Chapter 81: Professional Nanny
“You two are good, settle down for a bit.”
Pikachu ran a couple steps and stood between the Caterpillar and Snowy Child, stopping their battle.
Zuo Hang patted Lin Ping’s shoulder. “That’s enough, it’s about time to set off.”
Resting a bit more would actually be fine.
But what Zuo Hang wanted was for them to stay in a state of nervousness at all times.
Danger could happen at any time in the Secret Realm.
For people like Xingye and Lin Ping, whose non-normal sparring was triggered in extreme rage, they were very likely to be ambushed by other wild Pokémon during the fight, or have their butts stolen by students from other classes.
Though the possibility of the latter wasn’t very high.
As long as Zuo Hang was there, at least no one from Class C or Class D would approach.
Although Zuo Hang had muted the Terminal’s notifications, he had noticed the Terminal’s prompts while lecturing the group earlier.
Class C’s Student IDs are 081~120, Class D’s Student IDs are 121~160.
The reason he could be sure that people from Class D wouldn’t cause them trouble was because he saw a Student ID flash by on the Terminal.
If nothing unexpected happened, Classes C and D had already formed an alliance.
Moreover, the area where the group was located might have already been marked red by the two classes.
If Zuo Hang and the others stopped moving, they basically wouldn’t scan anyone from Classes C and D within a one-kilometer radius.
Zoom out the Map.
The nearest Secret Realm Exit to the group was a waterfall.
Its name on the Map was Cherry Falls, marked as a light red area.
Zuo Hang’s target had always been there.
Gardevoir could fly out at full speed in just one afternoon, but walking would take four or five days. To bring the team, Zuo Hang planned to proceed on foot.
Along the way, they would pass two light red areas, and brushing some points there should net quite a bit.
The group stood up and bid farewell to Exeggutor.
“Naa xi~~” One of Exeggutor’s six heads, the one with a slightly sad expression, spoke up.
“Pika~”
“Boga boga!!”
“Sha la!”
“Maoji~~”
The Pokémon also bid farewell to Exeggutor.
No acquaintance without a fight. Although most of the young ones were blown away by Leaf Storm before they could even make a move.
But waving goodbye together with Senior Pikachu and Senior Gardevoir made them look very prestigious.
Clearly just E-grade, but I’ve battled an SS-grade Elite Four! And I wasn’t injured! The SS+ Ultra Elite Four-grade Pikachu was even my teammate!
The farewell was pleasant, except Natu who said nothing.
On the surface it was slow reaction, but this Natu had actually seen through everything.
The SS+ Ultra Elite Four-grade Pikachu had been scratching the surface in the previous battle. Even though Exeggutor had Light Screen and attribute resistance, Pikachu had activated Electric Terrain which boosts Electric-type moves’ damage, so the damage he caused shouldn’t have been that little.
Natu felt it had figured out the crux of the problem.
Sure enough, every Electric Mouse has some talent for winning an Oscar!
That afternoon.
5:26.
The autumn sunset in the Secret Realm came early, and the sky was gradually darkening.
Whether there should be a sun in the Secret Realm was debatable. If the Artificial Secret Realm was a projection of a dead world, was the sun they saw above the Secret Realm also a remnant image of the dead world?
Unfortunately, there were no philosophers or poets among the people present, and no one wanted to sigh at the sun.
Zuo Hang turned down the brightness of his Mobile Phone.
Fletchling and Swablu were entangled in mid-air by a flock of incoming Zubat.
The night was undoubtedly the home ground for this bat-like Pokémon.
Their petite bodies and agile movements made this group of Pokémon even more troublesome than Beedrill.
Fletchling and Swablu were clearly not types that could fight freely in the dark.
Two pairs of blue light wings crisscrossed and flickered in the darkness.
Fletchling and Swablu had developed tacit understanding, and by relying on the Skill Light from releasing Aerial Ace, they could barely hold their own against the Zubat.
The occasional spurts of Flame could even briefly illuminate the night sky.
This group of Zubat had no leader.
They seemed to be flying frantically to escape something, with no extra mind for battle.
If they really wanted to fight, just Fletchling and Swablu alone would have a hard time stopping them.
Gardevoir wanted to throw a Dazzling Gleam into the sky to light up for the two Pokémon.
Zuo Hang definitely wouldn’t let her do that.
It was precisely for them to train in the darkness. Besides, it wasn’t completely dark yet, just a slight loss of vision.
If they couldn’t handle even this small scene, it would only be harder when it was fully dark at 7 or 8 o’clock.
The dimmed Terminal Screen showed five glowing dots clustered together—the E Plains, a blue plain shaped like an “E”.
The area around the “E” was all harmless white areas, but the stroke in the middle of the “E” was a light red-marked Ecological Dense Area.
Zuo Hang’s group stopped at the entrance of a Cave, which was that long strip-shaped light red Ecological Dense Area. It might be an Exit, or possibly an entrance—there were no regulations anyway—but it could also be the kind with only an entrance and no exit—a certain Pokémon’s nest.
Lin Ping hesitated for a moment in front of the Cave entrance.
He originally had no aversion to caves, but after all, he was someone who had just entered the Secret Realm and been trapped in a Hydreigon’s Cave, so Lin Ping was a bit panicked.
Zuo Hang gave Gardevoir a look, and Gardevoir immediately understood, probing Psychic into the Cave interior.
30 seconds later, the red glow in her eyes faded, and Gardevoir nodded slightly to Zuo Hang.
Meaning there was an Exit inside, and nothing she couldn’t handle.
Zuo Hang smiled and patted Lin Ping’s back. “Stop looking, let’s go in.”
The pat didn’t move him; Lin Ping’s body was resisting.
“To be honest, I don’t really want to go in. I’ll walk at the back.”
Zuo Hang applied a little force, and Lin Ping couldn’t resist at all, directly pushed into the Cave by Zuo Hang.
“You walk in front. Don’t worry, it’s just a light red area, nothing dangerous.”
“No, how do you know? You haven’t been there. That SS-grade Exeggutor wasn’t in a blue area too?”
Lin Ping’s voice echoed into the Cave.
“Zizi————” A group of Zubat emitted strange ultrasonic waves from their mouths and swooped out of the Cave entrance, brushing past Lin Ping’s hair.
Fletchling and Swablu hurriedly flew to the sides to make way for the frenzied group of Zubat.
Lin Ping swallowed.
“Flying so fiercely, I’m afraid inside the Cave…”
“You’ll be done once you go in!” Zuo Hang kicked Lin Ping inside with one foot.
This kid… scared of even a Cave after just seeing two Hydreigon?
How could his courage be so small? How would he be an Investigator in the future?
Zuo Hang felt the burden on his shoulders grow heavier; unknowingly, he had taken on someone else’s Dream.
“Xingye, you bring up the rear. Be reliable, shout if there’s a problem,” Zuo Hang said.
“Got it~ Don’t worry, Hangzi Ge, I’m an old hand at bringing up the rear!”
Lin Ping led, Xingye brought up the rear, Zuo Rou was protected behind Zuo Hang, then Heichuan Nagi, Gardevoir walked beside Xingye also at the rear, Darkrai had infiltrated the shadows, and even Zuo Hang had lost track of its position.
When it came to hiding, Darkrai had always been skilled.
As soon as it went on the shelf, recommendation votes directly dropped outside 1700th place. Oh my god, this is too real.
