Pokémon: Trainers start as bounty hunters

Chapter 320 Trainers Lost in the Labyrinth

The dark cave Soten mentioned is a special tunnel located in the eastern suburbs of Kikyo City.

The Dark Cave, as its name suggests, is extremely dark inside, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.

"As you know, due to the peculiar terrain of our Johto area, the development of the Dark Cave, which was originally intended to be a connecting passage between Kikyo City and Yanmo City, had to be stopped."

Speaking of this location, Su Tian also felt helpless.

The birth and construction of the Dark Cave was actually facilitated by Kikyo Gym.

Of course, Yanmo Gym also put in a lot of effort.

After all, this is about the interoperability of the two big cities in Johto, and it is a beneficial and harmless thing for everyone.

The better the city where the gym is located, the stronger the foundation of the gym will naturally be, which in turn can help the city to build a better city. This is actually a mutually reinforcing and indispensable relationship.

Furthermore, Platycodon City and Yanmo City are actually very close in every aspect, and the people of the two cities also think it is a good thing to have an additional convenient passage between them.

Before this, if you wanted to go from Platycodon City to Yanmo City, the only official route of the alliance was to take a long detour, otherwise you could only go through the dangerous jungle in the wild.

For most people in the alliance, they do not have the ability to choose the latter method, and the former almost cuts off the communication between the two cities. After all, it is too troublesome.

If you have that little time, you might as well go to another city.

You must know that the trainer school in Platycodon City is one of the most outstanding schools in the entire city. It also has two famous attractions: the Tower of Trumpet Buds and the Sea of Trees;

The Yulong Clan in Yanmo City is even more famous throughout the world. Almost everyone is willing to pursue the powerful dragon elves. The nickname of the "Land of Dragons" in the city's capital area is not groundless.

Once the Dark Cave is completed, residents of both cities will be able to enjoy the benefits of the other city to a certain extent.

Unfortunately, due to the influence of the natural environment in the Johto area, the construction of the Dark Cave had to be stopped by the Alliance.

The Dark Cave is a tunnel that runs north-south, specifically, moving from the southwest to the northeast of the Johto area.

According to the original assumptions and detection, even if you walk from low to high, the slope of the entire cave will not be too large due to the length.

The result is obvious, both assumptions and detection are not very realistic.

Tetsuya didn't know exactly what the problem was. After all, he was from Kanto and not Johto, but it must have been big. Otherwise, in this world with elves, there were no engineering problems that elves couldn't solve.

If that doesn't work, then use a more powerful elf.

The underground tunnels connecting many cities in the Kanto region are strong supporters of this theory.

"After all these years, people have occasionally passed through the Dark Cave, but there has been a slight problem since last month."

Su Tian scratched his head with a headache.

Zheye tilted his head to express doubt.

"It's all those damn Tulong brothers."

Sutian spat out words that were extremely inconsistent with his appearance and identity.

"Do you have the habit of just staying motionless in places deep in the cave where light cannot reach? The dark cave is very suitable for the earth dragon brother to live in."

The first time he heard Suten's complaint, Tetsuya didn't think about the difficulties that Brother Tulong would bring. Instead, he judged the probability of Brother Tulong appearing in the dark cave based on the intuition of a bounty hunter.

The probability is indeed very high and very reasonable.

"ha?"

Then, he subconsciously made an incredulous sound.

No wonder he was so surprised.

The Pokédex introduces the Earth Dragon Brother as follows - "The Earth Dragon Brother is an Earth Snake Pokémon. When someone sees it, it will dig into the ground with its tail and run away with its back to the person."

From this introduction, it can be seen to some extent that Brother Tulong is indeed a "younger brother". The only characteristics worth explaining are that he is timid and runs very fast.

The fighting ability of this kind of elves in the wild is extremely weak. Even if they often appear in large groups, it is still a matter of one move for most trainers.

Of course, limited to wild elves, the earth dragon brother in the hands of some trainers is still quite powerful.

Although the younger brother Tulong has a dragon in his name but only has ordinary attributes and no dragon attributes, this dragon is not chosen casually.

It is one of the few elves other than dragon elves that can theoretically learn the powerful dragon skill of Dragon God Dive.

It can only be said that the dragon elves in the elf world are sometimes really the same as the dragons in Tetsuya's previous life legend, in some respects.

"Hey, the danger is another matter. After all, the destructive power of the earth dragon brother is really limited, but its natural habits are really troublesome."

Listening to Sutian's explanation, Zheye's eyes flashed and he asked tentatively: "Because of digging a nest?"

"That's right."

Su Tian nodded fiercely.

In the wild, the younger brother of the earth dragon will remain motionless. It will only use its drill-like tail to dig into the ground, move backwards, and create complex-shaped nests deep underground.

To put it simply, it is similar to the gophers and the three gopher tribes in the Kanto region.

The earth dragon brother does occasionally share his lair passage with these two.

However, compared with the two, the lair passage built by Tulong brother is smaller and more complicated.

Since it knows its location through the smell of the soil, the nest it builds is like a maze with an extremely wide coverage to outsiders.

The only advantage is that you don't have to worry about the cave suddenly collapsing. At least Brother Tulong is very serious about building the nest, and the gophers, good neighbors and helpers, will occasionally help reinforce it with ground energy.

After all, people are short-handed, and sometimes borrowing channels requires rewards.

"Although the Dark Cave was stopped when it was about to be completed, it can actually be considered a semi-completed state.

As long as you reach the final high point and climb up, you can actually reach Yanmo City directly, which saves a lot of time compared to land.

Under this circumstance, even if the Dark Cave is deemed abandoned by us, many people will still take a shortcut to Yanmo City through the Dark Cave every year.

However, due to the darkness inside and the recent appearance of Brother Tulong, the path inside the dark cave has become extremely complicated.

In the past month, many relatives of missing trainers have reported that their family members were lost in the dark cave."

Sutian briefly talked about the problems currently facing the Dark Cave.

Tetsuya quickly understood what he meant.

"Do you want me to go in and rescue them?" Tetsuya asked.

He thinks this task is not too difficult.

Sutian nodded slowly: "In a dark cave, if you are not a trainer with super-sense ability, you may not be able to come out even if there is sufficient light."

This is one of the reasons why so many trainers are trapped inside.

"I generally understand, I think I can..."

"Listen to me first."

With a serious look on his face, Suten interrupted Tetsuya who was just about to take over the task.

"This mission is still somewhat dangerous."

"Danger?" Zheya said he didn't understand.

Sutian nodded: "Of course I know how powerful your sect is in terms of perception ability. This is why I asked you to help me with this. Moreover, most of your elves are very suitable for underground battles. We in Platycodon City use flying

Trainers who specialize in this type are somewhat unable to perform well underground."

As Ah Si's old friend, he has a deep understanding of the first reason.

In comparison, the second point seems a bit insignificant.

In this case, where does the danger Sutian mentioned come from?

"Do you know why the Dark Cave was abandoned?"

Su Tian suddenly changed the subject of the conversation.

"have no idea."

Tetsuya shook his head honestly.

"The terrain is only one aspect of the external declaration, the more important reason is that floods will flow into the dark cave."

Sutian simply told the secret that most people didn't know.

Flood, Zheya is quite familiar with this, after all, he has only experienced it not long ago.

However, he felt that there was water everywhere in the Johto area.

"It's strange, isn't it? Why does it feel like there's flooding everywhere in the city?"

Of course, Suten also knew about the sudden flood that Tetsuya encountered in the Heracross Forest not long ago. At that time, Platycodon City was the focus of requests for help there.

If Liu Bo, who was more suitable to deal with the flood, had not passed by when he had time, then he should have been the one who appeared in front of Zheye at that time.

"The source of the flood here is quite clear, and that is the fluctuation of the sea tide."

Su Tian sighed and said helplessly.

"But isn't Platycodon City quite a distance from the ocean?" Zhe also raised his doubts.

In this case, the fluctuation of the tide can also affect the underground tunnels around Kikyo City.

"This thing is very complicated. Anyway, this is the conclusion drawn from all aspects, and the sea of trees in Platycodon City is a product of it."

In this regard, Sutian, who is just a trainer, said that he didn't know much about it, and he was not a geography professional. At most, he would have a good conclusion in this regard.

"In short, thanks to the clarity of the source, the time of the influx of floods can be traced, which is from about 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. This is why the fixed time of Platycodon Road

The reason why the museum blocks the entrance to the Dark Cave."

Seeing that Tetsuya still wanted to ask more questions, Suten quickly stopped him by changing the subject.

Tetsuya thought thoughtfully, since the flooding in the Dark Cave of Platycodon City was related to the ocean tide, then the Heracross Forest, which is closer to the ocean, might also be the factor of the ocean tide.

But it's not like that. The floods there have no pattern at all. They can be big or small.

"What if it's someone from Yanmo City?"

Putting aside the questions in his mind, Tetsuya focused his attention on the task in front of him.

No matter what, making money is the first priority.

"Similarly, Yanmo Gym will also send people to block it at fixed times." Su Tian said matter-of-factly.

The Dark Cave capital is almost ready, so it makes no sense not to use it at all. After all, it is really convenient.

However, unlike what was initially imagined, the usage time of this channel is extremely limited and uncertain.

The most important thing is that no one knows whether the tide will suddenly break the rules with you. If something happens, it will not be fun.

For example, the lair maze of Brother Earth Dragon this time is enough to make people’s heads ache, let alone natural disasters.

Maybe some people think that they can ignore those who are lost in it. After all, the official said that the dark cave is an abandoned passage and it is not allowed to walk through it.

However, this is the responsibility of a city gym.

No matter what the reason is, no matter whether those people are dead or alive now, it must do what it should do.

If this were not the case, then people in each city would not be sincerely proud of the gym in their hometown.

This is the sense of security that protection brings to people from generation to generation.

No matter how you say it, the Dark Cave belongs to two cities rather than just the wilderness. Once someone encounters danger inside, the gym still needs to rescue them.

"It's now half past one in the afternoon. You can enter immediately after the night tide passes. What I'm most worried about is that you won't be able to quickly find the trainers who are in trouble and you won't be able to evacuate smoothly before three o'clock tomorrow morning."

Since he and Ah Si are close friends through life, Suten can be considered as Tetsuya's elder. Coupled with several meetings and Tetsuya's help just now, his perspective on the problem is somewhat personal.

If it were someone else, he wouldn't bother to care about the other person's safety, and he would just give the other person money to do tasks, how nice would it be.

As for withdrawing halfway and continuing the search tomorrow, it may be too late, and the repetition rate of the search area will be greatly increased.

Because of the environment inside the Dark Cave, Sutian searched for a long time but could not find a trainer willing to take on the rescue mission. At this time, a long time had passed since the first trainer who reported the distress information was trapped.

If Tetsuya's rescue is delayed any longer, then the remaining hope of survival for that group of people will probably be gone.

It's not that Suten is not willing to go down and find it himself, but as the gym leader and guardian of Platycodon City, this kind of thing is not enough for him to take action.

It would be a tragedy if something bigger happened while he was there.

This is also stipulated by the alliance.

And his performance in the cave may not be much better than Tetsuya's.

"No problem, leave it to me."

In this regard, Zhe also showed considerable confidence.

"The reward for the mission is probably..."

Suten didn't say anything when he saw this. This is each trainer's own choice. He turned to talk to Tetsuya about the reward for the mission.

"Okay, if there are no other questions, I'll go get ready first."

Not long after, the two people who reached a consensus looked at each other and smiled, and Tetsuya took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Su Tian nodded.

Looking at Tetsuya's leaving figure, he sighed slightly.

"I hope the food reserved by the group will last until now, and I hope they can find a place to escape the flood."