Dawn of Pokémon

July 25, noon.

"I see...the patriarch told you all this."

After listening to Xiaoye narrating the conversation with Ye last night, Yang Yu actually showed a slightly relaxed expression - he was obviously not good at keeping secrets from friends, and at the moment he was happy because he no longer needed to hide it in front of Xiaoye.

"Well, Mr. Ye also agrees that I can stay." Xiaoye put away the medicine bottle, patted Charizard's neck, turned around and asked, "One more game? Or go to lunch?"

The red-haired boy looked at the scorching sun above, and then turned his gaze to his partner. The young leaf-like hair on his head was swaying in the wind.The strong chicken jumped off the stone pile lightly and chirped twice.

"Let's eat first? The Pokémon look hungry too." Yang Yu suggested.

Charizard: "Ooooooo!"

During the sparring session, Xiaoye relayed to Haru the content of yesterday's conversation with the leader of the Fire Nation - of course, this did not include the part about "possible enemies with the Himi family 500 years ago". As far as she knew, only Only the elite soldiers selected by the guard captain Kabara Yasumi were allowed to know this secret.

Yang Yu knew that this meant that the clan leader completely recognized Xiaoye as a friend of the Fire People clan, and he was sincerely happy for this. Even the depression after receiving the notification in the morning was relieved a lot.

——And another peer, Yongzhen, who finally stopped coughing and could take off his mask, was obviously still brooding about it. He even ate lunch with a look of displeasure on his face.

In the early morning combat meeting, Huo Yuanye announced the next action plan to all tribesmen - considering that the enemy is strong and has seized the weaknesses of the people of flame, no one is allowed to leave the Valley of Flames and will temporarily stay in the base camp. On call.The elite team led by Huoyuan Jingmu took on the task of exploring the mountains and continued to search for the whereabouts of Wu Peigu.

There are few timid people in the Fire People. Even if they just encountered an "exciting" gap, they were not afraid. Hearing what Ye said, he immediately exploded.Fortunately, although the clan leader's face was young, he did not lack dignity when he was serious. The clansmen had no choice but to murmur with grievances and obediently stay in the Valley of Flames and never go out again.

In order to pass the time, many people invited their relatives and friends to compete with each other. The arena by the river was packed with competitors and spectators, adding a little bit of the joy of the People of Fire into the air filled with worry and unwillingness.

Yang Yu did not join in the fun with Yong Zhen, but made a somewhat special invitation to Xiao Ye for a battle.

He wanted Charizard to fight his mighty chicken and use that amazing explosion again.

Xiaoye was a little surprised at first - Yang Yu had just confessed yesterday that he was afraid of fire, and it was not surprising that he wanted to stay as far away from the fire-breathing dragon and its explosion as possible.Later, the boy explained his thoughts.

"I want to overcome my own psychological barriers." The red-haired boy said with a calm and determined attitude, as if he had never considered the option of "just giving up." "As a trainer who specializes in fire attributes, if you can resist even flames, That would be so irresponsible to my fellow Pokémon, wouldn’t it?”

"Besides, Strong Chicken also needs to practice how to regain the ability to use fire." When he said this, the young man's face showed a trace of distress.

The chick Pokémon with bright feathers looked at the trainer with wide eyes in confusion. It seemed that he didn't understand why the trainer was troubled. He leaned forward and gave a soft "chirp" to comfort him.

According to Yang Yu, he once took Li Zhuangji for a detailed physical examination.It is in good health and has no disease, so it should be able to use flames normally.The doctor who examined it said that since there was no physical problem, the reason why it could only spit out black smoke might be a psychological reason.

"Fight more opponents with fire attributes" is one of the suggestions given by the doctor.

Xiao Ye has always been willing to help her friends and readily agreed to Yang Yu's request.The two came to a remote hillside with only gravel and sand, and began fighting practice.

She knew that Yang Yu chose to fight her because Charizard's flames were "violent" enough, which could be described as a strong dose of desensitization therapy, so she instructed Charizard to use his ultimate move.It's just that the big guys may have supplemented too much nutrition in recent days. The Fire Oath and the superheated explosion doubled the firepower. Seeing the flames spreading like a tsunami, Yang Yu and Yang Yu were almost wiped out of their bangs. The two young men who came to watch the battle out of curiosity were stunned and turned into stone pillars.

After a long silence, the spectators swallowed their saliva.

Passerby boy: "Well, Yang Yu, I think... I also have 'Fire PTSD'." (trembling)

Yang Yu: "..." (too scared to speak)

Xiaoye: "..." (too sad to sigh)

After a lot of back-and-forth adjustments, Charizard finally restrained his strength in an aggrieved manner, preventing the sparring partner from completely turning into a human being.

Abundant physical strength has always been a common characteristic of most fire Pokémon - after a short lunch break, the battle practice resumes, and they do not stop to take a breather until the sun approaches the horizon.

"Fortunately, the place here is big enough." Xiaoye looked at the scorched marks on the hillside and said with a smile, "If it were at the training ground of the Pokémon Center, I would probably be fined for maliciously damaging the place."

Yang Yu was combing the feathers of Strong Chicken. Hearing this, he raised his eyes curiously, "So the Pokémon Center also has a training ground? What is it like?"

Xiaoye described in detail to her friends the appearance of the training ground she had seen.Seeing the curious look and a hint of unnoticeable envy in the young man's eyes, Xiaoye suddenly remembered that Yang Yu once mentioned that he had never left Xiangju Island since he was born.

"There is a rule in our tribe that at any time more than half of the tribe must stay in the Valley of Flames." Hearing the tourists' questions, Yang Yu explained, "Although I really want to go further to see places, but I can't Just out of curiosity, I took up the precious outing quota."

"Is it to protect the mineral veins from the wind thieves?" Xiaoye guessed.

The red-haired boy shook his head, and the scarf around his neck swayed with the movement.

"No, it's for Niwa-sama." He said softly, "The clan leader cannot sense Niwa-sama's mood all the time. Maybe at some point, Niwa-sama will suddenly end this long sleep - if he wakes up, It must be very sad to see that none of the clan members are around, isn’t it?”

The tourists looked surprised.

"Actually...I'm very happy."

The flame-colored boy said, narrowing his eyes and laughing.

"Although it may be dangerous to confront the angry Niwa-sama, the thought of seeing Niwa-sama in person soon makes it worth it."

"We waited for 500 years before our gods finally woke up——"

"There must be nothing happier than this."

After the afternoon practice, the two of them returned home facing the setting sun, preparing to take a shower first.

As they walked and chatted, their shadows stretched long behind them, and the "young seedlings" on the boy's head were also projected into weeds, attracting curious pecks from the strong chickens.

Yang Yu was happily introducing the interesting things about Lieyan Valley to his friends to show that his childhood living in Lieyan Valley was not boring at all. "Before moving, we had our own amusement park and video game arcade, but we haven't restored them yet." Open for business.”

Xiaoye's face immediately showed sincere admiration and envy - Yang Yu thought that the stranger came from a big city in Kanto and was used to the feasting and feasting, but he never expected that Zhenxin Town, where he came from, was even more "rural" than the Valley of Flames. , not to mention the game arcade, there is only one milk tea shop.

"Besides, if you get tired of playing games, you can go to the library to kill time."

"The library?"

"Well, there are documents left by our clan hundreds of years ago." Seeing that Xiaoye seemed a little curious about it, Yang Yu suggested, "Would you like to take a look? It happens to be not far from here."

The library of the People of Fire is located in the southeast corner of the Valley of Flames, close to the watchtower, almost at the edge of the settlement.The guard at the door did not stop the already familiar tourists, but enthusiastically introduced the two people inside.

Perhaps because light can damage old paper, the lights in the library are dim. Countless bookshelves are arranged in the distance, stacking dark shadows on the ground.

Xiaoye looked forward along the corridor, but couldn't see the end for a while.

Yang Yu casually pulled out an overly thick "book" and showed it to Xiaoye - the pages were not made of paper, but strong bamboo boards, with patterns and characters clearly engraved on them.

"I often read this book when I was a child. It is said that it was written by the leader of the Fire People 500 years ago. It records historical events since the Glorious Era - of course, to me at that time, it was just a comic book."

Xiaoye flipped through the "bamboo board book" with a little curiosity.As Yang Yu said, there are many illustrations, and each picture is followed by annotations written in Ubai hieroglyphics.

The cover of the bamboo board depicts a "broom star" falling from the sky.Turning to the first page, the meteorite has fallen to the ground. People wearing ancient costumes are standing in a circle around the stone, holding hands, as if they are praying with their eyes closed.

The pictures continue to change as the number of pages increases, and the people and Pokémon in the pictures are sometimes friendly and sometimes fighting with each other.Soon, Xiaoye turned to the last page.

In the center of the painting are two triangles nested inside each other.The patterns that make up the small triangles have been blurred, while the endpoints of the larger triangles depict the shape of birds, which seem to be very similar to the appearance of the three-god bird.

In the center of the pattern, a bird with a golden crown and long tail spreads its wings gracefully, and a human figure seems to be vaguely carved on its back.

The elements in the picture were quickly compared with the known information, and Xiaoye secretly defined the content of the picture in her heart.

There is no doubt that this is exactly what happened during the Eclipse Rebellion.

"If you are interested, you can take it home and watch it."

The clear girl's voice sounded almost close to the ears, startling the two people who were concentrating on reading.

"Haru, Haruna-sensei?"

"Good afternoon." The young candidate for patriarch said with a smile, "What are you looking at?"

Xiao Ye raised the bamboo board in her hand and showed it to Haruna, "Good afternoon - Sister Haruna, do you know what is written on it?" She pointed to the densely packed characters next to the picture.

Haruna shook her head, showing a bit of regret.

In fact, among the Fire People, Haruna and the clan leader are already the two best at deciphering the Ubaku hieroglyphics.And the sentences they can understand are limited to simple daily expressions, and the texts that record history are completely beyond their capabilities.

"You should all know that the reason why the Ubo hieroglyphic script - we are more accustomed to calling it the language of the gods - is difficult to decipher is that it is an ideographic script, not a phonetic script like the Alliance language."

It was probably rare for Haruna to see an active child in the library, so she recounted on a whim, "In the distant past, this was a sacrificial language that was used by believers to record information related to the gods and communicate with them. It is a language invented and used by God's dependents, so it is called "God's dependent language". "

"The meaning of this language is very vague. If you interpret it rigidly based on the meaning of a single character, each sentence can even have more than ten meanings. This is why we cannot understand it. For example-" Haruna said casually Pointing to one sentence, "Golden heart sublime lake god voice fear holy fire purify devil sun."

"..."

The two children looked at each other with question marks in their eyes.

"Uh, Haruna-sama, what are you talking about...?"

"The 'literal meaning' of this sentence." Haruna shrugged and fiddled with the long hair hanging on her chest.

"But speaking of this passage, there are currently five relatively reliable explanations in the academic community..."

Seeing Haruna being possessed by the soul of the linguist and starting to talk endlessly, Xiaoye and Yang Yu looked at each other, and as they turned the mosquito coils around, they felt the confusion of elementary school students who had mistakenly entered an advanced mathematics classroom.

After finally escaping from the library, the sun was already halfway below the horizon. Its rays of light dimmed the western skyline, sprinkling fiery colors on the clouds and the ground.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have asked..." Xiaoye covered her head, feeling that her head was as big as a ghost stone.Even the Pichu on his shoulders was knocked into a physical coma, and now he was sleeping like a ball of fur in Xiaoye's hood.

"No, it's my fault that I didn't remind you..." Yang Yu looked pale, his eyes filled with stars spinning, "It's getting late, let's go back to eat... hmm?"

Yang Yu's confused sound made Xiaoye startled, and she followed his line of sight and looked forward.

Someone hurriedly walked past the alley not far away.Through the dim light of the sky, he could barely recognize that it was Jing Mu who led the team out during the day.

His expression was a little too serious, and his steps were more hurried than before, and he disappeared from sight in just a few seconds.

"Mr. Jingmu seems to be in a bad mood?" Xiaoye asked doubtfully.

"Maybe it's because I didn't search today..."

Yang Yu's words suddenly broke off midway.He frowned and breathed softly, as if he was trying to catch some sound - perhaps it was a necessary quality for a Wupei drum player. Yang Yu's hearing was more sensitive than ordinary people, and he always used it when performing search missions in the forest. He heard the slightest movement before Xiaoye.

After a moment, the young man looked worried and whispered, "I... seemed to hear something falling to the ground."

"Let's go take a look." Xiaoye said decisively.

The library is located in a very remote location, and there is no sign of anyone else nearby.The two of them just thought that Jingmu might have been injured during the day's search, so they called each other's name and ran towards the alley where he entered.

The power of the waveguide slowly spread, and the picture fed back made Xiaoye startled.At the same time, they ran around the corner, taking in the view of the dark alley.

The middle-aged man fell crookedly in the middle of the road, as if he had lost consciousness.

Yang Yu was stunned and ran forward anxiously, subconsciously wanting to check if his family members were injured.And at this moment, Xiao Ye suddenly felt a sharp and cold malice coming from the gap between the distant buildings.

The invisible ripples immediately extended outward, but it was a step too late.

The fierce mental power pierced Xiaoye's mind like a sharp knife.The thrust was swift and precise, like a weapon specially polished for the purpose of plotting.

The girl's eyes suddenly went dark, and her consciousness collapsed in an instant.

The night wind blew through the alley, covering up the sound of two bodies falling to the ground.