An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 82

Chapter 82: It Seems the Dictatorship Is Going to Continue for a While

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【Congratulations on the Reopening!】 Ken-chan’s Restaurant Part 97【False Charge CLEARED!】

Anonymous Explorer

Today is the day of the reopening!

Anonymous Explorer

FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

Anonymous Explorer

What a joyous occasion!

Anonymous Explorer

So the false charge has been cleared, huh?

Anonymous Explorer

Congratulations, Nishida!

Anonymous Explorer

I’ve been waiting for so long.

Anonymous Explorer

We’re drinking until we drop today!!

Anonymous Explorer

You guys are overacting, LOL. I mean, he only closed his restaurant for a few days, didn’t he?

Anonymous Explorer

Huh??? Do you even know how much we’ve suffered these past few days without Nishida’s cooking??

Anonymous Explorer

Nishida’s cooking is as important as oxygen, it’s essential for survival. I can’t live without it.

Anonymous Explorer

If you couldn’t breathe air for a few days, you’d be dead already, lol.

Anonymous Explorer

By the way, it looks like he’s going to start selling limited grilled lamb set meal soon.

Anonymous Explorer

Nishida always makes the most out of a bad situation!

Anonymous Explorer

So? What was the deal with that foreign woman? What was she trying to do?

Anonymous Explorer

Rumor has it she’s an S-rank adventurer from France and she’s Nana Tendou’s coworker.

Anonymous Explorer

So she was in cahoots with Nana Tendou to bring Nishida down?

Anonymous Explorer

For real? Geez. Nana Tendou… She’s the worst!

Anonymous Explorer

My opinion of her just took a free dive. 

Anonymous Explorer

I mean, people’s opinion of her is already bad, right? After all, she ambushed Nishida in a dungeon out of nowhere. 

Anonymous Explorer

Precisely. The Dungeon Management Agency is being lenient with her. They should revoke her explorer license.

Anonymous Explorer

Doing that wouldn’t harm her though. She could just keep working as an explorer in France.

Anonymous Explorer

I’m sorry, I might be getting off topic here, but I’m really glad they managed to rescue Aoi Kadoyama.

Anonymous Explorer

I can’t agree more with you.

Anonymous Explorer

Had she died, Japan would’ve been hit by a massive loss.

Anonymous Explorer

I don’t think you were off topic.

Anonymous Explorer

What do you mean?

Anonymous Explorer

This is Nishida’s thread, right? Rumor has it Nishida was part of Aoi Kadoyama’s rescue team.

Anonymous Explorer

Seriously? Where did you get that information?!

Anonymous Explorer

Please give us your source.

Anonymous Explorer

Apparently, there was an illegal stream during Aoi Kadoyama rescue mission.

Anonymous Explorer

And someone actually got to see it?

Anonymous Explorer

According to the rumor, yeah, but no one has any proof of the stream.

Anonymous Explorer

The livestream has been taken down, so who knows?

Anonymous Explorer

Apparently, Nana Tendou and that beautiful foreign woman were there too.

Anonymous Explorer

So Nishida already made peace with them?

Anonymous Explorer

I heard Ryoko Hongan was there too.

Anonymous Explorer

Four S-rank explorers, huh? Impressive.

Anonymous Explorer

How did they even manage to gather that many S-rank explorers?

Anonymous Explorer

I mean, this is Aoi Kadoyama we’re talking about, after all.

Anonymous Explorer

Of course you need an S-rank explorer to rescue another S-rank explorer. 

Anonymous Explorer

You guys actually believe that? LOL You guys are so gullible. LOL

Anonymous Explorer

Really? It sounds pretty logical to me. After all, the middle boss of the Shinjuku Kabukicho Dungeon is technically a sheep.

Anonymous Explorer

So what? LMAOOO Is everyone in this thread an idiot? LMAOOOO

Anonymous Explorer

Hint: Grilled Lamb

Anonymous Explorer

Ah.

Anonymous Explorer

Ohh! I see it now!

Anonymous Explorer

Amazing.

Anonymous Explorer

How did you even come to that conclusion just with that hint?

Anonymous Explorer

You must be a genius.

Anonymous Explorer

I checked Nishida’s announcement and he mentioned ‘Lightning Sheep meat’!

Anonymous Explorer

I see. Everything makes sense now.

Anonymous Explorer

The guy from earlier disappeared, huh? I guess he couldn’t find a proper rebuttal, huh???

Anonymous Explorer

He’s probably blushing bright red from shame right now. LMAOOOO

Anonymous Explorer

Don’t tease him too much. LOL I’m feeling bad for him now. LOLLL

Anonymous Explorer

Speaking of which… The president of Ameria suddenly looks younger again, huh? I mean, I’m not trying to start a conspiracy theory or anything, but remember Nishida recently got…

Anonymous Explorer

Yeah. That seems to be the most plausible answer. I’m actually scared now.

Anonymous Explorer

That old geezer. Just how long is he going to stay as a president?

Anonymous Explorer

It seems the dictatorship is going to continue for a while at least. 

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The first day of reopening. 

Although the people on the internet already came to a solidified opinion that I was falsely accused, but to be honest, I was still feeling nervous about opening the doors for the first time in a while. I was wondering if my customers would actually come back… But the moment business hours started, the restaurant was flooded with even more customers than before. 

“I’ve been waiting for you to reopen your restaurant!”

“Nishida! I’ve always believed you were innocent!”

“I’m so happy I could eat your delicious set meals again!”

“Nishida! Keep up the great work! You’re amazing!”

On top of that, there were quite a few customers who offered encouraging words toward me, who were busy working in the kitchen. The new limited-time menu item, the lamb set meal, was also a huge hit. We managed to sell 1000 servings by early afternoon. 

After closing for the day, Mao Osaka looked really happy. She was downright beaming, as if she had played a part in this… 

“Manager-san, I’m so glad the restaurant could reopen without any issue!”

“Yeah. Osaka-san too. I’m sorry for making you take a few days off out of the blue like that.”

“No, no! I don’t mind it at all!”

Ah, this girl was really a wonderful young woman. While I was busy cleaning the restaurant, I once again found myself wondering why someone like her was willing to work a part-time job, when suddenly… 

Clatter, clatter.

The sliding door slid open, even though I had already switched the sign to ‘closed.’

“My apologies, but we’re already closed for the day.”

Mao Osaka quickly apologized to the incoming customers. Well, the person coming in might be a scout or one of my fans, but it turned out… That person was neither. 

“Umm… No. I’m not here as a customer…”

The person who entered was a woman with striking short emerald green hair. It seemed this person was a shy person by nature, since she was shaking her head bashfully. This person… I knew who she was. 

“Aoi Kadoyama?”

She was the S-rank explorer I had helped back in the Shinjuku Kabukicho Dungeon. 

“Ummm… I’m here to express my gratitude to Nishida-san.”

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