The Fighter
Chapter 18 Pillars of Strength
Wisanggeni stared at the buildings of the houses of the people he had not seen for a long time. He walked straight ahead, and upon seeing the food stall by the roadside, he stopped. Many people came in and out of the food stall, then Wisanggeni went inside.
He looked at the back corner there was still a seat left. Without waiting any longer, he immediately came and sat down on the chair. A servant approached his seat..
"Sorry Den.., what would Aden like to order?" ask the young man's servant kindly.
Wisanggeni saw the writing that displays the food menu sold in the stall.
"One hot sweet tea, and one plate of rames rice. Add roasted chicken to one mas." Wisanggeni mentioned the food menu he ordered.
"Okay.., please wait a minute Den...!! Let it be prepared immediately by the servant who is behind" said the servant.
Wisanggeni nodded his head, and the servant then left. After the servant left, Wisanggeni observed his surroundings. The stall was full of various kinds of people with varying appearances as well. Wisanggeni observed himself, currently he was only wearing ordinary clothes. He was still used to living in the forest, so he did not have time to change his clothes with nicer clothes. The important thing is that the clothes are clean, that is the principle.
"Joko... So you want to join the strength competition no?? I saw at first glance the participants who were practicing, it turns out they had already prepared themselves." heard the person sitting in front of Wisanggeni talking about strength competition.
"Yes be.., one week we spend traveling here, cook easily we will give up. It wasn't win or lose that I was going to look for, but the chance to join the Academy that I wanted. Heard that the Academy has a pillar for where to train its students, where the higher the pillar that its students manage to climb, then the strength will also reach a high level of its level." the person called Joko.
"Now you said Jok.., Yesterday I was pessimistic about peeping into the stadium where the participants of the competition prepared themselves by practicing. I feel like an ant among thousands of elephants. They have great power."
Wisanggeni put up his hearing, he also noticed the thing spoken by the two people sitting in front of him.
"Den.. It's the food and drink that Aden ordered." the waiter put Wisanggeni's order on the table.
"Thank you, enjoy the Den." The waiter left the Wisanggeni table.
Wisanggeni began to enjoy the menu of his order voraciously, while listening to the chat among the visitors. Suddenly his eyes saw a visitor who caught a cockroach passing on the wall that was next to where he was sitting. He just looked at it while eating it. Not for how long..
"Hey... come here you!! You may serve me unclean food." The waiter hurriedly came to the one who shouted.
"What's up, sir, all the food we serve to the visitors is clean. No dirt, if you don't believe me, please come with us to the kitchen. You can see for yourself, how we prepare food."
"See this in my bowl!! If you do not act careless and slovenly, where are the cockroaches in the noodles I ordered." cried the big-bodied man.
"Yes, look in my bowl too. There are cockroach feathers and flies too. I don't want to pay for it, because you've tried to poison us as buyers." the man sitting next to the big-bodied guy, convinced his friend.
"But we serve food in a clean state. Try asking other buyers if there is dirt or animals in the food they order." the waiter insists that he serves food clean.
"Brakkk." suddenly the table where they were sitting crumpled into two. The waiter seemed to shiver in fear seeing what was happening in front of him.
Wisanggeni squinted his eyes, looking at the arrogance in front of him. But he tried to hold back. Two men who were noisy with the waiter then stood up.., Wisanggeni came to stand then called the waiter who was involved in a commotion with the person.
"Here, I'll pay for the food and drink I ordered. Thanks for the good and clean food." Wisanggeni gave more money to the waiter, besides he also praised the cuisine he consumed.
"Thank you Den.., wait for me to get the change first." said the waiter.
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Wisanggeni walked leisurely looking for the pillar of strength told by the two people sitting in front of him earlier. Just now he had reached the edge of a vast field, and was seen far in front of him a huge fortress. Suddenly he felt a strong gust of wind behind him, he quickly shifted his body to the side, and quickly his hand caught a machete thrown at him. The young man turned his body, and looked towards the direction the throw came from.
"It turns out smart you also avoid. Ha.ha.ha.ha.., feel that the gift you got, after that messed up our business." look two people who caused chaos in the stall with his bow standing in front of him.
"What does Kisanak mean??? I messed up your business." with a smile Wisanggeni asked the two people.
"Don't pretend to be a young man!! You want to be the hero of misfortune in this region. Face me first, and remember our names Badr and Kodir. So before you die, you'll remember who took your life." cried the man.
"Have the two of you used your mind when you put the cockroach you caught off the wall, then put it in the bowl?" wisanggeni asked with a smile, and did not seem the slightest fear of the two.
The two people were shocked, then looked at each other. Without saying much, the one person immediately charged forward towards Wisanggeni. Without shifting his body, Wisanggeni's right hand caught the right leg of the person who lunged at him then threw it backwards.
"Bug.." The person's body immediately fell to the ground. Seeing his friend fall, one of his friends came forward to attack Wisanggeni by drawing a machete in his hand. Wisanggeni quickly twitched, and caught his wrist, then twisted it slightly.
"Krek.." a sound of wrists twisted by Wisanggeni.
"Auwww..," cried the man who immediately held his hand. While feeling pain, the two people sat down and rested on the ground.
"Puni us Kanak.., forgive our mistakes!! We won't reiterate our foolish ways of looking for a commotion."
Wisanggeni fell silent, then he walked over to the two people. His hand touched the wrist of the person he injured earlier, then...
"Krek." rattling sounds of bones that are twisted back to return to their original position.
"Already.., after this sheath of your bones with a ginger grater to remove the bruise, I just advised, use the skills you have to help the weak, not to suppress it."
"Thank you Kisanak." but the moment they lifted his face, Wisanggeni had already passed from there.
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