I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

After all, it is a hotel, so there is no need to knock on the door politely first, and the door will be opened with a light push.

Unlike the shabby appearance of the hotel, Bai Chen felt a burst of warmth as soon as he opened the door.

Although it was daytime, the location of this hotel was not that good, most of the sunlight was blocked by the mountain peaks, so when he was outside, Bai Chen would still feel cold even though he was wearing such heavy clothes.

But the moment I entered the hostel, the coldness disappeared as if it had never appeared before.

The orange-red warm light illuminates the originally dark environment, and the entire hostel is covered by air-conditioning and heating, which is not quite the same as the appearance. At least from the feeling of the entrance to the guests, this hostel is definitely qualified.

"Abo..."

Not only Baichen, but even Absolu was distracted for a moment and let out an unbelievable cry.

Not only that……

At this moment, Bai Chen's gaze was attracted by the counter at the entrance again.

A small "please use" sign was placed in front of the counter, and behind the sign was a pot of warm water with disposable cups beside it.In addition, there are quite a few towels hanging on the wall behind. There is a basin of hot water under the towels, and I stretched out my hand to feel it. It must have been changed not long ago.

"Welcome, may I have one?"

Just when Bai Chen was a little dazed by the environment, a gentle female voice pulled him back to reality.

Looking in the direction of the voice, it was a middle-aged woman who spoke. Although the years had carved many marks on her face, this did not hide her gentle temperament at all.

"Ah...Sorry, I'm not here to check in, but I just want to ask you something."

In such an atmosphere, Bai Chen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he said that he didn't come to check in... How should I put it... There is always a feeling of ignoring the efforts of others, right?But there is no way to do this, after all, finding someone must be more important than things here.

On the other side, after listening to Bai Chen's words, the woman who looked like the proprietress first showed a doubtful expression, but then smiled relievedly, her attitude didn't turn cold just because Bai Chen didn't plan to move in, Instead, he continued to entertain him in, saying:

"No matter what, after staying in such a snowy mountain for so long, you will feel cold. Let's drink a cup of hot tea to warm up your body first. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. If I know something, I will tell you. "

"Ah...um...thanks..."

What the proprietress said made Bai Chen stunned again for a moment, but after seeing the other party turning sideways to signal him to go in, Bai Chen didn't continue to hesitate. Instead, he glanced at Absolu and asked him to wipe himself with the cloth from the entrance. He went in with it behind his feet.

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"Please use."

"Thank you."

In the lounge closest to the entrance, the proprietress handed Bai Chen a cup of hot tea. Bai Chen took a sip of the tea and felt that his whole body became warmer. The slightly anxious mood before had calmed down now. Quite a lot.

"I saw that your expression just now seemed very serious. What happened? If you have any questions, please don't hesitate. As long as I know something, I will definitely answer you."

Seeing that Bai Chen's expression became calm, the proprietress asked slowly, her expression full of doubts.

Did I look serious just now?

Bai Chen couldn't help thinking in his heart.

When he looked at Absolu with consulting eyes, he saw that the other party closed his eyes and nodded tacitly, as if acquiescing.

"..."

After being confirmed by Absolu, Bai Chen realized that he might have acted a little out of control before. After coughing a few times in embarrassment to ease the embarrassment, he asked a little embarrassedly. road:

"Since this is the case, I will ask directly... May I ask the proprietress, do you still remember... There was a couple who stayed here a few days ago? They seem to have won a tourist ticket for Tianguan Mountain."

"Ah, you mean... Ms. stepson and Mr. Taichi? Of course I remember this, because for a long time in the middle, my son was acting as an agent to run the hotel. During that time, the hotel's various services It was all screwed up and when I chose to come back and rebuild the hotel I just met the stepson lady and her husband and learned that her experience of staying here didn't seem to be that great so of course I remember them and have them in my heart Always apologized for that.”

When the proprietress said this, her smile was somewhat helpless, but Bai Chen suddenly realized when he heard this, no wonder the situation of the hotel he saw seemed to be different from what his stepson and aunt saw. It turned out that it was when the stepson and aunt left The hotel has undergone refurbishment work.

However, it seems that the repair work may not be completely over yet. After all, the hotel is actually quite dilapidated from the appearance alone. At least Bai Chen thinks that such an appearance cannot be the first choice for tourists to stay.

"In that case..." Following what the proprietress said, Bai Chen continued to ask, "Do you know what Mr. Taichi did after he left the hotel?"

Although it is said that intelligence must be collected first, Bai Chen does not have much hope for the success rate of information collection, because there are so many people coming and going in the tourist area of ​​Tianguan Mountain every day, how can he remember it alone? What's next for a person?To be honest, Bai Chen was slightly pleasantly surprised when the proprietress knew the names of her stepson and Tai Chi.

But even if this information is difficult to collect, Bai Chen has to bite the bullet and do it. If there is no information at all, the northern foot of Tianguan Mountain alone is enough for him to search for several weeks.

Bai Chen's expectations for this were relatively low, but what the proprietress said next made him overjoyed.

"Hmm...Mr. Taichi? Although I don't know exactly where he went, but he came back here a few days ago and bought some water and food with me...After that, he was in his own I seem to have heard what a village looks like in my own words? So I think Mr. Taichi may have gone to the primitive village on the mountainside of Tianguan Mountain, right?"

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021 Tianguan Mountain Village, the Curse of the Mountain God?

The original village of Tianguan Mountain... Really troublesome...

Looking at the map in his hand, Bai Chen couldn't help sighing in his heart.

There are more than 15 original villages marked on the map, and many of them have not been recorded. If Mr. Taichi really went to those places, I might have to ask the first one The people in the village took themselves to other villages to find him.

But even though Bai Chen thought so, he didn't really believe this statement in his heart. After all, his stepson and aunt also said that Mr. Taichi decided to stay in Tianguan Mountain after seeing some Pokémon. Observe the stronghold of the unknown Pokémon, but in fact, it is impossible to live in those villages for a long time. To achieve detailed observation, it is necessary to go deep into the snow-capped mountains.

And when it comes to Mr. Taichi, Bai Chen is even less convinced that he will choose to stay more comfortably in the village to observe Pokémon.

To investigate the most real living environment of Pokémon, researchers must be inseparable from lurking in the wild for on-the-spot observations, but such observations are often accompanied by certain dangers. For example, Dr. To the attack of the coyote dog, it finally led to the situation of hanging on the tree and being unable to get off...

Of course, being chased by coyote dogs can be said to be the mildest situation, and Mr. Taichi may go a little too far in many cases...

Although we don't meet many times, Bai Chen often hears from his stepson and aunt about some dangerous things Mr. Taichi has done, such as lurking beside the circle bear who takes care of the children... and in the underground mine Dong used a flash to shoot Bosco Dora who was resting and so on.

To be honest, even Bai Chen himself would not dare to do these actions casually, because the risks involved are indeed very high. Even if he owns an extremely powerful Pokémon like the Monarch Snake, wild Pokmon who are in a state of rage No one can guess what kind of fighting power he will show. If he fails, he may be seen in the hospital.

"Oh... I hope I didn't go too far... Otherwise, it would really take a lot of time to find it... I hope Mr. Taichi can be more rational..."

Leading Absolu into the first village, standing on the snow-covered road, Bai Chen couldn't help muttering to himself, but when he finished saying this, even he himself could not bear it. I couldn't help smiling.

After all, a "researcher" who wants to be as crazy as Mr. Taichi becomes more rational when facing the Pokémon he is interested in, which seems a bit whimsical from any angle.

"Then, hurry up and ask the villagers here..."

While thinking this way, Bai Chen stretched out his hand towards the door of the first house, and was about to knock on it, when a voice came from behind him.

"Excuse me, do you have anything to do with the village chief?"

"?"

Hearing the unexpected voice of questioning, Bai Chen turned his head slowly. An old man who seemed to be over sixty years old came from behind. He was wearing a thick cotton coat, which seemed to be unable to drive away the cold. He also wears a velvet hat and a pair of knitted gloves on his upper body and hands.

So this is the home of the village chief?

"..." Looking at the old man's appearance, he should be a resident here. After hearing what the other person asked, Bai Chen was silent for a moment, and couldn't help thinking this way in his heart, but after reacting, he immediately responded: "Hi, my name is Bai Chen. I'm here to find someone, my... um... acquaintance. He came to Tianguan Mountain for a trip before, but he hasn't been home for a long time since then, and he hasn't Any news, so I was very worried about him, so I came to look for it."

Bai Chen didn't tell the old man in front of him completely truthful. On the one hand, it was unnecessary, and on the other hand, it was too troublesome.

"Looking for someone..."

The old man standing in front of Bai Chen nodded slightly, his squinted eyes seemed to say that he was thinking about something, but just when Bai Chen was about to continue asking, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had made a big decision Determined to speak:

"I probably know why you are here. I should have some information you want to know. Come in first, don't catch a cold."

The old man arched his back, slowly squeezed past Bai Chen step by step, walked up the steps, stood at the door, put his hand into his pocket, took out a key and inserted it into the doorknob.

Bai Chen: "..."

So you are the village chief...

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"Come on, drink some hot water to warm up first."

As soon as he entered the room, before Bai Chen could open his mouth, the old man let him sit down first, then went straight to the kitchen and took out a cup, took a full cup of hot water, came out and handed it to Bai Chen. Chen.

"Ah...thank, thank you..."

The moment he saw the hot water, the corners of Bai Chen's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Did I come out to drink water today...

Although Bai Chen complained so much in his heart, he would not refuse out of politeness. Instead, he thanked him, raised his glass and drank less than half of it.

"Abo..."

On the other side, Absolu, who was sitting quietly in the entrance, couldn't help but let out a groan when he saw Bai Chen's appearance, but in the next second, he continued to lie down and wait for Bai Chen's arrival. The end of the conversation.

Seeing Bai Chen put down the glass that was nearly half full of water, the old man nodded kindly. At this moment, he seemed to have found the time to take off his heavy coat, hat and gloves, and put them aside hanger.

"Is the person you are looking for called Tai Chi?"

"!?"

At first, he thought that the information that the village chief in front of him knew was only information about strange travelers, and Bai Chen was already prepared for a long-term struggle, but when he suddenly heard from the village chief that Mr. Taichi After the name, a sense of surprise suddenly rushed into my heart, only to hear Bai Chen quickly reply:

"Yes! That's him! Do you know where he went?!"

The information was obtained too quickly, not only Bai Chen was pleasantly surprised, even Absol who had been lying at the door before could not help but opened his eyes and looked at the old man, waiting for his next words.

"Of course I know." The village chief shook his head, his tone slightly low. Although Bai Chen couldn't see it, the old man was full of hesitation and regret at the moment, and told Bai the secret hidden in his heart. Chen, said:

"The man named Taichi was cursed by the mountain god."

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022 Farewell, Search in the Mountains, Breakthrough in the Woods

Cursed by a mountain god?

After hearing what the village chief said, Bai Chen's face instantly became serious.

But of course, Bai Chen wouldn't believe in the so-called mountain god legends. If nothing else happened, the mountain god in the villagers' mouths should be the wild Pokémon that ruled the primitive area above the mountainside area of ​​Tianguan Mountain.

It is not uncommon for wild Pokémon to be regarded as mountain gods. Because they live in primitive tribes that are divorced from modern life, the villagers' acceptance of new things and their interpretation of some unknown things are still at the limit. past.

People living in the mountains will regard some Pokmon as mountain gods, and people living in river and ocean basins will regard some Pokémon as water gods.These are also because those wild Pokémon will deliberately hide themselves to avoid being discovered by humans, and the reason why they are called a certain god and are respected by people in primitive areas is usually because those Pokmon secretly helped humans.

"The curse of the mountain god you mentioned..." After thinking for a while, Bai Chen didn't explain anything to the village chief, but continued to ask according to his understanding: "What exactly is it? Why did Mr. Chi offend the mountain god?"

Compared with the true identity of the mountain god, this is what Bai Chen needs to know most now.

If it is said that Mr. Taichi has not been able to come back, and he does not even have the opportunity to send a message with his mobile phone, it is basically certain that he is restricted by that Pokémon, but the only thing that is not known now is Mr. Taichi's understanding of that Pokémon. What's up baby, if it's taken too far...

When Bai Chen thought of this, he couldn't help turning his eyes away, and happened to meet Absolu's eyes, and the eyes of both sides seemed to be saying the same sentence:

That's dangerous, right?

The village chief on the other side naturally didn't know what Bai Chen was thinking right now, so the village chief could only shake his head at his question, and said helplessly:

"I don't know what he did, but when he left the village and was about to go up the mountain to look for the trail of the mountain god, I had already reminded him not to go too deep, otherwise if the mountain god was angry, no one would be able to save him."

When the village chief talked about this, he sighed again, opened his cloudy eyes, and stared at Bai Chen calmly. His eyes seemed to be talking about something, but they always gave people an attitude of indifference, and said: :

"I have lived in this village all my life, and our village has always been blessed by the mountain god. Logically speaking, I shouldn't have said so much to you people who try to spy on the mountain god, but anyway, I don't want you outsiders What happened on this mountain, otherwise it would be an insult to Tianguan Mountain, so please find him and take him away, this is my reward for providing you with information."

After saying this, the old man lost his eyes again, got up, picked up his cup of tea and left the hall, opened a door inside and walked in, and there was no more movement. I plan to have more exchanges with Bai Chen.

Bai Chen: "..."

Absol: "..."

One person and one pet stared at each other for a long time, unable to say a word, facing the completely different attitude of the village chief, they couldn't find a suitable word to describe it for a while, and Bai Chen could only let out a sigh after holding back for a long time. Drink the hot water in the cup in one gulp.

After getting up, tidying up his clothes, Bai Chen came to the entrance and called Absolu.

"Thank you for your hospitality and information, I will complete what you asked, then goodbye~"

"Abo..."

Following behind Bai Chen, Absolu also imitated the same way and called softly into the house, and then the two stepped on the snow one after another, and disappeared into the village after a while, heading towards the village. Go to a higher altitude.

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The weather on the mountain is always changing. When I was at the village chief’s house just a moment ago, it was still sunny outside. Unexpectedly, after walking out of the village for more than half an hour, dark clouds have already filled the sky, covering all the sunlight. In the next second, snowflakes fell from the sky, and the temperature in the mountains seemed to be much lower.

"It's so cold..."

Countless snowflakes fell on his bare face, Bai Chen couldn't help shivering a few times, complaining so much.

He doesn't like the cold, and of course he doesn't like the heat. If possible, he hopes to have a gentle and cool early spring all year round. Unfortunately, this can only be a dream for him who lives in the Sinnoh area, but the climate in Random Town is also It can be regarded as meeting 7% of his needs, and it is still a good place to live in comparison.

Even if he didn't want to, Bai Chen had to take out his hands hidden in his pockets, took out the map in the side pocket of his backpack, and looked at it carefully.

"The current location should have completely deviated from the village... If you guessed correctly, if you continue to walk in this direction, there should be some gains."

Although Bai Chen's sense of direction is not very good, he still can't make mistakes in the most basic thing, east, west, north, south, on the snow-capped mountains without any shelter, let alone with the help of Absolu.

Generally speaking, in the snow-capped mountains, there is no specific location for wild Pokémon to live. As long as there is a cave, it can become a place for some Pokmon to live, but places like caves are generally powerful. Only Pokémon are eligible to live in, so apart from caves, the rest of the places where Pokémon may live is in...

"There is."

After crossing a small steep slope, Bai Chen looked at the scenery in front of him and said so.

"Abo..."