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, our team completed a team mission - this was our first memorable team building and we had to celebrate!

Although the content of the mission is actually very simple, it is just a battle with children, and it is not as dangerous as the Quartz Alliance at all...... Well, the premise is that a miserable loss doesn't count as dangerous.

After hearing that we could earn money by working part-time jobs at the school during the summer vacation, we didn't rush to leave the airland, but each chose our favorite jobs - Kazuhiko's seniors had already suggested that actively receiving tasks issued by the school could improve the practice score.

It's just that I didn't expect that an ordinary patrol job would end up like that......

[August 7, 1000, 10:17 a.m., Edge of the Air and Land]

"We should wear sun-protective clothing. The brown-haired boy wanted to hide in the unkempt feathers on the back of the large-billed finch, and said with a sigh,

"It's useless to talk about that now...... Speaking of which, don't you have a blastoise with you?" his partner said with a look of interest as if he had come up with a good idea, "just pray for rain—"

"Stop, squad leader, don't say any more. Shintaro stopped his friend's whims in a cold sweat, "Let's not talk about whether praying for rain on the cordon will be expelled from school...... Blastoises are heavier than two billed finch, do you want to see a terrible air crash unfold in front of you?"

Kasuke: "Well, I don't really want to. ”

Shintaro: "...... Your answer makes me doubly uneasy. ”

Large-billed finch: "...... Quack!?"

Considering the remuneration, working hours, and their own abilities, Shintaro and Kasuke coincidentally received the task of "border patrol".

The location of the Radiant Academy, "Sky Land", is a magical island that floats between the clouds. Its existence is not well known - at least until he was sent by his father, Shintaro had never heard of or imagined that there was a floating land in the sky. In order to prevent the air and land from being exposed to the eyes of unrelated people, the members of the Radiance Society and its reservists put a lot of effort into it.

Countless noise generators are placed in various corners of the land and air, and they continuously shoot sound waves that are imperceptible to the human ear but disgusted by Pokémon to drive away wild Pokémon in the vicinity. Layers of artificial clouds envelop the entire island, and even if a reckless trainer accidentally flies too high, all they can see is a vast white expanse. The edge of the island, on the other hand, is permanently open with an invisible barrier that reflects the color of the clouds like a mirror, obscuring the true appearance of the interior. Even if someone does venture into the clouds, they will hit their heads against the barrier before they can see anything.

As a result, the patrolmen's job in the past was more like lifeguards - in order to prevent a stunned young man from knocking himself into a daze, they could only dutifully fly down to retrieve people, and pretend that there was an air collision to hide their eyes. It has been several years since the start of the air and land voyages, and such coincidences are uncommon, and the number of border patrolmen is very small.

- Until a few days ago, a big event happened on the eastern border of the air land.

Shintaro's team was busy working as inspectors until they returned to the air, and it was only when they returned to the airland that they learned that a trainer had single-handedly burned through the clouds, tore through the barrier, and broke into the air.

The narrator of the story, Shintaro's classmates, is so eloquent that Shintaro and his teammates struggle to figure out how chaotic the scene was that day and how panicked the students were. It is said that after the invaders broke into the air and land, the fighting troops of the Blue Group of the Radiance Society quickly assembled and met the enemy, and for a time the sky was dark. As for who won and who lost, how much the loss was, and what the identity of the invaders was, the people who ate melons said that they didn't know anything, and the ins and outs of all kinds of things were made up a lot on the school forum. The only piece of information that can be confirmed is true: the intruder is a user of a dragon-type Pokémon.

And thanks to this dragon messenger, the people of Konglu have been panicking these days, although Xingyu Baiye came forward to declare that the invaders have been subdued and will not threaten everyone's daily life, the hairy boys of the Radiance Academy are still afraid that the world will spread false information everywhere, saying that it seems that the sky and land are about to fall in the next second. Shintaro felt that staying at the school would definitely lose his rational judgment, so he immediately took the newly added patrol mission and decided to spend his energy on protecting the peace of the air and land, saving himself from thinking nonsense.

Patrol tasks are usually two-person teams, follow a fixed route, and report anomalies in a timely manner – the process is simple and straightforward, and it is not hard work. It's just that the intensity of ultraviolet rays in the sky exceeds Shintaro's imagination, but the area they are responsible for is still facing the morning sun, and the sun makes the skin faintly painful.

The brown-haired boy sighed, regretting that his large-billed feathers weren't long enough to hide the trainer's entire body like Kazesuke's Tanabata Blue Bird.

Turning around the regional demarcation line for the fifth time, the sun turned again directly opposite the two rangers.

The harsh sunlight made Shintaro squint, trying to move his gaze down as much as possible and not to look at the sky that was too bright. And after a few seconds, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Before taking up the post of temporary patrolman, both he and Kasuke received a full set of equipment - cycling suits, cold hand guards, goggles, and more. Cycling goggles automatically dim the field of view when the sun is strong, so that's it...... Why can't you barely open your eyes when you're not looking directly at the sun?

In the next moment, a loud bang exploded without warning.

Shintaro looked up in amazement. He saw that in front of him, an invisible transparent barrier was forced to appear in the air, and the cracks spread little by little, as if the whole sky was collapsing—and then, the blazing flames invaded from the outside in, and the cracks were instantly blasted into huge holes, and the sky was reflected into a dangerous red sea.

The teenagers hurriedly called out to each other, and hurriedly stepped back. The scorching air in their faces caused them to change color in unison.

Kasuke said decisively: "Run!"

In the face of a powerful enemy that could not be resisted, it became an impossible task to even take out the walkie-talkie to report the message. The Big-billed Finch carried the trainer as he struggled to avoid the aftermath of the fire, struggling through the hot wind. And Shintaro clung to the armrest of the seat and couldn't help but turn his head as he was about to get out of the danger circle.

He saw—

A large bird bathed in flames detached from the sun. Thousands of rays of light pierced the clouds like sharp swords, and in a trance, it was almost like a god descending.

After the last attack, the reaction of the Radiance Association Headquarters was quite quick. Combat specialists in navy blue uniforms rush to engage unidentified foes in the air, while Shintaro and Kasuke hide behind the undulating rocks at the edge of the air and land, the closest safety zone to the flames, witnessing what is happening in the blazing sky.

The lava-red flames swept through the layers like huge waves, destroying the barrier with unabated momentum, but the boy was keenly aware that when he reached the surface, the seemingly menacing flames had dissipated just right, not even staining the white eaves of the buildings, and the blue team's battle team was circling back and forth in the cracks of the fire, their attacks as if they were sinking into the sea, but there was not a trace of spark to scorch the corners of their clothes.

It's like ...... The controllers of the flames don't want to harm the land, just like the people who live here.

The crimson sea obscured the view, obscuring the battle with the only sound of wind and explosions. A few minutes later, the people in blue uniforms had disappeared without a trace, and the demonic firebird slowly landed at the air and land docks.

It wasn't until this moment that Shintaro discovered that there was a human sitting on the back of that terrible flame bird.

One...... A fire elf-like human with bright red hair.

[August 7, 1000, 12:31 p.m., air and land white zone]

"Wait, wait a minute...... Is that really good?"

The brown-haired boy was dragged by his friend and staggered, muttering vigorously in a low voice.

"It's okay, Mr. White Night is so good, even if he is discovered, he will definitely not blame us. After nearly half a year of getting along, Kasuke Ryono, the leader of Class A, has completely exposed his honest and well-behaved appearance, but he is actually bold, and pulled Shintaro quietly into the headquarters building in the white zone.

When the Flame Bird broke through the air lines and broke into the interior of the air and land, Shintaro thought that something was wrong, that the position was lost, and that the enemy was about to start burning and looting - and the development of events shocked their poor patrol men, who were almost scorched.

The manager of the Radiance Society's youth group, Mr. Hakuya's friend, arrived in a hurry, but had no intention of starting a war. He didn't even release the Pokémon, and just approached the huge flame bird unsuspectingly, causing Shintaro and Kasuke to gasp.

However, neither the flame bird nor the human on the flame bird's back took the opportunity to make a move. After a brief chat, they walked to the headquarters building in the White Zone in a friendly manner.

Because of the distance, Shintaro couldn't hear what they were saying, but instead glared at the human next to the flame bird - his appearance and clothing characteristics were too distinct, and he was clearly the same as the Flame Nation Chief, the Fire Plains who had appeared in the news of Flame Valley!

The shock of the big man in the news made Shintaro stunned as a piece of wood, until he was dragged by Kasuke across the dock to the white area, passing by the ridiculously large flame bird, and then he looked up in a trance.

Other words...... This is the flame bird in the video who set fire to the mountain and almost destroyed the entire island!?

Thinking of this, Shintaro suddenly shuddered. He suddenly discovered that such a divine beast with amazing destructive power had actually been "forgotten" here, and there was not even a member of the Blue Group who was in charge of vigilance next to him. If it suddenly starts a tantrum to ......

The teenager was frightened by his own brain to fill the screen with garbled characters. Sensing the human gaze, the Flame Bird politely lowered its head to look at him, inexplicably revealing a sense of innocence and harmlessness.

Kasuke seemed to have forgotten the experience of almost being burned to charcoal ten minutes ago, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with walking past the flame bird, and even said hello happily to the gods of Mt. Aso while dragging Shintaro. After receiving a serious response from the flame bird, they followed the footsteps of the two men all the way and rushed into the white zone of the empty land.

"Don't you want to know what Mr. Hakuya is going to talk about with the patriarch of the Flame People?" Feng Jie said in a straight voice, "And how can we say that we are also combatants, we can be regarded as parties, how normal it is to understand the inside story - come, this way, this way!"

"As soon as the fight starts, you will run away, which kind of combatant is it......"

Shintaro wanted to cry without tears, and he couldn't leave the captain and run away by himself, so he had to keep up with him.

The headquarters building in the White Zone has always been outrageously heavily guarded. A long time ago, they tried to walk the whole building from beginning to end, and they would not even be chased away by the guards when they broke into the office and talked to the manager, and they might even be pulled by the manager to have a good time. And today, after another attack on the air and land, the people in the headquarters building are still unvigilant, allowing Kasuke to pull Shintaro straight to the top floor, the location of the White Night Office.

Two children stealthily stopped in front of the door. The blue-haired squad leader made a "silence" gesture, then cautiously approached the crack in the door.

The sound coming from the room was staccato but enough to judge what they were talking about.

“...... But that's really what you want?......"

The speaker's voice was unfamiliar, most likely the patriarch speaking.

"In the past ten years, Xinghai seniors and Cyril have been looking for you. Or rather...... You don't trust your disciple anymore, do you?"

Compared to the intruder's aggressive questioning, the former chief search officer's voice was still gentle - if you listen carefully, there seems to be a hint of embarrassment hidden in it, "karma...... About a week ago, Xinghai had just been here. ”

“？”

"Punched in the same way you did. ”

“......”

"Now that you've shared information, I know you're going to have to do it sooner or later...... It is worthy of the tacit understanding of teammates for many years, and you even smashed the floor tiles are the same one. Alas, I should have insisted on my opinion and repaired the square later. ”

“............”

Although they couldn't see the expressions of the people in the room, Shintaro and Kasuke looked at each other silently, and they both felt that the unlucky patriarch must have an expression of "I came to you to talk about business, what nonsense are you talking about".

The people in the room talked for a while, and there were a lot of nouns that Shintaro didn't understand, which made the boy a little dizzy. A moment later, the Flame Chief's calm, cold voice came through the crack in the door.

"So this time, you don't see us as comrades-in-arms anymore, do you?"

The air was silent for a moment.

The teenagers outside the door heard it, and the Starry White Night Investigator sighed softly.

"You can find out the existence of air and land, you should already know it very well. ”

In their memory, the attitude of the former chief investigator was always gentle and pleasant. This was the first time they had heard Xingyu Baiye speak in such a solemn, resolute, and even cold tone.

"I don't need comrades. It's—"

"Someone who was able to stop me when my future me made the wrong choice. ”

The children were stunned by the hidden emotions and meanings of the words, and for a moment they did not even notice the approach of the footsteps. By the time they realized that the people in the room were going to go out, it was too late to run out of the hallway.

At that moment, a pair of hands suddenly grabbed their collars violently behind their backs.

The door was pushed open. The white-haired former investigator and the red-haired patriarch walked through the corridor while talking, and both seemed to have decided to put an end to the topic for the time being, focusing on the exchange of information first. The teenagers who were not skilled in eavesdropping stiffened in place, and they didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere...... Then he watched as the two of them ignored them, as if all they were in the hallway was a lump of humanoid air, and they just left.

- No, maybe they were just "air" just now.

Shintaro lowered his head in a daze, watching his toes, ankles, calves, and knees gradually reappear from the empty field of vision. He turned his head and looked behind him and dragged him and the squad leader to prevent the two of them from directly hitting the people of the white night.

It was a face that was familiar to all the students of the Radiance Academy, and the beating points of light in the golden eyes were no different from when the Starry Rain White Night Investigator activated his ability—coupled with the heavy white kimono, the wooden knife at his waist, and the very short height, Shintaro suddenly blurted out in surprise, "Master Bailan?"

Bai Lan: "......"

Seeing that the kimono boy showed the expression of an old man looking at his mobile phone in the subway, Kasuke hurriedly helped Shintaro cover his troublesome mouth.

As students of the Radiance Academy, the reserve army of the Radiance Society, and the direct subordinates of the future of Starry White Night, they are all familiar with White Night's son. Classmates who love gossip will quietly call Bai Ye the boss, so the boss's son is naturally affectionately called the young master.

Of course, I'm afraid it's the first time to call the deity like this.

The old man looked at his phone for a while, shook his head, and decided not to investigate how the seeping name came from.

"How much do you hear?" he asked simply.

Shintaro and Kazumi looked at each other, stammering, and both felt that something was wrong - overhearing his father's conversation and being bumped into by his son, the next step was ...... I'm afraid I was fired from this "company", right?

"Forget it. I know you've been listening here for at least ten minutes, haven't you? The kimono boy raised an eyebrow and answered the question directly for them.

"Uh...... That, I'm sorry......"

"I'll talk about it later. ”

The kimono boy interrupted them. He laughed suddenly, and his usually stiff face collided with the curvature of the corners of his lips, making those golden eyes brighten.

"Now that you've heard everything you should have heard—you two, would you be interested in working with me once?"

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Good afternoon, friends, have you had a good holiday?

After the end of this chapter, the Wind and Snow Mountain chapter is about to begin. In order to write this more complex chapter, I need to spend some time refining the story, so I will temporarily suspend the update from today and resume the update on March 28th.

And as compensation, the lottery activity mentioned before is about to start!Interested students can move to Jin丨Jiang's novel of the same name, the author of the latest chapter has something to say, and some of the registration methods and rules are viewed ( ́▽')