My name is Shintaro Yusa and I'm 10 years old and I'm a rookie trainer from Tokiwa City.

I was born into an ordinary family with ordinary parents, and I started my journey as a trainer on January 1st of this year. Now I am living an ordinary study life in a not-so-ordinary college.

Not long ago, I had a dream in my life - I'm sorry, I didn't mean that I hadn't come back to my senses after so long, but I thought it would be more appropriate to say so.

My most admired senior invited me to join his team.

It is too early to say that "dreams come true", and "satisfied" is too lacking in motivation. But I know—

From now on, I don't need to fear being alone.

[July 30, 1000, 8:11 a.m., air and land white zone]

"Wow......" Shintaro couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the firelight in the video, "It looks really dangerous." ”

"Watching a video from the Valley of the Flames?" an orange head leaned over from the side.

Shintaro was so shocked that he fell backwards, "Nana-san!?When did you come......"

"A minute ago. Nana Yoshikawa, one of the members of the team, sat down next to Shintaro and sighed, "There have been a lot of chaos related to mythical beasts recently, and the news has been smashed one after another, and my intelligence box is about to burst." ”

"I've seen that live video too. Kasuke, the squad leader who arrived earlier than Shintaro, shook his head, obviously haunted by the tragic scene depicted in the picture, "It's good that there were no casualties like the 'Red Lotus Disaster'." ”

"Speaking of which!" Nana excitedly spun the ballpoint pen in her hand on this topic, "The flame bird in the video has an overwhelming advantage in the battle, and the flame people are barely able to fight back - even so, there are miraculously no fatalities in this battle, and there are only a few seriously injured, and it is still a mystery why this happened." There have been countless speculations on the GT forums, with the most supporters ......"

Preparatory reporter Nana's tirade did not stop until all the members of the team arrived. Seeing that she didn't look very interested, Shintaro leaned over and whispered, "I'm very interested in this matter, let's talk more about it after the mission is over", and the orange-haired girl became happy.

It's summer vacation, and it stands to reason that no one needs to show up at school - and indeed several people have left the land and air to go home to rest. Bringing them together was a directive from the Supreme Leader of the Radiant Society, the Starry Night.

Somehow, the news of their formation of a clan reached the big leaders - the founder of the clan system was very interested in it, and after checking the results of the squad's holiday self-training, he issued the first mission to the newly baked clan.

The young people who had not yet passed the freshness of forming a team gladly accepted Hakuya's instructions. They excitedly gathered at the entrance of the White Zone a few hours early, and then set off together to collect their mission materials from the business hall.

After experiencing the vicious battle in the Quartz Alliance Players' Village, everyone habitually understood the team task as a group fight, and it was not until the paper documents were obtained that their first mission was not quite the same as they imagined.

"Groups of two and two split up as inspectors...... Complete four timed tests?"

The brown-haired boy was confused, and even suspected that he had accidentally picked up the wrong document. He looked at Kazuhiko pleadingly—

Then I saw that the senior I admired the most also had a row of question marks on his face.

Seeing this scene, the brain of the senior group, Hitoko Inoue, who obviously read the document, answered everyone's doubts in a timely manner. Aside from the strange words "inspector" and "timed detection", the content of the task is actually easy to understand.

- Four groups of people go to different locations to find four "mission targets" and fight against him/her in Pokémon.

"Could it be that this is an alternative entrance exam?" said Kasuke, who was unexpectedly brainy, as the examiner tested the strength of the people who applied for the Radiant Academy—that's why all four mission targets were children under the age of ten. ”

The squad leader's remarks were almost baseless, and they were completely imaginary guesses, and were immediately criticized by Nana, a preparatory reporter who followed the principle of seeking truth from facts.

The eight young people argued for a while, and finally returned to the theme and decided on the grouping of the mission.

Since the team has not been running in for a long time, they did not challenge the high-risk draw, but were all voluntarily grouped. Nana was the first to raise her hand and ask to be in a team with Nakaya Kamijo - Shintaro knew that she chose this way in order to gather information about this dangerous senior who was "angry and beat up with Kazuhiko", but she still pinched a cold sweat for her good partner. The purple hedgehog head didn't seem to bother to pick his teammates, and nodded perfunctorily in response.

Subsequently, Hitomi proposed to team up with Qianxia, obviously with the intention of taking care of the introverted and scared schoolgirl. Kasuke chose Yuji Fukaya, who almost knocked Shintaro out of the psychological shadow, as his teammate - the gray dog player who once "frightened" the entire quartz league arena and the squad leader seem to have a good relationship, and I don't know when they became friends. When Shintaro first saw Kazesuke smile and asked Yuji to help carry a can of oolong tea, the whole person was stunned as a stone sculpture.

And that guy Yuji really agreed!

With such a "synopsis" as a foreshadowing, when Kasuke accepted the commission of the captain Kazuhiko to invite Yuji to join the team, and finally got his wish after three days of stalking, everyone was surprised that they had no strength to do so.

Regardless, after a few rounds of ups and downs in the heart rate, Shintaro was happy with the final result of the grouping - he got his wish and his mentor, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, became a temporary teammate.

The test subjects were scattered all over the Guandu, and the mission was time-limited, so the newly baked young team didn't waste time chatting anymore, and soon set off separately to the location of their mission target.

Kazuhiko and Shintaro aim for a small town in the mountains north of Sekito. They all have Pokémon that can ride and fly, and they have also taken their pilot's licenses during the holidays, so it didn't take much time to travel.

As the daylight moved overhead, two Pokémon landed on a dark gray mountain road with the trainer.

[July 30, 1000, 12:30 p.m., hillside town]

"Introduce yourself first, then ...... Invite them to lunch?"

Shintaro muttered as he read the document in too much detail, and almost wrote down the dialogue sentence by sentence on the task flow, only to feel that the question mark in his head was about to break through the sky.

Fight against each other, why do you have to eat a meal first? and......

"Kazuhiko-senpai......" said the brown-haired boy hesitantly, "Are we really not going to be regarded as criminals of child trafficking......

The red-haired senior finally didn't follow the question mark, but pointed to the words in the document, "I guess this task is not as simple as we imagined." We were asked to declare ourselves 'inspectors' as soon as we saw the target — and if the target knew what was behind that identity, then our lunch invitation might not seem offensive to her. ”

"I see. "And we, as inspectors, don't know anything about the specifics of the mission, maybe we are participating in a 'double-blind experiment'?"

He Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded again and again, and replied in a firm tone: "Yes, yes, Xiaozhen, you have a point." ”

I saw Shintaro who was actually written on the face of his predecessor with "what blindness and what test": "......"

Guiding seniors, if you don't manage your image, your personality will collapse......

The location indicated in the document is a small incubator in the west of the city, and their "mission goal" seems to be to work as a helper in the incubator during the summer vacation to earn some pocket money.

After greeting the boss, the two teenagers walked into the garden of the nursery house and saw at a glance the person they were looking for.

Standing with her back to the entrance and among the flowers was a slender girl. Dressed in a white dress and a straw hat, her long snow-like hair was scattered and fluttering in the breeze with the petals of the stars, which made the colors of the garden clear and pure.

Shintaro was accidentally dazzled by the flying petals, and for a moment he thought he saw the elf in the flowers. Fortunately, reality did not travel far on the road to escape, and the child turned around and revealed only a plain face, which did not match the fantasy creatures at all.

"Hello. The girl put down the duck watering can in her hand and saluted the guests as a staff member of the nursery house, "Do you need any help?"

Shintaro was a little stunned by the serious tone of this child who looked at most seven or eight years old. And Kazuhiko had already taken a step forward, revealing that very "big brother next door" kind smile, "Hello, sister Shiyong." My name is Kazuhiko Takeuchi, and this is Shintaro Yusa -"

The girl, whose surname was "Shi Yong", listened attentively with her eyes wide open, and did not seem to be in a hurry to ask the two strangers in front of her why she knew her name.

"The two of us are 1,000 years of elven inspectors and will assist you with timed testing. Kazuhiko said the dialogue specified in the task flow in its entirety.

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 two for coming all the way and working hard. I will fully cooperate with you. ”

Everything that followed went smoothly.

Kazuhiko's invitation to lunch was readily accepted by the girl, and the three of them chatted and ate at the same time, and the atmosphere was relaxed and relaxed. Shintaro has always liked children, and he usually starts chattering to amuse children, but there is always a slight sense of strangeness when talking to this "mission target".

It's like ...... There are certain things that seem ordinary and have changed their essence beyond recognition.

The boy was distracted by this, and it was not until lunch was over, when the battle was about to begin—that he woke up from a dream—and he burst into tears.

He felt that his behavior just now was too rude, he didn't take the initiative to start the topic and didn't actively join the topic, and he might even miss the little girl's conversation, just like he didn't want to talk to others. Tons of guilt weighed him down, and he was pushed to the battlefield without even hearing what Kazuhiko said.

The young girl stood opposite, bowing to her opponent with a glance. Shintaro hurriedly returned a threefold bow, his movement was so exaggerated that the girl blinked in surprise, as if amused.

At the beginning of the battle, Shintaro sent out Blastoise - of course, not to bully the children. His coaching is not skilled enough, and it is easier to let the strongest partner play.

On the opposite side of the field, the child also took out his only Poké Ball.

The Pokémon that emerges from the light have snow-like wings that match the girl's white hair. It landed softly above the owner's head, and from a distance it looked as if the girl was wearing a straw hat decorated with butterflies.

It was a pink butterfly with an ice pattern.

The beautiful butterfly Pokémon looks slender and fragile, and Shintaro has said to himself several times, "You can't start too hard." However, the battle ended sooner than anyone could have imagined.

The brown-haired boy could barely believe his eyes as he looked at the blastoise that had been asleep after inhaling excessive hypnotic powder. He and Kazuhiko, who was also surprised, looked at each other and were speechless for a while.

The white Painted Pink Butterfly is not incredibly strong, and its strength is even significantly weaker than that of the Blastoise. But the speed with which the master's command—to be precise, the master's command—was too incredible.

Each command arrives with precision at the first sign of Blastoise's move, swiftly and absolutely, as if the pre-trainer is a seasoned veteran who doesn't need time to think when making simple judgments.

There is no doubt that this is a characteristic of high-speed warfare - Shintaro is no stranger to it, having just seen it in person in the quartz league arena a while ago.

It's just that...... A seven-year-old girl who navigated high-speed combat without any mistakes?

Shintaro's mind suddenly brushed the face of Abel Winfred, the youngest first-class investigator in history, and he thought that he had witnessed the emergence of another miracle genius. And Kazuhiko has completely restrained his irrelevant thoughts, and his expression has become solemn.

He decided to regard the dwarf boy on the other side as his real opponent, and set foot on the battlefield with the firestorm beast with the most serious attitude.

Five minutes later, the battle was over.

Kazuhiko almost tried his best, and finally saw the Pink Butterfly fall and only wanted to smile bitterly, and he couldn't get excited at all - the recorder was turned on throughout the mission, and he was almost about to perform miserably in front of Mr. Hakuya, at the hands of a second-grade elementary schoolboy.

The girl didn't seem to think that she had done anything terrible, and still politely thanked the two inspectors.

Kazuhiko and Shintaro still need to submit the video as soon as possible, so they can't stay here for long, and soon say goodbye to the girl and the owner of the breeding house and set out on the journey back. After takeoff, Shintaro sat on the back of the billed finch and turned his head to look at the small garden, where the white-haired and white-dressed girl seemed to have picked up the duck watering can and meticulously watered the flowers.

Then, the figure melted into a cloud of the same color and disappeared.

[30 July 1000, 14:33 p.m., Air and Land White Zone]

There is no need for four groups to submit a video. The first two to return to the land and air went straight to the White Group, and when they turned in the mission recorder, they also met Mr. Former Chief Search Officer who was passing by.

"You've done a great job, it's not easy to get a win from them. After listening to Kazuhiko's brief description, Bai Ye smiled.

Shintaro thought about how to release the water when he came on the field, but he was beaten all over the ground and almost wanted to get into the cracks. Bai Ye seemed to see the young man's embarrassment, and lightly changed the subject: "What do you think of your 'mission goal'?"

"She's really strong. And he is also very polite, and he will definitely become a great trainer in the future. Shintaro replied earnestly, then lowered his voice hesitantly, "It's just ......"

"How?"

"It's good to be polite, but I think she's too polite...... They don't look like children, but they look like characters in etiquette video tutorials. Shintaro was still haunted by his previous poor performance, and he said three more times in his heart, "No matter how precocious a child is, he can't treat them coldly" before he said, "Mr. Haraya, is she your relative? ”

The white-haired investigator narrowed his eyes at the words, revealing an impeccable and friendly smile.

"No—it's just a coincidence. ”

The young people who handed in the video of the mission left in a hurry. The former chief search officer returned to his office, staring at the numbers bouncing on a computer screen, lost in thought.

Half an hour later, there was a knock on the hidden door.

After receiving permission to enter, the boy with short blue hair pushed the door open. He wears the same style of tattooed feather hakama as the young man, and his facial contours are similar. It's just that the overly serious expression is completely different from the starry white night that always smiles before speaking, diluting the sense of resemblance.

"Father. The teenager omitted the greetings and got straight to the point, "The results of the first regular test have been basically collected." There were five data anomalies, all of which were only slightly deviated and did not need to be recalled. ”

"Well, thank you, Bai Lan. Bai Ye nodded to his son with a smile, "You can go back and continue your journey after this while, you don't have to worry about this side all the time—I can still leave all my work to Hayabusa if I'm too busy." ”

Teenager: "...... Father, that's not what a former investigator should say. ”

Seeing that his son was about to spit out a series of sermons on the theme of morality and responsibility, the former chief search officer only felt that his head was as big as a fight, and he hurriedly laughed and interrupted, and only then did he turn the corner.

And the young man looked at his father's hanging appearance, and his head was also as big as a fight, and it was not easy to persuade himself to give up thinking about it for the time being.

- At least for today, he should prioritize another issue.

"Father, I have one more thing to say. ”

"You speak. ”

A young man in a crisp white kimono raised his head. He looked at his father with bright golden eyes, and solemnly said a request.

It was the final conclusion after countless anxieties and struggles, countless nights of tossing and turning.

"Could you please leave the 'prototype' to me?"