Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 712: Special Fire

"It is said that during the Demonic Hour, if you enter the flat disc gym that seems to have been built overnight, there is a chance that you will reach a parallel world."

"That world belongs to ghosts. They are keen to disguise themselves as humans and trick you into staying in that world."

"Among them, the big-headed ghost is the least human-like."

"I support this post! I am one of the parties involved. His movements are stiff and his way of speaking doesn't sound like he is speaking with his vocal cords at all. The head hidden in the hood is almost as big as the Chanel nurse in the Pokémon Center next door."

Luo Mu clearly read out the contents of the post in a very calm tone.

But Lei Guan Wang and Zhi Hui Xing seemed to be extremely embarrassed. They lowered their heads and wished they could immediately dig out a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment from under the floor and move into it.

Because - this is really too embarrassing!

Zhihuixing was fine. The post just mentioned that its feet and hands were abnormally large, and it had a slight hunchback. After leaving the gym, the textiles on its body were inexplicably covered with white and purple hair that were not there at the beginning.

But there are more people talking about the Bud Crown King.

It rarely lost its calm demeanor, blushing and saying, "It's not as wide as a Jigglypuff egg, and this is a bud, with the head at the bottom!"

Budcrown pointed at its head, trying to let the watching Pokémon know that it was a bud and not a head.

It’s a pity that the effect is average.

Even Cosmogu crawled up to the Bud Crown King with his hands clacking and called out a few times with an innocent expression.

"Mogumogu~" (Big Head Daddy! Big Head Daddy!)

The bud crown king: “.”

Luo Mu, who was trying hard to hold back his laughter, waved his hands and quickly stopped the topic for the sake of King Raphim.

"Okay, let's put aside those urban legends for now. Just answer me a question."

Luo Mu flipped through a few blurry photos uploaded to the forum on his broken phone and asked curiously, "I'm just curious about what you were thinking. Why would you choose to use tablecloths and fabrics to cover your faces and disguise yourself as a human?"

When the Lotus Crown King and the Wise Ape took a closer look, they discovered that the photos were secretly taken by some unknown challengers.

Not to mention, the dim light coupled with the slightly blurry picture quality made the "person" covered with the tablecloth not even look like a human to them.

One has a big head, and the other has big hands and feet, which is very weird.

Now it's embarrassing.

King Lei Guan and Zhi Hui Xing looked at each other, sighed, and could only confess the reason why they were dressed like this.

After listening to their explanation, Luo Mu also showed a speechless expression.

"In fact, you didn't have to pretend from the beginning."

"Zhihuixing, do you still remember Luke Cat and Xitron?"

"Yuta."

Zhihuixing nodded. Of course he remembered it.

It's not the Roentgen cat that is next to him now, but the Luke cat in the Carlos area.

And there is Hitlon who finally reunites with it and gets the recognition and understanding of the Luke Cat.

"Yeci mentioned to me before that the Miare Gym in the Kalos region has introduced the "Acting Gym Master Robot Hitroit"."

"The robot was researched and invented by Citron himself."

"Even robots can be acting gym leaders, so what's wrong with letting you be acting gym leaders?"

"As for the so-called troubles you're worried about, let them go to Swampert's fist and Roentgen Cat's lightning first."

Patting the shoulders of King Lei Guan and Zhi Hui Xing, Luo Mu looked relieved.

"In short, starting from the day after tomorrow, you just need to work in your true colors. There's no need to hide anything."

This sentence also revealed the matter. As for the post in the forum, Luo Mu didn't care about it.

Anyway, with the normal operation of the Pingdie Gym, these rumors and urban legends will naturally be refuted, so there is no need to waste your energy on them.

Rather than worrying about this "accident", Luo Mu was more concerned about what Shinji wrote in the email he sent him.

Shizuka didn't send a message or make a phone call.

But Luo Mu thought that she was probably very busy in the Pokémon Center at this time.

It's better to be busy, it's better to be busy.

After spending three minutes reading the letter, which was not short and had a tone a bit like a work report, Luo Mu took a breath.

"hiss--"

Should this be considered the impact of the powerful repair ability of the "plot" or "world line"?

Shinji first reported in detail in the email the progress of his training in Masaga Town, and then listed some questions or difficulties that he was confused about, hoping to get a reply from Luo Mu.

Then, in the tone of a little boy who had obtained a rare treasure, he shared with Luo Mu the greatest gain he had gained from training in the forest near Zhenshang Town.

Originally, Shinji's second team already had the iron dumbbells as Daigo's personal "thank you gift".

——And now, Shinji has captured two new Pokémon.

One of them was the one he met that day after returning to Masaga Town.

It was an electric Pokémon called Electabuzz that lived in the forest near Masaga Town. It would occasionally come to the edge of the town and enjoy the Pokémon food fed to it for free by Reiss, who had opened a breeding house there, along with other wild Pokémon.

When Shinji returned home, he happened to see the other person eating, but he didn't care. He was only thinking about meeting his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time and could only call him.

After enjoying a day of brotherly love at home, Shinji took the initiative to exercise in the nearby forest.

In addition to the steady training and progress of Squirtle and the others, there is also the special training with iron dumbbells that will definitely appear when he faces Satoshi for the second time in the Lily of the Valley Conference as a member of the second team.

Shinji also mentioned indirectly that the experience Daigo gave him in training with iron dumbbells helped him avoid many detours.

Luo Mu could only say that this was what the first angel investor in the Pokémon world was like.

During the training, the sharp-eyed Shinji immediately discovered that the electric monster he had seen yesterday was hiding in the bushes and peeking at their training.

It just so happened that Shinji was also considering capturing a Pokémon in this forest. After the Electric Monster had been secretly peeking for two or three days, he simply stood in front of the hiding Electric Monster.

The subsequent development is easy to understand. However, Shinji is not a trainer like Satoshi who relies on persuasion to capture Pokémon.

He straightforwardly challenged the electric monster to a fight.

"If you perform well, I will train you personally."

These were Shinji's original words, and they just happened to be what the electric monster, who wanted to become stronger, wanted.

After the battle, the electric monster felt Shinji's strength and firm ideas more intuitively.

Shinji was also satisfied with the electric monster's combat performance.

The two sides hit it off immediately and the conquest was completed in this way.

After capturing the Electric Monster, Shinji temporarily gave up the idea of ​​capturing other Pokémon and continued his planned training in the forest.

Some time passed, and it came to the day before Luo Mu received the email.

When Shinji took the electric monsters to the forest for routine training, he suddenly encountered something somewhat rare.

A Pokémon with sparse orange fur and a burning butt was being chased by a group of meerkats. Shinji, who had received a Squirtle from Professor Yamanashi, recognized the Pokémon at first sight.

It is also one of the three starting Pokémon in the Sinnoh region suitable for novice trainers, Flame Monkey.

Shinji wrote in the email:

"Out of curiosity, I followed them, not knowing whether it was because of a conflict over territory or food, and then we came to a cliff at the edge of the forest.

There was a turbulent river below. It was easy for ordinary Pokémon, but for the little Flame Monkey, there was almost no way to escape.

On the front, there is a large group of Mongoose Slayers working as a team, and there is no hope of breaking through.

Just when I was about to let the Snow Fairy intervene, a Mongoose Slash took the lead in attacking.

But in the next second, I subconsciously stopped taking out the Poké Ball.

——I saw it, a flame that was dazzling to the extreme, whose temperature, scale and power were beyond my imagination.

And that flame was released by the little flame monkey after being forced into a desperate situation.

The "Fierce Fire" feature?
No, that was not a power that could be explained by the "violent fire" that was triggered by the extent of the injury that I knew of.

That is something much more powerful, like potential or special ability, something even more amazing.

In my opinion, it has a certain similarity with the natural super power that you once mentioned, Swampert.

My intuition tells me that if I can train this little Flame well, maybe it can become the strongest Fire Pokémon.

That flame... is exactly what I wanted.

So, when I came to my senses, I was already standing in front of the panting little flame monkey, inviting it.

It became my Pokémon.

I will also try to develop its hidden power to the best of my ability.

I wonder if you could give me some advice, teacher?"

At the end of the email was Shinji's signature and the date.

After reading it several times, Luo Mu sighed softly.

"Hey--"

As expected, in the end, the Flame Monkey was encountered and conquered by Shinji?
If it was Shinji in the animation, it wouldn't matter. In the end, he would choose to abandon the Flame because it could not activate its abilities.

At that time, of course, Xiaozhi came to take in the little flame monkey.

But now, Shinji has become more humane under his influence, and it is still questionable whether he will abandon the little Flame Monkey.

If that happens, Ash may not be able to receive the Infernape.

Now Luo Mu is not sure whether he can develop the special fire power of the little flame monkey with Shinji's current personality and behavior.

In fact, until Luo Mu traveled through time, there was no clear official definition of the eldest brother's fierce fire.

Basically, it can only be considered a "mutation" of the "Fierce Fire" trait. As for the triggering conditions, in addition to the necessary drop to the low health when the normal "Fierce Fire" is triggered, it is probably related to emotions.

But it was impossible for Luo Mu to make his words so clear, and it was even more impossible for him to suggest that Shinji try to recreate the scene when Infernape triggered the raging fire.

After sitting in front of the computer for a long time, he simply analyzed and wrote nearly a thousand words of speculation for Shinji from the perspective of a person who didn't know the plot of the animation. In the end, he ended the email by saying that Shinji had to explore this issue himself. After all, he had not actually seen it, and the above speculation was for reference only.

As for whether this little Flame Monkey will eventually shine in Shinji's team, or follow the trajectory of fate and be with his destined trainer Satoshi.

Although most viewers who have watched the animation would think that Infernape and Satoshi are the best match, Luo Mu still decided not to interfere.

If it was really destined, he wouldn't have to bother with anything, they would be together in the end. If it wasn't destined, then Shinji might have found a new path.

"Just give up and it's over!"

With a loud shout under the look of a psychopath from the Monarch Snake, Luo Mu stood up, stretched, jumped directly onto the bed, and held both it and Mimicryuu in his arms.

"go to bed!"

The next day.

Luo Mu arrived at the Pingdie Gym after scoping out the location.

Just like he said before.

9am to 11:30pm, 2pm to 5pm, and weekends off.

If he arrived at the gym a second earlier, he would have lost money.

The reason why King Lei Guan and Zhi Hui Xing were allowed to serve as acting gym masters with their normal appearance the day after tomorrow.

Or maybe it was because he had just read that ridiculous urban legend post last night, so Luo Mu decided to come here and watch for a day to see who else dared to take secret photos and spread rumors.

It just so happened that he didn't have classes at Orange College today, and neither did Joey Lin. The farm wasn't busy either, so it wasn't a problem for him to stay there for a day.

This was the first time he had personally guarded the gym since the day it opened.

However, he didn’t know if the popularity of the forum post he saw last night had spread too quickly.

The number of people who came to challenge the gym today was beyond his expectations.

——Since early in the morning, a long queue has formed outside the Pingdie Gym.

People who don’t know might think they are giving out free eggs here.

For the entire morning, Luo Mu was repeating the same two tasks: collecting forms - fighting - collecting forms - fighting, and he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

If most of the people in the queue weren't there to take advantage of the popularity and explore the haunted house, their abilities would be very poor.

Otherwise, with only the bear apprentice, the skillful blacksmith and the burning bug that Luo Mu brought today, he would probably be defeated miserably.

After finally sending away a few "challengers" who were disappointed because they didn't encounter any ghosts, Luo Mu, who was full of anger, glared at the Zygarde Core who ran over to watch the battle at the suggestion of the Lotus Crown King but ended up falling asleep.

Keenly aware of the malicious intent directed at it, the Zygarde Core did not react too much, but chose to turn over and continue sleeping.

Luo Mu finally managed to get through the morning, but in the afternoon, a long queue formed in front of the gym again.

Looking at this scene, he suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and at the same time, a little regretful.

If he had known this, he should have pulled Nemo over to work for him early in the morning.

With Nimo's personality, she would even thank me!

To make matters worse,

Just as Luo Mu's resentment was growing, a lively female voice was heard outside the door which opened again.

"Use electric nets to capture your eyeballs! Who will tell the story? Here comes the strange tree!"

"Good morning, noon and evening!"

"Now~ Qishu has arrived at the rumored flat disc gym, and will take everyone to explore the appearance points of the big-headed ghost and the big-footed ghost in urban legends!"

The person who came had long blue and pink hair, with a small Magnemite hair accessory on each side of her hair, and was wearing loose trendy clothes.

With her delicate and lovely facial features, she showed her signature bright smile to the camera, with a mouthful of white shark teeth——

The owner of the Niangguang Gym, an electrical expert and a big internet celebrity, Qi Shu is currently live streaming.

(End of this chapter)