Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

It's only been a few hours since this ghostly light committed its last crime, so it's understandable that it's too full to absorb the nutrients quickly.

"Trying to run? Dream on."

Seeing the ghostly light, its form fading as it tried to escape after being attacked, Tetsuya smiled disdainfully.

"Electric dragon, scent detection, then electromagnetic waves."

"Buwoo"

The electric dragon, which was serving as a lighting tool, let out a cry and its nose twitched repeatedly.

An invisible energy wave spread out, and the ghostly lights that were almost transparent were forcibly solidified back into a physical form in an instant.

"Lapp"

The ghostly light emitted a helpless sound.

Having lived underground for so long, it had never encountered such a situation before.

While it can't easily hide its form like Gastly, Lilligant is still quite powerful among Ghost-type Pokémon in this regard.

However, this trick is not enough against the electric dragon, which has inherited the ability to detect scents.

Especially when it is seriously injured.

Before it could react, yellow arcs of electricity flickered and wrapped around the body of the ghostly light.

Hmm, it doesn't hurt? For a moment, the Ghost of Light thought it hadn't been hurt.

But the next moment, the feedback from its body told it that it was an illusion.

It suddenly found itself unable to move.

"Giant Rock Monster, use Sharp Stone Attack to deal with it."

Tetsuya's somewhat cold voice echoed in the small cave.

In the agonizing perception of the ghostly light, an incredibly sharp stone pillar pierced through its body.

"Snapped"

The sound of shattering glass rang out.

The ghostly light, having just devoured a human and several elves, vanished into the world.

The blue-purple flames floating in the air were its last testament before its death.

Tetsuya certainly wouldn't kill a regular elf, since there was no need for it.

However, this Lantern Ghost cannot be considered a regular Pokémon.

Its act of deliberately killing two people fully demonstrates its brutal nature.

It didn't have to do this at all; it could have just waited for Tetsuya to leave after rescuing the people and then waited for him to come to it as before.

Tetsuya wouldn't want to kill it, given its previous actions of absorbing the souls of people who died naturally.

Its urban counterparts often do this in the dead in human hospitals.

But once you take the initiative, the nature of the situation changes.

If you kill the first one, the second one will lead to a third, a fourth, and countless more. If you let this ghost of light continue like this, who knows what it will do?

The League also agrees to take different approaches to dealing with such Pokémon.

Under Tetsuya's gaze, the life energy transformed from the ghostly light completely vanished.

The next moment, a white light appeared where it had just been.

"This is....."

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes; it seemed he was quite lucky.

"pat"

The sound of an object hitting the ground rang out.

Tetsuya stepped forward and picked it up.

It was something like black sunglasses.

"I never expected that this ghostly light would be wearing a pair of black glasses."

He expressed considerable satisfaction with this unexpected joy.

There are two ways for a spirit to drop its items: either the spirit gives them up voluntarily, or they appear passively after the spirit dies.

The black glasses that the ghostly light emitted are undoubtedly the latter case.

You've never seen a pig run, but you've never eaten pork, right? That scene was clearly recorded in the textbook.

According to Zero's testing, these black glasses amplify the effect of evil attribute skills by 9%, which is a pity, but better than nothing.

"Sorry I'm late."

Tetsuya tossed his black glasses into his spatial backpack and silently bowed to the pile of bones.

This is probably the final destination for every trainer, he thought to himself inexplicably.

"I wonder who will grieve for me if I were to die during an adventure?" Tetsuya thought absently for a moment.

"Xia Mo"

The blazing chicken patted his shoulder with its claw.

"fine."

Tetsuya snapped out of his daze and smiled at it.

What are you thinking? He's not that easy to die. He hasn't become a Pokémon Master yet and made his name in this world.

"Let's go, now we can find the remaining three people without being in such a hurry."

After carefully collecting the ashes and fragments of the watch, Tetsuya patted his cheeks and continued his mission.

......

"Really? So there were four other people who got lost besides me."

Inside a cave, Tetsuya, along with the first surviving victim he found, began preparing to escape the impending flood.

"Well, besides you, there are probably only two other people still alive."

While searching for the "safe spot" he had come from based on his memory, Tetsuya casually remarked something.

"Are there two more...?"

The unkempt middle-aged man gave a bitter smile.

In other words, it's possible that he's the only survivor, right?

From Tetsuya, he learned that the other two had clearly died at the hands of the Ghost of Light, so he could only say that he was lucky.

"This is it."

Ignoring his relief at surviving the ordeal, Zheke exhausted himself and plopped down on the ground after confirming the safe location was on high ground.

He also expended a great deal of energy in the process of searching for these victims.

"Here, have some."

The uncle, who had been trapped for a long time, took out food and water from his spatial backpack.

Chapter 329 The Sunday Brothers and the Dragon's Lair

"Need not."

Tetsuya held up the food in his hand to indicate that he was also prepared.

The two of them sat on the ground and ate in silence.

"I'm naturally insecure, so I always keep food in my backpack."

My wife always criticizes me, saying I waste money and that it's unnecessary to change it every month. But now it's come in handy, isn't it? I'll have to have a good talk with her about it when we get out.

To be honest, I was completely terrified when I first encountered the flood. No wonder the Suten Pavilion mainly seals off the Dark Cave passage every day; there were rumors that there were treasures there.

There were no treasures, but there were definitely a lot of dead people.

Fortunately, there are still quite a few places to hide in this godforsaken place, although they are somewhat cramped. But I think being able to survive is a good thing...

The middle-aged man, who called himself Yaori, kept rambling on while eating.

Perhaps because he had just escaped death, his speech was somewhat incoherent.

Tetsuya listened quietly.

We learned from Yao Ri that he was the first trainer to be reported missing, and he had been in this damned maze for nearly 20 days.

If it weren't for his family who always cared about the outside world, and his elf companions by his side, he might have gone mad long ago in this dark and hopeless underground world.

"Those damned earth dragon brothers."

Yao Ri tore off a piece of the synthetic jerky and said viciously.

He's an elite trainer, after all, but he stumbled in this godforsaken place.

Moreover, it was caused by the Earth Dragon's younger brother, who was widely recognized as having extremely weak combat power.

"By the way, how do you find your way around here?" he asked Tetsuya curiously.

He had witnessed Tetsuya searching for a safe spot, and the way he did it with such ease seemed unbelievable to him.

He also had a Pokémon that knew the Flash move, but even with the light shining on him and he could see the way, Yao Ri said he got dizzy after wandering around in this place for a while.

If he hadn't been careful enough to have the elf mark the original safe spot and managed to circle back, he might not have been able to find a second safe spot before the next flood.

When that time comes, Tetsuya will have no choice but to go into the sea to find him, and he'll probably only find some scraps of clothing at most.

"It was just the help of the elves. If you had prepared in advance, you wouldn't have gotten lost," Tetsuya replied.

This reason is a catch-all, and he was too lazy to explain further that it was due to his own abilities.

"Too."

As expected, Yaori nodded in agreement.

Positioning methods like using seeds to locate Grass-type Pokémon can achieve this relatively easily, and there are different methods for Pokémon of other types.

There are very few things in this world that elves cannot do, or they are simply not strong enough.

The raging torrent of water roared wildly not far from the two of them, the splashing water carrying a hint of coldness. Yao Ri subconsciously moved closer to the Blaziken.

"Down"

Blaziken glanced at him, but didn't do anything more, letting him warm himself up.

"Tsk, this must be a high-end adventure suit from Siluf. It's really nice."

Looking at Tetsuya, who seemed completely unaffected, a hint of envy flashed in Yao Ri's eyes.

Comparing yourself to others can be infuriating.

He's over thirty now, and his adventure outfit is worse than that of a trainer who's just started out.

Yao Ri subconsciously forgot about the difference in strength between the two.

It's because Tetsuya is just too young.

Although he knew the other party was extremely famous in both the Kanto and Johto regions, it was still difficult to change his mindset immediately after seeing them.

"Oh, by the way, my kids are your fans. I wonder if they could sign an autograph for me?"

Seeing that Tetsuya remained silent, Yobi suddenly made a request.

"Speaking of which, we're practically neighbors. My home is in Sunday Town, north of Tokiwa City. You're welcome to visit me anytime you have time after I leave."

He said with a smile.

"It's nothing," Tetsuya shook his head. "Let's talk about autographs after we get out. I don't have anything suitable on me right now."

You can't just sign your name carelessly, whether it's from a past life or this one. If something goes wrong, it could cause a lot of trouble.

"I have."

As Yao Ri spoke, she took out a poster of Tetsuya from her backpack.