My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 197 Forest Fire

Scalding smoke, a burning forest —

The trees crackled and popped as they collapsed with a crash. Riolu struggled through the scorching heat, each step landing on burning ashes.

"This is... a forest? Ah! It's that waterfall!"

This is a forest shrouded in wind!

He saw the Pokémon in the forest crying out in despair amidst the raging fire.

The forest paths where I used to stroll leisurely with my friends at dawn and during the day have now become a living hell.

All the beautiful things he cherished were reduced to scorched earth in the flames.

Riolu desperately reached out to save the Pokémon struggling in the flames, but his claws pierced through their bodies—

It's understandable that Riolu would let out that scream.

This scene is truly impactful.

"This must be the scene that the Time Call showed me. Originally, this ability was supposed to only react to things related to the Gears of Time, but after becoming Riolu, this ability is often triggered in other things as well—"

However, I don't recall Xiao Lü mentioning that such a large fire ever occurred in Wind-Swept Forest. Could it be that this isn't a scene from the past—"

Riolu instantly realized the seriousness of the problem. If it wasn't the past, then it must be a scene that was going to happen in the future!

"This is bad! We have to stop this!"

In his desperation, Riolu slapped himself hard in the middle of his mind!

This method really worked; he yelled, sat up, and came to his senses.

"Whoa!!!"

"He's here again, Tong Hua. Give him another go. He's starting to interfere with my research."

Seeing Tong Hua quietly circle around behind him, Riolu quickly waved his hand and then covered his mouth.

"What exactly happened just now?"

Tong Hua and Lucario asked with concern, while Bubble Squirrel and Cat Cat held some snacks, ready to feed Riolu.

"Ooh!"

Riolu quickly recounted what he had seen during the Time Call!

"What?! A huge fire has broken out in the Fengrao Forest!"

Hearing Riolu say this through telepathy, Tong Hua couldn't help but blurt it out loud.

"La beep!?"

Green Shramana was shocked by what he heard and dropped the snacks in his hands to the ground.

She quickly composed herself and looked towards the north, where the wind swirled through the forest.

Wind-Swept Town and Wind-Swept Forest are places blessed by the wind.

The area enjoys a gentle breeze year-round and a comfortable climate. With the occasional protection of rabbis and rangers, major natural disasters have almost never occurred.

"call----"

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Since the two newcomers, Chuangyi and Renmei, were transferred away, the daily patrol missions of Wind-Swept Forest have fallen to the senior members of the base.

"Bubu~"

A shy bud walked ahead, turning back to its partner who was still yawning.

Kailang, a patrolman, is a member of the patrol team in Fengrao Town. He has a humorous and optimistic personality and is good at telling corny jokes that aren't very funny.

He is the deputy captain of the Fengrao Town base. Now the base is short-handed, and even he has been reduced to doing the most basic work of patrolling.

"Sigh, I don't know what the higher-ups were thinking. They transferred all our newly recruited juniors away—"

"I guess Captain Guanglang will be transferred soon too. After that, won't it just be me and Lika at the Fengrao Town base?"

Kailang scratched his head and walked absentmindedly through the windswept forest.

There was a thunderstorm last night, and the paths in the forest are still a bit muddy.

Lost in thought, Kailang was completely unaware that a dead tree in the distance had been struck by lightning the night before.

The lightning strike ignited the inside of the dead tree, and the flames spread silently inside, like an oven.

The dried heartwood became the best fuel, and flames peeked out stealthily through the cracks in the trunk.

At first, it was the surrounding weeds, then the low shrubs. The flames greedily licked at everything flammable, rapidly expanding their territory with the help of the breeze.

The scenes Riolu saw are about to become reality —

"Whoosh!"

Kailang's hunting dart on his wrist suddenly gave a signal, and he quickly connected the communicator.

"Hello, this is Kailang."

On the other end of the communication line came the somewhat hurried voices of the staff at the Fengrao Town base.

"Vice Captain, please return to base immediately! Captain Guanglang has something important to announce!"

"Huh?" Kailang scratched his afro and then agreed.

"I'll be right back."

After the call ended, Hanxiubao looked at Kailang with some confusion.

"Is the captain finally going to announce his transfer? Or is a new member joining the team?"

Kailang sighed and took one last look into the depths of the forest.

He was completely unaware that, just a hundred meters away from where he was standing, a burst of sparks suddenly erupted from inside the lightning-struck tree, quickly igniting a large patch of bushes nearby.

"Let's go, budding flower." He put away the cursor. "Hopefully it's not bad news."

Shortly after they left, the fire began to spread rapidly, and the opportunity to warn them slipped through their fingers.

A dozen minutes later, Tong Hua, back at Fairy Tale Ranch, arrived at the border between the ranch and the Wind-Swept Forest with the help of Tuotuo Yin and everyone else in the ranch.

Seven also came with Tong Hua and the others, while He Fu stayed on the back mountain with Pink Celebi to protect Professor Shinhara's safety.

"Lili!"

The big-toothed raccoons stationed by the pond looked panicked as they watched the thick smoke billowing from the windswept forest.

Their patriarch, the Big-tailed Civet, has just rushed into the sea of ​​fire to search for the few Big-toothed Civets that haven't returned yet!

"Ah—ah!"

Tong Hua and the others stood beside the small wooden bridge leading to the Wind-Swept Forest. The sight before them caused everyone's pupils to dilate in shock. "Wow!" "Oh my!" "Fufu!" "Game!"

Celebi, Slimie, Orion, and Torterra—these Grass-type Pokémon couldn't help but scream loudly!

By this time, the fire had completely spread, turning half the forest into a sea of ​​flames. Thick smoke billowed, and waves of heat swept over you.

"Eek—" "Chirp chirp—"

The messenger bird shielded the heat-sensitive Alcremie behind its back. Even though it was also an Ice-type and extremely sensitive to heat, it still cared about these children that it had raised from the little Alcremie babies.

The trees crackled and groaned in the flames, and many wild Pokémon in the forest scattered in panic!

"Moo-woo!" "Kuku!" "Woo-oh!"

Seeing this, even the Pokémon on the research team could no longer remain calm!

They had all been healed by the nature of this forest and had made friends with the Pokémon here.

Seeing his beloved natural scenery destroyed, he couldn't help but think of his hometown, where people were also suffering terribly!

"Quick! Put out the fire!"

Tong Hua made a decisive move and began directing the Pokémon to help with the disaster relief. At the same time, Seven also took out his hunting glider and began to draw the summoning trajectory!

"It's you I choose, Emperor Naboo!"

"Beep—!"

As Seven's summoning trajectory was completed, the majestic and agile figure of Emperor Naboo appeared before the fire.

He raised his head high, flapped his wings violently, and a powerful water cannon shot out instantly, carving a path through the sea of ​​fire.

"Worm!" The worm was not idle either. It immediately used the power of the earth to bury the fire with soil, complementing the water cannon of Emperor Naboo.

A massive firefighting operation was launched immediately!