Wang Yao's Pokémon Journey

Coincidentally... because of the change in the special training plan, the giant crab no longer went to the forest to cut trees.

Therefore, Wang Yao and the gophers have been living in peace these days.

Until the evening of the fifth day, after combing the feathers of the Zapdos once again...

"Zapdos! There's a better hot spring on Cinnamon Island!"

Wang Yao plans to break camp tomorrow morning.

"Fur?"

Zapdos lay leisurely in the hot spring pool, enjoying Wang Yao's feather care service.

Hearing Wang Yao's words, he snorted lazily.

"I heard that the hot springs there can not only maintain the beautiful fur of Pokémon, but also enhance the strength of Pokémon!"

If Wang Yao wants to go to Yuejian Mountain, he must first try to lure the Zapdos away.

He said we were going to Honglian Island to take a hot spring bath - as for where to go after departure, that was not up to him!

"Fuwu..." Zapdos still looked uninterested.

For it, a potion or any natural hot spring is enough to restore its feathers.

As for increasing its strength—what a joke! It's a Zapdos!

Blind self-confidence also makes Zapdos lack the pursuit of improving his strength.

Seeing that conventional moves had no effect, Wang Yao had no choice but to change his tactics.

"Oh! Zapdos! Actually, it's like this--!" Wang Yao suddenly sighed.

"Um...that person! Abo! Yes, it's you! Come here!" Wang Yao pulled a temporary actor over to make up the numbers.

"This guy Arbok! His life story is actually quite tragic!" Wang Yao pulled Arbok over and complained to him.

"Fuwu?" Zapdos opened his eyes slightly.

"Chapo?" Arbok looked confused.

"Abo blames him for not hatching yet! He lost his parents!" Wang Yao looked like he had a long story to tell.

"I raised him myself!"

"Chap~" Arbok nodded in agreement.

It was indeed Wang Yao who hatched it from the egg, and it had never seen its parents.

But that's the nature of snakes...it never realized there was anything wrong with it before.

"But - of course Arbok also has a snake father and a snake mother!" Wang Yao changed the subject.

"…It was on Cinnamon Island! Its parents were captured by evil Pokémon hunters, leaving only Arbok as a Pokémon egg!"

"...I witnessed all of this at the time! But unfortunately I didn't have the strength to fight back!"

Wang Yao beat his chest and stamped his feet, filled with indignation.

"Just recently! I received news! The hunter who kidnapped Arbok's parents has reappeared on Crimson Island!"

"…I just want to take you, Zapdos, with me to seek revenge on those evil hunters! And save Arbok's parents!"

The story of Wang Yao is finished.

"Crackle!" Arbok began to feel sad for his parents whom he had never met.

It turns out that he has such a miserable life story! The experience of his parents really makes the snake sad!

"Arbok! Don't be sad! Zapdos will definitely help you!"

Wang Yao looked comforting, but he was actually almost unable to hold back his anger.

[Why are you sad? Your dad is still working as a snake breeder in the Rockets' breeding house! You are having a great time!]

[As for your snake mother - I'm sorry, it's a Ditto, I don't even know if it counts as your mother. ]

(PS: Ditto has no gender.)

So, although Wang Yao seemed to be comforting Arbok, there was actually nothing to comfort him.

After all, Arbok is a legitimate Team Rocket lackey, er... a snake!

I'm afraid that even if you look through the family tree three generations back, you won't find a single good snake in Abai's family!

"Fuwu!" The lightning bird was angry!

[Bullying Pokémon too much! 】

"Zapdos! Did you agree?!" Wang Yao wiped away his non-existent tears and looked at Zapdos eagerly.

"Fuwu!" Zapdos nodded.

It already has a grudge against the Hunter Organization, and Wang Yao has done it a favor - this time it can also help Wang Yao's Pokémon to get revenge, so of course it has to go!

"Great! Zapdos! I knew you were a divine bird full of justice!"

Wang Yao praised Zapdos.

"Don't worry! Once we get to Red Lotus Island, there will be even better hot springs that will definitely help you recover your feathers faster!"

By the way, Wang Yao eliminated Zapdos's concerns and began to consider the trip to Yuejian Mountain.

As for Red Lotus Island...

Emmm...let’s talk about it later.

Chapter 36 Breaking News! Encounter in the Rat Cave!

"This underground cave is really spectacular!"

After repacking his luggage, Wang Yao set out on his journey to the mole cave early the next morning.

As we went deeper underground, the light became dimmer.

But with the help of the bright flames around the little fire horse, Wang Yao was able to move forward unhindered in the dim underground.

"咴~" The little fire horse stared at the stalactites on the top of the cave curiously.

"This is the magic of nature!"

"Right! Little Fire Horse! You think so too!" Wang Yao looked around in the cave.

In fact, a large part of this cave is made up of naturally formed caves, and the moles just accidentally opened up several levels connected by caves.

"Why do I seem to be unable to see any wild Pokémon?" Wang Yao was a little confused.

Are there no indigenous people in such a natural cave?

"Forget it... It feels good without wild Pokémon coming out to disturb us."

Wang Yao took out a compass and the direction of the arrow on the compass remained stable.

"That hiker got in by mistake and took two days to leave the cave without any preparation... But I'm heading towards Deep Gray City with a plan, so maybe I can get there in half the time!"

The spirit of adventure has not yet passed, and Wang Yao is in a good mood now.

Bang——!

“Ouch—!”

Wang Yao, who was staring at the compass, stepped on something and suddenly slipped!

Because the ground in the cave was uneven, Wang Yao lost his balance and fell to the ground in a mess.

"what happened……"

Wang Yao got up from the ground and looked back, realizing that what tripped him was actually a metal outdoor kettle.

“It seems quite new?”

Wang Yao picked up the kettle and wiped off the dust with his hand.

There is a cute Pokémon sticker on the aluminum alloy shell of the kettle.

"Is it a monkey monster?" The protagonist of the sticker is a Q version monkey monster eating a banana.

Wang Yao frowned. How could this bad thing have fans?

Saying that monkeys are bad...this is not just Wang Yao's opinion!

But the monkey monsters in the entire Kanto region have always had a bad reputation... They are famous for playing tricks on passers-by.

Stealing luggage, snatching food...

The key is that after they provoke you, if you want to seek justice, they will get angry themselves!

...The reputation of the monkey monster is probably equivalent to that of the monkeys on Mount Emei in the previous life.

……

Wang Yao shook it and found that the liquid in the kettle was still almost full.

However, this time he had prepared enough drinking water, so he didn't have to drink water of unknown origin.

"Although I fell, it's not bad to pick up a water bottle for free!"

Wang Yao emptied the water from the kettle and stuffed it into the side pocket of his backpack.

"The discovery of the fallen kettle means that many people have walked this cave route before, right?"

Wang Yao suddenly thought of this.

However, Wang Yao did not care too much about it. Even if he occupied this hidden route, he would not be able to accomplish anything big.

Maybe if he revealed it to Team Rocket, he could get a small reward from the organization...but Wang Yao wasn't that free.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that he calls you “Boss Sakaki” all the time, which sounds nice!

One day, A Yao will also become a big boss.

He might even say to Sakaki: "Old Deng, I heard you have a Mewtwo?"

……

"Ishiya! Where on earth are we now?!"

Hiroki panted and asked for the opinions of his companions.

Because he had been groping forward in the muddy underground for a whole day, his originally green coat was covered with a thick layer of yellow-brown mud.

"It's all your fault! You insisted on catching some underground Pokémon!"

Shi Ye took off the black hat on his head, brushed off the dust on it and complained.

"Can you blame me for this? You came in here with great interest as well!"

Not caring about being dirty and tired, Guangshu sat down on the ground and started arguing with his friend.

They were together when they discovered the underground cave, and they were also together when they decided to explore it. Hiroki certainly didn't think it was his fault.

"——Besides! Who knew that the monkey monster could fall directly into the ground after learning to dig a hole!"

Obviously, Hiroki and Ishiya did not enter this underground cave through conventional means.

"You bastard... I shouldn't have let Nidorino teach your monkey monster how to dig holes!"

Shi Ye sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

"Then losing the kettle is your fault!"

Shi Ye took out his trump card.

"Hey...wasn't that an accident..." Guangshu finally felt a little guilty.

If the two of them hadn't brought plenty of dry food when they went out, and if they hadn't been able to collect some groundwater that seeped and dripped from the rock walls in the underground caves...they would have lost confidence in seeing the light of day again long ago.

"Fluffy! You should eat something first!"

Guangshu broke a long piece of bread into two halves and handed one piece to Maoqiu who was in charge of exploring the way.

"Fortunately, we have the radar eyes of the fur ball to explore the way!"

There is no light source in the underground cave, but the fur ball's big eyes can emit flickering light at night.

Combined with its own biological radar capabilities, Furball can be said to be a good helper for trainers in exploring the wild.