My name is Yusa Shintaro, I am ten years old and a new trainer from Joban City.
I was born in an ordinary family with ordinary parents. I started my journey as a trainer in an ordinary way on January 1st this year. Now I am living an ordinary study life in a not-so-ordinary college.
Not long ago, a beautiful dream appeared in my life - sorry, I don't mean that I haven't come back to my senses after so long, I just think it is more appropriate to say it this way.
The senior I admire the most invited me to join his team.
It would be too early to say "dreams come true", and "satisfied" would be too lacking in motivation. but I know--
From now on, I no longer have to worry about being alone.
[July 30, 1000, 8:11 a.m., white area on land and air]
"Wow..." Shintaro looked at the fire in the video and couldn't help but exclaimed, "It looks really dangerous."
"Are you watching the video of Valley of Fire?" An orange head came over from the side.
Shintaro was so shocked that he fell backwards, "Nana-san!? When did you come..."
"One minute ago." One of the team members, Yoshikawa Nana, sat down next to Shintaro and sighed, "There have been so many chaos related to mythical beasts recently. The news is coming one after another, and my intelligence box is about to burst. ”
"I've also seen that live video." Squad leader Fousuke, who arrived earlier than Shintaro, shook his head. He was obviously frightened by the horror shown in the picture. "It's great that there were no casualties like the 'Red Lotus Disaster'." .”
"Speaking of this!" Nana excitedly spun the ballpoint pen in her hand when talking about such topics, "The flame bird in the video has an overwhelming advantage in the battle, and the people of the flame have almost no power to fight back - even so, Miraculously, no one was killed in this war, and there were only a few serious injuries. Why this happened is still a mystery. There have been countless speculations on the GT forum, among which the most supporters..."
Reserve reporter Nana's tirade barely stopped until all members of the team arrived. Seeing that she looked unhappy, Shintaro leaned over and whispered, "I'm very interested in this matter, let's talk more about it after the mission is over." The orange-haired girl became happy.
It's summer vacation now, so it stands to reason that everyone doesn't need to show up at school - indeed, several people have left Konglu to go home and rest. What brought them together was an order from the supreme leader of the Guanghui Society, Xingyu Baiye.
The news of their formation of the team somehow reached the top leaders - the founder of the team system expressed great interest in this. After checking the results of the team's independent training during the holidays, he issued the first mission to the newly minted team.
The young people who had not yet experienced the novelty of forming a team readily accepted Bai Ye's instructions. They excitedly gathered at the entrance of the white area a few hours in advance, and then set off together to the business hall to collect their mission materials.
After experiencing the fierce battle in the Quartz League player village, everyone habitually understood the team task as a mass fight. It was not until they got the paper documents that they discovered that their first task was different from what they imagined.
"Work in groups of two, and as inspectors...complete four scheduled inspections?"
The brown-haired boy was confused when he read it, and even suspected that he had accidentally picked up the wrong document. He looked at Kazuhiko for help——
Then he saw the senior he admired most also had a row of question marks on his face.
Seeing this, the brains of the senior group—Hitoko Inoue, who apparently understood the document—answered everyone's doubts in a timely manner. Excluding strange words such as "detector" and "timing detection", the content of the task is actually very easy to understand.
——Four groups of people go to different locations to find four "mission targets" and engage in Pokémon battles with him/her.
"Could it be that this is a different kind of entrance exam?" Feng Jie, who was surprisingly imaginative and thought-provoked, contrary to his calm appearance, said thoughtfully, "We are going to serve as examiners to test the strength of those who apply for Guanghui Academy—— That’s why the four mission targets are all children under the age of ten.”
The squad leader's statement had almost no basis and was completely a wild guess. He was immediately criticized by the reserve reporter Nana who followed the principle of seeking truth from facts.
The eight young people argued lively for a while, and finally returned to the topic and decided on the grouping method for this mission.
Since the team's running-in time has not been long, they did not challenge the high-risk draw, but were divided into groups entirely on their own volition. Nana was the first to raise her hand and asked to team up with Kamijou Naruya - Shintaro knew that she made this choice to collect information about this dangerous senior who "beats Kazuhiko together when he is angry", but he still felt sorry for his good partner. Breaking into a cold sweat. The purple-furred hedgehog didn't seem to be bothered to pick his teammates, and nodded perfunctorily in response.
Later, Hitoko proposed to team up with Chinatsu, apparently with the intention of taking care of the introverted and fearful school girl. Fuusuke chose Yuji Fukaya, who almost gave Shintaro a psychological shadow, as his teammate - the Greyhound player who once made the entire Quartz League "frightened" seems to have a good relationship with the squad leader, and I don't know when they became friends. When Shintaro saw Fusuke smiling for the first time and asking Yuji to help him carry a can of oolong tea, he was stunned like a stone sculpture.
And that guy Yuji really agreed!
With such a "foreground summary" as a foreshadowing, when Fousuke accepted the commission of captain Kazuhiko to invite Yuji to join the team, and after three days of stalking, everyone finally got his wish. No one had the energy to be surprised.
In any case, after several rounds of ups and downs in heart rate, Shintaro was still very satisfied with the final result of the grouping - he got his wish and became a temporary teammate with his senior guide, Kazuhiko Takeuchi.
The detection targets were scattered all over Kanto, and the mission was time-limited. The newly-minted young team did not waste time chatting anymore, and soon set off separately to go to the location of their mission targets.
Kazuhiko and Shintaro's goal is a small town built on the mountains in the north of Kanto. They all have Pokémon that can ride and fly, and they also passed the pilot license test during the holidays, so it didn't take them too long to get there.
When the daylight moved overhead, the two Pokémon landed on the dark gray mountain road carrying the trainer.
[July 30, 1000, 12:30 noon, small town on the mountainside]
"Introduce yourself first, and then...invite the other person to lunch?"
Shintaro muttered as he recited the overly detailed task process in the document, barely writing down the entire dialogue line by line. He felt like the question marks in his mind were already rising to the sky.
Let's fight, why do we have to have a meal first? and……
"Kazuhiko-senpai..." the brown-haired boy said hesitantly, "Are we really not going to be regarded as child trafficking criminals..."
The red-haired senior finally did not reply with a question mark, but pointed to the words in the document, "I guess this task is not as simple as we thought. The process requires us to declare that we are 'detection' as soon as we see the task target. member' - if the target of the mission understands the hidden meaning behind this identity, then our lunch invitation may not be offensive to her."
"So that's it." Shintaro suddenly realized, "And as inspectors, we know nothing about the specific information of the mission. Maybe it means that we are participating in a 'double-blind experiment'?"
Kazuhiko was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly and replied firmly: "Yes, Xiaozhen, what you said makes sense."
I saw Shintaro, whose senior's face was filled with the words "what's blind, what's blind": "..."
Senior guide, if you don’t manage your image, your character will collapse...
The location marked in the document was a medium-sized training house in the west of the city. Their "mission target" seemed to be working as a helper at the training house during the summer vacation to earn some pocket money.
After greeting the boss, the two teenagers walked into the garden of the breeding house and saw the person they were looking for at a glance.
With her back to the entrance, standing among the flowers, was a slender girl. She was wearing a white dress and a straw hat, and her long snow-like hair was hanging down, fluttering in the breeze together with the petals, making the colors of the entire garden clear and pure.
Shintaro was accidentally dazzled by the flying petals, and for a moment he thought he saw an elf in the flowers. Fortunately, reality has not strayed far away. When the child turns around, what is revealed is just an ordinary face, which has nothing to do with the imaginary creature.
"Hello." The girl put down the duck watering can in her hand and, as a staff member of the breeding house, bowed to the guests in a polite manner. "Do you need any help?"
Shintaro was a little dazed by the serious tone of this child who looked to be seven or eight years old at most. And Kazuhiko had already taken a step forward, showing a friendly smile that was very "big brother next door", "Hello, sister Tokiyaga. My name is Takeuchi Kazuhiko, and this is Yusa Shintaro——"
The girl whose surname was "Tokiyaga" opened her eyes slightly and listened carefully. She seemed to be in no hurry to ask the two strangers in front of her why they knew her name.
"The two of us serve as inspectors for the 1000th year of the Elven Calendar and will assist you in regular inspections." Kazuhiko said the dialogue specified in the task process intact.
The girl listened quietly to Kazuhiko's words. Her expression did not change, she still wore a shallow "staff business" smile and bowed slightly to the two people in front of her.
"Thank you both for coming all the way. Thank you for your hard work. I will fully cooperate with you."
Everything from then on went smoothly.
The girl happily accepted Kazuhiko's invitation to have lunch together. The three of them chatted and ate in a relaxed and gentle atmosphere. Shintaro has always liked children, and he would chatter endlessly to make them happy. However, he always felt slightly strange when talking to this "mission target".
It's like... there are some seemingly ordinary things that have changed beyond recognition.
As a result, the boy was distracted many times. It was not until lunch was over and the battle was about to begin that he woke up as if from a dream - and burst into tears in his heart.
He felt that his behavior just now was too rude. He didn't initiate the conversation or actively join the conversation. He might even have missed the little girl's conversation. It was as if he didn't want to talk to her. Tons of guilt weighed him down so much that he was pushed onto the battlefield without even hearing what Kazuhiko said.
The young girl stood opposite and bowed to her opponent sternly. Shintaro quickly returned the bow three times as much. His action was so exaggerated that the girl blinked her eyes in surprise, as if she was amused.
The battle began, and Shintaro sent out the Water Arrow Turtle - of course he didn't mean to bully the little ones and beat them up. His guidance battle is not proficient enough, and letting his strongest partner play makes it easier to safely let go.
Across the field, a child also took out his only Poke Ball.
The Pokémon that emerged from the light had wings like ice and snow, the same color as the girl's white hair. It landed gently on the owner's head. From a distance, it looked like the girl was wearing a straw hat decorated with butterflies.
It was a pink butterfly with ice and snow patterns.
The beautiful butterfly Pokémon looked slender and fragile, and Shintaro told himself several times, "Don't strike too hard." However, the battle ended sooner than anyone expected.
The brown-haired boy looked at the Blastoise who was asleep after inhaling excessive sleeping powder and could hardly believe his eyes. He and Kazuhiko, who was equally surprised, looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
The pure white Pink Butterfly is not incredibly strong, and is even significantly weaker than the Water Arrow Turtle in terms of strength. But the master's command - to be precise, the speed at which the master issued the command was too incredible.
Every command arrived exactly when the Water Arrow Turtle showed signs of making a move. It was quick and absolutely correct, as if the preparatory trainer was an experienced veteran and didn't need any time to think when making simple judgments.
There is no doubt that this is a characteristic of high-speed combat - Shintaro is no stranger to this, having just seen it with his own eyes in the Quartz League a while ago.
It's just...a seven-year-old girl who mastered the high-speed battle without any mistakes?
Shintaro's mind suddenly flashed across the face of Abel Winfried, the youngest first-class investigator in history, and he thought he had witnessed the emergence of another miraculous genius. Kazuhiko has completely restrained his irrelevant thoughts, and his expression has become solemn.
He decided to regard the short boy opposite him as his real opponent, and set out on the battlefield with the fire beast with the most serious attitude.
Five minutes later, the battle ended.
Kazuhiko almost tried his best, but in the end he just wanted to smile bitterly when he saw Cai Pink Butterfly fall down, and he couldn't get excited at all - the recorder was turned on during the entire mission, and he almost failed miserably in front of Mr. Bai Ye. Hands of primary school students.
The girl didn't seem to think that she had done anything extraordinary, and she still politely thanked the two inspectors.
Kazuhiko and Shintaro still need to submit the video as soon as possible and cannot stay here for a long time. They will soon say goodbye to the girl and the owner of the training house and embark on the journey back. After taking off, Shintaro sat on the back of the toucan and turned to look at the small garden - the girl with white hair and white dress seemed to have picked up the duck watering can again and watered the flowers meticulously.
Then, the figure merged into a cloud of the same color and disappeared.
[July 30, 1000, 14:33 pm, white area on land and air]
Video submission does not require four groups to be submitted together. The first two people to return to Konglu went straight to the White Team, and when they handed in the mission recorder, they met the former chief investigator who was passing by.
"You did a great job. It's not easy to win from them." After listening to Kazuhiko's brief description, Bai Ye smiled.
Shintaro thought about how he was still thinking about how to release the water when he came on the field. As a result, he was beaten all over the ground and almost wanted to crawl into the cracks of the ground. Bai Ye seemed to notice the boy's embarrassment, and changed the subject lightly: "What do you think of your 'mission goal'?"
"She is really strong. And she is also very polite. She will definitely become a great trainer in the future." Shintaro answered seriously, then hesitantly lowered his voice, "It's just..."
"how?"
"Although being polite is a good thing, I think she is too polite... She doesn't look like a child. Instead, she looks like a character in an etiquette video tutorial." Shintaro was still worried about his previous poor performance. I thought to myself three times more, "No matter how precocious the children are, you can't treat them coldly" before saying, "Mr. Bai Ye, is she a relative of yours? I feel like your hair color is a bit similar."
The white-haired investigator narrowed his eyes and showed an impeccable and friendly smile.
"No - it's just a coincidence."
After handing in the mission video, the young people left in a hurry. The former chief investigator returned to his office, stared at the numbers dancing on the computer screen, and fell into deep thought.
Half an hour later, someone knocked on the ajar door.
After receiving permission to enter, the boy with short blue hair pushed the door open and entered. He wears the same style of haori hakama as the young man, and his facial features are also very similar. It's just that the overly serious expression is completely different from that of Xingyu Baiye who always smiles before saying anything, which dilutes the sense of resemblance.
"Father." The young man skipped the pleasantries and said straight to the point, "The results of the first scheduled test have been basically collected. There are five units with abnormal data. They are only slightly deviated and do not need to be recalled."
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Bai Lan." Bai Ye nodded to his son with a smile, "After you have been busy for a while, you can go back and continue traveling. You don't have to worry about this place all the time - if you are too busy, I can still work Leave it all to the falcon."
Young man: "...Father, these are not words that a former prosecutor should say."
Seeing that his son was about to spout a series of sermons on morality and responsibility, the former chief investigator felt his head was as big as a bucket, and he quickly interrupted with a smile, and then the danger was saved.
The young man looked at his father's careless look and felt equally dizzy. He finally persuaded himself to give up arguing with him for the time being.
- At least for today, he should prioritize another issue.
"Father, there is one more thing I want to say."
"You speak."
The young man in a white kimono raised his head. He looked at his father with bright golden eyes and solemnly made a request.
That was the final conclusion reached after careful consideration after countless times of anxiety and struggle, and countless nights of tossing and turning.
"Can you please give me the 'prototype' to take charge of?"
