As the sun set, Kazan sat alone on Caruso's dragon's head, watching the dim sunset alone, looking a little desolate.
"So...where are those two little brats?"
Kazan turned around and asked Luffy, who had been running back and forth since he got on the ship. As for Maginot, he was cooking in the kitchen, and Slap buried himself in the library.
"Ah? Emmm...he just ran away."
"......well."
Kazan thought that Ace and Sabo had been impressed by his charisma and would obediently run up to Caroso and bow before him.
I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it... After all, I paid by mistake.
Kazan held his face with one hand and smiled bitterly. I was too involved in the drama~ but I ended up alone~
"Mr. Kazan, Mr. Akin, Luffy, dinner is ready. I'll call the village chief."
"Oh!!! Eat, eat, eat!!!"
When Luffy heard that dinner was ready, he ignored everything and sprinted towards the kitchen at full speed.
Kazan glanced at Luffy, who was moving quickly, and secretly thought something was wrong. If he continued like this, there would be no food to eat. Then he decisively stood up and prepared to eat.
Ace and Sabo? Haha, no! Rare! Rare!
When everyone entered the kitchen, Ajin, who was practicing waving the 'Yaksha' on the deck, stopped and looked at the two figures of children running away in the distance in the forest.
Ah Jin took two steps and then stopped, looked back at the kitchen, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of catching up to do something, and then walked towards the kitchen to prepare for dinner.
Due to Luffy's strong request, "I want to experience what it's like to sleep on a boat," the group decided to spend the night on the boat. Caruso was a little lively after a long absence.
Kazan's smelting room at night.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!!!!"
"Luffy, it's too late, stop howling!"
"Kazan! Kazan! What is this? Super handsome."
At this time, Luffy's eyes were shining as he hugged the Black Rhinoceros armor left behind by Bellamy, as if his whole body was glued to the armor.
Seeing Luffy drooling, Kazan really doubted whether he would go up and lick it twice more.
"It's just a set of armor."
"Armor?! It's so handsome. I want it too."
"Whenever you can beat me, I will get you a set."
"Okay! I'm going to beat you up now."
After hearing Kazan's words, Luffy jumped from the Black Rhinoceros armor to the ground, waving his arms fiercely and ran towards Kazan.
Snapped.
While running, Luffy lost a certain sense of balance due to waving his arms with all his strength, and fell directly to the ground.
"Woooooooo┭┮﹏┭┮"
"It will take at least ten more years for you to defeat me!"
Kazan unexpectedly glanced at Luffy, who had defeated him. When Luffy was seven years old, he could only cry behind Ace Sabo, let alone when he was five years old now.
"Go to bed quickly!"
"No, I'm going to stay in here tonight."
Kazan gave Luffy a harsh word, and Luffy got up from the ground and immediately got into the Black Rhino Armor and could not get out.
Duang!
"Don't give me crap!"
"Woooooooo┭┮﹏┭┮"
Kazan pulled Luffy out of the Black Rhino Armor, gave him a blow, and carried Luffy to sleep.
...
The next morning, two little guys came aboard the Caroso.
It was Ace and Sabo who left yesterday.
"Didn't you two run away? Why are you here? To die?"
"Hmph! He actually ran away! What a coward!"
"Huh? Who are you calling a coward?"
As soon as Kazan said something, Luffy followed it up with something. Ace yelled and was startled. He hugged Kazan's thigh and stuck out his tongue at Ace.
"If you want to become a disciple, then there must be a ceremony for it! We went to prepare for the ceremony yesterday."
Sabo ignored Ace and Luffy who were noisy next to him and took the lead in explaining, appearing a little reserved.
Because both Kazan and Akin put a lot of pressure on Sabo. The former came from the momentum and bounty he exuded when facing Ace yesterday, and the latter came from the powerful strength and the ability to kill Ace in one blow.
It's definitely not a kind and cruel look.
"Apprenticeship Ceremony..."
Ah, there is such a thing.
Kazan remembered that he had such etiquette when he traveled through Arad and was accepted as a disciple by his master in his previous life. However, let alone the world, the apprenticeship ceremony was different even between different schools or even different gyms.
So Kazan didn't care.
When it came to the apprenticeship ceremony, Ace next to him also stopped making noise, suddenly blushed a little, and became coy.
With this look, Kazan almost thought that Ace was Monet's biological brother. Although Kazan wanted to complain like Monet, who is usually fierce, "Why are you twisting?", but he took care of the reason why Ace's character is rather awkward.
, Kazan still didn’t say anything after all.
"I'll tell you first! I'm not trying to convince you. I just want to see how much you weigh before you dare to say that. And I don't want to be killed so easily.
Come on, at least your life should be a little more valuable, and remember one more thing, I will defeat you sooner or later!"
Originally, Kazan didn't plan to pursue the matter, but Ace hurriedly explained it himself.
Kazan looked at Ace's embarrassed look and didn't bother to expose him. Instead, he felt relieved that Ace had begun to value his own life: it seemed that his trick yesterday was not in vain.
"What did you say?! I am the one who wants to defeat Kazan! Who can beat you with just three or two kilograms of meat?"
"Who gives you the confidence to speak like this... Get out of here and call me Master from today on."
Kazan slapped his head with a headache and kicked Luffy at his feet between Ace and Sabo.
"Eh? I also want to become a disciple?"
"right."
"oh."
Looking at Luffy's decisive look without hesitation, Kazan even doubted whether he knew what it meant to become a disciple.
"Forget it, let's talk about how to do this apprenticeship ceremony."
"Of course it's a toast!"
"Of course it's tea!"
"Of course it's meat!"
The three little brats looked at each other. Ace held a bottle of strong liquor in his hand, Sabo held a seemingly valuable tea in his hand, and Luffy pulled out a dead rat from somewhere.
"Huh? Of course you have to drink to become a disciple. Don't you even know this bit of common sense?"
"Hey, are you kidding me... of course it's my first time to serve tea to the teacher."
"Nonsense! Eating meat is the most legitimate thing!"
The three little ones each held up the big treasure they brought and always insisted on their own opinions. When they saw that everyone could not convince the other, they almost started fighting.
"Okay, okay. Since you are worshiping me as your teacher, you can follow my etiquette. You don't have any objections, right?"
"casual."
"also."
"oh."
The three little ones also knew that there was no point in continuing to argue like this, and what Kazan said made sense, so they decided to obey Kazan's request and perform the apprenticeship ceremony.
"The apprenticeship ceremony here is nothing more than three tests. All you have to do is pass the test."