Chapter 32: I'll Take You to Find Happiness

Gozuki went up, Gozuki drew his blade, Gozuki... he flew out.

Along the same trajectory as just now, he smashed once again into that tree pit that had been smashed out.

"Heh, I was careless, thought he was a kid, so I didn't use full strength."

Under Bill's astonished gaze, Gozuki jumped out of the tree pit.

Rubbing his aching abdomen, he squeezed out a smile, giving an explanation for this defeat.

"Then, this time, I will go all out!"

"Bang~"

He went up again, then flew back into the original tree pit again.

"My abdomen hurts too much, I can't exert strength, let me catch my breath."

"Bang~"

"Didn't eat breakfast this morning, a bit hungry, no strength."

Broly took the fish meat skewer someone handed over, silently watching the man opposite state the reasons for his failure, then gnawed on dried rations.

Overall, he believed the saying that a starving person has no strength.

"Ate my fill, have strength now, this time for sure..."

"Bang~"

"Bang bang bang..."

After charging over again and again, only to be kicked back into the tree pit by the boy opposite again and again, Gozuki finally recognized a fact.

That is, he, who originated from the Rakshasa Four Ghosts, he who possessed a body tempered a thousand times exceeding normal human limits, he who had experienced countless battles and possessed rich combat experience, had an absolute gap in hard power with that kid opposite who looked to be about the same age as his own daughter.

This is a huge chasm of strength, manifested in speed and power pushed to the purest extreme; wanting to chop off the other's limbs is simply as laughable as a fool's dream.

After several attempts, his abdomen nearly kicked into the shape of the other's foot, Gozuki finally discarded the ordinary long blade and drew his Teigu Murasame.

"You're not trying to bring him back anymore?"

Bill asked carefully.

"Do you think in this situation, I can still bring him back?"

Gozuki with a black face, his whole body emitting a dangerous aura.

"You can't even beat a kid, your words slap your own face swollen, of course you can't bring him back!"

The bald man didn't say what was in his heart, but asked: "Then what is your plan now?"

"Our Assassination Squad's formation is to clear obstacles for the Empire; now someone obstructs the Assassination Squad's establishment, then he is an obstacle, and I, Gozuki, will clear this obstacle for the Empire!"

"This kid's combat strength is astonishing, shouldn't we try to make him submit to the Empire's embrace?"

Broly is visibly strong, making Bill likewise give birth to a cherishing-talent heart.

Although he is not a martial man, he also wants to obtain the boy.

After all, powerful material is also helpful for drug enhancement experiments.

"He's too strong, attempting to control power we cannot control will only get us hurt!"

Gozuki's eyes were very cold; this absolutely wasn't because the boy opposite made him lose face, he feared the other's monster-like strength and potential, that's why he wanted to kill the other.

"Do you have confidence?"

"My Teigu Murasame possesses the ability to curse-kill anyone as long as it grazes them; killing him with an ordinary weapon I might have no confidence, but just letting him be grazed by Murasame..."

Gozuki didn't continue speaking, but the meaning was very clear; he was very confident.

"Broly-san, freshly roasted bird meat skewers."

Nahashu came over holding bird meat skewers.

"That one who got kicked, hmm, is he okay?"

Accepting the bird meat skewer Nahashu handed over, Broly asked about the situation of the external wife who got kicked flying.

"Green's fine now, just the meat on his belly is a bit swollen."

"That's good, you tell him, I also made the person who kicked him have a swollen belly."

The external wife being kicked made Broly a bit angry.

If it weren't for Gozuki saying words about letting people obtain happiness when he appeared.

At the first kick, this person might have died, because Broly would have used greater force to kick.

Now not only did he not die, he's also a bit persistent, charging over again and again letting himself be kicked.

Even a Vampa Spider would flee after being beaten painfully, but the other didn't; this made Broly suspect whether he used too little force? Broly thought carefully, and discovered it really might be so.

【Then, just use a bit more force.】

Watching Gozuki charge over once more, Broly thought thus, and raised his foot.

Then, he discovered the person charging over suddenly started swinging the hair on his head.

Gozuki's long hair, as if come alive, rapidly expanded blocking Broly's vision.

This move, named Chaotic Hair Technique, can make hair become like steel needles.

However, right now it's only used to disturb vision; the true killing move is on the lowered blade edge.

Hidden behind the hair, moving in a different direction from the hair's movement trajectory, it is a body technique of visual dislocation.

Gozuki had once used this move to kill many strong enemies, and this time, there would be no exception either.

Broly didn't quite understand what this person was doing; just as he aimed at the steel-needle-like head preparing to bring his foot down, a sudden rustling sound came from behind.

Looking back, Broly discovered that large crocodile he had knocked out, actually chose this moment to escape by diving into the water.

"My breakfast."

He turned back completely defenseless.

【Got it!】

The Demon Sword swung down, striking the side of the neck.

The next moment, Broly directly abandoned matters on this side and charged toward the fleeing giant crocodile.

Small feet stepped into the mud, and the mud flung up by the reaction force splattered Gozuki's face. This Demon Sword assassin hadn't even reacted before his forehead suffered a heavy blow from a large clump of mud.

Consciousness went black, and he fainted.

The Demon Sword also left his hand, and the man himself flew out.

He rolled several times on the ground, and only when he rolled over to where the bald-headed Bill was did two intelligence personnel block him.

"Lord Bill, Lord Gozuki has suffered a heavy blow and has already fainted."

The person crouching down to examine the injuries reported the situation.

"What should we do?"

Another person asked.

"What else can we do, run away!"

The boy who severely injured Gozuki just went to catch the crocodile, he didn't die. Bill isn't an idiot; even a martial artist from the Rakshasa Four Ghosts like Gozuki got floored. Would he, a Drug Enhancement Department Head, go up and brawl with that monster boy? "Then what about Lord Gozuki's sword?"

Bill glanced at the sword: "It's all broken, what use is it? Take the man, we're leaving."

What use is a damaged Teigu? And every second they stayed here might bring danger.

A group of people hurriedly took the unconscious Gozuki and mounted their steeds.

With a roar from the Flying Dangerous Species, this group of Imperial Intelligence personnel rapidly withdrew.

They came in a rush and left in a rush, waving their sleeves, not taking away a single child.

Underwater, the giant crocodile used a Death Roll to stir up the river's mud and sand, wanting to rely on this method to hide its tracks.

With Broly firing an Energy Cannon, blasting the entire river apart, this cunning giant crocodile also went back ashore.

"Where are the people?"

After Broly emerged from the water, he didn't see Gozuki and the others, and was somewhat puzzled.

"Broly-san, that group ran away, riding Flying Dangerous Species, heading in that direction."

Nahashu pointed in the direction the intelligence agency fled and said.

Broly remembered that direction, but had no intention of pursuing.

Right now there's a more important matter: he has to cook his breakfast.

"The skin is too hard, the knife can't pierce it."

A group of children helped process the giant crocodile, only to discover the weapons in their hands had little effect on the giant crocodile's hide.

"Try using this."

Just as Broly was about to tear it with his hands, Akame produced a broken blade. Although the Demon Sword Murasame broke when it slashed Broly's neck, it was ultimately material from a Super Danger Beast, plus a weapon made of rare metals like Orichalcum.

The hide of a mere B-Class Danger Beast giant crocodile could not block its cutting.

"This blade is sharp, Kurome, be careful."

Seeing her younger sister holding the broken blade and also wanting to help cut the crocodile meat, Akame hurriedly warned her.

"Broly-san, are you okay?"

A girl came over to ask; Broly remembered her name was Cornelia.

"What could happen to me?"

Broly was somewhat baffled by the other party's question.

"You were just slashed by that sword."

Hearing this, the surrounding children reacted and all looked over at once.

Broly touched the spot where he had been slashed by the sword just now. There wasn't even a wound there, let alone a single white mark.

"Maybe that person hadn't eaten enough, had no strength."

Surrounding children: "……"

Is this a matter of not eating enough?

Forget it, doesn't matter.

Anyway, Big Bro is mighty, Big Bro is awesome.

"Crocodile meat is roasted."

"Munch munch……"

Broly is eating, the other children are all watching him.

"This is delicious, want some?"

Broly noticed everyone's gazes, raised his head and asked.

"No thanks, already full."

Nahashu waved his hand; having eaten that much fish meat and bird meat, how could he eat any more.

It was Akame, the little fatty Luosang, Cornelia who had just come to ask if Broly was okay, and the mushroom girl Pony who last night picked poisonous mushrooms to roast and looked not very smart — these few leaned over to eat.

And these people who came to eat all had one characteristic: the strength they possessed obviously exceeded what children of this age should have.

Of course, excluding Broly, among them the little fatty Luosang who could almost lift a bear was the one with the biggest appetite.

Next was Cornelia, but she's older so a larger appetite is normal, then Pony, and finally Akame.

One roasted crocodile, Broly ate the vast majority, the others ate a small portion, and a small portion was left.

"Treat it as food for the road."

Broly said this and prepared to set off.

"Eh, where are we going?"

A child asked.

"I'm prepared to take you all to search for happiness."

Broly pointed in the direction the Imperial Intelligence and the others had just left, the direction Nahashu had just pointed to, and spoke.

Gozuki is a clown, but he provided Broly with important information — the direction of 【Happiness】.

(Chapter End)