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

Hoenn, Fire Forest Village.

Xiao Ling is staying in a small hotel in the village. It looks a bit old, and the mottled walls are covered with lush green ivy.

The house has a light wood fragrance from old-fashioned furniture and floors. Although the room is not big, it is warmly and comfortably decorated. Local handicrafts are hung on the walls, and the bed is soft and clean.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Ling stood up from the creaking wooden chair and calmed down the panic in her heart.

Although in her opinion the strange things in the village were just some trivial matters, Xiao Ling always believed in Feng and knew that he would never harm her and was the person she could trust the most.

Taking out the Poké Ball, Xiao Ling released her master Itachi and briefly explained the situation to it.

After hearing this, Master Itachi remained calm and nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. With his level and combat power, most of the dangers were just minor troubles, and the only thing he needed to worry about was Xiao Ling's safety.

"Feng told me to run away immediately..."

Xiao Ling looked out through the window of the hotel. It was pitch black outside, as if it could eat people. Only the stars of light came from the villagers' homes.

Coupled with the crisis she encountered today, she couldn't help but feel a little cowardly.

"Lalu~"

Lalulas stood on Xiao Ling's shoulder and rubbed her cheek with her little face.

"Thank you."

Xiao Ling felt its concern, and her fear subsided a little. She mustered up her courage again and said, "Let's go, Master Itachi. Flame Chicken and Ralts, you two should come back first."

The flames burning on Flame Chicken looked like a torch in the dark, making it a sitting duck. However, Ralts was too weak, and Xiao Ling couldn't focus on looking after it when it was in danger.

Walking to the window, Xiao Ling first opened the window and listened. Finding that there was no movement outside, she jumped from the third floor to a tree outside.

Master Itachi followed behind her, lightly leaping to Xiao Ling's side and standing firmly on the branch.

With the faint moonlight, the figures of Xiao Ling and her master Itachi rose and fell between the trees, and quickly ran out of the village.

……

In the dark night, a group of thugs wearing red cloaks and red hoods came to the hotel where Xiao Ling had stayed before, and entered the lobby openly after being greeted by the hotel owner.

The leader was a beautiful young woman with purple hair and purple eyes. She had a cold expression and looked like she didn't want anyone to approach her.

The officer who had received Xiao Ling at the police station was now beside her, reporting to her:

"Master Bonfire, I asked the innkeeper to keep an eye on it. The girl is upstairs and has never come down."

"..."

Bonfire nodded without saying anything, glanced at the police officer, waiting for his next words.

The officer observed her expression and continued cautiously, "She knows about Team Lava's plan. If we let her escape and have her go to Fuyan Town tomorrow to tell Junsha, the plan will definitely be affected."

"Also, she was able to easily defeat those two Lava Team members. Given her age, I suspect she's from a prominent family. That's why I didn't dare to act rashly at the police station today, which is why I disturbed you."

Bonfire, as a cadre and chief scientist of the Lava Team, was originally conducting experiments in the base underground in Huolin Village using the large amount of fire energy in the earth veins. Suddenly, he received news that something unexpected had happened in the village and they encountered an enemy that was difficult to deal with.

She quickly put down the experiment and handled it herself, but she didn't expect that the other party was just a little girl, and her useless subordinates couldn't even handle it, delaying her scientific experiment.

It's clearly reached a critical stage...

"I see."

Bonfire uttered a few words, his face showing a lack of interest. He released a Nine-Tailed Fox from the Poké Ball, which had an elegant temperament and red eyes flashing with a strange light, and was about to go upstairs.

Team Magma is one of the overlords in the darkness of Hoenn. They are not afraid of any big family in Hoenn. As long as they can complete the plan and control Groudon, they will not even take the Hoenn Alliance seriously.

Upon hearing this, the police officer said with a flattering expression and a hint of ingratiation in his tone, "Sir, you promised me that if the plan succeeded, I could join the Lava Team as a team leader..."

Bonfire paused, without looking at the police officer, and said "hmm" softly, then continued to walk up the stairs.

When the police officer heard this, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he saw his future again.

He grew up in Huolin Village. At that time, the "fire trees" in the village grew vigorously, and the harvest every summer would bring a considerable amount of wealth to the village. The economy developed very well and was well-known far and wide.

The police officer also has ideals. He wants to be a policeman, solve major cases with the majestic Arcanine, make great contributions, be promoted to a big city, and finally marry into Junsha and reach the peak of his life.

The village was very prosperous at that time. Many tourists came here because of the beautiful firewood forest. The hotel was full every night, and some of the decorations from that time are still preserved in it.

Miss Junsha is also stationed here, and it is said that a Pokémon Center will be built in the village.

Everyone believes that Huolin Village will become more and more prosperous and the future of the village will become brighter and brighter.

however.

Five years ago, the growth of most of the fire trees in the village suddenly stopped.

A large number of fire trees withered in autumn and winter before they bore fruit in summer. The magnificent scene of harvest, which was like a raging fire, is now only left with sporadic flames.

One year, two years, three years...

The travelers left disappointed, the villagers harvested less fire materials, and the villagers became poorer.

Many villagers ran away to seek other ways out. Miss Junsha also withdrew from Huolin Village because of the small population of the village. She took away the elite and only left a few young police officers here symbolically to handle some trivial cases.

The police officers are the ones left behind.

In the twilight-year-old Huolin Village, he deals with trivial matters among neighbors every day. He can almost see himself as a man who has accomplished nothing and is exhausted and haggard in ten, twenty, or thirty years.

He was unwilling, didn't understand, and couldn't accept...

Until one day, the village chief and a member of the Lava Team found him...

"Hey, get out of the way!"

A member of the Lava Team behind the police officer interrupted his recollections, pushed him away impatiently, and followed the bonfire up the stairs. The others also pushed him away rudely and followed him.

"!"

The police officer looked at their backs, his teeth clenched, anger surging in his eyes, but he hid it for a moment and followed them silently.

"This is it."

The innkeeper pointed to the door of Xiao Ling's room and spoke respectfully to the bonfire.

"boom!"

A member of the Lava Team kicked open the door of Xiao Ling's house, and the scene inside the house immediately came into everyone's sight.