After seeing the quarantine zone set up by the protection officer, Xiao Ye only thought that Aaron must have returned home early, but he didn't expect to see no one until the sun went down. Shimura asked Koyo briefly about the situation on the mountain, and after hearing that the riverside where the stinger jellyfish was found had been blocked, his expression became more and more solemn.

Xiao Ye observed the expression of the owner of the medicine house, and asked tentatively, "Isn't the Wind and Snow Mountain safe at night?"

Shimura was stunned, "Of course not." Why do you ask?"

Before Xiao Ye could reply, the young boss realized that it was his reaction that had misled the worker, and immediately explained solemnly: "It's safe on the mountain, but he promised his mother to come home for dinner—I'm worried that the warehouse is running out of herbs to treat broken bones." ”

Sayo: "......"

I seem to understand something, but I don't want to ask more......

After confirming that the crisis faced by Aaron did not come from innocent nature, Saya had no choice but to return to the Pokémon Center to rest with sincere sympathy.

After a good night's sleep, Xiao Ye woke up and received a notification of the payment for collecting cold herbs. Hearing this, the dazed little Pichu suddenly burst into flames, and his sleepiness was swept away, and he ate double the usual breakfast like a fire-breathing dragon. The trainer stopped talking, but finally silently decided to increase the intensity of his training to prevent Pichu from following in the footsteps of a certain dragon and becoming a Kabhichu.

Before entering the mountain to continue his penance, Xiao Ye first went to the medicine store, wanting to vaguely inquire whether the special grass for fractures that was not stored in stock had been used.

In order to cater to the energetic young people, the shops around the Trainer's Square always open early. The owner of the medicine house had already placed a new bouquet in front of the door, and was wiping down some of the old and faded plaques. The strange north-facing nose remained in its original position, staring intently into the distance.

Seeing Xiaoye coming, he raised the cleaning tool in his hand and said goodbye.

Probably because of the extremely efficient herb picking work, some of the credibility that had been lost by Ghost Stone was more or less saved, and Xiao Ye finally got rid of the impression of an unreliable newcomer, and no longer received a worried gaze. After a brief chat, Saya was surprised to learn that Aaron hadn't returned all night, and his phone had been turned off, most likely because he had run out of power.

The boy's mother had already made a visit, and after asking around to no avail, she left a twisted broom pole behind in a fit of anger and departed. Xiao Ye looked at the pitiful twist-shaped object on the ground, only shuddered, and hurriedly and cautiously retreated a few steps.

The young pharmacy owner also felt that the impression of the southerners on the young traveler was a bit bad, and took the rare initiative to provoke the conversation, explaining why Aaron's mother was "so worried that she bent the broom pole with her bare hands".

According to Shimura, there used to be a group of poachers entrenched in the area of Fengxue Mountain. They hunted wild Pokémon in the mountains, tamed them aggressively, and sold them to small factories nearby that needed labor. Although the Pokémon Alliance's executive department had arrested this notorious group of poachers two years ago, parents were still habitually suspicious of the security environment on the outskirts of Bailang Town, and were very opposed to their children spending the night in the mountains.

When talking about poachers, the owner of the medicine house seemed to subconsciously lower his gaze and glanced at the rock Pokémon standing not far from his feet. The person on the other side followed his gaze and inadvertently caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a shallow crack on the back of the north-facing nose - it seemed to be a scar left by a long time ago, and even if it had healed, it still left an indelible mark on the surface of the body.

Xiao Ye was stunned for a moment, and his gaze stayed on Chaobei's nose for a moment. The gray-blue Pokémon does not respond to the sounds and lights of the outside world, and is motionless as a sculpture.

- The poachers are in the past, but Aaron's parents don't have to worry about the dangers of their travelling son. However, for the sake of the boy's bones, Koyo told Shimura that he would keep an eye out for Aaron's traces after going up the mountain, and strive to bring him back into his mother's sight as soon as possible.

The medicine house has just delivered a batch of fresh tree fruits, which are stacked in bamboo baskets. Pichu, who has a keen sense of smell, seems to be very concerned about the sweet aroma of the fruit, and keeps shaking his nose, looking like he is still tired of breakfast and wants to have another snack. In order to prevent the tragedy of electric rats gnawing fruit and losing their newly earned wages, Xiaoye wisely stopped small talk and pushed the door out of the medicine house.

As soon as one foot stepped out of the door, the noise in front of him made everyone stunned for a moment. Xiao Ye took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, making sure that it was after seven o'clock in the morning, and looked at the bustling Trainer Square more and more blankly.

The simple arena for the battle is set up in the middle of the square, and people go up to have a fight from time to time on weekdays, but it is really rare for the audience to surround the ring tightly. Before Saya could discern anything in the gap between people, Shimura, who followed her out of the house, had already seen the faces of the opponents with the advantage of his height.

"It's the two of them again. The young medicine shop owner's accustomed tone caused Xiao Ye to poke out curiously, only to catch a glimpse of a few strands of ice-colored hair in the crowd.

"The children of the Ice Family. Shimura explains, "They often stay here when they come down the mountain. ”

If it were placed elsewhere, the two young trainers from the Bingjian family would certainly not cause any commotion. But at this moment, the Battle of Wind and Snow is about to begin, and the contestants from all over the world are gathered here, and as soon as they have the opportunity to witness the battle of the Himi clan with their own eyes, they immediately rush up in a noisy - maybe which person on the field is the NPC in charge of whipping the contestants in the game, and it is always beneficial to know more about the "enemy situation".

As a result, trainers dressed as travelers surrounded the ring, but the locals were surprised and leisurely leaned on the side of the road to watch the excitement.

Xiao Ye looked at the crowd in front of him, seriously recalled the rich reward items of the Wind and Snow Battle, and took out the end of the battlefield and squeezed in.

The teenagers at both ends of the ring looked to be of the same age, both fourteen or fifteen years old, and their shiny silver hair in the same tone showed their identity as fellow citizens. The taller one stood on the left, frowning as if he was going to eat his opponent viciously, while the shorter boy wore a peaked cap, and the shadow cast by him could only be vaguely seen smiling calmly.

The Pokémon of the two stood in front of them, and they hadn't started fighting yet, and it seemed that the progress of the battle had just reached the stage of "exchanging cruel words".

Although the Bingjian family is often jokingly called "one of the three nobles" by the melon-eating masses, the real ones are of course not as delicate as netizens ridiculed, they are dressed to the point of every hair, and they have to chew words when they speak. The two young men who were arguing on the field did not look different from the onlookers next to them......

Well, the rough-lined Nanguo trainers are dressed up in a vest and run around every day, and there is still a bit of a difference between putting the neatly dressed two Bingjian boys into the crowd.

When Xiao Ye squeezed in, he was halfway through the conversation, and finally stood firm with Pichu in his hand, when he heard the young man's clear voice laughing through the crowd and into his ears, "What are you going to bet on this time?"

The speaker's gentle and gentle tone really didn't match the content of the words, and Xiao Ye was stunned by this suspicious mocking remark, and turned to look at his opponent - the trainer, who was already unhappy, looked even more fierce, and said in a deep voice, "Are you underestimating me?"

Without waiting for the onlookers to sigh that the Bingjian clan was no different from them when they threw trash on the field, they were "unhappy" and said loudly: "I'll bet for four minutes!"

Sayo: "......"

This line doesn't match your expression??

After experiencing the big and small competitions of the Quartz Alliance, Xiao Ye has a lot of experience in intelligence gathering on this occasion. She pricked up her ears, and soon caught the content of the "mocking" teenager from the chatter of others. She opened the search interface on her phone, typed in the name she heard, and was stunned by the long personal information that popped up in the encyclopedia.

The boy with the cap named "Ice Karl" is truly an amazing trainer - he is one of the players who represented the Pokémon League in the World Young Trainer Championship that just ended this year. As a young trainer at just 14 years old, it was not easy to qualify for the Under-18 World Junior Championships, but what was even more surprising was that he made it all the way to the finals and was only one step away from the title.

Xiao Ye skipped his lengthy resume and pulled his profile directly to the last paragraph.

"It is expected that Ice Karl from the Pokémon League and Laurien Brown from the United Kingdom of Sildon will face off in the finals to determine the winner of this World Youth Championship. However, the day before the start of the race, they submitted their withdrawal applications one after another, and coincidentally posted a comment on the personal homepage of the GT Forum that was suspected of bombarding the host country of the World Junior Championship......

Xiao Ye doesn't pay much attention to the news in the competitive world on weekdays, and I really didn't know that this happened just a few weeks ago. She was about to take a closer look when she suddenly felt a cold air rushing towards her from the direction of the ring.

The next moment, a blizzard enveloped the Trainer's Square without warning. Goose-feather snowflakes dance wildly in the wind, dyeing everything in view white, not to mention the screen of a mobile phone, and even the backs of people who are close at hand are only vague outlines. The unsuspecting onlookers suddenly screamed in shock, and several of them stepped on the feet of others as they subconsciously retreated.

Obviously, this indicates that the battle between the two Himi family trainers has begun, and the hazy sound of giving orders and the explosion of clashing moves is incessant - and the contestants who want to gather information look around left and right in the vast white world, as helpless as blind people being pulled into a movie theater.

The blizzard not only blocked the line of sight, but even the tentative penetration of the power of the waveguide was cut into pieces, and it could only barely detect a rough idea, and the field of vision seemed to be 600 degrees of myopia patients. Xiao Ye was squeezed in the middle of a group of people, and he couldn't retreat if he wanted to, so he had to stuff the shivering Pichu into his arms and continue to stare helplessly at the snowflakes in his eyes.

About two or three minutes passed, the sound gradually subsided, and the wind and snow dissipated.

The "unhappy" classmate took back his unconscious Pokémon and couldn't help but snort when he looked at his watch, obviously dissatisfied that he didn't break through the four minutes of the bet. On the other side, the Snow Demon Girl dissipated the last wisps of cold air around her body and floated beside the trainer for a while, as if she had not participated in a vicious fight at all.

"It's too cunning, Carl, so we can't see anything! you definitely did it on purpose!" Several local boys, who knew each other well in the ring, had already shouted angrily.

The young man in the cap jumped out of the ring and raised his eyebrows as a matter of course, "Of course, did you know me on the first day?"

The two young men who ended the battle were quite easy-going in their speech and demeanor, far from being as cold as the rumored Himi family, and walked into the Pokémon Center with a smile and a smile with others. Xiao Ye heard from afar that they seemed to want to ask Miss Joy about something about their descent this time, so she didn't come any closer.

After saying goodbye to the owner of the medicine house, she returned to the snowy mountains with a familiar car.

The barrier along the Bailang River has been removed, and only two protection officers remain nearby, seemingly doing a water quality survey. Xiao Ye went up to chat with them for a few words, trying to inquire about Aaron's whereabouts, but learned that no one was found trying to approach the quarantine area yesterday.

Sayo's knowledge of Aaron's trip is limited to "the target is the frozen stinger jellyfish". Seeing that the clue was broken here, he had to go back to yesterday's valley first and continue his pre-game penance.

There were no strange noises on this day, and there were no wild Pokémon in crisis. Time passed peacefully until dusk, and when Xiao Ye finished his day's training and wanted to return to the town on the big bird, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a motley among the dark green leaves.

It was a young man in a red vest who had collapsed unconscious in the woods.

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Small Theatre:

After a good night's sleep, Xiao Ye woke up and received a notification of the payment for collecting cold herbs. So, she went to the Pokémon Center front desk to see if there were any other suitable jobs.

[New Short-Term Employment Item: Collect Herbs for Bone Healing x50]

Night: ...... (You don't have to be so preemptive.)