Chapter 3 - M.D.B 3: The Iron Fist, Danny Rand (2/2)
Being threatened of starving to death, Saint took out his wallet and went with his remaining 242 $ to buy noodles and ingredients, and then cleaned to restaurant preparing to re-open ”Lee's Chinese Restaurant”.
This Chinese restaurant inherited by Saint was located at the intersection New York's 10th Avenue and 54th street in Clinton. While being given the scary name of ”Hell's Kitchen”, the area was actually considered a good location, and the crime rate there was not too high.
It was a perfect street for a novice hero, a good spot to level up and fight…
At this time, the void in Saint's pockets was beginning to take over his mind. He started having thoughts 'If business doesn't go too well, I could get a hood and go rob the wicked rich and help the poor….
He could rob a few street gangsters, and then…. He himself was one of the poor….
He quickly shook his head chased his wicked thoughts away. When everything was ready, he rushed to the door that had been closed for nearly a month, and right before lunchtime, he put a few signs. At the door, one of them spelled: ”Starting today, we'll be serving Kung Fu Barbecue!”
This gimmicky signboard actually brought someone into the store very quickly. Saint turned as he heard the door chimes ring to see a handsome young man with blond curly hair pushing the door in.
”Welcome!”
Saint braced himself, took faced his 1st guest, and summoned out all his inner enthusiasm saying: ”Sit down please, what do you want to eat? I strongly recommend our latest dish 'Kung Fu Barbecue'!”
What happened next was completely unexpected by Saint. The young man stayed at the door, and while he looked of pure European origins, he said in fluent Mandarin: ”Boss, what would Kung Fu Barbecue mean? Is it cooked with Ki or something? Or is just cooked on regular stove?”
Saint was stunned for a moment, and then answered in Mandarin: ”You've given me quiet the surprise! Your Chinese is very fluent my guest, and you also know Ki!”
”Haha!” With a triumphant laugh, the blond young man and stretched out his hand saying: ”Hello, I am Danny Rand. I have been living in China for the past fifteen years and have only recently returned to New York”
”I'm Saint Lee, I am very glad to meet you, Mr. Rand.”
As the two shook hands, Saint was calm on the surface, but his heart was taken by storm. If his ȧssumption is right, the one in front of him should be Daniel ”Danny” Rand, the sole heir of the ”Rand Group”. Not only was he billionaire, he was also the strongest warrior trained carefully by the monks of K'un-Lun, a mystical lost city located in China, becoming the Immortal Iron Fist. In the future, he shall become one the four heroes forming the Defenders: Iron Fist!
Although it was unlikely that Saint's ȧssumption was false, but out of caution, he decided to confirm his conjecture, quietly sensing the Ki of the man in front of him. Indeed, he found that the man had very powerful Ki. While different to the Ki in the Dragon Ball World, the two types of Ki had great similarities, just like two streams of water flowing out of the same spring.
He wasn't wrong; this was definitely the ”Iron Fist”. No wonder he was familiar with Ki. It seems that he hadn't left K'un Lun before long. At this time, he should be still a foolish rash young man.