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 of this year. Now I am living an ordinary study life in a not-so-ordinary academy.

Since arriving in this incredible place, I have met so many people and have grown through the influence of these incredible people.

If it were me two months ago, I would definitely not be able to imagine it——

Now I am progressing step by step like the Tatsuya brother I longed for.

Of course... I don't want to be tricked into the fantasy forest again. It was simply the most terrifying experience in my life qaq!

[April 16, 1000, 7:31 in the morning, Konglu Red District, student dormitory]

"I really didn't expect it." Shintaro sighed sincerely, "The incident has obviously been over for a long time, but the public opinion has only begun to calm down now."

"Thanks to Mr. Hester for coming forward to clarify." Kazuhiko said softly, his golden eyes staring at the TV screen seemed calm and a little dim, "otherwise, I'm afraid Investigator Shenyu would have been criticized more."

Recalling the tit-for-tat on the Internet over this matter in the past week, Shintaro couldn't help but sigh.

The criticism against First Class Investigator Hoshikai Kamaba began to appear on April 8, the day after the incident ended - no, it was not so much criticism as "insult".

Some "enthusiastic netizens" took pictures of the tragic scenes in the disaster-stricken areas along the coast of Honglian City, and accused the prosecutor Shenyu Xinghai of neglecting his duties and failing to fulfill his responsibility to protect the city. He only came to the scene minutes after the Freezing Bird attacked the city.

It was too late, resulting in severe damage to coastal areas.

During the few days when both the search department and Kamiha Hoshikai himself remained silent, the tragic situation in Guren City was constantly exposed. While people sympathized with the victims, they almost "naturally" complained about the strongest people present. From the first

In just a few hours after the group of photos were released, the scolding on the Internet has already reached a chilling level - in the GT forum, the official account of Shenyu Xinghai recently posted several tactical discussions and daily chats, and the comments

Has been drowned out by a tsunami of curses.

Even if someone who defends Xinghai occasionally speaks up, the weak voice quickly disappears in the sea of ​​insults, and is even included in the attack range of angry netizens. Everyone is clamoring for the first-level prosecutor Shen Yu

Xinghai took responsibility and came forward to give an explanation to the victims.

Therefore, under such ferocious public opinion pressure, on April 14, Xinghai issued a public apology.

This one-minute apology video completely ignited the anger of Xinghai's supporters. They could not sit back and watch their favorite prosecutor bow to people after fighting with all his strength and scars - so more people started to express their anger.

Engaged in a war of words, the Internet was filled with chaos and hostility.

——Until a certain video was uploaded to the gt forum by an unknown netizen.

It was an interview video between the Shenyu Xinghai investigator and the retired former Chief of Staff of the Alliance Command, Hester Garfield. In the video, Mr. Hester clearly and rationally explained his point of view - Xinghai's

There is nothing wrong with the tactical deployment. The Red Lotus Volcano is the most likely location for Team Rocket’s research institute, and it is also the most critical location in a strategic sense. The attack on the city by the Three Divine Birds was an accident that no one could have predicted.

The time was already incredibly short—to be able to resist the angry three divine birds for several hours by oneself was even more of a miracle.

He is the biggest contributor to this disaster, and no one has the right to blame him.

After the video was released, Hearst's view was gradually recognized by most netizens, and the criticism against Xinghai began to subside.

The people who used to abuse Xinghai's forum account have long since disappeared, and the comments containing swear words have been cleared out bit by bit by the administrator. However, who can remove those slanderous words against innocent netizens and Xinghai's supporters?

And what about the damage done to Xinghai himself?

"Kazuhiko-senpai, I may understand what you said that day." Shintaro put down his chopsticks, "The title of hero... indeed brings more than just happiness, the things they carry are too heavy."

How did the so-called heroic investigator feel when he said "I'm sorry"?

"Well, that's right."

The red-haired boy laughed and patted the thin junior on the shoulder.

"But even so, we have to work hard to become "bearers," right?"

[April 16, 1000, 8:00 a.m., Konglu Red District, Guanghui Academy Teaching Building]

"Everyone, be quiet." The head teacher of Shintaro's class is a middle-aged man who is old-fashioned and has no imposing manner. He is clapping his hands to signal everyone to stop chatting, "I have something to announce."

The young students fell silent obediently, but within a few seconds they were ignited by the head teacher's words.

"There is a transfer student coming to our class today, everyone should get along well with her."

As soon as these words came out, the overly curious boys and girls couldn't help but start whispering among themselves. Shintaro's expression was not very surprised, he just scratched his head thoughtfully.

Sure enough, the information Nana-san said is true.

"There will be a transfer student coming to our class tomorrow! It is said that she is a girl. She is a student specializing in scientific research and is good at developing gadgets that are useful in combat. I don't know what kind of person she is. I'm really looking forward to it!" - This is Nana yesterday.

Information disclosed.

He also said that he didn't know what kind of person he was... didn't he already know it completely?

Where did Nana-san know these things... I really want to see what she wrote in her notebook.

While Shintaro was thinking wildly, the class became quiet again.

The classroom door was gently pushed open. Shintaro saw a girl with a similar height to him and with long light yellow hair walking in.

Since the girl kept her head lowered, Shintaro could only see her bowing awkwardly, and then he wrote his name on the blackboard.

Chinatsu Ito...?

Shintaro recited the girl's name silently in his heart.

It sounds very good.

The homeroom teacher put a hand on the girl's shoulder and introduced the transfer student. The girl named Chinatsu Ito remained silent the whole time and seemed very nervous.

After the introduction, the girl seemed to whisper something - maybe "please give me some advice"? But her voice was too soft, and Shintaro couldn't hear her words clearly.

"Well, Ito-san... just sit there." The homeroom teacher pointed to the empty seat next to Shintaro, "Next to the brown-haired Yusa-san."

Qianxia nodded, still lowering her head, and walked step by step to her seat.

Shintaro looked at his new deskmate with some curiosity. The girl's hair color was very soft and light yellow, and the ends of her hair were playfully curled and spread over her shoulders. Her thick bangs covered her face so that Shintaro couldn't see her.

look.

After Chinatsu sat down in her seat, Shintaro smiled and said, "Hello, I am Yusa Shintaro. Please give me your advice."

Hearing Shintaro's voice, Chinatsu's body suddenly stiffened, and she nodded to Shintaro in a panic - maybe even said "hmm"? But Shintaro couldn't hear clearly whether she said anything.

Seeing the girl being so embarrassed that she almost dropped the book on the ground, Shintaro was speechless for a moment.

Am I...that terrible?

Shintaro, who couldn't laugh or cry, suddenly recalled the scene when he first entered Konglu. At that time, when he faced Teacher Noya for the first time, he seemed to be in a panic and even said his name wrong - it was simply

A lifetime of shame.

...Maybe this kid is a bit like me?

Looking at Chinatsu's light yellow hair hanging on the table, this idea suddenly came to Shintaro's mind.

The first world history class passed without incident. When the bell rang, many young girls who seemed addicted to studying immediately jumped up and rushed to the seats of transfer students - this is also the usual behavior of transfer students.

The treatment, not to mention the transfer student is a very cute looking girl.

The next step is nothing more than time for the surrounded transfer students to answer questions, such as where they are from, what kind of Pokémon they have, etc. A transfer student with a cheerful personality may be able to get along with the people in the class at this time, but Chinatsu is obviously not that person

type.

When many people gathered around her, Qianxia's body froze almost visibly.

As the monitor of this class, Ryano Fusuke has long noticed that this petite transfer student has a shy personality and is not good at dealing with overly enthusiastic people.

Just as he was about to say something, a voice sounded first.

"Don't be so anxious, everyone. I can't hear your voices anymore." The brown-haired boy smiled and scratched his head, "And the next class is combat theory. If Mr. Yamamoto sees it..."

Thinking of the stern and inhumane combat theory teacher, almost all the students took a deep breath and their voices suddenly became much lower.

"Sorry, Ito-kun, I was a little impatient just now... Welcome to our class, where are you from?"

"...Um, I'm from Rainbow City..."

The conversation finally went smoothly - although one party's response was a bit slow.

Fusuke saw that Shintaro, who was next to the transfer student, smiled quietly and rolled his eyes.

This kid also knows how to take care of his younger generation.

Thinking about the brown-haired boy who was just like Chinatsu and felt awkward when he first entered this class, Fousuke suddenly felt a little emotional.

[April 16, 1000, 10:20 am, Konglu Red Zone, Trial Forest]

As the course progresses, more and more practical courses are conducted in the trial forest. Today's course is team combat. A team of ten people must protect the team and store supplies while fighting against the besieging wild Pokémon.

The "temporary stronghold" will not be destroyed - of course, the so-called stronghold is just a fake prop used for teaching.

It is not easy for a ten-person team to operate. Tragedies that interfered with each other and even accidentally injured each other often occurred in the beginning. However, after two months of running in with each other, low-level mistakes have rarely occurred.

Each person is allowed to use only one Pokémon. Since the camp this time is located on the bank of a river, Shintaro chose Angora.

Pokémon in the water have their own unique advantages. The Spearow, which was flying around in the air, could not trace the traces of the Goldfish at all, but was constantly hit by the dizzying water fluctuations, and fell into the water whining like little chicks.

The same fluttering.

Shintaro himself has tamed the Spearow and trained it as his main combat force. The horned goldfish is almost familiar with the Spearow's action mode - there is no need to show his body, just lurking under the water to attack is enough to

Flocks of Spearow cause great distress.

He almost held the river bank by himself - something Shintaro would never have dared to imagine a few months ago.

On the other side, acquaintances Nana and Fousuke, who are in the same team, also performed stably as always. Nana's fighting method is very flexible and always makes wild Pokémon confused; Fousuke is the team's most reliable defender, resolving problems for the team.

Countless injuries.

Of course, this doesn't mean this class is easy.

Three large needle wasps broke through the defense line and rushed in as quickly as silver needles. The boy in charge of this direction suddenly panicked and hurriedly issued the "smoke" instruction. When the duck-billed fire beast spit out the thick smoke,

When the flames were wrapped in smoke, many people—including the trainer himself who gave the order—realized that something was wrong.

Using moves that significantly interfere with the surrounding environment is a taboo in team combat.

The smoke screen caused by the puff of smoke spread out in all directions, blocking everyone's vision. Fortunately, the little guy who made the mistake reacted quickly and immediately stopped the platypus fire beast from attacking. The smoke screen only lasted for more than ten seconds.

And just in these ten seconds, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in Shintaro's heart.

His body tensed uncontrollably.

The scene of the smoke gradually dissipating was reflected in the boy's clear brown pupils. His gaze was too focused - therefore, he was the first to notice something strange.

Ito Chinatsu was in a very panic mood at this time.

She entered the Radiance Academy as a student with a specialization in research, and she was not very good at Pokémon battles. Such chaotic outdoor battle scenes made her even more confused.

She didn't want to cause trouble to everyone when she first entered this class, but she really didn't know what to do.

The girl looked back blankly.

In the increasingly thinner smoke, Kairos's ferocious pair of pincers suddenly jumped into view.

When the dazzling cold light came on, Chinatsu almost lost the ability to think. Her partner Pokémon Meilihua had already suffered a lot of injuries in the previous battle and had no strength to deal with a terrifying insect Pokémon like Kairos—

—Chinatsu herself doesn’t have the quickness to escape an attack.

The petite girl suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. However, before more bad thoughts could arise, a figure rushed over.

Nana Yoshikawa, who was on the front line, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief before she could even utter the urgent instruction.

She also sensed the danger in the direction of transfer students. However...

It seemed like someone was reacting faster than her.

The orange-haired girl laughed to herself, her blue eyes filled with nostalgia.

It’s so similar to the time you saved me... right, Brave-kun?

Chinatsu felt her body moving uncontrollably. The not-so-strong arm hugged her and took her away from the most dangerous place - Chinatsu even saw the ends of her hair being cut off by Kairos.

A few strands of broken hair.

The girl lowered her eyes in a daze.

There was no excessive thought in the eyes of the brown-haired boy. The light in them was calm and determined, and extremely bright, as if he was doing what was natural.

“Climb the waterfall!”

Shintaro turned around and shouted loudly.

The horned goldfish rushed up with the water flow, knocking Kairos back again and again - only backwards.

The small hornfish is not good at brute force attacks, and its favorite move of climbing a waterfall did not cause any trouble to the strong Kairos.

Sure enough, there is no chance of winning in a head-on fight.

Shintaro gritted his teeth and already held the fishing rod behind his back with his right hand.

He knew it would be difficult for him to deal with that Kairos, but the moment he discovered the danger, he still acted without thinking.

Without any consideration, without any cowardly circuit in the past. Just at a certain second, he thought of Takeuchi Kazuhiko's back.

That cheerful red-haired boy once taught Shintaro how seniors should protect their juniors.

Looking at the young man standing in front of her, Chinatsu's panic surprisingly began to calm down.

She has no fear of Pokémon. She is panicking just because she is not familiar with this kind of battle mode. If someone fights alongside her——

Pursing her lips, Chinatsu took out an inconspicuous little iron ball.

She waved her arms vigorously and threw the iron ball towards Kairos. Shintaro was stunned when he noticed this action, and turned around to ask——

The boy's voice was swallowed up by the explosion that followed.

"Boom——"

Everyone and all Pokémon stopped moving and looked blankly in the direction of the explosion. The huge sound almost spread throughout the entire trial forest, and even the Centipede King at the end raised its tentacles in alarm.

The corners of the brown-haired boy's face were smeared by the blazing wind and fire, and his mouth twitched, and his whole body was completely messed up in the wind.

At this moment, he finally understood what Nana-san meant by "being good at developing small props that are useful in combat" and the reason why she showed a sly smile when she said this word.

Blast, are bombs considered props? qaq?

The team combat class ended without incident - of course, the bomb Chinatsu threw that knocked Kairos unconscious took a lot of the credit.

The students once again surrounded the transfer student. This time, curiosity turned into admiration. Feng Jie had no choice but to maintain order, and even thought in his heart with laughter - what if he scared others and threw a few more bombs?

Is it good?

It was only then that Shintaro felt afraid.

I...I, I, I, just now, actually rushed directly in front of Kairos?

Ahhhhhhhh what am I thinking...

...Uh, I don't seem to have thought of anything...

Oh my God, it's so dangerous. That's Kairos...

The seemingly expressionless brown-haired boy's legs were trembling, and his heart was filled with barrage, which even blocked the face of his own horned goldfish.

"that……"

The soft voice interrupted Shintaro's inner madness. The boy raised his head blankly——

The girl with light yellow curly hair had walked in front of him at some point. Only then did Shintaro see that the girl's eyes were beautiful dark green.

"That, the greeting from before..."

"Eh?"

Qianxia's fingers gently pinched the corners of her clothes and bowed to the boy at the same table.

This time, she finally said clearly what she wanted to express.

"I am Chinatsu Ito, please give me some advice."