armyinform Chapter 1294 A Young Scholar's Hope
Chapter 1294 A Young Scholar's Hope
Chapter 1294 A Young Scholar's Hope
evening.
An ancient hermitage cottage.
Kashiwagi shared dinner with Us and Dr. Raben—Padia-style submarine sandwiches.
"It's just a small token of my appreciation."
He said to Wu Si, "I came in a bit of a hurry and don't have much to offer, I hope you won't find it offensive."
"I'll gladly accept it."
Wu Si smiled faintly, looking at the colorful sandwich filled with various fruits and vegetables, sprinkled with all sorts of secret seasonings, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.
This was the first time she had ever seen such unusual food.
Dr. Laben, standing nearby, shared the same sentiment, "Kashiwagi, why does the bread glow?"
"Because it contains a secret seasoning rarely seen in Padiya." Kashiwagi didn't hide anything, lifting the top layer of the sandwich to show the ingredients inside.
Dr. Laben exclaimed, "Parthia! I know that place! Kashiwagi, you've actually been to Parthia?"
Unlike Xicui at this moment, the Parthian region was a "powerful" country that had been trading with foreign countries for many years, so it is normal for Dr. Laben to know this.
Wu Si savored it in small sips, and soon a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"good."
"It's delicious! Kashiwagi, your cooking is amazing!"
Dr. Laben couldn't resist taking big bites of chewing, his eyes darting around with curiosity.
This was because there were many things here that he considered quite rare.
A velvet double bed, various antique ornaments and Carlos-style cabinets, even an "electric light"... Tianguan Mountain is located in the heart of Xicui Land. How did Wusi manage to bring all these things over?
Could it be that this place is open for trade?
What intrigued Dr. Laben even more was that Kashiwagi seemed to have known all along that Wusi was living in seclusion here, yet their conversation clearly indicated that it was their first meeting...
He was puzzled.
After quickly finishing his sandwich, Dr. Laben took out his sketchbook and began sketching the Pokémon he had seen that day.
In this era without small cameras, the only way to create an illustrated guide was by hand. Kashiwagi watched for a while and nodded in approval.
This doctor's sketching skills are in no way inferior to mine!
Wu Si looked over with similar interest, and then began to offer his critique of Dr. Laben's painting skills.
Dr. Laben humbly accepted the criticism and carefully revised the document.
The cabin was filled with joy and harmony.
As darkness fell completely outside, and considering that he would be setting off the next day when the sun came out, Dr. Laben took out his folding tent and sleeping bag to prepare to stay outside.
It's clear he has a lot of experience in outdoor living; the sleeping bag is made of extremely thick material, and you can tell at a glance that it has excellent cold-proofing properties.
But before he could fall asleep, there was a noise outside.
"Ms. Wu Si".
It was a magnetic male voice: "I apologize for disturbing you so late at night. I would like to stay here tonight. Would you be so kind as to do me this favor?"
Dr. Laben glanced at Kashiwagi instinctively. There were other people here?
It’s so lively!
Little did they know that at that moment, Kashiwagi narrowed his eyes.
"We actually ran into each other."
He grinned, another reason he deliberately stayed overnight at the ancient hermitage was to see how his luck would be.
Logically, if the other party couldn't find their target after tearing open the spacetime rift, they would leave quickly.
Wu Si smiled and said, "It's been a long time since it's been this lively. I also have two guests here."
"Oh?"
The door opened, and a man dressed in the Ginkgo Merchant Guild's attire appeared, his gaze shifting between Wu Si, Bai Mu, and Dr. Laben.
Suddenly.
His eyes were fixed on the top of the cypress tree.
With a red chain wrapped around its neck and a thousand wrists in its mouth, Talebagos sits atop it.
The man subtly shifted his gaze the next second and said in a friendly manner, "My name is Wang Luo, and you two are?"
Wang Luo, the final antagonist in the game "Arceus Legends", is an ambitious man who is suspected to be the ancestor of the Bamboo Orchid. He disguises himself as a traveling merchant and secretly approaches the protagonist of the game, guiding him step by step to collect the stone tablets and the red chain.
The goal is to subdue Arceus and rebuild the world.
"My name is Laben! I'm a Pokémon professor from Team Galactic's research team, here to investigate the anomaly at the summit of Mt. Coronet!"
Dr. Laben was naive and chuckled as he revealed his family background.
Facing the gaze that Wang Luo had turned to, Kashiwagi smiled as well. "Kashiwagi, Team Galaxy Investigations."
"...So you're a friend of Team Galactic."
Wang Luo responded with a smile, but inexplicably felt that she was being watched.
It was as if the prey had met the hunter.
After a brief introduction, Kashiwagi and Dr. Laben left Wusi's cabin together.
The room was warm, but not very big, and it wasn't suitable for the two grown men to stay overnight.
The only option was to come out, set up a tent, and make a fire.
To Dr. Raben's surprise, Cypress kept taking things out of the Shiny Gengar's belly, from tents and sleeping bags to dry wood and so on.
He couldn't help but ask, "Can your Gengar fit so much stuff in its belly?"
Kashiwagi nodded. "Yes, I've practiced."
Dr. Laben said, "Then how come the goods that came with you..."
"How can the merchant guild's goods be placed together with my personal belongings?" Kashiwagi had already come up with an excuse. "I am a traveling merchant from the Rainbow Merchant Guild in the Ore region."
Dr. Laben was stunned. "Rainbow Chamber of Commerce..."
A name I've never heard of before!
In which regions does this chamber of commerce conduct business?
After the two had set up their tent and lit a steaming campfire, Wang Luo came out of the hut and said with a smile, "May I join you? I can keep watch and add firewood."
"Okay, wake me up in the middle of the night."
Dr. Laben agreed without hesitation.
It's clear that the Pokémon world was harmonious even in ancient times, and besides keeping warm, making fire was probably largely for keeping wild Pokémon away.
These days, wild Pokémon are really fierce; they'll chase you if they see you from 70 or 80 meters away.
Kashiwagi remained silent, as if accepting the proposal.
Dr. Laben slumped wearily into his sleeping bag and said, "Goodnight, Kashiwagi. I wish us all the best for the rest of the time."
He nodded. "Goodnight, Doctor."
Soon, soft snoring began.
To be able to sleep so soundly and quickly even outdoors, one's sleep quality is truly enviable.
As Cypress gazed at the campfire, Wang Luo's voice echoed in his ears.
"Is that a Pokémon above your head?"
“That’s right, its name is Talebagas, and it comes from the Parthian region.” Kashiwagi hugged Talebagas to his arms and said softly, “Judging from your clothes, you’re from the Ginkgo Merchant Guild?”
Wang Luo smiled and said, "That's right, I am a member of the Ginkgo Merchant Guild. We are determined to sell our goods all over the world! Would you like to take a look?"
As he spoke, he took something out of his bag.
Bai Mu glanced around casually; most of the items were basic industrial products such as medicines and combs.
Clearly, the Ginkgo Guild brought goods from outside to Xicui and bartered them with the locals.
Which locals?
Naturally, these are the two major human settlements in Xicui besides Zhuqing Village—the Vajra Team and the Pearl Team.
"Is there anything you'd like, sir?" Wang Luo asked with a warm smile.
Bai Mu shook his head and said, "No, thank you for your kindness."
Upon hearing this, Wang Luo regretfully took the items back and then started chatting idly, since there wasn't much to do in this era.
Gengar can't play video games or look at its phone in front of strangers, so it can only hide in the shadows and peek.
Not long after.
Kashiwagi yawned and shrank into his sleeping bag. "Thank you for keeping watch for the first half of the night. Remember to wake me up for the second half."
"You can sleep peacefully now; leave it to me."
Wang Luo smiled and then looked at Talebagos, who was fast asleep next to his sleeping bag.
The area around the campfire gradually quieted down.
-
I do not know how long it has been.
A figure approached the cypress tree, its gaze falling on the red chains binding the Talebagos and the Thousand-Fold Wrist, and reached out its hand...
"!"
My eyes, which opened suddenly, collided with the hand that was about to touch my shoulder.
Wang Luo leaned down and smiled, "Lord Bai Mu, it's already past midnight."
"Is it the middle of the night?"
Kashiwa climbed out of his sleeping bag, glanced at Talebagos, and nodded, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."
"No way, we help each other out when we're traveling."
Wang Luo waved his hand and yawned again, "I'll go and call Dr. Laben."
Bai Mu said, "No need, let him sleep. You should get some rest too, we have to travel tomorrow morning, don't we?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Luo returned to his small tent, lay down in his bedding, and fell asleep with his back to the campfire.
crackle~
Sparks fly.
Kashiwa added some more firewood, held Talebagas in one arm, and looked at Wang Luo's back. Suddenly, he sighed, "I really underestimated you."
"Ok?"
Wang Luo stood up blankly.
Bai Mu, rummaging through the firewood, said, "The spacetime rift at the top of Tianguan Mountain, you created it, didn't you, Wang Luo, a descendant of the Shenhe people?"
Wang Luo opened his eyes, which had been slightly narrowed with a faint smile, and his upturned lips disappeared, exuding a unique aloofness.
Then he laughed and asked, "What are you saying, sir?"
However, the smile was extremely cold, far less enthusiastic than before.
"Even if you cooperate with Giratina, Arceus is not someone you can just see whenever you want."
Cypress wood simply couldn't keep up the act any longer.
Originally, I planned to play along with Wang Luo for a while and then make other plans after he made a move against Talebagos, but I didn't expect the other party to be so patient.
He lifted up Taleborgs and said, “Do you see that? The red chains and the Thousand Arms. I am closer to Arceus than you are.”
"..."
Wang Luo fell silent.
He looked at Kashiwagi with a hostile gaze. "So what? I'm not a worshipper of Arceus."
"Is it love? I just want to say, don't do such pointless things. Your greed will cause suffering to the land of Xicui."
Kashiwa stood up and gradually approached Wang Luo.
His superior intelligence told him it was time to unleash his superpowers!
"Using force? I'm not afraid of you!"
Wang Luo felt the pressure coming at him and quickly dodged backward, not caring even if he crashed into the tent.
He glanced at Laben out of the corner of his eye; the latter was still fast asleep.
Kashiwagi said, "Stop looking, my Gengar used Hypnosis. I know you're a Pokémon Trainer, so bring it on."
While talking.
Wang Luo threw out the first Poké Ball.
Bang!
The Rockruff appeared, and since nighttime is the domain of Ghost-type Pokémon, it attacked Kashiwagi without hesitation as soon as it saw him.
However, Kashiwagi had already thrown the bullets much faster.
boom!
A cloud of golden dust spread out.
Wang Luo inhaled a small amount and felt dizzy; his expression changed drastically. "Sleep powder?"
"How about taking a few more breaths?"
Kashiwa raised his hand, and a multi-faceted cell phone flew out of his pocket and transformed into the shape of a stun gun.
The next instant, he slammed him hard onto the Flower Rock Monster.
Zhi! !
With a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, the Flower Rock Monster, having ingested too much sleep powder, was sent flying backward and fell silent.
Wang Luo, the woman washing jade, turned as red as a neon light. "Who exactly are you?"
"The people who came to take you away."
Cypress walked slowly forward, each step like a heavy hammer striking Wang Luo's heart.
He quickly threw out more Poké Balls.
Bang bang bang!
A group almost identical to the Bamboo Orchid appeared, but before they could make a move, a powerful spiritual force controlled them and threw them into the distance.
Wang Luo was shocked and asked, "What have you done?"
"Never seen superpowers before? This was done by my little deer. Alright, hurry up and call out your partner."
Kashiwagi was getting a little impatient. "Your own Pokémon are of no value to me."
Wang Luo's retreating steps came to a halt. He looked at the aggressive Bai Mu and said, "Are you sure? Are you sure you can withstand this force?"
"Don't bother, just take it out as soon as possible."
Kashiwagi pulled a string of Poké Balls from his pocket. "My Pokémon have been waiting for this for ages!"
Bang bang bang!
A series of crisp sounds.
Since he hadn't had time to return the Pokémon to Mt. Silver earlier, Kashiwagi was surrounded by everyone at this moment.
From the Egui Pon and Milerton to the Taodailang and Jizhiji, etc.
Dozens of Pokémon of varying sizes have taken over the entire ancient hermitage!
Looking at these Pokémon with their profound or vast auras, Wang Luo couldn't believe that he would encounter such inexplicable beings.
He's only just started making a move!
"This is..."
Just as Wangluo gritted his teeth, preparing to summon Giratina, a sigh came from a distant hut.
"Ugh, it's so noisy."
The door opened, and Wu Si stepped out. Looking at the tense standoff between Bai Mu and Wang Luo, he said softly, "I should have known. Your presence here meant this scene was destined to happen."
"I think..."
Wang Luo's lips trembled, as if he dared not look directly at her.
Wu Si said, “Wang Luo, I had no intention of judging your actions, but as a member of the people of Shenhe, you should never do anything that would harm this land.”
Wang Luo clenched his fist and said, "I only want to create a better world! I can't suppress my curiosity to see Arceus!"
"Your curiosity is a disaster for the world, so stop being curious."
Kashiwagi was speechless at Wangluo's pursuit.
Fortunately, there were few people washing green, otherwise, with his actions, countless Pokémon and humans would have been harmed.
"Hmph! Enough said! You've offended me! Today I will clear away all obstacles!"
Enraged, Wang Luo disregarded everything and ripped off his hat, revealing a hairstyle strikingly similar to Arceus's.
Kashiwagi felt an eyesore and thought of Dorimia, who resembled Arceus in the Sun and Moon.
"You're such a die-hard fan of Arceus."
He couldn't help but say.
Enraged, Wang Luo was taken aback. "Toxic fan? What toxic fan?"
“I have no obligation to explain… Hmm, you’re here.” Kashiwagi replied, glancing around at his surroundings.
He could sense a sinister movement.
The source is none other than Giratina, who is about to come to reality from the Reverse World!