Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 590 Broly's unusual behavior, has it been seen through?!
"Let me introduce you. This is Mei Isayama, my younger brother's daughter. She's only a year older than Yomi, but she's already an amazing exorcist. You can call her your cousin."

After leading the girl into the living room, Isayama Naraku introduced her to the Saiyan boy who was feeding a kitten in the living room.

"This is Broly, a new member of the Isayama family, and your cousin."

After introducing the girl, Isayama Naraku then introduced Broly's identity to the girl next to him who was wearing a cherry blossom pink kimono.

"Uncle Naraku, have you adopted another new child?"

The white-haired girl frowned; she had never heard of this before.

"Broly was a child I brought home from the underworld. He was homeless, so I adopted him."

However, I've been too busy lately and haven't had a chance to announce it publicly yet.

Naraku Isayama explained.

However, this was actually because he was temporarily taking over as the leader of the Demon Exorcism Alliance, and there were more and more people around him who flattered him. Isayama Naraku was worried that this might affect the boy's growth, so he kept it a secret.

Therefore, the man even consulted with the countermeasures bureau, and no one who knew about it publicized it.

"Nice to meet you, Sister Mingtang, I'm Broly."

Broly put the kitten down, stood up, and politely greeted the white-haired girl in front of him.

"Just call me Isayama Mei, there's no need to call me cousin."

Mei Isayama's attitude was somewhat cold. Just as she didn't particularly like Yomi Isayama, she also didn't particularly like the boy in front of her, who had been brought into the Isayama family by Yomi Isayama and adopted by his uncle, but who had no blood relation to the Isayama family whatsoever.

Her father taught her from a young age to become an exorcist, and told her that the exorcism responsibility of the exorcist family that he had once escaped would be taken up again by her as his daughter in the future.

From a young age, Mei Isayama was pushed forward by her father with the goal of becoming the head of the Isayama family. However, as she grew older, she discovered that this position had been filled by her cousin, Yomi Isayama, who was an adopted daughter of her uncle and had no blood relation to the Isayama family.

If it weren't for Yomi Isayama, Uncle Naraku would probably only have himself to rely on, and such thoughts would occasionally pop into Mei Isayama's mind.

In this situation, it would be truly bizarre for Mei Isayama to have feelings for the adopted daughter and son of the Isayama family.

Of course, the girl never showed these resentful emotions on the surface. Although she had complaints and dissatisfaction in her heart, she outwardly respected her uncle's choice.

However, if given the opportunity to prove herself and demonstrate that she is more suitable than Yomi Isayama to inherit the Isayama family, she will give it her all.

This is also why, even though she received a plea for help from Uncle Isayama Naraku last night, and knew that the culprit who attacked the Tsuchimiya family's spiritual vein was definitely an extremely dangerous being, she still came to the main family today. Isayama Naraku wanted to prove herself in front of her uncle, or perhaps die here.

The former goes without saying; if we can win back my uncle's heart, then we can save the Isayama family and prevent it from falling into the hands of outsiders.

If it is the latter, then if I die, it will be for the main family of the Isayama clan, and that would be a proper explanation to my father and to the path of the exorcist I embarked on.

"Would you like to touch it?"

The girl, who came here prepared for possible death, had a calm demeanor unlike that of a boy her age, but she was still attracted to cute things. After noticing her gaze as she looked at the kittens in the cat carrier several times, Broly couldn't help but ask a question.

"Need not."

Mei Isayama blushed. She wanted to refuse, but for some reason, what came out of her mouth was, "Is it okay?"

"of course can."

Broly nodded and carried the cat carrier to the table.

After so many days, the three kittens have finally opened their eyes.

Upon seeing Isayama Mei outside the box, the little chamois even stood up shakily and meowed at the girl.

Mei Isayama's lips twitched, as if he was about to smile, but then his lips tightened.

She carefully extended her slender finger, and the little lily sniffed it, then opened its little mouth and bit her fingertip, actually sucking on the girl's finger.

Isn't it cute?

"Ah."

"This must be because they haven't eaten enough yet. Sister Ming, would you like to feed them?"

Isayama Yomi leaned closer and asked. Isayama was about to refuse, but...

Holding her hand with the little three-flowered girl, she couldn't easily pull her hand away, but she needed something to replace her fingers.

The nipple of a small baby bottle filled with warm goat milk would be just right.

"Sister Ming, you can't force-feed it. Let the little guy hold you and suckle. That way, it's less likely to choke on the milk. Once it's full, it will let go on its own or lick its lips to show that it's full."

The two girls huddled together, with Isayama Yomi teaching Isayama Mei how to properly feed the kittens. Isayama Mei didn't feed them according to her own ideas, but listened attentively to Isayama Yomi's teachings while feeding the calico kitten. Meanwhile, the other two little ones hadn't been fed yet and were whimpering.

Broly didn't interfere, giving up the opportunity to feed the kittens. After this shared feeding of the kittens, Mei Isayama's unapproachable aura lessened.

After lunch, the doorbell rang again. Isayama Yomi was washing the dishes, while Tsuchimiya Kagura was helping to tidy up the table.

This time, Broly went to open the door. As soon as he opened it, he saw a group of strangers in suits standing at the door. At the front was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in jeans and a black short-sleeved shirt who looked very capable. She was also carrying a large rectangular suitcase.

"Who are you looking for?"

Broly looked up at the 1.7-meter-tall, capable-looking girl in front of him and asked.

“We are looking for the head of the Isayama family. According to the agreement, we will serve as the Isayama family’s guards for the foreseeable future.”

Setsuna Imano replied that they were from the Cursed Path. Last night, Naraku Isayama failed to get help from other families, so he rushed to the Cursed Path's Tokyo headquarters overnight and made a deal with the head of the Cursed Path, hiring these mercenaries from the underground organization to act as guards.

"You are here, come in."

Naraku Isayama came out with little expression on his face, quite different from when he met Mei Isayama.

"Set up protective measures."

After giving instructions to his men, Kinno Setsuna entered the Isayama residence alone.

When Isayama Naraku introduced her identity, Isayama Mei suddenly stood up.

"Uncle Naraku, do you know what you're doing? By contacting those guys from the Cursed Forbidden Path, are you trying to betray the Yin-Yang Path?"

“I had no intention of betraying the Yin-Yang Path. It was just a hiring contract. I paid money to the Curse Forbidden Path organization, and the Curse Forbidden Path accepted the hiring contract. That’s all.”

Naraku Isayama calmly gave his reply.

"Sister Huangquan, why does Sister Ming look so angry?"

Kagura Tsuchimiya asked the girl beside her in a low voice.

"Because the Curse Forbidden Path is a group of sorcerers who were defeated in the past and were driven out by the then-rulers and forces of the Yin-Yang Path. This group only made a comeback and returned to their homeland in modern times, while the families of the Yin-Yang Path have always been on guard against them."

Isayama Yomi answered softly.

The feud between the Yin-Yang Path and the Curse-Forbidden Path is a long-standing affair, and she only knew about it through records in some books in the Isayama family collection. She didn't know much about it, but she was clear that the two sides had a deep entanglement.

Logically speaking, Isayama Naraku shouldn't have sought help from the Cursed Path, or even tried to hire a Cursed Path sorcerer. However, his fellow clans were too self-protective and refused his request for help. In Tokyo, the only other organization that could be considered a helper and had sufficient strength was the Cursed Path.

"Can the people of the Curse Forbidden Path be trusted?" "The feud between the Curse Forbidden Path and the Yin-Yang Path is a thing of the past. Nowadays, the Yin-Yang Path is no longer prosperous, and the Curse Forbidden Path has also changed its profession to arms dealers and mercenaries. In the mercenary industry, the Curse Forbidden Path has always had a good reputation, so I think they should be trustworthy."

At this point, Isayama Naraku paused before continuing, "Besides, even if it's untrustworthy, the Isayama family had no other choice. And this was a choice made with the help of other families, wasn't it?"

He asked for help, and his own niece showed up instead. It was quite ironic, to say the least.

As for this, Isayama Mei was somewhat speechless.

It's because other exorcist families lacked loyalty; you can't blame your uncle for hiring mercenaries from the Forbidden Curse Path.

"Then, Miss Imano, the external defense of the Isayama family will be entrusted to your Cursed Path."

Setsuna nodded, while she herself was in charge of the interior defenses of the house.

"Um, Sister Ming, want to play video games?"

In the afternoon, the five of them gathered in the living room. With nothing much to do, Isayama Yomi couldn't help but ask Isayama Mei a question.

"Video games? Cousin Huang Quan, you are really lazy. Instead of playing games, you should conserve your energy and be on guard against enemies that may attack at any time."

Isayama Yomi: "..."

She naturally knew this principle, but since Mei Isayama had just arrived, she wanted to use the game to deepen her sisterly bond with her cousin.

"And what about Miss Imano?"

After being rebuffed by her cousin, Izayama Yomi turned to the girl from the Cursed Path on the other side and asked her a question.

"I never play video games. Is there a shooting range here? I'd like to practice my shooting skills."

As Setsuna Ichino spoke, he opened his briefcase and took out a silver Desert Eagle.

"Well, there's no place to practice shooting, but there is a dojo, though it doesn't seem suitable for you to practice shooting."

"Then I won't load the bullets."

“Then you can train at the dojo.”

Setsuna Imano was taken to the Isayama family's dojo, and Mei Isayama went with him.

The two were in the dojo, one practicing aerial shooting with a silver Desert Eagle, and the other warming up with slashing techniques with a naginata.

In this atmosphere, playing video games was out of the question, but Yomi Isayama and Kagura Tsuchimiya each picked up bamboo swords and began practicing their swordsmanship.

How to describe this scene? Perhaps because there were outsiders present, the four people who were training, except for Tsuchimiya Kagura, were secretly competing with each other, each working harder than the last.

Inspired by this atmosphere, the girl also swung her sword with all her might.

"Broly, are you coming too?"

Isayama Yomi extended an invitation.

"it is good."

Broly nodded.

Isayama Mei turned his gaze over and was somewhat surprised to see the boy's very steady and clean sword-wielding movements.

On the other side, Setsuna Imano also looked over, and with just one glance, her eyebrows rose.

Broly noticed the strange look in her eyes and looked in her direction.

When their eyes met, Broly's heart skipped a beat, feeling as if the other woman could see right through him. This made him ask her, "Ms. Imano, is there something wrong with me that you're looking at me like that?"

"I once had a miraculous encounter and gained an ability called the 'Eye of Bodhi,' which allows me to see the truth behind many mysteries."

Although I don't know your situation, when you swung your sword, my Bodhi Eye reminded me that you seem to be more complex than you appear.

After thinking for a moment, Setsuna Imai did not hide anything and told him what had happened.

"?!"

Everyone present was taken aback upon hearing this.

Broly's extraordinary talent has been discovered?!

This was the idea of ​​Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura.

Did she see through my disguise?

Broly had this idea.

[It's unlikely that Uncle would adopt a new son so casually. Is there something special about this boy that made Uncle Naraku decide to adopt him?]

Isayama Mei thought to himself.

"Ah, this might be related to the fact that I once absorbed a piece of soul crystal. Ever since I absorbed it, I feel like I've become more powerful."

Broly put on an innocent expression and spoke to the capable-looking girl over there.

"I see, it's the potential that's just surfaced. That's not impossible."

Setsuna nodded, but didn't delve into anything further.

Ultimately, she was there to carry out the guard duties assigned by her father and the organization.

As for whether the boys of the Isayama family were hiding a deeper secret, that was none of her business.

Therefore, Setsuna Imano only mentioned it briefly, and after Broly gave a plausible reason, he went along with it.

Broly breathed a sigh of relief, Isayama Yomi breathed a sigh of relief, and Isayama Mei was somewhat surprised by the boy's good luck.

"Isn't practicing alone a bit boring? Gentlemen, how about some sparring?"

After training for about half an hour, Mei Isayama suddenly made a suggestion, which attracted the attention of the others.

"Sparring with you, Sister Ming? It's been a long time since I've done that."

Isayama Yomi was eager to try, wanting to prove herself better than her, but Isayama Yomi also wanted to prove herself better than her cousin.

Although the position of head of the Isayama family will inevitably change hands to Broly in the future, the gossip of her relatives has made her feel somewhat competitive towards her cousin at this time.

"And what about me? Am I supposed to compare myself to two children?"

Setsuna asked, and she was also interested.

The conflict between the Curse-Forbidden Path and the Yin-Yang Path has lasted for over a century, and her current predicament is also related to the Curse-Forbidden Path's past defeats in the struggle.

She also wanted to know whether it represented the power of the Curse Forbidden Path itself, or the power of the two girls from the Isayama family in the Yin-Yang Path.

(End of this chapter)