Chapter 167 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

Do you know why salt is salt? It is because it is so important that it is called salt. Oh, but if you dig really deep, it’s from Sogom, a pure Korean word.

But even if you call it that, it’s understandable that salt is a really important element to us. Just as you can live without meat, you cannot live without salt.

In a society similar to the Middle Ages, not in a modern society like now, there was a time when I had to give a handful of rice to buy something like salt. Even if the market is formed to that extent, salt is inevitable.

It’s not that the mussels are salty for nothing. Even in a double sense.

Anyway, basically, for carbon life, salt is an essential element. And if there is salt, there is something that inevitably arises, which is salted fish.

Of course, strictly speaking, it is not salted fish. To be precise, it should be called salting. Anyway, it is usually called salted fish to make food that cannot be stored for a long time by salting it for a long time. And if salt belongs to an important position in any society, there is no choice but to exist in such a field of cuisine.

I’ve been reincarnated dozens of times so far, and I’ve seen many dimensions without soybean paste or soy sauce, but at least I’ve never seen a dimension without salted dishes. First of all, I am also basically reincarnated as a human, so it is generally like that.

Anyway, among them, salted fish can be said to be the best. Among the people who eat kimchi, there is no kimchi without salted fish, and there is no one who has not tried cod roe.

Salt pickling with Jagoro is the truth. Even if I only have one salty dish, the rice just goes over the bowl.

If you put a piece of cod roe on top of shiny hot rice and eat it with a spoon, the salty and savory taste is great!!!!!

“Your specialty is to talk about something to eat without limit.”

“Leave it alone. If you talk about virtue, it’s the same.”

“Um, this salted shrimp is fine.”

There was a souvenir shop above the plaza where we received the gift certificates. If you look at the doll that looks like the original character of the golden statue (not even the plating) you saw inside the cave, it looks like this is the mascot as well.

But that’s not my job. Sibal, what about the mascot? My interest is definitely salted fish.

……. I thought of it when I was doing salted fish. There is a story that Patjwi is dipped in salted fish in the Kongjwi Patjwi nuclear power plant. Sibal, Lucian, don’t talk about the original fairy tale for nothing. I’m afraid I’m not a kid who grew up reading the original Cinderella story. I’m upset because my heart is broken.

By the way, human meat is tasteless. Because cows and pigs are raised to be eaten, they are tasty, and it is natural that they are not usually tasty. If you raise it like that, you won’t know again… How do you know the taste of human flesh? No comment.

In the souvenir shop, salted fish that were not sold in the cave were lined up. The taste…Well, it’s okay. However, the taste of salted fish itself is not that great. It’s a salted dish, but it’s not spoiled by a lot. Even frying a fried egg is not going to be tasteless unless it ruins it.

Salted shrimp, salted clams, salted cod roe, salted squid…… Hmm, there is no fish sauce for cannari. Oh, is that too maniacal? It’s like watching variety shows too much.

Everything is salty, but if you have a spoonful, you can easily finish a bowl of rice with salted fish. To be honest, I’m really craving rice right now.

“It would be very delicious if you put a piece of pollack roe on it, sprinkle sesame oil, wrap it in seaweed, and eat it.”

“Right? Right? Our Yejin knows good taste”

“Honestly, it’s a combination I don’t like or dislike.”

First of all, in addition to the wine I bought at the cave earlier, I bought a few bottles of salted fish. Hmmm, I love this heavy feeling. I feel full.

Your wallet gets lighter, but your hands get heavier. And the mind is excited. Oh, but it didn’t make my wallet lighter by using it as a gift certificate.

“Is there anything else to see? There seems to be a separate facility down there besides this one.”

“……If you go down, shouldn’t you walk up again?”

“Don’t you like it? Then I can bring it up.”

“Oh, that’s good”

“You mean it’s good if you don’t walk on your own feet?

“It’s because I’m wearing heels”

“Could you make your excuses more persuasive?”

If it was a more advanced world, he would have just flown around with anti-gravity technology, but he doesn’t have enough stamina to walk directly to Shion. He’s just a normal person, but he hates it. It’s good to think that most of the sweaty body movement is not good.

“It’s not like that on the bed.”

“That’s it, isn’t it?”

“A lot of people would say that?!”

Anyway, we decided to go down. Gwangmyeong Cave tourism can be divided into 3 areas. At the top is the entrance to the cave, and below that is the ticket office, souvenir shops, and the plaza where Shion used to walk as a model.

And you have to go down some stairs to come out where there is a big building and a restaurant down there. There is also a parking lot and a bus stop to get here. This is where the car mostly goes.

If I had brought a car, I would have had to park it there and come up. Um… That means I had to come up no matter what.

There was a food truck below, but not much to eat. When I think of the steak I ate above, the weight of what I eat next time is weak… Wouldn’t it be better to just go to a restaurant and eat?

“I heard there’s a zoo in the recycling center?”

“Let’s go”

“How did you know that my wife likes animals?”

Shion can’t use his feet when it comes to animals. I like most animals too, but I don’t really like primates like monkeys… But I like all of Shion. Especially if it’s cute kids like otters or cats.

Maybe if you lived in a foreign country, not in Korea, you wouldn’t have raised otters at home? Otters are cute.

“By the way, could a facility like a zoo be located indoors? It might be difficult for small animals, but it must be difficult for large animals.”

“Isn’t it like a small zoo with small animals?

There is a building on the second floor that serves as a restaurant. It was a recycling center with a zoo there.

Shion, who entered the room pleasantly with light steps, lost his mood in an instant.

“What is this”

“The recycling center was a double track”

I was misunderstood from the poster. It said it was a zoo, but it didn’t say it was an exhibition hall, and there was no animal on the poster, but on the contrary, there was no exhibit. It’s just a level of writing a zoo on a background that looks like a gradient and a pattern with Photoshop.

The word recycling center means a recycling center. Inside the building, there is an exhibition hall, which is lined with works that are exhibited in almost life size by making animal-like forms with used objects.

Like a lion made from waste wood, or an eagle made from worn-out silver spoons. To be honest, even if you don’t expect the word zoo, it was a work that would be eye candy just by watching it, but the problem was that I thought that Zion was a zoo.

Not only me, but others could tell, Zion became sullen.

“Ah, the lady’s reaction…”

“It’s a natural reaction when people’s expectations are betrayed. I’ll set up a separate zoo later, so let’s take a look around.”

“…Okay. I’ll go home today and take care of the dog.”

Maybe when I go home, I’ve been away from home for a day without Yejin, so the dog ran to me at once and waggled my tail! Homete! Chun-nim Homete! I’m going to rub it with that feeling.

Foxes are cute I like it too. I accidentally raised it, but I think it’s good that the dog came to my house.

“The work itself isn’t bad. It’s a work that shows effort rather than artistry, so if it’s small in size… No, it’s because it’s large and the effort is outstanding, so if it’s small, it might lose its meaning. Hmm, but still, it’s a work of art. As a matter of fact, it’s pretty good.”

“Are you interested in this, ma’am?”

“I like all man-made works of art. Among them, I like fanzilla more, but I also collect works of art from time to time.”

“What are your main ones?”

“There are unpublished works of Van Gogh that I personally own”

“Awesome!”

“It’s as if you received it through fraud from the person involved.”

“It doesn’t matter because I got a few pieces of art with the money I spent on painting for a few months.

There is not just one star called Earth, but there are quite a few stars that have at least one if you go over several dimensions. And on such an earth, I have been reincarnated not once or twice, but I have often met great people in history while traveling with Zion.

Just like an episode of Doctor Who… No, it’s from the future to the past, but for us, that point is the present, so it’s different.

Anyway, at that time, Xion gave money and bought some works. I wanted to buy all of them, but I was able to put up with it as long as I had a few for my personal collection. I think there was a picture modeled after Zion as I remember.

If you reincarnate like this, it is not strange to meet great people in history. As far as I know, Rod also met Dr. Ahn Jung-geun. That’s a bit embarrassing

Doo doo doo!

The moment I was appreciating the work, I heard a vibration somewhere. But since my senses aren’t reacting, it’s not really related to combat or anything like that. Where do you see it being built?

Looking out the window, I saw excavators and workers on one side doing earthworks. The place where the trees would have grown was dug up, revealing only ocher-colored soil.

“Looks like they’re building something. Are they making roads or new facilities?”

“What do you think? It’s not much of a hindrance.”

There is a distance from the construction site, and the building is well soundproofed, so the noise is not loud. It was just the noise of everyday life.

Thanks to that, we didn’t pay much attention and looked at the works inside the exhibition hall. There was also a souvenir shop, but I didn’t see anything worth buying. I don’t like it. Taste.

“If there was a typical specialty bread with only red beans inside, I would have bought one. What’s wrong with that?”

“Ah, uncle will eat even if he dies.”

“What’s so bad about that?! They say that what you eat is left over, so if you buy something to eat as a souvenir, you’ll have a lot of leftovers!”

“But if you buy it as a product, it will leave you with memories.”

“Don’t burst into doors and emotions that aren’t there! And you’ve used them once! Don’t you know that the effect is halved if you use it over and over again?”

“Then why does Yali Yali Yalasheng Yallari Yala of Cheongsan Byeolgok keep doing this?”

“That’s because the sound of musical instruments has a similar feel. It’s like a choo-im-sae.”

“Eolsoo!”

“Ah, something like that”

“It’s strange that a woman who has a good understanding of art is a science major, and a man who seems to be living with literature is a liberal arts major.”

“Since they’re so polar opposite, there’s no surprise that there’s no conflict with each other. Although we have different points of view, at least we have different opinions on the same subject, so there’s no reason to fight.”

Route is different. Line. It is natural that couples have common characteristics, but it is also natural that there are different aspects. However, in the case of Zion and I, we respect each other and are in different fields, so there is not much conflict.

Even if they collide, I’ll give up or apologize first because I can’t do anything about it.

“Still, it was fun in its own way. Shall we eat next time? There’s a restaurant up here… Hmm?”

The moment I felt ominous, why! And the dimensional alarm began to sound. Lightning strikes the bright tourist destination.

People who came to play with their families run away screaming, and they hurriedly get into vehicles and go out onto the road to get out of here.

“The timing is so damn good. Maybe the absolute of fate is taking revenge. When I get caught up in trouble, I always think about that.”

“What did you say to her last time?”

“The woman who has been there since the beginning”

“It deserves it”

The absolute of destiny is the absolute that governs the concept of destiny. It is much more powerful and versatile than the probability manipulation I use. The probability manipulation I use is at best used to change the immediate outcome, but if the Absolute of Destiny exerts its power, it can cause even the most uncertain and hopeless outcome.

Like the current situation, a dimensional earthquake happened right in front of us on the day we came to play.

“It’s not like this once or twice, so it’s not surprising.”

“Uh, are you going to work?”

“Yeah, not being surprised and not being angry are two different things.”

I went on a trip with my family for the first time in a while, and the feeling that everything was ruined is really fucking disgusting. No matter how good the mood is, it falls into abyss in an instant.

The target to resolve this anger was determined. Anyway, this is a place where a lot of families and couples come here, so if you don’t act quickly, there will be a lot of casualties, and since it’s in the mountains, it’s obvious that it will take time to get in. Even if people are transported by helicopter, there are limitations, so it is clear that the initial response is difficult.

I made them avoid here for now. The roads are already clogged with oncoming cars, and even the buses are full of people running away. It is better to avoid than to run somewhere in this situation.

There is a cave above, so if you enter there, you will be safe. There is no separate evacuation bunker in this facility, but if it was a facility used as a coal mine, it would not collapse in the slightest shock for safety.

“No matter what kind of bastard comes out, I’ll break the head first. It’s been a while since I came out to play, and you ruin it? It’s oil that makes people angry.”

The place where the dimensional earthquake occurs is a little far away from here. However, it was not too far away, so it was a distance that would surely cause damage if a medium or larger enemy species appeared.

But fortunately, it was right in the middle of the construction site I had just seen. A place where at least some damage can be done without a second thought.

I put on the Raccoon Man mask and waited for the dimensional formation. And I looked at my watch for a moment.

“It’s 2:00 PM right now…! It’s such a good time that you won’t feel guilty even if you kill a bastard.”

I looked around, looking for something to hold in my hand. I’m a bare-handed martial artist, so my bare hands are stronger than holding a weapon. In other words, if you fight with your bare hands, there is a high possibility that you will be crushed in one shot.

You ruined a family trip, but you die in one shot? There’s a certain level of easy killing.

Then I found the perfect weapon. It seems that the construction worker used it and left it, but it was better. A heavy sense of grip is conveyed, and I also have memories of using it in the military, so memories are sprouting up. Oh, at least last year.

Awesome!!!

Eventually, the air splits open. As colorless, translucent hexagonal fragments fly, the figure emerges through the cracks.

The size was small. But he’s not a guy to be ignored just because he’s small. It was similar to humans, like a humanoid species that had previously appeared in the United States, Korea, and China.

It was different from the ones I had seen in the US. It was more like a guy who boasts a thick outer armor in the form of a defense-oriented form that came out of China.

It glared at me with green eyes shining. Unlike other enemy species, it quietly burns its anger without screaming or roaring.

“Come on”

I raised the weapon I was holding above my head and slammed it down vigorously.

“Is this your first pickaxe?”

Lord of Pickaxe-E!!!!

Kwaaaaang!!!