Pokemon Dawn

My name is Yusa Shintaro, I am ten years old and a new trainer from Joban City.

I was born in an ordinary family with ordinary parents. I started my journey as a trainer in an ordinary way on January 1st this year. Now I am living an ordinary study life in a not-so-ordinary academy.

After coming to this college, I came into contact with a lot of things I didn't know before and met a lot of people. To be honest, I couldn't imagine that I could have so many friends before.

Kazuhiko-senpai, Xiao Diwei, Nana-san, and Fousuke. Campus life with them is always extremely fun.

Although I have never seen little Divi since that time...

But it doesn’t matter! Now, even if I have to stay here forever, I might be willing to do so?

[April 8, 1000, 7:33 in the morning, Konglu Red District, student dormitory]

"...This is the coastal neighborhood of Honglian City. We can see that the scene is still a chaotic scene. The ice edges created by the Freezing Birds have not melted even after spending a night on this southern island. And the casualties are getting worse.

According to statistics, hundreds of people have died and 56 people are still missing..."

Looking at the shocking scene on the screen, Shintaro suddenly felt that the delicious breakfast made by his roommate became unpalatable.

Kazuhiko obviously felt the same way, he sighed and put down the chopsticks in his hands.

"The Miyuan bombing, followed by the attack on Red Lotus Island by the Three God Birds... It has been really troubled recently."

After imagining what the divine bird looked like, Shintaro trembled, "It's so scary. Why did the three divine birds suddenly attack Honglian Island..."

"It is said that it may be related to certain actions of Team Rocket. More detailed information should be released after the disaster relief is over." He Yan continued smoothly.

Shintaro nodded and looked away from the ruins on the screen with some reluctance, "It was the same with the explosion in Mihara City before... It's great to have investigators here. The news said that thanks to the first-class investigator Kamiwa

Mr. Xinghai repelled the three divine birds, so Honglian City did not suffer a more serious blow."

Recalling the words often spoken by his childhood sweetheart, Shintaro's depressed mood was slightly relieved. He stuffed the omelet on the plate into his mouth in one go and said vaguely, "If I can be like Mr. Hoshikai

Just be a hero."

"...Having the title "hero" is not necessarily a happy thing."

"Eh?"

Shintaro, who was holding an egg roll in his mouth, turned around in confusion and saw Kazuhiko already standing up, "Okay, let's set off after breakfast."

The red-haired boy's smile was still bright, as if the somewhat low words just now did not come from his mouth.

[April 8, 1000, 10:40 a.m., Konglu Red District, Guanghui Academy Teaching Building]

This morning was Teacher Noya’s practical class. However, Teacher Noya changed her teaching content very rarely. Instead of taking everyone to the training ground for combat practice, she told us in the classroom about two recent events.

Second major event.

Of course - the "Mihara bombing" and "Sanshen bird attack on Honglian Island" that have been in the news many times.

Teacher Noya is worthy of being the manager of our red group, and she seems to know many secrets. She told many shady stories about the Miyuan bombing case in an understatement - although our exclamations destroyed the calm atmosphere she brought - Mingming News

The reason for Sanshenniao's actions was not reported, but she already knew it very clearly.

Artificial Phoenix King Plan - I didn't expect Team Rocket to do such a thing. Even a newcomer like me knows that this is an absolute taboo.

It's really infuriating.

In more than three hours in the morning, all of us received a shocking amount of information a hundred times - ah, Nana-san's pen seemed to be out of ink - and gained a deeper understanding of what it means to stand in the most dangerous position.

The greatness of the four major divisions of the Alliance who are on the front line fighting these lawless elements.

"In the future, you will definitely become people who protect this country and even the whole world" - Teacher Noya said to us before the end of the class.

The teacher's words really inspired all of us. Even until lunch time, some students were still excitedly saying "I want to become a great investigator" and "Let's go to training immediately", which made the cafeteria very noisy.

Although I have never told anyone, I really want to become a strong person like Mr. Xinghai.

...But, what does Kazuhiko-senpai's sentence, "Heroes are not necessarily happy"... mean?

[April 8, 1000, 12:07 noon, Konglu Red District, entrance of Guanghui Academy cafeteria]

After lunch, Shintaro walked out of the cafeteria and went straight to the academy's training ground. There were no other classes in the afternoon, so it was a good time for free training.

——It’s not because of the influence of Noah’s lecture in the morning. He has long been accustomed to exercising himself when there is no class.

Of course, Shintaro was not so diligent and motivated during his travels - otherwise Squirtle would not have been slow to evolve - this diligent and diligent style was learned from his roommate, the fourteen-year-old Kazuhiko Takeuchi.

"Shintaro-san!"

"Whoaaah!"

The short brown-haired boy was frightened and turned around to see the big smiling face of his practical class partner.

"Nana-san, don't come out of nowhere like this and scare me..."

The orange-haired girl smiled and came closer, lowering her voice, "Hey, Shintaro-san, I discovered something super interesting."

Nana Yoshikawa always secretly shared some magical information with her friends like this, and Shintaro was almost used to it. But this time, after listening to Nana's narration, Shintaro was still surprised.

"Eh, eh?? No, no, no, smuggling is... um..."

"Keep your voice down." Nana quickly covered Shintaro's mouth with quick eyes and hands, "It would be bad if you heard it."

There is a communication bridge at the end of the trial forest in the red area that leads to the purple area. According to Nana, the guards at this communication bridge are very sleepy and often fall asleep. Nana once tried to take a few steps on the communication bridge.

, the sleeping guards showed no reaction.

"So - let's go! Let's explore the Purple Zone together!"

"No, no, no, no! What if we are thrown from the sky and land if we are discovered!?"

"Mr. Bai Ye won't be so heartless. Let's go, let's go?"

"No, no, absolutely not."

"Hey - what a pity. Then I can only go by myself."

"...No, no, no, this won't work either!"

"Why? Could it be that Shintaro-san, you have changed your mind and plan to go with me?"

"No! It's too dangerous. I, I will stop you!"

The two people were having a quarrel when a smiling voice sounded from behind them, "Where are you going?"

Shintaro and Nana were immediately pressed the mute button and turned back stiffly.

The blue-haired boy had a bright smile on his face, but Shintaro felt that today's monitor's smile was a bit scary.

"I heard it all? It seems to be that you are going to explore the purple zone, right? You are so brave. The crime of smuggling into the country without documents is very serious."

"Yes, I'm sorry!" Shintaro was so frightened that he stammered, "Fuusuke, please don't tell Teacher Noya ah ah ah qaq!!"

Seeing the panic of the two of them, Suzuno Fusuke, the monitor of Class A of the first grade of Guanghui Academy, laughed out loud.

"no problem."

"Eh, really?"

"Of course - as long as you let me join you."

The two were silent again for a few seconds.

"No problem!!" Nana used the speed of a future reporter to quickly cover up Shintaro's voice, "Squad leader, you are so kind! Okay, let's assemble the three members of the purple zone exploration team and set off!"

"Set off--"

"...Eh, eh, eh? Wait, it's too dangerous, don't go..."

[April 8, 1000, 14:11 pm, Konglu Red Zone, end of the trial forest]

"Why...has it become like this..." Shintaro was about to cry.

However, his two companions paid no attention to his feeble thoughts and looked at the amazing scenery in the distance.

"Wow, this is really..." Feng Jie seemed to be unable to find the right words to describe his mood, "I have never seen a communication bridge before, and I didn't expect it to look like this."

"It's exciting, right?" Nana smiled.

At the edge of the forest, the land suddenly broke apart. Its shape was very twisted, as if it had been forcibly torn apart by a giant. And on the edge of the cliff, a white bridge that was neither wide nor narrow extended forward, hidden in the clouds and mist.

From the bridge, you can't see where the bridge leads or whether there is land on the other side.

"Go back..." Shintaro cried sadly, "What if there is only a cliff in front of the bridge."

"Shintaro-san, are you questioning my intelligence capabilities?" Nana puffed up her cheeks.

"And how is it possible to build a communication bridge that does not lead to any land." Feng Jie laughed, "Then, let's explore the situation on the guard side?"

Nana sent his own hidden dragon to see what was going on. The luck of these three people was indeed very good - for one of them, it might be very bad - the guard was sleeping deeply.

So, the three reckless little guys tiptoed onto the white bridge that reached the sky.

After marching forward for only a few minutes, layers of clouds and fog had completely enveloped them. Their vision became extremely blurry, to the point where they could not even see the faces of the people around them, let alone how far ahead they were.

Be able to keep an eye on the path under your feet and move forward step by step.

Shintaro had an overly frightened expression on his face, as if he might miss the mark and fall down at any time, but Nana was still full of energy and even hummed a song. The class president was more reliable and walked at the front, turning back from time to time to remind the other two to pay attention.

Underfoot.

"ah!"

Shintaro suddenly let out a scream and quickly covered his mouth. The two people in front of him were startled and almost thought Shintaro had fallen off the bridge.

"What's wrong?" Feng Jie asked quickly.

"Front, front, front..." Shintaro pointed forward with trembling fingers.

Fuusuke and Nana looked in the direction that Shintaro pointed, and stared at it carefully for a few seconds before they both showed some weird expressions.

"That's... a person?"

"Can't see clearly...but it looks very similar."

"Why are there people in a place like this?"

"And he seems to be motionless."

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but in the white mist, the motionless black figure that looks like a human figure becomes more conspicuous.

The expedition team was quiet for a minute.

"What should I do?" Captain Nana said.

"Try going around from the side? Maybe it's just a pillar." Feng Jie boldly proposed a plan - although it is really strange to put a pillar in the middle of the bridge.

At this point, Shintaro also knew that it was useless to say "Go back", so he could only follow everyone's footsteps tremblingly.

Of course, it would be okay to turn around and go back alone, but the thought of leaving two friends in danger... might be more frightening to him than jumping off the bridge.

The three people tried to make their footsteps quieter. The black shadow was getting closer and closer, and the heavy fog blocked their sight, preventing them from seeing its true appearance.

Everyone has tensed up their nerves, held their breath, and approached the black shadow step by step.

A second before they passed each other, the black shadow changed.

It made a dull coughing sound.

Normally, this is just the sound of clearing one's throat before speaking, which would not attract anyone's attention. However, in the current environment, this stimulus is amplified without limit, creating a bomb-like effect.

The three people, who were already very nervous, almost jumped up in fright and dodged to the side randomly. The communication bridge itself was not wide, so when they dodged, they hit the guardrail and were about to fall down.

The black shadow seemed to pause for a moment in surprise, and then his clothes fluttered slightly.

The three young explorers felt that the world was spinning in front of them, and they didn't know what was going on. They landed on their feet in a daze and stood on the bridge again. The boys and girls looked at each other in shock. Shintaro thought he was definitely going to fall.

I fell to death, and it took me a long time to recover.

"Are you students from Guanghui Academy?" A clear human male voice came from the other side.

"Yes, yes." Nana, the leader of the expedition team, felt relieved again. Could it be that... he was caught and acted like that?

However, the person on the opposite side did not delve into why they were on the communication bridge leading to the Purple Zone. They just made a gesture that seemed to be a nod, "Really? It's very foggy today, so be careful when walking."

"It was just an accident, I was just shocked." Nana replied with a smile.

"I'm sorry for bothering you." Feng Jie apologized to the other party politely and thoughtfully. Presumably this person was also frightened by their surprise - thinking of this, Feng Jie suddenly felt that the behavior of his group just now was a bit...

funny.

"Is this your first time going to the Purple Zone? After walking off the communication bridge, there is a cafe on the edge of the forest. You can take a rest there." The man seemed to remind him kindly.

"I understand, thank you!"

After saying goodbye to each other, the three of them moved forward much more briskly.

"Huh, at first I thought it was a ghost. I didn't expect to meet such kind people on the bridge."

"Besides, he didn't seem to realize that we came here illegally."

“What luck!”

The second half of the journey was completely different from the first half, full of fun and laughter. Time seemed to flow faster, and within a few minutes, they set foot on a brand new land.

"Purple Zone, here I come!" Nana made an emotional gesture of hugging the air.

Shintaro followed cautiously at the end, sizing up the scene in front of him.

...an ordinary forest. The trees are not as tall as the Forest of Trials.

What, I'm still worried about whether there will be a large group of vicious wild Pokémon to greet us.

Shintaro shook his head and put aside his strange thoughts.

"Is that the coffee shop that person mentioned just now?" Feng Jie pointed to the cabin at the edge of the forest, "Would you like to go have a drink?"

"Okay, okay, I happen to be a little thirsty."

The three young men rushed into the coffee shop in a hurry. The wooden door was pushed open, causing a crisp sound of wind chimes.

The decoration in the store is very ordinary, and there is no weird impression given by the "legendary purple area". The thin male chef is leaning against the bar and seems to be tinkering with the coffee machine.

Hey, do the clerks in cafes... usually wear chef uniforms like this? Feng Jie secretly muttered in his heart, but did not express this little question for the time being.

"Please give me a cup of coffee, thank you."

"I want ice cream!"

"I, I just drink water."

The chef got busy in silence. Then, sitting side by side in front of the bar, Nana looked around restlessly, "Hey, Mr. Clerk, are there any special drinks here?"

Nana might want to hear a strange answer like "Super 100,000 Volt Soda" - unfortunately, the chef still didn't say anything, and just slowly pointed to the menu on the wall.

The orange-haired girl tilted her head and said with a smile, "Mr. clerk, why don't you speak? Do you have a cold? Are you still shy?"

"Hey, Nana-san, it's a bit rude to ask this..." Shintaro whispered quickly.

Upon hearing Nana's question, the chef paused for a few seconds, causing the three of them to look at him.

For some reason, Feng Jie suddenly had an ominous premonition.

The skinny man turned his head little by little like a stiff puppet.

"..."

"ah----"

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When the screams resounded throughout the forest, the black figure in the mist showed a strange smile.

"Welcome to the Fantasy Forest."

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The next moment, the fog suddenly dispersed. The young man did not take back his somewhat evil smile, but watched with interest the little boy in strange clothes descending from the sky.

"Tama-che-!" The little boy's eyes widened angrily, "Why are you bullying my friend again!"

"No way~" The young man spread his hands innocently, "I didn't stop them because I saw that the boy had your certificate."

The little boy suddenly choked, apparently recalling the gift he had personally given, "But, but, you tricked them into the forest!"

"It's too much to say that I lied. I didn't lie at all. I just told them that there was a cafe next to the forest."

"Well..."

"Moreover, I rescued them when they almost fell off the bridge."

"Well……"

"I saved them and showed them the way, but you wrongfully accused me of bullying them."

"...wu qaq."

With just three words, the child in front of him choked up and looked aggrieved, "You obviously did bad things but I can't refute you." The young man couldn't help but laugh and reached out to pinch the little boy's soft face.

"Okay, Diwei, let's play with your friends later." The young man clapped his hands, "It's been a long time since we cooperated with you to complete the task. We must give Mr. Bai Ye a perfect answer."

"Of course!" the little boy puffed up his chest, "and I won't lose to you!"

"Yes. Really, do we even have to compete at this time..."

The young man looked at his watch, squinted his eyes, and cast his gaze into the distance.

"Okay, it's time - let's go."