I fell into the world of cyberpunk games

[It’s good to talk about work, but if you go to a bar, you should drink alcohol. We still have some time left before opening, so let’s have a little drink and have a comfortable conversation. Loosen that hard kata (shoulder) a bit. There is no need to be nervous.]

“yes. All right.”

[Speak comfortably. Is it because he is Asian, his nickname is in his mouth? Feel free to call me Sasha. Or call me a dragon… Katteny (as you like). All I hear is uncomfortable.]

It felt a bit odd.

what? How about this weird shape where the interviewer boss comforts the interviewee by asking him to drink?

In the meantime, I was naturally drawn to the dragon president and sat in front of the bar. I didn’t even say that I don’t drink well.

Behind the table stood the languid-eyed man earlier. Wearing a stretched polo t-shirt and yawning, he licks his tongue next to him.

[Ttt, look at that child, standing sullenly wearing that outfit. I’m a bit full now, this is it. what are you standing still Aren’t you going to take Chuumon (order)?]

“… Haven’t they opened yet?”

As the man answered bluntly, steam erupted from the dragon’s helmet’s nostrils.

[Isn’t it working hours before opening? I’m going to buy this friend a cocktail here, so let’s mix some drinks.]

“Then put the calculation in front of the chief… So what are you going to order?”

[Sorewa (that) now needs to look at the menu and decide.]

Saying that, when I pressed the button on the table, a holographic display of primary colors popped out.

A menu with all kinds of cocktail names that I have never seen before, listed by category.

[You can decide what to drink by looking at it. As long as it’s not too expensive, everything is ok. Ah, then I guess I haven’t even said hello to him yet?]

Pointing to the man beyond the bar who is looking over here with a gloomy gaze.

[This friend here is the bartender of our restaurant, Jiseki (second seat). There are only two bartenders in total.]

“It would have been a very good introduction if I hadn’t talked about it.”

[Itsmo (always) grunting like this, while still working hard, is the charm. My name is Tony. and Tony? This is Aaron. Last name is Nakamura.]

“What happened to Japanese?”

[under!]

Arms crossed with arms surrounded by metal armor, the dragon’s head snorted in an equitable manner.

[It’s not just Japanese, it’s pure from Shintokyo. Until recently, you worked as a chef at a high-end Japanese hotel restaurant.]

“to? Why did such a person come to our bar? They are absolutely elite.”

[Our bar is Toshita (somehow). Would you like to include it in your promotional text? Even the top chef has approved it! It’s like this.]

“Wow, that’s really cool.”

[What?]

“I didn’t say anything. So what are you ordering?”

Seeing the bartender Tony smirking over him, the Dragon president said with his eyes wide open.

[It’s me who always drank. Old Fashioned.]

“Wahaka style?”

[It’s a nag to say the least.]

“OK. Then that… What about Nakamura-san?”

Nakamura-san? Oh, you’re calling me

As an observer, I listened to the two of them chatting with interest, and then suddenly they spoke to me and I was speechless.

The menu is… To be honest, I have no idea what it is. In that case, you just have to bury it.

I was just pretending to scan a bunch of cocktails.

“I’ll give you the same thing.”

[Well? Didn’t I say that I don’t know cocktails well? I don’t drink very much and I’m old (I don’t like it).]

Then, a mecha dragon’s snout pops out from the side and meddles.

“Oh, yes.”

[Approximately, it looks like Watashi did what he said, but you can’t make cocktails like that. Not just cocktails, but all drinks.

Yukkuri (slowly) You have to find a style that suits you. It’s because everyone’s taste and drinking amount are different. Isn’t cooking similar?]

Five… . Indeed, there was truth. Rather than following someone else’s in everything, there’s a law that works for you.

For a moment, you can feel the seasoned look of a bar manager from that bizarre dragon helmet.

After admiring him so much, this time Tony in the front intervened.

“Well, there is something like that. If you’re new to cocktails, Old Fashioned probably won’t suit you. The alcohol is not weak, and it has a heavy and bitter taste.

Classic cocktails usually do. It has to be a lot of drinking to get used to, and I have to say it’s a style that old-schoolers can enjoy.”

[Are you saying that I am old-fashioned now?]

“Are you going to deny that cocktails with ‘old-fashioned’ names are your favorite subject?”

[shut up. Classic is EEN (forever).]

I looked at the two of them arguing, and when I had a moment, I immediately asked.

“Then what cocktails are suitable for beginners?”

“Ah, if you click on a category on the menu board once, the category that the boss has arranged will appear.”

When I touched the category item at that time, the hologram screen changed.

『Cocktail

: Mixed drink.

In modern times, it means something alcoholic, mostly made by mixing chemical or artificial synthetics.

“You can’t buy happiness, but you can prepare a cocktail instead. Either way, the result will be the same.”

Alcohol/Cocktail/Classification

-taste

-difficulty

-atmosphere

-style

It is neatly divided into four major categories.

Even a beginner like me would have to click on the difficulty level to find a cocktail that would be good to drink.

As soon as I put my finger on it, it was recognized immediately and the shape of the display changed.

Alcohol/Cocktail/Classification/Difficulty

– mite

-heavy water

-master

“… Did the boss arrange this?”

[yes. i did why?]

“The coriander and the middle water are the same, so why is only the sewage called a mite?”

[Well? Did I set it like that? Wakaranaikedo (I don’t know). I can’t remember because I’m old.]

Sasha Dragon’s shy expression was obscured by the natural dragon’s helmet.

… It’s kinda funny.

However, the other party is the manager, president, and owner.

What do you do when you say you want to categorize your own bar menu?

Besides, it’s true that I’m a newbie when it comes to alcohol.

Somehow, with a feeling of shame, I stabbed the mite difficulty level. Damn, I wasn’t even looking at easy difficulty when I was playing.

Cocktails of mite difficulty pouring down quickly. My eyes were dizzy. I don’t know what it is.

I picked just about anything. It was a cocktail with an unassuming name.

ice tea. It’s a drink that tastes like iced tea.

『Long Island Iced Tea』

“This never tastes like iced tea.”

“I’m from Long Island.”

– Temptation more beautiful than love, 1999

Lemon flavored tea. Sweet and refreshing, the work owner.

Variations: AMF, Texas Tea, Tokyo Iced Tea, Long Beach Iced Tea, Dusk Iced Tea… .』

Among the menu descriptions that followed, the most striking thing was the variation.

Dusk Ice Tea? Can you taste the taste of Dusk City when you drink this?

It was a bit difficult to ponder in front of the menu board, and I opened my mouth impulsively.

“I’ll make it with Dusk Iced Tea.”

“Okay, reception is complete.”

Then, looking up from the holographic menu, Tony was already making cocktails.

That speed is quite fast.

A sugar cube-shaped synthetic sweetener is placed on a round, low, and wide glass, and a few drops of an unknown red chemical are sprinkled on it.

Crush the drug-soaked sweetener mass with a stick-like object, pour the foaming liquid, and add a large amount of ice.

After that, the transparent alcohol with a distinctive smoky flavor is measured and poured, and the long spoon with the tip twisted like a screw bar is taken out and swirled around the ice to mix the liquid.

The strange thing is that the process of turning the spoon sandwiched between the fingers went so smoothly as if watching the machine in action.

The bar spoon quietly swirls, mixing only the liquid without touching either the ice or the glass, at the same cycle without any errors.

It’s like watching a centrifuge in the lab run smoothly.

I don’t know much about cocktails or bars, but I could guess that it was an outstanding performance that couldn’t come out with normal skills.

They say that real masters hide their power, but unlike their sloppy appearance, they were bartenders with great skills… !

Next to my startled appearance, Dragon President said with his arms crossed.

[Tony’s stir skill is Ippin (excellent). Oh. Do you know what a ster is? It’s a cocktail technique. I literally stir the drink like that and mix it by turning it round and round.]

“Oh I see. It is definitely very smooth.”

[Definitely not smooth. Because that guy’s nickname isn’t ‘Perfect Star’ for nothing. They say they are bartenders who never choros (kill) the ice.]

what are you talking about how to kill ice Ice is inanimate.

As I closed my eyes at the words I couldn’t understand, the dragon’s head let out a deep sigh.

[But the problem is that’s all. Nicknamed The Perfectster, at the same time… ‘Stir One Tool.’ He’s good at stunts and everything else is there. I just like to show off flamboyantly without any fuss.]

“Oh, don’t call me by that nickname.”

Sasha Dragon said, pointing to the grumbling bartender Tony’s hand.

[Besides, it’s hard to say that it’s purely your own skill, even with that luxury stud.]

What else do you mean? If that’s not your skill, who’s skill is that… oh

As I looked carefully at the fingers and wrists turning the bar spoon dazzlingly, I could understand why.

those hands and arms.

I thought it was kind of weird.

It wasn’t for nothing that it ran smoothly like a machine.

It was a real machine. Mechanical arms, hands and fingers.