ken walked at least for 3 kilometers before he finally arrived at the village gates . from the beach where he saw the village from afar the distance didnt look much but it seems like this little island is actually quite big . ken didnt realise but actually the normal senses of humans in this world are already inherently much better than humans on earth.
the village was beautiful and lively . the houses and buildings were old style and only some of them were totally made with stone but still the size of each building was big and looked comfortable to live in .
ken could see many shops but each one sold a specific thing like clothes , jewelry and even some ship parts . ken saw many poor children and adults mixed with some better off people but he did not find anyone discriminating which made him smile unconsciously. the village atmosphere was peaceful and it didnt look that people were afraid of pirates attacking on a daily basis .
ken walked inside through the wooden gate without anyone stopping him as there was no guard there . many shops and houses passed away while walking but Ken's eyes were fixed on a retro style bar . it was because ken only remembered makino who must be the owner of this bar .
ken finally arrived outside and saw a beautiful lady working with a peaceful face at the bar counter . he instantly recognized her as makino because he could not mistake such a beautiful face as hers .
- what's you order young man ?
- ahem! I'm broke actually so I just entered for some information . the ship I was on was destroyed by some sea monster but luckily I found myself washed up on the shore of this island .
- hehe.. you are lucky young man because if you had washed up near the goa kingdom opposite on this island then you would have been sold to the auction house already .
hmm... she is a cheerful lady but I can feel disgust when she mentioned the auction . well at least there are people who still feel that human suctioning is bad despite it being a daily occurence.
- so this is the island where goa kingdom is located ! well at least I know the place I ended up on . I'm a merchant apprentice from alabasta kingdom in the grand line . my name is ken . nice to make an acquaintance with you beautiful lady !
-ma.. you are young and already a good talker . by the way is grand line really dangerous place like people say ?
hmm.. looks like she must be worried about luffy who is pretty serious about his dream to become the king of pirates . well he will eventually end up in the grand line after all .
- well I wont lie as it's really dangerous .pirates are too common there and the worst thing is that each of them is crazy strong . I chose my first destination as east blue because it is the weakest sea but who knew that I would end up encountering a sea beast hehe...
- so east blue is weak ?
- yes this is a known fact because the pirates that come from this sea are too few and the weakest . the highest bounty of about 20 million is less than average in other seas much less the grand line .
after that ken chatted with makino and told her some of the information he knew while he ate tasty meat and got some information out of her . it turns out that there are many islands on east blue but ken only remembers 3 or 4 from the places shown in the anime .
unknowingly it was evening already so ken took his leave as it was about time he visited the forest . his purpose was find a suitable place to live there and of course train . Ken knew that luffy must live inside the forest so maybe he would meet him .
ken wasn't a bit tired after walking the 3 kilometers distance till the villages gates before which shows that infinite stamina is a cheat . well he can fight all day and wont get tired . so combined with the knowledge of combat inside his mind from naruto even though he wont have the muscle memory, ken could take care of weaker beasts easily .
ken toured the whole village and found it too beautiful . the village was small but ken didnt find it poor as everyone was smiling all the time . they were talkative so ken managed to befriend many people in short amount of time .
one more character that ken remembered was the village chief but he couldn't recall that old man's name . he seemed to have gone out for some business so ken didnt manage to meet him .
finally ken arrived at the small fence at the outskirts of the village which was apparently the entrance to the forest . ken saw huge trees and never seen flora and fauna from outside . the place was beautiful and occasionally heard chirps of birds was pleasant to the hears . ken completely ignored the roars of beasts as they only surved the purpose of annoying him .