Published at 21st of November 2020 06:16:27 PM
Chapter 28: 28
Chapter 28: Food Fighter VS King of Mukbang
Translator: ChubbyCheeks
QC: MattForgenti
‘Do the others also feel what I’m feeling when they watch him?’
No, he was mistaken .
The others were already thinking about eating the snacks from the snackbar once Minhyuk left .
Most of the people who watched mukbang were people who were on a diet . But Minhyuk’s mukbang has the power to destroy a person’s diet!
“Chew, chew!”
I can’t lose!
Binz started to eat again . Whenever he looked at Minhyuk he could feel a strong surge of hunger .
Minhyuk suddenly shouted…
“Uncle! Another 10 servings of tteoktwisun!”
“H, here…! I want 10 servings too!”
The eating battle between the two people has started .
Binz ate to his heart’s content .
Crunch, crunch!
Fritters .
Sundae .
Tteokbokki…!
Before he could even finish all of it up…
“Uncle, please give me 10 more servings . Ah no add another 5 more over here~!”
“C, customer-nim… are you alright?”
“……I haven’t eaten half my fill yet? Uncle, your eomuk over here is already decreasing . ”
“Ahhh…… Yes……”
The owner then added more food .
Binz has already eaten a lot . His stomach started to feel full until he felt that he could not eat anymore .
‘W, what the hell…’
Who the hell is this guy?
Binz looked at him suspiciously with an annoyed frown on his face .
In the end, he placed down his skewer and gave up on eating eomuk .
Clack!
“Hoo……”
He breathed a sigh as he patted his bloated stomach . Then he saw Minhyuk, who was still eating, right next to him .
‘…So curious . ’
What is this man’s identity?
“Excuse me . Nim . ”
Binz called out to him as he fixed a smile on his face . However, Minhyuk did not answer and only continued to eat .
“Nim!”
He called out a little louder, however Minhyuk was still eating non-stop without any indication of answering him .
‘H, his concentration is solely devoted to food…!’
Nothing could distract him from eating . Only food can distract him!
But he was so curious that he raised his hand and tapped him on the shoulder .
“Nim, can you tell me your nickname…”
Then…
Slap!
Minhyuk slapped his hands away from his shoulder . He then looked at him fiercely .
“Ah, Nim . Why did you touch me while I was eating? Do you want me to stab you with the skewer until you die?”
Binz trembled in fright .
‘Y, you won’t be able to live if you touch him w, while he’s eating…!’
For real .
There was a fierce aura surrounding Minhyuk . It was an aura that was screaming: Touch me and you die .
‘I’m still… A bit famous you know…’
But Minhyuk did not even give him 1% of attention . Ah, no . He did not even give him 0 . 00001% of attention .
Binz and his bloated stomach looked at Minhyuk who was still eating deliciously .
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“M, my level has increased by 31 in total!”
‘This uncle . He’s been talking since earlier . It’s noisy . ’
Minhyuk, who was still eating diligently, still did not have any shred of interest in what the owner was saying .
“Uncle . Please give me 10 more servings of this, 10 more!”
He said that whilst thinking of another set of servings of the street snacks, however a bolt out of the blue struck him down .
“C, customer-nim… I’m sorry but we are out of ingredients . ”
“Eh?! What did you say?! I haven’t even had half of it yet!!!!”
Minhyuk looked very desperate .
The crispy fritters, the chewy sundae and the hot eomuk!!! I want to eat more!
“Customer-nim, you ate 70 servings of tteokboki, 250 pieces of eomuk, 70 servings of sundae, and 80 servings of fritters…”
“Ha……I could eat 100 more servings . ”
“……”
Binz and the owner were both left speechless . Even the users standing behind them have shut their mouths for a moment .
“That’s too bad . How much do I have to pay?”
“Please wait a moment . ”
The owner started to tap on his calculator .
“One serving of tteokboki is worth 2,500 gold, 70 servings is worth 175,000 gold . One serving of sundae is worth 3,000 gold, you ate 210,000 gold worth of servings . Fritters, 240,000 gold…… For a total of 750,000 gold . ”
“It’s less than what I thought . ”
Minhyuk shook his head .
“H, he said it was less than what he thought?”
“I can’t even eat that much even when I’m attending our company dinner…”
When Minhyuk was about to give 750,000 gold…
“Customer-nim please just give me 650,000 gold . ”
“650,000 gold?”
“Yes, I’m giving you a discount . ”
“Oh! Uncle, you’re a really good man!”
The shopkeeper smiled slightly . He was also running a small snackbar in real life .
In addition, his job was the Chef of Happiness so he knew better than anyone what factors were needed for him to level up . And he has leveled up 31 times just because of him .
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It was a massive boost to his levels .
Besides, whenever he looked at this customer who eats very deliciously he would always smile unknowingly .
Minhyuk sent him the 650,000 gold .
Since he continued to raid the Twilight Graveyard, he has accumulated a lot of miscellaneous items . After selling those miscellaneous items, he now has 3 . 2 million gold in his pockets .
At that moment…
[The True Worth of Food . ]
[You have gained +2 STM . ]
[Perfect Combination . ]
[Life Combination . ]
[Your score will be doubled . ]
[You have gained +6 STR and +3 STM . ]
“……Huh?”
Minhyuk was a bit surprised with the notifications .
Life Combination?
I know what the Perfect Combination means since I have already experienced it . Tteoktwisun, eomuk and soup . There’s no combo that’s better than this .
So what is Life Combination?
Furthermore, if both combinations meet they will reflect a double in my scores .
Usually, his stats would only go up by 3~4 with Perfect Combination but now, his stats have gone up by 9 .
In other words, when my score doubles then the stat I gain will also increase .
Minhyuk pondered over this ability deeply .
‘Life Combination… Hmmm… It’s a combination that we usually think about in our daily lives…!’
I think Perfect Combination corresponds to the combination of flavors in a meal while Life Combination is the food that we want to eat the most at a specific moment in our daily lives .
During winter, where people would feel cold and hungry, the food that would come to mind the most was the snacks in a snackbar .
It was also the same case when someone felt hungry at 1 in the morning . They would definitely want to eat ramyeon or chicken by the Han River .
Life Combination definitely pertained to the combination of food and the atmosphere instead of the taste .
‘There’s a lot of interesting systems, huh?’
Minhyuk chuckled lightly . He only ate deliciously but his stats still continued to increase . He turned around after he settled his bill .
Then…
“Ni, nim . Can you please tell me the name of your broadcasting site?!”
“Nim, please tell me your nickname!”
Minhyuk was stunned with their reactions .
Several users were already broadcasting in Paprika as well as in Athenae .
Their comments were…
[gdgfl4: Real, is that really a person? He ate food that’s worth 750,000 gold alone . Hehehehe]
[BinzKissKiss: Omg…… Omg…… watching that person eat makes me feel so happy and excited, today’s a snackbar?!]
[TwistedGrill has gifted you 100 stars . ]
And all of the broadcasting stations were exploding in excitement .
“Hello . I’m Han Inhwa, a reporter from TVM station! We want to cover your story!”
“Excuse me . I’m Lee Sungmin, KBC’s reporter . Please let us interview you!”
“Nim, please give me your nickname!”
Minhyuk has now proven that his decision to wear a mask before was his best idea ever .
At that moment…
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[Binz-nim has gifted you 10 reputation points . ]
“……?”
Minhyuk looked at BJ Binz . He saw him smiling at him .
Rankers who placed in the top 100 of the domestic rankings have special benefits compared to the ordinary users .
One of these benefits was gifting reputation points . The ranker could give reputation points to others if they have touched or knew the nickname of the other users . They were only allowed to give 10 reputation points in a year .
Binz has given Minhyuk all the reputation points he could give .
‘If I was allowed to, I would have given him 100 reputation points . ’
He smiled bitterly . Today was the day when he realized that he was still lacking . There was still someone who could happily enjoy eating while not being dragged by his work .
Maybe this was the guy who should really be a mukbang BJ?
“Ah . Well . Thank you . ”
Minhyuk expressed his gratitude as he looked at him curiously . But that was the end of it . He showed no ounce of interest towards Binz .
“Can I talk to you?”
Binz smile was rather sly, that was why Minhyuk was suspicious .
“It’s because we have to eat something secretly . ”
“……!”
Minhyuk’s eyes widened in surprise .
“Let’s first get out of here . What if someone else took it . ”
However, Minhyuk wasn’t a stupid boy who would straight up follow a stranger at the mere mention of food!
So he thought about things rationally .
Binz doesn’t look like a bad person and he doesn’t have any reason to hurt me . Besides he looks like he’s not lying .
Minhyuk nodded his head .
“That’s right . We should eat it before anyone else sees it…!”
Whisper, whisper .
Minhyuk talked to Binz in a small voice so no one would be able to listen to them .
Binz grinned at him .
Minhyuk looked as if he was a child who stole delicious food from his mom and ate it secretly with his friend .
“Grab my hand . ”
Minhyuk and Binz grabbed each other’s hands .
“Huh…? Huuuuuuuh……!”
“I, Impossible!”
Then the two of them disappeared in a flash of light .
***
When Minhyuk opened his eyes, he was already inside a room in an inn .
The inn was usually used as a place where users log-out . If they designated their room in the inn as a return point they would be able to return to their rooms once they tear their return scrolls .
“……Your type . ”
Minhyuk covered his body with his arms as he warily looked at Binz .
“Ah, no… I have this place designated as my return point so it will be easy for me to log-out!”
“Huhuhu, sure . If it’s just the two of us here then we will be able to eat in peace . Ah, I’m Minhyuk . ”
“Yes, I’m Binz . ”
Minhyuk laughed as he took off his mask . Then he looked at Binz in anticipation .
Grin .
Binz’s lips curled up in a smile .
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‘This person… is really interesting . ’
He then pulled something out of his chest pockets .
It was none other than…
Pizza Bread .
“I made it . Please have some, Nim . ”
“A, are you an angel?!”
“Am I an angel?”
Minhyuk was so excited .
Pizza bread .
It was an imitation of pizza, however it was still quite different from it . There are times when people crave more after pizza bread instead of pizza .
When talking about pizza bread, everyone would remember their childhood days . Around the time when they were attending elementary to high school .
Parents usually gave away pizza bread because their son became the class president . They would prepare it whenever they went out for picnics .
Pizza bread was also the best when your hunger was at its peak . It was the go-to food after PE classes .
Minhyuk smiled happily at the pizza bread that he received .
However, he soon had a strange expression on his face .
“…Huh?”
He looked at the pizza bread closely .
There was only one reason why he looked at it strangely .
‘The color is different…?’
It was definitely different .
The color surrounding the pizza bread was white . Minhyuk scrutinized it deeply .
I can smell the scent of catsup, mayonnaise and bread . But, there’s something thick and soft in here .
“This…”
“Huhu, did you realize it?”
Binz was grinning .
“This bread is made out of the Sun’s Wheat . It’s a specialty here in Isbin Village . ”
“The Sun’s Wheat?”
“Yes . Just like in reality, there are also specialties in every area . There is one specialty per area in Athenae . And this is Isbin Village’s specialty . ”
“Ho . ”
That is quite interesting information .
“Plus, bread made out of the Sun’s Wheat is much more delicious . ”
Binz laughed mischievously . His last sentence was uttered in a whisper .
‘Much more delicious… I can’t wait…!’
The notifications rang as Minhyuk placed the pizza bread in his mouth .
[Please select the main ingredients for this meal . ]
[Sun’s Wheat, ham, onion, parsley powder… redacted . ]
‘Sun’s Wheat . ’
Crunch—
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TL’s Corner!!!
Amazingly enough, we don’t have anything to footnote in this chapter .
Lol . Just a background on the broadcast stations . TVM might be TVN and KBC might be KBS . Kek . ALSO, I do not have any idea what social media platform Paprika is imitating . kek .