Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

"W-what's going on?!"

As soon as Lin Yi stepped into this place, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. Several human corpses were scattered on the ground.

His pupils contracted sharply, and all the muscles in his body tensed up instantly. He stared at Gardevoir vigilantly, like a frightened beast, twisting his body desperately, trying to break free from Gardevoir's iron-like hands.

"You, you want to kill me somewhere else?"

His voice was hoarse with fear and anger, and it trembled a little.

"Shainai."

Gardevoir called out softly, with a hint of helplessness in her expression, and slowly loosened her hand.

Lin Yi seized this fleeting opportunity and his brain worked rapidly, thinking of a way to escape.

His eyes swept around, but his heart sank to the bottom in an instant. The only way out was blocked by Gardevoir's seemingly slender but indestructible body.

He knew very well that escaping from a psychic-type Pokémon was harder than climbing to the sky.

Helplessly, he had to step back a few steps in panic, and hurriedly grasped the Poké Ball of the Fossil Pterosaur. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and released it.

"Please, fossil pterosaur, Ironhead!"

"Roar?"

As soon as the huge body of the fossil pterosaur appeared, it hit the top of the cave due to the small space.

It slowly lowered its head, its big bell-like eyes full of doubts, and looked at Lin Yi in confusion, as if asking him why he was so panicked.

When the fossil pterosaur's gaze inadvertently drifted to the horrifying corpses on the ground, its originally majestic legs instantly softened, and its huge body tilted forward uncontrollably, and with a "thump", it actually knelt down directly in front of Gardevoir.

"Fossil Pterosaur, can you be more reliable?! Don't kneel down to the enemy!!"

Lin Yi was so angry that he kept stomping his feet on the ground. He was anxious and angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Gardevoir witnessed this chaotic and funny scene, and the corners of its mouth twitched slightly.

"Shainai."

Gardevoir opened its lips slightly, and its gentle voice echoed in the cave, as if speaking some unknown words.

Seeing that Gardevoir only spoke but did not take any action, Lin Yi's extremely tense nerves relaxed a little, and his emotions gradually calmed down from extreme fear.

His face was gloomy and full of displeasure. He reached out and patted the fossilized pterosaur that was kneeling on the ground and shaking like a sieve. He gnashed his teeth and said angrily:

"Stop shaking, you cowardly dragon. Translate what it's saying."

Lin Yi knew very well that Gardevoir was not his Pokémon, and they could not speak the same language. At this moment, he could only rely on the Fossil Pterosaur to know Gardevoir's intentions.

The fossil pterosaur slowly raised its huge head, but when its eyes just touched the cold corpse not far away, it was instantly frightened out of its wits. It suddenly lowered its head as if facing a great enemy, its whole body still trembling, and it took a long time to squeeze out a few unclear syllables from its teeth:

"Roar, roar..."

It conveyed Gardevoir's words with difficulty, saying that it had no ill intentions and that the previous attack was a complete misunderstanding. It had mistaken us for those vicious poachers.

"Poacher?"

When Lin Yi heard this word, he was stunned, and many things he had heard flashed through his mind.

The mountain city is a well-known ecological resort. Its mild and pleasant climate and unique natural environment are like a powerful magnet, attracting a large number of Pokémon of various species to live and reproduce.

But precisely because its Pokémon resources are so abundant, it has attracted countless greedy eyes. Poachers are like sharks smelling blood, rushing towards the mountain city in groups.

It is completely different from Lin Yi's hometown Qinghai City. Qinghai City has a famous gym owner like Lin Guochang, who is like a door god, making poachers afraid and dare not act recklessly. They can only act in a secretive and timid manner.

On the other hand, in the mountain city, there was a lack of famous and powerful trainers to deter them, and poachers were extremely rampant there. They trampled on the mountains and forests at will and hunted Pokémon mercilessly. They were simply extremely arrogant.

Under such evil acts, the forest rangers of the mountain city were forced to be involved in brutal battles in order to protect this pure land. The casualties were tragic, and the sacrifice rate once ranked first in the whole of China.

Fortunately, in recent years, the Pokémon League has taken strong action and a series of thundering measures have followed. Under strict investigation and severe crackdown, the arrogance of the poachers in the past has been severely extinguished, and it is difficult for them to be as rampant as before.

Lin Yi calmed himself down, slowly lowered his head, and looked closely at the corpses on the ground that were emitting a foul smell with his sharp eyes.

I wondered to myself, could it be that these bodies are really those of the evil poachers who committed so many evil things back then?

Looking at the degree of decay, the flesh is soft and rotten, the bones are exposed, and it emits a pungent stench. It has indeed been at least ten years. From the timeline, it can be matched perfectly with the dark past of the mountain city.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi slowly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Gardevoir, and a wave of emotions surged in his heart.

Could it be that the Gardevoir in front of us has been silently protecting the Pokémon community in this forest and taking on the responsibility of guardian?

Just like in the past, Jelaola hid in the mountains behind Qinghai City, bearing all the wind and rain alone, keeping the threat of poachers out of the mountains and forests?

This speculation made Lin Yi's impression of Gardevoir instantly complicated. His hostility faded away a little, replaced by a hint of admiration and curiosity.

"Then why did you bring me here?"

Lin Yi was full of doubts, his brows were furrowed, he stared straight at Gardevoir and asked loudly.

"Shainai."

Gardevoir didn't say much, but just raised her hand slightly, and pointed her slender fingers at an inconspicuous place in the corner of the cave.

Lin Yi looked over and saw an extremely crude tombstone standing there. The stones around it were roughly piled up, and the tombstone itself was just an uncarved slab of stone, which formed a sharp contrast with the corpses placed haphazardly next to it, as if they had been abandoned.

Although this tombstone is simple and shabby, it exudes a unique tranquility. The ground around it is clean and tidy. It is obvious that someone cleans it carefully from time to time to prevent it from being invaded by the dust of time.

"You mean, because many rock snakes have come to live nearby, this cave is about to collapse, so you want me to help move this tombstone?"

Lin Yi guessed Gardevoir's intention and spoke word by word.

"Shanai Shanai."

Gardevoir nodded eagerly, bobbing her head up and down.

Then, it slightly bent its legs and bowed deeply to Lin Yi, its movements full of sincerity and expectation.

"You mean, I'd do anything as long as I can agree?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Lin Yi's eyes, and he looked at Gardevoir again.

His gaze was like a searchlight, slowly moving from Gardevoir's head to her toes, not missing any details.

"Anything is okay?"

The tone rose slightly, with a hint of disbelief.

Gardevoir keenly caught Lin Yi's straightforward gaze, and its body stiffened instantly, as if struck by an invisible electric current, with an imperceptible blush on its face.

After a brief moment of hesitation, it gritted its teeth and nodded firmly.

That look seemed to say that it was willing to pay any price for this tombstone.