Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

"what!"

The young man regained consciousness, gasping for breath once more.

The coughed-up water flowed down his neck, and previous memories rushed into his mind.

But before he could sort out his thoughts, the devilish voice sounded again.

"woke up?"

The boy smiled and said, "Shall we continue?"

The young man was instantly excited.

"kill me!"

He bared his teeth, with a ferocious expression:

"Kill me if you have the guts! You're doing all this nonsense, do you think I'm afraid of you? Ah!"

The boy raised an eyebrow and looked at him with interest.

"Come on! I don't want to kill you! It's not my intention to do this, why are you torturing me? What for?"

"I was forced to do this, I was forced to do this! I don't want to do this! I want to go home, I don't want to be like this!"

"Mom, Mom! I want to go home!"

The young man howled like a madman, his entire speech was incoherent, and he no longer cared about the thorns piercing his body.

His body was twisted and his emotions were broken.

Finish shouting loudly.

His breathing was extremely heavy, and even a few crystal tears could be seen in the corners of his eyes.

The coward's pretended bravery.

This is Yang Xiao’s evaluation of young people.

"You don't have to do this. You make me look like a bad person."

Yang Xiao sneered and continued, "You are the ones who came to find me, not me who went to find you."

"You are the ones who want to kill me, not me."

"Please, please get your priorities straight."

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "You may have hesitated about killing someone, but you finally made up your mind, didn't you?"

"What if we didn't notice it?"

"What if we had really rested? What if it wasn't us who was here?"

"When you first joined the poachers, didn't you know that this industry was bloody and dark?"

"When you call your mother, do you know that others also have mothers?"

"If I had called for mom, would you have let us go?"

The young man choked himself for a moment.

"So, don't talk to me like that, don't purge yourself too much, and don't take the false as the reality and try to convince others with the false."

Yang Xiao pointed at his face and smiled, "I'm sorry, I can't empathize with you. Even though I really want to sympathize with you, I can't convince my brain."

"Because I have a strong sense of subjectivity, it is difficult for me to change my mind at will because of what anyone says. If it were someone else, I might not be able to bear it."

While talking.

He pointed to Wang Bingbing outside.

The latter suddenly became restless.

Yang Xiao turned around and continued to point at himself: "But I am not him. He is a good person, and I am a bad person who wants to be a good person. I am not kind at all."

"Especially when the danger involves me."

Done.

Yang Xiao smiled shyly, seeming a little embarrassed.

The young man opened his mouth but said nothing.

The fear of leaving for a short time swept through him again.

But Yang Xiao seemed to be in high spirits. He sat on the ground without any scruples and continued, "Is your family harmonious?"

The topic changed so quickly that the young man didn't react for a moment.

“And… in harmony.”

Yang Xiao nodded and smiled, "I guess so."

"Looking at your delicate skin and tender flesh, you really don't look like a poacher. You have just been here for a short time, right? The fact that you have ended up like this is actually a good thing."

"Because you have a chance to turn back, but your companions don't. After a few years in prison and improving your living habits, you can still be a good person... Your parents are always looking forward to your return home."

"very nice."

He spoke to himself in a calm tone: "No one is waiting for me to come home. Compared to me, you are much happier."

The young man was stunned for a moment, and the fear gradually faded from his heart.

Turning his head, Yang Xiao smiled brightly: "Let's get back to the topic. Let's talk. You know what you should say, right?"

The young man pursed his lips: "Poacher?"

"Uh-huh."

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Go on."

"We are from the same village. Last year, they came back to the village, took out a bunch of cash, and said anyone who wanted to make money could follow them. My family was in a hurry to build a house and was short of money, so they took 10,000 yuan and followed me out."

The young man's voice became smaller and smaller, because Yang Xiao was looking at him with a smile and did not speak.

"All right……"

The young man lowered his head in shame: "My family is indeed short of money, but it's not urgent. I want to make a lot of money and don't want to live a hard life anymore, so I followed you out."

"It's not like the villagers didn't know what Scar and Fatty did, so I was the only one who joined this poaching group."

Yang Xiao calmly memorized the two names in his mind: "Continue."

"A while ago, Fatty said he found a way to make a fortune, and took us into a secret realm. He brought out a Pokémon whose name I heard had never been seen before, called Tan... What's Tan?"

"Tan-shi."

"Yes, yes, Tan-sama... Hey?"

The young man's eyes widened, obviously not expecting Yang Xiao to know this name.

The latter patted his butt, stood up and moved to the side.

A familiar Pokémon was looking at him silently.

"That's it! No, it's you!?"

The young man was shocked: "Are you the high school student we came out to look for?"

"Yes."

As Yang Xiao put the short knife back into the scabbard and tied it around his waist, he said casually: "Surprised? You didn't find the wrong person, it's just that I am more skilled."

"Surprise... No, not a surprise."

The young man's eyes inexplicably showed a hint of admiration:

"My presence here means that Sixth Brother and Ninth Brother have failed. Sixth Brother has a bright silver-level Pokémon. You are amazing to be able to defeat them!"

Yang Xiao smiled slightly: "Go on."

"Oooo."

The young man swallowed and tried his best to recall his memory:

"I originally wanted to make some quick money, but one day, Fatty suddenly got very excited and pulled out a treasure map from somewhere, which had a location recorded on it."

"We crossed the mountains and found a cave in a desolate mountain. Deep in the cave was an altar, and on the altar was a stone slab."

"slate?"

Yang Xiao's pupils suddenly contracted: "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

The young man nodded repeatedly: "The stone slab is purple, and there is even some mist of the same color coming out of it. As long as you touch it, you will hear some mumbling."

Yang Xiao lowered his eyes slightly and his breathing became slightly heavier.

"Scar Brother was very disappointed, but Fat Brother said that this should be a good thing, but they just didn't understand it, and then they posted it on the dark web."

"And within a minute, someone paid and placed an order... He's really rich. The amount he placed was a full two million."

The young man had some envy in his eyes: "We originally thought that selling it for 500,000 or 600,000 would be enough, so we listed it at 2 million to prepare for a bargain, but we didn't expect that they paid directly and quickly contacted Fatty."

Two million?

Yang Xiao didn't know how to tell the young man in front of him for a moment. If it was really what he guessed, then it would be difficult to define its price with money.

"Then Fat Brother got even more excited and came to tell us that someone had come to see us. Scar Brother was also excited, and everyone was excited... I was also excited because I could get a commission."

"Fat Brother said that the other party not only wanted the stone slab, but also... uh, you."

Tan Xiaoshi had a blank expression on his face, but his eyes did not stay on the young man. Instead, he stared straight at Yang Xiao.

From pressure to relaxation, from extreme evil to kindness.

He even ignored your previous behavior and developed an inexplicable admiration for you.

What kind of psychological characteristic is this?

Speaking of which, this skill of playing with people's hearts is really...

"Then we came here to prepare for the transaction."

"Ah."

Yang Xiao ignored Tan Xiaoshi's gaze and quickly sorted out his thoughts.

half an hour.

He suddenly asked, "Is Fatty the owner of the B&B?"

"B&B? Oh, that's right! I heard that Fatty does have a B&B, which is considered one of the bases for our team, but I haven't been there yet."

"Ah."

Yang Xiao paused, then said, "One last question, who are those people who came here?"

"Let me think...what is the dog called?"

dog?

Yang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, then quickly opened them again: "[Hyena]?"

"Yep."

The young man breathed a sigh of relief: "My memory is not good, I almost forgot..."

Yang Xiao suddenly interrupted him: "Did you choose the trading location, or did [Hyena] choose it?"

The young man was stunned for a moment: "Initially, the trading location we chose was not here, but starting ten days ago, Hyena suddenly sent us a message and changed it to here."

Ten days ago?

At that time we had already decided to have mountain climbing training!

Yang Xiao's breathing suddenly became rapid.

He immediately turned around and shouted to Wang Bingbing, but the latter was looking up at the sky in shock.

"Wang Bingbing, come in first with your Pokémon!"

"Yang Xiao!"

There was some fear in Wang Bingbing's voice: "Someone is riding a Pokémon and setting the mountain on fire!"