I fell into the world of cyberpunk games

what can you do What can I do at the bar?

It’s a vague question, but it’s something I’ve already been thinking about to some extent.

According to the instructions from the president, ‘Consult directly with the manager for detailed work.’ it was written

If interpreted in a positive way, it could mean that the manager of the place of work will prepare the work for you, so you can do as you are told.

If interpreted negatively, it may mean that you should find something to do on your own and do what you need to do according to the nuance of the word ‘directly’.

People always assume the worst and prepare for the worst, and I know how vicious our company is, so I knew I had to prepare for the latter.

Therefore, I thought about alcohol and bars that I had not been interested in in the past, at least in a watermelon manner.

Even in this situation now, there was an answer that I had prepared roughly.

I don’t have status windows, nanomachines, or body modifications, but fortunately, I’m not without strengths to show off.

Now, it was time to go into work mode and do self-PR.

If you show your boss as a competent person, your life will be a little smoother in the future.

“First of all, I think I should tell you what I can’t do. I don’t know much about alcohol, cocktails or bars. I’m not even a big drinker.”

[Hmm… .]

“But even if it’s my first time working in a pub, it’s not my first time working in the F&B (Food & Beverage) sector.”

[Hoo.]

The bright yellow light bulb’s eyes widened as if slightly surprised by the unexpected self-introduction. What the heck is a helmet made of, so it is possible to express such delicate emotions.

“I am familiar with various chores such as washing dishes and cleaning, I know how to provide services such as serving and customer service, and I have experience in inventory management such as checking items, making reservations and placing orders. Once you have gained knowledge of the mainstream, you will be able to proceed with any related work.”

[Five.]

That alone was quite a specification for a simple tavern employee. However, this is not an ordinary bar, and I felt that my stats were a bit lacking to catch the boss.

In the end, as the most important part related to alcohol was weak, we needed one more point to appeal.

When you take out the secret weapon you have prepared.

I smiled and opened my mouth.

“And I know how to cook.”

[…] cooking?]

look suspicious. Sasha Dragon said, scratching the scales on her helmet.

[How to heat a simple meal in a microwave… Or, just because you know how to operate a street machine that automatically makes instant food when you add zyryo (ingredients) doesn’t mean you know how to cook it.]

“of course. What I’m talking about is traditional cuisine. From processing ingredients to turning them into food, I know how to do everything by hand.”

[If that’s a honmono (real thing), that’s great. Is there any way to prove it?]

It was natural to doubt. Cooking is such an advanced skill.

In Korea in the 21st century, where I lived, I could often see myself cooking food for myself or for my family.

Since I was a child, I was also in charge of cooking at home, so I often made food.

Dusk City in the 22nd century is not like that.

All food here is convenience food made in a food factory, pre-cooked retort.

The reason why it is expressed as all food is because it is literally the only thing to eat in the lower and middle floors where ordinary people live.

Wherever you go, whatever you eat, you won’t find quality better than the Meal-Pack provided by the company.

Even that is a privilege that can only be enjoyed by those belonging to the middle class or those belonging to the wealthy among the lower classes.

The only food for the true lower class, the poor, is the Nutlin bar, which is made from processed food waste—visually like the ones seen on Snowpiercer, and dung meat made by recycling feces through a chemical process.

By the way, I’ve tried both. To be sure, it’s not a taste I want to explain much.

Then, what is the reason why people can only eat food provided by companies, and why can’t they cook their own ingredients and make them into food?

The reason is simple. That’s because the food is outrageously expensive.

Do you want to taste fresh produce in Dusk City?

Get rich. You can taste a single fresh cultured apple for about 123.76 city dollars!

When calculated without considering the inflation rate, it is about 149,999 Korean Won!

You can experience half the size and half the sweetness at about 100 times the price of 21st century apples.

And, of course, it’s not just apologies. Vegetables, meat, fish, and most of the fresh ingredients are soaring in price through the ceiling.

And the reason food is so damn expensive is also simple. This is due to environmental pollution and climate change.

I have the confidence to become a very ardent environmentalist if I just go back to the old world. damn it

After the Cataclysm and World Wars, the air, soil and water were polluted.

All the vast farmland was gone. The farm where the livestock ran was also gone.

Now, America is a large land, but there is no corn, no density, no cattle or pigs.

Usually, if there is not enough food production inside, they depend on imports from outside, but the situation is no different in other places.

No country or region in the world has escaped pollution. I have a small nose, so I can’t have food to export.

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Moreover, many trade routes with the outside have been blocked by free artificial intelligence.

The stronghold cities were now self-sufficient, producing food to feed the city and providing it to the people.

It was, of course, impossible to raise livestock and grow crops from the bottom up.

There is not enough soil, there is not enough water, and there is not enough clean air.

However, the productivity of farming or livestock was not good enough to invest all those resources. Discard natural ingredients.

As a new alternative, there were cultured meat and cultured plants. Fortunately, it was a feasible technology.

In the future city of the 22nd century, beef, pork, chicken, and all kinds of other meats and crops could all be artificially created.

However, the efficiency decreased. It was not enough to fill the city with food factories to feed all citizens with the cultivated ingredients.

So the companies that run the city have found another way.

If you cannot cover the amount with existing ingredients, you can use alternative ingredients that have not been used previously.

It was a smart solution, and the city did not suffer from food shortages.

However, there was a reason for not using those ingredients before.

The ingredients of the new era, which are cheap and easy to obtain, and the quantity of them are plentiful, did not taste bad.

In addition, if you know the reality and eat it, you will feel dirty in your stomach.

A typical example is SHIT.

It is an abbreviation for collectively calling the four major stocks of ordinary people in this world.

I don’t even need to explain why it’s called SHIT. Everything tastes like shit.

In order, the first is soy protein.

Simply put, it is fake meat made from soybean meat and plant-synthetic protein.

In the 21st century, meat was not even treated as meat, but here there are many people who can’t even eat it because they don’t even have teeth. The most delicious of the four stocks.

The second is chlorella. It is an algae that is very prolific.

Instead of being rich in nutrients, it tastes fishy and fishy. Anything that contains this will turn green.

The third one is krill.

It grows well anywhere in the world’s oceans, even in polluted waters.

What used to be used as bait for fish when fishing, people are now eating it. The taste is just fishy.

The fourth is cricket. It refers to insects of the locust family, such as crickets and grasshoppers.

They are rich in protein, so they are roasted, fried, boiled, ground, eaten to live in any way.

It’s worth eating once you get used to it. The reality of having to get used to this kind of thing is just disgusting.

These four stocks dominated the market.

If you order a hamburger, you can enjoy a soybean or krill patty on the chlorella bun, and fried cricket as a side.

Pizza, chicken, and sandwiches are all the same. This is the reality.

this is stock Companies use these to make plausible wheat packs with rice, bread, soups, soups, and more.

People who are so poor that they can’t even eat this are living on Nutlin bars and dung meat.

And all these alternative food ingredients are released to the market in a factory-processed state. There is no place for personal touch.

At most, it’s just pre-cooked, machine-heated according to the product’s manual, or baked one last time.

Not only at home, but at restaurants as well. Because they all became franchises and the fairness according to the corporate principle was applied.

There is no room for creativity or culinary skills. And even if there was a corner for it, it would have been difficult to use it.

What changes could be made to worm meat or seaweed bread beyond the recipe provided by the company.

With this, there is no way that traditional recipes from the previous era, recipes that use precious and expensive real ingredients and take a long time, remain.

This is why cooking has become such a rare specialty.