Naoki put away the Poke Ball containing Slugma, preparing to interact with it after descending the mountain.
But when he turned his head, he imdiately saw Helian’s shocked expression.
Naoki: "?"
Helian couldn’t help but ask, "Do all trainers in the Paldea Region capture Pokémon like this? But if so, will the captured Pokémon listen to your commands?"
"...Not exactly." Naoki thought carefully, then explained, "I don’t need to command Pokémon to battle. The reason I captured Slugma is because I like this Pokémon and want to take it ho with to live together and get to know it slowly."
A collector-type Trainer? Helian probably understood as he had seen such Trainers before.
They are not very good at battling with Pokémon, and their purpose for traveling is just to capture cute Pokémon they’ve never seen before and send them ho to live with them.
However, that thod of capturing is still too...
Helian, for a mont, didn’t know what language to use to describe that feeling.
Having Pokémon capture other Pokémon, such a thing was unheard of.
Seeing his expression, Naoki chuckled and said, "If you have the chance, you can try this thod too."
"Most Pokémon have simple and honest natures. If you give them so food or let them feel your love, there’s a good chance they’ll choose you as a partner."
"Of course, this thod is only suitable for small and gentle-natured Pokémon like Slugma and Eevee. If it were Garchomp or Tyranitar, it might not work. In those cases, you have to prove your strength to them."
Helian listened attentively, feeling as if sothing had clicked in his mind.
"Got it!" Helian said.
Naoki smiled slightly, turned around, and prepared to leave.
After a month of training in Infernal Pass, Helian also planned to head to Mossui Town to gather so supplies, so the two of them rushed down the mountain together.
Once they left the bounds of Infernal Pass, the surrounding temperature imdiately returned to normal.
Naoki took a deep breath and pulled a bottle of water from his backpack to replenish his fluids.
Helian also put on his clothes.
As they passed the place where the timid Pokémon was discovered earlier, Naoki felt curious and asked Helian about it.
"By the way, Helian, have you seen any Pokémon unique to Kitakami around here?"
"Do you an Sinistea and its evolved form, Sinistcha?"
Sinistcha? That na sounds like an evolution of Sinistea...
Naoki pondered for a mont, then shook his head and said, "Besides these two?"
"There don’t seem to be any," Helian recalled, "but there are many Pokémon here that you don’t find in the Sinnoh Region. I’ve seen Mimikyu, Cramorant, Carbink... huh? Did you see so strange Pokémon?"
Naoki nodded: "In the area up ahead, I saw a Pokémon I’d never seen before."
Hearing this, Helian looked in the direction he was pointing, and when he saw the scene ahead, his face showed a shocked expression.
"What? You went in there?"
Naoki was puzzled, "What do you an?"
Helian: "That’s Oni’s Maw, which is very famous in Kitakami! The terrain there is very treacherous, nad for the protruding stones that look like a demon’s teeth. One misstep and you could fall into a cliff."
"For this reason, the locals have listed it as an extrely dangerous area and have forbidden others from going in."
Naoki was stunned: "Is it really that serious?"
"Besides that reason, there’s another very important one. It’s said that the ghost that killed the Loyal Three is hiding sowhere in Oni’s Maw. Once intruders encounter it, their lives will be taken away by it!"
Helian trembled: "A ghost wearing a mask or sothing like that—it’s terrifying! I fear these rural folk tales the most!"
Naoki: "..."
A ghost with a mask...
Images he had seen earlier flashed through Naoki’s mind.
That green Pokémon seed to have a mask in its hand too.
A sudden, unbelievable guess popped into Naoki’s mind—could it be the legendary ghost?!
But that’s impossible. That Pokémon was obviously very timid. It wasn’t capable of taking soone’s life; it ran away in fright the mont it saw him.
Or could the ghost be soone else entirely?
Just then, a cold wind howled from the direction of Oni’s Maw, reverberating through the valley like the wailing of wronged ghosts.
Helian’s hair stood on end, feeling a chill down his spine, and he quickly said, "Let’s get out of here quickly!"
Naoki was at a loss for words but still took the two Pokémon down the mountain, back to Mossui Town.
Unknowingly, it was already four o’clock in the evening.
Naoki bid farewell to Helian and then returned to the community center.
Tomorrow, he needed to visit Apple Hill with the village head to tour the Apple Garden, so after dinner, Naoki returned to his room.
He released Slugma from the Poke Ball and, along with Pawmo, looked at the Slugma, feeding it Berries and snacks.
To this unfamiliar human, Slugma didn’t seem scared at all. On the contrary, it appeared to be in a cheerful mood, slowly munching on the Berries.
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