Chapter 36: Old Man: I’ve Got A Great Job Lined Up For You!
When his sister cried, Zuo Hang panicked.
He could only gently pat her back. “Why are you crying? It’s just failing to pass, right? Work harder next time, work harder next time.”
“Wu~~ But but I was clearly already working very hard this week and it’s still not enough!” Zuo Rou suddenly wiped her tears and said, “All the misfortunes in this world are because the person involved lacks ability! Next week, I’m also going to train for four more hours!! First, run 4000 meters around the sports field with Piplup! If that’s not possible, then do 800 sit-ups!”
So chuunibyou.
Zuo Hang sighed.
Zuo Rou’s problem wasn’t training for a few hours, but social anxiety.
No matter how strong Turtwig is, if Zuo Rou doesn’t dare to speak when facing a crowd watching, it’s all for nothing.
To get her to overcome this, it might require some special methods.
Zuo Hang already had a rough idea, but implementing it specifically should be next week’s matter.
*
White Dragon is a fully enclosed school.
Even on double rest days, going home requires applying to the school.
Zuo Hang had no intention of going home at all, and moreover, Huohuo said that the procedures for applying to go home were very troublesome.
This special restriction only applies to first-year freshmen. By second year high school, White Dragon High School students can also leave school freely from Monday to Friday.
Zuo Hang originally didn’t want to go back. The time on Saturday and Sunday was originally planned to help his sister overcome social anxiety, but then a certain middle-aged man in his forties suddenly called Zuo Hang.
“Son, come back this Saturday. Your dad has something to trouble you with.”
That’s what Old Man said.
After hearing this, Zuo Hang felt a chill all over. Last time this sentence sent him to White Dragon High. This time, who knows what bitter errand it is.
As for those very troublesome homecoming procedures.
Sorry, Zuo Hang didn’t apply for that at all. Homeroom Teacher Xi Ran gave him a leave permit without saying anything.
*
Saturday morning.
Zuo Hang arrived home.
No different from when he left.
The furniture placement hadn’t changed. The newspaper on the coffee table was still from August 30th. The kitchen sink had plates from a week ago. The vegetables in the fridge were faintly not fresh. The dining table had the milk left from the morning of August 30th that Zuo Hang and Zuo Rou drank.
‘No one has been back to this house in a week.’
Zuo Hang very simply arrived at the above judgment.
“Ding dong~” The doorbell rang once. Zuo Hang opened the door.
A familiar middle-aged man stood at the doorway.
“No way someone really sent their son and daughter to school and didn’t even come back home, right?”
“Pika!!” The Electric Mouse on his shoulder said along with Zuo Hang.
“Sigh, haven’t I been busy?” Old Man turned on the air conditioning at home, comfortably lay down on the sofa, and said: “I found a job for you. You’ll definitely like it.”
“Heh, no thanks.” Zuo Hang refused without thinking.
Zuo Tian smiled. “When has your old man ever screwed you over? This is really a good job! Don’t you want to go find various mythical beasts and divine beasts? Let me tell you, there’s one in White Dragon.”
“Reshiram? I know that one. It’s staying up in the sky.”
“No, besides that Little White Dragon, there’s another one underground.”
Underground?
Zuo Hang immediately got interested and quickly ran through the legendary Pokémon that might appear underground in his mind.
The first one he could think of was that one.
The one that can’t fly.
“Groudon?” Zuo Hang asked.
“No.” Old Man said: “I don’t know exactly what it is either. Anyway, there’s a Pokémon underground in White Dragon, and it’s extremely strong. It might be a mythical beast, pseudo-legendary, or legendary Pokémon, but it’s definitely not Groudon. Academy City is an artificial island, and below is the sea. The chance of Groudon being at the seabed is very small.”
As he spoke, Old Man threw a black-covered identification onto the coffee table. “Open it and take a look. I guarantee you’ll like it.”
Zuo Hang picked up the black identification.
“Investigator? 3-star special agent?”
Zuo Hang roughly understood the investigator ranking system.
Beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite, special agent, ace, each rank has 1~5 stars.
The corresponding trainer ranks are roughly beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite, Elite Four, champion.
It’s not that an ace investigator has champion strength, but definitely above Elite Four. There are many trainers in this world with strength who haven’t participated in the league.
“This identification.” Zuo Hang felt that what Old Man was about to say next might be very troublesome. What White Dragon High underground has a divine beast? Heh. Based on his understanding of Old Man, it’s definitely not as simple as just one divine beast.
“Find a way to get into the Student Union, best to be president. If not president, anything else is fine.” Zuo Tian’s tone suddenly became serious. “There’s a league member inside White Dragon High. Unlike you, they’re a proper special agent. You need to find a way to get underground in White Dragon High. If successful, don’t go deep. Just find the way in. You can’t handle what’s inside.”
Zuo Hang frowned. “Even I can’t handle it? So it’s really a legendary Pokémon? Do you know its type? Any other intel?”
When it came to unknown Pokémon, Zuo Hang always couldn’t help but dig deeper. This wasn’t his own quirk, but an instinct almost every trainer has.
Zuo Tian said: “Using White Dragon High’s terms, that Pokémon’s combat power is at least SSS+. The limit on data, maybe even higher than SSS+, who knows. Not just you alone, even if both of us go together, we’d probably end up lying there…”
Zuo Hang sighed… “Really that strong? Wait… So you sent your own son to White Dragon High just to have him go find that high-risk Pokémon whose type is unknown?”
“Sigh, don’t put it that way. Makes me sound like some unscrupulous father.”
“Aren’t you exactly that? Other dads try to keep their kids away from danger, but you stuff me right into it. Truly, un! scru! pu! lous! fa! ther!”
“Pika!” The Electric Mouse nodded seriously, indicating that Hang Hang was right.
After some surface-level banter, Zuo Hang still put away the black identification. If there’s really a Pokémon underground in White Dragon, even if it’s SSS+, he has to go check it out.
“You said there’s a league member inside White Dragon High. Which one?” Zuo Hang asked.
Old Man said: “Also in your Class A. I can’t tell you who specifically. You lack counter-surveillance awareness, so you can only wait for them to find you.”
“Ours?” Zuo Hang recalled and said: “Can’t be Xingye, right?”
Old Man suddenly froze, paused for three seconds. “Xingye? Which Xingye? The one with the knife?”
“What knife? No knife, has a bug.”
“What bug?”
“Caterpillar, a big one.” Zuo Hang gestured.
“Can it evolve into Rayquaza?” Old Man asked.
“Probably not.”
“If not, then why mention it!”
“Because it’s really big… And unforgettable!” Zuo Hang said very seriously.
“Pika!” The Electric Mouse chimed in.
The two were completely on different wavelengths.
Old Man was helpless, held up his index finger to make a “1”, and said: “Besides the underground Pokémon, there’s one more thing!
Inside White Dragon there’s a high-risk secret realm, number 2077. After the first monthly exam, there should be exploration of non-artificial secret realms. You must choose 2077 then. Actually, you’re quite familiar with that place. Played Pokémon Punk, right? 2077’s scene modeling was directly restored from that place.”
Every time my main story is about to start, a bunch of people slip away. So frustrating, invested in so many books, when will Ling Lingzi stand up!!（Manual dog）
