Pokémon League Chronicles/Farming, Pokémon Trainer!

And it was in this year that my father passed away. "

Mingyao looked at Listia. This girl didn't seem to have any emotional fluctuations even when she was talking about her father's death, and she didn't even blink her eyelids.

This is really... so abnormal.

"Listia, do you... know what death is?"

"I know." Listia blinked: "It means that due to factors such as physical damage, disease or cell aging, a person's heartbeat, pulse and other vital signs disappear, and they can no longer carry out life activities. This is called Pass away, or die.”

"...Your description is very objective."

"That's what it says in the book. I'm just repeating it." Listia raised her finger and pointed to her bookshelf: "Want to take a look? I'm not bragging. Because I have super powers, I have read all the contents in these books. I remember it all."

"No need." Mingyao was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "What about after your father passed away? You were only three years old at that time. Even if you have superpowers, it's not that easy to obtain food and other daily necessities, right?"

"That's right." Listia nodded: "At that time, my father had a businessman friend, and he would bring me some food, fruits and other things from time to time."

"Business friend?" A figure suddenly appeared in Mingyao's heart: "What does he look like?"

"Blonde hair, wearing a hat, half of his eyes covered by the flow." Listia recalled: "I remember that there was a golden ginkgo printed on his clothes."

Chapter 112 The most precious thing

Blonde hair, wearing a hat, bangs covering half of his eyes, and golden ginkgo printed on his clothes.

There is only one person who looks like this in the entire Xicui area.

"Listia, that businessman...did he tell you his name?"

Listia is indeed a superpower, with a very strong memory. She will never forget things even if they happened several years ago. She nodded immediately:

“After my father passed away, he came and introduced himself to me.

He said that his name was Wangluo, which means the person who snares all things in the world. On a philosophical level, it also means "I will, therefore I exist." "

as predicted.

Mingyao didn't know what he was thinking now. He seemed to suddenly understand a lot of things, but he also had more questions in his heart.

He shook his head, suppressed all the thoughts that came to his mind for the time being, and continued to ask Listia:

"What happens after that? Is it the merchant who has been providing you with food?"

"To be precise, it's a transaction." Listia corrected: "It is said in the book that if there is compensation, there will be losses. The businessman provides me with food, and I will provide him with compensation."

"What's the reward?"

"Books. He seems to be very interested in some of my collection of books, so every time in exchange for food resources, he will borrow some books from me to read, and return them when he comes next time, and borrow new books. .

But this process didn't last long... only about half a year later, he didn't come back again.

To be precise, I don't allow him to come again.I was prepared to use violence to drive him out if he came again. "

"Don't allow him to come back again?" Mingyao raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean? Why do you do this?"

"Because...I don't know when, I suddenly felt a bad breath about him."

Listia frowned: "I don't know what it is specifically. Although his appearance has not changed, he suddenly exudes a dark and dark pressure. Sometimes I will even I saw a pair of blood-red eyes in the shadow... As a superpower, my intuition told me that this person was very dangerous.

The book says that you should try to stay away from dangerous people. "

"Is that so..." Mingyao smiled and nodded unconsciously.

To be honest, he had a similar feeling when he met Wangluo for the first time.

Although his smile was bright, for some reason, Mingyao was instinctively wary of him.

"Then how will you live after Wangluo stops coming?"

“It seems that he also made one last big deal with me when he came last time because he knew that I had discovered his secrets.

He brought a year's worth of food and took away from me a few books that seemed to him most important.I haven't seen him since.

In the year since then, I have been staying alone in the castle. My daily life consists of eating, reading, and sleeping. "

"Is it always like this?" Mingyao glanced at her: "Aren't you bored?"

"Well, from the perspective of a bystander, it may indeed be a bit boring..." Listia shook her head: "But I like reading books very much, and there are enough books here for me to read over and over for more than ten years, so I actually It feels like it’s no big deal.

And a year later, a group of people suddenly came to the castle. The leader of them found me and said that he wanted to make a deal with me. "

Mingyao's eyes twitched: "Are they Ashun and the others?"

"yes.

I had never seen them before, but Ah Shun seemed to know my existence for some reason. He walked directly to the third floor and shouted to me across the wall. "

"What is the content of your transaction?"

"He said he wanted to commandeer the castle. Except for the fourth floor where my room is, all the rooms on the other floors belong to them.

The first, second and third floors are used for their daily activities, while the fifth floor is used to store his various collections. By the way, he entrusted me to help him guard those things to prevent anyone from stealing them.

At the same time, he also asked me to act as the "big disciple" in front of his followers...or disciples. If someone came to challenge me, I would need to challenge him. He also set up an empty room for me on the second floor to pretend that I I usually live there, and don’t mention to others that I am the owner of the castle, etc. "

"So many demands?" Mingyao was stunned.

Not to mention the miscellaneous things at the back, just the expropriation of the castle is definitely a huge expense!

Even though this castle looks dilapidated, in terms of scale alone, it is one of the largest large buildings in the entire Xicui area, even more majestic than the Galaxy Team headquarters!

At the same time, if what Listia said is true, then this castle has a history of at least hundreds of years. Even if it is not a scenic spot, it is still a rare ancient building. Its cultural value alone is immeasurable. Those in Hezhong or Galar need to be repaired and packaged into castle museums, and the entrance fee alone is enough to cost several hundred yuan.

And by requisitioning this castle, and asking Listia to go to great lengths to play the role of the top disciple... As the other party to the transaction, what did Ashun pay?

"Just in case... Listia, I want to ask you." Mingyao couldn't help but said, "Do you know the concept of "money"?"

Listia hummed: "Of course, I have several financial-related books. Although I haven't actually seen money, I still have things like values, right?"

"In that case, you should also know that requisitioning your castle is a very important and expensive matter, right?"

"I know." Listia nodded: "Let me think about it, if you replace the prices in the Xicui area, the rent for a year will probably be tens of thousands of yuan at least, right?"

"If you know... then, what did Ashun use to trade with you?" Mingyao narrowed his eyes.

After several days of investigating the gym, he was convinced that Ashun would never be able to afford that much money.Even if he deceived the nearby villagers into collecting protection fees and collected tuition fees from his disciples, he would never be able to come up with so much money.What's more, he was broke when he first arrived here. He couldn't make his first transaction on credit, right?

"He said that although he couldn't pay that much money, he could give mankind the most precious and important thing in exchange for me."

Mingyao was stunned: "The most precious thing? What is that?"

"Life." Listia pointed to herself: "He said he could protect my life and let me survive."

Chapter 113 Life

Life is undoubtedly the most precious thing for human beings.

Life is the basis of everything.All human activities are inseparable from life. For all living things in the world, life is undoubtedly the most precious thing.

However, this thing must not be used as a bargaining chip.

Mingyao felt his voice was hoarse: "Ashun said he would protect your life...what does this mean?"

"He said that he would ensure that my food and water supply would be uninterrupted every day." Listia chewed some candy and pointed to the entrance and exit on the floor of the room.

"Do you think this deal is worth it?"

"Huh? Of course it's worth it." Listia looked puzzled: "The book said that life is the most precious thing for human beings, and food is an important factor for human survival, and it is also the crystallization of wisdom in the development of civilization, and water is more It is the source of life for all things and is a priceless treasure.

I was worried that the food I had stored was about to run out. It would be great if someone could help me. "

"You mean, he only needs to provide you with fresh water and food every day in exchange for the right to use your castle, and he can also entrust you to play the role of "big disciple"?"

"correct."

"...I'm a little curious. Based on your so-called "values", how much are food and water worth respectively?"

"Xiao Ming, why can't you understand me?" Listia sighed and said in a cowardly tone: "I have already said that food is the source of human history and is the legend of human beings. Connections, and water being the source of life, their value cannot be simply quantified.”

"You, you haven't thought about it..." Mingyao was a bit dumbfounded: "It's just food and water. The transaction you made with Wang Luo before was the same thing, right? Are the books he borrowed so valuable?"

"Of course!" Listia said seriously: "Books are the crystallization of human wisdom and the ladder of human progress!"

"Who did you hear?"

"It says in the book."

"..."

This seemed like a pretty good joke elsewhere, but Mingyao only felt ridiculous at this moment.

He gave a rare wry smile.

Listia didn't understand why he had such a reaction: "Am I wrong?"

"This is not a question of right or wrong..." Mingyao raised his forehead and said, "Forget it, just keep talking. What happened next?"

"Oh."

Listia nodded: "Afterwards, it actually didn't matter. I agreed to Ashun's conditions and lent the castle to him. Occasionally, I would accept challenges from other disciples as the "big disciple"."

"So...do you usually communicate with those disciples?"

"Not many, there's no point in talking to them." Listia shook her head: "Those people either open their mouths and talk about long Pokémon battles and short Pokémon battles, which is very boring; or they just scream when they see me, which is crazy. It's like exhaustion. Talking to them is more interesting than reading the books I have already read.

Over time, I became too lazy to communicate with them. From a few years ago, I spent most of my time in my room reading. I occasionally used my superpowers to interfere with the floors below and open and close doors and windows to prevent them from messing up my castle. . "

After saying that, Listia shrugged at Mingyao: "Look, it's really not interesting. If it were written into a book, it would be very boring."

Mingyao looked at Listia and shook his head with a complicated expression.

If after a few years, after Listia has formed a normal sense of perspective, she looks back at this experience... will she still show the same indifferent expression as she does now?

This series of things is actually not complicated. To put it simply, a jobless gangster (Ashun) found a young girl (Listia) with a huge inheritance (castle) through some channels, and took advantage of the latter's immature mind. Characteristically, he deceived the latter and occupied his property for a long time, and at the same time, he also asked the latter to look after the warehouse for him.

Although Listia is not an ordinary young girl, on the contrary, she is very smart and precocious, but she is a little fool who has read herself to death, so she is more likely to fall into a logical dead end and was deceived by Ah Shun for several years. Didn't wake up.

Although she sometimes speaks in a mature tone and occasionally uses some proper nouns in her conversations, in the final analysis Listia is just a girl who has been isolated in her room all year round and has not had much contact with ordinary people. ——Superpower may help her memorize knowledge, but it cannot directly mature her mind. The so-called three views are just abstract concepts from books.

To mature mentally, one must not only read books, but also contact people and receive education from elders.

Listia's father died young and had no way to teach her this knowledge; Wangluo was just a trader and did not have the qualifications and responsibility to educate her; and in the eyes of the gym disciples, Listia Although Ya looks like a young girl, she is actually a powerful superpower and Pokémon trainer. She is someone they need to look up to, and of course they cannot treat her like an ordinary little girl.

The only person who noticed Listia's immaturity was Ashun.

But it is a pity that he did not assume the educational responsibility as a "master".

His choice was to exploit this weakness in turn to benefit himself.

As a result, Listia grew up in a twisted environment.Although she is rich in knowledge and strength, is a noble disciple, the master of the mysterious castle, lives in a luxuriously decorated room, and is the envy of everyone, but as a "person", she is not complete, nor is she complete. There is no life or future to speak of.

She was out of touch with society and common sense. Her understanding of the world only came from books, but she had never thought of combining books with reality, and no one came to help her truly understand the world.

Mingyao looked around the room again.The luxurious decoration and expensive furniture had not changed, but at this time, every item in the room seemed too old in his eyes and was on the verge of crumbling at any time.

These beautiful and expensive things are just like Listia's family background and superpowers. They provide her with a basic guarantee of survival, but they also indirectly trap her world.

Objects left over from hundreds of years ago should be placed in museums instead of turning into cages to trap a young and living life.

Mingyao put the elf ball that he had been holding tightly in his left hand back into his backpack.

"Listia...Lily." He sat on the sunken sofa and looked directly into Listia's eyes: "Come with me."

Chapter 114 Teachers and Students

"Follow you? Where are you going? Going to the cafeteria to eat?"

Listia's face was full of confusion. She did not notice the changes in Mingyao's emotions, nor did she notice the special situation of her own.

Mingyao thought for a moment and decided to talk to Listia for the time being: "I am actually in a hostile relationship with Ah Shun now. I came to the gym this time for various purposes, and in fact, I have nothing to do with it." I don’t plan to stay here for too long. I’ll leave here in about a day or two.”

"Oh!" Listia's eyes lit up: "Undercover activities? I've read about it in books! But don't worry, it has nothing to do with me how Ah Shun's gym is run. I won't have anything to do with Shi He. That's what they said."

As she spoke, she seemed to suddenly realize something, and almost jumped out of the sofa: "Wait, could it be that... you let that Pokémon come into my room last night?! "

"Well... that's right." Mingyao admitted: "I wanted to get in touch with the "big disciple" at that time, so I asked my ghost-type Pokémon to come to you."

"Then... wouldn't you just knock on the door?!" Listia protested with her eyes wide open: "You don't know I was shocked last night! Such a scary Pokémon suddenly came into the room. I immediately had a stress reaction on the spot. I used my mind to attack it and notified everyone in the castle. This caused me to consume too much. After getting up this morning, I was hungrier than usual, so I went to the kitchen. Get something to eat!”

Mingyao said helplessly: "I knocked on the door. I was looking down at the hall on the third floor where Shi'er was delivering food to you, but you didn't answer."

"How long did it take you to knock?"