Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 584 The Strategy for Achieving a 'Perfect' Reading Comprehension Skill
The Tsuchimiya family's spiritual vein was attacked by a tide of evil spirits. The countermeasures bureau headquarters quickly received the news. Just as the countermeasures bureau reached a conclusion and planned to use transport planes used for extinguishing wildfires to transport holy water that could purify evil spirits to the area for large-scale spraying to eliminate the tide of evil spirits...

Suddenly, they realized they were no longer needed, because the evil spirit tide had already been wiped out by others.

"We are investigating who wiped them out. Little Huangquan, you don't need to come over. It's so late, and we've already disturbed your rest. Come to the Countermeasures Bureau tomorrow to get more information."

After hanging up the phone, Jinguji Ayame asked the staff member from the detection team next to her, "How is the remaining spiritual energy and resentment here?"

“Chief, there is no residual spiritual energy or resentment in this area.”

The exploration team answered the question.

"That's really lucky, I don't have to work too long tonight."

Upon hearing this, Sakuraba Kazuki, who was standing nearby, became somewhat pleased.

"Don't get too excited. We don't have to work overtime for too long tonight, but after that, we might have to work overtime every day."

Nikaido Kiri glanced at him and then poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"Eh?"

"Such a massive tide of evil spirits was wiped out so cleanly, without even a trace of spiritual power or resentment remaining. You don't think the guys who did it were ordinary people, do you?"

"And what exactly was their purpose in taking Lady Tsuchimiya's body? If we don't figure that out, things will only get worse for our policy bureau."

Koji Iwabata explained from the side.

. . . .

The next day, after Broly got up and ate breakfast, just as he was about to be sent to elementary school, he was called aside by Yomi Isayama.

"Broly, you need to keep what happened at the Tsuchimiya family's place last night a secret from Kagura for now, understand? I don't want her to worry too much."

Isayama Yomi and the boy whispered in each other's ears.

"Ah."

Broly, who attacked the Tsuchimiya family last night, nodded seriously in response. If he had known that Master Aqua couldn't come here immediately, he wouldn't have attacked the Tsuchimiya family to take the body.

"Broly is such a good boy, keep up the good work in school!"

The girl smiled radiantly, kissed the boy on the forehead, and then took his hand and led him towards the entrance.

At the entrance, Kagura Tsuchimiya had already changed her shoes and looked at the two people walking towards her with some curiosity.

Last night, when Isayama Yomi received the call, she did not wake the girl sleeping next to her.

"Sister Huang Quan, are you and Broly whispering something I can't hear?"

The girl asked a question.

"No, I just told Broly to take good care of you at school."

Isayama Yomi vehemently denied it.

"Ah."

Broly nodded in agreement.

"I'm the older sister, shouldn't I be the one taking care of him?"

Kagura Tsuchimiya puffed out her cheeks, revealing an adorable expression, and didn't notice anything unusual.

"Then please take good care of him too!"

The three of them went out. As students, even though the evil spirit tide had happened last night, it seemed to have little to do with them. They still had to go to school.

Isayama Yomi escorted the two to the elementary school gate, said goodbye, and then went alone to her own junior high school.

"Broly, let me take you to the classroom!"

Outside the school, Isayama Yomi's hand, which had been holding his, was released for a short while before Tsuchimiya Kagura's small hand took his again.

After entering primary school, the girl really took care of him, her 'little brother,' just like an older sister.

"Hey, why is Tsuchimiya holding a boy's hand?"

In fifth and sixth grade, elementary school students have already developed an awareness of the differences between boys and girls, and this awareness may lead them to subconsciously ridicule same-sex students who are too close to the opposite sex.

Drawing an umbrella on the blackboard and writing a boy's or girl's name under it is a prank that children of this age would play.

So, when Kagura Tsuchimiya walked into the classroom hand in hand with Broly, the elementary school students who knew Kagura Tsuchimiya started making some strange remarks.

"This is my younger brother, his name is Broly. He will be our classmate from now on. Please take good care of him."

However, these words did not affect Tsuchimiya Kagura. She confidently led the boy to the podium and introduced him to the students in the class.

"So it's your younger brother. How come you've never mentioned him before?"

After I stepped down from the podium, some familiar girls gathered around and asked me what had happened.

"He is my sworn brother."

Kagura Tsuchimiya's introduction made it easy for Broly to integrate into the elementary school class.

"Looks pretty cute~"

A girl who was familiar with Tsuchimiya Kagura was talking to him when she came closer.

"Little Broly, call me 'big sister'!"

She started flirting with the Saiyan boy.

Broly: "..."

Please don't tease this child.

Kagura Tsuchimiya quickly stopped her, but she seemed perfectly normal, perhaps because the girl had asked her to take care of the boy.

"Hey, are you a Kamen Rider too?"

Besides the little girl who came over wanting him to call her "sister," a group of little boys came over to talk to him after the first class.

"Kamen Rider is?"

Broly asked the other person in confusion, and saw the boy in front of him point to the side-sliding phone in his hand.

"Isn't this a Kamen Rider transformation device?"

As they spoke, the other person also took out a side-sliding phone that looked very similar, but was actually made of plastic.

Press the button above, clip the item to your waistband, and the sound of "HENSHIN" will play.

"Uh, this isn't a transformation device, it's a cell phone."

Broly shook his head and showed the other person his phone.

The screensaver features a photo of him with a girl and a boy, along with three kittens perched on their heads.

"Hey, you actually took such intimate photos with a girl?"
You don't even know what Kamen Rider is?
"Hmph, you little brat, don't even think about being our friend!"

The boy glanced at the photo on his phone's screen saver and let out a cold snort.

After saying that, he left with a group of boys.

Broly: "???"

"Are you OK?"

Seeing this, Kagura Tsuchimiya came over and asked, as she suddenly realized why she had chosen that particular style of phone.

It was because the boys in the class had played with similar toys and thought they were cool that I thought so, but I didn't expect it to have the opposite effect at this time.

"I'm fine, Kagura-neechan. Besides, I don't want to be friends with anyone other than you here."

Broly said seriously.

Is this what it feels like to be depended on by a child younger than yourself?

Broly is clearly a super exorcism genius who's even better than me...】 Tsuchimiya Kagura thought to herself, and then said seriously, "The boys won't play with you, but I'll play with you, Broly, what do you want to play?"

There are many games for elementary school students, but for girls, the only one suitable to play during breaks is cat's cradle.

Going to school is a rather boring thing. Broly is not interested in most of the elementary school subjects, but he is very interested in Kagura Tsuchimiya sitting next to him, sharing her teaching materials with him and answering his questions.

After asking the girl for knowledge, which increased her happiness level by three points, it was time for school to end in the afternoon.

How was your first day of school?

Isayama Yomi left school early and ran to the elementary school gate to pick up the two of them. When she saw the boy walking out with Tsuchimiya Kagura, she asked him directly.

"It was very enjoyable. Kagura-neechan taught me many things I didn't know."

Broly nodded in reply, saying that school was boring, but he enjoyed spending time with Kagura Tsuchimiya.

"That's good. I thought you might have some trouble adjusting to campus life."

Isayama Yomi was finally relieved.

"I'm going to the countermeasures bureau. You two can stay home."

After walking the two home, Isayama Yomi went out again.

"Sister Huangquan, shouldn't I come along?"

Broly asked.

"If you come with us, Kagura will be all alone at home. It's not like the Countermeasures Bureau has any urgent mission right now, so Broly, you should stay home and keep Kagura company!"

Isayama Yomi answered.

"Ah, it's fine for me to stay at home alone. Your work is more important; you might even save someone's life, so you don't need to worry about me."

Kagura Tsuchimiya refused, as she had been raised with this kind of education since childhood, having been born into a family that exorcises demons.

Exorcism is a very important matter, and it may be related to the lives of other people. Therefore, when her parents are out exorcising spirits and cannot be with her, she should be a good and obedient child.

Yes, be a good and sensible child...

Thinking of this, Kagura Tsuchimiya felt sad again, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Kagura-neechan, are you alright? Or should I stay home and keep you company?"

Broly noticed the change in her happiness level and quickly said something.

"No, no need, I'm fine. I just suddenly thought of my mother. Whenever my mother has work, she always leaves me at home and tells me to wait patiently for her to come back."

And I always obeyed, but suddenly my mother couldn't come back. Broly, Sister Huangquan, I can wait at home, but I hope you can come back forever..."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely be back."

Isayama Yomi took Tsuchimiya Kagura's hand and earnestly made a promise to the girl.

"Yes, I will definitely come back."

Broly also took Kagura Tsuchimiya's other hand and said.

However, his promise to return is probably different from the promise of return made by Isayama Yomi.

The girl meant that they would definitely get home safely.

Broly meant that your mother would come back alive later.

. . . .

Broly and Yomi Isayama went to the Countermeasures Bureau together.

Upon arriving at the Countermeasures Bureau, Isayama Yomi approached Jinguji Ayame and inquired about the specifics.

"Chief, what exactly happened at the Tsuchimiya family's place last night?"

"You're here. Please have a seat. I'll have Nikaido pour you some juice."

Nikaido Kiri poured two glasses of chilled juice and then, in place of Jinguji Ayame, began explaining the situation.

The evil spirit tide wasn't described in much detail; the main focus was on the mysterious man in black who broke into the Earth Palace family's spiritual vein and then eliminated the evil spirit tide.

"According to the description of the Tsuchimiya family's exorcist, the other party should be a dwarf. He wielded the sword and shattered the Fudo Myoo barrier as if it were nothing, thus intruding into the Tsuchimiya family's spiritual vein."

"Ah, the other party disrupted the inheritance ceremony, and something happened to the head of the Tsuchimiya family?"

Isayama Yomi became somewhat nervous, mainly because she was worried about the girl in her family, who might face the loss of her father in just a few days after losing her mother.

"No, that man in black didn't disrupt the inheritance ceremony or kill anyone after entering the Earth Palace family's spiritual vein land, but..."

At this point, Kirito Nikaido's expression became somewhat strange. He paused for a moment before continuing, "They only took Lady Tsuchimiya's body."

"Hey, Kagura's mother's body was stolen?"

Isayama Yomi stared wide-eyed.

"That's the way it is."

Izuna Noriyuki came over and confirmed the situation.

"Wait, if that's the case, wouldn't the Tsuchimiya family's tradition ceremony be considered disrupted?"

"No, since the spirit beast Bai Rui has already been taken out, Madam Tu Gong's remains only served to help appease Bai Rui."

Even if it's lost, it only increases the risk of the inheritance ceremony and prolongs its completion time; the ceremony itself is not destroyed.

Upon hearing this, Yomi Isayama breathed a sigh of relief. The succession ceremony had not been disrupted, and Kagura Tsuchimiya's father was also unharmed; this was very good news.

"So, what's wrong with all of you looking so worried?"

Relaxed, Yomi Isayama took a sip of chilled juice and, looking at the worried faces of the Countermeasures Bureau staff, couldn't help but ask.

"That's the problem. A mysterious person with terrifying strength, capable of easily annihilating the evil spirit tide and breaking through the Fudo Myoo barrier to enter the Tsuchimiya family's spiritual vein, didn't go there to seize the Killing Stone held by the Tsuchimiya family, nor to disrupt the Tsuchimiya family's inheritance ceremony. So what was that person doing there?"

“Nabu doesn’t understand.”

“Nabu doesn’t understand either.”

The Nabu brothers each spoke a sentence, expressing the inner thoughts of everyone within the Countermeasures Bureau.

"What we are speculating about is the purpose of that mysterious person."

Jinguji Ayame said.

"That person took Lady Tsuchimiya's body; wasn't the body exactly what they wanted?"

Broly, who was involved last night, spoke up at this point, saying that he felt he shouldn't cause so many people distress.

"No, no, no, Broly, if you think that way, you're being too naive. To risk entering the Tsuchimiya family's spiritual vein, which is guarded by a large number of exorcists, just to take the body of a deceased person, even if it's Mrs. Tsuchimiya's body, is simply unreasonable."

"Therefore, we believe that the other party may have a bigger plan!"

"What's the plan?"

Isayama Yomi pressed for details.

"The strongest spirit beast of the Tsuchimiya family, Byakuei!"

Jinguji Ayame answered this question.

"The Tsuchimiya family's ability to manipulate Byakuei stems from their unique bloodline."

Our speculation is that the mysterious figure took Lady Tsuchimiya's body likely to decipher the Tsuchimiya family's special bloodline, thus paving the way for acquiring the strongest spirit beast, Hakuei!

Koji Iwatata said.

"what?"

Broly's mouth dropped open. How could he not know that he had such thoughts?

(End of this chapter)