July 25, noon.

"I see...... The patriarch told you all this. ”

After listening to Sayo's account of last night's conversation with karma, Yang Yu showed a slightly relaxed expression - he was obviously not good at keeping secrets from his friends, and at the moment he was happy that he didn't need to continue to hide it in front of Saya.

"Well, Mr. Ye also agreed that I would stay. Xiao Ye put away the wound medicine bottle, patted Charizard on the neck, and turned back and asked, "Another game?" or going to lunch?"

The red-haired boy looked at the scorching sun above and then to his partner, his hair swaying in the wind like a young leaf. The strong chicken jumped off the stone stake lightly and chirped twice.

"Let's eat first, the Pokémon look hungry too. Yang Yu suggested.

Charizard: "Woohoo!"

In between the exercises, Saya relayed to Yoha the contents of yesterday's conversation with the Flame Chief—of course, this did not include the part that "five hundred years ago may have been enemies of the Himi family", and as far as she knew, only the elite warriors selected by the captain of the guard, Yasumu Hibara, were allowed to know the secret.

Yang Yu knew that this meant that the patriarch completely recognized Xiao Ye as a friend of the Flame People, and he was sincerely happy about this, and even the depression of receiving the notice in the morning was relieved a lot.

- And another peer, Yongzhen, who finally stopped coughing and could take off his mask, was obviously still haunted, and even ate lunch with an unhappy face.

In the early morning battle meeting, the fire hara's next course of action was announced to all the clansmen - considering the strength of the enemy and the weakness of the flame people, no one was allowed to leave the Valley of Flames and stood by in the base camp for the time being. The elite team led by Yasumu Hohara took on the task of exploring deep into the mountains and continued to search for the whereabouts of the Upei Drum.

The people of the flames are rarely timid, and they are not afraid even if they have just encountered a "stimulus" gap, and they immediately exploded when they heard the speech of karma. Fortunately, although the patriarch's face was young, he did not lack majesty when he became serious, and the clansmen had no choice but to recite it in pieces while obediently nesting in the Valley of Flames and not going out again.

In order to pass the time, many people pulled their relatives and friends to compete with each other, and the ring by the river was crowded with opponents and spectators, adding a few traces of Flame People-like pleasure to the air filled with worry and unwillingness.

Yang Yu didn't go with Yong Zhen to join in the fun, but made a somewhat special invitation to Xiao Ya to fight.

He wanted Charizard to fight his mighty chicken, and once again use that amazing explosion.

Xiao Ye was a little surprised at first - Yang Yu had just confessed yesterday that he was afraid of flames, and it was not surprising that he wanted to get as far away as possible from Charizard and its explosion. Subsequently, the teenager explained his thoughts.

"I want to overcome my mental barriers. The red-haired boy said, his attitude calm and determined, as if he hadn't considered the option of "giving up" at all, "As a trainer specializing in fire attributes, if you can't even resist flames, it would be too irresponsible for my Pokémon companion, isn't it?"

"Also, the Strong Chicken needs to practice how to regain the ability to use flames. When he said this, the young man's face was stained with a hint of distress.

Pokémon, a young chicken with bright feathers, looked at the trainer with wide eyes in confusion, as if she didn't understand why the other party was bothered, and stepped forward and softly "chirped" as a comfort.

According to Yang Yu, he once took the strong chicken to do a detailed physical examination. It is in good health, free of disease, and should be able to use the flame normally. The doctor who examined it said that since there was no physical problem, it may have been psychologically responsible for the fact that it could only vomit black smoke.

"Fight more with fire-type opponents" is one of the doctor's suggestions.

Sayo has always been stingy in helping her friends, and readily agrees to Yang Yu's request. The two came to a remote hillside with only gravel and sand, and began to practice fighting.

She knew that Yang Yu chose to fight her because Charizard's flames were "fierce" enough, which could be described as a fierce medicine in desensitization therapy, so she instructed Charizard to release his ultimate. It's just that the big guy may have supplemented too much nutrition in the past few days, and the fire power of the fire oath plus the overheated explosion has tripled, and seeing the flames spread like a tsunami, Yang Yu, who was almost stripped of his bangs, and the two young men who came to watch the battle with curiosity turned into stone pillars together.

After a long silence, the spectators swallowed.

Passerby boy: "That, Yang Yu, I think...... I'm going to have to 'flame PTSD' too. (shuddering)

Yang Yu: "......" (so frightened that he can't speak)

Xiaoye: "......" (so sad that I can't breathe)

After a lot of adjustments, Charizard reined in his strength aggrievedly, so that the sparring did not completely turn into a barbecue human.

Physical strength has always been a common trait of most fire-type Pokémon - after a short lunch break, the battle practice resumes, and the sun wheel is close to the horizon before stopping to catch a breather.

"Luckily, it's big enough. Xiao Ye looked at the scorched marks on the hillside and smiled, "If it was at the training ground in the Pokémon Center, most of them would have been fined for maliciously destroying the venue." ”

Yang Yu was combing the feathers of the strong chicken, and raised his eyes curiously when he heard this, "It turns out that the Pokémon Center will also have a training ground?

Xiao Ye described to her friends in detail the appearance of the training ground she had seen. Seeing the curious look and a hint of imperceptible envy in the young man's eyes, Xiao Ye suddenly remembered that Yang Yu had mentioned that he had never left Tangerine Island since he was born.

"There is a rule in our clan that more than half of our clan must remain in the Valley of Flames at all times. Hearing the tourists' questions, Yang Yu explained, "Although I do want to go further afield, I can't just take up the precious space for going out just because I am curious." ”

"To protect the veins from the Wind Thieves?" Saya guessed.

The red-haired boy shook his head, and the scarf around his neck swayed with the movement.

"No, it's for Niwa-sama. He whispered, "The patriarch can't sense Niwa-sama's mood all the time, and maybe at any point, Niwa-sama will suddenly end this long sleep—if the adult wakes up and sees that the clan is not around, it will be very sad, isn't it?"

The tourists showed a blank look.

"Actually...... I am happy. ”

The flame-colored boy squinted and laughed as he spoke.

"While it may be dangerous to confront an angry Niwa-sama, the thought of seeing Niwa-sama in person soon makes it worth it. ”

"We've waited five hundred years for our god to wake up—"

"There must be nothing happier than this. ”

At the end of the afternoon practice, the two returned home in the sunset, ready to take a shower first.

They chatted as they walked, the shadows dragged long behind them, and the "young seedlings" above the boy's head were also projected into weeds, attracting curious pecks from the strong chickens.

Yang Yu is excited to introduce the fun of Flame Valley to his friends, explaining that his childhood in Flame Valley was not boring at all, "Before we moved, we had our own amusement park and video game arcade, but it hasn't reopened yet. ”

Xiao Ye's face immediately showed sincere admiration and envy - Yang Yuman thought that the stranger was from a big city in Guandu, and he was used to seeing the bright lights, but he never expected that the Zhenxin Town from which the other party was born was even more "rural" than the Flame Valley, not to mention the game hall, and there was only one bubble tea shop.

"Also, if you are tired of playing games, you can go to the library to pass the time. ”

"Library?"

"Well, it contains documents from our people hundreds of years ago. Yang Yu saw that Xiao Ye seemed a little curious about this, so he proposed, "Do you want to go and have a look?" ”

The Flame People's library is located in the southeast corner of the Valley of Flames, near the direction of the watchtower, almost at the very edge of the settlement. The guards at the door did not stop the sightseers who had already been familiar with each other, and enthusiastically introduced the two into the room.

Perhaps because the light can damage the old paper, the lights in the library are dim, and countless bookshelves are lined up in the distance, creating dark shadows on the floor.

Xiao Ye looked forward along the corridor, but there was no end in sight for a while.

Yang Yu casually pulled out an excessively thick "notebook" for Xiao Ye to read—the pages were not made of paper, but sturdy bamboo boards, on which patterns and characters were clearly engraved.

"I used to read this book a lot when I was a kid. It is said that it was written by the patriarch of the Flame People 500 years ago, and it recorded the historical events since the Glorious Age - of course, it was just a comic book for me at that time. ”

Xiao Ye flipped through the "bamboo board book" with a little curiosity. As Yang Yu said, there are many illustrations, and each picture is accompanied by a note written in Ubai hieroglyphs.

The cover of the bamboo board book depicts a "broom star" falling from the sky. Turning the first page, the meteorite has landed, and people in ancient costumes are standing in a circle around the stone, hand in hand, as if in prayer with their eyes closed.

The drawings change as the number of pages increases, and the people in the paintings and the Pokémon are sometimes friendly and sometimes fighting each other. Soon, Xiao Ye turned to the last page.

In the center of the picture are two triangles nested within each other. The pattern that makes up the small triangle is blurred, and the ends of the larger triangle depict the shape of the bird, which seems to resemble that of the three sacred birds.

In the very center of the motif, a bird with a long tail with a golden crown spreads its wings gracefully, and a figure seems to be faintly carved on its back.

The elements in the picture are quickly compared with the known information, and Saya secretly defines the content of the picture in her mind.

There is no doubt that this is exactly what the Eclipse Rebellion was like.

"If you're interested, you can take it home and watch it. ”

The crisp girl's voice sounded almost close to her ears, startling both of them who were concentrating on reading.

"Qing, Sister Qingna?"

"Good afternoon. The young patriarch candidate smiled and said, "What are you looking at?"

Xiao Ye held up the bamboo board in her hand and showed it to Hauna, "Good afternoon—Sister Hauna, do you know what is written on this?" she gestured to the dense characters next to the drawing.

Haruna shook her head, revealing a look of regret.

In fact, among the Flame People, Harina and Patriarch Ye are already the two who are the best at deciphering the Ubo hieroglyphs. And the sentences they can read are limited to simple everyday language, and the writing of history is completely beyond their ability.

"As you should know, the reason why the Uber hieroglyphs, which we are more accustomed to call the language of the gods, are difficult to decipher is that it is an ideogram rather than a phonetic script like the Union language. ”

Harina probably saw a child who was very active in the library, and recounted on a whim, "In the distant past, it was a sacrificial language used by believers to record information related to the gods and communicate with the gods. It is a language invented and used by the family of God, hence the name "God's Servant". ”

The meaning of this language is very hazy, and if we only read it rigidly according to the meaning of a single character, each sentence can even be interpreted with more than a dozen meanings, which is why we cannot read it. For example—" Hauna casually pointed to one of the sentences, "Golden Heart, Sublime Lake, Divine Voice, Fear, Holy Fire, Purifying the Devil Sun." ”

“......”

The two children looked at each other with question marks.

"Uh, Miss Harina, what are you talking about......?"

"The 'literal meaning' of this phrase. Haruna shrugged and stroked the long strands of hair that hung down on her chest.

"However, there are currently five relatively reliable explanations for this passage in the academic community......

Seeing that Harina was possessed by the soul of a linguist and began to gush, Xiao Ye and Yang Yu glanced at each other, and in the process of turning mosquito coils, they felt the dazed feeling of elementary school students straying into a high math class.

After escaping the library, the sun was already half below the horizon, and the light smeared the western skyline, splashing the clouds and the ground with fiery colors.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have asked......" Saya covered her head, only to feel that her head was as big as Ghost Stone. Even the skin chu on his shoulder was read to the point of a physical coma, and at this moment he was sleeping like a ball of hairballs in the hood of the night.

"No, blame me for not reminding you......" Yang Yu's face was full of Venus swirling, "It's not early, let's go back to dinner...... Huh?"

Yang Yu's puzzled sound made Xiao Ye stunned for a moment, and he followed his line of sight to look forward.

Not far away, someone hurried by at the entrance of the alley. I could barely recognize it by the dim light of the sky, it was Jing Mu who led the team out during the day.

His expression was a little too serious, and his pace was more rapid than usual, and he disappeared from view in a few seconds.

"Mr. Jingmu doesn't seem to be in a good mood?" Xiao Ya wondered.

"Maybe today's search didn't ......"

Yang Yu's words were abruptly disconnected in the middle of the process. He frowned and breathed lightly, as if trying to catch some sound—perhaps a quality necessary for a drummer in Upe, Yang Yu's sense of hearing was more sensitive than normal, and he always heard subtle movements before Xiao Ye when he was on a search mission in the forest.

After a moment, the boy whispered with a worried expression, "I...... It was as if I heard the sound of something falling to the ground. ”

"Let's take a look. Xiao Ye said decisively.

The library is located in the middle of nowhere, and there is no sign of anyone else nearby. The two only thought that Jing Mu might have been injured during the day's search, and while calling each other's names, they ran towards the alley they entered.

The power of the waveguide slowly spreads, and the feedback makes Xiao Ye stunned. At the same time, they ran around the corner, and the view from the gloomy alley was unobstructed.

The middle-aged man fell crookedly in the middle of the road, as if he had lost consciousness.

Yang Yu was stunned for a moment, and ran forward anxiously, subconsciously wanting to check if his family was injured. And at this moment, Xiao Ye suddenly felt a sharp and cold malice attack from the gap between the buildings in the distance.

The invisible ripples immediately extended outward, but it was a step too late.

The fierce spiritual power pierced into Xiao Ya's mind like a sharp knife. The stabbing blow came swiftly and precisely, like a weapon that had been honed for conspiracy.

The girl's eyes suddenly went black, and her consciousness collapsed in an instant.

The night wind blew through the alley, muffling the sound of two bodies falling to the ground.

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Small Theatre:

The supersonic bat in the back mountain of Zhenxin Town and the big needle bee in the forest at the gate of the town and the three-in-one magnetic monster in the Thunder Mountain and the bigmouth bat of the fake rocket team in Red Lotus City and the rocket team members in the underground base and the quartz alliance players in the village elevator Aba snake and the wind thief's scorpion and dark crow: Warmly celebrate the tragedy of the purple-haired violent maniac encountering a car rollover !! (scattering flowers)