Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 576 An unexpected gain
"A strong spiritual energy field fluctuation has been detected, exceeding level A?!"

The staff member in the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau's Spiritual Energy Investigation Team, sitting in front of the computer, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"where?"

Upon hearing this, a colleague who was resting with his eyes closed immediately jumped up and asked.

Location: near Hibiya High School.

"Where?"

"Hey, there was definitely a strong spiritual energy field reaction just now, that's strange."

"Is the spirit field detection device malfunctioning?"

"Well, it's not impossible, since it's a machine after all, but let's report it anyway."

Just as the detection team was reporting the news of the strong spiritual field that was about to appear,

At Hibiya High School, Broly stood on the school building, gazing at the clouds in the sky that he had forcefully dispersed. After a moment of silence, he turned to the white-clad ninja who appeared behind him, kneeling on one knee as if apologizing, and said, "The weather is nice today. Let's head to the next place where spirits exist. Let's not let some senseless evil spirit spoil our mood."

He didn't blame the White Shadow Ninja for finding an unreliable spirit. Composing himself, he headed to the next location.

Fortunately, the troublesome spirit was not encountered again. After being led by the white-robed ninja to the location of the next spirit, the spirit they found was surprisingly easy to communicate with. The other party was an old woman ghost who wanted to find her lost dentures.

Based on the information provided, and with the help of two ninjas, Broly eventually found the dentures in a sewer after some time.

Broly summoned a ball of water to clean it, then returned the somewhat damaged dentures to the old woman's spirit, receiving her gratitude: "Good child, thank you so much! If it weren't for you helping me find my dentures, I wouldn't know how to eat anymore!"

No one knows how the other person lost their dentures on the street, just as the other person seemed unaware that they were already a ghost. After thanking Broly, the old woman turned and walked to the other side, and her figure gradually disappeared, while some fragments of soul power seemed to fly towards Broly on the wind.

Broly used his Qi to envelop and gather these fragmented soul powers, quickly obtaining a crystal the size of a grain of rice. Compared to the soul crystal given by the hanging evil spirit, it was rather small, but he had gained something and was sincerely thanked by the other party, which made Broly feel quite good.

"Next, next!"

Broly urged the White Shadow Ninja on, and the White Shadow Ninja quickly led him to run towards another street. Broly followed behind for about three blocks before seeing his ninja jump straight onto a building and stop at a somewhat old exhaust pipe.

Where is the spirit?

Broly looked around but didn't find any spirits, so he asked it.

The white-clad ninja didn't speak, but simply pointed to the exhaust pipe.

The exhaust vent was just the right size for a person's head to fit inside, so Broly went up and peeked inside.

"Ha ha……"

Then he saw a large cat lying inside the exhaust pipe, and it started breathing on him after seeing him.

“Meow, meow…”

But soon, soft meows from the duct also came out. The big tabby cat glanced warily at the boy at the exhaust duct opening, then turned around and started licking the three little kittens behind it, but its tongue went straight through the kittens' bodies.

Clearly, the large tabby cat was not alive, but rather the spirit of a dead cat.

"So you found a hajimeling too. But how can I find out what its last wishes were?"

Broly pulled his head out of the exhaust pipe and asked the white-clad ninja behind him.

The white-shadowed ninja remained silent, obediently following its master's orders to search for spirits. Whether the spirits it found were human or animal, and how to fulfill their last wishes to gain their gratitude and soul power, were none of its concern as a summoned creature; those were matters for its master to consider.

"Hello~"

"what!"

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Ignoring the hissing of the big, colorful cat in the exhaust duct, Broly went straight to ask it a question.

The human and the cat spirit, one high and one low, stared at each other. Perhaps it was because the cat spirit had become more spiritual after becoming a dead cat, but the big cat's hissing at Broly gradually subsided.

Its cat licked its pink nose, stepped aside to reveal three tiny kittens behind it, and then softly meowed at the boy, "Meow~"

"You want me to take your child out?"

"Meow."

"It's quite simple."

Broly ordered the shadow ninja to leave, but before they could get close, the big cat hissed and its fur stood on end.

The pure, malevolent aura emanating from the shadowy ninja made it nervous, and it tried to scare away the approaching black shadow by exhaling.

The shadowy ninja poked its head out of the chimney, its blood-red eyes looking innocently at Broly at the pipe opening.

"Alright, come back. Let White Shadow Ninja take over."

Broly called the Black Shadow Ninja back, but dismissed the White Shadow Ninja.

This time, however, the big cat didn't hiss when faced with the approaching white humanoid figure.

The adult cat was a little wary, but even after the white-clad ninja reached out from the chimney and lifted the three kittens up, the adult cat didn't make any move to attack him.

"Alright, your last wish has been fulfilled. Now you should become a Buddha and give me my reward."

Broly pulled the three kittens out of the abandoned exhaust pipe, and then demanded payment from the large tabby cat that jumped out after them.

However, the big cat just meowed at him in a sweet voice and then stared at him blankly.

"Wait, you're not trying to get something for free, are you?"

Broly wanted to ask that, but felt he shouldn't argue with Hakimi.

"Never mind, I don't think you have much soul energy."

Just as he was about to leave, the big cat came over and bit his trouser leg.

"Would you also like to be compressed into a crystal?"

Broly looked down at Hajimeling and asked, only to see the big cat rub against his leg.

Then, she went back to the kitten, sat down, and meowed at him twice more.

"You want me to take them away?"

The three kittens looked rather thin, probably because they had been hungry for a while. They meowed a couple of times when they were taken out, but now they lay on the ground looking weak and listless, as if they were about to die with their mother.

"Meow~"

The calico cat meowed at him, as if in response to his question.

Broly thought for a moment and then picked up the kitten.

One is white, one is patterned, and one is black.

When it was picked up, it meowed softly.

Broly jumped downstairs with them, went to a nearby convenience store to buy milk, tore a small opening in it, and fed the milk to the three kittens.

The big cat who followed him downstairs watched this scene as if it had fulfilled a wish. It approached the three children and meowed softly. Its body gradually dissipated, turning into pure soul power. Most of it fell on the three kittens, while a small portion went to Broly.

To Broly's surprise, the dissipated Hajime spirit provided him with more soul energy than the old woman with the false teeth spirit. After crystallizing, it was about half the size of a fingernail. Of course, it was still not as powerful as the hanging spirit.

Moreover, it also left behind...

Broly looked at the three little guys who had started to snore on the ground and became somewhat troubled: "What should I do with you guys?"

In response, the shadowy ninja pointed to the cooking pot sold in the convenience store, its meaning very clear: the three kittens were stewed and eaten in one pot, which was also one of Broly's dark, gluttonous thoughts, which it had sensed.

However, at the same time, the white ninja stood in front of the direction the black ninja was pointing. If the black ninja represented darkness and negativity, then this ninja was light and positivity. The black ninja sensed the dark side of Broly, its master, while this ninja sensed the kind side of Broly, its master.

"Perhaps we should find them a home that is willing to take care of them."

Broly didn't go back to the convenience store to buy a pot.

"Will there be another spirit?"

He asked the white-clad ninja, and after confirming that no more spirits had been discovered, he picked up the three sleeping kittens and headed to the headquarters of the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau.

. . . .

"Nothing was found. No residual spiritual energy was detected near Hibiya High School (how can people on the ground detect energy at high altitudes?). It's probably just normal fluctuations in the earth's ley line energy. This kind of thing has happened before..."

When Broly arrived at the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters, he heard someone reporting this to Chief Jinguji.

"Then we'll keep a close eye on the situation at Hibiya High School. That's all we can do for now."

Jinguji's headmaster dismissed the servants, and Broly pushed open the door and entered.

"What happened?"

Broly, the culprit behind the strong spiritual energy field fluctuations, asked questions without any awareness.

"It's nothing, just some routine spirit field monitoring work for the Countermeasures Bureau. But you, Broly, what brings you here?"

The boy joined the countermeasures bureau on the very night the Tsuchimiya couple were attacked, which greatly increased the bureau's workload.

Isayama Yomi also took a temporary leave, and she couldn't let the boy directly join the Countermeasures Bureau. Unexpectedly, today it was this boy, whose spiritual power could completely suppress the superior spirit, who took the initiative to come over.

"That's how it is, Headmaster Jinguji..."

"Just call me Sister Changpu."

"Chief Jinguji!"

"Okay, fine, call me whatever you want, just don't call me 'Auntie'."

Jinguji Ayame, who was trying to get closer to the boy by addressing him by his nickname, looked helpless and gestured for the boy to continue.

"Didn't I already break my contract with my spirit? I've been looking for a new spirit partner lately, and this morning when I was strolling around the street, I encountered a Hajime spirit..."

Broly concealed the role of the White Shadow Ninja, and instead told the story of his chance encounter with the cat spirit on the street and how he helped it lead the kitten out of the exhaust pipe. He then placed the three kittens on his office desk: "I wonder if the Countermeasures Bureau can adopt them?"

"You're really lucky, kid. You actually encountered a cat spirit that could potentially turn into a cat demon..."

[The other party probably saw your extraordinary spiritual power and thought entrusting their child to you was the better outcome. Some stray cats are clever enough to try and scam human owners to get adopted.]

"According to you, these three kittens all have the potential to become spirit beasts. Are you sure you want to hand them over to the Countermeasures Bureau?"

"There's nothing I can do if I don't hand them over to the countermeasures bureau, because I can't take care of them forever."

Broly will leave this world eventually; it's impossible for him to take his three kittens with him when he leaves.

Even if he were willing, the Crystal Palace would not allow it; apart from the members of the Crystal Palace, no other living being can cross the world through the Crystal Palace.

"Broly, have you forgotten that the Isayama family is behind you?"

Jinguji Ayame offered a reminder, and that kittens like these, blessed by the spirit of a mother cat who almost became a Nekomata, are potential candidates for the birth of a spirit beast.

If trained properly, it's not impossible to create a cat-matari group similar to the fox-headed group of the Izuna family.

The idea of ​​taking advantage of someone else only flashed through Jinguji Ayame's mind before she dismissed it. Compared to the boy in front of her with his extraordinary spiritual talent, she figured it was better to tell the truth than to take advantage of him by assuming he didn't know the details.

This way, you won't offend anyone and can maintain a good impression of the Countermeasures Bureau.

"Hey, does Sister Huangquan like cats?"

Broly asked, somewhat surprised.

"Uh, I don't know if Xiao Huangquan likes cats, but most people probably won't dislike cute things."

Jinguji Ayame glanced at the side, and then at Nikaido Kiri, who was staring blankly at the three kittens on the table, and said with great certainty.

The assistant next to him already had a look of wanting to raise it on her face.

"However, these are wild kittens, so we need to clean them up a bit to make them more likable, Nikaido."

Jinguji Ayame called out to her assistant.

"Ah, room leader, what's the matter?"

Nikaido Kirito realized what was happening and quickly stood up straight to reply.

"Could you please help me take Broly and his three kittens to the vet? The check-up and vaccination fees will be covered by our Countermeasures Bureau. If the Isayama family doesn't want to keep these three kittens, our Countermeasures Bureau will take over their care."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Kiri Nikaido was very enthusiastic. Before Broly could even pick up the kitten on the table, she volunteered to take the kitten into her arms, put it in a cardboard box, and then drove Broly to the vet.

Broly arrived at 10 o'clock. After driving to the pet hospital and having the doctor examine the kittens, it took some time. Broly was taken by Kirito Nikaido to have lunch at a restaurant near the pet hospital, and they didn't return to the pet hospital until almost 1 o'clock.

The veterinary hospital has already completed its work on the three kittens, including but not limited to flea removal, cleaning, and vaccinations.

When Broly saw the three kittens again, they had been fed and were placed in a cat carrier. Their fur was fluffy and clean, and they looked much better than they had in the morning.

"Miss Nikaido, if you like them, you can have one."

Broly took the cat carrier and said to the office lady in her business attire beside him.

"Oh, that's not a good idea. Let's wait for Miss Huang Quan to say whether she wants to get a cat."

In the end, Kiri Nikaido did not accept the kitten's gift and drove Broly back to the Isayama family home.

As luck would have it, just as they arrived at the Isayama residence, Isayama Naraku's car also returned.

Broly, however, knew in advance that Yomi Isayama was about to return home through his aura locked onto the girl.

However, to Broly's surprise, the girl was accompanied by another person who had been recognized by Crystal Palace as a potential conquest target.

[New romance target discovered: Tsuchimiya Kagura, current happiness level 0]

He, carrying a cat carrier, and a girl, carrying her luggage, happened to bump into each other at their doorstep.

"Hey, Ms. Nikaido, are you taking Broly to buy a pet?"

Isayama Yomi looked at the cat carrier with three kittens in the boy's hand and asked Nikaido Kiri, who was walking with the boy, with some surprise.

(End of this chapter)