Everyone else is a trainer, but you are a swordsman?

"Hey, Xiao Ling."

Feng tapped his communication bracelet and answered the call. "Did you just come back from the wild? I couldn't get a signal when I called you a few days ago."

"accustomed to?"

When Feng mentioned Xiao Ling, Xianla, who was concentrating on training, opened his eyes instantly. Like a stimulated frog, he jumped up from his cross-legged position and quickly came to Feng's side.

"Hello, Feng, I...I just arrived at the village from the wild today." Xiao Ling's voice came from the bracelet.

However, unlike her usual voice which was full of energy and enthusiasm, she now sounded a little depressed and as if she was worried about something.

"What's wrong, Xiaoling?"

Feng noticed this keenly and immediately asked, "What happened? Are you in danger?"

"accustomed to!"

Xianla frowned, moved closer, tilted his head back, a worried look on his face, and his gaze switched back and forth between Feng and the communication bracelet.

"No, the situation is rather complicated, and...some very strange things happened today." Xiao Ling frowned slightly.

"Xiao Ling, calm down and tell me the situation in detail." Feng's tone was gentle, which gave Xiao Ling a sense of security.

Xiao Ling took a deep breath, as if recalling something, and began to tell the story: "This story started this afternoon when I was still in the wild..."

……

In the forest outside Huolin Village in Hoenn.

"According to the map, going further ahead is Huolin Village, the closest village to Fuyan Town."

Xiao Ling wiped her sweat off her forehead and looked at the map in her hand and said, "Let's rest in the village for a night. We'll finally reach Fuyan Town tomorrow!"

There is a volcano nearby, so the temperature is very high. Xiao Ling has sweated a lot after walking all the way, and her body is sticky.

It had been several days since she left Zijin City. On the way, she had gone into the woods, through caves, and even took a cable car. After going through a lot of hardships, she was about to reach Fuyan Town to challenge the gym.

We encountered many dangers along the way, such as attacks by wild Pokémon, robbery by bad guys, and a cave collapse, but they were less difficult and dangerous than the journey to obtain the scriptures.

Fortunately, thanks to Xiao Ling's own excellent physical fitness and her master Itachi's powerful strength, she was able to get through each crisis safely and smoothly.

Since Feng is no longer there to help her, Xiao Ling has been forced to become "independent". When encountering danger, she will use her own strength and that of her master Itachi to solve problems.

Moreover, Kamugam Town is not far away. I heard that the gym trainer of Kamugam Gym is a former Four Heavenly Kings. I am looking forward to fighting with him!

Hmm... I heard the hot springs there are pretty good too.

Then...would you like to experience the hot springs in Fuyan Town?

As she thought about it, Xiao Ling's mouth corners had unconsciously turned up, and her mood became much happier.

"Lalu~"

Next to Xiao Ling, Lalulas was floating with the help of her superpowers. She held a pure white handkerchief in her little hand and wiped the sweat off Xiao Ling's forehead.

"Elu, hold on a little longer, we'll be there before the sun sets."

Xiao Ling looked at it and said, then showed a thoughtful expression, "Should I take a shower first? Or should I call Feng first? I haven't contacted him for many days..."

"LaRue!"

"Ai Lu, do you mean to call Feng first?"

Xiao Ling smiled and rubbed Lalulas's little face with her fingers, "Hey, do you want to do it too?"

"Lalu~"

Lalulas's face flushed slightly as it dodged Xiao Ling's hand. It cried out in a small voice, its hair covering its eyes. No one knew what it was thinking.

"Chamo!"

Suddenly, the Flammulina leading the way ahead called softly, interrupting the playfulness of Xiao Ling and Lalulas.

It looked at Xiao Ling seriously and pointed with its claws to the location deep in the woods ahead.

"What's wrong, Flame Chicken?"

Xiao Ling's face turned serious and she asked in a low voice.

At the same time, she also lightened her footsteps and tiptoed forward. Lalulas stopped making any sound and floated quietly beside Xiao Ling.

The forest was unusually quiet at this time, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the slight sound of Xiao Ling stepping on fallen leaves.

Flamingo stared ahead vigilantly, flames burning on its body, as if ready to attack at any time.

Xiao Ling's heartbeat gradually accelerated. She didn't know what was waiting for them ahead, but judging from the reaction of the Flamingo, there seemed to be some danger there.

As Xiao Ling got closer, a pungent smell entered her nostrils. The smell made her feel nauseous and her stomach churned.

Xiao Ling frowned, covered her mouth and nose, and continued to move forward cautiously. Lalulas also had the same expression and movements as her.

However, after she walked around a few large trees, she was stunned by the sight before her. She saw the corpses of several Pokémon piled on the ground ahead, emitting a disgusting stench.

These Pokémon were covered in scars, their bodies stained red with blood, and they looked like they had been dead for a long time.

Xiao Ling carefully observed the corpses of these Pokémon and found that they had different types of scars on their bodies.

Some of the wounds were relatively deep, as if they were bitten by wild beasts, and some had burn marks on their bodies, as if they had been attacked by fire skills.

"Are these... jumping pigs?" Xiao Ling recognized this Pokémon and was shocked.

The jumping pig has a gray body, dark round eyes, short and thick arms, but it has no hind legs and instead has a spring-like tail.

They all have a pink bead on their heads, which is said to contain magical powers and is their most precious thing. Once it is coveted by others, they will resist even at the cost of their lives.

But the jumping pigs here have lost their beads, probably because the murderer who killed them took them all away.

"A Pokémon Hunter?"

Xiao Ling frowned and looked at the bloody scene in front of her. "No, why do we have to kill them all..."

Lalulas looked at the corpses of the jumping pigs with heavy eyes and showed no fear.

It has been a brave Lalulas since it was young.

These days, it has also witnessed some killing and hunting between Pokémon and between humans and Pokémon in the wild, and realized that the world is not only full of kind and upright humans like Xiao Ling, but also cruel and brutal bad people.

This kind of experience is something you will never be able to experience in the Xiaoling family's breeding house.

"Hahaha!"

Just as Xiao Ling was thinking about how to deal with it, a loud laugh and a series of "tapping" footsteps came from the dense woods in the distance.

Xiao Ling and Blaziken immediately hid behind a nearby big tree, listening to the noise with their ears perked up, while Lalulas was held tightly in her arms.