Pokémon: Encounter

"Brother Nan! You said you actually met Thunder God in Sakura? Is that true?!"

"Hey, hey, hey, can you please keep your voice down? You're going to deafen my ears."

Nan Fang scratched his ears and moved a little further away from Fang Nuo again.

"Are you serious about taking a half step back? Such a small movement can cause so much damage!"

Fang Nuo hugged himself tightly with both hands and squeezed out a tear from the corner of his eyes with great difficulty.

"Oh, you still have to act like a gentleman."

"There were other people around that time. I'm warning you not to make any noise, or I won't tell you anything in the future."

"Hey! Brother Nan! How long have we known each other? Do you think I'm that kind of person? Who do you think I'm looking down on? Tell me what interesting things happened back then!"

Fang Nuo kept pestering him, so Nan Fang had to slowly tell him the story of the love-hate relationship between Lei Gong and Zeraora.

"Hey, why are there always some bad guys? Be it the bounty hunters or the previous Team Rocket, what are they thinking about all day long?"

"The boundaries between right and wrong in the world are not absolute, and some things can be considered from different perspectives."

"It's like selling things on the street. The boss raises the price to support his family with a few pieces of silver, but do customers deserve to pay more? Or if customers always buy things at cost price, then how can the boss support his family?"

Fang Nan and Bai Ruoruo walked in front of the two of them and spoke without turning their heads.

"I know, sister. I'm not a child. I'm just complaining to my heart's content. If it weren't for Brother Nan at the end of that incident on the island, we don't know how much suffering we would have had to endure in the end."

"Hmph, good to know. But having said that, instead of being curious about their adventures, it's better to shift the focus back to what we should focus on."

"For example, first it was Suicune, then Raikou, and now Entei."

"Don't you think this is intriguing?"

Fang Nan blinked his eyes that seemed to see through everything, turned around and looked at Nan Fang and said.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you, but I really wanted to tell you now."

As he spoke, Nan Fang took out a feather that was shining with a faint rainbow light from his bosom.

"This is it!!! No wonder, Brother Nan, no wonder you didn't let me go out and make it public, it turns out it's because of this~ Well, it is indeed a treasure, no matter how you look at it, it is indeed not suitable to be made public."

"What are you thinking about?" Nan Fang rolled his eyes at Fang Nuo. "I just find it troublesome."

"Look at those people up there, they look so eager to recruit talented people. If they knew about this, they would annoy me to death every day!"

"If you're worried about the Pokémon getting hurt, just say so. No one here will laugh at you." Bai Ruoruo said from the side.

"Yes."

Fang Nan deeply agreed.

"But seriously, if you really meet Entei, will you really meet Ho-oh afterwards?"

"I don't know." Nan Fang put away his feathers and shook his head. "There's no way to avoid it, so I can only take it one step at a time."

In fact, Nan Fang’s feelings about this matter should be almost certain.

He actually had a premonition that something very important was waiting for him ahead.

Maybe, after meeting the Phoenix King, I will know everything.

"Since it's such an important matter, you actually don't have to tell us." Fang Nan slowed down but did not look back.

"Well, this incident is a bit too strange. I'm afraid something unexpected will happen. I need help."

"that's it?"

"Well, ahem, plus you are people I can completely trust, so the chances of winning are even higher."

"Humph, it's really not easy to get you to be frank~"

After hearing a fairly satisfactory answer, Fang Nan smoothed her long black hair which had been tied into a ponytail, and strode forward holding Bai Ruoruo's hand.

"Whoo~~~"

Nan Fang breathed a sigh of relief and ignored Fang Nuo who kept making eyes at him.

Time goes back to yesterday.

"Okay, I took it."

"Thank you very much. Then please ask Comrade Nan Fang to stay for a while, and the rest of you can adjourn the meeting."

The clattering of tables, chairs and benches was heard, and soon the middle-aged man and Nan Fang were the only two people left in the hall.

"First, let me introduce myself. My name is Zhang Jiuxing."

"Currently serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Alliance." Zhang Jiuxing extended his hand.

"Hello, Minister Zhang. I'm Nan Fang, an ordinary citizen." Nan Fang replied, shaking the other's hand.

"You're too modest. Now that we're alone, let's take it easy. Even if the higher-ups didn't give me your information, I've heard of your name."

"You may not know me, but we used to be colleagues. Although I used to work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Academy of Sciences, I was also a scientific researcher. My earliest project was the communication and exchange between humans and Pokémon."

"Later, because of the Rockets incident, there were suddenly a lot of vacancies in the league's official positions, so I was transferred to work in the league's foreign affairs department."

"All of this has something to do with you~ I have to thank you very much, you romantic blasting genius~"

"...".

The South is speechless.

It turned out to be because of Han Junsheng’s incident.

Yes, after all, most of the traitors have been caught, so naturally there are a lot of people missing within the alliance.

"No way. If you didn't have real talent or any outstanding qualities, the higher-ups wouldn't have found you. I believe that even if that incident hadn't happened, you would have been promoted sooner or later with your knowledge and abilities."

What does it mean to speak the right way to different people?

Although the South hates these twists and turns, it still has to give due respect, otherwise it will be troublesome for itself.

Alas, after all, we are alone and weak.

"Hahaha, just kidding."

"Okay, enough pleasantries, let's get down to business first."

"First of all, thank you very much for taking the initiative to investigate this incident. Then, on behalf of the league officials, I would like to briefly tell you about the above arrangements."

"We plan to send two teams to conduct another on-site survey of the extinct volcano."

"One team will be led by you, and the other team will be led by me."

"As for the team members, you can choose them yourself. If there is really no suitable one, you can also choose the one assigned to us by the government."

"Each team has a maximum of seven people and a minimum of three. Although I know your strength, we must also prevent some unnecessary accidents from happening."

"As for the investigation results. It's tentatively scheduled to take three days. During this time, you can stay in the mountains or return to the village every night. But if you choose to stay in the mountains, you must contact the base camp in Haimo Village through our communication equipment that night to report your safety."

"Yeah. But why three days? So sure?"

"No, because the Spring Festival is coming soon, and it is our most important traditional festival. So the alliance has decided to investigate for only three days. No matter what the result is, we will all go home to celebrate the New Year after three days!"

"Well, this is quite humane. Let's go home and make dumplings together?"

Zhang Jiuxing also smiled.

"Do you have any other questions?"

"Well, no. I have already decided on the specific personnel."

"Okay, let's add each other's contact information, and then you give me the personnel list and I'll equip you with supplies."

"OK, thanks."

"You're welcome. See you tomorrow then."

"See you."

......

"Brother Nan, do you want to take a break? You see, we have been walking from morning to noon." Fang Nuo said, panting.

"Tsk tsk, so weak?" Nan Fang rolled his eyes.

"Who are you talking about? Who is weak? Are you kidding! How can a young man like me be weak? I am just worried about you guys."

"Okay, since you all don't mind, I'll speed up!"

After saying that, Fang Nuo immediately strode forward, leaving everyone behind by several steps, and rushed to the front in a flash.

"Watch your step, Xu Nan~"

Nanfang shouted with a wicked smile.

"Tsk~ I'm not, I...F*ck!!!"

Suddenly Fang Nuo screamed, obviously he had encountered something.

Nan Fang did not hesitate and immediately followed quickly.

Fang Nuo was seen lying on the cliff with his arms and legs spread out, his eyes wide open, pointing in surprise at a black unidentified object floating in front of him.

"Unknown Totem!?"