The early morning sun shone into the woods. On top of the thick trees, a Bobo had just finished drinking the morning dew. It lowered its head to look at the branches under its feet, hoping to encounter a buffet that was stupidly delivered to its door.
Suddenly, a melodious sound came from far away. I tilted my head and looked in the direction of the sound. A boy with a huge backpack on his back was humming a tune and walking slowly towards me. There was also a gray and black puppy beside him, happily circling around the boy.
Looking up, he stretched out his hand to slightly block the overly dazzling light, and Qianye calculated the distance he had traveled in his mind. At the current speed, he should be able to reach Changpan City before the sun sets.
Glancing towards a big tree on the left, I saw a Bobo that had been staring at me from the beginning until now. It was not afraid of being discovered by me, just like the childish game I used to play when I was a kid, where whoever looked away first lost.
As the middle area connecting Pallet Town and Viridian City, young Pokémon with weak races like Pidgeot are the most common. Therefore, this place is very suitable for new trainers to conduct basic combat training and add new partners.
If it was an ordinary rookie trainer here, such as Xiaozhi, he should have started trying to tame the little guy in the tree. But Qianye obviously had no such interest. He looked away and leaned over to rub Kuroko's little head.
Generally speaking, Pokémon with owners will stay in the Poké Ball most of the time. In addition to making it more convenient for their trainers, the specially designed Poké Ball is also an extremely comfortable environment for them.
My own Heizi is a special case. It seems to prefer to stick to me rather than stay in the small ball. Well... the coyote is not that big anyway, so it won't affect others, so let it be.
The man and the dog walked forward for about four or five hours, and a rough cross-section fence appeared in front of them. It was a cliff at least two or three stories high. Standing on the edge and looking down, there was a stream underground that was not turbulent, but because of the mixture of mud and sand, it was difficult to see the depth of the water.
If Qianye had a larger Pokémon with the ability to jump and fly, he could choose to jump directly over, which would shorten the distance a lot. But now... he decided not to take that risk.
Several steps away from the cliff, the boy walked around the cliff for a long way. Not long after walking, Heizi, who had been happily circling, suddenly stopped and stuck his head out, as if looking for something in the air around him.
Seeing this, Qianye was stunned at first, and then he reacted: "Heizi, do you smell anything?"
Heizi nodded and ran quickly forward. The boy hurriedly followed him. As they got closer to the target, he noticed that a faint smell of blood was flowing into his nostrils through the air.
Something is wrong... Qianye called Heizi's name, wanting him to stop moving forward. But before the boy could say anything, Heizi had already stopped and looked forward. A middle-aged man with a backpack on his back was squatting on the ground and whimpering. His right arm was tightly bound with several layers of red bandages, and the smell came from above.
Was this... an attack by a wild Pokémon? Qianye quickly made the most likely inference. Not all Pokémon are gentle and peaceful by nature. There are many cases where some bad-tempered Pokémon attack humans because travelers mistakenly enter their territory.
"Young man over there, are you a Pokémon trainer?" The middle-aged man noticed the gaze behind him, and after seeing the person's appearance clearly, a look of surprise appeared on his face, which was pale due to excessive blood loss.
"Um…is there anything I can help you with?" Since he had been discovered, Qian Ye was too embarrassed to pretend nothing had happened and walked away, so he approached and asked.
"As you can see, I was attacked by an extremely ferocious and dangerous Pokémon. If you are a trainer, can you help catch that guy and prevent it from hurting other innocent people?"
Extremely ferocious and dangerous Pokémon? Hearing the man's description, Qianye's expression was a little subtle. This area is very close to two towns, and there are no cross-regional transportation routes. In order to ensure the safety of travelers and citizens in the town, the alliance will regularly send people to patrol and manage.
The strongest Pokémon that can stay here is probably Pidgeot, and my Kuroko is not afraid of it. Besides, even if there are really some dangerous Pokémon from outside, I still look like a child... let me deal with it? Are you awake?
"I'm sorry, uncle. I'm not a Pokémon trainer, and my partner and I are not good at fighting, but thank you for your reminder. By the way, do you know the Pokémon that attacked you? If you don't know its name, you can also describe its basic characteristics."
"Features? Probably a silver-white body. Sorry, it happened so suddenly that my memory is a little fuzzy..."
Silver-white... This description is too general. It doesn't even have a basic size, so it's impossible to pinpoint what kind of Pokémon it is. Never mind. It's better than nothing. I'll pay more attention to it next time.
Giving up thinking, Qianye was about to thank this unfortunate kind-hearted man again, but he saw him using his only remaining left hand to pull the backpack in front of him while trying to search for something.
Soon, he took out a few bandage packs and a can of painkillers, and stuffed them into the boy's arms while he was still in a daze.
"Here, these things are for you to use in an emergency. In any case, you must be careful!"
"No, no, no! You keep these, I have my own…" Qian Ye declined quickly and handed the first aid supplies back, but the man was unwilling to take back the things he had already given away.
Seeing the other party so persistent, the boy finally put them into his backpack with gratitude, said a simple goodbye and set off on his journey again.
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After saying goodbye to the middle-aged man, the combination of man and dog was no longer as relaxed as they were early in the morning. Their nerves were tense, and they were always on guard against something that might suddenly jump out from the grass or trees and attack them.
This cautious attitude slowed down the progress speed greatly. The journey that was originally estimated to be reached before the sun went down, now the sky was a pale red, and Qianye didn't even see the shadow of Changpan City.
Although the boy was skeptical about the "dangerous Pokémon" the man mentioned, the injury on the other party's arm could not be fake after all, so it always wouldn't hurt to be careful.
"Heizi, what's wrong again?" Halfway through the walk, Heizi suddenly behaved abnormally again. He stopped his feet, took an attacking stance, and barked several times at a half-man-high bush in front of him.
Qianye immediately became cautious, approached the bushes with light steps, and carefully pushed aside the weeds. The moment he saw the tragic scene in front of him, the young man couldn't help but gasp.
A dozen little Rattatas were lying in a mess on the wet mud. All of these purple little mice were covered with wounds. The few that were still conscious had lost their ability to move and could only hum continuously.
After hesitating for a moment, Qianye stepped forward and used his limited knowledge of Pokémon care to check their wounds. A few minutes later, Doctor Qianye issued a diagnosis - the injuries of these little guys were mild or severe, but fortunately none of them were in danger of life.
The boy took out the bandages from his bag and bandaged them simply. Once again, he thanked the unknown stranger in his heart. Without his generous help, the bandages he brought with him would probably not be enough.
"Be careful in the future and don't provoke guys you can't beat." Pokémon are all intelligent. Although they can't speak human language, they can understand the boy's advice to them and nodded one after another.
After solving the trouble with the little Rattatas, Qianye stood up and looked at Heizi standing beside him. Both the man and the dog could see the seriousness in each other's eyes.
Although Rattata is a weak Pokémon that can compete with Pidgeot, there are more than a dozen of them lying here. If all of them were defeated by the mysterious silver-white Pokémon alone, its strength should not be underestimated.
"How did I end up in such a situation..." The boy slapped his forehead helplessly. The problem was that he couldn't just stop there. Who knew if he chose to spend the night here, he would be attacked by that Pokémon.
Gritting his teeth, Qianye decided to continue moving forward. The sooner he could get to Changpan City, the sooner he would be safe.
However, perhaps because he forgot to check the almanac before going out, the boy's hope of reaching the city smoothly without encountering any trouble was finally dashed. In an empty plain, he saw the legendary silver-white Pokémon.
"Heizi, that seems to be your fellow villager, right?" Qianye had a blank expression on his face at this moment. In response to his question, Heizi, who had been extremely alert with his hair standing on end, raised his head and hummed in confusion.
In front of them was a half-meter-tall four-legged reptile covered in silver-white hard armor. But now it looked a little gray, its shell was dull, and its body was covered with scratches and cracks like those left by sharp weapons.
Even though he was in a very miserable state, the pair of large blue eyes under the helmet were extremely fierce. His gaze, full of vigilance and hostility, was fixed firmly on Qian Ye. The young man had no doubt that the other party would attack him immediately in the next step.
The moment he saw the true form of the "dangerous Pokémon", Qianye also understood why those Rattatas lost so badly. The Pokémon in front of him, whose scientific name is "Kokodora", has the dual attributes of rock and steel. Its hard shell is simply not something that the Rattata's front teeth can handle.
However, another question popped up in the boy's mind: If he remembered correctly, Kokodora usually lived in deep mountains or caves, and like Kuroko, it was a Pokémon from the Fengyuan region. Why did it appear in the jungle of Kanto? An alien species invasion?