Pokémon: Reborn as Lucario

Chapter 161: Speak Up When Seeing Injustice on the Road

After leaving the Pokémon Center, Míng Rìzhào and her group continued on their way to Fuquan Town.

Fengling was still holding her Snivy. Although Snivy had a certain weight to it, for the former, the opportunity to be close to her usually tsundere Pokémon was a rare and precious one.

As for Míng Rìzhào's side, it was much livelier. Kirlia Ruru walked with an elegant posture. If one had sharp eyes, one could see a layer of psychic power covering Ruru's feet. This seemed to be an action taken by Ruru, whose mysophobia had grown more severe after evolution, to avoid contact with the muddy ground. At the same time, this method of moving forward while using psychic power to support herself could not only avoid stepping on the ground but also train her psychic abilities, truly killing two birds with one stone.

And walking at the front of the group was the energetic Riolu, carrying a large backpack. A Pokémon egg, about the same size as him, was placed inside, bouncing up and down with Rio's restless steps.

As for Míng Rìzhào's shoulder, it was occupied by a fluffy fellow.

As if seeing Rio turn his head, the fluffy fellow called out cheerfully.

"Eevee~"

Yes, standing on Míng Rìzhào's shoulder was a Pokémon covered in brown fur, with a large tuft of cream-colored fluff around its neck, and a fluffy, large tail with a heart-shaped pattern that swayed back and forth—an Eevee.

"I never thought it would be an Eevee in the Poké Ball."

Fengling looked at Eevee's cute appearance, feeling her heart about to melt.

Míng Rìzhào delightedly stroked the fluffy Eevee from time to time with her free hand.

Dare one ask, in this world, who wouldn't like Pikachu and Eevee?

In any case, Míng Rìzhào liked them very much, and so did the author.

"But this Eevee, how come it can't talk?"

Rio was a little curious.

The "can't talk" here didn't mean Eevee couldn't make a sound, but rather that it couldn't use "language" to speak. Whether it was Pokémon language or other languages, it couldn't use them to express itself, only crying out "Eevee, Eevee." This was also the first time Rio had encountered such a thing in his Pokémon career.

Thinking back, even simple-minded Pokémon like Caterpie would occasionally discuss with Rio which leaves were tastier.

(Caterpie, enraged: Hey, are you being polite?)

Whether it was Rio using his Aura for telepathic communication, Ruru using her psychic power to communicate, or Míng Rìzhào's own talent for communicating with Pokémon, none of them could detect Eevee's inner thoughts, nor could they make it speak.

On the contrary, Fengling recalled related knowledge recorded in books.

"There are usually several reasons why a Pokémon can't speak Pokémon language. The most common is a newborn Pokémon with congenital underdevelopment, resulting in a poorly developed language system, thus making it unable to speak coherently. The second is that the Pokémon has suffered severe psychological trauma and lost its language ability, or has sealed its heart and is no longer willing to communicate with the outside world..."

As she spoke, Fengling herself couldn't continue. The subsequent reasons became more and more outrageous and didn't seem very reliable.

"Ah, what I just said was only from the content of "Fantastical Theories on Pokémon Abnormalities". Much of the knowledge in this book is just speculation without evidence. Just take it with a grain of salt."

The group chatted as they moved forward, and soon they arrived in front of the cable car station that the Hiker had mentioned.

Rio stood with his hands on his hips, looking ahead.

So, the constructive power of humans was one of the fundamentals for this species to establish itself and dominate the world. Just looking at this simple cable car station, Rio himself couldn't imagine how it was built:

The location here was a mountain peak called "Luminous Mountain." The cable car station was built halfway up the mountain. Standing near the station and looking into the distance, one could see the silhouette of the mountain known as the world's number one volcano, "Fiery Volcano." The latter was shrouded in a large amount of smoke and clouds, and the dense fog nearby even had a fiery red color, as if it were being scorched. Let alone getting close now, just looking at it from such a distance, a scorching heat wave would unconsciously rush to one's face.

And the cable car's ropes started from Luminous Mountain, crossed a distance of several kilometers, and directly connected to the foot of Fiery Volcano.

"What a magnificent view. If I have the chance, I really want to take the cable car to see it."

Rio sighed with emotion.

Míng Rìzhào felt the same way.

However, seeing the crowd gathered in front of the cable car station, just making a fuss and complaining endlessly but not daring to walk into the station, they knew this idea was a bust.

Suddenly, a child's excited voice came from the side.

"Dad, I want to ride this cable car."

Before the man beside him could respond, the little boy broke free from his father's hand and rushed towards the cable car station with an excited face.

However, before he could run into the station, he was kicked away by a young man walking out of the station.

"Where did this brat come from? Scram! This place has been requisitioned by us masters."

The youth scanned the entire scene arrogantly.

Seemingly knowing from the people around them how arrogant and domineering these people occupying the station were, the child's father could only walk out, help up his child, and swallow his anger as he walked back into the crowd.

Feeling the fear and apprehension of the crowd, the corner of the youth's mouth couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile, proud that such a large group of people, including some trainers among them, were intimidated by him.

He thought for a moment, then even threw out a Poké Ball, summoning a Magmar.

"Boom!" Magmar sprayed a large gush of fierce flame from its mouth, startling the surrounding people and making them all flee backwards in panic.

"Hahahaha..."

The youth laughed even more wildly, venting all the anger from being mocked by that damned woman earlier.

Watching this scene.

"Xiao Ling, do you know?"

"Hmm?"

"When I first entered the Pokémon trainer major at the academy, the dean once said something to us: What is a trainer? It's not about using Pokémon to be fierce and fight, and certainly not about using Pokémon to bully the weak. It is..."

"...to allow us to have strength, so that when we encounter injustice on the road, we can angrily speak up!"

Unreasonably occupying the station, abusing violence, and even using Pokémon to act tyrannically.

This should not be the action of a Pokémon trainer.

Míng Rìzhào carefully placed the Eevee on her shoulder onto the ground, then strode out.

"Looks like a good show is about to start."

Rio grinned, turned around, and handed the Pokémon egg to Snivy. He loosened his muscles on the spot, and then, together with Kirlia, transformed into a white light and entered their Poké Balls.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, another overconfident fool has come out." The youth looked at Míng Rìzhào with disdain, his tone sarcastic. "What's wrong? Want to come out and uphold justice? I'm so scared."

Míng Rìzhào helped up an old man who had been frightened and fallen to the ground, then silently stepped forward.

"Let's battle."

The girl said faintly.

For Pokémon trainers, there is only one way to resolve disputes, and that is to battle! Whether you are just or evil, use battle to prove your conviction!

A woman chewing gum walked out of the cable car station.

"Micun, at your level, I'm afraid you can't even beat this little brat."

The woman unhesitatingly mocked her "companion."

The youth, Micun, immediately flared up with anger and glared fiercely at the woman.

"Shut your mouth, you bitch."

The woman shrugged, walked to the side, and crossed her arms with the look of a spectator, her eyes full of mockery.

"Let's battle!"

Míng Rìzhào said again.

"Hmph, looking for death!"

Micun flicked his hand, and two Poké Balls were thrown out.

"Let's have a double battle. Don't waste my time."

"Come out, Magmar, Torkoal." (One-on-one with a single Pokémon is called a single battle, two-on-two with two Pokémon each is called a double battle, and battles with more than two Pokémon on each side are called group battles. These three are the most common forms of Pokémon battles.)

"Ruru, Rio."

A white light flashed. The graceful, girl-like Kirlia and the fist-rubbing Riolu appeared.

Standing before them were Magmar, a Pokémon with a fierce gaze, a body that seemed to be on fire, and a duck-like beak; and Torkoal, a Pokémon that stood on all fours, shaped like a tortoise, with thick smoke continuously coming from its nose and the holes on its shell.

[Pokédex]!

A light screen flashed before Rio's eyes.

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[Pokédex]

Encounter Progress: 95/100

Battle Progress: 55/100

[Real-time Analysis]

Pokémon: Normal - Torkoal (Male)

Level: lv28

Type: Fire

Trainer: Micun

Ability: Drought (When a Pokémon with this ability enters a battle, the weather becomes sunny)

Moves: Smog (lv2), Smokescreen (lv2), Clear Smog (lv2), Withdraw (lv2), Amnesia (lv2), Eruption (lv0), Solar Beam (lv0), Body Slam (lv0)

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Pokémon: Elite - Magmar (Male)

Level: lv30

Type: Fire

Trainer: Micun

Ability: Flame Body (When a Pokémon with this ability is hit by an opponent's direct attack, it may sometimes burn the opponent. Also, when there is an egg in the party, it can speed up hatching.)

Special: Hetero-Flame (In sunny weather, the flames from its Fire-type moves have a chance to transform into stronger flames)

Moves: Flame Wheel (lv3), Fire Punch (lv3), Flamethrower (lv3), Fire Spin (lv3), Ember (lv3)

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The data of the two Fire-type Pokémon were fully visible in Rio's sight.

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