8 The cook

The three talked for hours inside a bar. As time passed, they began to feel more comfortable with each other. Kuina explained to Booney how she met Indra. Booney also said how was her life in the village, that she lived alone without family. The girl had economic difficulties, so much that she could hardly afford to buy food, so once in a while she had to steal. They also explained their own dreams. Booney when she heard that the man in front wanted to become the king of pirates and the girl the best swordsman in the world, she was amazed. But then she said that her greatest dream is to become the best cook in the world.

"Why do not you come with us?" Indra asked as he took a sip of the coffee he had on the table.

"Are you offering me to become a pirate?" - answered Booney, looking at Indra in the eyes.

"Exactly" - Indra said "In this place, you have nothing left, but if you come with us you will live amazing things and you will see ingredients and foods from all corners of the world. It is not a bad offer haha ​​"- continued Indra.

"Very well, I will join your crew." - replied Booney.

"We already have our cook, the crew grows more and more" - said Indra while smiling.

"Welcome aboard, Booney" -said Kuina as she raised her hand to greet her.

"Thanks" - answered the new cook of the crew.

"Now I guess we need to improve our ship, Booney is there a carpenter on this island?" Indra asked.

"No. If you want to buy another boat, we'll have to go to the next one, which is close to the Red Line. "- answered Booney.

"What is the name of the island?" - Kuina asked curiously.

"The next island is called Karate," Booney said, "since there are many people who practice martial arts."

"Oh, how interesting" -indicated Indra.

The three went to buy the supplies for the trip. Indra also bought some maps of South Blue. Once they finished shopping, they went to the beach where the boat was anchored.

After reaching the beach, they boarded the ship and sailed for Karate Island. Booney said it would take about three hours to get there if the wind was favorable.

After three and a half hours of travel, they anchored the boat in the port of the first coastal city they saw. They took the important things of the ship leaving only the provisions of food and water.

Upon entering the town, he saw that many people left his house and headed towards the exit of the town. Indra asked a villager to see what happened.

"Excuse me, where everyone is going" - asked Indra.

"You are new on the small island," replied the villager.

"Yes, we just arrived" - said Indra while pointing to his crew.

"You are in luck, today is the Karate tournament." - Said the villager - "If you want to come to follow me".

"Of course we will go with you, thanks!" - said Indra.

After walking about forty minutes, the four arrived at a huge building built in the middle of the island. The building was an arena made of stone. The villager said goodbye to them and went on his way.

"Those who want to participate that come here" shouted a man carrying a giant sign.

"It seems that we can still participate, I will join, some of you want to come with me?" - asked Indra.

"I will also participate" - Kuina answered instantly.

"I pass, I'll encourage you from outside." - said Booney.

Indra and Kuina went to the man who carried the sign and signed up for the tournament. Indra gave Booney some money to pay for his ticket and buy something to eat. Then the man on the sign called those who were going to participate in the tournament and took them to a room inside the stone building. When all the participants were finally gathered, he began to explain the rules.

"In this tournament, you will all fight against everyone, the last one standing wins the prize. The use of weapons is allowed, but anyone who kills another opponent will be disqualified. "- said the man -" It is forbidden to wear armor. The prize of the tournament consists of a reward of ten million belis. "- said the man.

"What luck, with that, we will have for a new ship." - Kuina said to Indra.

"Yes, surely one of us wins" -indicated Indra.

"If we had to fight one with the other" -said Kuina- "Go with everything, do not underestimate me" -continued.

"If I do not keep anything" - said Indra.

After the sand filled up with people. The participants began to enter the ring of the arena. People started screaming with emotion. The relatives and friends of the participants supported theirs.

[MISSION 3: WIN THE TOURNAMENT]

[MISSION 4: WIN A DUEL TO KUINA]

"Two missions and one of them is to defeat Kuina" - thought Indra, - "this is getting interesting."