"Uncle Issho, let's rest here for a bit and have something to eat first."
The sight of the instant noodles made Lin Xiaoran a little hungry. Although she had eaten some ferocious beast meat earlier, she hadn't eaten much.
She wasn't like Issho, who had eaten nearly ten pounds of meat all by himself! And he still wasn't full!
All she could say was that people in the pirate world were all big eaters thanks to their constitutions, especially those with abilities.
"Sure, but is that all right? Doesn't the game have a time limit?" Issho asked.
"It's fine, as long as we don't stay in one place for more than an hour."
Although there was a restriction, they were still given some time.
For example, challengers could rest and eat, and if they happened to get injured, they would have time for some basic treatment.
But an hour was the limit.
Things would be a little better at night.
"Ah, we don't have a fire or a pot! How are we supposed to cook the instant noodles?"
Only then did Lin Xiaoran realize they seemed to be short on tools.
"If it's fire you need, I can find a way," Issho said.
"In that case, all we're missing is a pot to boil water in."
Lin Xiaoran pondered. This was an abandoned, apocalyptic city. Although traces of human life were already gone, some of the things left behind might still be around.
As for things to burn, door panels, cloth, and the like would be easy enough to find.
"Uncle Issho, find some wooden boards and start a fire first. I'll check the building next door for something we can boil water in."
"Leave it to me!"
After Lin Xiaoran left, Issho got busy too.
Although he couldn't see, he was very good at using Observation Haki, and there were wooden boards right here in the ferocious beast's lair.
Soon, Issho broke the boards into several smaller pieces with brute strength alone.
[Lin Xiaoran just left like that? And Uncle Issho isn't worried?!]
[Hey! Lin Xiaoran is the Master! If anything happens to her, her Heroic Spirit will disappear too!]
[What are they doing? How could they split up like that?!]
[Don't worry! After watching for this long, haven't you realized Uncle Issho can sense where the ferocious beasts are? He must know there's no danger nearby to let Lin Xiaoran go off on her own!]
[Am I the only one who's curious? How is Uncle Issho going to start a fire? From what they said, it sounds like they don't have a lighter or matches.]
[Also, Uncle Issho is that strong?! He snapped a door panel two or three centimeters thick with his bare hands?!]
[Maybe that's what having superpowers means! (laughs)]
Although Lin Xiaoran had left, the Heroic Spirit Issho also had a visible range of five meters around him. The livestream had even thoughtfully split into two screens so the viewers could clearly see both of their actions.
And just as the viewers were puzzling and worrying over how Issho would start a fire, they saw him grip his sword hilt.
[With his sword?]
[I've got it! Uncle Issho must be planning to strike a rock with his sword and start a fire with the sparks!]
[You above me, do you have any common sense? Sparks won't set wooden boards alight!]
On-screen, Issho held his sword in a reverse grip, looking utterly solemn and focused. Then came a metallic shing, and a flash of steel vanished in an instant. Before the viewers could make out what had happened, his sword was already back in its sheath.
The pile of wooden boards on the ground suddenly split apart, and a tongue of flame rose from it.
The boards had caught fire.
[Huh???]
[What happened?]
[Wait, where was the process?! How did it just catch fire?!]
[Is this a superpower too?!]
[Did I skip through time just by blinking?!]
[Gasp! I've got it! He started a fire through friction!]
[What friction?!]
[Uncle Issho's sword rubbed against the air and ignited the boards!]
[Is... that even possible?]
[It is, provided you swing your sword fast enough!]
[Obviously, this isn't something an ordinary human can do. That proves Uncle Issho's physique is definitely beyond human limits! He's terrifyingly strong!]
Issho had no idea that merely starting a fire had sparked such heated discussion among the viewers.
To him, this was nothing more than a basic skill.
Especially since he was a great swordsman. Forget fire-he could even unleash slashes that cleaved through stone.
And besides using a sword, fists coated in Armament Haki could also produce flames through friction with the air. A certain Straw Hat boy, for example, could do it.
A little while later, Lin Xiaoran returned with a stainless steel pot lid in her hands.
After searching all around, this was the only thing Lin Xiaoran had found.
After giving it a quick rinse with mineral water, she set the lid on the makeshift stove, poured in mineral water, and started heating it.
Issho sat nearby, continuing to eat savage bull meat, and asked curiously, "Does this stuff taste good?"
"Absolutely! Uncle Issho, slow down. It'll taste even better if you eat it with the instant noodles in a bit!"
Issho silently put down the savage bull meat.
He was a food lover, after all. The things in this world in particular couldn't be found in the world of the seas, so everything was a novelty to him.
[The way Uncle Issho silently put down his beef was hilarious!]
[I never would've guessed Uncle Issho was a foodie too!]
[Don't even get me started. Uncle Issho ate more than half of those thirty pounds of savage bull meat all by himself!]
Soon, the water was ready, and Lin Xiaoran poured it into the instant noodle cups she had already opened and added seasoning to.
As the instant noodles began to cook and soften, that familiar aroma slowly wafted out.
"It smells wonderful!" Issho took a deep breath and praised it from the heart.
They were both noodles, but compared with the ramen out on the seas, these had a distinct flavor of their own.
"Don't rush. We need to leave them for about three minutes before we can eat."
Three minutes later, Lin Xiaoran unwrapped a ham sausage and put it into her noodles, then unwrapped one for Issho and added it to his as well.
"What's this?" Issho asked in puzzlement.
"This? It's an instant noodle companion~" Lin Xiaoran said with a smile.
Unfortunately, they were still missing an egg to complete the three-piece set.
[You can tell Lin Xiaoran eats instant noodles pretty often too.]
[Now I want instant noodles too.]
"Uncle Issho, they're ready."
"I'll dig in first!"
Issho had long since been unable to hold back. He picked up the little fork and began inhaling the noodles, not caring whether they were hot.
"Hah! Delicious!"
"Hah! This ham is delicious too!"
"The beef jerky is really tasty too!"
"The broth tastes great too!"
"Another bowl!!"
Issho was so moved by the delicious food that tears came to his eyes!
Lin Xiaoran had only taken a few bites, yet Issho had already finished an entire cup, even draining every drop of broth.
"Then we'll have to boil more water." Lin Xiaoran had only poured in enough water for two cups of instant noodles to begin with.
"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Issho got to work himself.
[Uncle Issho really isn't afraid of burning his mouth!]
[Waaah, it's so good he's crying!]
[I can't take it. I'm hungry too! I want instant noodles!]
[Uncle Issho would definitely be a hit if he did eating livestreams! None of it looks fake!]
[Haha, even Lin Xiaoran is dumbfounded!]
[Uncle Issho is so cute too!]