episode_0027
by fnovelpiaThe Strategic Crisis Response Team’s mobile command vehicle was now in chaos.
[cooking…?]
[Cooking ramen?]
[Ruina is cooking?]
[Why cooking all of a sudden?]
Questions from all the agents on site surged into the command vehicle like a tidal wave.
“Each puppy will be radio silent. Repeat. Each puppy will be radio silent. Over.”
The operator of the command car spoke urgently into a microphone raised above the electronic desk, thus calming their confusion.
“Ruina is asking for someone to cook.”
The operator sighed deeply and turned his head back.
Arms crossed inside the dark command car.
Team Leader Lee Tae-seok was there, silently staring at the close-up screen of the villain Ruina.
“Team leader?”
“I’m listening.”
“What would you like to do?”
Tae-seok approached the operator with a blank expression and grabbed the microphone he had been speaking to.
“Tell the puppy-3 who came into contact with Ruina. Ask about the purpose of the request.”
[Check Puppy-3.]
Next, a close-up shot of Ruina.
A voice was heard from the body cam in Puppy-3’s arms.
[May I ask why you are looking for someone to cook…?]
[That’s right? My dear, you have a high fever right now… … I wanted to feed you some homemade porridge, but as you know, I can’t cook, right? So I thought I’d ask for your help.]
“Handler is fever… … ?”
Taeseok thought about something for a moment.
When I brought them from Gangwon-do yesterday.
He clearly remembered his handler sniffling occasionally.
“That was a mistake… … .”
Taeseok bit his lower lip and shook his head.
They were playing in the water as if it were midsummer on a cool autumn day that required long-sleeved clothes.
Even if you don’t know about Ruina, Handler is just a hero in name only, no different from an ordinary person except for his nullification ability.
I never expected that he would catch a cold in just one room.
“Deliver to all puppies except Puppy-3. Prepare cooking ingredients and tools urgently. I will leave the part distribution to each site.]
[[[Confirmed delivery from Puppy-Actual.]]]
As soon as Taeseok gave orders to each agent, red dots began to scatter on the digital map indicating the agents’ locations.
“Aren’t you looking for someone who can cook?”
The operator asked Taeseok, who had given such an order, with a puzzled look on his face.
Taeseok crossed his arms again and exhaled briefly through his nose as he asked back.
“Can you cook at home?”
“… … No.”
“That’s it.”
It’s really unfortunate.
No one on Team Leader Lee Tae-seok’s strategic crisis response team knew how to cook.
At best, they are just making survival food to survive in rough terrain or battlefields.
It was safe to say that there was no one who could make warm medicine for a sick person.
Of course, they were the ones who received harsh physical training to prepare for super-dangerous villains and harsh mental training to not be shaken in any situation, while learning to cook in the kitchen.
“Then I’ll go out for a bit.”
“Okay. Where are you going?”
“Pass it to Puppy-3. Actual will head to the scene. Until then, tell Ruina to wait a moment.”
Bam!
Taeseok left those words behind.
I opened the door of the command car and went straight out.
Well, he was the only one on his team who could cook.
* * *
“So. How long are you going to make me wait?”
“Sorry, please wait.”
Knock knock knock.
Ruina’s heels clack the ground loudly.
It had already been more than five minutes since the agent told me to wait.
Seong-Hoon, boiling hot, is waiting in the house above right now.
Ruina’s patience, which had not been there to begin with, was quickly running out.
“Ahh~ If it were like the old days, I would have started by breaking an arm or a leg.”
“… … … … .”
The agent flinched slightly to the point where it was visible on the outside at Ruina’s mumbling that was practically meant to be heard.
“Are you scared? Hahaha. Just kidding. ”
It was the moment when Ruina reached out to pat his shoulder.
Both the agent and Ruina flinched and froze.
“Ah… . Sorry. I almost touched it without knowing. I forgot that it wasn’t invalidated right now. ”
“… … … … Phew.”
I almost got into trouble.
It was a thought that simultaneously entered Ruina and the agent’s heads.
“Even the team leader’s dolls sigh when they get flustered, right? Hehe.”
“… … … … .”
The agent let out a sigh of relief without realizing it and turned his head slightly.
A faint pink glow appeared on his cheeks.
“So how long are you really going to make me wait?”
“… … Please wait.”
“Mr. Woo. Is that really all you can say?”
“You don’t have to wait anymore.”
A new voice suddenly cut in between them.
Ruina and the agent’s heads simultaneously turned in the direction where the voice was heard.
“Thank you for waiting for a long time, Ruina.”
“Team Leader?”
Team leader Lee Tae-seok was there, dressed in his usual suit and sunglasses.
“What the heck is that… … ?”
However, in both of his hands he had a plastic bag full of various food ingredients.
A pink apron was tied around the front of his suit.
This is the pinnacle of imbalance.
Rather than bursting out in laughter, Ruina’s mouth fell open in bewilderment.
“I came here because I was looking for someone who can cook.”
“Oh, huh? Oh. Oh. So the team leader came to cook?”
“Yes.”
“But why that little shit… … .”
“Since ancient times, cooking has to be done with sincerity and cleanliness. Now, let’s go in.”
“Ah, yeah… … .”
It seems like what the team leader said is right… … ?
Ruina tilted her head and walked into the common entrance with the team leader.
And after that.
Looking at the sturdy back of the team leader who sacrificed himself, Agent Puppy-3 raised his hand in a measured salute.
“Just in case, you shouldn’t steal the door lock password?”
Ruina, who returned to room 402, blocked Taeseok’s view with her body.
Although it was a meaningless action, Taeseok just nodded without saying anything.
Beep!
Finally, the front door opens.
“Come in quietly. My baby is sleeping in the room right now.”
“I will take note of it.”
Taeseok walked into the living room normally, following Ruina as she quietly entered like a thief.
However, just as Ruina warned.
His footsteps were strangely silent.
“By the way, Team Leader. What’s in there?”
“Ingredients and tools.”
Taeseok headed to the kitchen sink and began carefully taking out items one by one.
Of course, ordinary meat and vegetables.
All sorts of medicinal herbs that Ruina had never even thought of came into his hands, and they were caught and placed one by one.
“And Ruina. Can I use the refrigerator?”
“Oh, yeah. If it’s for him.”
After receiving permission from the landlady, Taeseok immediately turned around and opened the refrigerator door silently.
“The handler seems to have a lot of energy. It looks like all the ingredients are well managed.”
Taeseok scanned the inside of the refrigerator and did not spare his praise.
“Right? Right? My dear. I told you, you’re so domestic. Hehehe.”
Ruina was lost in thought as she thought about Seonghun, who was always good at everything from cooking to laundry to cleaning.
Towards that melting expression, Taeseok took out an egg.
“Then I will use it gratefully.”
“I got it. I’ll leave it entirely up to you this time, so don’t ask me anything and do whatever you want.”
“Thank you.”
Ruina sat down on the dining chair and stared at the back of Taeseok as he started cooking.
Although he was much bigger and more blunt than Sunghoon, his appearance was not much different from Sunghoon’s usual cooking style.
“Phew.”
But the pink apron is still the problem.
Ruina knew that it was rude to laugh at the kind person who had come to help her.
But I couldn’t help but laugh every time I saw that sight.
“Hey, Team Leader. Do you usually cook like that?”
“Yes. Because that’s what my wife liked.”
“Hey. Team leader, you got married?”
“… Yes.”
“That would be nice~ I wish I could do that with my love too.”
“If you don’t cause any major problems in the future, and if the relationship between the two of you continues as it is now, then it’s definitely possible.”
“It was going to be like that anyway?”
“Thank you for listening.”
Taeseok, so that Ruina can’t see him.
A faint smile appeared on his lips.
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