Pokémon: From Magikarp

Chapter 363 Farewell to the Hero

"Lin Shi? Didn't you take a break?"

Just as Lin Shi was gazing into the distance, Jiang Guanrong came over from behind and asked, with unconcealable sadness in his eyes.

Yesterday, after Tian Chong returned to the forest ranger station in a state of embarrassment, they immediately formed a team and requested support from the troops stationed nearby.

Then on the way to support, they met Xing Jianzheng and others who were awakened by the tundra bear, but they did not see the captain. Finally, they met Lin Shi who was returning and saw Shadan in the sea of ​​flowers.

Lin Shi gave a brief account of the whole process, but omitted the part about his ancient jade fish and the eternal flower. He only said that Captain Shadan and Charizard relied on Sangji's medicine to forcibly increase their strength, fought with the other side, and finally died together.

Shadan is not only a team leader but also an elder to the forest rangers. Forest rangers come and go but he is the only one who stays here. Everyone respects him from the bottom of their hearts.

This incident also angered the alliance, which ordered the dispatch of troops into the mountains to eliminate all poachers.

Lin Shi didn’t know whether they could find it or not, but even if they found the destroyed stronghold, it wouldn’t be a big deal, not to mention that they had died completely in an “internal strife”.

"I can't sleep. Has the time for the captain's funeral been set?"

Jiang Guanrong and Lin Shi stood side by side, looking into the distance. The white air coming out of their mouths flew far away, and they nodded.

"Well, according to the captain's request, everything will be kept simple. The funeral will be held this afternoon, and some people from the mountain will come to see the captain off for the last time."

"Also, the captain doesn't want too many people to know about the Sea of ​​Flowers, so in the end only the two of us and Lao Tian will go."

Lin Shi nodded silently.

In the afternoon, the funeral was held as scheduled. Many people came, including soldiers and ordinary people, who came here to mourn this Kunlun legend.

"In fact, the day Shadan asked me for medicine, I had anticipated that the current situation might occur, but I didn't expect that this day would come so soon..."

Sangji's turbid eyes looked at Shadan who closed his eyes peacefully. At this moment, Shadan was being admired together with the meritorious elf Charizard.

Lin Shi looked at Sangji's solemn face. He knew that Sangji and Shadan had known each other for a long time. Although he was the elder, they were actually both teachers and friends. The death of his good friend was a big blow to him.

The wind blew from the mountains, bringing with it the unique coolness from the depths of the snow-capped mountains. Jiang Guanrong stood in front of Shadan with tears in his eyes.

"Farewell, hero! Salute!"

The sound was solemn and grand. Everyone, even Li Taoyao who had just arrived there, closed their eyes and mourned with all their hearts. From the distant mountains and fields came bursts of animal roars, accompanied by the falling of snowflakes.

After the funeral, Lin Shi and the other two took Shadan and Charizard back to the sea of ​​flowers and buried them under a tree. No tombstone was erected and no words were engraved on them. Shadan said that this ancient tree was his tombstone and also the tombstone for all the forest rangers who had sacrificed their lives.

……

After seeing Captain Shadan off for the last time, Lin Shi returned to the forest ranger station and found Li Taoyao.

"Om..."

"Hey, Mom."

"It's Taoyao. How have you been these past two days? Why haven't you contacted your mother?"

"Well... um...something happened..."

"What's the matter? Why are you wearing such thick clothes? Did you go out to play? Where are you now?"

"Kunlun."

"Oh, Kunlun, it might be cold there..."

Suddenly, Tao Ran's voice stopped abruptly, and she seemed to have heard something wrong just now.

"What? Kunlun? Taoyao, you secretly went to Kunlun without telling me!"

"Ah... Mom, don't be angry first."

On the other side of the video, Li Taoyao bit her lips, looking embarrassed.

"I'm not angry. How could I not be angry? I told you that Kunlun is a very evil place. You can't go there. I warn you, Li Taoyao. Come back here as soon as possible!"

Hearing Tao Ran calling her full name, Li Taoyao realized that she had made her very angry this time, and hurriedly spoke.

"Oh, don't worry, I'm fine, you see. Besides, I don't plan to go up the mountain. I'll be back in two days."

Tao Ran was relieved to hear this. At least nothing unexpected happened to Li Taoyao. But then she immediately reacted.

"Two days? You still want two days? What are you going to do?"

"Ugh."

Hearing this, Li Taoyao's expression darkened, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and she sighed deeply towards Tao Ran.

"Mom, you should be very familiar with my physical condition. I really don't want to stay in the city all my life, just like you did back then."

"Now I don't plan to go to Qunyu Peak to look for the Ice Palace, but I still want to stay here for a while, just as a trip, okay, mom?"

Li Taoyao's tone was very gentle, and even Tao Ran, who was full of anger, couldn't help but feel soft in his heart when he saw his daughter like this.

Its daughter inherited the same restless and adventurous heart as her. Tao Ran sometimes thought that if it weren't for Tao Yao's physical condition, perhaps Li Tao Yao would be a well-known adventurer now.

"Hey, Taoyao, it's not that mom doesn't want you to go, but mom is really worried about you being alone. Otherwise, why don't you wait for a while, and when mom has time, I will accompany you to go out and relax, okay?"

Hearing Tao Ran's words, Li Taoyao smiled brightly.

"Then mom, if I wasn't alone, would I be able to travel here?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Tao Ran immediately became alert and asked with narrowed eyes, then she saw Li Taoyao turn the screen to the side, revealing Lin Shi's face.

When he saw Tao Ran, Lin Shi's expression stiffened a little, but he still smiled and waved at her.

"Long time no see, Aunt Tao."

"Lin Shi? Did you meet him?"

Tao Ran opened her eyes wide. She knew that Lin Shi went to Kunlun for practice during the summer vacation, but Kunlun Mountain was so big that she really didn't expect that the two of them would meet.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Li Taoyao who was sitting beside Lin Shi. Now she suspected that her daughter went to Kunlun not just to find the Ice Palace...

"Yeah, I just encountered him yesterday." Lin Shi nodded and said.

"So mom, I'm with Lin Shi now, so you don't have to worry about me. Besides, Lin Shi's practice here will be over soon, and we will return to Taoxian City together then."

Li Taoyao spoke very quickly, clasped his hands together in front of Tao Ran, blinked his eyes, and kept saying:

"Thank you, Mom..."

"This……"

Tao Ran was speechless for a moment. He looked at Li Taoyao and then at Lin Shi. Finally, he closed his eyes and nodded helplessly.

"Okay, I'll allow you to be willful this time." Then she looked at Lin Shi again, her tone gentle.

"Lin Shi, please take care of Taoyao as well."

Lin Shi also smiled and nodded in reply.

He was very confident about this. As the trainer of the Eternal Flower, Lin Shi's side was definitely one of the safest places for Li Taoyao in the world.

……

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