Dawn of Pokémon

Early morning on the [-]th.

Walking out of the Honglian City Third Hospital, the silver-haired investigator breathed in the fresh air that he had not seen for a long time, and his steps became brisk.

After recovering from his injury, Xinghai planned to return to Miyuan City immediately to join the battle, but a battle report came last night - the battle in the Silver Mountains was nearing its end, and no reinforcements from Xinghai were needed.

Investigators who were seriously injured on the job were entitled to special leave benefits, so this busy first-level investigator finally had a rare ten-day holiday.

Even before he was discharged from the hospital, he had already reported the achievements of the four free trainers active in this operation.Now, the alliance has issued rewards to the young trainers who provide assistance to the four major divisions - for Xinghai, it is a familiar and expected reward.

——Except for one of the invitation tickets.

On the other side, the top of Honglian volcano.

After breakfast, Xiaotian received a call from Xinghai, saying that he wanted to invite four people to have dinner together at noon to thank them for their active participation in this incident.Naturally, everyone happily agreed to this - so, facing the rising sun, the four young free trainers embarked on their way back to the city.

It's definitely too late to walk back on your own feet. The fastest way at this time is to ride a Pokémon.As soon as he heard this, Xiaoye's Charizard immediately became excited, as if he had been looking forward to flying with his trainer - unfortunately, the newly evolved Charizard was far from being able to fly with people proficiently, and almost crookedly. After hitting a mountain, in order not to turn into a murderous trainer, I had no choice but to give up with a look of annoyance.

Therefore, Xiaoye had no choice but to hitch a ride on Yan - although she didn't mind flying the whole distance hanging on the claws of the Bibi bird, her partner seemed to care a little?

At noon, the four of them arrived at the hotel reserved by Xinghai on time.

Xinghai once again put on the disguiser's clothes that were necessary in public places - fortunately, the sunlight on Honglian Island was strong, so it was not surprising that he had all the equipment including hats, sunglasses and so on.

Of course, this time Xinghai booked a private room, so he didn't need to be fully equipped even when eating.

"Mr. Xinghai, good afternoon!"

Stepping into the quiet single room, the boys and girls greeted the investigator briskly.

"Good afternoon. I'm glad to see you are safe and sound." Xinghai said with a smile, carefully watching the four young trainers again.

His eyes lingered on the blond brother and sister for a moment.

I felt it before.These two kids... look so much like that person.

"Mr. Xinghai, is this a celebration banquet?" As Xinghai's thoughts flashed through his mind, the young man had raised his head and looked at Xinghai with his sky-blue eyes full of laughter, "Where are Mr. Takada and the others?"

"This is a celebration banquet just for the four of you." The young man smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Eh, really?"

"Yes. You have made great achievements this time - I believe you don't like formal occasions, so I will hand over the alliance's rewards to you in private."

"Wow, there is actually a reward." The girl with twin tails said happily, "Formal occasions are really troublesome. Mr. Xinghai, you really understand us——"

Xiaoling's completely familiar tone made Xinghai couldn't help but smile.

——As expected, he is a child with the surname Xia Yang.

Every free trainer who selflessly puts himself in danger to aid the four major ministries will receive rewards from the alliance.Logically speaking, the free trainer who received the notice should go to the local office of the four major departments and collect the reward on his own - but such a procedure is too cumbersome. In Xinghai's opinion, it is better to hand it over privately.

So, between eating and chatting, Xinghai started this work.

Fidgeting with the steel badge in her hand, Xiaoling thought thoughtfully, "Is this... the Iron Cross?"

"That's right." Xinghai nodded, "It is one of the rewards given to the four of you by the alliance."

The "Iron Cross" medal is awarded by the four major departments of the alliance to free trainers who have acted bravely and made significant contributions. It is a symbol of the trainer's glorious resume.For a free trainer, this is a very rare reputation.

The acquisition of the Iron Cross will be directly recorded in the trainer's file. The physical medal is of greater commemorative significance than proof.And having such a medal record on your resume will undoubtedly make the trainer's future path smoother.

"In this incident, the four of you bravely broke into Team Rocket's underground research institute and personally sabotaged the progress of the artificial Phoenix King plan, causing the three divine birds to retreat in time." Xinghai smiled and recounted the achievements of the four young people in front of him. , "What's more, you are all just ten-year-old new trainers - I believe you have put in a lot of effort for this, and you deserve this reward."

"Thank you for your compliment!" Xiaojie had carefully put away the medal. "It's not as exaggerated as 'huge effort'. I'm really happy to be able to help in such an incident."

The golden-haired boy laughed heartily, while the purple-haired girl who looked at him was slightly startled.

Xiaojie and Xiaoling are indeed relatively familiar with each other, but... rather than saying that they are familiar with each other, the tone of their conversation with Xinghai is more like they have known each other for a long time and do not need to meet outsiders.

Wasn't that night of the pre-war meeting their first meeting?

Xiaoye felt a little confused.

Xinghai's words quickly stopped Xiaoye from thinking about this issue.The second reward from the alliance is also quite satisfactory - "Identity Protection License".

The so-called "identity protection" is usually a special treatment that only professional trainers from the four major divisions have.Because they have been fighting against extremely vicious criminals all year round, they must strictly keep their identities secret to prevent their friends and family from being retaliated against.

People with identity protection permission can get a second special "ID card" by going to Miyuan City to log in relevant information.Usually only the name is recorded on it, and other details are left blank.This incomplete ID card has exactly the same function as an ordinary ID card and can enjoy all the rights of ordinary citizens.

In addition to professional needs, the league will also grant identity protection permission to those who have faced off against dangerous criminals - the four Xiaoye who fought against the Rockets naturally also received this treatment.

It is worth mentioning that Xiaotian applied for the identity protection license as early as a month ago.This made the golden retriever siblings immediately curious about what their companions had experienced at that time.

"——Generally speaking, these are the rewards given to enthusiastic free trainers by the four major branches of the alliance." Xinghai said, "However, this time the situation is slightly different."

Seeing that the four of them were looking at him intently, Xinghai nodded slightly, "You have a third reward."

"An invitation to the land beyond."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the four people looked a little confused.

"Where is the other side?" Xiaoling asked her question directly, "I seem to have never heard of this place name."

"That's because the information related to it is strictly kept confidential." Xinghai replied with a smile.

Perhaps because this topic was too attractive, the four of them had already stopped eating.Xinghai also put down his chopsticks and began to introduce this mysterious place called "The Other Side [Japanese: OTHER LAND, Kanata_no_Chi, English: The_Other_Party]".

As we all know, among the seven oceans known as the "Seven Seas", the Mesopolar Ocean is the largest.It is located east of the Kanto region and west of the Kalos region. Its latitude spans almost the entire globe and is directly connected to the Arctic and Southern Oceans.

At a time when technology has become highly developed, the Central Ocean has still not been fully explored, and there are not even clear enough satellite images.The reason is simple——

The Mesopolar Ocean is an "unknown land".

In this world, a special area called the Unknown Land cannot be displayed on satellite images for various reasons.It may be bottomless, or shrouded in thick fog, or covered with dense forests, or accumulated clouds - the strange thing is that time in these places seems to stand still, the fog will never disperse, the trees will never wither, and they will always remain as they are. .

Most of the Mesopolar Ocean belongs to the unknown, and chaotic clouds obscure the sky, making it impossible to easily see what it looks like.However, despite the dangers of the Central Arctic Ocean and the deaths of countless explorers, the Alliance has never stopped exploring it.

In the year 948 of the Elf Calendar, in order to obtain the technology of transmitting information directly regardless of the span of space in the "Forest Temple" recorded in ancient books, the Pokémon League sent countless expeditions to the Seven Seas, where the Forest Temple is said to be, to find the temple's origins. clue.This action was called the "Great Navigation Project" and it is a project that is still taken seriously today.

In the year 981 of the Elven Calendar, the Cross Star Team led by Xingyu Baiye discovered an unknown land in the ocean—not so much land, the description "big island" may be more accurate.Its area is only one-third of a region, but its topography is very complex.Forests, mountains, beaches, ice fields, as well as a variety of mineral deposits and Pokémon - because of their extremely high research value, alliance expeditions are stationed there all year round to investigate.

There is a sentence in the ancient book that guided the Great Navigation Plan: "The Temple of the Forest sank on the other side of the sea" - this is the reason why the other place was named.

"Could it be that the legendary Forest Temple was really discovered in the other side?" Xiaojie asked in surprise.

"Unfortunately, we didn't find it." Xinghai shook his head, "However, the large amount of "grey crystal" veins in the other land alone are enough to benefit the alliance. "

"Then why did you give us four such invitations?"

Xiaotian asked the question that everyone cared about most.

Xinghai smiled, "Because this is a very precious opportunity for experience. Unlike the places where free trainers often travel, the place over there is a real "wilderness". "

As soon as Xinghai said this, the four of them showed a look of surprise.

The wild areas that traveling freelance trainers often venture into are vaguely defined.The location is basically centered on the major highways connecting the city, radiating to the surrounding areas; the further away from the highways and towns, the more uninhabited and lacking infrastructure there is, and the higher the risk of wild Pokémon.

As new trainers, Xiaoye and the other four usually move within the safe zone and will not go deep into desolate places without permission.In the highly developed Kanto and Johto areas, there are indeed very few dangerous wild places.

In fact, the real wilderness can indeed make trainers grow rapidly. The Pokémon living in these areas are highly vigilant and aggressive - this is the case in the other places where few humans have set foot.

What's more, in most unknown places, due to multiple factors such as magnetic fields and weather, the Pokémon living there are inherently more vicious than other members of their species.

"How about it, do you want to give it a try?"

Facing Xinghai's gentle and smiling question, the four people looked at each other and gave the same short and straightforward answers.

"of course."

Free trainers always start their journey quickly.

Facing the midday sun and amidst the sound of waves lapping at the shore, a silver-white helicopter took off from the golden beach of Honglian Island.

It carried curious young people and flew towards the depths of the sea.