Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 782: Daddy’s First Half of Life

On the seventeenth day after leaving the Orange Islands, it was sunny.

The sky was clear and cloudless, the sun rose slowly, and the morning light sprinkled into the jungle, awakening the sleeping elves.

The jungle suddenly became lively, with the chirping of birds and the sound of running.

The group of Iron-Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex were frolicking on the grass, roaring loudly.

Groups of Pidgeots were perched on branches or in the air, chirping happily. The noisy sound was like fingernails scratching a blackboard, waking Ukai from his sleep.

Yu Hai opened his eyes reluctantly and rubbed his still sleepy eyes. He stood up and began to pack up the moisture-proof mat and blanket with skillful and neat movements.

Then, he took out the elves' food from his backpack, arranged them one by one, and prepared breakfast for the elves.

After breakfast, he planned to leave Otsuka Island. Pidgeot and Tyrannosaurus had already met their relatives, and it was time to continue this journey to the king of heaven.

He knew in his heart that it would take a long time for them to return here again.

This trip to the King of Heaven might become his longest journey ever.

Next, he would be caught up in another busy and hectic day. He couldn't help but sigh softly and mutter to himself: "Ah, another hard day!"

After packing up everything, he looked at the Tyrannosaurus Rex on the grass in the distance and shouted, "Tyrannosaurus Rex, we are leaving! Owl, go call Pidgeot."

Tiehanhan was originally lying by the lake with his head down, surrounded by a group of Iron-Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex. Some of those Iron-Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex rubbed their heads against Tiehanhan gently, while others made low cries. It was unclear whether they were practicing fighting skills with Tiehanhan or lecturing him.

When Tiehanhan heard the news that he could go back, the originally listless Tiehanhan instantly became energetic, jumped up from the ground excitedly, and ran towards Yu Hai with big strides.

Boom, boom, boom. The ground shook slightly with the sound of heavy footsteps...

"Hedo, Hedo." Tie Hanhan's voice carried a hint of grievance, and there seemed to be tears glistening in his eyes.

It suddenly pounced on Yu Hai and hugged him tightly, as if telling him how difficult it had been during this period.

It was finally able to leave. If it stayed any longer, it felt that it would be killed by its father's disgusted eyes. Who would understand? The Tyrannosaurus was almost dying.

"Haha, okay, okay, don't cry, I'll give you something delicious when you leave." Yu Hai stretched out his hand and gently stroked the head of the Tyrannosaurus Rex with a helpless and doting smile on his face.

Don't be fooled by Tiehanhan's strong strength and tall stature, which is over two meters tall. But in fact, Tiehanhan is only two years old. In the group of Tyrannosaurus Rex, he is still an ignorant baby.

After calming down the Tyrannosaurus, Yu Hai saw the gull flying back, but when he looked closely, he found that the gull flew back alone, and he didn't see the figure of Pidgeot. He felt a pang in his heart, and a bad premonition came to his mind, and he thought to himself: "Maybe something is going to go wrong."

"Bei Li, bei Li." The gull landed in front of Yu Hai and shook its head. This action confirmed Yu Hai's guess.

Ukai took a deep breath and sighed slowly. He knew that maybe the fierce battle last night made Pidgeot's mother realize how dangerous the battle between trainers was, so...

He sighed helplessly again and turned to clean up the packaging and some tableware left behind by the elves after breakfast. He thought that since that was the case, it would be better to just leave like this.

As for Pidgeot, his mother won't let him go out, what can he do?
Should I go directly to her house and argue with her mother to get her to agree to release the bird?
Stop kidding, ask your mother-in-law if she agrees?

This question has stumped countless heroes and discouraged countless passionate warriors...

It's funny that he often laughs at Luo Yan for being a bootlicker. Who would have thought that he is the real clown, hahahaha...

"Geng Gui, spit out an empty backpack." Yu Hai shouted to Gengar in the shadow.

As soon as he finished speaking, Geng Gui spit out an empty space backpack from the shadow.

He opened his backpack and put boxes of Pidgeot's favorite energy cubes into it. Thousands of boxes of energy cubes were piled in the backpack.

After he finished packing, he came to the edge of the woods. The Pidgeots on the trees were resting leisurely, chirping non-stop. He shouted to one of the Pidgeots, "Pidgeot, give this backpack to Pidgeot and tell it that I'm leaving. Don't come looking for me. I'll come to see it when I come back..."

"Beep?" Pidgeot tilted its head, its eyes full of confusion, obviously not understanding what Yu Hai was saying.

After all, these wild elves rarely come into contact with humans, and it is difficult for them to understand the complex human language. Sometimes even familiar elves may not be able to fully understand what humans mean.

"Beili, beili." The gull understood what Yu Hai said and quickly told Pidgeot. The general meaning was that they were leaving, the backpack was for Pidgeot, so Pidgeot didn't need to chase them, and they would come back later, and other farewell words.

This time the Pidgeot understood, flew down from the tree canopy, grabbed the backpack handed to him by Ukai with its claws, flapped its wings, and flew towards the bird's nest where the Pidgeot leader was.

"Let's go, Toucan, take him with you." Yu Hai took back Teppanyaki and other Pokémon, leaving only Umbreon on his shoulders, and then sat on Toucan's broad back.

"Yes." The toucan responded and flew towards the first mate.

It had experience of flying with two humans before, so it was very familiar with the route this time. It quickly grabbed the first mate with its claws, then flapped its wings and flew high, heading out of Otsuka Island and gradually disappeared into the sky.

……

At the same time, at the bird's nest of the Pidgeot leader...

When Ukai's Pidgeot saw Ukai and Gullwing take off, his eyes instantly burned with anger. He stared straight at his mother, then flapped his wings hard, eager to catch up with his trainer.

However, upon seeing this, the other two king-level Pidgeots immediately stretched out their sharp claws and grabbed Pidgeot's wings tightly. The sudden suppression made it impossible for Pidgeot to fly normally.

Facing two powerful king-level Pidgeots, Yu Hai's Pidgeot had no power to resist. His wings, which had just been spread out, were instantly suppressed by the powerful force. He could only watch Yu Hai fly farther and farther away.

At first, Yu Hai was just an obvious black dot in the sky, but as time passed, even the last black dot disappeared into the horizon.

"Beep, beep." As soon as the Pidgeot arrived here, it felt the strong aura of the King-level Pidgeot, which was intertwined with the aura of Ukai Pidgeot. The airflow caused by these auras was so chaotic that it almost made it lose its balance in the air, and it could only land on the edge of the bird's nest with difficulty.

The Pidgeot quickly shouted to the leader of the Pidgeots: "Beep, the human has left. Let me bring this here. It's for it..."

"Beep Diao?" The Pidgeot leader looked at the black backpack and signaled Pidgeot to leave. He then stretched out his claws to pick up the backpack and poured out the contents. It turned out to be the energy cubes it had eaten last night. It let out a human sigh, "Beep, Beep Diao..."

What the Pidgeot leader wanted to express was actually very simple: this human was really good and took good care of his child. He sighed because he felt very sorry that his child could not leave with the human.

For the safety of the child, it had no choice but to make this decision, even if the child would hate it, and ultimately it was still the bad bird.

"Beep, beep." Yu Hai's Pidgeot looked at the black backpack, thinking about what Pidgeot had said, and he realized that Ah Hai had left after all. They didn't even get to see each other for the last time, and he only saw Yu Hai's back as he left.

"Beep, beep." Pidgeot lowered his head, unwilling to look at his mother. He was full of resentment towards his mother at the moment, but even so, what could he do?
In this world, strength represents everything. Whoever is stronger has the right to speak. The weak have no room for resistance, and the same is true for Yu Hai.

Does it mean that Ukai and the Pidgeot tribe must fight to the death and both sides will suffer losses?
Or did you set fire to the forest like those damn elf hunters did?

Or is he trying to convince Chief Pidgeot through words?
Don't be funny. Some old stubborn people will tell you that some people's ideas are difficult to change in their lifetime. Until the end of their life, they will still be stubborn and confused. It is impossible to communicate with them at all.

Again, ask your mother-in-law if she agrees?
Those who understand will naturally understand the difficulties involved. If you don’t understand, there is nothing you can do.

So, Ukai left Ootsuki Island with his first mate. He would not do anything to harm the forest and the Pidgeot tribe. After all, the Pidgeot was his life-saving bird. He was very grateful to the Pidgeot leader for his help and left food for the two tribes as a token of gratitude.

As for the matter of Bi Diao?

When he is strong enough, he will naturally come back to take Pidgeot away. He will prove that he has the ability to protect Pidgeot. At that time, Pidgeot leader will not stop him. Even if he wants to stop him, he probably can't.

As for where is the destination this time?
Naturally it was Big City, to meet the daughter mentioned by the first mate.

The distance from Dalung Island to Xiagan Island is roughly the same as the distance from Big City to Little Orange Island.

Considering that the black-billed gull carried one more person this time, the physical energy consumption might be twice that of yesterday.

Fortunately, we can still reach Big City in the evening, and then we can let the toucan have more rest.

The flight was long and monotonous. He dared not relax at all and had to stay alert at all times.

Suddenly, a sharp cry broke the silence in the air. It turned out that the first mate woke up and found himself in the sky. He yelled in fear. The first mate thought he was dead and was flying towards heaven.

After being thrown in the air by the toucan several times, the first mate gradually got used to flying. He raised his head with messy hair and saw Yu Hai, and then he was sure that he was still alive.

"You didn't kill me?" The first mate asked doubtfully, his voice trembling slightly.

"Nonsense." Yu Hai was too lazy to talk nonsense and just used two short words to get rid of the other party.

"Why?" The first mate really couldn't understand. As a defeated general and mortal enemy, why didn't Yu Hai kill him? Was he trying to wipe out the entire clan?

Thinking of this, the first mate suddenly panicked, his voice was filled with tears, his eyes were full of fear and pleading, and he begged for mercy: "Please, don't hurt my daughter, I will do anything you want, please..."

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will throw you down and then kill your daughter." Yu Hai's warning voice was icy cold.

The first mate shuddered when he heard this. He clearly felt Yu Hai's impatience and instantly closed his mouth, not daring to say another word.

After he calmed down, he began to think about the reason. If Yu Hai really wanted to kill someone to silence him, perhaps there was no need to go through so much trouble, and there was no need to talk so much nonsense with him. It would be easiest to just take action directly.

From this point of view, Yu Hai might not kill me, which means that I am still useful. But what is my value? Is he going to use me to avenge Brother Baofeng?

Thinking of this, the first mate felt frightened again. He felt that he might not have to die, but he was not sure. If he guessed wrong, he would still die.

Alas, the first mate felt that the ups and downs in life might all be a trick of fate...

From the moment he was expelled from the academy for offending the powerful, he decided to pick up his childhood dream and become a respected and outstanding trainer.

Just after walking out of the academy gate, he was not discouraged about the future, but when he stepped into society, he was shocked to find that the wheel of time was rolling forward and the changes were too fast. His understanding of trainers seemed to be out of date, and he suddenly felt mixed emotions.

He gradually understood that being a trainer was not something that ordinary people like them could easily get involved in, and it was not suitable as a career development direction for ordinary people. He stood on the street, watching people coming and going around him, and he was alone with nothing.

After dropping out of the academy, he became penniless, and the university degree that was once within his reach also vanished into thin air. He had no other choice but to start over as a trainer, which he loved. He thought to himself that if it didn't work out, he could switch to being a breeder, or after becoming a senior trainer, apply for jobs like patroller or forest ranger.

However, fate always seemed to like playing jokes. The cost of training three senior elves was beyond imagination. He knew very well that if he wanted to become a forest ranger, he had to have at least six senior elves as required by the alliance to have basic self-protection capabilities.

The requirements for forest rangers in those dangerous areas are even more stringent. He sits in the dim and cramped rental house, sighing over the account book. The densely packed expenditure figures are like mountains pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

In desperation, he started working as a breeder, but the reality dealt him a heavy blow. His daily work was to move goods, feed the elves, and clean up their feces day and night.

This was completely different from what he had imagined the working scene of taking care of elf cubs to be like. The huge psychological gap made it difficult for him to accept it, and he finally chose to resign.

Leaving the farm filled with pungent smells, he felt lost. He stared at the gate of the farm for a long time without leaving. He was back to the crossroads of life again.

After that, he wandered around the streets, breeding elves with the little money he had saved before, and frequently participated in street battles in an attempt to earn some living expenses.

At first, he was defeated repeatedly and his life was extremely difficult. Every time he was defeated, he dragged his tired body through the dimly lit streets, with empty pockets and a growling stomach.

His original Pokémon was a Magikarp, which had limited combat power. Most of the time, he could only make a living by doing odd jobs.

It was not until later, when Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, that the situation improved and his life finally began to improve. He once thought that the goddess of luck had finally favored him.

"At a lively market event, I met a lovely and beautiful girl. I met the girl over a drink at this party, and my life seemed to have a new future."

At that time, I often had a smile on my face, strolling in the streets with the girl, looking forward to a bright future, "but I know that I am not worthy of her who is so beautiful..."

"The good times didn't last long. Reality slapped me in the face again. The girl suddenly told me one day that she wanted to give her child a complete family."

"Although everything happened a little hastily and unexpectedly, I still decided to start a new life. Everything was completely changed by the appearance of a little life."

"It was from then on that I put an end to my life at the age of 30. I got married without knowing what was going on, started a family, got married without knowing what was going on, and welcomed a lovely daughter."

I thought the family of three could live happily like this forever. "I secretly swore in my heart that I would protect this hard-earned happiness."

Since then, "I have worked harder than ever before, getting up early and going to bed late every day to earn enough money for my daughter's milk powder and diapers, and also to save up for her tuition from kindergarten to university."

"I'm even calculating the cost of my daughter's future preparations for entering the trainer academy and becoming a trainer..."

Life was moving steadily in a good direction, but who could have expected that one day his wife would disappear without any warning.

At that time, their daughter was still breastfeeding and had just learned to call them, but his wife suddenly disappeared.

At that moment, "I felt like the whole world had collapsed, the sky seemed to darken instantly, and I couldn't breathe..."

"I was like a madman, desperately looking for my wife everywhere. I searched every street and every possible corner... One day, I finally found my wife, but it seemed that I didn't really find her..."

It was a wedding, a wedding that he and his wife had never had before. The wedding scene was decorated exceptionally gorgeously and surrounded by flowers.

That day, "my wife wore a pure white wedding dress, as beautiful as a princess in a fairy tale, with a happy smile on her face. I hid in the crowd, quietly looking at my wife, but my heart was broken."

That day, "my wife also saw me, her eyes were full of pleading, as if begging me not to go over and disrupt the wedding..."

"I was silent, with countless questions surging in my heart. In the end, I didn't ask my wife why. I didn't rush to disrupt the wedding. I just stood there quietly, tears streaming down my face, and watched the entire wedding silently."

Finally, “I asked nothing, said nothing, and got nothing. It was as if I was just an outsider in this wedding. No one knew me, and no one knew why I was crying…”

In the end, he turned around and left silently, just as he had quietly walked into his wife's life at the beginning and now left silently alone.

However, the wife caught up with him. "She hugged me tightly from behind, crying and saying, 'She was sorry for her daughter and me. Her husband's family would not marry a woman who was pregnant before marriage. She had no choice but to do so. She didn't want to do this. She didn't want to do this... That's why she found me, got together with me, and gave birth to our daughter. That day she told me that she really loved that man..."

That day, "she apologized to me over and over again, her eyes full of guilt, hoping to get my forgiveness..."

That day, I suppressed the pain in my heart and said, "I forgave her. I didn't blame her. I comforted her and said, 'It's okay, it's okay. I wish you happiness, I wish you happiness...'"

That day, after saying goodbye to his wife, "I ran away. I was afraid of being seen by her husband. I was afraid of destroying her current happiness. I was even more afraid that others would see me in such a miserable state. I hurriedly fled this sad place..."

That day, "I returned home and buried all the pain deep in my heart. I didn't tell my daughter about it. I cried for a long time alone in the corner outside the door. My tears fell silently and soaked the ground. After a long time, I finally came to my senses. I tried to adjust my mood and walked into the house with my toys as if nothing had happened..."

As the days passed, until my daughter gradually grew up, one day she opened her big watery eyes and asked me curiously, "Where is mommy?"

When I heard this question, "my heart suddenly tightened and I was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer."

After hesitating for a moment, I could only tell my daughter that I was working outside.

Sometimes, "in order to divert my daughter's attention, I would suddenly bring up a topic that she is interested in, such as a new cartoon or a fun game."

"No matter how persistently my daughter asked me, I could only give her a perfunctory answer. After a while, she seemed to have noticed something and stopped talking about this topic."

Later, "I couldn't help but secretly visit my ex-wife. I hid far away and saw that my ex-wife had given birth to another son. The child was chubby and very cute."

"I followed them quietly and saw my ex-wife and her family of three heading to the amusement park. My ex-wife had a happy smile on her face, and her husband was watching her and the children tenderly. The family of three had a lot of fun."

At that moment, "I knew in my heart that my ex-wife might have forgotten me and my daughter a long time ago."

"I stood outside the amusement park, looking at the backs of my ex-wife's family. The waves in my heart gradually subsided, and I... suddenly felt relieved."

"I turned around silently and walked away with firm steps, secretly making up my mind to raise my daughter alone. I want to watch my daughter grow up slowly and witness every stage of her life. Perhaps this is also a different kind of happiness."

But fate always seems to like to play tricks on the poor. After more than ten years of hard work, Gyarados finally succeeded in being promoted to a king-level Pokémon. "I thought my life was about to take a turn for the better, and things would get better and better."

However, misfortune struck again. My daughter suddenly fell seriously ill. "I was extremely worried and took my daughter to various major hospitals and visited countless famous doctors, but the doctors either could not find the cause of the disease or shook their heads and sighed, telling me that my daughter had a terminal illness and there was no way to save her."

Looking at my daughter who was getting thinner and thinner on the hospital bed, "I was filled with despair. I thought my daughter was going to leave me too, and my life would go back to the muddleheaded days of the first half of my life, wandering the streets..."

"I even began to doubt whether I would have the courage to live without my only remaining daughter. Just when I was almost in despair, Brother Storm appeared."

"That man made a promise. If I boarded the ship and pledged my loyalty to him, becoming the first mate of the freighter and working for him, he would help me cure my daughter's illness."

At that time, "my daughter's illness was like a heavy mountain, weighing me down so much that I couldn't breathe. In the desperate situation, I had no other choice but to regard this vague promise as my last hope, and to hold on to this life-saving straw."

The days passed in agony, but fortunately, things took a turn for the better.

"My daughter's strange disease was successfully cured. I kept my promise and joined the cargo ship without hesitation. With my own abilities and strength, I gradually became the right-hand man of Brother Baofeng and served as the first mate."

"After joining the freighter, my income has increased significantly. I finally got a break from the pressure of mortgage and car loans. I successfully paid off my debts and started to look forward to my daughter's future again. I thought that with this financial foundation, my daughter might be able to become a trainer in the future and embark on this promising path."

However, fate always seems to play jokes on me. “When I thought my life was finally on the right track, God started to play tricks on me again.”

"This time, I received a mission to follow Brother Storm to surround and kill a trainer. Before the operation, I conducted countless risk assessments based on my rich experience. After analyzing from various angles, I concluded that this operation should be safe."

"But reality dealt me ​​a heavy blow. When I really took action, I found that there were many unexpected things happening. It seemed that all the bad luck accumulated over the years burst out at this moment."

"I was in despair. When I thought about the possibility of dying on a deserted island and leaving my eight-year-old daughter at home without anyone to take care of her, my heart felt like it was being grabbed by an invisible hand. It hurt so much that I couldn't breathe and I completely collapsed."

At this moment, "the promise to Brother Baofeng, the position of first mate, and the encirclement plan have all become worthless in my heart."

"My daughter is the only one in my mind. I just want to see her again, watch her grow up, become a trainer, get married and have children, and accompany her through every important stage of her life..."

"Oh." The first mate sighed secretly. The first half of his life flashed by like a passing show, and there was only despair and helplessness in his eyes.

He gave up resisting and let the gull grab him with its claws and carry him flying.

He silently prepared for the worst in his heart. If he really couldn't escape the fate, then being able to go with his daughter might be a relief.

At least in this way, he can always be with his daughter, and his daughter will not be lonely, will not be afraid of anything, and will no longer have to face the hardships of life alone.

In his opinion, this may also be a different kind of happiness.

(End of this chapter)