Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 617 The World of Food Spirits, The Curtain Falls~
"Lady Tsuchimiya, were you not dead before?"

Jinguji Ayame frowned and asked.

"No, I did die, but I was resurrected by Broly, who asked his master and teacher to do the same."

Mai Tsuchimiya first answered Ayame Jinguji's question, then looked at her crying daughter: "Kagura, I'm sorry, Mom didn't keep her promise to come back."

"Oh, God!"

Kagura Tsuchimiya couldn't hold back any longer and lunged at her resurrected mother. Byakuei was quickly handed to Wiz by Mai Tsuchimiya, thus preventing the little white dog spirit beast from being attacked by Kagura Tsuchimiya's selfless charge.

Mai Tsuchimiya stroked Kagura Tsuchimiya's head without saying anything more. She simply hugged her daughter tightly with her body, which had regained its warmth, as if to show that she was indeed a living person now.

"Lady Tsuchimiya, what exactly is going on?"

Isayama Naraku asked the question, as things like the resurrection of the dead are usually easily associated with demonic cultivation.

"The thing is like this..."

Mai Tsuchimiya slowly recounted the dramatic story of her resurrection, which she had heard from Broly.

After hearing the story, the audience felt nothing but a sense of absurdity and a rollercoaster of emotions.

It's like receiving several pieces of good news, and at the same time, several pieces of bad news.

Good news: The crisis brought by the Shadow Ninja is fake.

Bad news: The abyss deep within the great spiritual vein is indeed brewing a new cataclysmic disaster.

Good news: The cataclysmic disaster was thwarted before it could fully unfold.

The bad news: the scattered people nearly destroyed the world once.

The aftershocks of the global earthquake that night continued to reverberate.

However, this time, it was the people who learned the truth who were shaken.

Good news: The boy who was suspected of being able to destroy the world is now bowing deeply in apology to them.

……

In order to prevent Isayama Yomi from being pressured by her relatives, a powerful spirit was created to train Isayama Yomi.

In order to cheer up Kagura Tsuchimiya, he launched a night raid on the Tsuchimiya family and seized the corpse of Lady Tsuchimiya, intending to resurrect her.

Afterwards, I heard the story that the Countermeasures Bureau had imagined, so I used the story the Countermeasures Bureau told me to create a background setting.

……

After listening to Mai Tsuchimiya's words, and having Broly answer all the questions about blind spots and clarify the whole situation, everyone present felt a bit numb.

Of course, for Yomi Isayama, it was a sudden realization that what Broly had told her at the beginning was actually true. She had just imagined some random things and said something like "be a normal kid," which made him take it seriously, leading to the boy hiding his talents from her.

As for Kagura Tsuchimiya, Broly's mission to revive her deceased mother, despite some misunderstandings, did not prevent her happiness level from skyrocketing after learning the truth and seeing her resurrected mother.

As for Mei Isayama, she felt she had made a huge profit. The boy she didn't dislike, who seemed like a potential stock, wasn't a potential stock at all; he was already a high-priced stock that had been listed on the stock market, and she had just bought him at a low price.

As for Setsuna Imano, after discovering that Broly was the person behind the White Shadow Ninja, all the gratitude she had originally felt for the White Shadow Ninja now fell on the boy.

“Although you have concealed some things, I am still very grateful to you, Broly. It was you who helped my sister and me escape the quagmire of the Cursed Path.”

In front of everyone, Setsuna Imano boldly kissed the boy's right cheek. Shizuru Imano followed suit, said thank you, and then kissed the boy's left cheek, just like her sister.

"Alright, alright, stop taking advantage of my disciples. I, a goddess from the celestial realm, will personally treat you all, and that will settle things!"

Aqua was a little jealous, but since the two sisters did call her "master," she took her anger out on the other unrelated people.

Without waiting for the group to agree or disagree, he directly cast a powerful healing spell into the crowd. Then, the Countermeasures Bureau and the Exorcism Alliance, along with anyone with old injuries or hidden ailments, took the following actions.

"Ah, my eyes... I think I can see again!"

"Hey, the scars on my face have actually disappeared."

"My hands are so itchy!"

Isayama Naraku covered his severed left arm and watched as bone and granulation tissue slowly grew from the stump under the light blue magical glow, followed by flesh and blood tissue covering it. After Aqua's healing magic disappeared, his fair and tender arm was completely healed.

Hidden ailments and old injuries were healed one by one, and missing parts of the body were even directly replaced. Such phenomena were undoubtedly miracles.

Those who had previously harbored doubts about Mai Tsuchimiya's resurrection no longer doubted it, for a miracle had befallen them. They looked at Aqua with reverence, and some even developed faith in her.

"Lady Aqua, thank you for your kindness, but please forgive my rudeness. I would like to ask about the matter of you purifying the evil spirits in Naraku."

"Alright, old man, ask whatever you want. For Broly and Yomi's sake, I can answer some of your questions."

Aqua waved her hand casually.

"Then this old man will ask..."

Isayama Naraku then asked whether the crisis in this world had been resolved.

"It can only be considered a temporary solution, but if the evil spirits flowing into your world's great spiritual veins exceed the purification speed of your world's great spiritual veins again in the future, the world-ending crisis like the resurgence of the Nine-Tailed Fox will still occur."

To be honest, Aqua only alleviated the blockage of the major spiritual veins, but the fundamental problem has not yet been completely resolved.

Although the local earth gods of this world's great spiritual vein are already working, this world is ultimately different from their world with the celestial realm. Whether they can support the smooth operation of the entire reincarnation system in the future still depends on the efforts of those earth gods.

"Lady Aqua, may I ask if we could also contribute our modest efforts to this reincarnation system of the Great Spirit Vein?"

After listening to Aqua's description of rebuilding the reincarnation platform, Isayama Naraku thought for a moment and then asked.

"Hey, do you also want to die sooner and go underground to do 007's work?"

Aqua looked at him with some surprise.

"Ah, no, I mean, helping out in the human world. After all, we exorcists do have some ability to purify evil spirits."

"Oh, I see. An angel acting on behalf of humanity, right? Of course, according to your local terminology, it should be called something like 'proxy death god'."

Aqua nodded, agreeing with Isayama Naraku's idea. The exorcists in this world couldn't compare to her in terms of purification power, but even small efforts could accumulate.

"Ah, Lady Aqua, please let us do our part as well."

Jinguji Ayame suddenly said.

"Hey, there are quite a few people in your world who want to be corporate slaves, huh?"

Aqua was somewhat surprised, but still said it was fine.

However, Jinguji Ayame was thinking about what would happen to her after she died as a civil servant.

The great spiritual veins were reorganized, transforming from a godless system into something akin to the underworld.

So, death is not the end of a person's life; where the soul goes after death is also a very important matter.

In the future, the true power of the demon-slaying world may not lie in the human realm, but rather in the great spiritual veins beneath the earth, in the afterlife that this celestial goddess has helped to organize and unify, which is now in its nascent stage.

Now, in this period of power vacuum in the afterlife, if one can cultivate a good relationship with this goddess, perhaps one can even become a judge in the underworld after death. Aqua is extremely welcoming of people wanting to serve her, while Sanzukawa and Hiro, who have just established a branch of the Axis Cult in this world, keenly perceive the potential benefits.

Upon learning of this, Sanzukawa and Hiroshi came to Aqua to advise her, saying that anyone who wants to be a civil servant in the afterlife must at least be a follower of the Axis religion. In short, anyone who doesn't praise Lady Aqua is not fit to be a 007 civil servant in the afterlife.

To this suggestion, Aqua simply thought Sanzukawa and Hiroki made sense: "You're really talented, try to get as many people as possible to praise me~"

"Yes, Lady Aqua, I will make sure that the world, both the living and the dead, praise your name!"

After successfully resurrecting his mother and joining the Axis Cult, Hiroshi Sanzukawa, the elite boss in the original work, finally has a cause he is willing to dedicate his life to.

This person was indeed as well-read as he claimed, and in the future, he wrote the trilogy of "Genesis," "The Words of Divine Grace," and "The Sun of the Afterlife" for the Axis Cult of this world. This laid a solid theoretical foundation for the Axis Cult to take root and grow in the world of food spirits, and eventually evolve into the largest cult in the human world and the afterlife.

Of course, that's all in the future. After dumping a bunch of troublesome things on Sanzukawa and Hiro and delegating power to them, Aqua happily spent time with her disciples, enjoying a vacation as a celestial deity in the modern world.

. . . .

"Broly, are you really 14 years old? Does that mean I have to call you 'brother'?"

Kagura Tsuchimiya was a little awkward. After all, she was used to calling Broly "little brother," but suddenly she was going to become his "older brother," which made her a little shy.

"You're 14, the same age as me, but who's older, me or you?"

Yomi Isayama is also very interested in the question of boys' ages.

"I don't know, but my body was deemed to have lived through September 11, 2014."

Broly answered the question based on information provided by Crystal Palace.

"Hey, then I'm a few days younger than you?"

When Yomi Isayama calculated her own age, she discovered that she was actually younger than Broly.

"It's okay. I'm already used to calling you 'sister,' so it's fine to keep doing it."

Broly didn't care about being called anything.

"How can I do that? You're older than me, so it's only right that I call you 'brother,' Broly, Onii-sama~"

As Yomi Isayama moved closer, pressing herself against Broly's back, she breathed warm air into the boy's ear and spoke those words.

For some reason, Broly felt uneasy after hearing Isayama Yomi say those words softly. His body trembled and goosebumps rose on his skin.

Seeing this, Izayama Yomi chuckled. She looked at the boy's earlobe, which was so close to her, and put it in her mouth, gently biting it with her teeth.

They nuzzled and teased the little boy, who had previously been the younger brother, until they had made Broly's earlobe a little wet before letting go.

. . . .

"I cannot stay in this world forever. After my allotted time in this world, I must leave."

Two days after the confrontation, Broly explained his situation to Naraku Isayama.

“Although I can come back, I am clearly not suitable to be the future head of the Isayama family.”

Naraku Isayama expressed his understanding of the situation, but when it came to who would be the future head of the Isayama family, he asked the boy this question: "Broly, will you have children with Mei in the future?"

"meeting."

"Then, your children will become the next head of the Isayama family."

Neither Isayama Yomi nor Isayama Mei had any objections to Isayama Naraku's choice. Their increased strength gave them more confidence, and these cousins, who were not related by blood, no longer had any attachment to the future position of head of the Isayama family.

Isayama Mei even joked that if Isayama Yomi had a son before her, that child would be the head of the family.

That very night, after the discussion about having children ended, Broly had his pants pulled down in his room, and Mei Isayama and the others surrounded him, trying to figure out why little Broly couldn't get up.

"Because Broly is still a child. That's how the Saiyan race is. They stay in their juvenile state for a long time until they reach puberty."

Aqua, hands on her hips, explained as if she knew her disciple's body inside and out.

To be honest, the fact that a group of people were surrounding him and examining his brother meant that Broly was used to being watched and touched by his wife. Otherwise, if it were someone else, they might have developed psychological trauma.

. . . .

Another noteworthy point is that after Mei Isayama, Setsuna Imano, and others were invited by Broly to join the Crystal Palace, they complained about Broly after discovering the number of Crystal Palace members in the group chat room.

"You said you would have many wives before, and I thought it was just the few of us, but it turns out there are so many?"

"53 wives, although not comparable to the harem of ancient emperors, is much more than the number of wives a man can marry in some countries that allow polygamy."

"Uh, to be precise, it's 51, because two of them aren't my wives, but my friends."

"Even 51 is quite a lot. I feel like if I want to have children with you in the future, I might have to wait in line~"

Mei Isayama was worried about the efficiency of having children with boys in the future. Broly didn't know how to answer. There were quite a few wives in the Crystal Palace who strongly wanted to have children with him. He could only promise to give them priority in the future.

It was at this moment that Youyou sent him a private message, asking for a similar guarantee.

After Broly gave his assurance, he looked at Wiz.

Miss Lich looked away somewhat guiltily.

Judging from her reaction, it seems that she told Youyou about the situation here.

Once it happened, it happened again. Soon, Huihui and Yougou also sent private messages, all talking about the same thing.

"I'm still a child. Isn't it too early to talk about this now? Why don't we wait until I'm older?"

Ultimately, Bro used this sentence to end the topic.

. . . .

The journey through the world of food spirits only came to an end after three months of extended stay, expending time and space energy.

On the last day, Broly invited Yomi Isayama and Kagura Tsuchimiya to join the Crystal Palace, and the two of them ultimately brought Broly 4+ and 6+ happiness points respectively.

As for the sisters Mei Isayama and Setsuna Imano, because they were considered external wives, their combined happiness points did not exceed two thousand when Broly was about to leave this world.

As for Aqua and Wiz, they left after staying in the world of Ga-Rei for two months. Aqua's vacation was over, while Wiz wanted to stay in this modern world a little longer, but Aqua, feeling resentful, dragged him away.

Before leaving, the two of them each took some local specialties with them. Aqua took a bunch of fine wines that others had offered her, while Wiz took a Sessho-seki (killing stone) and a bunch of modern items, including but not limited to clothes, cosmetics, bags, and souvenirs for others.

As for the people who paid the bill, they were a group of exorcists who hadn't helped much but planned to blame Broly afterward, actually coveting the power to revive Mai Tsuchimiya.

Of course, after Bro used his fists to reason with the group, the bruised and battered people sincerely expressed their apologies.

They covered all the expenses of a certain lich lady in this world. How should I put it, given Wiz's spending power, that was a price that would make anyone feel the pinch.

The Black and White Ninjas were left behind by Broly. Before leaving, Broly infused his summoned creatures with a lot of energy.

Their mission in this world is to serve as guardian knights for the Axis Cult's branch in the Food Soul World.

With the numerical boost from the Qi, the two Black and White Shinobi are no weaker than an immortal like Ōtengu.

The world of Food Spirits has come to an end!
(End of this chapter)