Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 562 The Father-in-Law's Test: An Ordinary Super Genius!

Isayama Yomi was a little puzzled, as she was usually very self-disciplined and would get up on time.

"How could I have overslept today?"

Hmm, I feel a bit heavy.

Looking down, the girl saw the boy sleeping on top of her.

The feeling of comfort, almost like an illusion, was as if the other person's head was resting on my chest.

"Was it because I felt too comfortable holding this child while sleeping that I overslept?"

Thinking this, Isayama Yomi didn't disturb the boy's sleep. She carefully put the boy on the bed and got up to change her clothes in the room.

Broly woke up when she did, noticing a subtle change in her aura. However, the girl undressed so quickly that Broly didn't wake up until she was dressed in her school uniform. He then asked her, as if he had just woken up, "Sister Huang Quan, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, did I wake you up? I overslept and I have to get to school now."

As Isayama Yomi explained, he took out his wallet, pulled out a few thousand yen bills, and handed them over.

"Here, this is your allowance. I didn't have time to cook this morning, so I'll have to trouble you to buy some bread from the convenience store for breakfast."

She said with a hint of apology that Broly had intended to refuse and take the food out of the Crystal Palace, but then immediately thought of playing an ordinary child.

“Thank you, Sister Huangquan, I will take good care of myself.” Broly thanked her first, then asked, “But what about you? Don’t you need to eat breakfast?”

Is this what it feels like to have a younger brother who cares about you?

"It's okay, there's a convenience store in the school cafeteria. I'll just go there and buy something to eat. Well then, I'll be going now."

Wearing white socks, Isayama Yomi left the room and went outside. Under the surprised gaze of her adoptive father, Isayama Naraku, she came over to apologize, then ran to the entrance, put on her shoes, and hurriedly went out.

"I thought they hadn't made my breakfast, but it turns out that Huang Quan overslept. That's quite strange."

Isayama Naraku was somewhat surprised that his self-disciplined daughter was not self-disciplined today. After thinking for a moment, he got up and went upstairs.

He arrived at his daughter's room and, looking at the boy making the bed inside, asked, "Did you two talk about a lot of things last night?"

"Ah."

Broly wasn't startled by the sudden noise. He responded to Isayama Naraku with a sound, and without stopping, he folded the blankets, picked up the girl's clothes from the floor, folded them up, and placed them on the tidied bed.

"Huang Quan seems to like you quite a bit. I used to only care about her cultivation, and I overlooked the fact that she is also a child, just a more sensible one."

"Yes, I probably should have found her a playmate sooner, so she wouldn't feel so lonely in this house."

Isayama Naraku thought that his daughter had stayed up too late chatting with the boy in her room last night, which was why she couldn't get out of bed in the morning.

"Sister Huangquan will not feel lonely from now on."

In response, Broly replied seriously that the Crystal Palace chat room is always lively.

"You little rascal, you know how to talk. What would you like to eat for breakfast? I can make it for you. And while you're at it, after you've eaten, I'll do a spiritual power test for you to see if you have the talent to become an exorcist."

Broly did not refuse when Isayama Naraku wanted to make him breakfast.

It is also important to maintain good relationships with the family of the person you are trying to woo.

"Is one sandwich enough for you?"

"That's enough, thank you for your hospitality."

"No need to be so polite, just call me Mr. Isayama."

After the boy finished eating, Naraku Isayama took Broly to the study.

The man took a blank talisman and placed it on the table. He then said to Broly, who had followed him into the study, "Spiritual power is the power of the mind. I will teach you a simple spell to release spiritual power. As long as you can make the talisman change slightly, you will have the talent of an exorcist."

Broly stood still, watching Isayama Naraku chant the incantation. His extremely faint aura changed slightly, with a portion of it flowing into the other's clasped hands.

Then, with a loud shout, the other party suddenly pointed their index and middle fingers together at the talisman on the table, and an invisible energy ball resembling qi was launched out.

The blank talisman on the table was immediately crumpled into a ball by an invisible hand after it came into contact with that faint power.

"Alright, why don't you give it a try?"

After demonstrating, Naraku Isayama took another blank talisman and placed it on the table, saying to Broly.

[Ordinary children shouldn't be able to do this. I should pretend, but do nothing.]

As Broly was thinking this, he heard Isayama Naraku say something beside him.

"If your spiritual talent is not bad, perhaps you can also call me father, just like that child Huang Quan."

[A test from father, father-in-law, and father-in-law?!]

People are good at making associations, and Broly was no exception.

Isayama Naraku's words reminded Broly of the trials he had faced in the Six Faces World, in some cycles, from Rocchishi's father to his father-in-law before entrusting his daughter Rocchishi to him. Broly immediately perked up.

However, Sister Huangquan hopes I can live the life of an ordinary child... Well, as Xiaoyu said, "ordinary" is subjective. Perhaps in this world, being able to crumple paper into a ball using spiritual power is a very ordinary thing!

Broly nodded to himself, deciding to take the matter seriously.

In order not to exert too much force, he carefully followed the method that Isayama Naraku had just done, chanting a spell to condense the almost identical faint energy at his fingertips.

Then, with almost the same force and speed, he suddenly pointed at the blank talisman on the table and shouted at it at a similar volume.

Under controlled variables, the same way that Naraku Isayama crumpled paper into a ball is how Broly crumpled paper into a ball.

"call……"

After doing all this, Broly let out a long breath. Imitating the moves of the weak was not an easy task, just like asking a muscular man to practice embroidery needlework.

"So, Mr. Isayama, do I have talent?"

Turning his head, Broly asked Isayama Naraku.

As for Naraku Isayama, after seeing Broly do the exact same thing as him, his eyes widened like saucers and his mouth opened so wide it could almost fit a golf ball.

Although using spiritual power to crumple talismans into a ball is nothing special, it's something only a veteran exorcist like him, who has cultivated for over fifty years, could do.

It was quite astonishing that a little boy who had never been exposed to spiritual cultivation could do the same thing as him.

It should be noted that when the adopted daughter first came into contact with spiritual energy cultivation, she could only make the talisman paper wrinkle slightly, but this was already a level that could be called genius by outsiders.

[Yellow Springs, my daughter, where did you come from to bring back such a boy with extraordinary spiritual talent?]

"Talent? You're more than just talented, you're a super genius!"

He thought this in his heart, but Isayama Naraku didn't say it directly.

Excessive praise can cause mentally challenged children to develop unnecessary arrogance.

Huang Quan's character was one that he had already accepted, so praising him was fine. But the boy in front of him had not yet had his character tested.

"Ahem, your spiritual talent is not bad. Although it is not as good as that child Huang Quan, it is not a problem for you to call me father."

[Don't laugh, control your expression, hahaha, my Isayama family will prosper, and sooner or later become the leading family of the Demon Exorcism Alliance~]

Isayama Naraku's lips twitched; he struggled to suppress the joy and smugness of finding such a treasure.

[Perfect. I'm just an ordinary child with a decent amount of spiritual talent, yet I meet both Sister Huangquan's requirements and gain the approval of Sister Huangquan's father in this world!]

Broly stood tall and proud, somewhat proud of his superb acting skills, which allowed him to portray the image of an ordinary child so realistically.

"Hey, Mr. Isayama, why is your mouth twitching?" "Uh, it's because I'm exercising my facial muscles."

When the boy noticed his unusual expression, Isayama Naraku felt a little embarrassed and quickly offered a clumsy explanation.

"I see."

Broly nodded, his lips twitching; it certainly did give him a workout for his facial muscles.

Take a deep breath and adjust your mindset.

"Broly, now I'm going to test your talent for learning magic!"

Isayama Naraku tried hard to suppress his excitement and spoke in a calm tone.

"it is good."

Broly did not refuse and continued to accept the challenge of portraying an ordinary child.

. . . .

"Ding-dong, ding-dong~"

The school bell rang.

"Huang Quan, do you want to come along later...?"

The girl who wanted to invite the girl to karaoke hadn't even finished speaking when the girl sitting next to her at the table ran out like the wind.

"Sorry, something's come up at home, I have to rush back."

Isayama Yomi apologized to the classmate behind her, then picked up her bag and sword and strode down the school corridor. Her long legs moved quickly, just like her eager heart to go home.

[Can Broly take care of himself at home?]

My father is a serious man. He said he would take good care of Broly, so he probably won't interfere.

I hope Broly ate well today. Also, remember where your house is, so you don't get lost after going out!

Isayama Yomi paced back and forth at the red light intersection. Although she knew the boy should be able to take care of himself, she couldn't help but feel a little worried and concerned about him, a bit like a child raising a pet for the first time, or a bit like a mother having a child for the first time.

The light turned green, and the girl ran across the intersection, her long shadow flashing across the street.

"I'm back~"

She ran home quickly, stopped at her doorstep, caught her breath, and then opened the door, calling out to her family with great enthusiasm.

However, no one responded to her; the duplex villa was quiet, as if no one was home.

"Strange, where did Father and Broly go?"

Isayama Yomi walked into the house and looked around, only to find that there was indeed no one in the house.

"Father should be alright, but could Broly have left?"

Seeing the neatly folded blankets, pajamas, and the clothes she had dressed Broly in when she was a child in the room, Yomi Isayama couldn't help but make this guess.

She hurried to the yard, and sure enough, the boy's linen clothes were no longer visible on the clothesline outside.

"Why? You clearly promised to be my younger brother!"

Isayama Yomi sat down in the chair, looking somewhat dejected.

"Hey, Huang Quan, why are you home from school so early?"

Just then, Isayama Naraku returned from outside and, upon seeing his daughter, couldn't help but ask her what was wrong.

"Hey, Father, and Broly, where have you been?"

When Izayama turned back in the underworld, he saw his father and the boy, and instinctively asked the question.

“I took Broly to the department store to buy clothes and everyday items.”

As Isayama Naraku answered, he suddenly noticed that the French windows leading to the yard were open and there was an empty section of the clothesline. Recalling the disappointed expression on his adopted daughter's face when he saw her earlier, he immediately knew what had happened and began to explain.

“When I took him out to buy clothes, I couldn’t let him wear the girls’ clothes you wore when you were little, so I took down the linen clothes from the clothesline and let him change into them.”

After buying new clothes, the old linen outfit was no longer needed and was given to a shop assistant to dispose of.

"So this is ah."

Isayama Yomi's mood suddenly brightened, but she was also somewhat curious about her adoptive father's behavior.

"But Father, didn't we agree that I would take care of Broly?"

The girl asked directly.

"It doesn't matter who takes care of us, we're all family."

Isayama Naraku answered, while Isayama Yomi looked at her adoptive father with a scrutinizing gaze.

"What's wrong, Huang Quan?"

As Isayama Naraku asked, he saw his daughter suddenly make a move, raising her hand and using her spiritual power to strike out, but her palm stopped in front of him.

"Huh, it wasn't an evil spirit in disguise?!"

Isayama Naraku: "..."

Are they treating him like a fake?!

"Broly, take the things you bought and go back to your room. Huang Quan, come into the study, I have something to say to you."

Broly obediently carried his bags and returned to the private room that Isayama Naraku had arranged for him. Isayama Yomi, after confirming that her father's identity was not in question, obediently followed Isayama Naraku into the study.

"Father, what's going on? Why has your attitude changed so much?"

In the study where only the father and daughter were, Yomi Isayama didn't beat around the bush and asked directly. The girl wanted to know what had happened at home, or more precisely, between her father and Broly, while she was at school.

"That's because you brought Broly. That kid is a true exorcism genius!"

Naraku Isayama didn't beat around the bush and directly answered the question about why he adopted a daughter.

"Hey, Father, did you give him a spiritual talent test?"

"Not only that, I also took a aptitude test for learning magic."

"So what was the result? Someone who can be called a genius by their father must be exceptionally talented, right?!"

Isayama Yomi asked with some anticipation.

Broly is a genius at exorcising spirits, which means she will have a godbrother who is also a genius at exorcising spirits.

"He can crumple up the talisman used for the spiritual power test into a ball!"

"Hey, isn't that even better than when I tested it?"

"In the spell learning test, he only practiced the most basic soul-suppressing spell four or five times before he learned how to use it directly."

"Hi~"

Isayama Yomi gasped. Although modern exorcists don't really learn the methods used by ancient exorcists to deal with evil spirits, the fact that the boy could learn the soul-suppressing spell after only four or five practice sessions proved his strong talent in the path of exorcism.

Back when she was learning the Soul-Suppressing Spell, it took her a whole day and thirty or forty attempts before she could barely master it.

(End of this chapter)