Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 565 The Feeling of an Ordinary Person Facing a Genius

With Broly's deliberate cooperation, the two fought back and forth, but Broly appeared to be at a disadvantage and being suppressed.

Broly was controlling the water temperature, and he felt that the temperature was just right, but for Isayama Yomi, it was not the case at all.

She started practicing swordsmanship with her adoptive father when she was six years old, and it has been more than eight years now. Although she did not use her full strength, she had a great advantage in terms of physique (longer reach), strength, and speed compared to the boy. Yet, she managed to fight this child to this extent. Izayama Yomi found it absurd.

"Broly, I'm going to increase the intensity. Get ready."

Isayama Yomi gave a reminder and then increased his speed and power.

Is it because I lack experience fighting against opponents who also use swords?

However, Broly saw this improvement as being too hasty.

There were many flaws in his movements. Even with his current strength and speed, Broly could easily disarm, stab, and kill the girl in front of him with a single sword strike, relying solely on his skill and superior swordsmanship experience.

"Clap~"

In his mind, he simulated using his current speed and power to counter the twelve possible sword angles from the girl in front of him.

The next moment, the bamboo sword in Broly's hand was knocked away by Isayama Yomi.

He could win, but he couldn't win, because he wasn't a master of the three sword styles from the six worlds, but just an ordinary child who had just started learning swordsmanship.

"I lost."

Broly collapsed, panting, sweating, and looking somewhat dejected, like a younger brother who had tried his best but still failed to satisfy his older sister.

"Ah, Broly, you are actually quite good, for a beginner in swordsmanship (you are simply a prodigy).

Your older sister has just had a little more time to train. I believe that as long as you work hard, you'll catch up with her soon (and probably even surpass me soon!).

Isayama Yomi didn't expect the boy to look so devastated after being defeated, so she hurriedly and somewhat flusteredly tried to comfort him.

"By the way, when the bamboo sword was knocked away, were your hands injured?"

She put down the bamboo sword in her hand, ran over, squatted down, and began to examine the boy's hands.

"Whoo~"

Only after confirming that Broly's hand was not injured did Yomi Isayama finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry, sister, I shouldn't have taken it so seriously."

She sincerely apologized.

"It's okay, I'm not injured anyway."

Broly felt a little guilty. What if the other party was very angry after he revealed his true swordsmanship skills?

"We're all sweaty, let's go clean up."

After finishing his sword training, Yomi Isayama took him to the bathroom.

"Next, your older sister will teach you the magic of the Isayama family."

After taking a bath, Yomi Isayama led Broly into her father's study before moving on to the next lesson.

"Before you learn magic, I need to introduce you to the Isayama family's lineage. The Isayama family is a branch that split off from the Tsuchimiya family."

The Tsuchimiya family specializes in magic that involves contracting spirits and beasts, using these contracted spirits and beasts to fight evil spirits or monsters.

In this respect, our Isayama family is also of the same lineage. Summoning spirits, contracting with spirits, and exorcising spirits are the three core elements of the Isayama family's exorcism magic.

The functions of these three spells are to awaken a sleeping spirit, to form a contract with a spirit, and to command a spirit to fight.

"My sister's Luan Honglian is a powerful spirit beast passed down through generations of the Isayama family. Its original identity was the powerful demon Nue, but now it resides within this Lion King Sword, receiving offerings and being commanded by the Isayama family's users."

"So, Sister Huangquan, do I also need to form a contract with a spirit or a spirit beast?"

"Yes, but contracting a spirit is not a simple matter. Although weak spirits and spirit beasts are easy to contract, they have little combat power."

While powerful spirits and spirit beasts possess combat capabilities, they are also quite dangerous beings. If a contractor is not careful, they will suffer a backlash.

Therefore, what you really need to do is cultivate your spiritual power and make it stronger so that you will have the power to suppress and subdue spiritual beasts.

"So, what are these three spells for?"

Broly felt something was off. To exorcise a spirit, one had to first form a contract with it, but the prerequisite for forming a contract was that one had to be stronger than the spirit being contracted with.

According to the logic of the Isayama family, the prerequisite for obtaining great power is to contract a powerful spirit beast, but this is just creating a closed loop.

"It's preparation. After learning these three spells, if you, Broly, have the opportunity to manipulate powerful spirit beasts in the future, you will directly know how to control them."

"Isayama Yomi" refers to the treasured sword in her hand. With Broly's talent, he will surpass her sooner or later. This treasured sword, which is inhabited by Ranguren, is meant to be used by him sooner or later.

"But what if I don't have this opportunity?"

"No, but if not, then it involves the art of nurturing spirits. Spiritual beasts are not static; some can grow from weak to powerful."

Of course, this process is not quick; it generally requires the support of several generations to create a powerful contract spirit.

The Chaotic Red Lotus is one such example, and the advantage is that most of the contracted spirits that are nurtured will not turn against their masters.

Of course, if you encounter a powerful spirit or spirit beast that is incomplete or asleep, you can also form a contract with it before it wakes up.

However, this approach may lead to unexpected events, such as powerful spirit beasts awakening midway and attacking you. But if there is another powerful exorcist by your side, this danger can be minimized.

"Okay, Broly, practice these three spells diligently. Once you've mastered them, your sister will help you contract a powerful spirit or spirit beast!"

As Isayama Yomi spoke, she thought to herself that in the future, they might be exchanging contracted spirits. Bro would use the powerful spirit beast Ran Honglian inherited from his family, while she would use a contracted spirit from later on. Whether it was better to contract a spirit beast or a contracted spirit body was still up for debate.

"Sister Huang Quan..."

"What, do you have any more questions?"

"May I ask, how long did it take you to learn these three spells?"

"Hey, Broly, do you want to have a match with me, kid?"

Isayama Yomi was somewhat surprised, but after thinking for a moment, she replied, "My sister is a super genius. She learned these three spells in less than half an hour (actually, it took her half a month)." "And how long does it usually take an ordinary person to learn them?"

Broly earnestly sought his advice.

No, ordinary people simply couldn't learn it. It requires at least someone with spiritual talent to be qualified to learn this.

Thinking to himself, Izayama Yomi replied, "If it's an ordinary exorcist, it depends on their talent, but generally it only takes one or two days to master these spells."

This is a lie. The spell of Qiling to control spirits and spirit beasts is not common in the exorcism world, but it is not very rare either. The difference lies only in the skill level of each family and the strength of the spirits and spirit beasts they can control.

Those with spiritual talent can be considered spiritual if they can learn it in a year or two, and geniuses if they can learn it within three months.

The reason why Izayama Yomi exaggerated the learning speed of ordinary exorcists was mainly because he thought Broly was a super genius and would definitely be able to learn it immediately.

If I were to tell the truth about the learning process of an ordinary exorcist, the abnormality would definitely be detected and I wouldn't be able to make up for it. Therefore, I exaggerated.

The ordinary definition was amplified at least three hundred times in Isayama Yomi's words, but Broly listened attentively from the side.

"In short, don't aim too high, just practice hard!"

"I understand, Sister Huangquan, I will try my best."

[Strive to appear diligent in studying and practicing within half a day, and after half a day, master these three spells to a degree that is far below that of a genius, but slightly better than that of an average person!]

With a plan in mind, Broly asked, "Sister Huangquan, there are still some tricks to these three spells that I don't understand. Can you teach me?"

"Of course you can. Come on, tell me what questions you have."

Broly used the same trick he had been taught to win over Loki, and Yomi Isayama fell for it without any suspicion.

Under her tutelage, Broly's mastery of magic improved almost visibly, giving the girl a great sense of accomplishment in teaching him.

Judging from the gradually rising happiness value on the Crystal Palace panel, Isayama Yomi is clearly enjoying the process of teaching her.

Around 3 PM, Broly, timing it perfectly within six hours, successfully used three spells in front of Isayama Yomi.

An excited expression appeared on his little face at the right moment, and he turned to Isayama Yomi next to him and said happily, "Yomi-neechan, look, I've learned it!"

"Eh?!"

Yomi Isayama, standing to the side, was somewhat dumbfounded. Although she had been by Broly's side the whole time, watching his progress, she was still quite shocked that Broly could release the three core spells of the Isayama family so quickly. She thought it would take at least a day or two.

"Sister Huangquan, aren't you happy?"

Broly received a notification that Isayama Yomi's happiness level had decreased, and he didn't know what he had done to cause the girl's happiness level to drop.

[It's not that I'm unhappy, but I'm a bit discouraged. I was once called a genius girl, but seeing how quickly you mastered magic makes me feel ashamed and like I'm just a piece of junk.]

Seeing someone younger than yourself who is more outstanding inevitably leads to feelings of jealousy, sadness, and frustration. However, how one deals with these negative emotions depends on the individual.

"I'm not unhappy at all. On the contrary, I'm very happy. I'm happy about your talent, my adorable little brother. Hmm, it's much better than the average person..."

Yomi Isayama quickly suppressed the jealousy that arose from her human nature, and began to feel happy for Broly's impressive talent for learning magic.

On the path of exorcists, the greater the talent, the stronger one will become in the future, and the stronger one is, the less likely one is to die.

After the girl changed her mood, Broly also received a message that her happiness level had increased. It had only decreased by one point, but increased by three points. She wasn't lying.

"As long as Sister Huangquan is happy."

Broly said, but he was wondering why his happiness level had dropped earlier.

"Broly, now that you've mastered the three spells of summoning, binding, and exorcising spirits, let's take you out to practice them while we have some time!"

Yomi Isayama's suggestion interrupted Broly's thoughts.

"Sister Huangquan, will you take me outside to find a spirit?"

"Ah."

The girl nodded.

"But how do we find it?"

Broly's sense of air is good at finding living things, but he's not so good at finding ghostly creatures. If he doesn't sense them up close or become familiar with them, he can easily overlook them as if they were air. He doesn't know how Yomi Isayama plans to take him to find them.

"The paranormal investigation agency where my sister works has a device that monitors the spiritual field throughout Tokyo. We can use that to find places where paranormal phenomena are more likely to occur, and spirits should generally be present in those places."

Yomi Isayama pulled Broly out the door and took a taxi directly to the headquarters of the Bureau of Supernatural Countermeasures.

"Miss Huang Quan, what brings you here? You don't have any missions today."

When the girl entered, everyone in the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau looked surprised. Isayama Yomi rarely came to the Bureau's headquarters when she wasn't on an exorcism mission.

"Hey, the child with you, is that the one you mentioned on the phone the day before yesterday?" Nikaido Kiri leaned forward and looked at Broly behind Isayama Yomi, asking, "Is there a problem with Mr. Naraku, and you need our help to settle this child?"
If so, Chief Jinguji had already reminded me, and I was able to prepare by investigating some good welfare homes.

Upon hearing this, Yomi Isayama immediately spread her arms to protect Broly like a mother hen protecting her chicks. She then said seriously to the woman in the black business suit in front of her, "Miss Nikaido, Broly is now our child, my beloved younger brother. Please don't say things that might make him misunderstand that I'm going to abandon him!"

"So, Mr. Naraku is willing to take this child in."

Jinguji Ayame pushed the wheelchair out and asked.

“That’s right, Broly officially joined the Isayama family last night.”

"That's my fault, I'm so sorry."

"It's alright, it's good that you understand."

Despite saying that, Yomi Isayama turned around, squatted down, and picked up Broly, as if worried that the boy might be taken away by someone else and sent to an orphanage.

Seeing this, Jinguji Ayame had some guesses in her mind. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "So, Miss Yomi, why did you bring this child here?"

"I almost forgot the important thing. I was actually planning to use the Countermeasures Bureau's spirit field detection device to find places where spirits might appear."

Isayama Yomi revealed the purpose of her visit.

(End of this chapter)