Pokémon: Trainers start as bounty hunters

Lugia's flight was not only stable, but its speed was not inferior to Bifa's full-out burst.

Tetsuya's photo-taking trip ended before it even started.

A silvery-white trace streaked across the sky above the Whirlpool Islands. The people below were not aware of it at all and were still living in full swing.

One person and three elves soon landed on a small, remote island.

"Ooooh"

Little Lugia couldn't wait to run into the sea.

"Paji"

Lugia waved its wings slightly, and it was suppressed so that it could not move.

"This location is not bad. Most people wouldn't run here without any trouble."

Tetsuya looked around and commented.

In the previous animation, the place where Silver appeared was called Okinawa Island, but he really didn't know the exact location.

After all, there are so many small islands in the Whirlpool Islands area that even the map cannot mark them all.

What's more, the names of many islands are passed down orally by the residents of the islands.

Maybe two hundred meters apart, the two families have different names for the island, so it's impossible to tell the difference.

The small island they are currently on is sandwiched between Chiyan Island and Silver Rock Island, and the distance is not very close.

Strictly speaking, this place cannot even be considered the scope of the Whirlpool Islands.

Further north, the extremely tall mountains are a natural protective umbrella for Little Lugia.

At least until the Battle Development Zone is officially established, not many trainers will visit that mountain range.

Lugia also nodded.

Since it has superpower attributes, it is not a random place to choose. What's more, it also knows this place quite well.

"This island was one of the few areas that was not affected by my power at that time, so the humans on Whirlpool Island also respected it and generally would not come up.

In addition, I have left a lot of power on Silver Rock Island, and I have blocked the passage to and from the island. It will be even more difficult to enter this island.

Presumably this way, I don’t have to worry too much about its safety.”

Lugia said.

To put it bluntly, this place is a resting spot that it has reserved long ago.

Although it does not directly cover the existence of the island like Suicune, it is unrealistic for ordinary people to come up.

A trainer with an elf that can cross the sea and fly would not focus on such a barren island.

Compared with the sea area near Ruoye Town, the environment of this island was enough for little Lugia to play in his childhood.

Little Lugia, who was pressed to the ground, had eyes shining brightly.

OK, this is great.

It can't wait to have fun on the island.

"If you are caught by humans, then I will take you with me." Lugia helplessly patted his child's head.

Logically speaking, their character should be relatively quiet and elegant, so why is this one born so lively and active?

"Oh~"

Little Lugia raised his head and chirped disdainfully.

Its growth period is very long, but that does not mean it is weak.

Compared with quasi-gods, the strength of the Lugia family, which has neither evolved nor advanced forms, has always been online.

Coupled with the divine beast's natural ability to control energy and master skills, it has just reached the ordinary level and can compete with some elite-level elves.

This is talent, and you can't envy it.

Therefore, although Prince Bo really wants to be Little Lugia's big brother, in terms of strength, there is a high probability that he will not be Little Lugia's opponent.

In other words, a second-stage elf of the water system who wants to compete with a cub of a mythical beast named "Poseidon" is really not on the same level.

This is still a one-to-one situation.

In fact, as a member of the Lugia clan, little Lugia can easily recruit a group of powerful elves to serve as his protective umbrella and thugs.

In the vast ocean, there are many powerful water elves who want to follow little Lugia.

However, in Lugia's words, "Those powerful elves all have things they need to protect, and we, the Lugia family, exist to protect them. If we let them protect us in turn, that would be too much."

Sorry for the title 'Poseidon'."

It looked quite arrogant when it said this, but Zhe was unable to refute it.

Because countless examples have proven that the Lugia family is the real guardian of the ocean.

Not to mention anything else, a large part of the people who are rescued from shipwrecks every year are saved by Lugia.

The meaning of the Silver Feather is much higher than that of the Rainbow Feather in all parts of the world.

"Go ahead."

Lugia no longer suppressed the little guy who was about to move, and waved his wings to fly it into the ocean.

Little Lugia dived into the seabed comfortably.

"Boga"

Prince Bo glanced at Tetsuya and jumped into the sea without saying a word.

"The little guy is a little naughty, I'm really sorry."

Tetsuya said to Lugia with some embarrassment.

Lugia chuckled: "It's a good child, I'm looking forward to it accepting my child as...little brother?

That’s what you say, right? The names you humans have are really interesting.”

One person and one mythical beast had a rare chat.

Probably because he was a first-time parent, Lugia didn't know how to raise a child.

"In the past, you humans were not everywhere like you are now. I grew up to my current strength easily in the ocean."

Lugia seemed to be complaining a bit.

"Ah, I'm really sorry."

Zhe also scratched his head, "There are always some people with darker psychology, and we ourselves are very distressed."

Lugia smiled and shook his head: "I don't mean to blame. After all, from my point of view, the emergence of humans has indeed brought different vitality to the elves. This is a fact.

It’s just that problems will inevitably arise during the development process, which is normal.”

In its long age, human development only occupies a not too long part.

From being hostile to elves to now living in harmony with elves, Lugia actually has a good impression of humans.

Otherwise, it would not have lived so openly and openly under the eyes of humans.

If the people in those two countries hadn't gone too far, maybe it would still be active in front of mankind today.

Most of the mythical beasts actually have similar ideas to Lugia.

To put it bluntly, the reason why we cannot see their appearance at present is mostly due to the fact that humans in ancient times were too ruthless.

There is coercive control at every turn, and even an intelligent individual would want to run away.

The most important thing is that the ancients' brains were still very good, and they developed many special props that can be effective against mythical beasts.

Even in modern times, there are still many props manufacturing technologies that have not been cracked.

Of course, it is also related to the alliance’s intention to decentralize research in this area.

Otherwise, it would not be a good thing when a group of first-level gods get angry and cause trouble.

Countless tragic cases are before our eyes, and those ruins buried deep underground are not for viewing.

"If little Lugia lives here, the scope is actually somewhat limited."

Zheya looked at the two elves making wanton noise in the ocean and sighed consciously or unconsciously.

He felt that from this point of view, being a cub of a mythical beast was not a very good thing. He would have to be in fear all day long.

"It's only five or six years. After five or six years, I can return to normal and take it with me.

When the time comes, it will have to follow me and learn what the Lugia clan should do.

For now, let’s let it have fun.”

Lugia was lying on the rock, looking at his child with eyes full of tenderness.

"By the way, could you please tell me how many Lugia there are in the world? I'll think it's you the next time I meet one."

Tetsuya casually picked up a stone and threw it towards Prince Bo, only to be hit in the face with a weak water gun.

Lugia thought for a while: "Including my children, there should be six...five."

"Five."

Zheye nodded.

As for the one the other party changed his mind about, it was probably the Dark Lugia whose name he only heard of in his previous life but whose identity he never saw.

I don’t know how Dark Lugia was born. It stands to reason that with their character, they shouldn’t have such a violent existence.

Maybe, it’s something done by humans again?

"Okay, I'm almost leaving."

Facing the setting sun, Lugia flapped his wings lazily, "It was a pleasure chatting with you. If there is a chance, see you next time~"

With that said, it didn't care what Zheya's reaction was, it rushed straight into the sky and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Why--"

Zheye's outstretched hand was stuck in mid-air.

No, just leave like that? What should he do?

"Boga"

Prince Bo's panicked cry interrupted Tetsuya's thinking.

He came back to his senses and looked into the ocean.

On the fiery red sea, Prince Bo's body was wrapped in blue light spots.

Little Lugia was floating in circles on the sea around it, making mocking calls from time to time.

Prince Bo felt his body, and it seemed that there was no change. Then he jumped up in anger and took little Lugia into the bottom of the sea.

The blue light spots then dissipated.

Zheye looked at this scene thoughtfully.

He once saw a similar record in an ancient book: "Lugia's blessing, no, to be precise, the blessing of the ocean?"

On the panel displayed by No. 0, Prince Bo's information did not change at all.

But Zhe also knew that this should only be temporary.

Prince Bo, who has not yet evolved into the form of Emperor Nabo, cannot absorb the effect of showing the blessing of the ocean very well.

"It seems that we need to spend money to prepare a high-quality water stone for the little guy as soon as possible."

Tetsuya looked at the carefree Prince Bo and sighed.

Otherwise, let him pluck little Lugia's hair and exchange it for money.

In the ocean, little Lugia, who was fighting with Prince Bo, suddenly stiffened.

It felt a wave of malice descend on its head.

"puff"

"Boga"

Prince Bo unceremoniously took this opportunity to shoot little Lugia with a water gun.

"Oooh!"

Little Lugia immediately put aside his malice and roared filial piety towards Prince Bo.

"Bo~ga, boga~"

Prince Bo floated on the water, stretched out one wing and shook it disdainfully at little Lugia.

Next, a huge wave of water gathered.

Plucking hair in exchange for money is naturally a joke.

Although Zheye doesn't have much money now, new share payments will be automatically credited to his bank account in more than a month.

At that time, buying a 95 quality water stone will not be a big problem, the key is just whether there is such a channel.

No big deal, just ask Dawu or Xiaogang.

The former's collecting habit must have a lot of high-quality evolution stones. For the latter, you can help him ask the Hualan Gym if they have any.

It just so happens that I can give Daiwu the mystery crystal I bought with money to see if I can exchange it for something.

If it hadn't been for this, Zheya would have almost forgotten about it.

"Prince Bo, we are ready to leave."

Patting his butt and standing up, Tetsuya called out to Prince Bo on the sea.

Now that he has arrived at the Whirlpool Islands, it is impossible for him to go back across the entire area at night, so naturally he can just find a place to make do.

The facade of the Whirlpool Islands, Qingyan Island is a very good choice.

The port city there, Kuja City, is quite prosperous.

"Boga"

Hearing the trainer's shout, Prince Bo happily raised his hand to say hello to his new friends, and then turned into a white line and swam towards the shore.

"Ooooh"

Little Lugia followed behind with some obsession.

Zheye walked up to it and squatted down, stretched out his hand and touched its head: "Don't worry, I will bring it to play with you later."

Little Lugia looked straight at the human in front of him with pure eyes, and nodded happily.

Prince Bo smiled and waved his wings towards it.

"Oh~"

Little Lugia shook his head and dived into the water very proudly.

Prince Bo's face froze.

"Haha, it seems like your little brother doesn't give you face."

Tetsuya stabbed it in the heart again.

"Bo-ga!"

Prince Bo slapped Tetsuya's body angrily.

"Okay, okay, stop making trouble and come back, Prince Bo;

Bitiao, I leave it to you."

"Beep——"

Under the night, two red lights flashed alternately, and a huge black shadow rose into the sky, spreading its wings towards the large and bright island in the distance.

Whirlpool Islands, Kujia City, Qingyan Island.

Tetsuya, who walked out of the Flying Elf docking station, looked at the brightly lit city and raised his eyebrows.

"Hasn't this Whirlpool Islands Competition started yet?"

Tetsuya was also slightly surprised when he heard the topics discussed by the trainers walking around.

The Whirlpool Islands Competition is held every three years. This three-year period actually refers to it in general.

Three years and one day is three years, and three years and 364 days is also three years.

The specific time it will be held depends entirely on the arrangements made by the priests of the Whirlpool Islands.

According to people around, it seemed that the priest suddenly sent word this afternoon that the Whirlpool Islands Competition could be held.

"Is it because Lugia woke up?"

Zhe also thought so.

If he remembered correctly, the final winner of the Whirlpool Islands would be titled "The Brave of the Sea", and it was said that he would also be given the "Blessing of the Sea Soul".

It is said that such trainers are particularly popular with water-type Pokémon.

It was really hard for him not to associate such a coincidence with something like this.

Looking at the festively decorated city, Zheye smiled and shook his head.

Even if it's true, so what, it doesn't matter.

He raised his legs and walked toward the more central location of the city.

Kouga City Pokémon Center.

As always, he used the illustrated privileges to obtain a single deluxe room. Zheya also asked Miss Qiao Yin at the front desk for the entry guide for the Whirlpool Island Contest.

The Whirlpool Island Competition is another very famous traditional event in the Johto area, and its reputation is no less than that of the Rising Dragon Trial.

Due to the geographical environment, a large number of water Pokémon live around the Whirlpool Islands.

Therefore, the competition organized by the residents here naturally focuses on water-type Pokémon.

To put it simply, this is an alternative single-attribute event.

However, compared with simple and common single-attribute events, the Whirlpool Islands Competition is undoubtedly much more famous.

This is a major event that most water Pokémon fans and trainers regard as absolutely not to be missed.

Even for a small number of trainers who specialize in water-type Pokémon, the Whirlpool Islands Competition is more important than the regional competition.

In the past many years, there have been cases where some people gave up participating in the regional conference in order not to miss the Whirlpool Islands Competition.

"Is the venue held at Chiyan Island?"

Looking at the specific information in the manual, Zheye nodded clearly.

The specific competition process is also very simple - all registered trainers will compete in a single elimination round until the top 64 are determined, and then there will be a 2v2 battle until the championship is determined.

Compared with the regional conference, it is obviously much more straightforward.

Tetsuya is quite fond of this competition system.

The only problem is...

"It seems you only have one water elf?"

In the room, on the other end of the video call, Xiaogang calmly pointed out the number of water elves in Tetsuya's team.

Zheya had a headache and covered his head: "Ah, it seems like this."

He can make up two of the other attributes, even the dragon attribute, to participate in the competition, but the water attribute is one of the few exceptions.

Who told him to build his team at the beginning when there weren't many water elves suitable for filling it in?

The Emperor Nabo with water and steel attributes, and the Swampert with water + ground combination are just these two.

Coincidentally, these two are rare water-type royals.

"Forget it, if it doesn't work, just call the Ice Vulpix. It can also be used as half a water type, right?"

Zhe, who thought to no avail, gave up thinking.

Anyway, you have to reach the top sixty-four before you need to report two elves. We will talk about it then.

Maybe I was eliminated early.

After a short silence, Xiaogang spoke: "So what do you mean, you will just continue to challenge the gym and not come back?"

Tetsuya nodded: "Well, the only difference between my current Eight Avenue Hall badges in Johto is light onion and azure, and these two happen to be on both sides, so I might as well just challenge it directly, and the round trip will be a waste of time.

After finishing the Whirlpool Islands Competition, I plan to go to Qianqiong to talk to Miss Ami about the electric dragon, and then go to Zhanlan to meet Senior Brother Ah Si."

"That's it."

Xiaogang didn't say much, "If that's the case, then I'm going to go back to Nibi.

It just so happens that my father has urged me several times. My younger brothers and sisters seem to be in bad shape due to him and my mother. I have to go back and take a look."

According to the original plan of the two, they should have returned to the underground cave of Raibo Mountain to train with Nobuhiko for a period of time after completing the commission from the Oceanographic Research Institute.

But now it seems that the plan cannot keep up with the changes after all.

"Just wait for two days. I'm worried that the research institute may be worried. Please help me look at it for two days."

Zheye said to Xiaogang.

"Okay, no problem." Xiaogang said confidently, "Speaking of which, Researcher Cheng Mei here is a very beautiful and intellectual woman. It's a pity that you didn't get to know her."

"Ha, doesn't that just give you a chance? With me here, you still have the possibility to pursue it?"

"I'm not looking down on you, but how can you be as experienced as me in chasing girls?"

"Chasing? Are you sure you didn't force me to join them? And the people who joined us were Qiao Yin and Jun Sha."

The two of them exchanged words without a word.

For trainers on the road, separation is the normal state of life, and everyone has their own things to do.

However, after living together for nearly a month, the unexpected separation was always a bit unexpected.

"Silver Conference, work hard."

"Don't worry, I'm a man who wants to be the champion. Let's see if I get first place in the Silver Tournament~"

Zheye made the promise unscrupulously.

Indeed, he had nothing to fear.

Reality is not an anime, and there won’t be guys like Beast Man who shouldn’t appear.

Besides, what about the Beast Man? It’s enough if he wins.

"Sleep sleep~"

The next moment, Zheye lay on the bed and closed his eyes.

Before winning the regional conference, a good routine is something that must be ensured.

"drop--"

"drop--"

On the bedside table, a watch was making sounds.

The portrait of a kindly elderly man lights up frequently.

"Click"

A pair of fleshy claws held down the watch, also blocking its movement.

The next day.

Zheye, who woke up from being lost in the lake, casually grabbed his watch and took a look at it.

“What the hell??”

The 99+ missed calls made him sober up.

The four-character note from "Dr. Oak" also reminded him of what happened last night.

"Oops."

Zheye hurriedly dialed the phone.

"Hey, Dr. Oak——"

"Tetsuya! That's a big discovery! How did you take the photo??"

Dr. Oki's tired voice sounded with a hint of excitement.

"Dr. Omu, you...couldn't you have been up all night?" Zhe also felt a little guilty.

Mainly because I was chatting so enthusiastically with Xiaogang yesterday that he even forgot about this matter.

"How can I sleep after discovering something like this? Come on, come on, do you have any other photos?"

Dr. Oki didn't take it seriously, and Chaozhe frantically asked for photos.

Zhe was also very helpless: "No, I packed it up and sent it to you yesterday, why don't you go and take a nap first?"

"We can talk about things like sleeping later. If we don't do research, it will be too late!"

Dr. Oki obviously didn't want to take a rest, "With these photos of yours, I can complete a lot of information! You are really great!"

Feeling that Dr. Oak was gradually turning crazy, Tetsuya felt that Pikachu's existence was still necessary.

"Pah——"

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