Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 35 Ignition, Branches, Weighted Flight

Chapter 35 Ignition, Branches, Weighted Flight

"There are some ferocious fish in the water of the mangroves, and some of them will spit water at the creatures in the mangroves, but as long as you are mentally prepared and hold on to the vines around you to avoid falling into the water, there will be no danger."

In the mangroves, there are always some creatures that mimic human forms, such as the dead branch snake. They pretend to be a dead branch and prey on small animals or insects that pass by, but they will not actively attack creatures larger than themselves...

Rivarina was explaining the things to be careful about in the mangroves, while Broly poked his head out of the water. He had fish hanging from his body, and after shaking them off, he tossed them into a basket woven from vines.

Although there are no dangerous species here, the fish underwater are even more foolish. Broly just swims in the water for a bit, and the fish swim over on their own, taking the bait without him even having to try to catch them.

Broly flicked his tail and tossed the fish that was biting his tail into the vine basket.

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

Rivarina then demonstrated, using a sharpened twig to pierce a fish in the water and lifting the fish, which was as thick as her forearm, into the water.

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

The fish struggled on the branch and spat three mouthfuls of water at the girl.

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

Rivarina shook the fishy water off his face and said.

"Hey ha~"

The other children followed suit, trying to stab the fish with sharpened twigs. Only a few succeeded, most failed, and one even fell into the water. Luckily, Broly was nearby and jumped over to pull him out.

"The actual distance of underwater creatures is a bit deeper than what we see from the surface. If you want to hook a fish, it's best to aim for a deeper depth."

The children who successfully speared the fish shared their experience with the other children who hadn't. After learning the technique, these skilled children quickly mastered the art of spearing fish.

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

When they stopped for lunch, everyone was troubled because they couldn't start a fire due to the damp environment. The children who had wilderness survival experience along the way from the Gifunola Sea Tree Forest told the others the importance of eating cooked food.

If you don't want to get diarrhea, you should cook both water and food thoroughly. Also, some plant-based foods may contain toxins, which can be removed by cooking them.

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

"Could there be parasites?"

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

Everyone turned to look and saw their eldest brother tearing off something that was clearly a parasite from a fish and eating it.

The question from before doesn't need an answer anymore. The fish did indeed have parasites, and as for the taste, it even received a good review from the older brother.

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal if there are bugs. My people and I used to eat raw fish all the time."

After eating sashimi, we also eat some water chestnuts to expel parasites. The parasites don't stay in our stomachs for long and are expelled.

Rivarina doesn't seem to mind eating raw fish.

The children: "..."

Imagine the scene of pulling out worms.

"Sister, I don't want to poop bugs."

Black Eyes tugged at Red Eyes' sleeve.

"I don't want to go hungry either, but I have to eat something if I don't want to go hungry."

Akame was fairly accepting of it; compared to expelling worms, she thought going hungry was a much more terrifying thing.

"I'll try starting a fire again."

"It's no use, the branches here are too wet, they can't start a fire at all."

"Shouldn't we have brought some dry branches?"

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

The children had run out of ideas, but someone thought of him.

Broly thought for a moment, then pointed his hand at the firewood sticks over there.

"Bang!"

In just a moment, those branches were blown away.

"It seems even my elder brother can't do anything about it."

"Just like making shoes, even the eldest brother has his limits."

The others glanced at the tumbleweed on Broly's feet and wholeheartedly agreed with Natara's words.

Seeing the disappointed looks on everyone's faces, Broly thought for a moment longer.

"I'll try again."

As he spoke, he adjusted the output of his breath, focusing the faint breath onto one finger.

Then, aiming at the mangrove branch next to him, he clicked on it.

"Sizzle!"

Smoke rose from the mangrove branches where they were touched.

"Huh?!"

Seeing this, all the children stared at him, looking tense.

[Fire! It absolutely has to start!]

Perhaps hearing the children's voices, the branches that Broly had pointed at were quickly dried out.

As the last bit of moisture evaporated, a small flame appeared on the branch.

"Fire!"

"Yay!"

"Brother Broly, you're amazing!"

Upon seeing the flames, the children cheered with joy, knowing it meant they wouldn't have to eat raw fish or pass worms anymore.

Broly was also very happy. He had learned the trick of starting a fire with air. However, as he became excited, the air at his fingertips was amplified by his heightened emotions and instantly turned into a beam of energy that pierced through the branches of the mangrove forest, turning them into ashes. Without fuel, the flame quickly went out.

As the flames died down, the children's cheers abruptly ceased, and they all stared longingly at Broly.

"I'll light another one."

Broly scratched his head, plucked a new redwood vine, and said...

This time, he didn't let his energy get out of control and turn into a penetrating beam; the flames successfully rose.

Fish grilled on skewered redwood branches has a unique flavor compared to grilled fish from the Great Forest.

"It's a bit spicy."

"That's the smell of redwood."

Is it poisonous?

"It's slightly toxic; it's a toxin secreted by the rosewood tree itself to prevent insect infestation."

"Huh?"

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

Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

"Hey, why did you chew on the twig along with it?"

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

"This stuff has a taste when you chew it, it's numbing."

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Broly was chewing on a redwood branch.

"Brother Broly, this branch is poisonous."

A group of people rushed over to remind them.

"poison?"

Broly smacked his lips and nodded to the people running over.

"The poison tastes good, why don't you try it?"

As Broly spoke, he tossed the chewed-up twig behind him.

When everyone looked, they realized that there was already a pile of tree debris behind him.

Are you alright?

"What could possibly be wrong with me?"

Picking up a skewer of grilled fish and eating it whole, then Broly started chewing on the twig that was used to skewer the fish.

Some of the children who had run over looked at each other in bewilderment, and could only attribute it to the fact that their eldest brother's constitution was different from theirs, and that he could eat many things that they couldn't.

The roasted mahogany branches tasted a bit like spicy cinnamon, which made Broly feel a little tipsy when he chewed them, but after chewing them for a while, he felt a bit nauseous.

Throughout the afternoon's journey, Broly's tongue lolled out, as if he had ingested the essence of Vampa spider fluid; his entire mouth was bitter, and even rinsing his mouth didn't help.

The toxins wouldn't kill him, but they disgusted him.

"It tastes awful."

After the Wampa spider series and other foods, mangrove branches from the mangrove forest became Broly's second least favorite food.

It's worth mentioning that, according to Rin Tohsaka from the previous world, boiled green peppers were the third food he disliked the most, even though Broly had never eaten boiled green peppers.

"Rivarina, have we reached your tribe yet?"

The marshland area is very large. If you keep walking south, even as evening approaches, the mangrove forests are still visible in the distance.

The mangrove forests formed patches of land on the marshland, and they had walked through at least a hundred of these mangrove lands today.

"It should be in this direction, but I didn't see any of our tribe's markings."

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

"Could we have gone the wrong way?"

"Possibly."

"However, since we're looking for inhabited tribes..."

Nahash looked at Broly, who was floating listlessly beside him.

"Brother Broly, you can fly, can you fly up high and see if there are any people around?"

Broly was a little out of sorts, but he still agreed and flew straight up into the sky.

From an overhead viewpoint, it was quickly discovered that about seven or eight kilometers to the right, some people were active on a large mangrove forest.

As Broly landed and recounted what he had seen, Rivarina pounced on him and hugged his neck, begging Broly to take her up to see what was happening.

"That's my tribe!"

Although it was extremely far away and dusk was approaching, Rivarina still recognized the shape of the mangrove forest where her tribe lived, which she had seen from afar before, resembling a large leaf.

"Traveling at night is not feasible; we probably won't arrive there until noon tomorrow."

Having confirmed the approximate distance, Nahashu estimated the exact arrival time based on their speed of travel through the mangrove forest.

"Tomorrow?"

Rivarina was somewhat disappointed; she was eager to go home.

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

Broly suddenly said.

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing this, the group of children realized what was happening.

"But Brother Broly, can you really fly that far with people?"

"Probably no problem."

Broly had no idea either; he had never experienced such a heavy load while flying.

(End of this chapter)