Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 35: Fire, branches, and weighted flight
“There are some ferocious fish in the mangrove water, and some will spit water at creatures on the mangroves, but as long as you are mentally prepared and hold on to the vines around you so as not to fall into the water, there will be no danger.

There are always some mimicking creatures in the mangroves, such as dead branch snakes. They will pretend to be a dead branch and prey on small animals or insects passing by, but they will not actively attack creatures larger than themselves..."

Rivarina was talking about the things that needed attention in the mangroves, and Broly stuck his head out from underwater. He had fish hanging on his body. He went ashore, shook his hands, and then threw the fish into a basket woven from vines.

Although there are no dangerous species here, the fish under the water are even dumber. Broly just swims into the water, and the fish will swim over on their own and take the bait without him even having to catch them.

Broly swung his tail and threw the fish that was biting his tail into the vine basket.

"Of course, if you have a body as strong as my brother, you can also go into the water to catch fish like this. Otherwise, the usual way to catch fish is to slap the water surface to attract the fish to swim over, and then use a sharpened fork to pierce the fish in the water."

As she spoke, Rivarina began to demonstrate. She used a sharpened branch to poke a fish in the water and then pulled up the fish, which was as thick as her forearm.

"Puff puff!"

The fish struggled on the branch and spit three times at the girl.

"This is a water-spitting fish. The bigger the water-spitting fish is, the more powerful the water it spits out is."

After shaking off the fish water on his face, Rivarina said.

"Hey~"

The other children followed suit and used the sharpened branches in their hands to hook fish. The result was that only a few succeeded, while most failed. One even fell into the water. Fortunately, Broly was right next to them and jumped over to pull the person out.

"The actual distance of underwater creatures is a little deeper than what we see on the surface of the water. If you want to stab a fish, it's best to go further down."

The children who stabbed the fish shared their experiences with other children who had not. After learning the skills, these children with good skills quickly mastered the technique of stabbing fish.

"These branches are too wet to start a fire."

When they stopped to eat at noon, everyone was troubled by the difficulty in making a fire in the humid environment. On the way out of the Jifunola Sea Tree Forest, the children who already had experience in surviving in the wild told others the importance of eating cooked food.

If you don't want to have diarrhea, both water and food should be cooked before eating. In addition, some plant ingredients contain toxins that can be removed by cooking.

"If we can't make a fire, we'll just have to eat sashimi."

“Will there be parasites?”

"What are you talking about? By the way, the worms on these fish taste pretty good."

Everyone turned their heads to look and saw their eldest brother pulling something that was obviously a parasite off a fish and eating it.

There is no need to answer the previous question. There are indeed parasites on the fish. As for the taste, it even received good comments from my brother.

“Don’t worry, the bugs are no big deal, my tribesmen and I used to eat sashimi all the time.

After eating sashimi, we also eat some water leaves to drive away the worms, so that the worms will not stay in our stomach for a long time and will be excreted.”

Rivarina doesn't mind eating raw fish.

Children: “…”

Imagine the scene of pulling a worm.

"Sister, I don't want to pull worms."

Hei Tong tugged at Chi Tong's sleeve.

"I don't want to either, but if you don't want to be hungry, you have to eat."

Akahime's acceptance level is quite good. Compared to pooping bugs, she thinks being hungry is a more terrifying thing.

"Let me try to light the fire again."

"It's no use. The branches here are too wet to start a fire."

"Should we have brought some dry branches?"

"Brother Broly, do you have any good ideas?"

The kids were at their wit's end, but someone thought of him.

Broly thought about it, then pointed his hand at the branches used for making fire.

"Bang~"

In just a moment, the branches were blown away.

"It seems that there is nothing Big Brother can do."

"Just like making shoes, Big Brother also has his limits."

The others looked at the tumbleweeds on Broly's feet and agreed with Natara who said this.

Looking at the disappointed looks of the people around him, Broly thought about it again.

"I will try again."

As he spoke, he adjusted the output of his Qi and gathered the weak Qi on one finger.

Then, he aimed at the mangrove branches next to him and lit it.

"Zi!"

Smoke rose from where the mangrove branches were lit.

"Eh?!"

Seeing this, all the children stared over with a nervous look on their faces.

[Fire, fire must start! ]

Perhaps because Broly heard the children's voices, the branches that Broly touched were quickly dried up.

As the last bit of water vapor evaporated, the next moment, a small flame appeared on the branch.

"Fire!"

"Yeah~"

"Brother Broly, you are awesome!"

Seeing the flames, the children shouted with joy, which meant they didn't have to eat sashimi or poop worms.

Broly was also very happy, for he had learned the trick of using gas to light a fire. However, as he became more happy, the gas at his fingertips became stronger due to his high emotions, and instantly turned into a beam of energy, which pierced through the branches of the mangrove tree and turned them into ashes. The flame had no fuel to burn, and quickly went out.

As the flames went out, the children's cheers stopped abruptly and they all looked at Broly eagerly.

"I'll light another one." Broly scratched his head and pulled out a new mahogany vine.

This time he did not let his ki get out of control and turn into a penetrating beam, and the flames rose successfully.

The fish grilled on redwood branches has a different flavor than the fish grilled in the big forest.

"A little spicy."

“That’s the smell of redwood trees.”

"Is it poisonous?"

"It's slightly toxic. It's a toxin secreted by the redwood tree itself to prevent insects."

"Eh?"

"Don't worry, it'll be fine as long as you don't eat too much."

Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

"Hey, why are you chewing the twigs together?"

Just then, Hei Tong's voice came from the other side.

"This thing tastes good when you chew it, and it's numbing."

When everyone looked in the direction of the sound, they found that Broly was chewing a redwood branch in his mouth.

"Brother Broly, this branch is poisonous."

A group of people hurried over to remind them.

"poison?"

Broly smacked his lips and nodded to the person who ran over.

"The poison tastes delicious, would you like to try it too?"

Broly said this and threw the chewed branch behind him.

When everyone looked, they found that there was a pile of wood chips behind him.

"Are you OK?"

"What can happen to me?"

Picking up a skewer of grilled fish, whole, bones included, Broly began chewing the branch he used to skewer the fish.

Some worried children ran over and looked at each other, and finally could only attribute it to the fact that their eldest brother's physique was different from theirs and he could eat many things that they could not eat.

The roasted mahogany branches tasted a bit like spicy cinnamon, which made Broly feel a little intoxicated when chewing them, but after chewing them too much, he felt a little nauseous.

During the afternoon's journey, Broly kept sticking out his tongue. It felt like he had eaten the essence of the Vampa spider's body fluids. His entire mouth was bitter, and even rinsing his mouth was of no use.

The poison didn't kill him, but it made him sick.

"It tastes terrible."

After the Wampa spider series and other foods, the redwood tree branches from the mangrove forest have become Broly's second most disliked food.

It is worth mentioning that boiled green peppers that Broly heard from Toosaka Rin in the previous world were his third most disliked food, although Broly had never eaten boiled green peppers.

"Rivarina, hasn't your tribe arrived yet?"

The swamp area is very large. If you keep walking south until evening, you can still see patches of mangroves in the distance.

Large tracts of mangroves formed pieces of land on the swamps, and they walked through at least a hundred pieces of mangrove land like this today.

“It should be in this direction, but I don’t see the mark of our tribe.”

Standing in the tree, Rivarina looked around but saw nothing.

“Maybe we’re going in the wrong direction?”

"possible."

"But if we're looking for a tribe with inhabitants..."

Nahashu looked at Broly, who was floating in the air beside him, looking a little listless.

"Brother Broly, you can fly. Can you fly to a higher place and see where there are people?"

Broly was a little out of form, but he agreed and flew high into the sky.

From a bird's-eye view, we soon discovered that seven or eight kilometers to the right, there were some people active on a large mangrove land.

As soon as Broly came down and told him what he saw, Rivarina pounced on him and hugged his neck. The girl asked Broly to take her upstairs to see.

"That's my tribe!"

Although it was very far away and it was almost dusk, Rivarina still recognized it. She had seen the shape of the mangrove forest where her tribe lived from afar before. It looked like a large leaf.

"It's not realistic to travel at night. We probably won't get there until noon tomorrow."

After confirming the approximate distance, Nahashu estimated the specific arrival time based on the speed at which they were moving through the mangroves.

"Tomorrow?"

Rivarina felt a little lost and was eager to return home.

"Actually, you don't have to wait until tomorrow. I can fly you there."

Broly suddenly said.

"Eh?!"

Hearing this, a group of children reacted.

"But Broly, can you fly so far with someone?"

"Probably no problem."

Broly had no idea either, as he had never tried flying with such a heavy load.

(End of this chapter)