I fell into the world of cyberpunk games

It was a pretty dizzying scene.

The first impression of the spacious pantry is… bright red?

In terms of color, it was. As soon as you enter, the front you see is filled with various kinds of kimchi.

Hey, the president is really curious about Korean food. You have provided a lot of material support.

That’s what I thought as soon as I saw it.

I am not a kimchi lover, but it goes without saying that kimchi cannot be omitted when discussing Korean food.

They are people who enjoy eating soup with kimchi on rice and have a refrigerator to store only kimchi at home.

In addition, I don’t know what the history of this world was like, but in the world I lived in, kimchi was even put at the forefront of publicity for the globalization of Korean food.

Of course, from a foreign point of view, the first keyword that comes to mind when thinking of Korea is kimchi.

Conversely, when censoring cultural elements related to Korea, kimchi must also be number one.

Of course, the government spent a lot of money to globalize Korean food and spread kimchi.

Even in Japan, a superpower in the world, kimchi is a major food, so it was impossible to dry the seeds at all.

Anyway, in everyday life, with the exception of very few seaweed kimchi—it’s not as tasty—it has become a rare food, and kimchi made with real Chinese cabbage was not easy to come across.

Of course, when I smelled the color and smell, most of the raw vegetables in the pantry seem to be Japanese Kimchi, which is much more sour and sweeter and less fermented than Korean-style kimchi, but where is that?

That alone is sensible. I think I can eat the whole box.

Right now, I am in a position to cook, not to taste.

… First of all, since kimchi is piled up like a mountain, it seems almost essential to add at least one dish made of kimchi or a side dish.

I didn’t have time, so I took my eyes off the kimchi and looked at other ingredients.

The feeling of looking around with a sore throat while walking around the pantry with staggered steps… .

What you’re supposed to do unexpectedly.

The front of the pantry was full of ingredients that revealed a stereotype typical of Korean food.

Canned pressed ham (spam) filling the wall, wild octopus clinging to the wall of the tank that looks like something you would see at a sushi restaurant,

Nori seaweed, unseasoned, plus a can of silkworm pupa, canned scallops, and even slaughtered dog meat.

I don’t know anything about Korean food, so I searched the Internet and cyberspace to just scrape away ingredients that are known to be related to Korean food.

It seems that no matter how great the president was, he could not find more detailed information about the food of New Mecca Korea, which he had never been to.

Naturally, it was full of ingredients that were twisted in many ways due to the image of a world achievement ruled by free artificial intelligence.

In a way, it was a difficult situation, but I was rather relieved.

I wonder if there are only difficult ingredients, but since the pantry is so wide, there were a lot of common ingredients unrelated to prejudice in the back.

Various kinds of red pepper powder, gochujang, soybean paste, and soy sauce, all necessary seasonings are provided.

It seems like it will be possible to create dishes that somehow feel Korean if combined well.

There is a possibility of ruining it, and there is a high probability that the quality does not match the president’s standard or does not suit the taste of the president at all… .

It was fine when I saw it.

The situation wasn’t as bad as I initially thought.

Considering the condition of the ingredients on the first floor of the pantry, the president must have known nothing about Korean food.

If you don’t know, it’s hard to find the problem.

It’s only natural that exotic foods don’t suit your palate. Even more so if it is a new Mecca Korean cuisine that you have never seen before.

As it is the food that the president himself found for new stimulation, there is a high possibility that he will accept it with good tolerance even if there is something strange.

Even if there is a real problem with cooking, it is a cultural difference or a difference in ingredients.

I am the only Korean food authority in this building, or perhaps the whole city, but when I say to my food, ‘This is not the Korean food I know.’ Wouldn’t it be funny to say that

Of course, that doesn’t mean you’re really going to ruin the food.

It was only about reassurance that there was an excuse that could be tolerated even if the minimum safety device or quality was slightly lowered even if it was to be ruined.

Even if the food came out wrong, it just eased the worry of being cut off.

Even though the safety bar is in place, if you are not satisfied with the chairman, a pay cut will be the basics.

Other than that, I don’t know if there will be any additional disadvantages.

And my salary is nowhere to be reduced further. already at the bottom.

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Must be kept

With that in mind, I quickly started picking out the ingredients in the pantry.

In my head, I was fiercely contemplating recipes that would suit the taste of the president I know, and that would be popular and suitable for foreigners.

To some extent, the assortment seems to be available, but the problem was time.

Time passed again, and the remaining time to bring food to the president was just over an hour.

I had to hurry to be on time.

If you want to make all the food inside, you have to bring the sense of when you were busy working in the kitchen.

After moving all kinds of ingredients and seasonings to the kitchen, I focused all my attention on my fingertips.

… After that, let’s go

It was time to return to Head Chef Aaron Nakamura.

* * *

「20:59」

The numbers coldly signaled the time.

Every time at this time, the gate would open.

The office room surrounded by dark lights is suddenly lit up, and the chef or bodyguard Sandayu comes in with a wheeled side table.

The reason he appears at 59 minutes is because the room is so big and spacious, it takes a minute to bring food to the podium and even set the table.

I had to come in early, but I was able to prepare dinner just in time for 9 o’clock.

Chairman, Shiho Lee, liked this time of the day the most.

This is a place where you have to look at everything in numbers.

Everything has to be explained by logic and formula, and it really is.

How boring such a world is.

Everything in the world goes as you want, and you can interpret everything that is going on in the world with only your own head… okay.

A world where everything is predictable like cheap e-drug VR games.

A human day with a piece of omniscience and omnipotence was truly boring.

When you run Megacorp, a giant dinosaur company that tries to eat up all the capital in the world, you sometimes need a different stimulus.

A daily vitality that makes the day more fulfilling and awakens the brain.

That said, I had no intention of wasting my time on dirty sexual desires or sadistic desires like the reckless bastards.

The hobby of clouding reason and gnawing at the body is no longer a hobby. it’s sick

In that respect, Chairman Lee Shi-ho had a very healthy hobby.

epicurism.

Eating is the primal happiness that has been passed down from prehistoric times, not only to humans but also to all animals.

Of course, the food itself isn’t that great.

The whole process that food takes to be made is nothing more than a boring mechanical process that can be explained by cold numbers and science.

Some say cooking is an art.

Likewise, there were those who said that music, painting, poetry, and novels were art.

This is a theory that started to shake as artificial intelligence and data technology began to develop.

There may be many disagreements, but the results speak for themselves.

Today, in the 22nd century Dusk City, the art of painting, poetry and fiction has crumbled.

Perhaps it is because it is difficult to recognize that such a culture has the same value as in the past, or because the texts and pictures produced by the program have exceeded the quality of human-made ones.

The music is somehow continuing the life of DJing and idol culture, but even that is based on the codes designed and constructed by artificial intelligence programs.

Even if it was called by a human, the cold formula of the machine was at the bottom.

Just as the people in this city who think they make their own decisions and move on their own, are in fact only being pushed and moved by the current, just as Megacorp induced and predicted… .

In that respect, the food was relatively good.

People can live without looking at pictures or reading, but they cannot live without eating.

And the wealthy want to eat only the best.

Although we know that with modern technology, controlling through a program can produce much more outstanding and advanced results than that of a chef, the changes in food that change every time under the direction of the chef – and the hands of the chefs under the command put a premium on its value.

It is also because the subtle differences bring about uniqueness,

It was also because there is a high risk of infection with the FAIV virus if cooking is left too much in the hands of the program or artificial intelligence.

If an artist’s AI is infected, at best it will be enough to draw a hideous picture on the wall of a building.

If the Chef AI gets infected, it’s possible to poison all of Dusk’s high-ranking officials at once.

Because of this, Dusk City’s AI rules for chefs were very tight.

Only ravers with limited computational capabilities, like humans, can become chefs.

General programs and artificial intelligence without limits and personality could not cook.

Oh, except for factories.

Foods made in factories are not ‘cooking’, and those who eat them are not of equal value to the high-ranking people.

Although there were many lengthy thoughts, Chairman Lee’s conclusion was simple.

Again, cooking and food are not art.

In an era when cuisine was soon synonymous with high-end art, the chairman could say so.

Cooking became an art not because it was beautiful and creative, but because the advance of artificial intelligence was limited only to cooking.

Because I, we created a kind of sanctuary only for cooking.

Just like protecting Indians from the outside world, like protecting plants in a greenhouse.

Because I wanted to make cooking an art. ’cause that’s money Because that’s reasonable business logic.

All the external factors that cooking is called an art can be explained through political and capitalist logic.

And so were the internal elements.

When heat is applied to meat, it becomes colored and delicious because the surface moisture of the protein is evaporated above a certain temperature and the taste and aroma are created by a chemical reaction.

People eat it and feel it is delicious. This is because it is a result that is scientifically designed to taste delicious.

Chefs often sprinkle garnishes and garnishes on food. Sometimes it makes a decisive difference in taste, but most of the time it doesn’t.

It’s purely for visual satisfaction.

Humans feel satisfied when they see a variety of colors hanging out rather than when one color is continuous, and this is because the specific color and volume level of food that makes humans feel appetite is determined.

Everything is not created by ourselves, it is merely following a pre-determined formula.

The reason why the president enjoyed gourmet food despite knowing it and firmly believing it was simple.

Just because it’s delicious.

There was no need for a grand reason.

Rather than just looking at beautiful pictures, listening to exciting music, and eating delicious food, it was just more stimulating and exhilarating.

It was just that the president was designed that way. Humans designed to be sensitive to taste.

I knew that the taste and smell of eating delicious food, and that all the happiness was just the movement of nerves and hormones, but it didn’t matter.

Whether it’s art or science, as long as it tastes good. If only I could give ecstasy to the senses was enough.

As with all tools and technologies in the world, it is enough if it is effective.

If the commodity of well-designed and crafted food can infuse the body with the desired level of wholesome vitality, then that’s it.

Because your body is also moving according to what you predicted and intended.

Because the fuel of food is enough to do its job.

Oh, of course there was a problem.

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