Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 6 The prerequisite for knowing the world is knowing yourself

The next morning, Len walked out of the house alone. The early morning sea breeze blew up the hem of his windbreaker, revealing three shrunken Poké Balls around his waist.

At the family meeting last night, Haruko expressed her rare opposition to Lai's idea.

The reason is simple. Although there are many powerful people, the sea is complicated, and the process of suppressing bandits is full of uncertainties. Although there are brave men and other uncles to take care of them, there are still great risks.

In Haruko's view, Lai is indeed very precocious and never makes people anxious in all aspects of learning and growth. The existence of water leaping fish and long-winged gulls also makes him a leader among his peers, even some relatively young ones. None of the Guardsmen were any match for him in battle.

However, suppressing bandits means a life-and-death struggle. The relationship between the fleeing pirates and the intercepting personnel is life-and-death, which is very different from combat.Lai, who has never taken the first step, is irresponsible to himself and his family by rashly jumping into such a battlefield.

Regarding Haruko's objection, Lai had expected it a long time ago. He quietly listened to his mother's opinion, and then explained his thoughts one by one, hoping to convince her.Later, his father, Opie, who works in Kaina City, also joined the family meeting via video.Originally, Haruko hoped that Opie would speak out through his experience of retiring due to injury, but he did not expect that the father and son would stand in the same camp this time.

Opie said: "The child is already very big. When I went home a few months ago, he was not much shorter than me. You can't keep him at home and protect him in your arms. In this operation, we can That city is also participating, as are the museum owners from all the cities along the coast. There is no need for the island’s escorts to do anything. They are just leading the way and clearing out any fish that have slipped through the net. With brave men around, there won’t be any problems.”

Such a statement was obviously not enough to impress a mother who was worried about her child's safety, but facing the father and son who had the same stance, she could no longer say anything against it.However, she also has her own request, which is to use the fast swimming frog that Opie left at home to provide Lai with the last line of safety and escape.

Frog was Opie's ace partner before he was seriously injured and retired, and was also his initial Pokémon. He once made great achievements with his amazing strength and gained a lot of fame in the southwest of Hoenn.But in the final battle, it and the Toucoped Gull were irreparably damaged. Even if they invested most of their savings, they barely recovered, and their combat power was no longer what it was before.

Lai had some objections to this, but Haruko was very insistent. Looking at her mother who was on the verge of going berserk and her father who was watching her nose and nose, Lai decisively chose to remain silent.

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Under the guidance of the fast-swimming frog, the water leaping fish and the long-winged gull completed the morning training, and Lai took them to Yongren's house to sign up to participate in the suppression of bandits.

When he came to Yong Ren's house and expressed his intention, Yong Ren was very happy and patted Lai's shoulder enthusiastically: "What a good boy, he has the same demeanor as your father. When we were young, he was also the first to go to sea to suppress bandits."

After taking his seat, Yongto introduced the general situation and the mission of the escort team.

As expected, the actions against the two large pirate groups had nothing to do with them. They were directly taken over by the direct forces of the alliance, with the coastal defense of Wudou Town responsible for the guidance.Among them, the Deep Sea Darkness, known as the largest pirate group in Hoenn, was led by Liuli Gym Adam, with the cooperation of Karnaz City. Another large pirate group, Sea Shark, was led by Zijin Gym Iron Spin, and Green Ridge The city assisted.Genji, the Four Heavenly Kings, sits in command of Wudou Town and supports all fronts at any time.

The main tasks of the Pal Island Guard are two. One is to control the waterway from Pal Island to another unnamed island in the south with the help of the Wudou Town Coast Guard. This includes a rather hidden fisherman's route. The route can avoid rapids and allow safe passage in winter; the other is to work with a team sent by Wudou Town to exterminate a small pirate group on this small island.According to the intelligence, the number of this pirate group is about 50 to [-], but the number of trainers is not many, only about ten, and the rest are sailors and laborers.Listening to Yong Ren's introduction to the mission, Lai jotted down a few strokes from time to time, and when it came to an end, he began to ask questions: "Uncle Yong Ren, I have memorized the mission clearly, so what do I need to do and what do I need to prepare?"

Yongren replied: "As a newcomer, your task is very simple. Listen more, watch more, learn more, and experience more. There is not much preparation to do. You have been training with us every afternoon these days to get familiar with everyone's skills. style."

Lai nodded: "Okay, Uncle Yongren, I made a note and I will be at the beach on time in the afternoon. I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave. When he walked to the door, Yongren said a few more words: "Lai, you are very good on our island. If you have the opportunity to learn, you may become an excellent trainer or a trainer." An outstanding cultivator. This operation is an opportunity for you to see a bigger world and more people, to find and fight for what you want." After thinking about it, he added, " It’s nice here, but it’s too small.”

Lai nodded seriously and accepted the teachings and care of his elders with an open mind.

Back home, Lai carefully thought back to the conversation just now. He had been avoiding the topic of "what he wanted" intentionally or unintentionally, because he knew that everything gained had a price, and everything gained meant some kind of new Responsibility, which he is reluctant to bear.

Uncle Yong Ren is right. This island is too small and cannot hold many dreams.But what dreams do I have?Probably not. The Four Champions are too far away. The title of Master is not what I want. There is always someone to do the work of saving the world. Is there anything that I should do?Len asked himself silently, but as always he couldn't find the answer.

Standing up, looking through the window to the backyard, the fast-swimming frog was teaching the water-jumping fish to practice collision with his body, and the big-billed gull accurately hit the target in the distance with a powerful and heavy water cannon. Winged Owl's expression is full of longing. Not far away, her mother and the Magic Wall Doll are watering and loosening the soil of the newly planted fruit trees. The rows of fruit trees are full of vitality and hope of life.

Further outside, smoke slowly rose from several nearby houses, and it was almost lunch time.

"I don't have any lofty ideals, and I don't want to achieve any great career. These are too difficult and too tiring. I just want to do the things in front of me, achieve predictable success, and keep the beauty around me. In a sense, instead of To say that this place is too small is to say that my heart is actually very small."

The boy was having a conversation with himself.

The prerequisite for understanding the world may be to understand yourself.

(End of this chapter)