Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

This Pokémon has large and distinctive eyes with thick, semi-circular eyelids and black slits between them, through which you can see the red pupils. Each eye has a ring pattern above and below it, as well as three black protrusions.

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes: "A rock with super energy, a Solar Rock, and a near-champion level one at that. Looks like it belongs to Brock's family. No wonder this guy arrived so quickly."

This is a type of Pokémon that often appears near the landing site of meteorites. There is also a Pokémon called Moonstone.

There are rumors that they come from the universe, one power closely related to the sun, and the other to the phases of the moon.

The stronger the sunlight or the more complete the moon phase, the more active the power of these two types of spirits will be.

The floating Sun Rock rotated its body and then turned its front towards the Nine-Tails.

Psychic-type Pokémon generally have the ability to read minds, and since Tetsuya and Blaziken didn't hide anything, the highly intelligent Solrock clearly knew that the two were not enemies.

On the contrary, the emotional fluctuations emanating from this Nine-Tails were very unstable.

Loke's phantom suddenly turned into a mosaic and disappeared into thin air.

Tetsuya stroked his chin thoughtfully: "It seems that superpowers can still interfere with these illusions, it's just a bit difficult."

Although he also had Gallade, he had no intention of using his elite-level psychic powers to break through the Elite Four-level illusion ability.

The gap in strength is simply too great.

As soon as the beautiful girl disappeared from sight, Xiao Gang immediately returned to normal.

He unconsciously took a step back, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "This..."

"That's the Nine-Tails' special ability."

Zhe, who had been ignored, said irritably.

The Nine-Tails, having changed from lying down to sitting, longed to jump into Brock's arms and enjoy his caresses, but under Sunrock's indifferent gaze, it dared not make any unnecessary movements.

Xiao Gang waved to Sun Rock: "Sun Rock, relax."

"Do"

Sun Rock glanced at him, then wobbled and flew out of the manor.

It seems like nothing's wrong. That little chick can beat the fox, so there's no need to worry about your trainer's junior being in danger.

It's a good opportunity to come out and stretch its legs; it's been feeling cooped up underground for too long.

"Mmm!"

Seeing Sun Rock fly away, Nine-Tailed Fox pounced and knocked Xiao Gang to the ground, its tongue licking Xiao Gang's face incessantly.

"Hahahaha, it itches, it itches." Xiao Gang's tears were almost coming out. "Can you explain to me what's going on?"

He struggled to look at Tetsuya.

Tetsuya slowly squatted down, picked up a blade of grass, poked Tsukasa's face, and briefly told him the story of the Nine-Tails.

Chapter 428 The Nine-Tails' Destiny and Companionship (As usual, half an hour)

Is that so?

Xiao Gang raised his hand and rubbed Nine-Tailed Fox's head.

Tetsuya could hardly read anything from his eyes; the gaps were simply too small.

"What a poor child."

Before Xiao Gang could finish speaking, his face was being licked by the Nine-Tailed Fox's tongue.

Tetsuya twitched the corner of his mouth. Well, it's true that the Nine-Tails, which is two hundred years old, is a child.

After all, strictly speaking, this nine-tailed fox has hardly interacted with any people, and its mentality shows a lot of immaturity.

At least a normal elf that has lived for 200 years would most likely not approach humans. They prefer a free and unfettered life and know just how alluring they are to humans.

Fortunately, this Nine-Tails' special ability is illusion, and the people who actively contacted it in the present and future are Tetsuya and Ash, otherwise it would have been captured again by others without any explanation.

Of course, with a Champion-level Ninetales lurking in this remote, dense forest, not many powerful trainers would unknowingly come here and do anything to it.

"However, I don't think you're suitable to follow me."

Xiao Gang stroked the Nine-Tails and said something that surprised Tetsuya.

"Why?!" Ji Ke reappeared, her tone somewhat agitated.

"Miu"

The Nine-Tailed Fox also let out a whimpering cry from the side.

Xiao Gang dusted himself off and stood up. "Let me think, Tetsuya, you called me over probably because I look a lot like this senior."

He pointed to the portrait in a small room not far away and said.

Despite his small eyes, he had excellent eyesight and could see the contents of the portrait from afar.

"Hmm." Tetsuya nodded. "Wouldn't it be better to find this guy a new home?"

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his idea, and Nine-Tails also said he was happy to do so.

Xiao Gang smiled gently: "Very good, but it shouldn't be me."

He gestured to Nine-Tailed Fox not to rush.

"It's precisely because I look too much like your previous owner that this isn't a good thing for you."

His tone was sincere and gentle.

Although Xiaogang likes to approach beautiful women, he is actually a very gentle person.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have gone from a gym leader to a Pokémon breeder and intern Pokémon doctor in the future.

The latter is quite difficult for non-Joy people.

Tetsuya's eyes flickered; he roughly understood what Tsuyoshi meant.

Xiao Gang, unusually, ignored Ji Ke's phantom and slowly knelt down in front of the Nine-Tailed Fox, looking directly into its eyes: "Because we look so alike, you will definitely regard me as your former master, or at least partly so."

This will keep you living in the memories of the past.

I'm sure those two hundred years of memories haven't been pleasant for you.

Yes, it would be hard for anyone to endure a solitary elf living for 200 years without being able to move around much.

Not to mention that at the same time, it was also hoping that its trainer, who could never return, would come back.

Nine-Tailed Fox's red eyes became blurry.

Similarly, this human, who resembles his owner so much, is equally gentle.

A silence fell over the manor.

"Roar"

Faint elf roars could be heard from outside. Tetsuya found the sound strangely familiar, but couldn't quite place which elf it was.

“That’s a pterosaur,” Xiaogang said, turning his head to Tetsuya. “It’s the one we found in the Great Fool Valley last time.”

Tetsuya blinked: "That wasn't Professor Oak's Dragonite..."

He remembered clearly that the unfortunate aerodactyl had only been awake for a short time when it was pinned to the ground and hammered by a dragonite.

Despite the disparity in strength between the two, even if the fossil pterosaur had regained the strength it possessed as a predator in ancient times, it would most likely have met the same fate. However, the scene at the time was indeed quite tragic.

What he didn't understand was why the fossil aeroda was in the hands of the Pewter City Gym.

Brock answered his question: "My grandfather applied to the League and Professor Oak, so he became Aerodactyl's temporary trainer."

Tetsuya thought about it and it seemed reasonable.

The main reason is that there aren't many strong Flying-type Gym Leaders in Kanto, so it's quite normal for Aerodactyl, a Flying/Rock-type Politoed Gym Leader, to be kept by the Rock-type Politoed Gym.

"I thought Mr. Watari would take it with him."

Tetsuya stated that he did not have a black Wataru.

With a dragon in its name and the ability to fly, isn't this definitely Lance's main Pokémon? Not to mention that his main team actually includes a Aerodactyl.

However, it now appears that the one in that valley is not the same one.

Xiao Gang smiled and said, "Mr. Du said that this fossil pterosaur is a bit too weak for him, and he can't use it most of the time. It's not suitable for him to bring out its true nature."

As the top predator in the skies during ancient times, the fossil pterosaur was quite ferocious.

For it, constant fighting is the pursuit and destiny of life.

Even if it were fully restored, the fossil aerodramus, which was only at the peak of the Elite Four level, would obviously be no match for the enemy that Wataru was facing, no matter how rich its combat experience was.

Rather than that, it would be better to give it to a more suitable person as its trainer.

Putting everything else aside, the internal strife within Xiao Gang's grandfather's team was enough to make the fossil pterosaur very happy.

"But Mr. Du also took a considerable number of fossil pterosaur fossils from Da Sha Valley, most likely because he wanted to use Shiluff's resurrection technology to subdue a decent fossil pterosaur."

Speaking of this, Xiao Gang's expression was a bit strange: "To be honest, this technology was nowhere to be seen before, but I didn't expect it to appear so quickly."

Tetsuya had previously asked him to investigate the relevant research progress, and at the time he had confidently assured him that such exaggerated technology did not exist and that only a very small amount of funding was required.

Unexpectedly, the Shiruff Group slapped him in the face without saying a word.

Tetsuya smiled and said, "It's normal, isn't it? After all, it's Silph, and the technology is still far from perfect."

He initially intended to make money by buying and selling fossils, but now it seems that this is no longer necessary.

"What about that Sunrock?" "It also belongs to my grandfather; it was his main Pokémon." "Oh~ no wonder it arrived so quickly."

The two, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, communicated smoothly.

"that..."

Ji Ke, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

She and the Nine-Tails lowered their heads slightly: "If you don't mind, I still want to follow you."

It was said to Xiaogang.

Before Xiaogang could reply, Tetsuya spoke first: "Are you sure? Actually, even if you don't follow him, I will still release you as promised."

Nine-Tailed Fox and Ji Ke shook their heads with a smile in unison. It was very determined: "I've had enough of the life of an elf, and I want to find a new master."

As she said this, Nine-Tails subconsciously looked at the portrait of its former master.

In that case, you'll probably be happy for me too.

Xiao Gang wanted to say something more.

Tetsuya gave him a push on the back and shoved an old-fashioned Poké Ball into his hand: "Then what are we waiting for? Go! I choose you!"

He really went to great lengths to refuse such a good opportunity.

Tetsuya felt that he was the best friend anyone could be.

Xiao Gang shook his head helplessly and looked at Nine-Tailed Fox: "If that's what you think, then that's for the best."

However, if you change your mind later, please let me know and I will try to accommodate your request.

As he spoke, he held up an old-fashioned Poké Ball and aimed it at Ninetales: "Come back, Ninetales!"

Xiao Gang suddenly opened his eyes, successfully turning his squinty eyes into beady eyes.

The human and the elf stared at each other.

This time, the old-fashioned Poké Ball made a move.

A red light shot out, and the Nine-Tailed Fox was retracted.

"I knew it." Tetsuya realized his thoughts after seeing this scene. "It's not that we can't take you back, it's that you only want to go back to your own home."

Ji Ke reappeared in the air.

Through the Poké Ball, she became much more ethereal.

"Thank you very much for your help." Ji Ke bowed slightly to Tetsuya. "I look forward to your guidance in the future."

The next sentence was said to Xiaogang.

Xiao Gang's eyes narrowed back to their usual squinty shape: "Please give me your guidance!"

The Nine-Tails' power was quickly withdrawn.

It wants to have a good sleep, a nice and restful sleep in its own home, without worrying about anything else.