Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 577 The girl carries the team, and the boy wins effortlessly!
"No, Miss Huangquan, this is the child that Broly encountered while he was out shopping and was entrusted to by the cat spirit."

The office lady in her business attire quickly waved her hand and began to explain, repeating the cat spirit story that Broly had told her and Jinguji Ayame to the girl in front of her.

"What Chief Jinguji means is to first inquire about the situation of your Isayama family. If your Isayama family does not intend to raise these three kittens, then the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau will approve the funds to raise them."

Nikaido Kiri accurately conveys Jinguji Ayame's attitude.

"Have these children also lost their mother?"

Beside her, Kagura Tsuchimiya looked at the kittens in the cat carrier and muttered to herself.

Jian Shan Huang Quan secretly thought, "This is bad."

Turning my head, I saw, as expected, the girl's face showing a sad expression.

"Who is this?"

Kirito Nikaido looked over, somewhat puzzled by the strange girl's reaction, and subconsciously asked a question.

“They are children of the Tsuchimiya family.”

Naraku Isayama answered the question.

"Ah, this..."

Kirito Nikaido immediately understood why the girl had such a sad expression. Seeing a kitten that had just lost its mother was like a flood of sorrow for a girl who had also lost her mother.

Kagura Tsuchimiya's happiness level continues to decline.

"Then, let the Countermeasures Bureau take care of them."

Broly hadn't expected the kitten he brought to cause this situation. After thinking for a moment, he tried to salvage the situation, saying that the girl, who was the new target of his pursuit brought by Isayama Yomi, was probably feeling sentimental and missing him when she saw the kitten. He suggested that if he removed the things that would trigger her sadness, there shouldn't be any problems.

"No, I want to raise it!"

However, Yomi Isayama said firmly.

Because at this moment, the kitten in the cat carrier in Broly's hand is no longer just a simple kitten, but the embodiment of Tsuchimiya Kagura.

If you refuse to raise these three kittens who have just lost their mother, then in Tsuchimiya Kagura's eyes, what is the situation when she, who has also just lost her mother, is brought back to the Isayama family? Is she a burden that the Isayama family has to take home to care for out of kinship?
"Miss Nikaido, please tell Chief Jinguji that these three little guys are very cute, and we, the Isayama family, have adopted them!"

The girl first said this to the career woman, then squatted down and asked Kagura Tsuchimiya, "Kagura-chan, would you like to take care of them with me?"

Kagura Tsuchimiya stared blankly at the girl for a moment, then, after she came to her senses, she nodded vigorously at Yomi Isayama, making a loud "hmm" sound through her nose.

Right now, I probably can't ask for a kitten to take home and raise.

Kirito Nikaido watched the interaction between the two girls and felt a pang of regret. He then responded to Yomi Isayama, "Alright, I'll tell Chief Jinguji when I get back. Well, Broly is home now, so there shouldn't be anything for me here. Well then, Mr. Isayama, Ms. Yomi, Broly, and Ms. Tsuchimiya, I'll take my leave now."

"Miss Nikaido, won't you stay for a cup of tea?"

"No, I'd rather not. I have a lot of official business to attend to at the Countermeasures Bureau."

Kiri Nikaido waved his hand in polite refusal, got into the Honda that had arrived, and left.

"Let's go inside first."

Isayama Naraku said something to the three people at the door, then opened the door and went inside.

"Kagura, from now on you can treat this place as your home."

After taking off her shoes, Yomi Isayama said something similar to what she had said to Broly a few days earlier to Kagura Tsuchimiya.

"Let me arrange a room for you first, and then we can talk about other things."

Kagura Tsuchimiya's room was next to Broly's. The girl brought only a few changes of clothes and a picture of her mother.

Perhaps because there were other kittens who had also lost their mothers, Kagura Tsuchimiya did not continue to show weakness. After placing the photo on the bedside table, she accepted Yomi Isayama's arrangement and sat in front of the low square table, while Broly placed the cat carrier beside her and sat opposite the girl.

"First of all, let me introduce you to each other."

The girl who brought tea and snacks poured a cup of tea for each of the two children and then took the initiative to act as a matchmaker.

"This is Kagura Tsuchimiya, the daughter of the Tsuchimiya family. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, she will be staying with us for a while."

Yomi Isayama first introduced the girl to Broly, and then turned to Kagura Tsuchimiya to introduce the boy.

"This is Broly. He was involved in an exorcism incident a few days ago. Due to certain circumstances, I brought him back to the Isayama family. He will become a member of the Isayama family in the future."

"Hello."

"Hello."

"I am Tsuchimiya Kagura."

"Broly".

Initial contact between strangers is always awkward, but with Isayama Yomi acting as an intermediary, the boy and girl were able to exchange names and shake hands.

"Kagura, you don't have to act like an outsider. Broly, you're the same. We'll be living under the same roof as a family from now on, so try to be a little more friendly between you two~"

Isayama Yomi took a sip of tea and tried to liven things up. Tsuchimiya Kagura, a somewhat introverted girl, looked a little lost, while Broly took the initiative to cooperate.

Want to see the cat?

He picked up the cat carrier and asked.

Two minutes later, the three of them gathered in front of the transparent plastic lid of the cat carrier, looking at the three kittens sleeping soundly inside.

“So cute~”

Izayama Yomi stared at the sleeping white kitten whose ears were still twitching, and said something.

"Ah."

Kagura Tsuchimiya chimed in from the right, but she was looking at the little black cat curled up in a ball, which reminded her of a black glutinous rice ball.

"Is that what it looks like?"

Broly asked somewhat uncertainly on the left, because the tabby kitten was sleeping in a rather awkward position, with its tail draped over the white kitten's head and its head resting on the black kitten's body, as if it were using the other two kittens as a cushion.

"By the way, what are the genders of these three little guys again?"

Isayama Yomi asked Broly, who was on his left.

"I remember there was a list."

Broly pulled a veterinary hospital examination report out of his pocket.

"I thought black meant male, but it turns out it's female."

Kagura Tsuchimiya leaned closer to take a look and exclaimed in surprise.

"What a contrast! I've heard that calico cats are considered the most beautiful cats, but I never expected it to be a male cat."

All the black and white kittens are female, except for the tabby kittens, which are male.

"But do calico cats have males? Could the vet have made a mistake?"

As Isayama Yomi said this, he picked up his phone and started looking it up.

"Hey, there really are male calico cats, but they're extremely rare, with a probability of only one in 40?!"

The girl exclaimed in surprise, raising her voice to attract the attention of the two people beside her.

Broly and Kagura Tsuchimiya flanked her, peering at the screen of her phone.

Isayama Yomi, with the two of them standing close together, smiled.

I put my phone on the table and suddenly hugged the two little ones next to me.

"Do you think these three little guys look like us?"

"Ok?"

Broly and Kagura Tsuchimiya both looked at her with some confusion.

"These three little ones are siblings, and we will also be siblings!"

Isayama Yomi explained.

"Uh, Miss Huang Quan, isn't this a bit of a stretch?"

"It's not far-fetched at all. Also, Kagura-neechan, what are you going to call me?"

The girl placed her hand on the girl's face and leaned closer to ask.

"Huang Quan... Sister..."

Kagura Tsuchimiya blushed as the girl approached, and stammered out a call.

"That's more like it, Broly!"

Isayama Yomi nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the boy on the other side.

"what's up?"

"What should you call me?"

"Sister Huang Quan?"

"Very good, I hereby officially announce that from this day forward, the three of us are a family, and I am the eldest sister. As for the two of you, who is the younger brother and who is the younger sister, let's figure that out now."

"Izayama Yomi said loudly."

"Eh?"

Kagura Tsuchimiya's eyes widened, never expecting that watching the kitten would turn into a situation where they became sworn brothers.

However, she still turned her gaze to the boy on the other side.

No matter how you look at it, you should be older than the other person!

"Okay, then the older sister will be the referee. Now, let's start by telling us your ages!"

Yomi Isayama is guiding the situation in a direction that will allow the two to understand each other.

"Kagura, you go first."

"Ah, me, I'm eleven this year."

Kagura Tsuchimiya isn't good at saying no, but under Yomi Isayama's guidance, she obediently revealed her age.

"Oh, you're only eleven? I thought you were twelve or thirteen." Isayama Yomi was a little surprised. Tsuchimiya Kagura's height was not what one would expect for an eleven-year-old girl.

"Alright, it's Broly's turn."

"I am fourteen."

Broly opened the Crystal Palace panel, checked his age, and then answered.

Then he noticed that the girl and the boy were somewhat silent, staring at him.

Kagura Tsuchimiya's eyes seemed to say, "You're fourteen years old?"

Isayama Yomi's eyes seemed to say, "I'd believe you if you said I was seven!"
"Broly, don't try anything funny!"

Isayama Yomi broke the silence and said this to the boy.

"But I'm telling the truth, I just look young."

Broly quickly began to explain himself.

“My mother once told me that children who lie will have to swallow a thousand needles.”

Kagura Tsuchimiya said with a stern face.

"But I wasn't lying."

"Alright, alright, I believe you're not lying."

Isayama Yomi spoke to him first, then whispered in Tsuchimiya Kagura's ear.

"Kagura, you should consider the younger boys. They always have some inexplicable competitive spirit."

Broly: "..."

Because of the close proximity, he could hear even the whispered conversations between the girls.

"How about this, age will only be used as a reference. We'll mainly look at appearance, and I'm the oldest in terms of appearance, followed by Kagura, and then Broly. So, from now on, I'll be number one as the eldest sister, Kagura will be number two as the second sister, and Broly, you'll be number three as the third brother, is that alright?"

"Ah."

Kagura Tsuchimiya nodded; she thought the ranking was reasonable.

"Ok."

Broly didn't really care about his ranking; he was just emphasizing that he hadn't lied about his age.

"Then let's all try calling each other."

Isayama Yomi clapped his hands and looked at the two with some anticipation.

"Eh?!"

Kagura Tsuchimiya belatedly realized that she had suddenly become someone else's younger sister and someone else's older sister.

"Sister Huang Quan?"

"Hmm, 'elder sister' doesn't sound right. Just keep calling me 'sister'."

However, what matters is not me, but the two of you.

"Broly, call me your second sister."

"Sister Tsuchimiya?"

"Don't be so formal, call me by my name."

"Kagura-neechan?"

"Kagura, Broly is calling you."

Kagura Tsuchimiya blushed slightly. As the only daughter in her family, this was the first time someone had called her "older sister," and she responded somewhat awkwardly.

"He called, now it's your turn."

"Broly...brother?"

"Ah."

Broly responded.

"Alright, call each other a few more times."

"Little brother, little brother, little brother..."

"Sister, sister, sister..."

After the way they addressed each other changed, and under the urging of Yomi Isayama, Kagura Tsuchimiya and Broly started calling each other "brother" and "sister" many times, their relationship suddenly lost its initial awkwardness.

"How does it feel to suddenly have a younger brother?"

Isayama Yomi asked the girl, who was now slightly out of breath and blushing from calling him "brother."

"I don't know, but I don't dislike it..."

Kagura Tsuchimiya spoke the truth.

"And you, Broly?"

Isayama Yomi then asked the boy on the other side, who had called the girl "sister" many times.

"I'm glad Kagura-neechan doesn't hate me."

As soon as Broly finished speaking, he received a notification from Crystal Palace. He opened the Crystal Palace panel with his consciousness and, sure enough, the girl's happiness value had increased by one point.

He never imagined that increasing his happiness level could be so simple; all he had to do was change how he addressed the person and call them that a few more times.

Of course, it depends on the person. Tsuchimiya Kagura was in a state of misfortune because her mother had passed away. When Isayama Yomi pulled her to recognize her younger brother, this action temporarily relieved her feeling of misfortune.

To put it simply, girls' happiness threshold has decreased.

Having suffered misfortune, losing her mother and having no father by her side, she actually longed for family affection. Broly fulfilled this psychological need of the girl.

"Ahem, well then, let's be a little more serious..."

Isayama Yomi coughed twice and then said to the other two, "Kagura-neechan and Broly-nii-chan, please take care of me from now on."

"Sister Huang Quan, Sister Kagura..."

Broly followed suit and also asked for guidance.

"it is good."

Kagura Tsuchimiya looked at the girl, then at the boy, and nodded.

"Then, to strengthen our bond, let's play a game together!"

Taking advantage of the momentum, Isayama Yomi brought out a video game console, the kind that connects to a television.

. . . .

"Hey, you two are really weak!"

"Wow, I've never played with anything like this before."

"And what about you, Broly?"

"I've never played any of them."

This was indeed the first time Broly had ever used a remote control.

"Then you two, who are at the same skill level, can play together."

Yomi Isayama gave up her position, and Broly quickly adapted.

He was seen controlling the fighting game character on the TV screen with remarkable skill.

"The loser will have a sticker stuck to their face."

The girl went outside and quickly returned, this time with a notepad in her hand.

Seeing that Kagura Tsuchimiya looked troubled because of Yomi Isayama's words, Broly decided to let her off the hook.

"Hey, I hit it! Ah, I won!"

When Kagura Tsuchimiya, a novice player, won the game and a look of surprise appeared on her face, Broly's face also lit up with joy as he saw the increase in her happiness stat.

But to avoid being seen as having let the opponent win, he quickly composed himself and instead showed a regretful expression, as if he had made a wrong move.

To describe it with an emoji, it's like holding up a crying face to your face, but your real face is smiling behind the crying face paper.

"Uh, Broly, let me help you with some of the work."

They played until dusk. When Kagura Tsuchimiya came to her senses, she found that the boy next to her had his face covered with sticky notes. She said a little embarrassedly and reached out to remove some sticky notes to stick on her own face.

Isayama Yomi watched with satisfaction from the side. Sure enough, when it comes to comforting people, it's most effective to have children of similar age!

Sure enough, Kagura Tsuchimiya smiled happily countless times throughout the afternoon. Although the grief of losing her mother was certainly not forgotten, it was somewhat lessened.

"Meow, meow, meow~"

Just then, the kittens in the cat carrier woke up and started whimpering, as if they were hungry and calling for their mother to come back.

The three of them looked over together, and Isayama Yomi said, "The game is over, and all the sticky notes can be taken off. Now, it's time for us to take care of the kitten!"

When Ms. Nikaido Kiri left the vet at noon, in addition to the cat carrier, she also bought some things needed to raise kittens, such as several bags of low-lactose goat milk powder and small baby bottles for kittens.

Isayama Yomi mixed the milk powder with hot water, then added some cold water to adjust the temperature, and gave Broly and Tsuchimiya Kagura each a bottle of goat milk.

Let's each feed one.

The three sat side by side, each holding a kitten in their laps, and began to feed them.

Yomi Isayama is a white cat, Kagura Tsuchimiya is a black cat, and Broly is a tabby cat.

This scene gave Broly the feeling of playing house with adults.

　Speaking of cats not being able to drink milk, it reminds me of my old cat. We shared the same bottle of milk, and I developed lactose intolerance, but it was fine. It even followed me in to enjoy the show while I was having my episode.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)