northernbook Chapter 40 News of Rayquaza, and the long-absent Gyarados!
Chapter 40 News of Rayquaza, and the long-absent Gyarados!
"Motor Lizard is unable to fight; the victor is Li Luochen! Congratulations to him on advancing to the semifinals!"
The battle was fleeting.
"Not bad, you lasted four moves. You are the strongest Donghuang college student I have ever seen."
Before leaving the battlefield, Li Luochen gave Shi Wen a thumbs up.
"That's great! Dad, Mom, Sister, elders! Did you see that? I held out against Li Luochen for four moves! I haven't given up these past few days!"
Shi Wen was engrossed in his own self-indulgence.
"You damned bastard! Why aren't you catching up with Li Luochen yet! You only lasted four moves and you still have the nerve to boast about it? I think you're just trying to eat Seven Wolves!"
Mr. Shi's authoritative and angry voice rang out.
He remained in the live chat position the whole time, and felt ashamed of his son's performance.
How could such a good family like the Shi family produce such a descendant?
"Okay, I'll be going now."
……
……
In the capital city of Donghuang, the Shi family lived.
Inside a courtyard house within the Third Ring Road, Shi Wen's father, Shi Donghai, who is also the current head of the Shi family, tapped the table, his eyes filled with helplessness towards his son.
Shi Donghai looked at the girl sitting upright on the sofa and said in an unquestionable manner:
"Tongtong, I've arranged for you to take leave from school for the next two months. Your brother seems unreliable, so seize every opportunity to get that person's attention."
"Father, wasn't it always in the capital? Why is it in Rongcheng in the south this year? I remember that was always someone else's territory, wasn't it?"
The girl's name was Shi Xintong. Her long golden hair was tied into pigtails. She had a pure and charming appearance, looking like a porcelain doll.
She was raised as an heir from a young age, and now her strength is close to that of a dojo master, making her a unique figure among her peers.
"Recently, many outstanding talents have emerged. Looking at the world, this generation has produced many legendary players."
"The wind is about to change. Rongcheng has been a blessed land since ancient times. I think there must be a trainer who is capable of leading a region and is just beginning to emerge."
Even if it doesn't favor you, it's still good to know some people with great fortune.
Shi Donghai didn't seem to give Shi Xintong a direct answer, but he did give her one.
It all depends on whether Shi Xintong can understand the meaning behind the words.
"Father, are you referring to someone with great fortune? But I've investigated, and there aren't any retired elite soldiers, young miracle doctors who came down from the mountains, incredibly capable men who are willing to be useless live-in sons-in-law, or young men who came back from abroad to work as bodyguards."
Shi Xintong's delicate face furrowed, somewhat confused as to why Shi Donghai wanted her to go to Rongcheng.
"..."
Shi Donghai sensed that the Shi family was hopeless.
Is Heaven determined to destroy the Shi family?!
Bitter!
……
……
"Brother Luo Chen! Wait for me! I have something I want to tell you!"
Shi Wen seemed simple-minded, and he followed Li Luochen wherever he went.
Just as Li Luochen took the phone from Mingyi, he heard a call coming from behind him.
"What's up, bro? What do you want to tell me?"
Li Luochen was willing to chat a bit more with this young master from the capital who had taken four moves to finally fall.
As for what to talk about.
It depends on Shi Wen's topic.
"Excuse me, may I speak to you privately for a moment?"
Shi Wen glanced at the people around him; they were all outsiders.
The term "outsiders" here refers specifically to other regions, not other cities.
What he's about to say is quite important, and even if someone wanted to listen in, only locals from the Donghuang region could hear it.
Foreigners?
just forget it.
"Okay, let's go."
Li Luochen nodded, clasped his hands in greeting to everyone, and then walked with Shi Wen to a relatively secluded spot.
There was no one there, and it was in a blind spot of the surveillance cameras.
"Brother Luo Chen, this was told to me by someone from my family. No matter what you hear next, don't get agitated."
"Okay, I'm professionally trained, and I won't get excited no matter how shocked I am."
Li Luochen nodded slightly, indicating that he was ready.
He wanted to hear what Shi Wen would say.
"Our nation's legendary Pokémon, Rayquaza, will be descending upon Rongcheng this year! Trainers chosen by Rayquaza will receive the League's full support!"
The Raikōza in the Eastern Huang region is a different color Raikōza.
It comes once every ten years.
In the past, it and Ho-Oh would arrive at the same time but in different places.
But this year is different.
This year, Rayquaza will arrive in Fukuoka along with Ho-Oh.
As for when it will arrive, that remains to be seen.
Everything is unknown; we only know the general outline.
"The dragon and phoenix bring good fortune; this is a sign that someone with great destiny is about to appear."
Li Luochen rested his chin on his hand and looked at Shi Wen: "Why did you tell me something so important? Shouldn't the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better?"
This kind of information is shared within large families.
Li Luochen's family cannot be considered a large or prominent one.
If Li's father was a Champion-level trainer during his lifetime, then he could definitely be considered from a prominent family.
Although the Yu Long family, to which Li's mother belonged, had a powerful figure like Yu Longdu, he was an outsider and could not be counted as part of the family.
"Brother Luo Chen, do you think I can work for you? I'll just help out occasionally, and I'll even give you a friend's allowance every month!"
Shi Wen scratched his head sheepishly.
"Well... let's forget about it."
Li Luochen sighed helplessly, patted Shi Wen on the shoulder, and said slowly, "I still prefer to treat people equally. If there are opportunities for cooperation in the future, of course, no problem."
After saying this, Li Luochen left.
Shi Wen stood still, exhaling a breath of stale air, as if muttering to himself: "A person who has attracted much attention, possessing the ability to crush contemporary geniuses, and even fight against opponents of higher levels... Hmm, he should be the target."
"Everything I've done is for the sake of the Donghuang region and for the glory of my family. Playing dumb? Hmph, that's just the path I came from."
Beside the gate not far away.
Li Luochen closed his eyes to rest, and when he opened them again, the azure light surrounding him dissipated.
[Host, it seems like someone's after you!]
"I know that I possess the power of wave guidance, so I can still distinguish between good and evil."
[His acting was so convincing during the fight, his acting skills were superb!]
"Oh, that's his pure vegetable."
[Oh, the misunderstanding is cleared up.]
"However, those two Pokémon are just ordinary."
What does this mean?
"Useless idiot, you don't even understand this? You're really disgracing the system."
I play Vishdel (｡•﹃•｡)
"..."
……
Fuzhou, Fujian Rongdao Temple.
After the quarterfinals of the exchange tournament concluded, Li Luochen returned to the Minrong Martial Arts Academy alone.
He strolled to the riverbank and gazed quietly at the rushing water before him.
The river surface shimmered in the twilight, its waters flowing ceaselessly eastward, eventually merging into the distant ocean.
"What are you thinking about?"
Cattleya teleported to Li Luochen's side, saw him staring blankly at Jiang Liu, and reached out to poke his cheek.
"Things aren't going well in Fuzhou today."
Li Luochen raised his hand, and suddenly a whirlpool appeared on the river in front of him.
"Roar!"
A roar echoed across the Minjiang River, and a Pokémon as large as a carp streamer emerged from the whirlpool.
Its head has blue-green horns, and it has a "宏"-shaped deck on its back. It has a pair of blue whiskers growing on either side of its blood-red mouth.
At this moment, this "fierce" Pokémon is looking down at Li Luochen.
"Long time no see, Gyarados."