Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 15 New Adventure Group

But I didn’t enjoy such a simple childhood for long. After having a lunch which was better than nothing at noon, my head teacher suddenly brought the news that classes would be suspended in the afternoon.

Most primary school students were happy to hear the news that they didn't have to attend classes, but a small number of students were concerned about the reasons why they didn't have to attend classes.

Toosaka Rin was one of them. She went to the teacher's office to ask for the reason, but heard discussions inside the office at the door. The teachers were talking about the missing children a few days ago.

Because of the actions of King of Conquerors Iskandar yesterday, Caster's magic workshop was destroyed. The noise caused by the destruction attracted the attention of the outside world, and the heinous crime of killing young children was exposed to the public.

The missing student from Shenyuan Town Affiliated Primary School was one of the victims, and I heard that the murderer has not yet been arrested by the police.

The murderer's area of ​​activity was in Fuyuki City, and there were many students from Fuyuki City in the school. For the safety of the students, the principal of the first elementary school planned to suspend the afternoon classes after receiving the report of the murderer who abducted children in Fuyuki City.

The next few days will surely be filled with uncertainty, and classes may even be suspended until the murderer is caught, or the adverse impact of this incident is forgotten by the public over time.

Toosaka Rin was shaking as she listened outside the office. She thought of the girl sitting next to her desk who didn't come to school today, Suzune, who also lived in Fuyuki City.

Rin, who was somewhat worried about her friend's situation, called her friend's home at the pay phone at school. The call was quickly answered, but a woman's anxious voice asked, "Is that Kotone?"

"I'm not Kotone. My name is Toosaka Rin. I'm Kotone's classmate. Kotone didn't come to school today, so I wanted to ask her what happened."

Toosaka Rin's answer made the people on the other end a little disappointed.

"Qinyin is missing. She disappeared yesterday. We are also looking for her. If you have any news about her..."

After the call ended, Toosaka Rin was a little dazed. As a mature little adult, she preferred to act like an adult and watch some TV news.

So, she knew something about the kidnapper who appeared in Fuyuki City, but she didn't expect that such a disappearance would happen to a friend around her.

"We don't have classes this afternoon, let's go to the playground and play football together."

Back in the classroom, some children who couldn't go home directly were discussing what games to play in the afternoon. Compared to them who were carefree, Toosaka Rin, who was the same age, was full of worries.

"what happened?"

Broly noticed the decrease in Toosaka Rin's happiness value through the Crystal Palace, and couldn't help but ask.

"Qin Yin... um, nothing."

People who have troubles always want to talk, but if the person they are talking to is someone who thinks that talking will only add to others' troubles, then forget it.

Toosaka Rin is more mature in her mentality. In her eyes, Broly is just a little classmate who needs care. There is really no need to say something that would scare him.

Broly: "..."

It’s nothing. Then why does the happiness value decrease? You know, the disappearance of every point of happiness value is equivalent to the disappearance of some food that has not yet been obtained. How can a foodie who cherishes food not be anxious?
But Toosaka Rin really didn't want to say much, which made Broly a little unsure of what to do. It was not until the school opened and allowed the children who could go home to go back, and after Toosaka Rin left the school with her small schoolbag, Broly followed her.

Toosaka Rin decided to go to Fuyuki City to look for her good friend. This was a reckless act, but she couldn't bear the thought that her friends might die. The worried girl didn't notice the little tail following her. She bought a ticket at the ticket office at the tram station, swiped the ticket through the checkpoint, and boarded the tram that just arrived at the station to Fuyuki City.

Broly had no money and he didn't buy a ticket, but he used his height advantage to crawl under the railing of the ticket gate and was not discovered by the ticket inspector nearby, but he still got on the same train.

After getting on the train, she had more time to think and calm down, and finally Toosaka Rin felt a little scared. After all, she was just a seven-year-old child.

Although she behaves like a little adult in her daily life, her family knows her own business. She may have to face the criminal who kidnapped her friend and is suspected of kidnapping a murderer. How can a child like her...

"Eh?"

The girl couldn't help but look up when she saw a pair of small shoes at her feet. When she looked up and saw her little classmate next to her, Toosaka Rin opened her mouth wide.

"Why are you here?"

She asked directly.

"I followed you here."

Broly speaks the truth.

"Ah, why?"

Toosaka Rin was a little confused.

"You're not well. I'm worried about you."

Broly was brief and to the point, omitting the crucial element that [the happiness value continues to decrease].

Toosaka Rin: “…”

I didn't know what to say, but the panic and nervousness I felt were alleviated a little by the boy who suddenly appeared beside me.

Even in front of the little classmate who needed care, she put on her reliable and mature little adult demeanor, put on a stern face and started to lecture Broly.

"Children should go home directly after school and not wander around outside. It's dangerous."

"Aren't you a child too?"

Broly asked back.

"I'm different. I'm here to find friends, and I'm better."

Young Toosaka Rin blushed and defended herself.

"Oh."

Broly nodded, believing her.

However, this gesture of approval made Toosaka Rin feel a little confused.

"Aren't you going to refute what I said?"

"Are you lying then?"

"not at all."

Toosaka Rin puffed out her chest, but her eyes avoided him guiltily.

"Where do you live? I'll take you back later."

She changed the subject.

"My family lives over there."

Broly said while on the train, pointing in the direction of Fujimura's house.

"So, what's the exact address?"

Broly didn't answer, but just looked at the girl with a blank look.

"Don't tell me you don't know the exact address of your home?"

"I can find it myself."

Broly didn't remember the address, but he remembered the direction.

That distance was not far, not as far as his home on the planet Wampa, which was far from the Wampa Spider Cave Nest.

"So, you are lost?"

Toosaka Rin felt that her head was a little overwhelmed. Her old desk mate disappeared, and her new desk mate followed her and lost her way home.

"I'm not lost. I can find my way back."

Broly emphasized again.

But Toosaka Rin didn't believe a word the boy said.

The idea that he could find it back by himself was just the boy's stubbornness of not wanting to lose face.

"I'm going to look for my friend Qinyin. After you get off the bus, go find the police and ask them to help you get home."

“What is the police?”

"You don't even know the police. It doesn't matter. I can take you there after I get off the bus..."

Toosaka Rin suddenly stopped. She thought that at her age, if she was seen by the police, she would most likely be taken back home.

"Forget it, you should just follow me to find my friends. I will send you home after we find Qin Yin. However, you have to listen to me. If you are in danger, you should run as soon as I tell you to."

It's not a good idea to go on an adventure with your friends, but for the young Toosaka Rin now, this is the only option.

After all, she couldn't go to the police and fall into their trap, nor could she leave her new deskmate, who obviously needed care, in a strange place.

"it is good."

Broly nodded obediently, and had no objection to what Rin Toosaka had told him in advance. The young Rin and Broly were about to form a team for the great adventure in Fuyuki City on the train.

After getting off the train, Toosaka Rin took Broly and searched the route from the train station to her friend's house.

According to Suzune's mother, based on the speculation of the famous detective Toosaka Rin, Toosaka Rin believed that her friend was abducted on her way home.

However, she is not a real detective who appears to be a child on the outside but a high school student on the inside. Faced with so many intersecting routes and buildings, Toosaka Rin has no way of judging which area is more likely to be where the kidnapper is.

The girl could only use the rather stupid exhaustive method to check, and she used herself as bait.

Of course, there is also Broly who follows behind her and helps her in the investigation.

"I can't find it. I can't find it at all..."

From the early morning to the setting sun, Toosaka Rin felt the powerlessness of a child.

"Broly?"

Just when Toosaka Rin was about to continue her headless search, she discovered that the little tail following her was gone.

She became a little nervous. An old deskmate was missing. Was there going to be another new one missing? And would it disappear from her hands?

However, when she turned back to the original street, she found that the boy was only attracted by the takoyaki shop on the street and stopped in front of the store.

"Want to eat?"

After finding out that Broly was not missing, Toosaka Rin breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the boy's greedy look and walked over to ask.

"Ah."

Broly nodded. The aroma of takoyaki aroused the appetite in his stomach.

"Then I'll treat you to a meal."

Toosaka Rin took out her small wallet and bought two servings of takoyaki.

After walking so much, she was a little hungry.

The two of them entered the store, found a seat and sat down, waiting for the takoyaki to be finished.

"I'm going to the bathroom, don't follow me."

While waiting, Toosaka Rin felt a little urgent, so she got up to go to the bathroom. When she found that Broly wanted to follow her, she blushed and said something.

Broly was obedient and sat back down.

The sound of flushing water was heard.

When Toosaka Rin finished washing her hands and was about to come out, the magic pointer hanging on her chest made a noise.

This prop was a birthday gift her father gave her in advance. It could detect all kinds of people or things with magical powers in the world. It was mainly given to her to avoid some hidden dangers in the world, but she didn't expect it to react at this time.

Following the guidance of the magic pointer, Rin Toosaka poked her head out of the back door of the takoyaki shop and just happened to see a young man passing by the alley. He was holding the hands of a few children with dull expressions, and was bathed in the sunset with a bright smile.

"Good kids, follow your big brother. He will take you to play fun games."

Ryunosuke Uesugi, wearing a magic bracelet made for him by his heroic master, which has a hypnotic effect on children, has gathered a group of cute children.

After meeting Mr. Bluebeard, Ryunosuke Uesugi felt that his creative inspiration was bursting out all the time.

Due to the police search, he was unaware that his artwork had been destroyed by Rider.

Now he is smiling brightly and thinking about the creation of his next piece of art.

He has already made a human-made piano, and it is indeed a work of art.

So, the next thing should be furniture, such as a human-shaped handmade piano chair, the kind that when you sit on it, you can hear the beautiful cries of a child.

[There is something wrong with this person. There is a magical reaction on his body! ]

Toosaka Rin hesitated at the back door, then decided to follow quietly. She had no intention of calling Broly. Rather than following a dangerous guy who might be a kidnapper and murderer, letting her new deskmate stay in the takoyaki shop and eat takoyaki was the responsible way to be with her friends.

“Your takoyaki.”

Five minutes later, the owner of the takoyaki shop brought Broly two servings of ready-made takoyaki.

Broly looked at the steaming takoyaki and swallowed his saliva, but he felt that Toosaka Rin was so slow.

The opponent whose Qi was locked seemed to be getting farther and farther away from here, and no one knew when he would come back.

and so……

[It should be okay for me to eat the food my wife feeds me first, right? ]

Broly thought so and reached out to take the takoyaki with a toothpick on it.

The round takoyaki tastes hot and fragrant when you put it in your mouth.

When you take a bite, the octopus tentacles inside have a chewy texture.

To sum it up in one sentence, it’s delicious.

Looking at some of the other customers pouring sauces, Broly followed suit.

While Broly was tasting the takoyaki, Toosaka Rin followed the kidnapped murder suspect and carefully walked down the next staircase.

She hid behind a box in the corner of the stairs, and only after the guy who was suspected of kidnapping the murderer went out again did she quietly enter a somewhat deserted underground bar.

Here, Toosaka Rin saw some abducted children, among whom was her missing desk mate.

"Ring tone, ring tone..."

But no matter how she called the other party, the girl looked dull and dazed.

"This is hypnosis by magic."

After checking, Toosaka Rin guessed her friend's situation.

"Oh my, where is this child from?"

Just when Toosaka Rin was about to go out to find help, the way behind her was blocked by Uryu Ryunosuke who had returned out of nowhere.

"If it weren't for the master's familiar, I wouldn't have realized that I was being followed. But luckily, the person following me is a cute child like you. So, what are you doing here?"

"I, I just accidentally took the wrong road."

This sudden change made cold sweat break out on Toosaka Rin's forehead. The girl tried to explain herself and run away.

"Since you're here, why not play with your brother? A party is more fun when there are more people."

However, Ryunosuke Uesugi blocked her and reached out to grab her. He thought that with the hypnosis bracelet, subduing a child would be a piece of cake. But as soon as he grabbed the girl's hand, he was caught off guard and let go of her hand.

"Do you have static electricity?"

Ryunosuke Uesugi was a little surprised. As he was not a magician, he didn't know that this was a hypnotic magic on the bracelet. After the magic power in the girl's body resisted instinctively, it caused a similar effect to electric shock.

"Don't climb onto the bar. It would be bad if you fall down and hurt yourself. It's better to have complete creative materials."

After some twists and turns, Uryu Ryunosuke finally caught Toosaka Rin again, but as the girl endured the magical attack that made her consciousness dizzy, she used her own magic power to destroy the bracelet in a brutal way, and was blown away.

The hypnosis props were destroyed, and the children in the bar woke up and found themselves in a strange place. Immediately, some of them started crying.

"Rin, what am I doing?"

"There's no time to explain. Follow me now. Everyone else too, escape with me."

Under Toosaka Rin's loud commands, the confused children subconsciously obeyed her.

When Toosaka Rin opened the door and prepared to escape, a sea monster fell from the sky.

"Is it a familiar?!"

The sea monster's ferocious appearance frightened the girl so much that her face turned pale and she quickly stepped back.

"Fortunately I have help."

Ryunosuke Uesugi got up from the ground and said thankfully, then took out a small knife from his pocket.

(End of this chapter)