Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 603 Some want to defect to the Countermeasures Bureau, some want to defect to the Shadow Ninja

With her younger sister by her side, she left the embassy building on the Cursed Path and stood on the bustling streets of Tokyo at night. Setsuna Imano felt a little lost and didn't know where to go.

Her original idea was to challenge her father and seize the position of leader of the Curse Forbidden Path. As long as she became the leader of the Curse Forbidden Path, all the troubles would be no troubles.

However, what actually happened was different from what she had expected. Of course, if she had delivered the final blow directly, she could have returned to the trajectory she envisioned, but in her sister's eyes, she would probably have become the one who killed her father.

Before leaving, it was uncertain whether their warning would have the desired effect and prevent the Curse Forbidden Sect from causing trouble and hunting them down afterward.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Because she hadn't been wearing shoes, Shizuru Imano was now being carried on her sister's back. She tilted her head and looked at her sister, asking a question.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about where we should go next."

It was a fact that he hadn't killed his father, and Setsuna Imano didn't regret his decision to spare his father.

Her younger sister behind her was her light, and everything she did was to protect that light.

"Have you thought it through, sister?"

"Ah."

Setsuna nodded, carried his younger sister on his back, and headed towards the Isayama family's seaside villa.

. . . .

"Ding dong~"

The doorbell rang, and Yomi Isayama came out to open the door. She saw Setsuna Imano holding a cute girl's hand, standing at the door with some bloodstains on her body.

"Setsuna-nee, you're injured?!"

"It has been restored."

Setsuna Kino unzipped his leather jacket, revealing his bare skin to the girl in front of him.

"So, you succeeded. This is your sister, Shizuru?"

"It's a pleasure to meet you. My sister, you've taken good care of me these past few days."

Shizuru Imano was very polite, bowing to greet Yomi Isayama in front of her.

On the way here, her sister had already told her about Isayama Yomi and the others.

"What a polite child."

Isayama Yomi felt a little itchy to touch the girl's lowered, docile head, but since it was their first meeting, she couldn't make a move on her sister in front of Setsuna, who was also a sister-complex sister, such as using a head-patting flirting trick.

"My sister and I have nowhere to go for the time being, I don't know if this is possible..."

"Come in quickly!"

Before Izayama Yomi could finish speaking, he pulled her and the girl next to him into the house.

My feet are a little dirty!

Shizuru Imano called out, but had already left a black footprint on the wooden floor at the entrance.

"I was in such a rush that I forgot to put shoes on my little sister."

Setsuna Imano explained.

"It's okay, just go to the toilet to wash up. You're all dirty too, why don't you take a shower? I'll go get you some clean clothes."

"Thank you."

Setsuna thanked them and took her sister to the bathroom. When they came out after washing up, Yomi Isayama and the others were already sitting in the living room waiting for them.

"Tell me about what happened tonight."

Isayama Meido.

Before the Imano sisters came out, she learned from her cousin that they had nowhere to go.

To be honest, situations like that of Setsuna Kino often indicate trouble.

She reminded her cousin, which is why we are now facing a three-way trial.

Setsuna Kino knew his own situation and didn't hide anything, recounting what had happened at the Cursed Forbidden Path embassy building.

“Your father is not dead, and according to the rules of your Curse Forbidden Path, he may very well send someone to cause trouble.”

Isayama Mei's words were subtle; he might even have sent someone to kill his own daughter.

"Ah."

Setsuna Imai did not deny it; she also thought this was possible.

“You know the current situation of the Isayama family. My uncle is busy with the Great Calamity. At such a time, it is really difficult to confront the Cursed Path.”

Yomi Isayama did not comment on her cousin's words. Although she was willing to help Setsuna Imano and her sister, she was hesitant to make a decision if the Isayama family was involved.

Because sheltering the two sisters could bring big trouble to the Isayama family, and even more so to their father.

“I know, so I already have a plan. I just hope that the Isayama family can temporarily take in my sister Shizuru and let her stay here.”

Can you tell me your idea?

Isayama asked.

"This is the knife that houses the Black Four Crossbows."

Setsuna Imano placed a broken sword on the table.

"Black Four-Crossbow, I've heard of it. Do you want to use this to gain the protection of the Isayama family?"

But this isn't a question of whether they want to or not; it's a question of whether the Isayama family can actually do it.

Mei Isayama reminded him.

"No, this is a pledge of allegiance."

Setsuna Imano shook his head.

"A pledge of allegiance to the Yin-Yang School."

On her way here, she had already decided that, given the uncertainty of whether her father would harm her and her sister later, they would need protection.

The enemies of the Cursed Path are the perfect people to turn to, and coincidentally, she also has a good personal relationship with the Isayama family.

“I wish to express my sincerity to the entire Onmyōdō through Uncle Naraku. However, the organization I wish to align myself with is not a particular family within Onmyōdō, but rather the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau. Yomi, I hope you can introduce me to the head of the Bureau, Jingūji…”

With her ability to break through the Cursed Forbidden Path's Tokyo headquarters, even if that ability is somewhat exaggerated, she is clearly a very good talent for the Countermeasures Bureau, which is always short-staffed.

While the Countermeasures Bureau may lack overt strength, it is backed by the Tsuchimikado family of the Onmyōdō, so the Curse Forbidden Path would likely not dare to act rashly.

As the former successor of the Cursed Path, Setsuna Imano was quite clear about the situation. Even her father did not want to easily start another war with the Onmyōdō before he was fully prepared.

Therefore, the idea of ​​using the Black Four Crossbows as a token of sincerity and one's own abilities as a bargaining chip to seek refuge with the Countermeasures Bureau is entirely feasible, especially with the Isayama family acting as a middleman and guarantor.

As for the Isayama family, Setsuna Kino had had in-depth contact with them. Neither the current head of the family nor the future head, Yomi, were the kind of people who would betray their promises; they were trustworthy. "Chief Jinguji will definitely welcome Setsuna-nee to the Countermeasures Bureau."

After hearing Setsuna Imano's idea of ​​joining the Onmyōdō and the Countermeasures Bureau, the atmosphere in the living room relaxed, and Yomi Isayama readily agreed to act as the middleman.

She was unable to take on a large amount of help simply because she lacked the ability, but in matters within her power, Isayama Yomi was willing to help Imano Setsuna.

"Your strength actually increased that much after injecting that drug?"

Isayama Mei inquired about the potion.

"Sister Setsuna, are you feeling alright anywhere?"

Broly also chimed in with a question.

Setsuna answered each question, her tone filled with gratitude for the white-clad ninja who had given her the medicine and helped her at a crucial moment.

In her final plan, if the Countermeasures Bureau couldn't protect her and her sister, then the White Shadow Ninja would be her last resort.

Broly recorded Setsuna Imano's experience using the gene evolution drug. After finishing recording, he said he was going to the toilet. In the toilet, he summoned a water elemental and instructed it to throw water balls into the toilet if anyone approached, pretending to use the toilet. Then, his real body came outside.

A white shadowy figure emerged from the light cast by the streetlamp on the ground, and Broly asked it directly, "Did you go help out tonight?"

【Um. 】

The white-clad ninja nodded, seemingly a little uneasy that he might have done something unnecessary.

"You did a good job."

Since his relationship with Setsuna Imano was rather ordinary and she hadn't actively asked for his help, Broly didn't offer to help either. However, he did approve of the White Shadow Ninja's initiative to help her that night.

Because Setsuna Kino returned alive, and he received a human injection of gene evolution drug without any adverse reactions.

Upon receiving its master's praise, the white-clad ninja lowered its head. After a while, it took out the things that Setsuna Imano had given it after taking his sister away from the embassy building and handed them to its master.

"This is?"

Broly looked at the crystal in the white-clad ninja's hand and couldn't help but ask.

【The Killing Stone.】

The white-clad ninja held up a sign in response.

"Eh, is this the Killing Stone?"

Broly picked up the red crystal and examined it; it looked like a red pebble.

It's very round and cool to the touch, and you can't really tell anything special about it from its appearance.

After thinking for a moment, he extended his aura, and the Sesshōseki emitted a dazzling red light the instant it came into contact with Broly's aura.

A soul force far more powerful than that of ordinary people surged into Broly's consciousness along with his aura.

The Killing Stone begins to stir the deepest desires within those who arbitrarily use it, thus unleashing its inherent power to lead people astray.

The Saiyan boy's mind began to be read. Broly could feel the faint power transmitted into his body by the red stone in his hand, as if it was doing something to him, but he did not stop it, because he also wanted to know what this thing wanted to do.

【Sister Huangquan, Sister Kagura, would you be willing to become my wives and join my Crystal Palace?】

After some exploration, the Killing Stone finally read the Saiyan boy's deepest desires in this world, despite the boy's lack of resistance to its actions.

[Ah, so many happiness stats, so many happiness points, wahahaha...]

Broly's spiritual form stared with a dark expression at the false scene constructed deep within his mind by the Killing Stone. In the fantasy, after Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura agreed to become his wives, his false self was happily gloating because he had gained a lot of happiness points.

“I would be happy, but I would never laugh like that.”

Broly's mental construct directly extinguished the illusion in his mind created by the Sesshoseki.

However, the power of the Killing Stone, which had been extinguished, quickly entangled his mental body.

Outside, Broly's expression turned strange.

[Master, what's wrong? ]

The white-clad ninja noticed something amiss and held up a sign in front of him to ask.

"This thing says it will give me the power to conquer my two wives, as long as I'm willing to merge with it."

Broly offered an explanation.

【? 】

The white-clad ninja expressed his confusion with a question mark.

Do we need force when it comes to our own master?

"If I could win over my wife and make her happy with just force, why would I need to go through all this trouble?"

Broly described his initial experience with the Killing Stone as that of a clown stone, especially when the stone, realizing he had no intention of merging with it, tried to invade his consciousness with its feeble power, but failed, like an ant trying to shake a tree.

After discovering this, the thing changed its tactics, starting to play images of human malice in this world within his consciousness.

Broly found the stories about cold weapon warfare and hot weapon warfare rather boring; it was like someone using a horror movie to scare real ghosts.

The scenes of war created by human malice are brutal and would cause physical discomfort or even psychological trauma to ordinary people, but to Saiyans...

Wow, isn't this just our daily routine when we conquer planets?
If we kill with cold weapons, does a fist count as a cold weapon? Isn't turning a person into ashes with an energy blast more powerful than any incendiary bomb?
Although Broly didn't do much of the world (planet) conquest that normal Saiyans often do, the Sesshoseki used human war (malice) to try to corrupt his consciousness... Hmm, is this meant to keep him pure despite his evil ways?

After observing the war illusion of human history in his mind for a while, and finding that the Killing Stone was not coming up with anything new, Broly, feeling a bit bored, threw it back to the White Shadow Ninja.

【Owner? 】

"This is a plot prop; we might need to use it later."

After thinking for a moment, Broly added another sentence.

"For example, if that Curse Forbidden Path really dares to come and cause me unnecessary trouble, you can throw this thing back to that organization, and then let the Shadow go and take care of them."

While a direct solution isn't out of the question, it could easily shatter the personas and character that the two ninjas are playing. Broly thinks the greatest purpose of the Sessho-seki is probably to provide his summoned creatures with a legitimate and justifiable reason to eliminate a person or organization.

The white-clad ninja nodded, put away the Killing Stone, and after seeing that its master had no further instructions, it disappeared back into the lamplight.

For its master, the Curse Forbidden Path seems to lack even the qualifications to act as a villain in the background; it's more like a background character.

Anyone who dares to interfere with the training plot that is getting on track will be dealt with by the shadowy figure. However, the white-robed ninja went to inform the shadowy ninja.

So what was the shadow ninja doing at this time?
It was actually subduing evil spirits in the Tokyo area, and was being used as a test subject by its master's sisters to verify the results of its periodic training, serving as an extra in the next episode.

. . . .

"Lord Shadow, I am Kazuhiro Sanzukawa, and I have come with a group of evil spirits to pledge allegiance to you. Please accept our gifts and the presents we have prepared for you."

At that moment, the boy who was actually a phantom butterfly suddenly appeared in front of the shadowy ninja, bowing politely.

Behind him were countless sinful souls lured there by the Killing Stone.

(End of this chapter)