I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

204 Trust and Commitment

"Sorry, I'm late, Menus."

Bai Chen caressed the other person's head, as if he was afraid that if he accidentally made the other person feel pain.

Menus really felt Bai Chen's apology from the bottom of his heart, but Menus didn't intend to accept Bai Chen's apology, or the Pokmon placed here by Bai Chen would not accept it. .

After all, they understood what happened to Bai Chen at that time, but they also knew that they could not help Bai Chen out of the psychological predicament at that time, so everyone, including Menus, unanimously decided to deal with Bai Chen. The idea of ​​entering into the so-called hermit life.

During this period, they hoped that Bai Chen could call them back and start their previous life again, but day after day, there was no news of Bai Chen, and they had no choice but to use the most stupid The way is to train independently in this backyard.

Although he knew that Bai Chen might not be able to see his own efforts, they had no room to get involved when Bai Chen was most helpless, so he had no choice but to retreat, at least when Bai Chen needed their power again. Hold back, that's all.

More than a year passed in such a blink of an eye, but Bai Chen still had no news. Until more than a month ago, Bodhidharma Baboon and Vulcan Moth were called back by Bai Chen, and then the Crystal Light Fire Spirit followed. But the Bodhidharma baboon was teleported back.

Just these few pieces of information, at least let them who are still in the backyard know about Bai Chen's situation.

Bai Chen, who has no news, has started to need their power in the near future, and apart from the long-haired dog, cool leopard and monarch snake who have been following Bai Chen, the Dharma Baboon who was sent back said that Bai Chen tamed the other A Pokémon.

Although this seems to be just an insignificant piece of information, in their eyes, it is a strong proof that Bai Chen is gradually coming out of the shadows. In addition, the person who came before said that he would help them take pictures and take their photos. Show life to Bai Chen.

One message after another is constantly revealing the situation of Bai Chen's coming in. With anticipation and excitement, the remaining Pokémon who have not been called back by Bai Chen are just waiting for Bai Chen's arrival.

But today, Bai Chen finally stood in front of Menus again.

"Mil~"

Seeing Bai Chen again, although Menus did not show the kind of emotion in the film and television drama as Ma Li imagined, but from the fact that it kept rubbing Bai Chen's head and from time to time issued a comfortable moan from its mouth. Yin Lai can also see how excited Menus is now.

"It seems that it is different from the one I know..."

Now Ma Li is more like an outsider, looking at Menus who keeps being coquettish to Bai Chen, she can't help complaining alone.

Although there are many beautiful Pokémon, the Pokémon Illustrated Book was compiled out of the editor's personal preference, and it seems that Menus was given the title of "the most beautiful Pokémon".

Although there are many people who agree, most of the fans of Menus are not only obsessed with the appearance of Menus, but also because of the elegant and lively temperament of Menus.

But now the Menus who is acting like Bai Chen is acting like a baby... To Ma Li, it looks more like a child's personality. Although Bai Chen's Menus is very good in appearance, it is elegant.. .At least in front of Bai Chen, he didn't show it for the time being.

While Ma Li was observing Menus, on the other side, Menus, who hadn't seen Bai Chen for a long time, seemed to have finally finished acting coquettishly. He reluctantly removed his head from Bai Chen's hand, straightened his body and stood still. Standing quietly in front of Bai Chen, Bai Chen just nodded in approval and said:

"I have seen your hard work. You have worked so hard for so long. I will call you often in the future, so..."

Originally, he planned to promise something with Menus, but he swallowed the words abruptly.

Even though Bai Chen already has some thoughts of returning to his old life at this time, he can only put a question mark on whether such a change can be implemented.

Everything can only be temporarily planned after returning to Leiwen City. Bai Chen, who has already failed once, does not intend to make such unreliable promises to his companions, so now Bai Chen is so hesitant and hesitant. .

"Mil~"

Menus called out to Bai Chen in a brisk voice.

Although Mary, who was a bystander, couldn't understand what Menus was saying, but from its eyes, Mary seemed to understand that it should be comforting Bai Chen.

"Well, I made you worry, that's right, what will happen in the future can only be known in the future... At least what I can promise is that the future will not be the same as the past year."

Bai Chen's tone was full of firmness that cannot be refuted. Although he had already failed once, he was still confused about his future, but he was sure that he would not be as arrogant as before, so arrogant that he could not even see the thoughts of his companions. .

"Mil~"

The clear voice of Menus was still the answer to Bai Chen.

It has never been dissatisfied with Bai Chen, and has never expressed doubts about Bai Chen's decision. Although the past year was indeed lonely, no matter how lonely it was, it was not as lonely as that time alone. There is nothing he can do, but as long as Bai Chen makes a decision from the bottom of his heart, he will unconditionally support it.

Menus' thoughts were unreservedly passed on to Bai Chen, facing his companion's forgiveness for him, Bai Chen also showed a trace of apologetic tenderness in his eyes, and sighed again.

"Well, really... thank you for your understanding..."

What Bai Chen was worried about before didn't seem to happen. He had planned to be reprimanded or even beaten up by them, but he really didn't expect that he would be forgiven just like that...

Bai Chen once again recalled the figures of the few Pokémon left in the backyard of the research institute.

In fact, the Pokmon I have tamed are also very simple-minded and kind-hearted. It seems that they really can't do much about beating people. If I insist, only the Pokmon Bai Chen tamed He still can't understand the mind of a Pokmon so far, and its figure only flashed for a while in the photo sent by Kamizlei, and he doesn't know if that guy will...

Just when Bai Chen was deep in thought, a pink figure flashed across the corner of his eyes, exactly the same as the one in his memory.

"Ok?"

The awakened Bai Chen suddenly made a sound of panic, and before he had time to say anything, the other party suddenly...

205 Is it sluggish or sentimental?

"Hiss...it hurts like hell, that's why I said I don't understand what this guy is thinking..."

Leaving the lake area, Bai Chen pressed his injured back, and said with a bit of resentment in his tone, while beside Bai Chen, Ma Li just smiled wryly and listened quietly to Bai Chen's complaints.

To be honest, everything just happened too suddenly. The atmosphere between Bai Chen and Menus was pretty good one second ago, but I didn't expect Bai Chen to be bombarded by another Pokémon of his the next second. One punch, as for the one who is the culprit......

Now he was walking behind the two of them with Menus, and Bai Chen turned his head to look at it from time to time along the way, as if he was afraid that it would be emotionally unstable and kill him again.

When Bai Chen was beaten up by Fatty, fortunately, Menus reacted and pulled the two of them away, otherwise Bai Chen might have to lie there for a while.

"Ya~do~"

The Pokémon that attacked Bai Chen looked dumbfounded, and was bitten by a huge crustacean on its tail. Just looking at its expression, most people would think that it was not thinking about anything, but it is said that many Pokémon scholars think that This Pokémon is a manifestation of great wisdom and stupidity. Although it looks dumb, it knows everything.

Hippo, a carefree, peace-loving Pokémon.

After being pulled away by Menus, the dumb hippo that attacked Bai Chen also fell into a situation of not knowing anything again.He tilted his head, looked at Bai Chen with dull eyes, didn't say anything, just followed closely behind him all the way, when Bai Chen left, it left, and when Bai Chen stopped It also stopped.

"Let me tell you, Hippo, your anger should be gone by now..."

To other Pokémon, Bai Chen still knew what attitude he should show, but the hippopotamus...,

There is really no way, it has always had an expression, and it can't be seen through at all. It turned out to be the same when traveling with it. It has always been calm, but it has a strong feeling about its likes and dislikes. Emotion, if you want to use one word to describe it——

Do it your own way?

For the time being, Bai Chen couldn't think of a better word to describe his dumb hippopotamus.

"Ya~do~"

The tone of the dumb hippo still sounded dumb, and he couldn't get any information from it at all. Even if Bai Chen turned his head and hoped to understand its mood at the moment from its expression, he could only learn from the eternal In the sluggishness, he returned bitterly.

"Even though she looks so sluggish, her mood changes very quickly."

Mary slowed down her pace, observing the Hippo from the side, and she couldn't help sighing after seeing the opposite character with completely different expressions.

"Although it is called a dumb hippo, it is not dumb... On the contrary, it is probably the smartest Pokmon I have tamed."

Bai Chen didn't have any intention of attacking Hippo after seeing him, and he finally calmed down after judging that the other party's mood had improved, and explained this to Ma Li.

Speaking of which, the Slowly Beast family is really a magical family. In several stages of its evolution, the Slowly Beast and the Slowly Hippopotamus are recognized as the Slowly Pokémon, especially the Slowly Beast. They like to use Tail fishing usually lasts for a whole day. Even if the tail is bitten by a fish, you may not be able to react for more than ten minutes, but if it takes more than ten minutes, most of the fish will have already run away.

If you want to describe the slow beast in one sentence, it's a bit like——Human food addiction?

However, it is completely different from Silly Beast and Silly Hippo, another evolutionary branch of it, the Hippo King, has a completely different performance from them. After evolving into the Hippo Queen, its description in the illustrated book has become "King Pokémon", Even the major Pokémon doctors commented that the Hippo King has amazing wisdom and inspiration.

In ancient times, the Hippo King was even the sacrifice of many important ceremonies. From this point, we can also see what the status of the Hippo King is in people's hearts.

"By the way, I don't seem to see your training figure in the photos sent by Kamizlei. Have you been leisurely like the Monarch Snake this year..."

"Ya~do~?"

Before Bai Chen could finish his sentence, he saw the dumb hippo raised his fist, the fist exuded a dazzling white light, and stared at Bai Chen with dull eyes.

"...I'm sorry, I can't, I can't."

In front of the dull beast, Bai Chen has no dignity at all. After all, it is different from other Pokémon. It was Bai Chen who was a trainer.

"Ya~do~"

After Bai Chen admitted his mistake, Dull Beast finally put down its fully charged fist, and continued to walk behind Bai Chen with its hands drooping.

Seemingly seeing Bai Chen's doubts, Menus on the side answered Bai Chen's question instead of Dumbbeast.

"Mil~"

With a good-natured smile on his face, Menus pointed to the location of the previous lake with the tip of his tail. From its movements, Bai Chen probably understood that the slow-witted beast has also been training this year, but it is different from other Pokémon. It should be training silently alone, without teaming up with other companions.

However, this behavior of Silly Beast is also in line with its character. After it evolved from Silly Beast to Silly Hippo, it already has a feeling of being alone, let alone the Pokmon who are traveling with it. The original Silly Hippo He rarely communicated with Bai Chen, and other than fighting, he couldn't see its joys, anger, sorrows and joys at all, so Bai Chen didn't worry too much about it at that time.

But did even Hippo train hard this year...

Thinking of this, Bai Chen was both relieved and heartbroken.

Even Hippo, who is so indifferent to everything during the trip, is waiting for his return, but in the process, his mentality may change more than other Pokmon, right?Even though it looks indifferent and dull, its heart may be more sentimental than anyone else.

The four of Bai Chen and his party just strolled quietly in the forest, heading deeper into the backyard of the research institute.

And at this moment, a shadow floated in the air, and after seeing Bai Chen's figure, it seemed to want to land, but I don't know if it thought of something, its figure froze for a moment Then he turned around and flew towards the deeper part of the forest, which is the direction that Bai Chen and others were heading.

......

206 Fetters, a more special power?

"Hey, although this is not the first time, but no matter how many times I come here, I still feel that the area of ​​this backyard is really big..."

After walking for a long time, but Bai Chen and the others were still wandering around in the forest area, Bai Chen couldn't help but say this.

Although Bai Chen used to be able to walk for a whole day when he was traveling, but after resting for more than a year, he felt a little tired even after walking such a long distance. After talking with Si, it became like this. Obviously, I didn’t feel so tired when I went to lead the winter camp before.

It would be great if there is a Pokémon ball, you can fly over directly with Mary on the Vulcan Moth...

Thinking that Menus and their Pokémon balls were still at Dr. Yew's side, Bai Chen couldn't help wondering whether his choice of stepping in first was right, and whether he would have waited for Dr. Yew's return. better?Maybe if Dr. Yew was by his side, he could save himself a beating.

Similar to Bai Chen's thoughts at this time, Ma Li on the side couldn't help complaining like this.

"The area is so large, and there are so many Pokémon inside, it's really not easy to take care of it."

It's not the first time that Mary has mentioned taking care of Pokémon, but this time she seems to feel a lot more about it after walking so much in person.

Bai Chen agrees with Ma Li's emotion.

"It's just that there are special tools for the breeders, and they also put the food in the designated location regularly and quantitatively for the Pokmon inside to get it by themselves. After all, this is not in the wild, and the Pokmon inside will not die due to lack of food. In such an environment, this method is the most efficient."

"I see......"

I saw Ma Li nodded seriously, and then took out a notebook and a pen from her bosom. She didn't know what was written on it. By the way, it was the first time Bai Chen saw this notebook. Li has already turned to the middle position, and it seems that a lot of things are recorded on it.

With such curious thoughts, Bai Chen then asked:

"Have you carried this notebook with you for a long time?"

"Huh? It's not that long.. I used to keep my notebook in my room before, but this time I have to go out, so I took it with me." Ma Li answered so simply at first, and then seemed Seeing Bai Chen's doubts, he continued to add: "Every time after the actual combat training, I will record what you said, Teacher Bai Chen, and then recall it before going to bed."

"Is that so? Really working hard..."

Bai Chen sighed with emotion, but he was not surprised. After all, Ma Li gave him the impression that she was a top student. After each battle, the criticism he made to her was basically never seen again in the subsequent battles. No more, plus Marie herself has a talent for Pokémon battles.

Talent and diligence are the most important reasons why Bai Chen promised her to be an excellent Pokémon trainer when she was in the winter camp. What Ma Li lacks now is exactly what she thought before. It's just the experience accumulated from constant battles.

And this trip to Hezhong, Bai Chen's purpose is not only to go back to Leiwen City, but also to let Mary experience the feeling of traveling in advance, so Bai Chen plans to travel from Luzi Town to The entire section of the road to Raven City is solved by walking.

And Qibao City, Sanyao City, and Feiyun City...

Bai Chen conceived this route in his mind, among which the three cities to pass through all had gymnasiums officially established by the alliance. If possible, Bai Chen also planned to let Ma Li go to the gymnasium for a battle. There are also three Pokmon on the Internet, which is enough to meet the requirements of most gymnasium battles.

As for Raven Gym...

If the battle is just based on the standard of a normal challenger, Ma Li should have no problem, but Bai Chen always feels that if he really lets Ma Li and Kamizlei have a gym duel, Kamizlei will not be able to fight. Showing all her strength... Such a high-intensity battle is not necessary for the current Marie, unless Marie can defeat all eight arenas with her own strength after returning to the Galar region .

Bai Chen's thoughts drifted a little far away, maybe the atmosphere at the scene fell into silence again, so Ma Li took the initiative to speak up, trying to find some topics to talk about.

"By the way, in the photos sent by Ms. Kamizlei last time, are all the Pokmon that Mr. Bai Chen owns?"

"Huh? Ah... except for the three who have been with me and Absolu, that's all. After all, I don't have the habit of taming too many Pokmon, and I don't tame them casually." , but for various reasons, I first subdued them after the so-called fetters had formed between them."

Speaking of this, Bai Chen's eyes revealed a different kind of tenderness, he turned his head to look at Menus and Dai Hippo, and said:

"If it weren't for the deep bond between each other, Dai Hippo and Menus wouldn't have reacted like that after seeing me."

Bai Chen smiled wryly.

Thinking about it this way, this is a bit of a contradiction. On the one hand, a deep enough bond can make the relationship between each other closer, which is of course a good thing for trainers and Pokémon.

But on the other hand, only for Bai Chen, such fetters have caused his blind arrogance and self-righteousness for a long time. He always feels that he has understood them enough, so he will do the initial seclusion or escape without authorization. Behavior, he didn't wake up until Kamizlei came to Random Town.

but......

The next moment, the gloom in Bai Chen's eyes suddenly disappeared, and he was completely at ease just now when he was beaten up by the dumb hippo. Although it hurts, it also shows that he is still cared about by the Pokémon , it's better to be beaten up like this than to be ignored by them?

If his Pokmon who came back this time were unwilling to talk to him, then things would be really bad.

"In short, deepening the bond with Pokémon is a compulsory course for every trainer. If the bond between each other is deep enough, maybe you can get more special powers."