“Hmm?! Elite Four Trainer qualification or above?!”
Yi Shu’s aunt flipped through the contents of the qualification report. Zhang Heng stood curiously beside Aunt Ou, also looking at the report.
Yi Shu’s aunt looked up at the staff member and asked, “Are you sure this qualification report isn’t mistaken?!”
The Miss from the Research Institute shook her head and said, “Tianwang Ou, you are aware of the authoritative level of the Water-type Wilderness Area Research Institute; there’s no way it could be wrong.”
Meanwhile, Yi Shu was receiving the Pokémon egg’s thermostatic incubator from the staff member, holding it in her arms, and looking at her aunt with a proud expression.
In fact, although Yi Shu’s aunt did not have the right to choose, as a Water-type Elite, she often went to the Water-type Wilderness Area for rotations.
She had been keeping an eye on the Quasi-Champion Pokémon egg of that Lapras in the incubation area, wanting to bring it back to her family and use some high-level items to raise Lapras’s qualification to Elite Four.
Zhang Heng also timely gave Tianwang Ou a way out, as he couldn’t contradict an elder’s prestige, saying, “Aunt Ou, let me ask you a question: why does the qualification report only contain information about the qualification, but cannot detect the type of Pokémon inside the Pokémon egg?”
“Xiao Heng, you don’t know this, but qualification testing uses different elemental energies projected onto the Pokémon egg, and then determines its qualification through the data ripples feedback from the Pokémon egg. It’s not like using penetrating detection equipment such as X-rays or MRI to probe the situation inside the egg.”
Zhang Heng had a look of sudden realization, saying, “Oh, so that’s how it is. Aunt Ou, your knowledge is truly vast!”
Tianwang Ou, having regained her elder’s prestige, turned to Yi Shu and said, “Alright, Yi Shu, now that everything in the Wilderness Area is settled, we should return home.”
“Okay, Aunt, I’ll go settle the fees for the thermostatic incubator and nutrient solution first, then pack my things, and we can leave.” She turned and walked towards the elevator.
At this moment, Uncle Luo also spoke: “Xiao Heng, we have rested here for half a day. There are only three days until your father’s Champion Challenge, so let’s go home early to prepare. Then we’ll all go to Central China together.”
“Okay, Uncle Luo, I don’t have anything on me, so I can leave at any time. We can go once Qi Shu arrives.”
After a while, Qi Shu and Yi Shu emerged from the elevator, each carrying their travel bags.
Yi Shu walked directly to Zhang Heng, pulled out an exquisite pen from her shoulder travel bag, and gave it to Zhang Heng.
“Qi Shu told me you obtained an ite. This pen is specially made from the steel of Aggron. The notch at the top can perfectly embed an ite. Consider it a return gift for the Dive Ball and for accompanying me to choose the Pokémon egg.”
Zhang Heng reached out and took it, but besides the 999 Dive Balls from the system mall, he had nothing to give back to Yi Shu. As for Dark Z and Water Z, she didn’t need them either.
However, Qi Shu pulled out two giant leaves, like palms, from her bag.
She said, “Sister Yi Shu, these are the leaves from the palm of a Quasi-Champion Shiftry on Lake Heart Island. We defeated it. You’ve been looking for ingredients to make powerful herbs and simulated herbs, and this will work perfectly.”
“Thank you, Qi Shu, you’ve really helped a lot. This customer’s order has been waiting for a long time.”
Yi Shu’s aunt urged, “We can go now, Yi Shu.”
“Yi Shu, have a safe trip. Let’s go to Central China together to watch the challenge match then.”
“Okay. Bye bye.”
Boom~ A white light flashed, and a pink Mudkip appeared on Zhang Heng’s shoulder, waving its tender pink little hand, bidding farewell to Yi Shu.
“Glaragla~”
Ou Yuhua, as a Water-type Elite Trainer, immediately became interested when she saw the Shinny Mudkip. She asked, “Xiao Heng, is this the Shinny Mudkip you chose in the Wilderness Area?”
Zhang Heng nodded and said, “Yes, Aunt Ou, what’s wrong?”
“Both you and Yi Shu are very lucky. It makes me somewhat look forward to what kind of Pokémon is in Yi Shu’s Pokémon egg.”
Ou Yuhua then looked at Zhang Heng seriously and asked, “Xiao Heng, if you want to become a Water-type Trainer, would you like to become my disciple?”
At this moment, Uncle Luo, who had been watching the show, became uneasy and immediately looked nervously at Tianwang Ou.
“Hey, hey, hey, who said Xiao Heng wants to be your disciple? Don’t just suddenly pull this stunt, okay? Even if he becomes a Water-type Trainer, it won’t be your turn to be his master.”
“If he doesn’t become my disciple, then whose disciple will he be? Aren’t you Rock Trainers just people who squat on the ground all day playing with Rocks? Immature.”
“What? Want to fight?”
Ou Yuhua disdainfully said, “It’s always fighting, fighting, fighting. I’m too lazy to bother with you.”
She turned back to Zhang Heng and continued, “You can ask me any questions about Water-type Pokémon. Of course, you can become my disciple anytime.”
“Thank you, Aunt Ou. Once I decide my future path, I will certainly seek your guidance.”
After bidding farewell, Yi Shu and Ou Yuhua both boarded the special car sent by Ou Corporation; they were heading to Yangcheng in the west.
Meanwhile, Uncle Luo, leading Zhang Heng and Qi Shu, was heading back to Feng City in the direct east. Each embarked on their journey home.
………
In the night~
At this moment, a police vehicle was leading the way, followed by a transport vehicle carrying international criminals. At the very rear of the convoy was a young man riding a Pokémon—Rapidash—which was light yellow all over, with blazing fiery manes from its head and tail, and a single horn on its head.
In this convoy, both vehicles were equipped with a driver and two police officers. Inside the transport vehicle were two dark-skinned East Asian faces, Liziji and Li Gusi; they were being escorted to Goose City Prison.
In the police car leading the way, a young police officer asked the older, middle-aged police officer next to him, “Old Zhao, you mean with just us, we can actually escort international criminals?”
The man named Old Zhao replied, “Indeed, all the Elite Four Trainers have been dispatched to the coastline to guard against counterattacks from foreign spies and bandits. However, the Fire-type Celestial King Cheng who is following us is a disciple of Li Guanjun.”
“What? He’s actually one of Li Guanjun’s disciples, but with only him as an accompanying Elite Four Trainer, I’m a bit unsure.”
“Alright, alright, quickly shut your crow…”
Before he finished speaking, the police car in front suddenly jolted. The driver said in horror, “The… the ground has collapsed. Is there a castle in front?!”
As the driver screamed in terror, the two police officers looked out the car window and saw a two-meter-high, orange-yellow castle-shaped Pokémon appearing in the center of the collapsed ground…