After the plane smoothly landed on the Sinnoh continent, Xiao Zhi, with steady steps, walked out of the cabin with Aipom and Pikachu, officially setting foot on this familiar continent.
“Mmm~~”
Xiao Zhi almost greedily took a deep breath of the air here, then spread his arms and shouted, “Sinnoh Region! I’m here!!”
“Pika~!”
“O~ki!”
People near the airport looked at Xiao Zhi with a sense of “this is youth.”
Aipom and Pikachu excitedly responded to Xiao Zhi’s surging emotions at this moment.
After all, it’s natural to feel excited when stepping onto a brand new, unknown land.
Being able to openly express one’s thoughts in such a situation is also something to be envied.
“Let’s go! Let’s become the strongest together!”
“Pika~!”
“O~ki!”
Pikachu and Aipom didn’t think much about what Xiao Zhi’s words meant; in their eyes, Xiao Zhi seemed to just be normally announcing his dream.
But how far he was from his dream still depended on how much he gained on this continent.
However, Pikachu, standing on Xiao Zhi’s shoulder, noticed when Xiao Zhi said these words that his expression seemed different from when he went to Chengdu and Hoenn Region.
His overall demeanor also seemed to have changed... should it be said he was more mature and steady?
Although Xiao Zhi’s first impression when he said these words was just confidence, Xiao Zhi had always been this confident.
He was unwavering in his dream of becoming a Pokemon Master, so Pikachu didn’t think too much about this aspect.
“But before that...”
Xiao Zhi turned to look at Aipom, and under its fearful gaze, Xiao Zhi picked it up and then snatched the hat from Aipom’s head, putting it on his own.
“I still need to deal with your business first. By the way, when did you sneak into my backpack? And how could you remain undetected by me and Pikachu... Wait?! So that means the things in my backpack...”
Xiao Zhi suddenly realized that things seemed to be different from what he had thought.
So he immediately placed Aipom and Pikachu on the ground and opened his backpack.
Sure enough, because Aipom had to get in, the clothes and some food in the backpack had also been messed up by it.
He just didn’t know when it had done all this; it must have been before getting on the plane, right?
But why wasn’t this guy detected by security in the backpack? Or did the security personnel simply think it wasn’t unusual to have a Pokémon in a backpack?
“Thanks to you, I have to buy all these daily necessities again... Seriously, if you wanted to come with me so badly, why didn’t you just say so? Why hide like this?”
Xiao Zhi complained, but Aipom’s expression didn’t seem to think it had done anything wrong.
In short, it had an attitude of “I’m sorry, I was wrong, I’ll do it again next time.” Xiao Zhi didn’t know what to say about this devil-may-care attitude and could only let it be for now.
“O~KIKI~!”
Seeing that Xiao Zhi didn’t mean to blame it, Aipom immediately became lively again.
After Xiao Zhi packed his things and stood up, it jumped back onto Xiao Zhi’s head, then snatched Xiao Zhi’s signature hat again and put it on its own head.
Seriously, why does Aipom like this hat so much?
Xiao Zhi was a bit helpless with Aipom’s actions, but after all, it had really been “a long time no see,” so Xiao Zhi wouldn’t argue with Aipom about anything, as long as it was happy...
Just like the choice it made back then...
Thinking of this, Xiao Zhi still felt some regret.
Not just Aipom, but also Pidgeot, Primeape, Butterfree, Larvitar, and Lapras...
Actually, if he could, Xiao Zhi would of course hope that they could always stay by his side, following him and moving forward towards becoming the strongest.
But there are always so many helpless situations in the world; Butterfree found its true love.
Lapras returned to its tribe.
Larvitar returned to its mother’s side.
Xiao Zhi was quite relieved that they could find their own homes and return to their original tribes.
But for situations like Aipom and Primeape, Xiao Zhi still felt somewhat unwilling...
And Pidgeot’s situation was special; he hoped that when he returned next time, the Pidgey and Pidgeotto it led would have found a new leader.
“By the way, is there a Pokémon Center nearby...? I still need to get your pokeball first; you two can’t just stand on my shoulders all the time.”
“OKI!”
Aipom still showed no sign of remorse; it truly seemed to believe it could stay out all the time. Perhaps he should teach it the harsh realities of society after getting its pokeball back.
Xiao Zhi sighed softly and didn’t linger in place, instead walking towards the area near the airport with a map.
After this period of adjustment, Xiao Zhi’s mindset had also changed.
Although he didn’t know why he had transmigrated back, nor if he would suddenly transmigrate back again in the future, since he had returned to the past, what he had to do was simple, and still only one thing—
That was to become a Pokemon Master!
Compared to past regrets and future regrets, Xiao Zhi was more concerned about past regrets...
This time, he didn’t intend to lose to Shinji and them again, nor did he intend to end his Sinnoh journey by falling in the top four.
Since he had obtained such a rare and valuable opportunity to start over, he had to do his best...
For him, the most valuable thing about starting over was his memories and experience from many years.
Compared to the training plans from his fully matured period, the current Xiao Zhi still had many shortcomings in terms of Pokémon training.
As long as he can properly identify and fix these shortcomings, he believes he can force out and defeat all of his Pokémon in the competition, rather than just being able to see Darkrai and Latios.
By the way, are that person’s remaining Pokémon also Legendary Pokémon? Could it be that only the first two are Legendary Pokémon? That would be too disappointing...
With all sorts of expectations for the future, Xiao Zhi finally embarked on his brand new journey.
However, immersed in his fantasy, he didn’t notice a Meowth-shaped hot air balloon slowly flying behind him in the distant sky.
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