I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

Sensing that the atmosphere was getting more and more strange, Bai Xu pretended to cough a few times in an attempt to change the atmosphere, but of course he couldn't take on such a heavy responsibility as he was not a good brother in his family.

"Alas..." Chengjian Future sighed.

Of course she knew what her husband meant by coughing. After all, he had been repeating such futile actions for so many years.

"If I knew it earlier, I should have locked you up for a while."

City Future shook his head and said so in a regretful tone.

"Hmm..." Bai Chen finished eating the little rice left in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, thought about it carefully, then shrugged and replied: "Maybe, but no matter what you do, Nothing can stop me, and you know this best."

"..."

Faced with his rebuttal, Chengjian Future was speechless for a while.

She didn't want Bai Chen to become a Pokémon trainer. In order to break his dream, she could even put him in an environment where everyone was blaming him, but even so he still made that decision.

If I had changed my approach a little bit, would it have resulted in a different ending?

She guessed it should be difficult.

"I'm stuffed."

Bai Chen didn't say anything more, but got up and walked towards the second floor. After noticing his mother's strange expression, he couldn't help but hummed lightly in a mocking tone, and then said:

"Maybe you also have unspeakable difficulties, but the things you have done will not disappear because of this. It is already the limit for me to sit here and eat together. If it is not someone's request, I am afraid I will not come back Bar."

Bai Chen knew that his mother was a smart person at heart, and she must understand everything he said.

"In addition, although I used to refute your actions and words quite fiercely, but now I will no longer do such things. I will firmly remember the memories in Raven City. I will definitely go to the end of the path I choose, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

Bai Chen pursed his lips, after all, he didn't speak too harshly.

Perhaps it was to give the so-called family affection a little buffer, or perhaps it was because of the lonely figure in the sunset again.

"I'll be back occasionally."

After leaving such a sentence at the end, Bai Chen disappeared into the living room.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was still dead and heavy, Bai Xu looked around and didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere, after all, these were the things he was least good at, and things he couldn't get involved in.

After Bai Chen left here, Chengjian Future didn't say much, just ate quietly, but in the eyes of Ma Li, her movements were so stiff and sad, her trembling nose seemed to be telling There are certain feelings, but these feelings cannot be expressed by her after all.

......

"call......"

After returning to the room, Bai Chen dropped his backpack on the ground, and fell on the bed without saying a word.

"In the future, what are we going to do..."

Looking at the familiar ceiling, Bai Chen felt a little confused about the future.

What he wanted, he didn't get it until he became a Pokémon master, and I'm afraid it won't be possible to get it in the future.

In this case, does he have any new goals?Nor does it seem.

Just like what Kamizlei said, in a sense, he opened a coffee shop and master house in Random Town just to escape reality and give himself something to do, but Bai Chen doesn’t hate it if he insists. that kind of life.

Working in the coffee shop, chatting with the guests, listening to their jokes.

Working in the master house, I was entrusted by others to go to various places to help out.

This kind of life is not bad, but it will feel empty and boring when there is no business occasionally. What Kamizlei said is not wrong at all. He is still a person who can't be idle, even if he keeps complaining verbally He is unwilling to work, but as long as he sees any trouble, he will still take the initiative to help.

Whether it was the Rockets back then, or the Hunter Organization not long ago.

As long as he meets him, he can't just sit back and watch.

"Mary still needs a chance..."

Lying on the bed, Bai Chen began to arrange in his mind the things that he needed to solve urgently.

The most important of these is the issue of Marie. Although she said that Marie needs more growth when she lost to Arti, but compared to technical and strength growth, what she needs is psychological growth.

Just like the first time she collided head-on with a legendary Pokémon, Marie also needed a chance to face a real powerful enemy.

"Alas... It's a pity that the Rockets have collapsed, otherwise there will be a way."

In the contract he made with Sakagi back then, although the Rockets still exist, they are just an empty shell. Its biggest role now is to deter hidden lawbreakers in the Kanto region.

"But it's almost time to go find Sakagi... It's really troublesome..."

Recalling the content of the contract, Bai Chen couldn't help but sighed again. Going to the Kanto region was almost on the agenda, so it seemed that he was quite busy now.

"As for the rest, it's..."

Bai Chen got up, unzipped the backpack, and took out a box.

"Sherabi..."

Bai Chen's gaze was locked on the miracle seed in the box, and he couldn't help muttering.

......

391 Departure and Tribute

In the early morning of the next day, when it was still daylight, Bai Chen had already packed his luggage and stood at the door of the house waiting for Mary to come out.

"Ha~~ I'm really sleepy..."

Bai Chen rubbed the corners of his eyes tiredly. Last night because he thought about a lot of things, he fell asleep very late. Even if the sleep time last night was added up, it probably only lasted three hours.

"Compared to what I had when I traveled before..."

Bai Chen complained like this.

If it was in the past, he would not have paid attention to this level of fatigue at all, but now it is not so easy to adapt to the previous work and rest in the underworld.

"click~"

Just when Bai Chen was thinking this way, the sound of the door opening and closing came from behind him.

"Good morning."

Ma Li was carrying her bag and tiptoed out to say good morning to Bai Chen.

"Well, good morning." Bai Chen responded simply. "Did you sleep well last night? Don't be exhausted later."

Bai Chen thought of his own situation, so he asked this question.

"Well... I slept well..."

Mary tilted her head and said so.

"But is this really good? Just walk away quietly like a thief..."

Although Ma Li already knew a lot about Bai Chen's family, she was still a little uncomfortable with this situation. After all, if this was placed in her home and she just left without saying goodbye, her brother would definitely be on the bed I cried for a long time.

"If you want to say goodbye, you don't need to be so early in the morning..." Bai Chen shrugged and said, "Besides, it's not a bad farewell. I left a note in the room anyway. They see As for more things...let's talk about it when I come back later, I'm not in the mood to talk to them now."

Bai Chen's gaze turned towards the direction of Lei Wen Gymnasium, and his words seemed to point slightly, but Mary who didn't know what Bai Chen experienced yesterday would naturally not be able to guess.

"Well....."

Mary pouted her lips and groaned, seemingly puzzled.

But as long as the matter is related to Bai Chen, there are too many things she doesn't understand, and she doesn't care about such one or two things anymore.

"Then where are we going next? Teacher Bai Chen, you said before that there are other places you want to go?"

"Ah~ Thank you for remembering."

Bai Chen nodded in agreement with Mary's statement, then he put on the baggy backpack again, turned around and said:

"We're going to the pier in the west, take a boat at the port, then go to Screw Mountain, and take the cable car to the Tower of Paradise on Route 7."

"Tower of Heaven?!"

Mary's body trembled unconsciously.

"That place...is not the same as the Lost Tower..."

"Well, it's the place where dead Pokémon are buried."

Bai Chen didn't play around with it, just nodded his head very easily.

"Well......"

Now it's Mary's turn to start troubles. Although she has already experienced the Lost Tower, and she has subdued the Eye of the Soul in the Lost Tower, but the previous luck does not mean that she likes to go to that kind of gloomy place. , compared to those places, she still prefers to spend a few more laps in the commercial street.

"Did you receive another commission... are you going to help there..."

Recalling the reason why they went to the Lost Tower before, Mary guessed again.

"No, not this time, how can my business be so extensive~"

Bai Chen smiled and denied Ma Li's thoughts, then raised his head to look at the still dark night sky, the corners of his mouth curled up with a bit of sadness and helplessness.

"I just went there to pay homage."

......

On the second floor, in a room without lights.

Chengjian Future looked at Bai Chen's leaving back by the moonlight and the light passing through the roadside.

There is a strong sadness in her eyes.

"Still, can't you..."

This is already the first time she has said such words, but she will only say such words to herself in private. In front of her son, she will never put on a weak posture .

"Next time...could it be another year..."

The words that Bai Chen said to herself before leaving are still engraved in her mind until now. From then on, she already knew that her son would leave alone early this morning, just like before.

But at that time he left at six o'clock, and today it seems to be half an hour earlier than before...

"One step too late..."

The loss and sadness that flashed in her eyes was already her normal state. During the nine years that Bai Chen left home alone, she would show this expression almost every night.

"Really, there is no way to stop it, right...if it's you..."

She showed an ugly smile, walked to the bedside, and opened the top drawer. Inside was a family portrait.

The surface of the photo looks brand new, but judging from the content of the photo, it should have been taken a long time ago, at least ten years have passed since now, after all, Bai Chen in the photo is just The appearance of a child, the face looks very immature.

And the future and Bai Xu squatting next to Bai Chen still reveal the heroic spirit left over from their youth, which is completely different from the present.

"but......"

With a bitter expression, Chengjian Future caressed this photo that he had seen countless times, and whispered softly:

"Even if that's my selfishness, I don't want you to be like this... Obviously, you just need to be an ordinary person, not a trainer, let alone a Pokémon master..."

Cheng Jianfu pursed his lips, and leaned against the wall weakly.

"It's just that, now it seems that he is really...really completely different from you..."

"Of course, and it's not just that. It is said that children's personalities are often opposite to those of their parents. It is precisely because the child sees many factors that make him feel dissatisfied in his parents, so he silently swears in his heart that he must not become such an adult."

Although Bai Xu lying on the bed no longer wanted to pretend to be asleep, he still didn't open his eyes, but said to himself:

"It's better to say that if he really made the same choice as me, he would be really cowardly... Now he is very strong. Although his choice is not in your favor, I am very satisfied. "

"Anyway, in his eyes, you and I are the same."

Chengjian Future seemed to be mocking himself, and Bai Xu again, but what followed was a soft sigh after all.

She put the photo back in the drawer, but her gaze was still looking through the window in the direction Bai Chen left.

......

392 A Simple Mountain Town

The northern part of the Hezhong area is similar to the Sinnoh area. In winter, there will be an extremely cold season. Large areas of ice and snow will cover the ground and vegetation along the way, adding a new color to the originally vibrant mountain forest.

However, it is not deep winter in the current world, and there is no white snow, but you can feel a slight frost on the ground under your feet and the vegetation along the way.

"It's like a comparison between Random Town and Tianguan Mountain...It's so warm in Raven City..."

"That can't be helped, who can't let the sea breeze blow here... This is already the west side of the mountain range..."

After explaining in this way, Bai Chen also felt a little chill, pulled up his coat, and shrank his body.

It was already the third day after leaving Raven City. According to the plan, he should have arrived at this location yesterday, but who would have thought that the cable car leading to the mountain would break down?