20demayo Chapter 806: Two Rainbow Warriors
Chapter 806: Two Rainbow Warriors
The bus stopped at the ancient city station, and Xiaozhi and Serena got off the bus exhausted.
"I'm really impressed by Johto's infrastructure." Xiaozhi complained as he got out of the car.
Even though Hoenn has opened an intercity express this year, the only railway in Johto is a direct line from Vermilion City to Manjin City...
"There's nothing we can do. Johto is a sparsely populated area after all, and Yuanzhu City is a historical town. Please be patient for Brother Chihong." Serena consoled him caringly.
"Satoshi! Serena!" Souji and Seiko jogged over from the side of the road to meet them.
"How is it? Did you find anything?" Xiaozhi asked straight to the point.
"According to the information we collected, the witness should have seen Ho-Oh near the Bell Tower." Souji took out his notebook and it seemed that he had interviewed many people.
"In that case, let's go and take a look without further ado." Xiaozhi nodded.
The four of them did not hesitate and walked directly towards the bell tower on the outskirts of the city.
"Ugh!!!" Suddenly, a colorful figure with flames crossed the sky.
Satoshi and the others looked up, and Seiko jumped up and exclaimed, "Oh my goodness! Ho-Oh?!"
Whoosh! A fireball fell from the sky.
Xiaozhi frowned slightly: "Pikachu~"
"Pikachu!!!" Pikachu didn't dare to be careless and attacked directly with a full-strength 100,000 volts.
Boom! Golden lightning instantly pierced through the fireball and struck the figure in the sky.
"Huh?!" With a cry of pain, the figure in the sky fell directly downwards with smoke...
"Ah, this..." Souji was stunned. "Is Satoshi already strong enough to defeat Ho-Oh easily?"
"You know it's impossible." Xiaozhi rolled his eyes and led everyone on a trot. Finally, they saw "Ho-Oh" on the temple lawn outside the Bell Tower.
I saw a toucan with colorful feathers tied around it and a fireball mouse lying on the ground, twitching...
"Oh my god, it's a Shiny Toucan and a Flamewitch... What are you cosplaying?"
"Who are you?" A little boy hurried forward, put away his two Pokémon, and glared at Xiaozhi and the others: "Why are you attacking my Pokémon?"
"Don't think you're right just because you look weak." Xiaozhi pointed at the other party: "It was your Pokémon that touched mine first, so I should hit you. If I don't, you'll be sad..."
"You... that..." The little boy's face turned red. Fortunately, at this time, an old man came up with an old cuckoo.
"I'm sorry, everyone. My grandson has caused you trouble." The old man nodded and apologized.
"It's okay, it's not a big deal." Xiaozhi waved his hand and was about to ask about Ho-Oh's news when he saw the old man scolding his grandson.
"Cleo, I've already told you that Ho-Oh doesn't exist. All those reports of Ho-Oh sightings are nonsense.
Don't cause trouble for everyone anymore." The old man said, putting his hands behind his back and was about to leave.
Xiaozhi suddenly stepped forward to stop the old man and started to take off his clothes...
"Wait?!" Serena blushed, and Seiko and Soji looked confused.
"Young man, you..." The old man quietly took a step back.
"Don't get me wrong..." Seeing everyone's expressions, Xiaozhi smiled awkwardly and then became serious.
After handing the clothes to Serena for safekeeping, Xiaozhi once again came before the old man and gently patted his chest: "Old man...Ho-Oh...is real! The proof is the flame it left on my chest!"
With a burst of scorching light, the flame tattoo on Xiaozhi's chest seemed to come alive, gleaming brightly. The old man's pupils trembled at the unique vitality of the Ho-Oh.
"It turns out... Ho-Oh really exists, I wasn't seeing things~" The old man covered his chest and slowly knelt down, crying bitterly.
"Grandpa..." Cleo wanted to go forward worriedly, but found that the old man was holding a feather that was emitting colorful light.
"Rainbow Feather!" Souji shouted sharply.
"Ho-Oh! Why! Why haven't you appeared since then?
I thought I just dreamed of you…” The old man cried and screamed.
Looking at the feathers in the old man's hand that had just glowed and then dimmed, Xiaozhi frowned: "Machado, what's going on?"
Bang! Xiaozhi's shadow was in an uproar for a moment, and Machado glared at the shadow while looking at his butt.
You damn Darkrai, you sneak attacked me!
"Aren't you the supervisor of the Rainbow Trial? Have you ever seen this old man?" Xiaozhi asked seriously.
Machado turned around and hid in the shadows. "After getting the feather, this guy has been obsessed with finding Ho-Oh. He hasn't even trained the Pokémon around him. He's not even close to the level of being able to fight Ho-Oh. There's no way he can trigger the test..."
"Uh..." Xiaozhi was speechless and choked. He then stepped forward to help the old man up: "Old man, do you know the function of the Rainbow Feather?"
"Isn't this the pass given to the person chosen by the King of Phoenix?" the old man asked in confusion.
"That's true, but..." Xiaozhi said seriously, "I once got this and successfully met the Ho-Oh.
I want to tell you that this thing is actually a letter of challenge. It's the Ho-Oh challenging you and your friends to a duel.
When you are strong enough to challenge Ho-Oh, it will use its feathers to guide you to find him.
You have been searching for so many years, have you ever thought about training yourself?"
"What?!" He looked at Xiaozhi with an incredible look.
He pursued Ho-Oh his whole life. Except for his first companion, Infernape, which evolved into its final form, the other Pokémons were just like his Cuckoo, who never evolved until they were old. Do you think he trained...
"Is that so?" Tears welled up in the old man's eyes. "Did I... disappoint the Phoenix King?"
Buzz~ Just when the old man felt hopeless and the life in his eyes began to fade, the feather in his hand seemed to sense something and suddenly burst out with a dazzling light.
Then, the light pointed to the top of the bell tower in the distance! !
"What is this?!" Souji and the others looked at the old man in shock.
"Old man, it's not time to give up yet." Xiaozhi pointed to the top of the tower: "That is the test of Ho-Oh. As long as you climb to the top of the tower, it will appear in front of you again!
This is yours, Phoenix King's Rainbow Trial!"
"This is my trial..." The old man's eyes lit up again.
Xiaozhi pounded his chest with his right hand: "Senior, let's go. This is the only way for the Rainbow Hero!"
The Bell Tower is the trial ground of Yuanzhu City, and a large number of ghost-type Pokémon live in the tower.
For Xiaozhi, it was naturally a piece of cake, but for this dying old man, it was probably a life-or-death struggle.
Only by accepting this test will he be qualified to meet the King of Phoenix.
"Grandpa~" Cleo raised his hand worriedly, and the old man waved his hand to stop his grandson.
"This is my lifelong dream, Gugu, Infernape, can I ask you for this one more favor?"
The old man took out a mottled Poké Ball, and the equally old Charmeleon stood side by side with Cuckoo.
The two elves roared with all their might and walked into the gate with the old man.
"Ash~" Serena looked at Ash worriedly.
Xiaozhi shook his head quietly: "We'll follow behind."
As the supervisor, Machado was about to come out to work when Darkrai grabbed his throat and dragged him back to the shadow using his hands and feet.
"Dronelo Barto~ Please, don't make any noise." Xiaozhi's Galar Quasi-God smiled and nodded, then disappeared and flew into the tower.
To be continued...