The next day, Chen Kai met Ye Gai.
Ye Gai rubbed his waist, looking exhausted: "Meetings are truly torment. Sitting for over 20 hours, my body feels like it's rusted."
Bai Yuchun leaned over and asked mischievously, "Teacher, what exactly happened? There are so many rumors flying around outside, and none of them are accurate."
Ye Gai said, "What else? The former Dragon-type Gym in Kyoto was beaten half to death."
"I already knew that," Bai Yuchun waved her hand and said, "Tell me something more exciting."
Ye Gai thought for a moment and said, "Exciting? The person who beat him is a Master of Ice-type Pokemon. His Delibird is at least Master level. Note, at least!"
"Isn't that...?" Bai Yuchun asked nervously.
Ye Gai nodded: "Yes, some people suspect he might have provoked a Legendary Pokemon."
Bai Yuchun guessed wildly, "Could it be Lord Suicune! No, it's our nation's guardian Legendary Pokemon, it shouldn't be. Then did Articuno transform into a Delibird? Teacher, do you think that's possible?"
Ye Gai shrugged: "I don't know. Anyway, Elite Bai Zhuo confirmed it wasn't Suicune. As for whether it was Articuno, that's unknown."
Uh, Chen Kai didn't expect that people in Dragon Country would think it was Suicune or Articuno who made the move.
Chen Kai recently learned online that some Legendary Pokemon on Blue Star exist in multiple numbers, which is slightly different from the games, and might be closer to the anime worldview.
For example, Suicune: After the first one was revived by Ho-Oh, it gave birth to offspring over a long period. Internally, they only refer to the original one as Suicune; the others have different names, but Blue Star people collectively call them Suicune.
Chen Kai estimated that the one a certain Gouhao caught in the anime was also one of Suicune's offspring, not the original body.
However, Pokemon like Ho-Oh exist as a single individual. In the legends of Blue Star, they can be injured, but they are immortal and indestructible.
The true Suicune, Entei, Raikou, and Ho-Oh haven't appeared for many years.
Dragon Country forged an alliance with Suicune, Entei, and Raikou and their descendant groups. They help Dragon Country when necessary, and Dragon Country has designated a large area as a Pokemon sanctuary, serving as their territory, not to be disturbed without cause.
Although they are only Suicune's offspring, they also possess Master-level (level 90+) combat power. Some individuals can even infinitely approach the original Suicune's combat power and can control natural laws!
However, Iron Bundle is already Master level, plus Tera, making it seem like a Legendary Pokemon, which is not surprising.
Ye Gai continued, "The main thing is, that existence with Master-level combat power seems to be commanded by someone! That person was also completely invisible throughout. His invisibility is incredibly powerful, without any flaws; no one saw his figure.
However, based on the footprints left at the scene, it can be roughly determined that the trainer is about 180 cm tall, wearing athletic shoes, similar to the brand Xiao Chen is wearing. Therefore, it's judged that their age isn't too old, likely under 35.
Now, the entire city is searching for this mysterious trainer."
Oh my god! Chen Kai's heart jumped!
It seems he'll have to wear shoe covers next time, and he'll have to destroy the shoes on his feet tonight when he gets back.
Bai Yuchun said enviously, "It's so nice to have a Legendary Pokemon accompanying you at such a young age!
Do you think it's possible that a Lord Suicune, seeing how smart, cute, and beautiful I am, came to Kyoto for a trip these past few days and suddenly wanted me to be its trainer?"
"Absolutely impossible," Chen Kai immediately said.
"There's something even more exciting that none of us expected! You absolutely won't guess it," Ye Gai said mysteriously, "That Gym Leader Bai Ling was in contact with a spy!"
"Ah!" Both Bai Yuchun and Chen Kai thought they had misheard.
Ye Gai then slowly explained, "This is why the Bai Family's warehouse was burglarized a few days ago!
Didn't the police catch a spy who infiltrated the Bai Family? And this time, Bai Ling was planning to kill to silence him!
He just happened to be caught red-handed by that mysterious Ice-type trainer. This is why the Kyoto police's intention is to search for that trainer, not to apprehend him.
Then, in the evening, Elite Bai Zhuo will hold a press conference. He will apologize then and promise that the Bai Family will leave the Kyoto Secret Realm, turning control over to the official authorities."
The string of words was so explosive that Chen Kai and Bai Yuchun didn't know how to react.
Chen Kai thought to himself: It seems I accidentally hit the mark and even eliminated a traitor for Dragon Country?
"Sigh! But one spy still escaped, which makes things troublesome for the remaining 17 Gym Leaders. We'll have to help search in Kyoto these next few days, and then later we'll have to cooperate with the Four Heavenly Kings for a nationwide search.
It seems we won't have peace recently. I mainly came to tell you about this today. Tell Xiao Lu and Xiao Sun and the others that you don't need to go to the Botanical Garden often these days; you can train on your own."
"Alright."
However, Chen Kai still did his basic training today and didn't leave until the afternoon.
In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun cast a dim yellow veil over the old residential area. The mottled walls appeared even more weathered in the light and shadow, with clear traces of time.
The trees in the neighborhood swayed their branches and leaves, making rustling sounds as if telling stories of the past. On the narrow roads, scattered pedestrians hurried by, leaving lonely silhouettes.
Chen Kai still came to his grandfather's house. When he roughly told his grandfather what Teacher Ye Gai had said, his grandfather only commented, "Serves him right."
There were no other words.
But when it was time for the news conference in the evening, his grandfather still sat in front of the TV on time.
When he heard Bai Zhuo genuinely say that the Bai Family would leave the Kyoto Secret Realm and that the members of the Bai Family Main House would disperse across the country, his grandfather quietly went out to smoke.
His grandmother and uncle were also watching TV nearby. His grandmother sighed, "This was the old man's aspiration and pursuit since he was young, and it just disappeared so suddenly."
His uncle said with emotion, "For the people of the Main House to disperse across the country basically means the Bai Family is dissolved.
But it's also good. The aristocratic family system is pedantic, with a bunch of eighty- and ninety-year-old old men making the decisions, making it difficult to cultivate any talent.
Out of the 18 Gym Leaders in Kyoto, 17 are from ordinary families, some were even very poor before becoming Gym Leaders.
Among Dragon Country's Four Heavenly Kings, 3 are also from ordinary commoner families.
Alas, some old, outdated things will eventually change and disappear one day."
Afterward, his grandmother, grandfather, and uncle asked Chen Kai if he wanted to stay in Kyoto for school.
But Chen Kai insisted that he would return to Sichuan Province.
Although Kyoto had many friends, family, and teachers, he had only been in Kyoto for a few days, and the money he earned from selling berries in Dazhou was mostly spent. He even had to use Huabei to pay for his return flight to Sichuan Province.
If he didn't go back to pick berries soon, how would he maintain his life!