Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 580 Spotting the Sacrifice and the Competition of Summoned Creatures

Nothing happened that night, and Broly slept soundly until dawn. He was woken up by a girl and a young woman sandwiched between him. Kagura Tsuchimiya was hugging him from behind, while Yomi Isayama was embracing them both from the front. Their bodies were pressed close together, making Broly feel like the jam inside a sandwich.

"Hey, Broly, why are you asking about the location of Kagura's mother's grave?"

After finishing his meal, while Tsuchimiya Kagura was feeding the kittens, Broly went directly to Isayama Yomi and asked about the location of Tsuchimiya Kagura's mother's grave.

"I want to go and pay my respects to the deceased."

Broly used this as a reason.

"why?"

Isayama Yomi looked over, somewhat puzzled.

"I want to tell them that I will take good care of Kagura-neechan from now on."

"Eh?!"

"Can't you?"

"Of course, I just didn't expect you to be so polite."

Upon hearing that it was about delivering a message to Lady Tsuchimiya's grave, Yomi Isayama had no further suspicions and simply thought the boy was a well-behaved and sensible younger brother.

"However, if Kagura were to go there, she would definitely be heartbroken."

"It's alright, Sister Huangquan will tell me the location, and I can go there by myself to offer incense."

"Alright then, Mrs. Tsuchimiya's grave is in the Tsuchimiya family cemetery, the location is..."

"What are you talking about?"

Just as Isayama Yomi finished telling Broly about the location of the Tsuchimiya family cemetery, Tsuchimiya Kagura finished feeding the kittens and came over. After seeing the two whispering to each other, the girl couldn't help but ask a question.

"Broly is planning to go for a run outside, and I'm telling him to be careful of traffic."

"That's right."

The girl and boy's back-and-forth banter didn't arouse any suspicion from the girl.

"Then I'll go out and run with Broly."

Kagura Tsuchimiya suggested.

"Ah, feeding the kittens with soul crystals requires some preparation. I need a helper here."

As Isayama Yomi spoke, he turned his hopeful gaze toward Tsuchimiya Kagura.

"Uh, shall I help?!"

"Kagura, thank you~"

The girl hugged the girl with satisfaction and rubbed her face against Tsuchimiya Kagura's delicate face.

"Alright, Broly, it's time for you to go out and exercise too."

Immediately afterwards, the girl straightened up and escorted the Saiyan boy to the door.

"There are caretakers at the Tsuchimiya family cemetery. After you take the bus there, tell them that you are a child of the Isayama family. They should let you in to pay your respects to Mrs. Tsuchimiya. If you have any questions, you can borrow their phone to call your sister."

Yomi Isayama whispered these words to him, but as Kagura Tsuchimiya walked over, she suddenly raised her voice and asked, "By the way, Broly, what's your favorite color?"

"Eh?!"

Broly didn't understand why the girl was asking him what his favorite color was.

"Just name any color you like."

The Yellow Springs of Isayama urged them on.

"Then light blue will do."

"Light blue? I understand, go go for a run."

The door closed, and Broly stood there for a moment.

"There shouldn't be any problems, right?"

Broly muttered something to himself and then took off from the spot.

There's no need to take the bus; just fly there when no one sees him.

After ascending into the sky, I took out a map, checked the direction, and flew. In just a few seconds, I arrived above the Tsuchimiya family cemetery.

Finding a secluded spot to land, Broly headed towards the cemetery entrance.

"Is anyone here?"

He called out to the management office by the door, and soon a stern-looking old man opened the door and came out.

"What's wrong, kid?"

Upon seeing that it was a boy, the old man's expression softened, and he asked.

“I am a child of the Isayama family, and I would like to pay my respects to Lady Tsuchimiya.”

"Hey, didn't the Isayama family just help officiate at the funeral? The lady's coffin was just laid to rest, and you're already here to pay your respects?"

"I'm a child who was only taken in by the Isayama family not long ago. I didn't go to attend Lady Tsuchimiya's funeral. It was only after Kagura-nee moved into the Isayama family yesterday and I developed a close relationship with her that I thought of coming to pay my respects to her mother. Is there a problem with this?"

Broly sensed the other person's wariness and asked after explaining.

"Okay, kid, wait a minute, let me make a call to the Isayama family to confirm first."

The old man didn't immediately believe him; instead, he prepared to call the Isayama family.

"Ok."

Broly nodded, but quickly realized something: he had flown here and hadn't even been here for two minutes. If he called back now, wouldn't that expose his unusual nature?

"This is the Isayama family home. What brings you here?"

Just as he was about to knock the old man in front of him unconscious, Isayama Naraku's voice came through the microphone. Broly quickly interjected, "Mr. Isayama, this is Broly. I came to the Tsuchimiya family cemetery to pay my respects to Kagura's mother. The caretaker here is about to verify my identity with you. By the way, I came here without Kagura's knowledge. If she is with you, please do not tell her, as this may upset her again."

"Uh……"

Isayama Naraku watched as his adopted daughter and Tsuchimiya Kagura fed the kitten's soul crystal and began to grunt.

"Yes, that's right, no problem."

"Father, who called?"

After Isayama Naraku ended the call, Isayama Yomi, who was feeding the kitten, turned around and asked a question out of curiosity.

"The relatives are discussing when to convene a new exorcism alliance council."

Isayama Naraku glanced at Tsuchimiya Kagura beside him, then made up a random excuse, which Isayama Yomi didn't take seriously.

"Kagura, I'm going out to buy some things later, do you want to come with me?"

"it is good."

The girl nodded in agreement.

On the other end of the cemetery, watching the administrator hang up the phone, Broly breathed a sigh of relief.

He shouldn't have flown over; he should have followed the proper procedure.

"I'm sorry, I had doubts about your identity earlier."

"It's ok."

Broly felt a little apologetic for almost attacking the administrator in front of him.

"By the way, sir, I don't understand why the cemetery is managed so strictly."

"Oh, that's because of the corpse thief."

"Corpse thief?"

"The remains of exorcists are usually more spiritual and valuable than those of ordinary people, which attracts some evil spirits."

For example, some curse masters who manipulate corpse puppets—those dark world types—would steal the corpses of exorcists.

"So, stealing corpses is actually a fairly common thing?"

Broly, who was also there to scout the location, pressed on with questions. "It used to be quite common, but with the rise of cremation, there are fewer and fewer guys doing corpse stealing."

The elderly caretaker opened the cemetery gate, led Broly into the quiet cemetery, and began to explain things to the boy.

"Was Lady Tsuchimiya buried or cremated?"

Broly quickly pressed for details, as this concerned the issue of resurrection.

"Lady Tsuchimiya was buried in the ground because the Tsuchimiya family still maintains the tradition of burial, which is why we need someone like me to look after the cemetery."

Upon hearing this, Broly felt relieved; this was good news.

"Yes, this is Lady Tsuchimiya's tomb. If you need to offer incense, I'll go get it for you."

The old man led the boy to a new grave and, upon discovering that the boy had come empty-handed, said something to him.

"Thank you, sir."

Broly did not refuse, and after the old man brought incense, he lit a stick of incense for Tsuchimiya Kagura's mother.

At the same time, he solemnly promised in front of the tombstone: "Mrs. Tsuchimiya, please rest assured that I will take good care of Kagura-neechan. If she is willing to become my family in the future, I will do my best to make her happy."

Old administrator: "..."

This sounds a bit off, but it also seems to make sense. Well, the main problem is that the person who said this is a child. If it were an adult male who said this, this old man would have to give him a piece of his mind.

After paying his respects, Broly left the Tsuchimiya family cemetery, but instead of returning directly to the Isayama family, he summoned back the Black and White Shinobi outside. Yesterday, he had the two ninja soldiers continue their spirit-hunting missions, and today was the perfect time to close the net again.

Today, the White Shadow Ninja was the first to return, but it shook its head, indicating that it had not found any new spirits.

Instead, the shadow ninja returned, knelt down on one knee again, and took out the black crystal.

"No, didn't I tell you not to attack the spirits you found?"

Broly looked at the evil spirit crystal and said to the shadow ninja with some dissatisfaction.

In response, the shadow ninja began to make physical gestures.

It raised its right hand and placed it horizontally on its eyebrows, then turned its head to look left and right. Upon seeing the white-clad ninja, it clenched one fist and struck the palm of its other horizontal hand.

Then, it approached the white shadow ninja, grabbed its hand, and slapped it on its own face. Immediately afterward, it exaggeratedly pretended to fly backward, rolled twice on the ground, got up, took out its ninja sword, and assumed an attack stance towards the white shadow ninja.

How to put it? Although the shadowy ninja's body language was a bit abstract, Broly still managed to understand it: "You mean, after you discovered the spirits, you were attacked by them, so you were forced to fight back and kill them?"

Upon hearing this, the shadow ninja quickly withdrew his attack stance and nodded vigorously at Broly.

"Okay, it seems this really isn't your fault. However, I don't need this anymore."

As soon as Broly finished speaking, the shadowy ninja, who was kneeling on one knee again and offering the black crystal with both hands, froze. The black crystal, which was slightly larger than yesterday, rolled off its hands and fell to the ground. It seemed to have suffered a great shock.

Broly felt something was off. Although there was a shadowy ninja in front of him, he felt like a big dog. And right now, this big dog was feeling disappointed because what it had brought back wasn't what it needed.

"Well, although I don't need this, if you can absorb it, I can actually give it to you."

Broly quickly added, and upon hearing this, the shadow ninja's dejected mood vanished instantly.

It picked up the black crystal from the ground, nodded solemnly to its little master who had created it, and absorbed the black crystal.

After absorbing the evil spirit crystal, the shadow ninja's chilling aura intensified. It and Byakuei are actually of the same type of spirit, both of which can be strengthened by devouring the resentment of evil spirits.

"The search for the spirit can be put on hold for now. I need you guys to rehearse the script..."

Both the black and white ninjas looked over and silently obeyed their master's instructions.

"Plans can't keep up with changes. This is my latest 'Exorcism Girl Training Plan 2.0.' First, White Shadow, your role as the main villain has been canceled. Black Shadow will take over now..."

Broly spoke to the white-robed ninja and then began to explain the training of Isayama Yomi to the black-robed ninja. The black-robed ninja nodded vigorously, while glancing furtively at the white-robed ninja who seemed somewhat dejected. His crimson eyes seemed to say: A new generation of ninjas replaces the old.

The white-shadowed ninja remained silent, feeling as if it were like the water elemental that had vanished, leaving little trace from birth to disappearance.

"As for you, you are a newly added righteous character, a righteous spirit who came to the rescue after the shadowy figure cornered Isayama Yomi."

Broly turned around and gave the White Shadow a new role.

"I was thinking about what kind of coincidences I needed to design so that your summoned creature would spare the girl after cornering her without it seeming abrupt."

But now there's no problem, because you have two summons that can play the good and bad roles respectively, putting on a double act for that girl named Isayama Yomi..."

This is You Gouhui's original statement. After learning about the existence of the Shadow Ninja, the Crimson Demon Clan girl was very happy because it saved her a lot of effort in designing plots. It's like adding a system to a novel makes it much easier to write; all unreasonable plots can be attributed to the system.

Broly had barely finished speaking when he felt as if two lights had appeared in front of him. Upon closer inspection, he realized they were the golden eyes of the White Shadow Ninja.

Conversely, the crimson eyes of the shadowy ninja beside him hesitated for a moment, and the two stared at each other as if they were engaged in a battle of wits, with a sense of tension filling the air.

"I'm just having you two act out a scene to train a young girl, not actually fight to the death between you. Do you understand?"

Broly sensed something was off with his summoned creatures and, fearing they might have misunderstood his words, quickly added something.

Upon hearing this, the two ninjas withdrew their gazes from each other and nodded at him.

However, the white-clad ninja raised his hand again, but this time using body language to pose a question.

To put it simply:
[I can train girls because my abilities are up to par, personally certified by my master. But are you strong enough? Do you even know my master's third-rate swordsmanship?]

"This is indeed a problem."

Broly nodded, finding the question posed by the White Shadow Ninja through body language very insightful.

In response, the shadowy ninja narrowed his crimson eyes, drew his ninja sword, and looked at the white-clad ninja.

The meaning is also quite clear:
Whether you're qualified or not, you can give it a try, you pale-faced guy!

Of course, the Black and White Twin Ninjas couldn't express themselves so clearly, but that's the feeling they conveyed—a direct confrontation.

“Teach it swordsmanship, then have a match with it, and let me see how it is.”

Broly quickly came up with an idea and said it to the White Shadow Ninja.

The white-robed ninja nodded, and the black-robed ninja did not object, earnestly following the white-robed ninja to learn third-rate swordsmanship.

Its learning ability is actually quite similar to that of the White Shadow Ninja, but its focus in mastering third-rate swordsmanship seems to lean more towards the Sword God style, while the White Shadow Ninja focuses on the Water God style.

The Tsuchimiya family cemetery is located in a relatively remote area; even if you walk a distance, there are hardly any people on the streets.

The white-clad ninja and the black-clad ninja stood facing each other on the deserted street, much like two swordsmen preparing for a life-or-death duel.

As Broly shouted "Start!", the two ninja soldiers rapidly approached each other, their ninja swords unleashing dazzling flashes of light.

The clanging sounds were deafening; it was unclear whether an ordinary person could hear them. From a normal person's perspective, each stab was utterly deadly, clearly aimed at killing each other.

In Broly's eyes, the skills of the Black and White Ninjas were similar, but to his surprise, the White Shadow Ninja quickly won the summoned creature sparring battle.

"Is it because of the soul crystals used for the summoning?"

Considering that the ki used by the two summoned ninjas is roughly the same, the only factor affecting their strength is the summoning variable added to this world.

And indeed, the soul crystals remaining from an A-level spirit, even if not all of them, contain more power than the evil spirit crystals formed by a group of C-level spirits.

"With this level of skill, it seems a bit of a stretch for him to be an instructor!"

Just as Broly was starting to feel troubled, the shadow ninja got up from the ground and started making gestures again.

"Absorb, grow? Eh, you mean, absorbing black soul crystals full of impurities can make your own strength grow?"

The shadowy ninja nodded quickly.

"Looks like you'll be busy. Alright, your task for now will be to hunt evil spirits to increase your strength, but remember, ghosts are not your hunting targets."

Yesterday I asked Isayama Yomi, and Broly has figured out the difference between spirits. The harmful ones are evil spirits, and those can be eliminated.

The harmless ones are ghosts. Exorcists generally don't bother with those kinds of spirits and won't actively try to eliminate them. At least before they lose their minds and become evil spirits, those spirits are treated as half a person.

Many exorcists believe that exorcising their spirits is no different from killing them, and it will bring a lot of mental stress.

The shadow ninja's eyes lit up, but then he heard Broly say, "To avoid you possibly mistaking the spirit you're hunting, the white shadow ninja will assist you in identifying the spirit."

Although the Shadow Ninja preferred to act freely, he did not show any dissatisfaction with Broly, his master, and nodded in acceptance of the arrangement.

"Alright, until your strength improves, the training plan may have to be put on hold. Also, there's something else..."

Both black and white ninjas looked over at the same time, awaiting their master's reprimand.

"Everyone, buy a shovel and come over here tonight to dig a grave with me!"

(End of this chapter)