government support that was there was cut off when I was 20, and I barely lived on the lowest energy bars.
Now that I was kicked out of a government-funded dormitory, I sat down on the street with only 1.2 million won in cash.
Back to that most miserable time.

“What is a myth?”

It’s not even funny that it’s a myth-level hidden achievement.
It’s definitely a great thing to do a return as a reward for achievements.
However, it was something that Yooseong didn’t want at all.
[Gift: Bad Food]
The gift was also original.
It is such a gift that can eat poisonous insects and not die, even if you eat poisonous mushrooms.
It’s really unappealing.
There is no such thing as a return privilege.

―Do you want to be a hero?

At that time, public service advertisements started appearing on TV in the park.

―Do you want to hunt monsters that threaten mankind and find hidden treasures of the Abyss?

This is a promotional video for the Frontiers of the Future, encouraging people to become explorers.

Yooseong began to watch the video as if possessed.
From above the monster’s corpse, cheering explorers with jewels the size of a human head appear.
It’s an exaggerated video, but it’s actually not hard to see in the Abyss.

―I believe in your potential. Let’s do it together. Future Frontier.

And the ad is over.

The light returned to Yooseong’s eyes, which looked like rotten Dongtae’s eyes.
Of course, I wasn’t drawn to that childish advertisement.

Only one sentence stuck in my heart.

‘Want to find hidden treasure’

Something flashed like lightning.
‘Hidden Treasure’.

Now that they have returned, there are a lot of them in the Abyss, but they are also on this earth.
It’s also very close.

An old man at a general store who was very kind to Yoosung.

“yet… … remain.”

The treasure he has will remain at this point.

Yooseong, who seemed to have lost all hope in the world, came back to life.

he started running.
His twig-like legs creaked, and his untrained heart seemed to scream at the intense leaps and bounds.

However, Yoosung ran to his death and finally arrived at the general store in less than 5 minutes.

Just then, the owner appeared in front of the general store.

He was facing two gangsters.
When the old man saw the shooting star, he cried out in amazement.

“Yoo, isn’t it Yooseong?”

The security was collapsing, and the gangs who disappeared during the war against crime crept out.
Like most self-employed small citizens in this era, this general store in Shin Cine suffered because of the thugs who plunder money.

“Come later! busy.”

Even the upright old man had no choice but to endure the persecution of large thugs.
He motioned for Yoosung to back away, but Yooseong ignored him neatly and approached his master.

“Grandpa, there it is. it?”
“Well, what do you mean? Come on!”
“Oh, is that there? That’s what I was going to take out when my grandson’s daughter graduates! I can’t tell you here, really.”

The gangsters showed absurd expressions on Yooseong, who treats them like air.
They soon recognized Yooseong’s face.

“This is not a baby anchovies. Are you crazy?”

They knew meteors.

When Yooseong glanced at them, it was the face that remained in Asurai’s memory.
A gang of gangsters doing evil in this town.
They even robbed Yooseong, who was poor, several times.

“Hey, look at this bastard’s eyes. I’m going to hit one.”
“Turn it off, can’t you see hyungs working?”

As the gangsters’ attention turned to Yooseong, the owner of the general store said earnestly.

“Yoosung, I don’t know what you’re talking about, but let’s talk later. good.”

He was considerate of Yooseong, whom he regarded as his own grandson.
A determination crept across the owner’s face, preventing Amon’s sparks from bouncing off the meteors.

“Did you get a dick in your eardrum, this bird… … .”
“Move.”

As Yoosung ignored him and tried to pass by, the gangster grabbed Yooseong’s shoulder.

“Be cheeky. Billion, oh oh oh!”

At that moment, Yooseong grabbed the gangster’s finger and broke it.

Woodduck.

The fingers were bent at an angle that could not be bent at all.
The gangster screamed in agony.

“Crazy!”

Another guy next to him ran violently, but the meteor pulled the disabled gangster and blocked its path.
They eventually got tangled up and rolled on the floor.

Yooseong’s toe hit the neck of the man who had fallen.

wow

It’s natural to pass out because you kicked your chin.
One was stunned and stretched out to a great extent.
One grabbed a broken finger and burst into tears.

“Take your friends away.”

They felt afraid of Yooseong.
He must have been a skinny and weak bone up until a few days ago, but his eyes changed drastically.
In the end, the gangster dragged his stunned comrade and ran away.

As the storm-like situation passed, the general store owner muttered blankly.

“… … Is it a dream?”
“Let’s go in first.”

Yooseong entered the general store as if pulling the owner’s arm.
His eyes gleamed with anticipation for the treasure he would soon obtain.

* * *

“They wouldn’t stand still.”
“Then don’t worry. I will help you.”
“No, I really can’t… … .”
“But why are you smiling like that?”
“It’s refreshing, nigga.”

Contrary to the content of the grumbling, a smile did not leave the mouth of the owner of the general store.
Yooseong happily trampled on the thugs who had been tormenting him.

“Are you awake… … did you?”
“Awakening?”
“Yeah, what a martial art, Gifutu. A master of Shaolin.”
“what? Hahaha.”

It was Yooseong who laughed this time.

“Why are you laughing?”
“No, I was awakened. But it is not such a gift.”

It was a meteor that had been rolling in the Abyss for so long.
Even without a battle gift, the thugs wouldn’t care.

“Hurry up, give me that treasure. I will pay for it.”
“What kind of treasure is a treasure? Where can I find something like that in the general store?”
“Hidden in the freezer. The one I was going to bring out at Jia High School’s graduation ceremony.”

At those words, the old man’s expression hardened coldly.
His voice was trembling, like his personality who couldn’t hide his emotions.

“You, you, you, that, how!”

Yooseong took out all of his 1.2 million won and handed it to the owner without a word.

“This is it.”
“Hey, where else do you get this money?”

But Yooseong didn’t answer.
His patience had already reached its limit.
Yooseong went into the general store without hesitation.
He broke into the master’s living room and opened the door of the freezer in the corner.

“No, you bastard!”

The old man grabbed Yooseong’s body and tried to pull it apart, but he didn’t even budge, because of the power that came from that skinny body.
The meteor, who relentlessly cleared away the energy bars piled up one after another, was finally found.
It was deep in the freezer.

“Hey, there is… … .”
“No way, dear!”
“Okay!”

wrapped in vinyl.
that of a heavy lump.

“pork belly.”

A treasure that has been stored in the freezer for as many as thirty years.
The joys and sorrows of Koreans themselves.
A human friend who comforted weary modern people.

“Uh-huh, you idiot.”
“You can’t keep it in the freezer for this long.”
“It means that they even vacuum-packed everything!”
“This child will be delighted. I suffered enough in the cold freezer.”

Whether it was frozen when fresh or not, the bright red color was maintained.
Yooseong’s eyes gleamed with greed.

“Raise the fire!”

A fiery tenacity that is no different than a runaway locomotive.
In the end, even the master old man could not stop the shooting.

“… … good.”
“It will be so.”
“Instead, I eat.”

Even the owner couldn’t concede that.
If a piece of pork belly has been hidden in the freezer for decades, how great is the owner’s tenacity?
In the end, Yoosung had no choice but to nod his head.

“Instead, I cook for myself.”

That was the condition.
After that, it was a breeze.

The general store closed and a sign was put on closure.
There was no such thing as a gas burner, so I took out the brazier I had been using a long time ago.
The solid fuel was lit, and a polished iron plate was placed on it.

Yooseong sliced frozen pork belly very thinly with the jakdu from the general store.
The old man who was watching was amazed.

“It would be best with kimchi and rice. Soybean paste stew and soju.”
“The little guy knows everything. Satisfied with pepper and salt.”
“That’s not enough.”

Their faces were filled with sadness as if they were soldiers before going to war.

“I’ll bake you.”
“OK.”

Finally, the pork belly was on the fire.
There was a loud noise.

cheesy profit.

What orchestra in the world can perform so majestic?
The master’s old man’s eyes grew cold with complex gratitude.

Char murmur.

The thinly sliced pork belly was oozing with oil, and it started to cook as if it were deep-fried.
The savory flavor of meat wafted in gently.
Sprinkle with a little pepper and salt, and turn it over once, and the color will turn yellow.
It didn’t take long before it was ready to eat.

“It is ripe.”

In Yooseong’s previous life, he hadn’t eaten.
The day the old man’s granddaughter graduated from high school and came to congratulate him.
The nostalgic scent that vibrated in the general store.

Since they had already eaten all of the pork belly, they even resented the owner.

“Come on, show. We eat and bake one piece at a time.”

But this time it’s different.
The pork belly will go into his mouth.
Yoosung put that point in his mouth with a tense posture.

“Ugh!”

Explosive flavor.
The roasted fat melted fragrantly.
Rustiness as if hugging each taste bud warmly.

Cataclysm Day.
Among the countless things that humans have lost, the most precious thing may be pork belly.

A strong emotion came over me.
When I got my first gift, it was a shock that was comparable to the time when I chewed poisonous insects and wandered through death.

If you ate this one piece before getting the gift, you might have gotten another gift instead of a bad one.
In the ears of such meteors, a message that could not be heard rang.
[The gift is granted when the conditions are met.]
“… … Huh?”
[There is an existing gift.]
[Regression privilege is activated. Additional acquisition of gifts is accepted.]
[Gifts are being selected.]
Additional acquisition of gifts.
An astonishing feat that no one of the world’s explorers had ever achieved is beginning to be achieved.