Chapter 365: Daigo's Fanaticism
Thunder God is speechless now.
And he doesn't want to answer the stupid question that Kashiwagi asked him - "Have you seen Jirachi before?"
If he had seen it before, he wouldn't have been unable to guess what it was for a long time.
After all, he just sensed the abnormal energy fluctuations and wanted Kashiwagi to go over and take a look. The series of events that followed were not what he expected.
Even if it was a rock containing Fire Stone and Fire Gem, the idea was just a whim, so he just took it all away.
Who knew that there would be a mythical Pokémon stuffed in it.
"I see."
Kashiwagi saw that Thunder God turned his head away from him, and his tail was wagging and wagging in annoyance, and he knew that he probably hit its sore spot unconsciously.
But he had a reason to ask this.
As one of the Pokémon that was resurrected by the tower master Ho-Oh in the Scorched Tower 150 years ago, he was very curious whether Thunder God was Thunder God before he was resurrected, or was one of the Eevee as others speculated.
Kashiwagi had searched online for legends about the Phoenix Guards, and found that the oldest one was the Scorched Tower Phoenix King Advent Incident.
But on the other hand.
The Phantom Overlord clearly showed the appearance of the three sacred beasts of different colors. Even if there is no record of the appearance of the Phoenix Guards of different colors on the Internet, the Crown City and the famous criminal Kou Tai in the background of the movie are real.
"Have you been to Crown City?"
He asked.
Lei Gong remained silent, and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Seeing this, Kashiwagi's guesses were swept away, and he put down the wishing star and took out a comb to appease this big cat who was somewhat good at face.
The latter twisted at first to refuse to be brushed, but as the former continued to brush, a wave of numbness surged to his head, and he "reluctantly" accepted it.
Listening carefully, you can find that this guy's breathing is a little heavy, as if he can't stand it, and I don't know when it will become a cat purring.
Maybe it's the same day as letting people bury their faces in the fur?
"Hehe."
Kashiwagi couldn't help laughing.
This big cat is the type that needs to be stroked when angry, and it is okay to rub it against its fur on weekdays after it is coaxed. It looks majestic, but it is actually sensitive inside. It is the type that gets angry easily and does not hide its emotions.
I don’t know what the other two are like.
The Entei created by the unknown totem is full of majesty and strength. After all, it is mixed with the elements of a father, which satisfies Xiaomei’s conception of a father.
Suicune... hard to say.
While combing his fur, he chatted with Ryza on the phone and agreed to hand over the wishing star, the fire stone, and the fire gem together for the latter to study a little.
Of course, if the wishing star responds to his words, Kashiwagi might ask Jirachi’s wishes.
As for the method of transportation.
Ryza: "Definitely not by mail! This is a wishing star! What if it is attacked by Pokémon during the mailing process and lost? '
Kashiwagi: 'Not really... I heard that the chance of lost mail is less than one in a thousand...'
Ryza: 'One in a thousand is already a high probability, okay! Just wait! I'll let Daigo come find you!'
Kashiwagi: 'Eh?'
Ryza: 'Where are you going next?'
Kashiwagi: 'No need to bother Daigo-san... Okay, okay, I'll go to Akiba Town next. Give me a day and a half at most, and I'll definitely get there.'
Ryza: 'Got it! I'll let Daigo contact you then!'
Kashiwagi: '...'
Why do these sisters talk like they can summon champions at will? But with Daigo's fanatical love for stones, he will definitely come over no matter how far away he is when he hears about stones carrying mythical Pokémon.
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North station of the cable car.
Kashiwagi pushed the huge cart down and sped along under the curious eyes of the staff and travelers.
The wind blew a corner of the black cloth, revealing the jagged rocks.
This made them look away.
There are many people who come to Chimney Mountain to pick up stones. Although there are few people like Kashiwa who pick up a lot and leave, there are some.
Kashiwa, who went down the mountain road, stopped the cart in front of a forest, lifted the black cloth to let Lei Gong go free, and threw the unwanted stones aside.
"... I still can't fit it in, what should I do?"
After he put the Fire Stone into his bag, he found that the remaining Fire Gems and Wishing Stars could not be put in. His bag was already full of various things, and he couldn't help but look at Lei Gong for help.
"..."
The latter silently looked away.
What can it do? It's not Kentaro who pulls the cart.
"It seems that I have to keep pushing this cart." Kashiwa reluctantly put the bag and stones on the cart, covered them with black cloth, and tied them up with ropes to prevent them from falling off.
Because they had to get to Akiba Town or near Akiba Town before tomorrow, there was no need to go to places like the Dumb Fire Camel Farm.
He took Lei Gong and Galar Sun Coral to find the nearest Flame Trail.
This tunnel.
In the game, it connects the two ends of Route 112, allowing players to bypass the desert that cannot be crossed before obtaining goggles.
But in the animation, it is located at the bottom of Chimney Mountain, with only two exits, mainly for travelers to quickly pass through and reach the main traffic artery of Route 113 in a short time.
However, it must be noted that there are many lava worms with bad tempers in it.
When they move in groups, they are called lava tides. Their extremely high body temperature makes everything they pass by charred, which is comparable to some natural disaster.
Trainers often provoke them and are chased madly.
And there is no doubt that its skin in the animation is like the fire on the Megalodon and Flame Horse with rough skin characteristics. It is a magical creature that will not be hurt if you touch it after getting recognition.
So don't be surprised to see someone touching the lava snail with a body temperature of 10,000 degrees.
It's just basic animation.
"There's no need to scare them. Look, they don't dare to come over."
Kashiwagi pushed the cart and looked at the lava worms emitting bright light not far away, and said to the Thunder God beside him.
The Phoenix Guard is like a hero to the weak wild Pokémon, which will make them unconsciously approach it to seek its protection. But the lava worms, a group of wild Pokémon that have always been wild, have a different feeling when they see the Thunder God.
Especially when the Thunder God releases his momentum.
[Oppression] makes it always maintain an extremely fierce momentum. Although it is not very effective for Kashiwagi who is particularly familiar with it, it is still quite effective in bullying wild Pokémon.
"... Roar."
Lei Gong glanced at him.
If there was no way to command those lava worms, otherwise they would have rushed over to scare this little ghost.
Like to be surrounded? Let you surround enough!
What a pity.
And Kashiwagi saw the look in Lei Gong's eyes and knew that this guy was probably holding back some kind of evil, so he hurriedly pushed the cart forward.
To be honest, this cart is quite useful, but the wheels are too small and not suitable for the wild environment. If a small stone is stuck in it, it will easily break, so he tried his best to avoid going to places with more gravel.
Fortunately, most of the ground on the Flame Trail was either trampled flat or burned flat, which is friendly to the cart.
With excellent leg strength.
It didn't take long for them to pass through the exit of Route 113.
The sun shone on the two again, and Kashiwagi and Raikou, who were fed up with the smell of dust in the tunnel, subconsciously took a deep breath, and the Galar Sun Coral on their shoulders quickly relaxed.
However, since volcanic ash often blows in this direction, the air quality of Route 113 is also very worrying, and a breath of air is full of natural breath.
The expressions of the three were slightly stiff.
Then.
"...Come on! Akiba Town is right in front of us!"
Kashiwagi was the first to break the silence, and said excitedly to the two Pokémon, one big and one small.
Unfortunately, what he faced today was neither the three-headed dragon nor the happy egg, but two completely dull tanks. Don't expect an echo even if you shout at them, so it was expected that the audience was cold.
"Keep going!"
Kashiwagi just thought that there was a response in his mind, and pushed the cart along the path.
Then...
The wheel of the cart broke.
"It took a little more than half a day." He looked at the cart that collapsed to one side, holding the disassembled wheel in his hand.
This thing broke right down the middle, and the parts hadn't been replaced yet.
It made him break too.
Seeing this, Raikou silently went into the ash-covered grove to prevent himself from being forced to become a moose at someone's request.
"In that case... I'll leave it to you, Porygon!"
After thinking it over, Kashiwagi decided to give the difficult task of carrying the stones to Porygon, who had the ability to transform.
Sure enough.
Porygon, which turned into a floating bucket by turning into an angular shape, perfectly carried all the rocks, and used the electromagnetic floating system to make it look effortless.
The only question was how long it could last.
Normally, changing the body structure would put a burden on the Pokémon's spirit, just like Vaporeon used dissolution and Happin used shrinking. But there are always one or two special cases.
For example, Ditto, who was born with the ability to transform, and Porygon, who was set with the power of transformation.
"If there is really no other way, I can only call Steelix over." Kashiwagi thought so, and then he thought that using the net bag to hang on the three-headed dragon might work?
It really lived up to that saying, as long as the mind doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than problems.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Kashiwagi patted the only part of Porygon's head that remained. Although it was difficult to increase the trust of the six hearts, he believed that it would be satisfied soon.
"Pah~"
Porygon responded with a smile.
It was very happy to be able to help the trainer, not to mention that this could exercise its transformation ability.
Kashiwagi looked away at the bushes and shouted helplessly: "You can come out! You don't need to work!"
No movement.
It seemed that it was embarrassed and refused to come out.
This big cat is really...
Kashiwagi shook his head, knowing that it would leave after he left, so he continued to set off.
A few seconds later, the forest rustled, just like the movement of Thunder God.
——
And with the unremitting efforts of Kashiwagi and his team.
After sunset, the evening gradually fell.
They finally saw the outline of Qiuye Town. The town was covered by lights in the night, and the bright light went straight into the sky, illuminating the sky with a special light.
"Huh..."
Kaomu exhaled, looked at the three-headed dragon pulling the rock with a rope beside him, and touched its middle head, "Thank you for your hard work! Hold on a little longer!"
Polygon still couldn't hold on to the end, even though it used wheels and self-regeneration later.
Being too low in level brings about a lack of physical strength and many other aspects. As a result, such a "hard" task has to be handed over to teammates in the end.
"Sigh——"
The three evil dragons in turn rubbed his palms. Not to mention not feeling tired, even if they were so tired that they were gasping for air and didn't want to talk, they would feel a hundred times more energetic when they heard the trainer's voice.
Lei Gong stood on the other side, looking at Qiuye Town in the distance, and suddenly roared.
"Roar~"
"What? Are you going to Meteor Falls now?"
Although Kashiwagi couldn't understand what this guy was talking about, he could roughly guess it, especially since this guy's eyes were staring in the direction of Meteor Falls.
"We haven't even eaten dinner yet! And I want to go with you too—heh!"
No words were spoken.
Lei Gong was already running towards the distance.
"Will you come back at night? Can't you find me?" Kashiwagi shouted at the guy's back, and the latter roared, which made him feel relieved a little.
It’s not a big deal if you can answer the question.
He found that Thunder God's senses were very keen in all aspects. Not only breath and smell, it could also observe things through the ubiquitous charged particles in the air, so that it could always find what it wanted easily, such as Jirachi. , fire stone and fire gem, etc.
The same is true in other aspects. The Rockets base is probably what it sensed through abnormal currents.
From this perspective, finding him is relatively easy.
"It's too late to stay. I just left like that and I don't know what I'm going to do." Kashiwagi sighed. Perhaps the biggest obstacle between the two of them getting along was that the guy never told him anything.
Even if something is clearly in front of you, you will still respond with silence.
So why did Raikou go to Meteor Falls? Kashiwagi still doesn't know until now, and his eyes are dark.
"never mind."
He didn't think about it anymore and found a hotel that rented a single-person cabin with a courtyard. This thing was specially provided to trainers who didn't like to keep Pokémon in Poké Balls, and the price was relatively expensive.
But Kashiwagi now has money in his pocket, so he doesn't miss this little bit.
Not long after I put down my backpack.
He was about to take the Pokémon to the Pokémon Center for a check-up when he received a call from Daigo.
"Daigo-san?"
"Long time no see, Kashiwagi! I heard that you got a rock that seems to be where Jirachi is sleeping?" Daigo's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone.
There was also a special whirring sound in the background.
"Yes, I bought it from a liar over at Chimney Hill by chance."
"……fraud?"
"Well, he randomly picked up a bunch of strange rocks and sold them, talking about gambling stones. That's where I found them." Kashiwagi briefly explained the process.
"I see. No wonder Lysa always says you are a lucky guy."
Daigo on the other end of the phone was quite emotional, "By the way, you should have arrived at Qiuye Town, right? Can you tell me where you are?"
Kashiwagi was about to respond when he spotted a flash of silver light in the sky from the corner of his eye, "I'm...ah, I seem to see you, the happy egg shines with magic!"
"Happy~"
The whole body of the happy egg emits extremely shining colorful light, piercing out all around like long needles.
The three evil dragons next to them had frightened faces. They quickly fled from a place where they would not be attacked and hid in a corner. How terrifying the four times weaker goblin is? It had experienced it as early as the single-headed dragon period. .
Don't dare to pretend you didn't see anything.
"I saw."
Dawu's gentle voice came from the phone, and then he hung up. The silver light in the sky became brighter and brighter, and continued to amplify.
finally.
Daigo appeared with his body slightly bent on the head of Metagross. The strong wind was blowing the corners of his clothes. I don't know if it was because it was colder at high altitude, but his face was a little red.
"Long time no see! Kashiwagi!"
Dawu jumped down, his hair a little messy but it quickly returned to its original state, "I didn't expect to see you again so soon after we said goodbye."
"Me too."
Kashiwagi knew the purpose of the champion's visit and did not whet his appetite. He turned around and asked Big Mouth Baby to take out the wishing star. "Miss Lesa said this is the sleeping wishing star, but I can't be sure. Take a look." ?”
"Okay, then let me take a look?"
Dawu had an uncertain tone, but in fact he had already arrived in front of the wishing star. He took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket, put them on, and started rubbing the surface of the wishing star carefully.
The excited blush on his face did not fade away at all, but intensified as he observed the wishing star.
The cypress behind him was secretly speechless.
Although I knew early on how much Dawu liked Shitou, the sight of him being ready to marry Shitou at any time was still a bit beyond my expectation.
It sounds like that too.
Being able to chase him all the way to Qiuye Town, Daigo must have some extreme expectations. Against this fanaticism, it is not surprising that he behaves like this.
Since you touch my stone...
Then I'll just have to touch your Pokémon.
Kashiwagi turned around and looked at the Metagross, which looked like a four-clawed crab. It had a bright silver appearance, a golden "X" on its face, and a huge body.
Every aspect is filled with the word handsome.
"Hello, do you still remember me?"
He waved at Metagross, expecting this guy to be very cold, but after recognizing his appearance, the latter immediately raised his right front paw.
"No!"
The red eyes of Metagross curved into crescents, and it was obvious that it remembered that it had been fed by Kashiwagi when it was in Pyrite Town.
It was that young man who cooked delicious food!
Kashiwagi also smiled, "You still remember me, how nice of you. Are you hungry? Do you want me to prepare something for you?"
"No!"
Megalogi glanced at its trainer, and seeing that Daigo was still obsessed with the wishing star, it nodded vigorously.
The trainer didn't care, and it couldn't find some food for itself.
Then.
A bowl of fragrant Pokémon food was placed in front of Metagross. It picked up a little with its claws and stuffed it into its mouth, and then its eyes lit up.
It's delicious!
As a champion Pokémon and a trusted partner of Daigo, Metagross has eaten quite a few good things.
But no matter how much it eats, it will still be moved by delicious food.
It will never become unpalatable just because it eats too much good things.
Daigo, who was studying the wishing star, suddenly had a rumbling stomach, which made him subconsciously turn his head to look at the giant monster. He saw that the giant monster was happily grabbing food with his front paws and stuffing it into his mouth like a crab, and his expression was a little embarrassed.
"Uh... um..."
"If Daigo-san doesn't mind, I still have a lot of food here, you can eat a few first." Kashiwagi was very considerate and offered the remaining dinner.
Daigo glanced at him, then at the dinner, and his thoughts suddenly returned to the time in Huangtie Town.
"Then I... I'll obey your order."
Although the wishing star is good, you can also eat while looking at it.