An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 16

Chapter 16: The Shocking Truth

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“Good day everyone. I’m Ken, the owner of Ken-chan Restaurant.”

“How’s everyone doing? Are you feeling motivated? Are you feeling energetic? Are you smiling? I’m Miku Kamaoto from Phoenix Mountain 38, an idol who will fill everyone with energy!”

We started the collaboration stream in front of the entrance to the Tachihi Dungeon.

“Yes, so today we’ll be doing a collaboration stream with Miku Kanamoto from Phoenix Mountain 38.”

“To the viewers of Ken-chan’s channel, nice to meet you! Miku Kanamoto here!~”

Two weeks had passed since I agreed to have a collaboration stream with Miku Kanamoto. Luckily, we were able to find a day that worked for both of us despite Miku’s busy schedule as an idol, making this collaboration possible.

“I already have 150.000 viewers… As expected of a popular idol…”

“But I only have 120.000 viewers, you know? I think Ken-san is more popular than me!”

“Huh? Really?”

“Ken-san has a lot of international viewers too.”

The two of us were using our respective drone cameras to stream simultaneously on both channels.

〈I’m watching on both my smartphone and computer!〉

〈Watching both streams at the same time is great because you can enjoy the stream from different angles.〉

〈You can see Manager Kaga appearing in the background On Ken-channel channel!〉

〈Seriously? I’m going to hop on Ken-channel now!〉

“Anyway, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to do this collaboration.”

“Oh no,no.  I think idols like you are even busier than me.”

“That’s not true. Ken-san’s restaurant is incredibly popular after all.”

〈The interaction feels so formal. It doesn’t seem like there’s been much progress since then.〉

〈Thank goodness.〉

〈Nishida, don’t try to hit on Miku-chan!〉

〈I think it would be good if they can be more casual with each other.〉

〈Hey, you bitch, that’s my old man, you know?〉

“I went to your restaurant the other day with my manager. The hamburg steak was soooooooo delicious!”

“Really? You should’ve let me know you were coming. I didn’t even notice you actually came to my restaurant.”

“I was in disguise after all. Besides, Ken-san was so busy. Like a whole other dimension of busy, not just a whole other level.”

〈They must be talking about the rumors.〉

〈They say there were about ten Ken-chan in the kitchen.〉

〈And that the food somehow appeared on the table.〉

〈Is this a ghost story or something?〉

“Anyway, let’s get back to the main topic. I think it’s time to announce the goal of today’s stream.”

〈I’m so excited!〉

〈I wonder what kind of ingredients they’ll search for today~〉

〈I want to eat Miku-chan.〉

〈He’s streaming with an idol today, so I don’t think he will do anything dangerous today.〉

As the viewers’ anticipation grew higher, I finally said…

“We’ll defeat the boss of the Tachihi Dungeon and then we’re going to cook it and eat it on the spot.”

〈Huh?〉

〈What?〉

〈What!?〉

〈Did you just say the boss of Tachihi Dungeon?〉

〈No way, no way, no way!〉

〈Whaaaaaat!?〉

“Hehehe, everyone is so shocked. But well, of course everyone is surprised. The boss of the Tachihi Dungeon is located on the 20th floor of Tachihi Dungeon. It’s one of the most difficult places to explore in terms of the lower levels section.”

Miku Kanamoto said with a strained laugh.

〈No, but, isn’t this a bit too dangerous?〉

〈Miku-chan is still a D-rank explorer, you know?〉

〈Hey, Nishida! I won’t forgive you if you put Miku-chan in a dangerous situation!〉

〈This stream sounds insanely interesting already!〉

〈Not only are they going to defeat the boss of Tachihi Dungeon, but they’re also going to cook it and eat it on the spot! lol〉

〈I knew it! I knew they’re going to do something outrageous!〉

After the initial shock, the viewers started giving out varied reactions. The comments on my channel mostly consisted of viewers voicing their concern about the danger of taking a D-rank idol to the lower levels. The viewers on Miku Kanamoto’s channel must be even more agitated than mine.

“When we were discussing the collaboration stream, I specifically asked Ken-san to not lower his standard to match mine. I wanted him to do his stream like usual and I will follow suit. That’s why… Everyone, please stop bashing Ken-san.”

Miku Kanamoto begged. There must be a bunch of very harsh comments aimed at me in her comment section. Since she had said her piece like that, of course I had to provide a proper follow up.

“Well… Don’t worry. I will be exploring with her. I will never let her be in danger as long as I’m still alive. Especially not in Tachihi Dungeon. After all, we’re only going to defeat the boss of the lower levels.”

〈Did you guys hear that? “ONLY” the boss of the lower levels. LMAOOO〉

〈This is Nishida we’re talking about after all.〉

〈I wish I could say something like that too.〉

〈Yeah. Judging from Nishida’s skill, they should be fine if it’s just the boss of the lower levels.〉

〈The world’s greatest chef.〉

〈Nishida, just what’s the deepest floor you ever been?〉

〈I know, right? It’s like lower level boss is nothing for him.〉

“Ah, right. To answer your question, the deepest floor I ever went to is the 53th floor.”

〈Huh?〉

〈Eh?〉

〈What?〉

〈Whaaaaaaaaaat!?〉

〈Th-Th-Th-Th-The 53th floor!?〉

〈The 53th floor… He really said the 53th floor didn’t he!?〉

〈Calm down.〉

〈Clam down.〉

〈What a shocking truth.〉

〈My beloved God Old Man is the best in the world!〉

〈Just how amazing is he?!〉

〈Generally speaking, the lower levels only goes up to the 20th floor. The deep level only goes up to the 50th floor. Anything beyond that is called the abyss level〉

〈The deep levels are super long, like 30 floors.〉

〈You can count the explorers that can reach the abyss level with one hand and I’m talking about world-wide record, not just Japan.〉

〈Sounds like a big fat lie.〉

〈There are only two dungeons that reach up to abyss levels in Japan.〉

〈Dungeons with abyss levels are classified as class 11 at least, right?〉

〈Can we really leave Miku-chan at the hand of this filthy liar?〉

“Of course, I didn’t do it solo. Anyway the main point is… She will be safe with me. As safe as living in a smart apartment with an auto-lock feature. Now then. Since time is of the essence, let’s head into the dungeon right away.”

〈Auto-lock apartment. LOLOLOL〉

〈Yeah, that sounds safe enough.〉

〈Well, sometimes you can still cheat the system easily in certain apartment residence.〉

〈It depends on how safe the neighborhood is.〉

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