Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 538 Becoming Deskmates: Xiaoyu's observation assignment doesn't require vocabulary, nor does Broly's!
"Looks like I have a new classmate. Let's go to school together."

Xiaoyu didn't seem too disappointed, but Jackie Chan grabbed her collar before she could grab Broly and run away, telling his niece not to rush out the door.

"Xiaoyu, let Broly experience the life of a normal student. I don't want to receive a call from Miss Hammond saying there's a boy flying around the school. Can you promise me that?"

Jackie Chan asked seriously.

“But if Broly wants to fly around, I can’t just stop him.”

Xiaoyu's words proved that she did indeed want Broly to fly around and perform miracles in front of people.

"Broly, most people in our world are normal, ordinary people. Some outrageous behaviors can bring unnecessary trouble and chaos to society. So, I would like to ask you to try to behave like a normal person when you go to school, okay?"

Jackie Chan looked at Broly and asked in a consultative tone.

"it is good."

Broly nodded in agreement. He reasoned that if you're eating someone else's food and taking their money, you can't sabotage what they've done. He was willing to maintain social stability and such.

"I was hoping you would fly me over to the school and drop me from the sky in front of all the other students. Now we can only walk there."

That's what she said, but Xiaoyu didn't seem too disappointed. She took Broly to her school with great enthusiasm.

When they arrived at the school, the people from District 13 were already waiting there.

"Sheriff Black sent me over to help you with your school enrollment."

A handsome blond young man spoke to Broly, who had come with Xiaoyu to the middle school gate.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Tagg."

Broly thanked him.

"Hey, how did you see through my disguise?"

Agent Tagg was somewhat surprised; his current appearance should be quite different from his own.

"Your aura hasn't changed."

"You mean temperament? That shouldn't be the case!"

I'm referring to the breath.

"You're a fantastic boy. You did a great job arresting the smugglers yesterday; it was a big case."

Agent Tagg said this, and together they entered the middle school. He took Broly to the principal's office and helped him complete the enrollment procedures.

"I think I need to work on my disguise skills again. Next time, you definitely won't be able to spot me so easily. Hmm, if you do spot me again, I'll treat you to a big meal."

Tagg made a bold statement, saying that he would perform a perfect disguise next time and deceive Broly's eyes, and even devised a corresponding punishment mechanism for himself to do so.

"Well, Mr. Tagg, you'd better keep it up."

Broly wanted to remind the other party that changing one's aura is much more difficult than concealing it, but since Agent Tagg had already said he would treat him to a big meal, he couldn't dampen the other party's enthusiasm. Instead, he encouraged the other party, which was definitely not because he expected the other party to treat him to a big meal.

"Dingling bell~"

The bell rang, signaling the start of class, and Miss Hammond entered the classroom.

"Today, we have a new student in our class, Broly. Please come in."

Broly walked into the classroom and stood on the podium. Xiaoyu, who was sitting below, waved to him.

"Wow, the new classmate looks so young, like a primary school student."

The teasing laughter around her made Xiaoyu look over at the person who was speaking.

“You’re not much bigger, Xiao Zhu.”

Xiaoyu didn't really like this Mexican classmate.

"What, Xiaoyu, is your new classmate your friend?"

The boy, whose skin resembled light chocolate, asked.

"Introduce yourself to the other students."

At this moment, Teacher Hamand said to the Saiyan boy next to him.

"My name is Broly, and I'm a Saiyan from another world."

Broly was never shy and would carefully introduce his name, background, and race.

No wonder you two became friends.

Xiao Zhu, who wore glasses on the bridge of his nose, was saying some strange things, which made the other students around him chuckle.

However, this cannot be blamed on them, because Xiaoyu always felt out of place; in their eyes, she was just a somewhat strange Asian girl.

"Classmates, we live in an inclusive country. Although I have never heard of Saiyans, I think they must be a minority. We should respect Broly and the race of our new classmate."

Ms. Hammond tried to smooth things over, not wanting to see any racial discrimination from her students. Just as she was about to assign Broly a seat, Broly walked right in front of the Mexican boy who had been making sarcastic remarks.

"I'd like to sit with my friend, could you please make room for me?"

"Ha, why should I give up my position to someone like you..."

Xiao Zhu wanted to say that the freak refused, but after seeing Broly's serious look, his momentum weakened.

His expression was like a mouse seeing a cat, a thief seeing a policeman, or a rebellious son seeing his loving father holding seven wolves.

"Okay, I've actually wanted to change seats for a while now."

The Mexican boy quickly packed up his things, saving face by moving to an empty table at the back, and Broly smoothly became Xiaoyu's deskmate.

"Hey, is Xiaozhu actually this easy to talk to?"

Xiaoyu felt a little strange, but was very happy to be able to sit next to Broly.

"I've always been popular with people."

Broly offered an explanation before asking Xiaoyu, "Does that person not get along with you?"

"It's not that we don't get along, it's just that I told him before about fighting the Black Hand Gang and fighting demons with Uncle Long."

He didn't believe me and always thought I was a braggart.

Whenever they get the chance, they'll say something sarcastic or sarcastic.

Xiaoyu explained.

"Alright, students, let's check last week's holiday homework."

Mr. Hammond stood on the podium and clapped his hands as he spoke.

"Oh~"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu's expression changed.

"what happened?"

Broly asked her in a low voice.

"I had such a busy holiday that I forgot to do my observation assignment."

Xiaoyu answered softly.

"I observed a goldfish's feeding behavior during my vacation..."

The class, including the newly enrolled Broly, has only twenty-one students, and they are now standing up from left to right and from front to back to read aloud their holiday observation assignments.

Inside, some people were observing the fish in their home aquariums, others were observing the caterpillars on the park lawn, and still others were observing the flowers in their neighbor's yard...

In short, the objects of observation were quite diverse. After more than a dozen students read them aloud, not a single object of observation was repeated.

As middle school students, their observation assignments were generally quite straightforward. Aside from the unique one about adding excessive fish food to kill the father's fish in order to observe their feeding habits, the best one was the observation assignment about playing video games. It was like a game critic's piece, offering original insights. Even Mr. Hammond had to give a fair assessment: "If you could put some of that same effort into observing video games into other subjects, I think your grade would definitely be much better than a passing C."

"Alright, next up is Xiaoyu."

"Are you okay?"

Broly asked the girl next to him in a low voice.

"of course."

Xiaoyu gave an OK sign and then pretended to take out her homework.

There wasn't a single word on it, but she read it aloud with great seriousness.

This is an impromptu observation assignment based on verbal descriptions of non-existent observations.

"My subject of observation is a boy from hell!"

That's what Xiaoyu said at the beginning.

Her account of her observations was more compelling than anyone else's, since they were all based on her own real experiences.

"We became friends through a misunderstanding, and that's how I met the boy from hell and chose him as my subject of observation..."

What follows is what happened yesterday: the Saiyans who can eat in the secret agent organization, Hellboy's first job after becoming an agent, the general process of capturing smugglers with Tama's help, and how she uncovered the secret of the rising pillar hiding contraband.

It can be said that Xiaoyu's observation assignment was perfect in every way except that it sounded magical and was not written in her notebook at all.

"Well, Xiaoyu, your homework is excellent, but I still hope that you can observe some real-world things in the future."

Mr. Hammond commented, and the other students burst into laughter. Of course, this wasn't mockery, but rather teasing, because Xiaoyu's homework sounded really cool.

“Hey, Professor Hammond, that Hellboy really exists. He’s right here, my friend, Broly!”

Xiaoyu retorted.

"Okay, that's just child's fantasy and romance. Xiaoyu, your teacher will give you an A on your holiday homework. Now sit down."

Ms. Hammond gave her the highest score, but Xiaoyu sat back down, feeling a little depressed. Her biggest problem was that no one believed her when she told the truth.

Broly glanced at her; the student sitting in front of him had stood up after finishing his observation assignment.

"Broly, what are you doing standing up?"

Teacher Hammond looked at him with some surprise.

"I stand up and report on my observation work."

Broly replied.

"Well, you didn't come to school last week, so you don't need to do any observation assignments."

Mr. Hammond reminded me.

"It's okay, I've already observed it, so I can just describe it verbally now."

Broly answered.

"Alright, since you insist."

Mr. Hammond did not dampen a student’s enthusiasm for doing homework.

"As I just introduced myself, I'm from another world. My world is called Dragon Ball, and my planet is Planet Wampa. Before coming to this world, I had just saved my planet and fought a cosmic overlord. I won and became the new overlord..."

"My subjects of observation are demons. After arriving in your world's hell, I found that the demons there are very impolite. I was attacked by them simply for asking them what that place was. Fortunately, I am more skilled..."

Broly's oral assignment was no less impressive than Jade's; it was equally story-driven, but also sounded like a very magical version.

"That's how I met Xiaoyu, and we did a special agent mission together, which is my Demon Observation assignment."

After listening, Mr. Hammond exclaimed, "Wow, the observation assignment even has combos! After Xiaoyu finishes, it's the freshman Broly's turn, right?"

"Oh, okay, I'll give your homework an A. If you and Xiaoyu are interested in becoming writers in the future, I'll definitely be your first fan."

Putting aside the magical elements, the story connecting the two is truly captivating.

"Me too."

Other classmates chimed in.

"Broly, no one has ever stood up for me like you have. I swear, you are my best friend for life!"

Xiaoyu was deeply moved; her happiness level jumped to 20 points and was still rising.

When get out of class ended, Broly and Jade were surrounded by a crowd of students who were very interested in the story the two had created for their assignment, but wanted to find out more details.

"I have to admit, Xiaoyu and Xinsheng's homework stories are interesting, but probably only children would believe what they say is true. Does anyone want to know more about my cat?"

Xiao Zhu was a little jealous of the two people who were attracting attention, so he walked over to the side of the crowd and started saying strange things. After he finished speaking, he asked a question, as if he wanted to steal some of the students' attention from them.

"Hey, whether Xiaoyu and the others' story is true or not doesn't matter. What matters is that we want to know this exciting story, right?"

“Yes, whether the story is true or not is not important. What matters is that it’s exciting, exciting enough that we’d be willing to learn about it. Your story about observing cats may be true, but it’s not exciting. Nobody would want to know your story, or your cat.”

Upon hearing this, the Mexican boy seemed to have suffered a severe emotional blow.

"Hey, don't be like that, we're classmates." This is a line that Xiaozhu often says after making some overly offensive jokes and upsetting someone. But this time, Xiaoyu used it and then asked, "Xiaozhu, is that right?"

"Uh, um, I don't care about fake stories, I value the truth more."

Xiao Zhu stubbornly ran away, and Xiao Yu seemed very happy. Although everyone still didn't take her and Broly's story seriously, they were willing to come and listen to what they thought was a false story, which made Xiao Yu feel very gratified.

"I swear, sooner or later they'll believe me!"

On her way home from school, Xiaoyu said loudly.

"If you use the power of the talisman, wouldn't you be able to make them believe you very quickly?"

Broly asked, somewhat curiously.

"No, if we steal the talisman for something like this, Uncle Long will definitely be angry."

"I can't understand it."

"Yes, just like Uncle Long said this morning, actions that are too shocking will cause social chaos, and I am going to become a super agent in the future, so I must maintain order, and of course, justice!"

Xiaoyu said it seriously, but she wasn't actually that composed.

Broly just looks smaller, and he's the best friend.

That's why she subconsciously adopted a mature demeanor.

"Xiaoyu, what good news has happened? Why do you look so happy?"

Back at the antique shop, Tru was sweeping the floor. When he saw Tama returning from school, he couldn't help but ask her a question.

"A good thing? It really is a good thing. I've never realized that going to school could be so interesting."

Xiaoyu answered.

"I think Jackie Chan and your master will be very happy that you've come to enjoy learning. Hmm, where are you going?"

Seeing that Xiaoyu was about to go out again, Tru quickly asked.

"We're going to District 13."

"Ah, but Jackie Chan won't agree to do secret agent missions for you."

"We're not doing a mission; we just want to use the training room in District 13."

As Xiaoyu spoke, she ran out.

(End of this chapter)