An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 11

Chapter 11:Even Though the Food Is That Delicious

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“By the way, Ken-chan, when is your next livestream?”

“Huh? I’m not going to do any livestream.”

I answered Kawakita’s question immediately. 

“You’re not going to livestream anymore?’

“Well, I only did it to promote my restaurant.”

And it went better than I expected. Customers wouldn’t stop flocking in now. I was confident in the taste of my cooking anyway and the ratings on Booble and Kuilog were incredibly good. I would keep getting customers even without doing any livestream now. 

“Aw, shucks. I really like watching you fight, Ken-chan.”

Higashiguchi said, sounding very sad. 

“I mean, I’m not really cut out for that sort of thing. Back then, I had to livestream out of necessity to keep the restaurant afloat. However, a chef like me shouldn’t be on the spotlight. I have to let my food be in the spotlight.”

“You’re so stiff. I still think it’s a pity though. It’s not every day a livestreamer can get more than 300.000 subscribers from just one stream, you know?”

Minamino pointed out with a wry smile on his face. 

“And it’s not just us. Everyone is looking forward to your stream too.”

“Everyone?”

“Have you checked your DMs yet?”

“Well, I’ve been a bit busy recently.”

After Kawakita said so, I checked my Xtube account. 

“The heck? I have more than 100 messages?”

I opened them and most of them were words of support and that they were looking forward to my next livestream. 

“I have a lot of DMs on Y as well..”

The same thing was happening to my Y account. There were some prank messages like,”I started liking you after watching your livestream. I’d love to meet you,” and there were other flirty messages too. 

“I’ve received offers from companies too. They want to hire me as their exclusive explorer? There were invitations to join explorer parties as well.”

Of course I would have to decline all of that offer since I didn’t have any intention of working as an explorer. 

“Hmm… I see…”

“See? A lot of people are waiting for you.”

“Yeah. I didn’t expect for things to blow up to this extent.”

Seeing my confused expression, Higashiguchi then said. 

“Anyway, you will need to go into dungeons to hunt ingredients for your restaurant, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Then you can just livestream your hunting session.”

“Do you think people would enjoy watching that? They would get bored.”

“That’s up to the viewers to decide. But I think just you being you will be enough, Ken-chan. You’re not an idol or a celebrity. You don’t need to force yourself to appeal to the mass. Just keep doing you. Explore the dungeons like usual and show your viewers how you defeat the monsters in the dungeon. That’s all.”

“Well, if it’s just that, then I guess it’s doable.”

Since there were this many people looking forward to my next livestream, I couldn’t just ignore it. Besides, I was only able to continue running the restaurant thanks to their support. I owed it to them. 

“Then I will think about coming up with other dishes using monster meat. It would get boring if I only used the same monsters every time. I will try to find new ingredients for the shop and livestream it then.”

“That sounds good! Seems interesting!”

“Let me know when you’ve decided your next livestream.”

“If only I could eat Ken-chan’s cooking too~”

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“Hello. I’m Ken, from Ken-chan Restaurant. I know this is very sudden, but I’m going to start my second dungeon livestream now.”

On my next day off, I decided to livestream the process of me hunting the ingredients for my restaurant. I had only decided to do this last night, so I didn’t make any announcement beforehand. Not to mention, I was doing this livestream on a weekday afternoon. I thought I wouldn’t get any viewers, but…

〈I’ve been waiting for this!!!〉

〈I was so surprised when I saw the notification of the stream out of the blue, but I do have to say. This is a very pleasant surprise indeed!〉

〈I’m at work right now, but I don’t care. 〉

〈I went to your restaurant. It was so delicious! I will definitely come again.〉

〈Ah, what a wonderful old man. 〉

Comments started pouring in one after another and the number of viewers kept on increasing. 

“Thank you. I’ve had many customers coming to the restaurant since I last livestreamed. Thanks tot hat, I can keep the restaurant running. Thank you for the support, everyone.”

〈Ken-chan Restaurant was on the brink of bankruptcy, huh?〉

〈Even though the food is so delicious. 〉

〈Well, the location is a bit…〉

〈Thanks to the power of the internet!〉

〈It’s all thanks to Nishida’s own effort. Normal people wouldn’t become this viral.〉

“Anyway, since I failed to get to the lower levels before, I want to actually reach the lower levels now. I’m going to find ingredients for my restaurant during this livestream. I’m planning to come up with a new limited menu for the restaurant depending on what kind of ingredients I will get this time.”

〈Oh! A new menu!〉

〈What a very unique way of running a restaurant. 〉

〈This is only possible thanks to him duality as a chef and an explorer. 〉

〈I really have to go eat there after this stream!〉

〈I wonder what he will get today~〉

The response was very positive. With that, I stepped into Tachihi Dungeon again. This dungeon had been closed before due to the irregularity, but it was recently reopened after the cause of the irregularity was eliminated.

“Just like usual, I will be searching for a teleport trap first.”

This time, I was able to find one in about 10 minutes.

〈Can normal people find one that quickly?〉

〈There was another streamer who tried to do the same trick as Ken-chan, but that streamer couldn’t find one even after searching for an hour. 〉

〈Ken-chan must be incredibly lucky. 〉

〈Some researchers believe that luck is a hidden status that exists within awakened individuals. 〉

〈Since Nishida’s strength is off the charts, then his luck must be off the charts too. 〉

After finding the teleport trap, I infused it with magic power and then, I stepped onto the trap.

“Alright. I’ve made it to the middle levels. I will try to find another teleport trap now.”

I walked through the middle floor for a while and then, I found another teleport trap after about 20 minutes. I infused my magic power and stepped on it again. 

“And now, I’ve made it to the lower levels. By the way, you can generally tell the difference between the middle and lower levels from the concentration of magic power in the air. In fact, you can know your exact floor from it. You need to get used to the concentration of magic power in each floor first though. And right now… I’m probably on the 12th floor.”

For reference, Tachihi Dungeon upper levels ranged from the first to the fifth floor. The middle levels ranged from sixth to the tenth floor while the lower levels ranged from the eleventh and the twentieth floor.

〈This is insanely fast. Usually you would need half a day to get to the lower levels. 〉

〈By the way, footage from lower levels like this is pretty rare, isn’t it?〉

〈Yeah, because high-ranking explorers who can reach the lower levels usually don’t do livestream. 〉

〈Dragon Channel is probably the only channel that does lower levels streaming in Japan. 〉

〈As expected of my beloved God Old Man. You’re the strongest. 〉

〈Aaaand we’re starting to get weird people in the chat. 〉

“Well then. I will start looking for a monster that looks delicious.”

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