Dawn of Pokémon

A faint morning light appeared in the eastern sky, illuminating the gloomy Valley of Flames.

The atmosphere in the valley was completely opposite to the brightening sky.Last night's drumming and singing and the lanterns floating along the river seemed to be just illusions. Even the most lively Fire People tensed up, and the mountains were filled with the residual smell of gunpowder smoke after the fierce battle.

The stranger who had just arrived didn't know what the missing drum meant, but she had a vague feeling that it wasn't just the injured compatriots who could take away all the laughter in an instant.

Several people injured at the observation deck have already been sent to Yanaka Clinic.The guard at the door inhaled a large amount of powerful hypnotic powder and is still unconscious; the drummer Haruna seemed to have fought with the visitor, leaving many scorch marks caused by the high temperature on the scene.She was stabbed in the abdomen with a sharp object. Fortunately, she received timely treatment. She is currently weak due to excessive blood loss and her life is not in danger.

Except for the wounded and the guards who couldn't leave their posts, almost everyone else gathered in the only auditorium in the Valley of Flames - the tallest building next to the square where Xiao Ye had stayed before. It seemed that a clan meeting was being held.

After all, Xiaoye was an outsider and consciously did not participate in meetings that might involve confidential information. After reporting to Yongzhen's parents that she was safe, she walked around the valley aimlessly.

The late-night battle made the sleep-deprived Pichu feel groggy. Not long after, he fell into Xiaoye's hood and slept like a ball of fur.Xiao Ye did not disturb it, but stood still in a quiet and uninhabited place, thinking about everything that happened last night.

She didn’t know much about the wind thieves in Aso Mountain, but at least she knew that they hid in the mountains and made a living by stealing. Even in the most intense conflict over the fire stone mineral deposits, the wind thieves’ behavior was based on stealing. Lord, rarely fight head-on with the powerful fire Pokémon of the Fire People.Even she, a foreigner, felt that Feng Thief's actions last night were too abnormal.

After replaying the scene of the late-night fight in detail in her mind, Xiaoye tried to sort out the motives of the wind thief.

It was not that they were sneaking into people's houses to steal property, but that they were advancing and retreating around the altar to delay time.Judging from the final attack of the Super Armored Rhinoceros, it seemed that they wanted to destroy the Covenant Pillar placed in the center of the altar.

And——attacking in the east and west, when people's eyes were focused on the altar, they attacked the observatory and took away the Wupei drum of the people of the fire.

In previous chats, Yang Yu and Yong Zhen once mentioned to Xiao Ye that among the many Wupei drums, only one was special - different from the small waist drums used by dancers, that drum was nearly two meters in diameter. It was made by the patriarch hundreds of years ago and has been preserved to this day.

Due to the changes and loss of production technology, the sound of the Upe drum that has gone through a long time is different from the current drum.It is said that the ancient Fire People were able to use it to converse with their gods.

The Upe drum with a history of thousands of years is a treasure of the Fire People and a symbol of their culture.But to outsiders, it is just a cultural relic of some historical value.Xiaoye couldn't understand why Feng Thief would spend all his efforts to rob an antique that was of no use and couldn't be sold.

Thinking that maybe she knew too little information, Xiaoye took out her mobile phone and tried to look up detailed information about the wind thieves in Mount Aso and the stolen Upe drum.

Just as her fingers swiped across the screen twice, the girl's mind suddenly moved.

She was in a narrow alley near the central square.After the war, the detection of waveguide power habitually maintained a radius of about ten meters, and invisible fluctuations fed back abnormal information.

There is an ordinary two-story warehouse diagonally in front of Xiaoye. Food and daily necessities and other items have not yet been returned, and the entire warehouse is empty, so it is used as a temporary "prison."The three wind thieves who were stunned by the high temperature and did not have time to escape by boat were tied up and thrown into the room. The door was guarded by guards and Pokémon partners - after the battle meeting in the auditorium ended, they would probably face many rounds of interrogation. .

And in the narrow gap between the temporary prison and the nearby house, a figure was slowly squirming.

It was a very narrow gap, so dark that no sunlight could enter, and there was absolutely no way an adult with a normal physique could get in.The sound of the flowing river not far away covered up the slight rustling. Xiaoye clearly "saw" through the power of the waveguide that a short human wearing a short cloak was climbing up carefully.

The infiltrator spent a lot of effort, and when he finally stepped on the target's position, he couldn't help but exhale softly.

The battle had just ended, and there were patrolling guards everywhere on the road. It was not easy to avoid their eyes.Fortunately, the buildings in the Valley of Flames were arranged in a chaotic and crowded manner, and there were many small alleys, which provided visual blind spots where they could hide.

The short infiltrator stood on the edge of the window sill, turning his eyes and staring at the window of the warehouse loft opposite.

Five seconds, as long as no one looks up within five seconds, you can enter the warehouse through the window, and then...

After tying the dagger at his waist tightly again, the infiltrator held his breath, looked in the right direction and jumped silently——

"Boom!"

The sound of bodies colliding was extremely harsh in the quiet morning.

The infiltrator didn't even see the appearance of the figure that suddenly appeared, and was knocked off balance and fell into the alley aside.

Xiao Ye landed lightly on the gravel road and looked at the appearance of the person opposite.

It was a little girl with black hair and black eyes, who looked to be only seven or eight years old.Her body was very flexible, and even if she was hit unexpectedly, she still landed as lightly as a cat.

Perhaps realizing that the collision completely ruined her rescue plan, the little girl's eyes quickly changed from slightly dazed to fierce.She flashed the dagger and uttered a series of curses that were inappropriate for her age.

Rapid footsteps sounded from all around, and it was obvious that the guards who had heard the movement had arrived.The Feng Thief girl who was eager to escape stabbed the obstructionist who was at most two years older than her with a knife, "Get out of my way!"

Xiaoye reached out and firmly grasped the girl's knife-wielding arm.

People who often fight can always read the opponent's general strength in a short encounter.The girl's expression changed and she kicked the person opposite her on the knee.

Perhaps because she felt that the strength of the child who was with the wind thief was definitely not as harmless as it seemed, Xiaoye had to let go of her hand and jumped back to avoid her flying kick.At the same time, the girl waved her arm again, and the dagger came out of her hand and flew straight towards Xiao Ye's face.

Hidden weapons flying from the front are difficult to hurt, but it still takes time to dodge.When the dagger fell to the ground with a clang, the purple-haired girl saw a black muzzle pointed at herself.

"boom--"

The sound of gunshots sent the waves flying off the roof.

The patrolling guard was frightened and rushed into the alley where the sound came from.Before he could clearly see the appearance of the people in the alley, he saw a flash of cold light and blood splattering.

The dark gun collided with the guard's boots and spun on the ground.The owner of the gun, the young Feng Thief, was pinned to the ground by the tourist who arrived yesterday, with blood seeping from her arms.No matter how much she yelled and struggled, she couldn't move another step.

Soon, the wind thief girl who wanted to secretly rescue people was also confiscated of all her weapons, tied up and thrown into the temporary prison she tried her best to get into.The pistols/guns she brought were unloaded by the solemn-looking Fire People and placed securely close to their bodies.

As the only witness to the entire shooting incident, Xiaoye finally had to enter the "temporary combat conference room".

The interior decoration of the auditorium seems to have not been completed, and rough masonry is still exposed in many places.Most of the people who had been crowded in the room had dispersed, and only a dozen adults and a few scattered teenagers remained in the room.Xiaoye saw Yang Yu standing behind a middle-aged man and blinked at her with concern when she saw her being led in by patrolmen.

There is a long table in the room.Last night, he appeared at the most critical moment. The red-haired boy known as the "Clan Leader" sat at the end of the room and smiled gently at the visitors.

"Hello, tourists who have come from afar, welcome to the Valley of Flames." The young man with a ponytail stood up, and the bright feathers swayed with his movements, like burning flames, "I am a member of the people of the flames. Clan leader, Huoyuanye. I hope you can have a good time here - even though I really want to say so."

The boy sighed and walked up to Xiaoye.

"I'm sorry that I left you with bad memories when you first came here." The young patriarch named "Huo Yuanye" said, "As an apology, what can I do for you?"

The young patriarch has a soft accent and speaks like a "people of fire". He doesn't look like someone who would set fire to the people without saying a word and make the super-armoured rhinoceros roll around on the ground.Naturally, Xiaoye didn't intend to make any demands of anyone at this juncture - but the red-haired child who eavesdropped on the conversation outside the window did not read the air at all, and vaguely shouted "Let the patriarch treat guests to rice cracker cakes", causing confusion in the room. People hid their faces one after another.

After barely pulling her consciousness out of the rice cake, Xiaoye briefly introduced herself to the clan leader and then told the whole process of her fight with the Wind Thief girl.

The patrolman who had put away his hand/gun before put the unloaded gun on the conference table and showed it to everyone.After listening to Xiaoye's story, the young patriarch picked up his hand/gun, looked at it, and then handed it to the person next to him.

"Jingmu, what do you think?"

The middle-aged man standing next to the patriarch looked at the gun in his hand and simply replied: "This is not something that the wind thief can get."

Even trainers like Xiaoye, who had been traveling for less than a year, knew that the appearance of that gun meant that the problem was more serious than they imagined.

The Pokémon League has very strict control over firearms. Ordinary people can only buy electromagnetic guns for self-defense. Full firepower can only paralyze people for a short time without causing injury.Firearms like this that are actually loaded with bullets and have lethality are key controlled weapons and cannot be purchased legally by ordinary people - in theory, a group of petty thieves should not have access to "illegal channels" sufficient to purchase firearms and ammunition. .

"The wind thief targeted our Covenant Pillar and Upe Drum, which is abnormal. Mr. Ye, could it be..."

Ye read something in the middle-aged man's eyes, and his expression gradually became serious.

He nodded to his friend, then looked at the purple-haired girl, "Thank you for telling us this, Xiaoye."

"Next, we have to search for the whereabouts of the Wind Thief in the mountains. I'm afraid I don't have time to entertain you. I'm deeply sorry for this." The young man said softly, seeming to feel really guilty. "If you don't mind, why don't you go first?" Are you going to visit other islands and come back after a while? We will definitely treat you warmly then."

Facing the gazes of all the red-haired people, Xiaoye shook her head.

"Mr. Ye, can I join the team looking for the Wind Thief?"