Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

A somewhat frivolous male voice came from the phone.

“I know you’re in the capital. I need you to get to Hinoki Town within two hours and then cause a riot by any means necessary.”

After saying a few very concise words, the Hokage coldly hung up the call.

"cut."

The person known as "Thousand Faces" curled his lip in disdain upon hearing the busy tone coming from the communicator.

It's really funny that such a short-lived person is so arrogant.

Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with him.

She walked to the bathroom mirror and looked at her face.

"What a pity, it seems the progress here will have to be delayed again."

Thousand Faces, unsure whether he was male or female, sighed inwardly.

It took a lot of effort to sculpt this face; it will have to be changed once it's out.

She wouldn't have chosen to join Team Lava if it weren't for the fact that the Lava Team name is quite useful in some areas.

"Forget it, let's find a chance to back out. Anyway, I've gotten almost everything I wanted."

Qianmian thought to himself.

For the average person, it is unrealistic to expect to leave such a large, dark organization unscathed.

In short, knowing too much is the biggest reason.

But "she" is not an ordinary person.

However, there's no rush. Using Team Lava as a shield is still quite effective.

"Da da da"

The sound of high heels hitting the floor echoed in the small café.

In this most bustling city, no one cares where a sophisticated urban woman will go after afternoon tea.

On the exterior wall of the building next to this coffee shop, a notice was displayed on a screen.

"We have recently received reports of a major thief operating in Goldenrod City. All trainers are urged to take good care of their valuables. If any items are lost, please report them to Officer Jenny at the police station immediately."

Meanwhile, if anyone knows the thief's whereabouts, please contact the police or Pokémon Center immediately...

"Isn't this interesting?"

On the street corner, a young trainer suddenly appeared, a cunning smile playing on his lips.

......

"Oh, me? I'm on the back mountain right now. I'll be there in a bit."

Tetsuya spoke to Abi on the other end of his wristwatch.

"Didn't you say you were going to wander around the town? Why did you go to the back mountain again?" Abi asked, puzzled.

"Isn't it supposed to be that we'd come to the back mountain together tomorrow to try out that thing? I'm just killing time anyway, so I thought I'd come here first to check things out."

Tetsuya explained.

"With me, the encyclopedia of Cypress Town, you can rest assured."

Abi suddenly realized, and then became very confident.

“I’ve been to every corner of the back mountain; there’s no place here I don’t know.”

"Then could you tell me, the Encyclopedia of Azalea Town, where do Casey and Ralts live?"

Tetsuya asked, somewhat jokingly.

"cough"

Abi coughed involuntarily, "That won't work."

"Alright, alright, it's getting late, let's hurry over and help out."

Fearing that Tetsuya would continue asking questions, he quickly changed the subject.

"I understand, don't worry."

Tetsuya laughed it off, not taking it to heart.

It would be strange if Abi told him directly.

After all, even among the extremely popular Psychic-type Pokémon, Abra and Ralts are among the most popular.

Whether it's the highly intelligent Alakazam, the Gardevoir jokingly referred to as "my wife," or the handsome and powerful Gallade, these three can be considered the Pokémon of most people's dreams.

Incidentally, unlike Gallade, which is only male, Gardevoir, although it does not have gender differences, does have males and females, and their numbers are almost one to one.

In other words, "your wife" could very well be a male Gardevoir that just looks like a female.

Tetsuya remembered a farcical incident where someone had "married" a male Gardevoir.

I wonder how much psychological trauma that person has.

Holding a wedding with an elf under pressure was already depressing enough, but it turned out to be a male.

It can only be said that our understanding of elves was not very advanced in the past, otherwise we wouldn't have made such a fool of ourselves.

Not everyone knows that these elves live in the forests near Hinoki Town.

It's more like an unspoken, semi-public secret.

After all, the oak forest, which is as dark as night even during the day and inhabited by a large number of Bug-type Pokémon, doesn't seem like the kind of environment that Psychic-type Pokémon would like to live in.

While Bug and Psychic types are better suited for Pokémon than Ghost and Dark types, they aren't that much better.

If it weren't for Abi reporting it to the League, the official League of the City wouldn't have believed that the Kassie and Ralts tribes actually existed in this godforsaken place.

Even now, researchers who are aware of this situation haven't figured out why these two types of elves choose to live here and don't migrate.

However, this is undoubtedly great news for the trainers who are in the know.

Who wouldn't long for a superpowered partner?

This represents not only great strength, but also security.

Unfortunately, the choice between Psychic-type Pokémon and their trainers is always a two-way street; it's not something you can simply get just because you want it.

For Psychic-type Pokémon that can sense the general thoughts of humans, they will only choose those they can trust as their partners.

With their own abilities, as long as they don't want to be seen by you, it's a pipe dream for a normal person to catch them.

Conversely, once a Psychic-type Pokémon chooses someone as its trainer, the loyalty and trust they give it far surpasses that of other Pokémon.

Take Gardevoir as an example.

The Pokédex describes it as follows: "When protecting its trainer, it will unleash its strongest power and will even risk its own life to protect its trainer."

Because of this one sentence, countless people want Gardevoir to be their partner.

However, dreams are good, but also distant.

Ralts in its initial form is no less rare than most pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

Tetsuya came here hoping to try his luck.

Who would have thought that Ah Bi, who had only recently separated from me, would find herself a job?

"Let me see, the Wild Pokémon Center is northeast of the oak forest, it should be over there."

Tetsuya checked his location on the map, found a direction, and started walking.

That's right, this Wild Pokémon Center was specifically set up by the League for the two Psychic-type Pokémon species.

Moreover, this place is also inhabited by League official trainers who are called "Residents of Azalea Town" but are actually protectors.

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Caterpillars, unicorns, hairballs, Paras, Carros, hazelnut balls, ladybugs, orb-weaver spiders, dragonflies...

All kinds of Bug-type Pokémon, both imaginable and unimaginable, live together harmoniously in this lush forest.

Tetsuya has been marveling at the ecology of this forest countless times along the way.

Even in Viridian Forest, you would rarely see so many Bug-type Pokémon.

After all, there are many other Pokémon in Viridian Forest, making it difficult for Bug-type Pokémon to find enough space to survive.

However, most of the Bug-type Pokémon here are from the Kanto and Johto regions, with a small number of Pokémon from the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions.

On the one hand, since there is not much interaction between regions except for a few (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh), Pokémon from other regions are not uncommon in Johto, but they are quite rare.

However, it is foreseeable that as the infrastructure of the Pokémon world is further improved, Pokémon that originally lived in only one area will eventually spread to every corner of the world.

This would have been unimaginable in ancient times.

If it weren't for this, Tetsuya's discovery of the Cephalopod fossil last year wouldn't have caused such a stir after Dr. Oki and Dr. Yamanashi published their research papers on it.

If the Kanto and Sinnoh regions, which are incredibly close and practically connected, are like this, one can only imagine how it is in the more distant Unova and Kalos regions.

Of course, this only applies to elves who live on land.

Like most marine creatures such as starfish and gem starfish, they can be found in seas all over the world.

The Unova region has discovered starfish populations more than once.

On the other hand, the leagues in various regions are also consciously controlling the types and numbers of Pokémon from other regions.

This is easy to understand.

After all, there is a food chain for wild Pokémon.

It would be extremely unwise to cause the extinction of the existing elven population in the region in order to introduce new elves.

Moreover, elves often clash with unfamiliar groups of people they don't know.

For example, the housebird Popo from the Kanto region.

Pidgey was originally thought to be interested only in a subset of Bug-type Pokémon, but after being introduced to the Hoenn region, they changed.

They actually prey on acorns from grass-type plants, and in groups at that.

This is very puzzling.

After research, people found, somewhat amusedly, that this was simply because the acorn's nature and appearance were too deceptive to Bobo, who had never seen them before.

If an acorn, which attaches itself to a branch using its own "cap" or "stem," remains still, it will look exactly like a tree fruit.

Bobo, who loves to peck at tree fruits, certainly wouldn't pass up this "delicacy" that looks so juicy.

However, since acorns like to scare other Pokémon when they are pecking at them, Pidgey, who came to the tree branch unprepared for a feast, was naturally startled.

Although gentle in nature, Pidgey is not the kind of creature that lets Pokémon bully it, especially when it comes to its own food.

In such circumstances, wars often break out between the two ethnic groups.

Acorns are definitely among the strongest of the initial forms of Grass-type Pokémon, after all, they can explode without saying a word.

Compared to Bobo, they are somewhat powerless.

After all, Grass-type Pokémon are notoriously weak in the early stages, not much better than Bug-types, which also grow faster.

This has led to a continuous increase in the number of boba (a type of fruit) while the number of acorns has been decreasing, and there is no sign that this trend will stop.

This is not the outcome the Hoenn League wanted to see.

Soon enough, the Hoenn League had no choice but to mobilize official forces to pack up most of the Pidgey and release them back to the Kanto region.

As for why it's only the majority and not all.

The Hoenn League needs the Pidgey to periodically clean up the rampant acorns to prevent them from exploding in a chain reaction.

If it weren't for the fact that Hoenn's native bird, Tailwing, was already familiar with the existence of acorns and only ate worms, the Hoenn League wouldn't have chosen this option.

After commanding Serperior to drive away yet another horde of ungrateful Weedles for who knows how many times, Tetsuya, once again passing through the bushes, finally saw the Pokémon Center that Abi had mentioned.

"Hello, I am Tetsuya Tamaki from Tokiwa in the Kanto region. I have been asked by Abi-kan-shu to assist you with your work."

He recalled Serperior and strode forward, showing his Pokédex to Officer Jenny, who was guarding the entrance.

"Thank you very much for coming. Please come in."