episode_0165

The entrance to the Moment Bar.

The store sign hanging in the foyer changed to ‘open’.

Lo-fi music that can be heard softly.

And to a clean and tidy store.

‘It’ll probably be crowded from the first day it opens?’

Because it was bustling with customers before I was kidnapped.

Since it’s been a while since we opened, there might be more crowds than usual.

I checked the cocktail bar with expectant eyes.

A well-cleaned glass.

A smooth table.

Even the ingredients were filled to the brim with the enemy’s retirement pay!

The environment is very harsh.

Okay, next is-.

A redhead smoking an e-cigarette at the counter.

Anna leaning against the wall wearing an apron.

Even the older sister who was smiling brightly in front of the entrance.

The faces on our store’s signboard.

After seeing these, how could you not become a regular?

I placed my hands on my waist with a proud expression.

And he waited for the first guest to have the honor of seeing these beauties.

but….

「―――.」

‘1-hour PLAYLIST of famous Seoul bars’

I repeated that video twice.

However, there is no sign of life, let alone any guests.

What the heck is this….

I look at the enemy with a blank expression.

Then she snickered and handed me a can of soda.

“Why, because there aren’t many guests?”

“Yeah… . It wasn’t like this before… .”

The enemy stroked my crown.

“Oh, don’t do that. I just combed it… .”

“Do you comb your hair yourself now? It’s gotten a lot better.”

When she smiled sinisterly, I shouted.

“I, I’m the store manager! Whether you’re a man or a woman, you have to be neat!”

“Oh… Is that so?”

“Yeah, that’s obvious… .”

I groaned and crushed the can I had finished drinking from.

And then he looked at Anna, who was leaning against the wall, pressing down on it.

“But in the past, customers would flock to Anna to see her.”

“People these days are not sensitive to trends. When was the last time Anna was hot?”

The enemy shrugged his shoulders.

And he looks at her and snickers.

“Now it’s just trash-.”

Anna becomes serious at those words.

She asked, holding the ladle up like a dagger.

“Then shall I make it hot again after a long time?”

“Good.”

The two looked at each other and growled.

I managed to squeeze my way between those two rankers and barely manage to stop them.

“Guys… Are you going to destroy the store again from day one?”

My head is spinning.

Was it unreasonable to try to open a store with these kids in the first place?

I took a deep breath and looked at my sister, who seemed to be relatively normal.

My sister was holding her cell phone and searching for something diligently.

Soon she came to us as if she had realized something.

And it shows a store that was searched on a mobile phone.

“I figured it out. Why our store isn’t popular.”

Jisoo pointed to a YouTube video with her finger.

Then a scene plays.

A familiar background unfolded in that scene.

“Sindorim…? It’s near our store, right?”

A 10-minute walk is enough.

But, it’s originally a gloomy and unpopular place, so why are you showing it here…?

“Hello, subscribers. Today, I visited the hottest pub in Sindorim, ‘Hyungnim Izakaya’!”

“As the image of the original gangster group Ilsim has improved, the image of gangsters has also improved. That’s probably why there are more gangster-themed restaurants.”

A very gentle and soothing voice.

This is a typical restaurant review short video.

The door to the store opens.

Then, plump men with tattoos on their arms glance at the customers.

“Is your little brother here? Sit over there.”

A blunt and rough voice.

And I thought that with that arrogant look in his eyes, the guests would be scared instead.

However, rather than being scared, they sat down and giggled as if they found the concept funny.

“What the heck, this… This kind of concept really works?”

As I muttered in disbelief, the enemy glanced at the video.

Soon she frowns in annoyance.

“Since when has our Ilsim been such a gangster image…?”

Poor food quality.

Cheap booze and interior.

However, the store was extremely crowded with customers.

Looking at that sight, I muttered gloomily.

“It’s a typical one-hit wonder concept.”

“The food and service are so bad that customers will probably only come back once.”

“And I will never come near here to eat again.”

I held my head with a panicked face.

Because of that, my combed hair became tangled like an animal’s.

“As a result, they’ll kill all of our business districts!!”

When I was feeling depressed, Anna came to me.

She asks me, holding a kitchen knife and a ladle in both hands.

“Get rid of it?”

“What do you mean, get rid of it? You just barely got forgiven by the association, and now you’re thinking of getting wanted again?”

I grabbed Anna’s shoulder.

And then he started to shake around and around, making a crying sound.

“No, I agree with Anna this time. It’s better to cut out a lump like that so that the damage is minimal.”

The enemy looks at the fat, punk cook inside the shop.

And he put his hand on his chin as if analyzing something.

“It’s perfect as a dummy material because it has a lot of fat. Do you want it?”

“Absolutely not, you promised not to kill our people!”

Ugh… .

These psychopaths… .

I laid my face on the table.

And stretch your whole body out as if you were going to flow away.

“Now we’re screwed… .”

I closed my eyes tightly with my hair in a messy state.

And while I was thinking about going to sleep… .

The hair stands on end as if there were fox ears on the head.

I instinctively stared at the front door.

「―――.」

Because I heard the doorbell opening.

“Hey, guys… We have guests!”

I hastily got up from the table.

The rankers also head to their respective positions accordingly.

but….

“Oh, what? There are still no customers?”

A thick voice.

Long legs and curly hair.

This is senior Jiwook.

“Oh my… .”

The enemy clicked his tongue at the sight of a non-guest.

Anna also looks at her senior with clouded eyes.

“What, what is it… Why is everyone so scared…?”

A senior who hasn’t become close with the rankers yet.

He looks at the women with his shoulders hunched.

“No… . Come in.”

I took a deep breath and helped my older sister carry my senior’s luggage.

Then Ji-wook seems to have noticed and tries to smile.

“It’s okay – it’s only the first day of reopening, right? No one knows yet, so they’re not coming.”

The senior proudly wore an apron.

“And our guests usually come late at night.”

“I guess so?”

He is the senior with the most experience working at Moment Bar.

He may be the weakest in the hunter world, but in this respect, he may be a true ranker.

When I thought about it that way, my senior seemed much more dependable than the beasts next to me.

“Okay, I understand. I’ll really only trust you, senior-.”

I looked up at my senior with both hands clasped together.

Then Ji-wook smiles coquettishly and pats my shoulder.

Then… .

Ji-wook felt an eerie murderous aura for a moment.

The moment you laid your hand on me.

Because the three rankers all looked at Ji-wook at the same time.

Soon Anna approached him.

And then he speaks with his cloudy, white eyes gleaming.

“Senior. You should teach me how to cook.”

“Ah, ah… Right. Let’s go in.”

He followed Anna into the kitchen as if he was being dragged.

Only then did the store become quiet again.

“Haa-. Should we come up with a concept too?”

“What concept?”

The enemy asked, wiping the glass with a dishtowel.

“I don’t know right now. Should we pretend to be gangsters like those guys… .”

She pointed to my face with the bottom of the glass.

And then- he blew the wind and wiped the dust away.

“Well- there might be an easier way.”

My eyes sparkled at her meaningful words.

“Really? What is that?”

The enemy approached me leisurely from behind.

And then he grabbed my messy hair with both hands.

“Ji, what are you doing now?”

“Stay still.”

Soon the enemy made my hair stand on end like fox ears.

And he shows it to Jisoo as if he was looking after her.

“Do you remember when we infiltrated the folk village last time?”

“Ah, that gumiho makeup from back then?”

My older sister reacts right away, as if she couldn’t forget.

“You were super hot on Instagram back then. As the Gumiho girl from the folk village.”

I stood there with my arms crossed with a sullen expression.

“If you put on makeup like that and serve people again, I think they’ll react well?”

Her red eyes look down at me.

Soon the enemy muttered in a sinister voice.

“With a tail like that time.”

tail?

My face turned red at those words.

I shook my head desperately and let my hair down.

And stay far away from the enemy.

“Oh, that tail from back then? It was cute how it was sticking out from under the skirt.”

Jisoo chuckled as if she was reminded of the folk village tavern.

However, the tail that the enemy was thinking of seemed different from the index.

“But I don’t know how you attached it. Did you attach it with tape?”

My sister tilted her head with her hand on her chin.

Then the enemy smiles and says to her.

“I’ll tell you later. There’s a way.”

“Really… !”

I was upset by the bartender’s teasing remark.

He loosened the tie around his neck and walked out into the store’s hallway.

“Where-?”

I didn’t answer the enemy’s question at all.

I’m just going to leave in a hurry because I feel like my face will explode if I stay here any longer.

When I held the front door like that.

I had no choice but to stop walking.

Opaque glass door.

Because I could see a person’s silhouette beyond it.

The door opened.

And through the open door, I see a group of female students who are about the same height as me.

“Uh… .”

They looked at my angry face with a trembling expression.

“Excuse me… Are you closed today? Should I come back later…?”

Four female students.

They make a gesture to leave, looking at my expression.

Then I quickly shook my head.

“No, no! Come in, students-.”

I tried to smile brightly.

And he kindly guided them into the store.

‘Sister, guest! Guest!’

Send signals to Jisoo with the shape of your mouth.

Then, my older sister greeted them with a big smile.

“Welcome-, welcome to the moment.”

She led the students with her characteristically bright atmosphere.

Thanks to that, the girls sat down at the table carefully, their faces hidden.

‘Nice, you’re my sister!’

I just stick my head out of the hallway and watch her service.

“Is this the place? The place recommended by the student council president?”

“That’s right? But somehow the atmosphere is a bit quiet… .”

“Right? The store is too adult for a birthday party?”

The children chatted while observing the atmosphere of the store.

Then, the older sister smiles brightly and reassures them.

“It’s okay, our store operates like a family restaurant during the day.”

“Is that so? Then what is the most delicious thing here?”

When the black hime cut student asked, Jisoo confidently recommended a menu.

“Egg pilaf with shrimp is the most popular.”

pilau…?

Are you talking about Anna’s egg fried rice?

My older sister made a dish that might have seemed a bit plain look fancy.

The corners of my mouth go up automatically at that sight.

As expected, Jisoo looks cool when she fights… .

That kind of feminine and everyday look is natural.

I looked at her alone and felt happy.

Then suddenly I noticed a bartender puffing away on an e-cigarette.

And there’s even the sight of Anna cutting ingredients with a dagger.

“Sigh… .”

It seems like I still need more time to adjust to daily life.