Chapter 96 – 96. Bad Drink

We selected drinks with incredible performance.

From stat-boosting drinks to drinks with all kinds of strange effects. Even the taste is completely random. I guess I should say it’s fortunate that they decided on a taste category…

Anyway, 13 cans wasn’t enough for us, so we ordered 10 more cans of drink. Thanks to this, you can now drink one can of stat-boosting drink per person. The taste that was still worth eating was given up to the women. Because it would be a shame if I vomited while eating…

“Whoa… It tastes like boiled bugs… “

“Old seaweed…”

“It tastes like roasted wood…”

It’s a taste chosen by me, Youngsik, and Junho, respectively. I thought that the taste of roasted wood would be the best, so I gave it to my older brother, Junho.

Yeongsik and I might die after eating this.

Boiled bugs and old seaweed. It’s a taste you can’t even imagine. Please do me a favor and I hope you don’t throw up.

“Oppa, are you okay…? Let’s change it with me..”

“Yeah, yeah. Inho.. Or better, just throw it away.. Let’s spend some more coins..”

“Yes, Inho oppa. Don’t eat it… Ugh… Boiled bugs…”

“Are you okay. Because it’s a waste of coins… “

Yes, I drink it because it’s such a waste. Otherwise, I would have just thrown it away. If I had an overflow of coins, I would have boldly thrown them away…

“And… The weirder the taste, the wider the range of stats that increase… “

“Well, that’s okay..”

This is a newly discovered fact. The more it tasted like taffy, the bigger the stat increase was.

For example, the taste of boiled bugs and old seaweed increases a whopping 12 stats. It goes down by 3 stats and goes up by 12 stats. This is almost the same amount as raising 3 survival levels at once.

Of course, there are some fruit flavors that just increase your stats by 9, but most of them are like that.

“Well, Mr. Jiyeon..”

“Oh, I’ll go see it. Because Seunghee and Heejeong are there too.”

“Yes.”

I took a drink and went to the room where Jiyeon Kang was. I took care of it with a taste worth eating.

“Ah…”

Kang Ji-yeon had stopped crying. And Seunghee and Heejeong were sitting next to her and talking about their experiences.

Seung-hee mainly talked about what happened when she lost her mother, and Hee-jeong talked non-stop about how her parents and even her younger brother were brutally murdered.

This feels like a competition to see who is sadder. As Seung-hee and Hee-jeong were fighting on both sides, Kang Ji-yeon, who was caught in the middle, was comforting them instead of shedding her tears.

“Hey, guys. Uh, uh…”

I didn’t know what to say, so I scratched the back of my head for a moment and said that I had an amazing drink and that we should come out and have it together.

“Yes!”

“Oh, I like strange things.”

When Seunghee and Heejeong heard that drinking a drink would change their hair color, they ran out in a huff, saying they had to see it right away.

Perhaps because they are relatively young, they are both very curious.

“Thank you for your concern..”

“No. Rather, I’m going to go to the supermarket tomorrow.”

“Ah… Go, let’s go together. I think I can check it now.”

“Okay. Then I’ll wake you up tomorrow. Drink this and get some rest. “Because I’m going to move early.”

“Yes..”

I brought the stat-boosting drink I had brought to Kang Ji-yeon. It was a drink that raised a random stat by 6 and dropped by 3.

The taste is said to be that of a celebrity star candy, so it is a taste that is difficult to fail. And when you’re depressed, eating something sweet makes you feel better.

“Then I’ll wake you up later.”

“Yes.. Thank you..”

I closed the door and went out. I said I was going to the supermarket tomorrow, so I won’t commit suicide. I can’t die until I go to the supermarket and check it out in person.

“Okay then… Let’s all drink in order together!”

“Wow…”

“Well, starting with me.”

Yeongsik raised his hand curiously.

To be honest, I’m not really interested in stat increases, but I’m more curious about what it will taste like.

“I’m going.”

Gulp. Gulp…

“Ugh…”

“No!! Yeongsik!! You have to be patient!! “It’s worth 15 coins!!”

“Youngsikkun! If you spit it out, you lose! Swallow it all like a man!!!”

“Woah, Yeongsik… Fighting…”

“Ugh.. This.. Cough. Cough.. Fuck.. This.. Wow…”

“What on earth does it taste like..”

“I don’t know… In my life, I’ve been experiencing strange things like, wow.. Sigh.. Fuck.. Fuck.. I have to eat all of this..?”

“Of course…Stat increase by 12 points…”

“Fuck… Completely rotten seaweed and the fishy smell unique to seafood… I’m going crazy… “

“You have to eat it, Youngsik.. It’s definitely better than the taste of home appliances.”

“Uh.. That’s true too.. Gulp.. Wow… No.. I think this is the worst…”

Saliva was running down Yeongsik’s chin. But I couldn’t stop. It is a drink obtained by inserting 15 coins. It cannot be thrown away.

In the end, Yeongsik held his nose and drank every last drop.

“Ugh… Ugh.. Ugh…”

“Wow, awesome. Puheap..”

“Wow.. Hey! Baek A-yoon..! Don’t laugh at me.. Ugh.. Turn it off..”

“Yeah, but. Hehehaha.!! Yeongsikkun… Pyo, your expression is so funny..”

“Ugh.. Damn.. I seriously don’t want to eat this again… I feel so sick.”

Yeong-sik is truly disgusted. This is pitiful, but it was very funny because I felt like I was intuiting that I was drinking canary fish sauce due to some kind of luck.

Since there was nothing to do except TV, even trivial things were funny and fun.

“Okay, then what’s next… “

“Yeongsikkun pointed it out.”

“I? Then… “

Yeongsik thought for a moment and then pointed to Junho’s uncle.

“Haha. Me, I’m fine… I’ll just give up what’s mine to my daughter… Now, Seunghee… Eat a lot and get stronger… “

“Ah! Dad!! Don’t waste time!!”

“That’s right! Uncle!! There’s no need to skip it! Quick! One shot!”

Hehe… These damn things… Attacking the elderly…”

Uncle Junho was very upset. The man even wanted to give in to her daughter. It’s ugly..

Well, you must be scared because you saw him going crazy right in front of you.

“Whoa.. Then.. Let’s drink it..”

However, I couldn’t remove it. Uncle Junho eventually opened the can and gulped down the contents.

“Hmm…?”

“Dad, are you okay?”

“Puh-ha.. It’s delicious..?”

“Yes? Why? Why is he so delicious.. This.. This is unfair..”

Yeongsik asked why grilled wood tastes so good.

Then Junho gave a taste evaluation.

“It just tastes like… Paper? It’s quite edible.”

“Uh… Why…”

“Then let Ayun drink it next time.”

“Yes~~”

Afterwards, we took our drinks in order. Yeongsik said he needed to brush his tongue and ran to the bathroom in an empty room with a toothbrush and toothpaste.

“Finally it’s my turn..”

“Oh.. I’m looking forward to it.”

“Hey! Baek Ah-yoon! Don’t get your hopes up!”

Haha!!”

Ayun strokes my head randomly and tells me to drink it quickly.

I closed my eyes and took a sip of the boiled bug-flavored drink.

“Uh…Um…”

“How is it? What does it taste like?”

“This is more savory than I thought?”

“Yes? What? Sue?”

“Sue me. A little… That earthy taste? I feel that way, but… It’s more savory than I thought. “If I had eaten it without knowing it was a bug, I would have thought it was just soup.”

“Uh.. Uhh..”

It was more worth eating than I imagined.

It looks like Yeongsik was the only one to fail at this. Poor guy.

“Well, first of all, everyone’s stats increased, right?”

“Huh! Strength stat increases by 9!!! Instead, durability decreased by 6…”

“Oh, glass cannon…”

In any case, everyone seemed to have achieved satisfactory results. Now, here are the remaining drinks.

Excluding the stat-boosting drinks, many drinks had strange performance. I was especially scared to drink drinks that changed me to an unknown race or blew me away to a strange place.

The types that change hair or eye color are better.

“If the hair color changes… The hair will grow only in that color, right?”

“I guess so.”

“Huh.. Should I drink it..”

“Dad, did you want to dye your hair?”

“No.. I’m getting older.. And my gray hair is increasing.. So I don’t think there will be a chance if it’s now..”

“Mister, would you like to try it?”

“Is that okay..?”

“Yes. Please try it as a test.”

“Then..”

Junho opened a can of a drink that randomly changed hair color and drank it. It’s a random meat-flavored drink, she said, with an unusual flavor that’s a mix of chicken and cow. It didn’t seem very tasty.

“Oh.. Oooh! It changes!”

“Wow…”

“Huh…”

Every time he took a sip of his drink, her hair became more and more red.

“Wow.. Bright red..”

“It’s really amazing..”

“Wow.”

Just like that, Junho’s hair changed to a gangster-like red hair that would have appeared in a Japanese special film with an age-inappropriate atmosphere. Should I say that she feels like an old American who wants to look very young.

“Huh…”

“This will really stand out.”

“Shoot almost here, it’s level.”

“Human target..”

“Is it that much..?”

“Yes.. Wow. Mirror. Sister Saeyeon. “Please take out the mirror.”

“Just a moment.”

The man who soon looked in the mirror was shocked to see his hair turning bright red.

“Huh.. I guess it will stay like this now..?”

“Yes. And. Wow, that’s cool…”

“Ha.. Haha…”

You shouldn’t just change the color of this. If they don’t fit together, it’s a big problem.

“Well, then… “

This time, I cracked open a drink that tasted like home appliances, leaving Yeong-sik, who felt sick after eating the horrible taste, and Jun-ho, whose hair had turned much redder than expected.

They say this presents a challenge. They say they give you a challenge, but you can’t drink it.

“Challenge…”

The last time I killed a vampire, he gave me some kind of reward, saying I was the first human being to kill a vampire. This challenge is probably a quest that is given out in that way and then given a good reward if you complete it.

“Then…”

“Inho oppa, really eat it.?”

“Hey, Inho.. That’s.. Ugh..”

“I’m curious about the taste too…”

When I tried to drink the drink, Hyuna made a strange expression as if asking if she was really going to eat something like that. Saeyeon was worried about me, and Ah Yoon said she wanted to try it too.

Just from the reactions, I could see how different the three people’s tendencies were.

Anyway, I drank a drink that tasted like home appliances. What on earth does it taste like…

“Wow…”

The moment I took a sip, I covered my mouth.

‘Fuck..! I have to swallow it..! If you spit out your stomach, it’s a waste of coins..! Swallow it..! Swallow it!!!’

I barely swallowed the drink while shouting to myself…

How should I describe this taste?

Yes, it should be said that it is the unique new scent that comes from a newly purchased car or home appliance. It was like the smell of environmental hormones… The nausea you get when you breathe in car exhaust fumes with all your might…

In addition, an unknown smell of raw plastic rose up, followed by the smell of old oil that you can smell in a repair shop, and the horrible smell of a slightly burning electric circuit of unknown origin, which struck my senses of taste and smell .

Then came the unpleasant smell unique to rubber, the sour taste that stings every corner of your mouth, and the fishy taste of iron…

“Ugh…”

“Oh, brother…”

“Ugh.. Spit.. What on earth does it taste like..”

I want to stop.

It’s really dangerous to drink more of this. This is poison.

‘But… I burned 17 coins in this bottle… I can’t leave it… I have to eat it all… ‘

I wanted to give up right away and rinse my mouth, but the miser instinct inside me awoke and I couldn’t stop.

“Gulp.. Gulp..”

“You drink everything there!? W, Yeongsikkun..! I saw it! This is a real man!!”

“Wow, wow…”

In the end, I drank it all without stopping.

Basically, it’s better to eat this kind of shit quickly and get rid of it.

I have to eat it all anyway, but if I hold back, the pain will only get worse.

“Kaha… Wow… Wow…”

I finished my meal. I really wanted to spit out everything that was inside me right away, but I held it in.

Then something occurred to me.

“Challenge…?”

It was a novel challenge.