There is someone outside the house!
On November 20th, the weather was good.
"Young Master Bayne, it's time to leave," Benjamin's voice sounded in his ears, and Bruce quickly finished his breakfast and arrived at the training ground.
Lucas, Ethan, and Benjamin were still waiting for him there. During this time, the four had gotten to know each other better and established a deep friendship.
After receiving their equipment, the four followed the previous patrols, climbed into the off-road vehicle, and headed for the Diamond Forest.
The patrol mission remained the same as the previous ones, from the south to the north, and then back to the Vortex base from the north, lasting a total of two days.
During this time, Bruce followed Lucas and the other three on four patrol missions and took a day off after each return.
During the four patrols, both Gardevoir and Metang gained huge amounts of experience and both reached the Ace level.
The main reason was that with the help of the three, Bruce no longer searched for wild Pokemon aimlessly. The efficiency was much higher, and he only needed to wait for the Pokemon to be found.
One Pokemon after another was sent in front of Bruce, and all he had to do was shoot to defeat them.
This way, for the first time, Metang and Gardevoir caught up with Blaziken's progress, and they were advancing at a very fast pace.
Three Ace Pokemon, with Bruce's current strength, he could be certified as an Ace Trainer and participate in the university student league, achieving excellent results.
But judging by his current strength, it was still very difficult to win the championship and he needed to continue improving his strength for a period of time.
After becoming an Ace Trainer, Bruce could enjoy many more social benefits, and he could already be called a social elite and a pillar of the Pokemon Alliance.
But Bruce didn't have any special feelings about it. After all, he had lived with a group of detectives during this time.
The interior of the police guard is full of Ace ranks...
Only by becoming a Gym-level trainer could one truly enter the upper class of society, and even have the chance to become a Gym Leader like his father, greatly improving his social status.
As for the fact that both Metang and Gardevoir reached the Ace level, Lucas and the others expressed their incomprehension.
What?
You just reached the Ace level inexplicably?
What about your bottlenecks?
Isn't it necessary for your Pokemon to be stuck at a bottleneck for months or even a year?
The most important thing is that during the first-year exchange competition of Gardevoir, she was clearly just entering the Professional level, and it's been less than a month since she reached the Ace level.
Well, Bruce could only say that the Pokemon in the Diamond Forest were too powerful, so the two Pokemon didn't have to worry about not having experience at all.
After hearing the news, the old man pretended to be calm and nodded, then told Bruce another piece of good news.
After several days of searching, Colin finally found an Evolution Stone in a certain cave in the Diamond Forest.
After checking it, Bruce confirmed that it was the Evolution Stone for Gallade.
Upon hearing that it wasn't Alakazite, the joy on the old man's face instantly faded. Instead, Colin, on the other end of the phone, was very happy and clamored to return so that Gallade could evolve.
The old man firmly stopped Colin's actions and asked him to keep searching for Alakazite as soon as possible.
It was Bruce who had guessed it.
There are many psychic-type Pokemon in the Diamond Forest, and the Gardevoirite and Galladite found there correspond to the psychic system. Could it be that all the psychic evolution stones are found there?
In short, there are too many caves in the Diamond Forest, and Colin is still trying to find traces of Evolution Stones, hoping to find Alakazite as soon as possible.
But fortunately, the appearance of Galladite greatly encouraged Colin, and now he was full of energy.
At the same time,
Roy was trying to create a precautionary barrier during this time, and according to her, she was very close to succeeding.
In short, Bruce and the Pokemon had gained a lot during this period, and even Ponyta had gained some experience.
During the patrol process, Bruce sent Ponyta out to run and exercise, and the experience value had been steadily increasing and was about to break through to the next level.
Today, as usual, everyone disembarked when the off-road vehicle reached the open area.
Pidgeot, Sceptile, and Rhydon appeared at the same time, while Bruce threw a Poke Ball, a white light flashed, and Ponyta excitedly ran toward Bruce.
"Alright, alright, just like last time, don't get too far from me." Bruce smiled slightly and patted Ponyta on the back.
After Ponyta ran forward, Bruce threw the Poke Ball again, and Metal Saint made its debut.
Now, Metang's level was 41, which was 4 levels away from the standard evolution level, and there were just over 20 days left before the university student league opened. Bruce's main goal was to make Metang evolve successfully.
After reaching the Ace level, the experience points required to level up had increased again. The required amount was very large, and it often took several days to update to the next level.
But there was plenty of time, and there should be no problem reaching level four.
As usual, Pidgeot and Sceptile were in charge of bringing in the wild Pokemon, Rhydon carried the gear, and Ponyta had fun all the time.
Not long after, the first lucky Pokemon of the day appeared.
It was a Graveler.
Its whole body was gray, with a hard, uneven surface, four arms, and short lower limbs.
【Pokemon: Graveler (Rock/Ground)
Ability: Sturdy
Qualification: Gym
Level: 43 (Ace)]
Gravelers usually live in caves with steep cliffs. They have an audacious personality and will roll down like a rock thrower, constantly crushing anything that blocks their path.
Seeing Metang standing in front of it, Graveler gave a sinister smile, and then small stones floated from the ground and rushed toward Metang.
"!Metang!"
Metang looked at the incoming attack with a sneering smile, its speed increased sharply, and it dodged the small stones in an instant.
Seeing its attack dodged so easily, Graveler let out an angry roar, immediately opened its mouth, gathered a hot flame in an instant, and shot it violently toward Metang.
Hey, this Graveler can still use Flamethrower.
Seeing this, Bruce raised his eyebrows but said calmly: "Psychic."
"!Metang!"
Metang's eyes froze, and its eyes glowed with a dazzling purple light. Then a beam of spiritual light converged and faced the Flamethrower!
Boom!
The two energy light waves collided fiercely in the air, causing a loud roar, and black smoke gradually filled the air.
Bruce's eyes were flat, he snapped his fingers, and his sharp voice echoed across the field.
"Bullet Punch."
As the voice fell, Metang's figure rushed out of the thick black smoke, and in no time, it got close to Graveler, its fists glowing with saffron color swung in unison, hitting Graveler one after another like a hail of punches.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"!Roar!"
Graveler was hit hard in an instant, feeling intense pain all over its body, forcing it to stagger back.
"Brick Break!"
As soon as the words left the ground, Metang's claws shone with dazzling white light.
Boom!
As soon as the Brick Break hit, Graveler was covered in scars all over its body, and its figure staggered before finally falling to the ground.
"!Metang!"
Excited to have successfully defeated Graveler, Metang floated as usual.
"!Ha!"
Ponyta was also very excited and ran across the ground, chasing after Metang.
Seeing this, Bruce chuckled and suddenly felt that Metang and Ponyta had very similar personalities.
Well, everything was quite unusual.
After finishing with Graveler, they all continued toward the temporary camp.
In the afternoon, they arrived at Rockridge Village.
As usual, Bruce began searching for Evolution Stones at each stall.
Well, no.
However, there were several new decorations at the stall in front of the child, and Bruce took a look.
"Big brother, you're here again!"
"My mom made these a few days ago!" The child proudly pointed to the new decorations.
Bruce smiled slightly, gave a thumbs-up, and exclaimed, "Very beautiful."
"Hello." The child hugged Bulbasaur and scratched its head.
Based on his deep understanding during this time, Bruce finally knew why the other stall owners were adults, but there was a little child in front of this stall.
Originally, the stall owner was the child's mother, but she broke her right leg while picking herbs in the mountains some time ago, and was recuperating in the back house.
The stall owner naturally became the little child.
And the child's father had fallen off a cliff years ago, leaving just the two of them.
Bruce was long accustomed to hearing tragic stories and his heart wasn't really moved, but every time he saw the smile on the child's face, he would still exchange a pack of cookies or snacks for a pendant.
Soon, the four who found nothing gathered at the head of the village.
"Next time."
"My luck will be better next time," Lucas murmured quietly.
The four said goodbye to Rockridge Village, walked through the long valley, and headed to the temporary camp.
At sunset,
At the end of the road several temporary camps appeared, as if it was the same as in the past, the setting sun tinged the distant mountains red and the birds flew high.
It's just that the area around the temporary camp is a bit quiet today. On the road, the roar of the beasts is rarely heard.
They all entered the wooden house, had a brief conversation with the rest of the patrol team, finished dinner and went into the guest room to rest.
The night is deep,
Roy suddenly appeared, looking through the window at the forest shrouded in darkness, his eyes flickering slightly.
[There's someone outside.]
he says.
Is anyone out there?
Hearing this sentence, Bruce hesitated a little, then raised his eyes and looked out the window, the night was so thick he could hardly see anything, only the evening wind could be heard blowing.
He saw no one.
"Where is he?" he asked aloud.
In Roy's eyes a faint blue light appeared and little invisible fluctuations of psychic energy arose. After a while, he pointed to the northwest.
"Isn't that the person who came out of the house?" Bruce thought for a moment and then asked.
Hearing this, Roy shook his head.
Hearing Roy's reaction, Bruce's eyes sparkled, for thoughts in his heart began to surface.
"Is there anyone out at night?"
"Or this special place?"
This place is at the northern end of the Diamond Forest, and further north are the snow-capped mountains. It is inaccessible, except for the patrol team, there are almost no traces of other humans.
In this kind of place, at this hour, are there people out?
Numerous thoughts flashed through his mind and Bruce frowned slightly, realizing that this seemed to be an unusual matter.
After thinking about it briefly, Bruce left the room and knocked on Lucas' door.
"Young Master Bayne, what is it?" Lucas was a little surprised when he saw Bruce's figure.
To make a long story short, Bruce told Lucas directly about the people outside.
Lucas certainly had, and didn't investigate why Bruce knew there were people outside. He simply looked at him and then nodded slightly.
"Young Master Bayne, you're here, I'll go out and take a look," Lucas said in a deep voice after a while.
"I'll come too," Bruce said.
Lucas was about to persuade him, but only heard Bruce say again, "Roy, hide the two of us together."
Sigilo?
Hearing this, Lucas was stunned for a moment. Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly saw his figure getting blurrier and blurrier until it disappeared completely.
It's a wonderful feeling. On the one hand, I can't see my body, but on the other hand, I can perceive the existence of every part.
"Come on."
In the air to the side, Bruce's faint voice was heard.
Lucas was silent for a while.
The night covered the whole jungle, and the noisy night wind was like monsters with teeth and claws, and a faint red light flickered in the thick darkness.
"Captain, in the house there are 13 people now, divided into three patrol teams, the first team of 5 people arrived at 5:00 pm, the second team of 4 people arrived at 5:30 pm, and the third team of 4 people. It arrived at 6 pm."
Under the haze of the night, three figures were vaguely distinguishable. Their clothes blended into the night and the glasses they wore glowed with a faint red light.
"Yes." The man called captain hummed lightly, then continued to look at the wooden house not far away and said quietly, "It's the same as yesterday, there are three patrol teams every day, but the last team today there are only four people.
"The patrolling situation in other places is similar to here. There are at least three patrol teams going back and forth to patrol the Diamond Forest every day. It's really a strict precautionary measure."
-All right, take advantage of the night and retire.
After the words fell, the three stood up one after another, moving cautiously, ready to turn around and leave.
Suddenly, a tyrannical psychic force locked them firmly together.