Dawn of Pokémon

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The whispers of the people of fire echoed in the wooden chamber.

Xiaoye was stunned, and just as she was thinking about bowing with everyone, she saw Yang Yu sitting next to him had straightened up, smiled and waved his hand, "Just now we were thanking Niyu-sama - oh, the Flame Bird - for protecting us. . Xiaoye, you don’t have to do this."

"That's right. After all, you haven't received any benefits from Niwa-sama. If you suddenly say thank you, you will be overwhelmed." Yongzhen said in a serious manner, but the words he said directly made the "Thanksgiving before eating" part of the mystery disappear. three levels.

Xiao Ye sat down with everyone in confusion.Before picking up the chopsticks, she asked curiously, "That sentence just now doesn't seem to be in modern language?"

"Well, that's the meaning of the Wubai hieroglyph." Yang Yu, who was still in the tour guide mode, swallowed the food in his mouth, and the somewhat unclear explanation became clear, "It means 'Thank you for the gift of God. The blessing of the sun shines on the earth like the sun' - we people of the flames will definitely say this before eating, similar to what you often say, 'I'm starting to move'?"

"I see... But I remember that the complete pronunciation of Ubo hieroglyphics has always been an unsolved mystery in the archaeological community?"

"Actually, we can only speak a few fixed phrases. Only the patriarch can read a little more sentences."

At the beginning of dinner, the fat middle-aged couple happily introduced every specialty of the Flame Valley to the tourists.Perhaps it is the nature of fire people to love the color red. The fruits and vegetables on the plate are all red and orange, and even the sauce on the bibimbap is the same color.These hot and spicy colors taste sweet - all the Fire People present solemnly stated that the taste of chili peppers can kill people, and sweets are justice.

"Speaking of which, are all these vegetables produced in the Flame Valley?" Xiaoye asked casually.

Everyone in the restaurant shook their heads violently, "Not at all - the soil quality on Xiangju Island is not very good, and it is almost impossible to grow food, fruits and vegetables. The ingredients are all shipped from other islands."

"Eh, I thought..."

Seeing Xiaoye's surprised eyes looking at the shrine in the wall, Yongzhen laughed, "You think we thank Niwa-sama before eating because the food grown in the land he sheltered nourished us?"

Yang Yu put down his chopsticks and explained seriously, "Niwa-sama is the god of fire and has no ability to bless a good harvest. What you brought us is not fertile land, but mineral veins."

Xiaoye was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Are you talking about the veins of the Fire Stone?"

As we all know, fire stone is an ore that can be formed in rock formations with extremely high temperatures.Mount Aso is an active volcano, and there are flame birds that live in the lava all year round. It is normal for mineral veins to produce fire stones.

"Although a single fire stone is not worth much, countless fire stones are mined from the Aso Mountain mine every year. That is a huge sum of money, equivalent to half of our family's financial resources." Yongzhen said. He stuffed the last mouthful of rice into his mouth and said vaguely, "It's just that group of wind thieves who are so annoying and always want to steal our ore."

Yang Yu smiled helplessly and explained, "This is also the reason why we have a bad relationship with the wind thieves in the mountains. We all can't stand the idea of ​​Lord Niyu's gifts being stolen by outsiders with malicious intentions."

Before Xiaoye could think about the method of determining the ownership of mineral veins, she saw Yongzhen put down the bowl heavily and said loudly, "We have applied for a mining license, a business license and a civilian explosives use license! But those bastards like Feng Thief didn't even It’s just illegal mining!”

Night:"……"

Tourists were shocked by the mountain people's advanced awareness of "legally exploiting the gifts of the gods."

After scolding the wind thieves together with indignation, Yongzhen looked at his smiling parents carefully and said tentatively, "So, the wind thieves are so annoying, I can't help but want to cause them some trouble and contribute to the clan. Yes. It just so happened that something belonging to an acquaintance of mine was stolen..."

Before the brown-haired boy finished speaking, the chubby couple both had serious faces.

"no!"

"I, I haven't finished speaking yet..."

"You have told us this story dozens of times since we were little! If it doesn't work, it won't work!"

"Why! I'm already ten years old and an adult. You can't restrict my personal freedom!"

"As long as your fighting skills are half as good as Haruna's, your mother will allow you to go even if you are only five years old! But look at your current results..."

The family of three, who had been so angry just now, suddenly got into a quarrel.It's a pity that the "flaming valley characteristic accent" makes their voices sound not fierce at all, they just sound like they are coquettishly coquettishly talking to each other.

Xiaoye looked hesitantly at Yang Yu on her right.The red-haired boy seemed to have misunderstood, and immediately showed a reassuring smile, "It's okay, they often do this. Don't be afraid, we can just continue eating."

The girl was speechless for a moment as she listened to the soft ending sounds of a family of three scolding each other.

No, I'm not afraid.

The three people who "acted coquettishly" failed to produce a result.Finally, exhausted from the quarrel, Yongzhen's mother angrily said, "Wait until the patriarch comes back to judge in front of him."

"Hey... didn't the patriarch go to the Fengyuan area? How long will it take..."

Yongzhen grunted reluctantly.But he really couldn't find a way to convince his parents, let alone say that he still wanted to drag the tourists into fighting, so he had no choice but to compromise.

After the argument was over, the chubby middle-aged couple returned to their smiling faces.Everyone ate all the food on the plate and cleaned the battlefield together with quick hands and feet.

Unlike his parents who were already yawning lazily, Yongzhen, who was full of energy, didn't want to go back to the house to rest.He excitedly said, "I want to show the guests the famous night view of the Valley of Flames," and ran out of the house dragging someone with one hand.

The afterglow of the sunset has long since disappeared.As soon as she went out, Xiaoye saw the stars scattered all over the sky.

That's a scene you'll never see in a big city.In the deep blue night sky, the bright Milky Way spans the sky, illuminating the valley where the Fire People live.

Xiaoye heard the sound of water and noise in the distance.As Yongzhen ran to the river, she stopped and looked at everything in front of her with wide eyes.

It has fallen into the night in the valley, but people have no intention of taking a rest.Many people with red hair and red eyes gathered by the river, playing drums or dancing, talking or laughing. The fragrance of roasted fruits mixed with the fishy smell of the river water, forming the unique flavor of the Valley of Fire at night.

And on the winding river, there are boats of all sizes floating.

Accompanied by the laughter of rafters, spots of light flow out from each boat and flicker as the river flows - thin paper lamp walls, wooden bases that can float on the water, plus The quietly burning candles formed the lights floating in the river.The dense torches on the shore reflected the river in various colors at night, and the lights on the river swayed and drifted in the strong colors, and finally converged into a torrent of light in the distance.

"That's the Niwa lantern." The red-haired boy said with a smile, "We will put the lantern in the river seven days before the start of the Fire Worship Festival. It is said that if the Niwa lantern with the heart on it can float along the river, The other side of Aso Mountain means that Niwa-sama has heard our wishes.”

"——It's just an old saying." Yongzhen smiled so much that he showed his white teeth and continued to drag the other two people forward, "We will release tens of thousands of lanterns in these seven days. Niwa-sama really If you can hear it, you will definitely be annoyed enough to run away from home - well, reach your destination!"

Xiao Ye and Yang Yu looked at each other without knowing why, and looked forward together.

Many round wooden platforms were built in the open space along the river, with a person standing on each end. They were obviously arenas used for Pokémon battles.At this moment, many people were fighting on the stage with the mentality of exercising after dinner. The flames released by the fire Pokémon made the night in the valley bright.

"Of course the regular program after dinner is the battle -" Yongzhen smiled and pushed the other two people to the ring.

"Uh, wait..." Yang Yu looked a little confused, "Why me..."

"Because I fought against Xiao Ye at noon today, and I have fought against you hundreds of times, and there is nothing new at all." Yong Zhenli said confidently, "So of course it's your turn to fight!"

Seeing Yang Yu looking over at him, Xiaoye blinked and said, "I have no objection."

"Come on Yang Yu, help me take revenge!" Yong Zhen slapped Yang Yu on the shoulder and forced him to the command seat, "I lost miserably in the noon match."

The red-haired boy who was pushed to the shelf sighed, and the two dull hairs on his head that looked like young sprouts drooped, "Don't shout about revenge at our guests..."

Yongzhen turned a deaf ear to this, and went to encourage the other person to fight with a playful smile. He lowered his voice and said, "Xiaoye, just feel free to fight! Don't look at him like that. He was the No. 1 in our youth group's battle competition in the Flame Valley last year. [-]."

"I heard it all. 'Don't look at him like that' is too much..."

"Who makes you look so easy to bully? Okay, come on, everyone is on your place——"

The brown-haired boy jumped to the sidelines without any explanation and acted as a temporary referee.

Seeing that someone was about to fight - one of them was a stranger, the idle red-haired people immediately gathered around him with great interest, and the area around the ring was instantly filled with water.Xiaoye even vaguely heard the shouts of "buy it and leave", and suddenly she didn't know what expression to make.

"Please advise."

Yang Yu nodded to Xiaoye and took the lead in throwing the elf ball.

The red light tore apart the night, and what emerged was a Pokémon holding a bone club.It danced on the spot, and green phosphorus fire ignited at both ends of the rotating bone rod.

That's Gala Gala in Alolan form.

Unlike Kanto, Alola's Gala Gala attributes are not ground, but fire and ghost.This was Xiaoye's first time seeing the subspecies of Gala Gala, and she couldn't help but take a few more looks.

"Xiaoye Xiaoye." Referee Yongzhen started chatting with the players without any professionalism, "You have a fire-breathing dragon, right? It would be a shame not to have a fire-based civil war in the Valley of Flames. Just use it!"

Yang Yu's eyes across from him became complicated, and he seemed to want to lecture Yong Zhen again.But Xiaoye didn't mind this at all, nodded obediently, and released the fire-breathing dragon.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

Charizard, who had just eaten and drank enough at Yongzhen's house, was worried that he had nowhere to vent his energy. Seeing that there was a fight to be fought, he suddenly became excited and raised his head and howled.The surrounding spectators liked this very much and cheered one after another. For a moment, they seemed to have entered the scene of the Ghost Crying and Wolf Howling Contest.

"Yeah, this is the atmosphere it should be." Yongzhen was extremely satisfied with this, and raised a hand high, "Get ready—the battle begins!"

Opposite him, the red-haired boy stopped his weak-looking smile almost instantly.His voice was smooth and firm, conveying the command to the Pokémon the first second the signal was sent.

“Gala, gala—let’s dance!”

The Pokémon from Alola wields a bone club and performs a mysterious dance with fierce intensity.Countless blue fireballs popped out from both ends of the bone rod, like scorching stars, and instantly spread everywhere in the small arena.