Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Under their watchful eyes, the heavy door was slowly opened.

"What are you smashing? We don't serve you here! Leave now!"

An elderly man with white hair, dressed in a purple tuxedo and white leather shoes, stormed out.

Judging from his appearance, this person certainly doesn't seem like the easy-going type.

"Snapped"

Without any hesitation, he raised his hand and braced it against the door.

Zhenghui stopped the other party from closing the door again: "Excuse me, can we go in and talk?"

"I told you, we don't accept guests here!"

The white-haired old man trembled with anger at Zheng Hui's shameless behavior. "Are all you foreign trainers this unreasonable?"

"No no no."

Zhenghui shook his finger.

At this time, he had the air of a spoiled brat. "To be precise, you were the one who turned us away first, so I resorted to this last resort."

Zhe remained silent on the side.

He wanted to maintain his image as a kind and upright person.

It's more appropriate for Zheng Hui to handle this kind of thing.

"absurd!"

The white-haired old man's face turned red with anger. "You come here banging on the door! Even if I could accommodate a host like you, I wouldn't!"

"boom!"

A foot that wasn't particularly thick slammed into the door, leaving a dent the size of a human head.

Tetsuya's expression darkened slightly: "Can't you understand? We want to go inside and talk to you about borrowing a boat to go to Akito City."

The white-haired old man's body was trembling.

He pointed at the two of them but couldn't say a word.

This is probably the first time I've encountered such an unreasonable jerk.

He turned and left angrily, but didn't close the door.

Tetsuya and Masaki exchanged a meaningful glance and quickly followed.

The layout inside the castle doesn't quite match its exterior.

Perhaps it was because Tetsuya couldn't quite understand what those seemingly nonsensical oil paintings meant.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it has quite a long history."

Zheng Hui clicked his tongue in amazement, "Old man, have you considered selling a few paintings? I'll buy them at a high price."

The white-haired old man led the way in silence.

"This is it, you can go in."

A few minutes later.

With utter indifference, he pointed to the door in front of him, then left through the other side without looking back.

"So he's just a servant, huh? And he's so arrogant."

Zheng Hui curled his lip in disdain, pushed open the door and swaggered in, "Let me see who the owner of this place is."

"It seems this guest has some issues with us."

A gentle voice came from behind.

The speaker was a silver-haired man wearing a white coat with a flame pattern on the hem.

"My name is Yu Gui, the owner of this castle. I'm sorry for the unpleasant experience you had."

"I wonder if there's anything we can do for you two?"

He smiled kindly.

On the sofa where he was sitting, there were three other men and women of similar age.

"future."

"Yoji."

“Mirei”.

When they saw the two men turn to look at them, they briefly introduced themselves, but didn't say much more.

"I heard that your boat can go directly to Qiulu City. I would like to borrow it once."

Zheng Hui stated his purpose without any hesitation.

Tetsuya stood motionless behind him like a bodyguard.

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Yu Gui looked troubled.

Tetsuya felt like he'd seen this somewhere before.

Oh, that's what Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Center said at first too.

"It's not that we're unwilling to lend, but we've encountered a small problem."

Yu Gui explained, "The safety of our boat's navigation is guaranteed by a mosquito coil frog king."

Lately, a Snorlax has been sleeping in front of its house, blocking our way, making it impossible to communicate with it using the Hunting Beacon.

"It's alright, the trainer I hired is very strong, so safety is guaranteed."

Zheng Hui pointed to Tetsuya behind him, looking very arrogant, "I can understand why your Ranger Alliance isn't very strong in combat."

Yu Gui was not provoked in the slightest by his words.

"Yes, yes, that's the truth after all."

He smiled and nodded.

He then changed the subject: "However, this is a tradition passed down in our family, and it's really inconvenient to change it."

So we're very sorry, we really can't help you.

"This is such a hassle."

Zheng Hui shook his head in dissatisfaction. "In short, I must borrow your boat today. You'd better come up with a plan, or don't blame me for being impolite."

"The place is so small, but there's so much to do."

He mumbled the second half of the sentence softly.

Everyone present could hear it.

Strangely, the four people opposite did not change at all.

The only girl in the future is still idly playing with her nails;

Yoji, who was half-awake and half-asleep, was wrapped in a coat and nodding his head.

Mirei, who bore a striking resemblance to Yu Gui, closed his eyes and meditated.

Yu Gui's smile remained as kind as ever: "In that case, I'll just get straight to the point."

"We hope that you, or the trainer you hired, can help us drive that Snorlax out of this area."

"Don't you guys have those hunting buoys? Can't you make your own?"

Zheng Hui responded impatiently.

Yu Gui shook his head: "Unfortunately, a sleeping Snorlax cannot communicate, and it is even very dangerous if it wakes up when it is hungry, so we cannot get close to it."

"Fine, fine, this is so annoying."

Zhenghui waved his hand and said, "Go and take a look. I need to see the results within an hour."

He said to Tetsuya.

"clear."

At this moment, the latter was as cold as if he had just come out of a freezer.

"This is the location of that Snorlax. Thank you for your help."

Yu Gui seemed to have been prepared, and produced a map. "Our strength is too weak to participate, so we can only wait here for your good news."

After glancing at it, Tetsuya walked out of the room without saying a word.

He has already written it down.

"Just a photographic memory, is that really anything to be surprised about?"

Seeing Yuki's somewhat surprised expression, Masahiro said dismissively.

Yu Gui responded with a gentle expression.

The two chatted intermittently.

I don't know when it started, but the other three people suddenly disappeared from the room as well.

The entire castle was quiet.

With an air of utter calm, Shining casually put his left hand in his pocket and gripped the shrunken Poké Ball tightly.

"You seem very nervous?"

Yu Gui asked casually.

His kind face was adorned with a familiar smile.

Chapter 603 Jungle Ruins (One Hour)

Let's ignore what's happening in the castle for now.

Tetsuya followed the map in his mind and ventured deeper into the wilderness.

Olive Grove, located in the northern part of Summerman Island, is named for the fact that it is mostly covered with olive trees.

As an important component of the Fire region.

Olive Grove is the place where Pokémon have lived for generations.

Although the Fylene region itself does not have a large variety of Pokémon living there.

But through human efforts, elves from various regions gathered here and lived in groups.

Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Kalos.

The Pokémon from these five regions can be encountered in all five regions under the Ranger League.

of course.

Carlos has the fewest, Sinnoh has the most.

Furthermore, it took countless investigations and studies to determine which Pokémon could be introduced.

After all, if some Pokémon don't have natural predators, introducing them rashly could cause enormous damage to the environment.

This is not the outcome the rangers wanted to see.

This is also why it's rare to see Pokémon from outside the region in different areas.

"The sleeping Snorlax..."

These so-called 'nobles' are indeed a bit strange.

Even as he hurried along, Tetsuya's mind kept racing.

He, or rather, Zheng Hui.

The two men noticed something was wrong as soon as they arrived at the castle.

According to Miss Joey's information, the nobles living there belong to a type left over from the old era.

They rarely go out unless absolutely necessary.