"Takumi? Help Takumi Takumi of a few villain trainers in Shimizu Village? When I was on the phone with my cousin in the next town, she mentioned you, but I didn't expect you to be a handsome guy! ”

Joey, who seems to have a more big sister style, reached out and pinched Takumi's cheek and said something that made Takumi smile bitterly.

However, from Joey's words, Takumi already knew that his 'good people and good deeds' in Shimizu Village had been publicized by the villagers, at least Miss Joy in the next town already knew about it, and told her cousin by the way......

Placing his six Poké Balls in the tray Joey had brought over, Takumi waved his hands as if he didn't care.

"A few trainers are scum, and even if I don't meet them, other trainers who find out about their behavior will definitely catch them......"

After recording Takumi's information, Joey, who handed Takumi's ID card and room key together, lowered his body forward, and put his mouth close to Takumi's ear before saying softly, and the breath he spit hit Takumi's ear to make Takumi feel a little itchy.

"Anyway, a brave little brother like you, my sister wants to reward you......"

"Huh? Miss Joy's fragrant kiss? ”

Boom!

Takumi, who was knocked on the door of his head, couldn't help but cover his head and looked at Joey with a prankster smile on his face rather speechlessly.

"Lalala, as a reward for your little brother, this restaurant 20% off coupon will be given to you, don't be too moved!"

"Touched by a ghost! It is clearly written here that the trainers who stay today can get a 20% discount coupon for the restaurant for free! ”

With a deliberately surprised expression on his face, Joey exclaimed, "You found out!?" ”

Looking at Takumi who fled in the wilderness, Joey, who was guarding the front desk, suddenly let out a chuckle like a silver bell.

Five days had passed since he left Shimizu Town, and Takumi, who had managed to get a detailed map of the nearby area from Matsumoto, had resumed his trip.

It's not boring to follow a set route and train Pokémon along the way.

It wasn't until he came to this snowwind town that Tuohai stopped, ready to buy the corresponding supplies, and climbed over the snow-capped mountains more than ten kilometers away.

Well, that's right, it's the snowy mountains.

Takumi couldn't figure out why there was a snow-capped mountain in this plain and hilly area, but the map from Matsumoto did indicate that there was such a snow-capped mountain near Rainbow City.

If you cross the snowy mountain, you can shorten the journey to Rainbow City by about ten days, which is also an important reason why Takumi decided to climb the big snowy mountain.

"Besides, I also have [rock climbing] skills, climbing mountains or something, it's not a problem for me at all!"

"Little brother Takumi, are you going to climb the big snow mountain?"

The next day, Joey, who heard Takumi asking the trainer in the hall if someone had come across the snowy mountains, had no work in front of him, wondered.

"yes, Miss Joy, do you know what I need to prepare?"

After asking four or five trainers, Takumi got a negative answer, and when he heard Joey's voice, his eyes lit up.

Holding his chin and looking at Takumi, Joey asked a little lazily.

"Do you have a fire-type Pokémon?"

Seeing Takumi release the Six Tails, Joey blinked and continued to ask.

"Do you have Pokémon that are good at digging?"

Seeing Takumi pick up the pangolin, Joey blinked again.

"Do you have any Pokémon that can fly?"

Takumi unleashed a large needle bee beside him, staring at Joey suspiciously.

"Well, you're really well prepared, not like some frizzy trainer who goes into the mountains......"

Miss Joy sat back on the chair behind the service desk and said in a relaxed tone.

"Blankets, coal, ropes, these are necessities, and some other equipment you can buy from the store that sells mountaineering supplies in the center of town, the owner is very good, he will not maliciously rip off customers, and the quality of the things is also very good."

"Remember to buy his special compass, the ordinary compass will fail in the Daxue Mountain."

After thanking Miss Joy very sincerely, Takumi hurried towards the center of the town, and successfully found the mountaineering supply store that Miss Joy pointed to, and the owner was indeed a kind boss as Miss Joy said.

Not long after, Takumi walked out of the store with a palm-sized compass, and Takumi, who didn't see any mystery about this 'special compass', stuffed it into his backpack and hurried to buy other supplies.

The wallet that was abundant some time ago gave Takumi the confidence to buy supplies in a big way, and two hours later, Takumi, who was walking on the road to the snowy mountain, touched his space backpack, estimating that the purchased materials had been able to arm himself to the teeth.

The distance of more than ten kilometers is about two hours for Tuohai's current physical fitness, and if he is not worried about the need for proper rest, Tuohai can even complete this journey in an hour.

After lunch at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, Takumi set off on his own hiking trip.

As we went deeper into the snow-capped mountains, the turquoise that was originally clearly visible in the field of vision was no longer visible, and the white surrounding environment made Takumi, who came to the snow-capped mountains for the first time, stop.

After changing his backpack into thick clothes, masks, hats, non-slip boots, and other items, Takumi with goggles found the Poke Ball of the Great Needle Bee from under his fur coat.

As always, Pokémon are needed to complete the pathfinder work, but considering the environment of the snowy mountains, Pokémon walking on the ground are naturally not as safe as Pokémon flying in the air.

This is also the reason why Miss Joy asked Takumi if there were any Pokémon that could fly, otherwise whether it was a trainer or a Pokémon stepping on the air and falling off a cliff, the chance of survival would be basically zero.

Sending a big needle bee to explore the way is equivalent to solving the safety problem of the reconnaissance itself, and Tuohai himself specially bought a few hard wooden sticks of about one meter and a half in order to prevent this kind of thing.

Using a wooden stick to check whether the road ahead is safe, although the speed of travel is a little slower, the safety is greatly improved.

Continuing to walk deeper into the snowy mountain, Takumi found that the compass he was using had indeed failed, and he was grateful to Joey in Snowwind Town, and took out the palm-sized compass from his backpack.

The compass, which looks quite heavy, is not affected by the magnetic force in the snow-capped mountains, and still accurately guides Takumi in the direction of progress.

When the clouds in the sky piled up, like lead ink, Tuohai Shiran, who knew that the heavy snow was about to fall, stopped, and asked Rokuo to clear a snow close to the mountain wall first, and under the high temperature of the jet flames, the snow melted, and the evaporated white mist filled a nearby area, meeting with the cold air, and a little ice crystal condensed on Takumi's clothes.

"Pangolins! Dig such a big hole, got it? ”

He drew a circle on the mountain wall with the wooden stick in his hand, and after seeing the pangolin start to move, Takumi also released the Aba snake.

The cold environment made the Aba Snake very uncomfortable, but under Takumi's order, the Aba Snake, who can dig holes, began to tie up the pangolin.

It couldn't dig through the hard rock, but with the help of moving the gravel left behind the pangolin aside, the Aba snake was fine.

While paying attention to the weather overhead, Takumi also went into battle in person, took out a folding sapper shovel, and assisted Ah Bai Snake in transporting the earth and stones to both sides.

Exercise is really a good way to keep out the cold, and after nearly an hour, with the help of Takumi and Abai Snake, a cave with a height of 1.7 meters and a depth of 5 meters is completed, and Takumi's whole body is still like a furnace, and the heat is boiling.

As the snowflakes fell overhead, Takumi didn't care about taking a break, and hurriedly beckoned two Pokémon who were also tired enough to seal the entrance of the cave with the reserved earth and stones, and waited until Takumi slapped the earth and stones piled up at the entrance of the cave by one person, leaving only one ventilation opening, Takumi, who was hungry and tired, glanced at the time and found that it had come to eight o'clock in the evening.

After lighting the bonfire and settling his own and Pokémon's dinner, Takumi took out three blankets at once, wrapped himself in a rice dumpling, and slowly fell asleep relying on the warmth of the flames.

"Is anyone there?!"

"Please, let me go in and escape the blizzard, my catty dog will freeze again, and he may die!"

Rubbing his eyes and listening to the faint sound coming from outside the cave entrance, Takumi probably guessed that it was the soil and rocks he left on both sides of the mountain wall that exposed his location.

After a little hesitation, Takumi summoned the sleeping pangolin and carved a small hole along the edge of the hole that could only be climbed into.

It was pitch black outside, and the face of the man outside the cave could not be seen, but it was still possible to tell from the sound of the wind that it was a man.

"Hurry up and get in! I can only open such a small hole, and if it is big, it will all come in by a snowstorm! ”

Shouting at the entrance of the cave, Takumi's eyes flickered, but after seeing the catty dog that was stuffed through the entrance of the cave, with a weak breath and no snowflakes on his body, Takumi's movements did not hesitate.

The catty dog's near-death state is not fake, even if his personality is always cautious, but he doesn't mind pulling the other person when the other party has already indicated the predicament.

A few minutes later, a man dressed like a snowman came in from the small hole, and he was still conscious and wanted to help Takumi seal the entrance to the cave, but Takumi was driven directly to the campfire.

Five minutes later, Takumi, who endured the cold wind to seal the entrance of the cave, came to the bonfire with the pangolin, looking at the young man who could already see his face clearly, Takumi stopped his action of preparing to speak, methodically took out the medicine from his backpack, and came to the catty dog who opened his eyes slightly.

"In such a blizzard, you have to send your Pokémon into a warm cave first, such a person definitely belongs to the kind of ...... that can befriend"