Pokémon: From Magikarp

Baishan City, barren mountain area, nameless valley.

A battle had just taken place here. Zhou Qiming looked at the deep pit below and remained silent for a long time.

Lin Shi didn't say anything either, but stood aside. He shouldn't speak at this moment.

"Student Lin, thank you for this time. If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have known the truth."

After a long time, Zhou Qiming spoke up, breaking the silence.

Lin Shi called Zhou Qiming over on the road. The conversation between him and Zhou Qizhe just now was to make him understand everything.

"Regarding the contract, don't worry. Our Zhou family will definitely execute it. You will always be our Zhou family's friend."

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Zhou Qiming looked a little depressed. No one would feel good if they were to see brothers killing each other.

After saying that, Zhou Qiming stepped onto the giant golden monster and left the valley.

Lin Shi stayed on the mountain for a while, then took out his backpack, released the snakes and insects, and went down the mountain with his pet.

……

Not far from where the battle took place, there were bushes and rugged rocks.

"Cough cough..."

A faint cough was heard from beneath the sand, and a man in tattered clothes was struggling to get out from the sand.

Not far from him, a yellow humanoid Pokémon, covered in wounds, lay on the ground, his life or death unknown.

Zhou Qizhe finally climbed out of the sand, lay on his back and took a deep breath, his face covered with mud.

Relying on Alakazam's desperate use of instant movement, he successfully escaped at the moment when the Metagross Comet fell.

"rustle……"

He heard footsteps all around him. He struggled to open his eyes to see who was coming, but found that he seemed to be seriously injured and was unable to do it.

"Is Uncle Tuesday sleeping here?"

Hearing this familiar yet disgusting voice, Zhou Qizhe knew it was Lin Shi without even seeing him.

"How...how did you find it..."

He closed his eyes and spoke breathlessly.

Looking at Zhou Qizhe lying half-dead on the ground, Lin Shi found a stone next to him and sat down.

"My snake bug is very sensitive to the smell it emits. When you assassinated me yesterday, you were stained with its scent. Although you tried hard to cover it up, you still couldn't escape its sense of smell."

"Ahem... I see..."

Zhou Qizhe lay on the ground resignedly, breathing with difficulty. He now had no strength left.

"Are you here for revenge? I didn't expect that I would die in your hands in the end."

"Ahem... irony..."

Lin Shi looked at Zhou Qizhe and felt that he looked very miserable, but he did not feel any sympathy. There was nothing to pity about such a cruel and ruthless person who killed people and his brother.

“That’s how it should be.”

"But there's no need for that now." Lin Shi said indifferently.

"what?"

Zhou Qizhe didn't understand what he meant and opened his eyes with difficulty.

But the first thing he saw was his own battered body. Alakazam's teleportation just before his death was not completely successful...

At this moment, his internal organs had shifted, a huge amount of blood was gushing out, his body temperature was slowly dropping, and his breathing was gradually weakening...

"Zhou Qiming, you are so cruel."

Zhou Qizhe stared blankly at the sky.

"In fact, he gave you a chance. If you hadn't come here today and given up the mine, none of this would have happened."

"In the final analysis, it's all because of your luck and greed."

"Besides, he even held back on you just now. If he hadn't hesitated on purpose, you wouldn't even have had the chance to get here."

Like Zhou Qizhe, Lin Shi looked up at the bright sky.

"If you want to blame someone, just blame your bad luck. An accident happened during your hasty teleportation."

When Zhou Qizhe did not respond to Lin, he could feel his life slipping away quickly.

Am I...going to die?

"Hey, Uncle Tuesday."

At this moment, Lin Shi's voice sounded in his ears again.

"Look, I've called you Uncle so many times. Do you have any inheritance that needs someone to inherit? I can help you with that..."

Zhou Qizhe opened his eyes again and looked at Lin Shi.

You've hurt me like this, and you still want to take my inheritance?

Deceiving too much!

Looking at Zhou Qizhe's somewhat angry eyes, Lin Shi didn't feel embarrassed at all.

"Uncle Zhou Er, money is something outside of our body and we can't take it with us. It would be a pity to waste it."

"Or, if you have any last wishes, such as helping you collect your body or something, as long as it does not violate the law, I will do it for you, and your inheritance will be used as payment. How about it..."

Lin Shi was talking nonstop beside him, but Zhou Qizhe closed his eyes again, probably because he didn't want to see Lin Shi.

Looking at Zhou Qizhe's appearance, Lin Shi estimated that there was no hope, so he immediately shut his mouth and gave the deceased the last respect.

The scene fell into an eerie silence.

"Ahem...why aren't you talking?" Zhou Qizhe swallowed and said.

“Waiting to die.”

Zhou Qizhe: …

Waiting for me to die, right?

Ignoring Lin Shi, he took a key from his neck and threw it to Lin Shi with his last bit of strength.

"help me……"

"Help me bury my ashes... in..."

Zhou Qizhe's breathing became more and more rapid, and blood began to come out of his nose.

"Buried in...You Ran Cemetery..."

"Row 3, No. 11..."

"The thing inside that key is the reward..."

After saying this, Zhou Qizhe seemed to have no strength left.

"Finally I can have a good rest..."

He closed his eyes, but saw the sky getting brighter and brighter, and seemed to see a girl in white smiling at him and extending her hand.

"You, are you here to pick me up..."

Zhou Qizhe is dead.

He died in this deserted wilderness, covered with wounds, with only Lin Shi by his side.

Looking at Zhou Qizhe who was out of breath but still had a smile on his face, Lin Shi looked down at the key he threw to him.

"He didn't even ask me if I agreed or not."

……

Time flies, a week passed quickly, and the farce of the Zhou family gradually came to an end.

The last one, the Huxingshan brownstone mine, was jointly developed by Jinduoduo Mining and Minghui Mining.

But soon the Zhou family discovered a much larger brownstone mine not too far away. With the swift and decisive action of the head of the Zhou family, the Zhou family successfully obtained the exclusive development rights of that mine and established a new subsidiary specializing in the development of brownstone. They were the biggest winners.

Zhou Qizhe's affairs were deliberately concealed by the Zhou family. His disappearance was only announced as an accident, which caused an uproar.

Not only did Lin Shi receive 200 million in cash for finding the mine, but because of the new contract, he also became a small shareholder of the Brownstone Development subsidiary of Jin Duoduo Mining.

Every year, he can get 1% of the total net profit of the entire brownstone mine development. Don't underestimate this 1%. It means that Lin Shi does not have to spend a penny and does not have to manage or operate the mine. He can just wait to get the money every year.

According to estimates, he can get at least tens of millions every year.

This is why Lin Shi risked his life to sign the contract. It's not that I have no principles, it's just that the treasure is tempting.

It is also worth mentioning that Secretary Wang was lucky enough not to die. Zhou Qiming did not start the action with Lin Shi and his group that day just to find him.

Yes, that guy is actually a double agent. Zhou Wanming suspected that Zhou Qizhe had problems and sent him to monitor him.

But after all this time, apart from discovering that Zhou Qizhe might have found the mine, there was no other gain.

And they had to follow Zhou Qizhe's orders and run around with the exploration team...

This also explains why he took the initiative to provoke Lin Shi and wanted to force Lin Shi to leave. It was because he realized that Zhou Qizhe wanted to make a fuss about Lin Shi and wanted to stop him, but unfortunately his strength was too weak...

Anyway, these troubles have finally come to an end.

Lin Shi said that he was really fed up with the Zhou family's affairs.

He plans to take a short break and then make a breakthrough into the professional field!

……