Talking to the three in the back they told me they went and talked to some of the orphan kids that are looking for work but some of the delinquents caught word of this and decided to tag along looking for opportunities.
At first everything went fine until they started going through the storage goods and making themselves at home, the three tried to straighten the group out but they would just get jumped. I teased the three a bit about not knowing how to fight before telling them I'll teach them some techniques, plus i have a-lot in my head right now it'll be a waste to not use it for the betterment of my restaurant and workers.
Coming back out into the dining area to see who's still here, more than half of the people were here, 13 of them. There were 6 girls and 7 boys excluding the three idiots of course, some of them were in the delinquents group but i guess they only followed due to fear, or whatever else.
"Rule #1 Don't break anything or I'll break a leg, Rule #1 Don't waste the storage ingredients, Rule #1 Don't go out causing trouble giving the restaurant a bad name, and finally Rule #1 Don't discriminate, no matter race, status, or whatever it is." I stated the rules.
"Uh... boss? That's, you said #1 to all of them." One of the kids said raising his hand.
"Yes well they're all just as important as the other." I said
I ended up giving them their position when they ended up capable of working, not that they all had experience but the work they would do wouldn't be that hard. On the other hand there were some girls on the side that had experience in the kitchen and being a waitress with a few boys.
I gave a girl named sydney the position of hostess so she's at the door giving them menus and greeting them, and another 5 kids a position in the kitchen either as rookie chefs or kitchen helper; 4 were girls and 1 was a guy. Two of the girls were kitchen assistants the boy started as a rookie chef knowing some Italian dishes that i put on the menu, the two other girls were on the Japanese section dishes and the other was on Mexican food. And the rest were servers and so on. I put Davis on the janitor position, Davis is one of the three homeless I talked to a while ago. We talked about what I'm planning on and it seems they are listening in and thinking about it, but it seems to be going well.
There were some things that I don't have like employers uniform and such. I didn't really have money nor anything so I planned of stealing some. No not steal from the bank or anything but there are a lot of gang money lying around not being used, and I was using the Robin Hood method on this where you steal from the rich and give to the poor, and I'm poor so I'm doing myself a favor. So after talking to the three old homeless people i went out looking for some small time gangs where i could dry them off their money. I went from roof to roof looking for safe houses that holds the 'cha-chings' and i ended up at Harlem.
There was a simple looking place over there and thugs carrying around guns were going in and out, I took a chance and covered my head with a cloth not showing any skin and walked in. I knocked on the entrance but they slid a eye hole and looked out.
"What th-" before the man on the other side can finish i punched the door blasting it open knocking the man out and the door flew it with some concrete around it. I walked in and it sounded like the place is alarmed with the noise i made, men running around and some stopped and saw me covered in black clothes no skin nor eyes shown, and looking behind me they were shocked and didn't take a chance shooting at me. There were about more than 10 guys shooting at me some on the stairs going up and on the living room across the hall. I ran into the kitchen which was connected to the hall and living room, I ran into the kitchen and went to the living room fast and it caught them off guard which I did quick work on them slapping and punching their head into the dreamworld. I ran to the stairs knocking out the other thugs leaving only one which was scared shittless watching me finish the group quick. I grabbed him by the neck and put him against the wall, i held a finger and broke one as he screamed in pain, I broke another one showing I'm not playing.
"Money. Where?" I said without emotion in my voice while holding another finger threatening to break if he don't speak. And with that he squealed saying it's in the basement, then I knocked him out though not without saying thanks first.
And with that i got more than half a million dollars in a big duffle back and ordered some uniforms online the next day. Other than that I let the new group of workers get familiar with the place and get the menu in their head to remember, they had place they lived at more or less but like the three idiots I told them the same that there is a place up there to crash, it would probably be squeezed but better than sleeping out there, in the end the boys gave the room to the girls and slept on the couch and hard floor, though not all of them slept in.
The next day after ordering the uniform i started teaching the three idiots Markus, Charles, and Zhang how to fight, or more like training I haven't taught them anything yet as I just gave them Saitama's workout plan, that way it'll set up their foundations strongly, they thought it would be easy at first but doing the 100's in one take was exhausting, I made them start early in the morning around 6 O'clock and made them run to the abandoned warehouse, though it was more than 10 Km I still made them run and man were their legs dead. They started questioning why they need to do this and and close to quitting seeing no outcomes of this. I smiled and raised my hand up and mad a KI orb, and their jaws dropped and they froze, they started firing questions rapidly before I held my hand up and stopped them, I motioned for them to follow me. We walked past the homeless and greeted Mitchell and Karen who were near the warehouse but Davis doesn't seem to be around. Finishing we went in the warehouse and told the three idiots to sit down as they did in a rush wanting to know more about what I showed to them.
I put up my right hand and made an orb enlarging it to the size of a door and firing beams on the ground showing off to them, and also floated. They were awed and excited not knowing what to say but they did ask all the questions possible. I stopped them from the unending questions. I explained what KI is to them.
"Do you want to learn how to do it?" I asked knowing the answer.
"YESS!!" Zhang and Markus yelled.
"Can we?!" Charles was about to join and yell out yes but asked instead.
"Of course you can everyone can, but only i can teach you or else you won't achieve anything. So do you want to learn?" I asked tempting them
"Yess!!" All three said this time.
"Hmm okay but I will tell you once you learn this you won't be able to live normal lives anymore, your life will enter the supernatural world, you will have more responsibilities on your shoulders, and I can't have you out of my sights as the power is enough to cause chaos and hurt the innocents, I know you three are good people good kids, but power like this can change even the best people. So if i give you three this power you will be with me and listen to my instructions no matter what until I say you are ready to be by yourself and free your wings. Now Markus Daw, Charles Abraham, and Zhang Chen I will ask again, Will you take this power, with the condition of accepting me as your teacher and stay under my wing until I say otherwise?" I asked with a serious expression.
"Yes Master!!" They stood up and kneel altogether.
"Hmm good, but just call me teacher, boss if we're at work." I said
"Yes teacher"
"Alright well we'll do this one by one you won't get the same level of control or KI I have right now but I will show you how to feel and improve on it, Markus you fist come sit down in front of me, I'll yell you about the world later but for now." I said and walked to the sitting Markus
"Lose all thoughts and only focus on your senses, but not your sense of sight, not your sense of hearing, not your sense of smell, nor your sense of taste and touch. Its a different sense but just focus and you'll feel it." Markus closed his eyes as i instructed him.
I put my hand near his face but not touching, and I spread my invisible transparent KI and it traveled to his forehead first it looked like he felt something but wasn't sure, so i put in more and spread the KI all over his body and he felt it though he is trying to remember this feeling.
"Good now memorize and hold on to that feeling." I said as I put in more power and he suddenly opened his eyes like he is in enlightenment, I nodded
"Th- this is KI?" He looked at his hands and said softly but he was incredibly shocked he never felt this kind of energy before and it felt like it gave him unlimited energy and makes him feel strong.
"Good work Mark, now go to the side and meditate to find your own KI energy inside you." I said as I retracted my hands and the KI he felt around him was gone, he felt like he wanted more but he nodded in determination and went to meditate to the side. I did the same to the two Charles immediately got it but Zhang took a while.
As they were meditating I checked the time which was still 6 but close to 7. I decided to train myself in the far side of the warehouse as the three meditate. As i experimented with my KI I got used to shooting beams from my fingers I am trying used to it as I plan to make it a basic technique of mine, but other than that i made a few skills as well like this ward like barrier, Iron Fist which I'm naming [Emerald Fist], a palm attack, the palm attack is when i attack the air with a palm and a green manifestation of a giant palm shows up, then a chain like KI that wraps around my opponents, I can make about 5 green chains but I need to focus to make more. Other than that I also sat down and meditate to further my sense in the surroundings, as of now i could spread out my senses about 800 to 900 meters which is around half a mile.
After a while I reached around 1,200 meters in my KI sense and I could already feel the homeless near us, I checked the time and it was 9 close to 10. I decided it was time to go, I went back to the three and they were still meditating, I used my KI sense to see their progress and it seems Charles is on the lead with Markus right behind em, Zhang is doing well but he is just a few steps behind the two.
"Aright thats enough for today." I interrupted them.
"How did you guys do?" I asked wanting to hear their answers.
"I think I'm doing good, it feels amazing I've never felt like this before, it's like a whole new world opening up with so many possibilities!" Charles said in excitement as he was making a fist feeling anew.
"I feel it too but progressing feels a little hard." Zhang laughed scratching the back of his head
"I wouldn't be down Zhang you are doing better than a normal person, in fact all three of you are but if you follow the training manual I gave you earlier it will help you use and absorb KI better and refine your foundation allowing you to use more and stronger KI. So don't be down just keep going." I said encouraging them I then looked at Markus
"How did you do?"
"Hmm I feel like I could have achieved more if you hadn't interfered." Markus said crossing his arms puffing his chest in pride.
"Hmm thats good." I nodded and walked up to him and smacked him in the head which almost made him fall head first.
"What the hell was that for?!" He yelled
"Nothing, just felt like it, let's go." Donning my usual smile I said
As we went home I stopped at a building and I looked at it with some ideas, the building was a two story as well not as big as the restaurant but it's pretty big, the building was in the back of a few apartments and isn't really in the public and is perfect for a plan of mine. I looked back at the three
"What do you think of getting a dojo?" I asked
"Dojo? Your getting a dojo?" Asked Charles surprised
"Maybe, but it's too early for that, we focus on the restaurant for now, you three should train and work hard if everything goes well you might be teaching and leading soon sooner or later." I said walking back home with a questioning face on the three.
As we made it home some of the kids that slept over are starting to wake up, I thought about it and told the three to get some tables together, other than the trio idiot 10 of the 13 kids slept over all 6 girls and 4 out of 7 boys slept over. The girls ended up taking the room and the boys living room, I don't know how they did it but they didn't break anything or get noisy so I didn't care. While everyone was getting up I called the 5 kids who worked in the kitchen as they all slept here, 1 boy and 4 girls.
The boy was the most talented he was Italian and American and his father taught him some dishes at a young age before dying leaving him in the orphanage. His name was Roberto and had some Italian looks to him, he doesn't really smile but that didn't stop him from wanting to be a chef and all. The 4 girls also grew up in the orphanage and they did some chores which includes cooking and housework, the two who knows their way around some culture food was Anna and Jun Lee. Anna loved Mexican food and for that she learned how to make Mexican food as best as she can while on the other hand Jun Lee loves Japanese food because of the art. These two Anna and Jun are the oldest of the whole group in the building other than me of course, Anna was 18 while Jun was 17 being the oldest the youngest of the group was Zhang who was 14. So the kids working here are either 14 or older but not older than 18. The other two girls in the kitchen are Kera and Valentina, Tina for short, they don't have any experience in cooking but they wanted to be chefs either way. They were both 16, Tina was white but Kera was half white and Mexican, Jun Lee was Chinese and Anna was white.
"Go set up we'll be making breakfast, I'll come in a bit and give you guys some pointers." I said as they came down from upstairs looking tired. Anna and Jun nodded but Roberto, Kera, and Tina beamed up hearing I'll give them some pointers.
I went upstairs changing out of my running clothes, and washed up before coming down, I don't think they tasted my cooking yet so I decided to cook myself and talk throughout teaching the five. As I went through my teachings the five listened intently, Anna and Jun wasn't sure if they would learn anything useful but was surprised at my clear teaching and expert experience as I was jumping from subject to subject teaching about all kinds of culture food, Mexican for Anna, Chinese for Jun, Italian for Roberto, and different types of culture food for Kera and Tina giving them a chance to think about what they wanna learn. The two old teenage girls were nodding subconsciously while the three young ones were absorbing the information like sponges with their young minds.
They were impressed and really admired my experience in the food world, as it went on I made a few different kinds of foods just to explain and teach them about it. As it finished I gave each of them a taste of the food and they smiled brighter than the sun shining in the morning, they admired my knowledge before but now it's safe to say I'm their role model now, the kind of chef they wanted to be and decided to learn from me as much as they can. As I was done cooking I told them they could ask any questions they want and they went on and on, at first the two old girls were asking all the questions before I stopped them and let the three young one ask their questions. They asked pretty novice questions but you gotta start somewhere right?
After taking their seat where the tables connected making everyone sit together, the kitchen workers came out with the food though it don't feel like a light breakfast meal it looked more like a feast for asgardians. The group were tempted with the aroma and had drools on their mouths while the idiot trio were over heels excited remembering the first time they tasted my cooking. And with that our morning went to good morning with a delicious feast, the group did their own things while I went back out calling the trio idiot to follow me.
At the docks I stood there looking far into the ocean while my three idiot students were behind me waiting for me to speak. Markus in the middle with his arms crossed donning his usual aggressive look, Charles on his right standing straight with hands behind his back, Zhang with hands in his pocket looking around lazily.
"The world is not as peaceful as you would think, there are many dangers that lurks in the shadows controlling things and people that you think is dangerous, you might think the most dangerous things are guns or crime lords, but put that together they are just rabbits in front of the dragons in the shadows. What do you find the most dangerous?" I asked
"Uh I don't know the government?" Charles said but asked as well
"The Triads" Zhang said not entirely sure as well
"You?" Markus asked as I was the most dangerous person he has ever seen and known.
"Haha well they are all good answers and yes I am dangerous but not the most powerful as there are many powerful than me in this world." I said shocking the three thinking about who could be so dangerous
"But your other answers are actually good, at least in this world they are. The government has been founded by the founding fathers long ago and has many resources and powerhouses with one of the biggest army on earth, you could just call them the most successful and powerful gang organization in the world haha. But still they are only in the shadows there are those that are the shadows themselves for example the Triads like you said, everyone knows about the Triads and that they spread around the globe and is just an organized crime, but they go way back thousands of years, the higher up council in the Triads have people who had lived for more than 5000 years and is still alive today looking as young as you or me. But then again their only the shadows the true powerhouses control the shadows." I said with a smile while the three just look with doubt.
"Whatever you have heard in fairy tails they are all true Sorcerers, Gods, Seamen, ninjas, and Aliens this is only a small world comparing to the outside." I said
"Okay C,mon teach, we considered the thousand year old immortal man you spoke of but sorcerers? As in magicians? Gods? And what the hell do you mean by seamen? We g-" Markus was not believing a thing wanting to just rant but Charles elbowed him stopping him
"Hahahaha even after what I've shown you, you are still in doubt, if that was not enough..." I laughed as I made a KI blade on my finger and cut my palm blood spraying and dropping as I showed them my hand. They were shocked at how crazy I was and wanted to move and stop the bleeding but when I showed them my hand they stopped and just watch. After a while it started healing and and skin reattaching going back to the way it was blood digging back to my skin like nothing happened. The three just stood there frozen wondering if anything is true or if the lives they lived was a lie.
"Well? Haha I'm don't care if you believe it or not but I have plans for the future and I am planning for you three to be a big part of it if you agree to be in it that is, but knowing the threats and hidden forces in the shadows is good to know about, and is also good to keep an open mind to other possibilities." I said still looking into the distance of the ocean.
"There is an organization, a dangerous one more than most but this organization... I want you three to take it down however you see fit, I will teach and guide you through the way but it will be your fight and your fight alone you can have help from others if you want but I want you to grow and become men, become warriors yourselves and go through the hardships in order to see the peaceful light on the other side. I can guarantee that if you three were to take this organization down then very few will stand in front of you." I said
"What's this organization? Are they strong? Are they the shadows you were talking about teacher?" Charles ask thinking how the hell they could take down an organization one in the shadows no less
"Yes they are strong, and they make the shadows their bitch, the organizations name is the 'HAND'." I informed them
"Who is stronger you or them?" Asked Charles
"Haha no they're not even in my eyes, there are beings even stronger than them mutants, immortals, and gods. This 'HAND' is at the peak of human power but there are higher beings than them. So what will it be my dear students?" I asked as I finally turned around looking at them.
"..."
"Why do you want 'us' to take this organization can't you do it yourself?" Markus asked
"Yes of course I can but I wont, and I want you to destroy this group is because their a bunch of bad eggs and you taking it down is part of a growth I want you to experience as well as see one of the great powerhouses the world holds, and you will meet many unexpected events on the way." I said with my usual carefree smile ignoring the fact that the three students of mine were having a crisis
"And you wont do anything to help?" Zhang asked
"No nothing but to teach and guide, I will protect you three as well as my workers from any force but if it was 'THE HAND' than your are on your own." I said making them more wondering why they aren't saying no, they wanted to say no but they couldn't as if an invisible force is stopping them giving the feeling that there was more to this than they see.
"I know you don't want to do this and I don't blame you, three against an entire organization full of criminals, assassins, and ninjas would just be batshitt crazy. But... when you go through the whole ordeal and stand on the other side of victory you will thank yourselves that you decided to do this." I said and hearing me say the place is full of professional killers they couldn't feel their legs but they still couldn't say no. But when Charles the smart one heard my last sentence he looked up
""When"? Not "if" but "when?" Are you saying we are doing it no matter our decisions or that we will make it and it's only a matter of time?" Charles asked not sure the meaning of his teachers word of choice.
"Thats for you to find out hehe, but I'm not crazy and I wouldn't just ask you to do this if you couldn't, it means I know you have the ability to go through it. I fully trust and believe that you are capable of doing this." I said with the smile and Charles seemed to relax believing my words, Zhang had a frown going overdrive on thinking, Markus was just looking down with me not able to see his expression. Charles was about to speak when Markus
"You cant be serious?! Do you think this is some kind of game?! You expect us I mean just us three to even think about taking down a fucking ghost organization in the shadows?! This shitt is nuts man, this is not some fantasy where a master could just send his three disciple to fight the big dragon and expect to fucking win, this shitt is no fairy tale this is reality mann you can- you know what screw this I'm out of here." Markus heating up finally let the steam out, in the middle of this Charles put his hand on Markus' shoulder to stop him but Markus just shook it off.
Zhang followed and ran after him calling Markus' name. Charles on the other hand stood there he was about to run after him but stoped and looked at Kali.
"Can w-" Charles couldn't finish when Kali interrupted
"Go" I said
"Go and talk through it before returning home to tell me your decisions altogether, I know you feel it, as if fate and destiny tugging your live until this moment, You felt fated to meet those two idiots and feel your destiny calling right now." I said as I smiles
Charles stood for a while before he nodded thankfully ran after the two.