Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 331 Information about the Northern Mountains (35)

On the last stretch of the way to Akiye Town, Suzuki Katsari kept reporting to Rai in a low voice the status of his exploration for a period of time.

Compared to the concise and concise report on the phone at that time, the report at this moment was more nuanced.

The northern mountain range spans thousands of kilometers from east to west, and the distance between the farthest north and south is more than a thousand kilometers. There are countless mountain people living in it, and the situation is extremely complicated.

Different from the simple topography in games and animations, the main peak of Chimney Mountain is only a small part of the mountain range.

All the way east along the main peak of Chimney Mountain, there is a very large mountain system, hundreds of kilometers away to reach Highway 111. To the west is the mountainous area where Meteor Falls is located, and to the south is the settlement with Fuyan Town as its core.

The mountains cross the main north-south road in the Fengyuan area and extend all the way to the north and east, cutting off Route 113 and Route 111, all the way to the northern and eastern edges of the desert on Route 111, completely blocking Fengyuan. The east and west sides of the northern margin area.

In these areas, the barren environment makes life difficult for countless people.

Today, the west and south of Chimney Mountain have been developed by the Alliance. With Fuyan Town, Qiuye Town and the main peak of Chimney Mountain as the core, a large number of immigrants from the south of the Alliance have poured in, forming several large settlements, which are strictly protected by the Alliance. There are even plans to develop the main peak of Chimney Mountain into a tourist attraction to boost the economy.

Around these towns, the number of mountain people has been reduced to very few in countless conflicts, and more people have been driven deeper into the mountains, concentrated in the north and east of the mountains.

Among them, there is a large settlement in the north-central area, east of Chimney Mountain and west of Route 111. It is the main settlement area for mountain people, with a population of hundreds of thousands.

In an area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, they sit in a fertile valley surrounded by mountains and feed many mountain people.

There, it was also named Villarrica by the mountain people, which means Valley of Plenty in ancient language.

Outside the main settlement of Villarrica, there are a large number of large and small settlements in the large and small mountain peaks, ranging from dozens and hundreds of people to thousands and tens of thousands of people.

The people living there depend on the weather for a living, barely maintaining a basic life through gathering, hunting, and a few planting and breeding industries. They often need to go out to trade or seek relief.

They also maintain certain contact with the outside world and are not under the jurisdiction of the alliance. However, since the defeat in the Akiye Town area 50 years ago, they have rarely had large-scale conflicts with the alliance.

However, after losing the rich agricultural production area of ​​Qiuye Town, the mountain people could only become weaker and weaker.

However, compared to our compatriots in the northeastern region, this place is considered a prosperous place. At least for the Alliance, the vast majority of bandits do not come from here.

In the northeastern region, especially the north and east of the Route 111 desert, and all the way to the northern coast of the mainland, there are four main mountain people settlements and countless small settlements. The extremely harsh environment has made even the largest settlements vulnerable. However, there are thousands of people, and it is difficult to count the small ones.

The people living there are suffering from the impact of the natural environment and the narrowing of living space, and fierce conflicts often break out with the forest people in the east. On the central line of the Hoenn region, they will fight to the death every time of disaster.

Sometimes, they would also go south from the desert, attack some settlements in the north of Zijin City, and plunder a large amount of supplies before heading north.

To this end, the Alliance organized many crusade, but the mountain people who grew up in the complex natural environment and harsh competition had strong combat capabilities and were familiar with the terrain. The Alliance failed in every conflict.

In recent years, the increasingly independent Yinyu City, under the auspices of the gym leader Mo Shu, has reached some agreements with the mountain people in the northeast, forming a basic tacit understanding to release part of the northern forest for their living needs, reducing the The intensity of the conflict.

The people of the forest also reduced their participation in the crusade, and handed over the main body of the operation to the alliance direct troops sent by Zijin City and Shuijing City.

The top leaders of the alliance were naturally very dissatisfied with this, but Yinyu City remained unmoved in the face of pressure.As almost the only organic source of alliance air power, they also have such confidence.

Listening to Suzuki Katsari's report, I couldn't help but nod my head, very satisfied.

The person in front of me can only be said to be good in terms of strength, far from being comparable to Lai and the others, but he has unexpected talents in integrating information and analyzing and judging.

In just a few months, the information he obtained through his investigation was already quite systematic, involving the people of the forest, and Naqi's accuracy was confirmed by Naqi.

During the conversation, they had entered Qiuye Town, and the flow of people began to thicken.

Pointing at the crowd, Lai asked Suzuki Katsato next to him: "What are you going to do? I think most people are going in the same direction." "There is said to be a gorgeous contest today. Mr. Lai, are you interested in taking a look? "

After reporting a paragraph, Lai was more satisfied, and Katsuri Suzuki was more than half at ease.

"Naqi, Brother Huayue, what do you think?"

"I can do it." Naqi is relatively familiar with activities like the glamor contest. She doesn't like it but doesn't hate it either.

Huayue shook her head and said, "You go ahead. I was training here and met a friend. I'm going to meet him. Just call me where you want to stay tonight."

As he said that, he turned around and waved his hand, and walked against the crowd to another road.

"Okay, Katsari, do you want to go?"

"I won't, Mr. Lai. I still have some information to sort out. I wish you all a good time. Just contact me when you are about to leave. I live in the hotel in the west of the city. Sometimes I go to No. 114 On-road and suburban training.”

As for Lai's kind words, Suzuki Katsuri, who has worked in the Rockets for many years and is good at reading air, naturally would not understand, so he found a reason to leave as well.

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In the Hoenn region, the Gorgeous Contest is one of the most influential events, and the status of the coordinator is much higher than that of other regions other than Sinnoh.

Qiuye Town has one of the four gorgeous competition venues in the Fengyuan region. Every three months, competitions of all four levels are organized.

Arriving at the outside of the venue and passing the sign, Lai and Naqi noticed that today was the last day of this competition. Because they could not gather the master-level participants, the senior competition was held.

For the town, the event itself is a celebration. A large number of northern coordinators come here, bringing seasonal business opportunities to the town.

Many vendors are gearing up to take this opportunity to make a fortune.

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When she walked to a stall, Naqi, who loved sweets, her eyes lit up.

"So many candies!"

"Boss, how do you sell these candies? Do you have any recommendations?"

"If I recommend it, the best-selling ones should be these, the fresh toffee with moo milk, the fruity hard candies that are mixed with peach and baya fruit, and this kind of bubble gum, which is very strong when the bubbles are blown out. Fun!”

"Okay, then let's get a bag and let's all taste it. If it tastes good, we'll buy it after the game."

"Okay, thanks for your patronage!"

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"Ugh, I can't blow it out!"

This is already the third piece of bubble gum that Naqi has tried.

Watching Lai skillfully blowing up bubbles the size of balloons, and then feeling the bubble gum blending into her mouth, Naqi's pretty face puffed up slightly and she spat out the bubble gum angrily.

Then, he tore open a package, threw a sweet and sour fruity hard candy into his mouth, and showed a happy expression.

At this time, the door to the arena finally opened, and spectators and players filed in.

Among the crowd, Lai spotted two slightly familiar figures.

(End of this chapter)