Pokémon Awakening Master

"Brother, wake up!"

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Tao heard the boy's call, but his mind was still groggy. Although his consciousness was awake, his body was still unable to move, his eyes could not open, and his mouth could not speak.

"What should I do? Ah Yin has obviously beaten those people away..."

“Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”

Hearing the anxious sounds of the naughty panda and the loudspeaker cricket, Lin Tao tried his best to move his lips and seemed to feel better.

"By the way, mother said that if you can't wake up, you can splash it with water!"

What?How does this mother educate her children?Lin Tao was startled when he heard the boy's words. I'm already awake, so don't mess with me...

Using all his strength, Lin Tao opened his eyes.

Whoa!

A handful of cold river water was splashed on his face, and Lin Tao regretted opening his eyes.

"Hey!" Wake up, wake up!

"Eh? Mother's method really works!"

A few minutes later, Lin Tao leaned on the rock backrest made by Speaker Cricket with the power of awakening, sat and chatted with the boy.

"What did that group of people do just now? Why are they targeting you so much?"

"They are all the sons of powerful people in Handan City," the boy hugged the Carp King tightly, "I am the son of Qin's proton. There have been many wars between Qin and Zhao in recent years, and coupled with the hatred of the Changping battle many years ago, The Zhao people bullied me and my mother a lot, and although they didn’t dare to openly take our lives, things like this... I’m actually used to it.”

The boy originally didn't want to say this to Lin Tao, but after his whole body became transparent during the battle just now, he seemed to be able to detect a trace of other people's thoughts. This feeling is very strange——

If what I felt from the powerful young man just now was full of malice, what I felt from the elder brother next to me was kindness without any distracting thoughts.

"Oh..." Lin Tao nodded, it turned out that he was a victim of the politics of various countries.The ancients were really cruel, throwing their children into the enemy's country to be used as hostages. This suffering is not something ordinary people can afford. Moreover, this child is also the child of a hostage. He was born and raised in an enemy's country, so it must be even worse.

Gollum—

After struggling for a long time, the fish has not been grilled yet, and Lin Tao and the Pokémon are still hungry.

"By the way, let me treat you to grilled fish!"

"Okay!" The boy's eyes lit up when he heard that he was eating, and he immediately agreed.

"Panda Boy, make a fire."

"Yeah!"

The naughty panda couldn't wait to use his flame fist skill, lit some dry branches he had just collected, and placed them on the barbecue grill made of rocks by the speaker cricket earlier.

After packing up the fish, he put it on wooden sticks and grilled it over the fire. Smelling the aroma of grilled fish slowly overflowing, Lin Tao couldn't help but sigh:

"It would be nice if there was salt and chili powder..."

Although there were no condiments, Lin Tao, the two of them and several Pokémon ate delicious food - except for Magikarp, who always felt it was a bit weird to eat these fish that looked similar to him, so Magikarp didn't eat them.

"Brother, it's so delicious!"

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself in the past half day, so don't call me big brother." Lin Tao tore off another large piece of fish and put it in his mouth, "My name is Lin Tao!"

"Well, Brother Lin, my name is Zheng, just call me A Zheng!"

Oh, yes, it seems that most of the names of the ancients during this period were single characters, and they were used to saying their surname and given name separately. The noble young man Pang Lun was escorting when he met him when he first arrived here seemed to also call his name "Dan", "big man" Dan, there is no way to listen to politics.

Wait, your name is Zheng?The son of Qin's proton, he was born in Handan, the capital of Zhao. There is a Carp King who may evolve into a Gyarados in the future... These characteristics all point to a character in the history books——

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng!

As a native of Qin City, Lin Tao is somewhat familiar with the story of the First Emperor. After all, Qin City is the place where legend has it that the First Emperor sent a fleet to sea to search for immortals and the elixir of immortality. Qin City even has a place called the place where immortals enter the sea. A tourist attraction, there is also a large statue of the First Emperor.

Lin Tao recalled the statue he had seen when he was a child. The majestic and stern face gradually began to overlap with the face of the little boy in front of him - what the hell!

You can't tell it's the same person at all, right?

The little boy was devouring the grilled fish, with food residue smeared all over his face. The battle just now left him scarred, his left eye was even bruised, and his hair was messy. This...

"Hmm!—ahem!"

"What's the matter, Brother Lin?"

In a moment of excitement, Lin Tao seemed to be stuck on a fish bone. He coughed for a long time before he recovered. "Are you really called Zheng?"

"Yup--"

I really want to take a photo... Unfortunately, my phone cannot be used after being soaked in water. Besides, did I just help the First Emperor's Pokémon learn to awaken its power?Will it go down in history?

"Hiccup-" The boy Azheng burped, touched his belly with satisfaction, and lay down comfortably on the ground.

"Brother Lin, you helped me out today and invited me to eat. Come with me to my treasure house later. I want to pick a gift for you!"

Qin Shihuang’s treasure house?Lin Tao was excited for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses. Now he was still a little kid living a hard life in an enemy country. Where did he get this treasure house?

However, at Azheng's insistence, the two of them rested for a while and headed to the "Treasure House" together.

After twisting and turning in the alley, Azheng led Lin Tao to an abandoned livestock shed.

"This is...a treasure house?" Lin Tao asked in disbelief as he looked at the dilapidated shed.

Boom!

A gust of wind blew, and a piece of rotten wood from the rickety roof fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Hehe, yes, this is my treasure house!" Azheng responded with a smile, "Wait for me a moment, Brother Lin."

Azheng walked quickly into the shed, pacing against the edge of the shed and mumbling something.

"One step, two steps, three steps...seven steps! That's it!"

After counting the distance of seven steps, Azheng knelt down and placed Magikarp next to him. He lifted up a floor tile with both hands and saw that there were indeed many large and small stones buried under the floor tile.

Azheng looked at his "treasures" and struggled for a long time before picking up his favorite one.

This is a black stone that is only about the size of a thumb. It is shaped like a scale. It is neither heavy nor light in the hand and has a great texture.

"Here, Brother Lin, this is for you!"

"This is……"

"I call it the black dragon scale. It is my favorite treasure~"

It looked like just an ordinary black stone, but after all, it was the other person's heart, and everyone said it was his "favorite" stone, so Lin Tao grinned and took it.

"Thank you so much then!"

But just when Lin Tao's hand touched the black stone, a green light suddenly emitted from his chest.

what's the situation?

A green leaf with a blue edge floated out from Lin Tao's arms.

"Is it Celebi's token? Are you actually sensitive to this stone?" Lin Tao was very excited, maybe he could go home!

However, it turned out that Lin Tao had guessed wrong before. This leaf was not Celebi’s token, but Celebi himself!

"Compare--"

The leaves instantly transformed into a green Pokémon that looked like an elf. It was Celebi, but Celebi looked listless at this time, floating a little unsteadily next to the black stone.

"Bi?" I thought I found it, but I didn't expect it to be a contaminant... Why do these scales look so familiar?

"Brother Lin, are these your monsters too?" Azheng looked at Celebi curiously, "Three monsters, so powerful!"

"No, this one isn't." Lin Tao shook his head, and then asked Celebi, "Celebi, do you still remember me? Can you take me home?"

Only then did Celebi turn to look at Lin Tao, tilted his head to recall, and suddenly remembered something.

The voice of a young and arrogant girl rang directly in Lin Tao's ears.

"You have the nerve to ask? Human, if it weren't for your interference, I wouldn't have miscalculated the timeline, hum!"

Is this telepathy?Lin Tao was taken aback and said nothing, trying to communicate with the other party in his mind.

"My interference? What do you mean?"

"I was training in the village, preparing to save my strength to travel through time and space to help the big man find something. But early this morning, I suddenly sensed that a very powerful Pokémon was about to enter the village. I was afraid of being disturbed by him, so I set up an illusion. Wu, I want to persuade you to retreat..."

"It seems that the thick fog is really your fault. Are you talking about a powerful Pokémon? Do you mean Panda Boy or Rock Bug?" Lin Tao asked proudly. Look, his Pokémon was killed by the Phantom Pokémon. The dream approved!

Celebi looked at the naughty panda and speaker cricket next to him, rolled his eyes, and continued to speak telepathically: "Don't be so cute. I'm talking about a powerful one. It's really unlucky. I've never seen such a strong one." He is very powerful, and he takes action when we meet him, without any courtesy at all, huh, rude!"

"Haoli? Could it be my dad?" Lin Tao was very confused.

"By the way, since you said you were looking for something, why did you suck me and my Pokémon in?"

"It wasn't you. You suddenly came in and shocked me. The gate of time and space is not easy to control. I miscalculated the time in my hurry and came more than 20 years too early. The gate of time and space lost control and everything around it was destroyed." Got involved..."

"Are you here early? Just in time. Send me back quickly and you can calculate the time again. I promise not to disturb you this time!"

"The door to your time and space is the door to your house. Open it as soon as you ask!" Celebi stared at his big eyes, obviously very angry, "My energy is exhausted, and it will take at least a few more days of cultivation to recover. If you still want to go home, you must..."

Celebi shook, as if his strength had been exhausted, and finally looked back at the black stone and the boy A Zheng. This boy was indeed the cutest only when he was a child...

With a bang, Celebi turned into a blue-edged leaf again and floated into Lin Tao's arms.

"You must protect me these days, human..."

???

Is this the end?Lin Tao had a question mark on his face.

How many days does Celebi need to recuperate?How to open the door to time and space and go home?What exactly are you looking for when traveling through time and space, and does it have anything to do with this stone?And who is the big guy?

Instead of helping Lin Tao solve any problems, Celebi's brief sobriety caused Lin Tao to raise more questions.

Boom! ——Boom! ——

Before Lin Tao had time to think about it, loud bells rang out from the direction of the city wall, and then the noise and chaos outside the alley could be vaguely heard.

"What's going on outside?" Azheng asked confused.

"Go, go out and see!"