Not a trainer this time

Perhaps because tomorrow is the Harvest Festival, Zhiqin Town has become more and more lively in the past two days.

From time to time, Naoki could see several trainers with Pokémon passing by the ranch.

There is no doubt that their destination is the Fenghuo Shrine on the back mountain.

Mayor Thomas and his party attach great importance to this year's Harvest Festival.

From early in the morning, he took the people in the town to the back mountain to decorate the festival venue, and worked until dark.

So that night, when Naoki was feeding Pokémon in the pasture, he looked over inadvertently and saw the bright lights on the back mountain, which looked very lively.

Not only him, but the Pokémon in the ranch also noticed the scene over there.

The Pokémon headed by Ergui looked very expectant.

Erguifen asked: "Boni?" (Zhishu, shall we go there to play tomorrow too?)

"Of course." Naoki nodded with a smile and glanced at all the Pokémon in front of him: "Not only us, King Lei Guan also plans to go and take a look!"

Erguifen had also participated in local festivals in Beishang Township before.

Before the man died, whenever it was time for a festival, one person and one Pokémon would put on masks and go down to the town to celebrate with the people.

After the man passed away, Ergui did not officially participate in the festival. It would just put on a mask and stand in the distance watching the laughing people.

"Bo Ni..." Egui Pun looked forward to it, wondering what the festival in this place would be like?

This question was quickly answered by Eguifen.

On September 30, 1999 in the Alliance Calendar, the last night of autumn, Zhiqin Town’s annual large-scale festival officially began.

The team composed of Mayor Thomas and others walked through the mountain path full of lights, climbed the back mountain, and went to the Fenghuo Shrine to worship King Lei Guan.

On this day, the back mountain was particularly lively.

Trainers who heard the news came from all over the country, including several reporters and photographers from TV stations, who came here to report on the deeds of the legendary Pokémon Ray Crown.

There are many stalls set up along the trail behind the mountain.

Pedestrians of all kinds walked through it with excitement on their faces, choosing their favorite items.

There were stalls selling souvenirs, small wooden carvings of King Lei Guan, stalls selling roasted corn, and there was even an uncle selling Magikarp there.

"King Magikarp, the best Magikarp, the very talented Magikarp! You can't suffer a loss or be fooled. Each one only costs 3,000 alliance coins! Buy more and get more!"

Naoki, who was covered in Eevee, narrowed his eyes when he heard this voice.

Why is there an uncle selling Magikarp in this place?

Taking a closer look, Naoki recognized the man at a glance as a fisherman he had met at the beach before.

There were a lot of tourists around, so Naoki didn't forget to tell the Pokémon around him: "Follow closely! Don't get lost, so let me take care of the Eevee and Frostnake!"

"Babu, please help me take a look at Saifuhao. Huh? Where is Saifuhao?"

Naoki turned around and looked around, and saw Saifuhao enthusiastically running towards a stall selling roasted corn. He handed the boss a few gold coins, and then took away a few sticks of roasted corn under the surprised look of the boss.

Naoki: "..."

The Eevees hanging on Naoki also looked expectantly at the delicious and fun things on the surrounding stalls.

Fire Eevee, who has the most outgoing personality, quickly jumped to a stall selling barbecue, pointed at the fragrant barbecue and asked Naoki to buy it for him.

During this period, pedestrians were coming and going on the road, cutting off their sight.

Naoki suddenly felt a headache. He stepped forward and bought a few skewers of barbecue, then took Huo Yibu's neck and put it on Gulton's back.

"There are too many people, don't run around!"

However, how could Ibrahimovic, who is lively and adventurous, be frightened by so many people.

Naoki was not paying attention, and two more little Eevee disappeared, and the crowd around them scattered them.

"Bamo!"

Babu saw two little Ibrahimovics in a corner, barked and hurriedly chased them.

Naoki had a terrible headache. There were too many people now. If this continued, the other Ibrahimovics would also get lost.

In order to avoid this happening, he could only take out the elf ball and take back all the Eevee around him.

After a while, Babu Woodchuck flew back with the two Eevee.

Naoki poked their heads and took out the elf ball: "Let's get into the elf ball first!"

A white light flashed, and Eevee was taken into the elf ball.

Naoki and the Pokémon next to him breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go on!"

After wandering around the stall for a while, Naoki led a group of Pokémon up the mountain path to the Fenghuo Shrine to participate in the festival.

Compared with below, there are not so many pedestrians on the mountain road.

Fengrao Shrine is built halfway up the back mountain and is a relatively small shrine.

In the center of the shrine is a statue of King Lei Guan. In front of the statue are placed offerings from people, which are crops harvested from the fields.

When Naoki arrived, Mayor Thomas and the others were paying homage to the shrine.

There were many reporters around.

Some reporters faced the photographers and were live broadcasting.

"Good evening, viewers! Welcome to the Padya Evening News Channel. I am reporter Xiaochun. I am currently reporting on a lively fertility festival."

"According to Xiaochun's understanding, this fertility festival seems to be a traditional festival here in Ziqin Town. Have you seen it? The Pokémon statue placed in the shrine is the statue of the legendary Pokémon King Ray Crown."

"King Lei Guan, the legendary King of Fertility, has the ability to make crops ripen instantly and flowers bloom instantly. It is said that when He comes to a place, he will make that land fertile."

"Perhaps some viewers still have the impression that this Pokémon helped restore life to the forest this spring."

"What a great Pokémon!" Reporter Xiaochun said softly while facing the camera.

At this moment, the photographer responsible for recording the program suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon above the shrine.

I saw a flash of light, and a Pokémon with a huge head that looked like a crown appeared above the shrine, looking lovingly at the humans below.

The photographer opened his mouth in shock and quickly moved the camera.

Seeing his actions, reporter Xiaochun also looked back.

When she saw the figure that was exactly the same as the statue placed in the shrine, her mouth also opened in an O shape.

"Wow! That Pokémon... is that Pokémon the King of Thunder? Oh my god! King Thunder has appeared!"

The townspeople who were worshiping also saw King Lei Guan. Mayor Thomas knew that King Lei Guan lived in Zhishu Ranch, so he was not too surprised.

The other uninformed townspeople were filled with excitement.

The legendary Pokémon appears! King Lei Guan must have sensed their sincerity, so he appeared here!

The scene was televised throughout the Padia region.

At this moment, everyone watching the evening news saw the figure of King Lei Guan with their own eyes.

Naoki stood not far away with Gullton and other Pokémon and looked at the expressions on those people's faces.

He can now anticipate what will be in tomorrow's news headlines.

"Shocked! The legendary Pokémon appears at the festival, and its purpose is-"

"The bond between Pokémon and humans! Legend has it that Pokémon trust humans, establish friendship with humans through festivals, and care for this land!"

There is no doubt that these news will make more people know about the existence of King Lei Guan, thereby providing him with more faith and more strength.

In this era where the speed of information dissemination is so advanced, if nothing unexpected happens, the deeds and legends of King Lei Guan will be passed down forever.

And what happened today may become a new legend thousands of years from now, a timeless story of humans and Pokémon running towards each other.

From now on, King Lei Guan will no longer have to worry about being forgotten by the world, losing his power, and falling into the same situation as before.

"Huh..." Looking at the scene in front of him, Naoki couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It is quite emotional to say that, who could have imagined that things would develop to what they are today?

At first, he just wanted to win over Lei Guanwang's two beloved horses to participate in the horse racing meeting held in the town.

But he didn't expect that his faith would help King Lei Guan by accident and establish trust with him.

In front of the Fenfu Shrine, King Lei Guan slowly floated in front of everyone, looking gently at the people who worshiped him, were grateful to him, and trusted him.

If someone had told Him a year ago that He would be reborn in the future, He would never believe it.

But now, things really happened.

His little followers traveled thousands of miles across the sea to look for Him in that strange land, and helped Him find his beloved horse and restore his strength and memory.

And invited Him to come to this brand new land, spreading His legend everywhere and letting more humans know of His existence.

All of this not only helped Him, but also allowed His power to break through himself and reach a whole new level.

For Naoki, Lei Guanwang was filled with gratitude.

For the humans living on this earth, He is also willing to trust them and bring them abundance.

Thinking of this, King Lei Guan cast his eyes towards Naoki not far away and looked at him gently.

it is more than words.

Naoki smiled slightly and said to the Pokémon beside him: "Okay, let's go for a walk under the mountain!"

All the Pokémon had no objections.

On the way down the mountain, Ergui looked at the brightly lit scenes and lively atmosphere around him.

This reminded him of the festival he had attended in the past in Cuilu Town, Beishang Township.

Eguifen thought of the man who passed away, maybe it was triggered by the scene, and its eyes filled with tears, and it cried sadly.

"Bonnie..."

Naoki and the other Pokémon around him were stunned for a moment, and then they all turned their attention to Ergui.

"jingle?!"

Saifuhao was a little flustered. He didn't understand why Erguifen, who was so happy just now, suddenly cried.

Naoki could roughly guess some of it.

He reached out and touched Eguichen's head and asked, "Have you thought about the past again?"

Ergui looked at him sadly: "Boni."

Zhi Shu sighed. He was not in a hurry to go down the mountain, so he simply sat down with Ergui on a deserted mountain road.

The weather today is very good. It is a sunny day with no clouds. The night sky is cloudless. You can see an extremely beautiful starry sky when you stay here.

Naoki led the Pokémon to look at the starry sky and said:

"There is a rumor in our human life. It is said that after a person leaves this world, his soul will rise into the sky and become a star in the sky to guard his loved ones and guide them in the dark night."

Hearing these words, Ergui raised his head and looked at the night sky.

The stars were reflected in its eyes, and Ergui asked: "Bo Ni?"

Naoki nodded: "Well, he must be watching you and protecting you there. I hope you can live a happy life. Maybe he was the one who pointed out the direction for me to find you and take you away from that place."

Eguifen's face was moved: "Boni..."

It wiped away the tears with its hand and tried to cheer up again.

Then he stood up and straightened the tree with his hands: "Boni!"

Naoki saw what Ergui was saying, and Ergui was saying: Go play!

He said hello with a smile, and then went down the mountain with a few Pokémon.

Crowds of people surged around, and with the appearance of King Lei Guan, the atmosphere of the entire Fertility Festival reached its peak.

When tourists heard the news about the appearance of the legendary Pokémon, they rushed to the Fenghou Shrine to watch.

Gradually, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians around the stalls.

Naoki then released the Eevees from the Poké Balls and took them around for a walk.

Huoyibu also wanted to eat barbecue, so Naoki bought several more skewers of barbecue for him.

Mizuibu was very interested in the fish-shaped food sold at a stall, and Naoki immediately bought a large bag for it.

Reib took a fancy to a Pikachu-shaped night light, and Naoki bought it.

Ice Eevee and Moon Eevee, along with several other little Eevee, stood in front of Uncle Magikarp's stall and watched the Magikarp swimming in the water.

This time there was no need for Naoki to take action, Saifuhao confidently patted its chest to show that it was here to help the Eevees buy these fish!

The frightened Naoki quickly stopped him, stepped forward and took several Pokémon away: "Those are not ordinary fish, and you can't eat them, they are Pokémon!"

Saifuhao gave up when he heard that he couldn't eat it.

Ergui looked left and right. Compared with those things, it enjoyed participating in this festival with Naoki more.

It has never been able to participate properly before. It either has to wear a mask or hide in a corner, and it has to be careful not to let others discover its "ghost" identity.

But now, it no longer needs a mask to cover its face, and can wander around the festival as it pleases.

Ergui was very happy about this.

Therefore, Pokémon such as Luton, Bubba, Biker, and Dragonite are not desirable, because compared with these Eevee, they are already mature and large Pokémon.

Seeing this, Naoki took out his cell phone Rotom, preparing to record this scene.

He turned on the video recording function, pointed the camera at the Pokémon in front of him, and said to them: "Come on, smile, I'll record a video for you guys!"

With a click, the smiling faces of the Pokémon in the light were saved in the phone.

By the time everything was over, it was already half past nine in the evening.

It was getting late, and the harvest festival had come to an end.

After eating, drinking, and playing tired, the Pokémon such as Eevee, Saifuhao, etc. began to fall asleep. Naoki took out the Poké Ball and put them all into the ball.

Ergui doesn't want to enter the Poké Ball. It wants to walk home with Naoki.

Naoki was startled for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, then let's walk home together."

They left the back mountain, riding the evening breeze and bathing in the starlight. Naoki led the Pokémon to the country road leading to the pasture, and to their home.

——End of Volume 5.