area51novel Chapter 178 Departure from Silver Mountain
Chapter 178 Departure from Silver Mountain
"Long time no see, Lu~Te~etc."
When Kona called Lu An's name in that deliberately affected voice, Lu An instinctively shivered:
"Auntie Kona, please talk to me properly."
Long Ze, who saw Kona and Xiao Gang walking to Lu An's side from a distance, was about to return to Lu An's side.
Upon hearing Lu An's words, it immediately tucked its tail between its legs and hid far away once again.
I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear anything, Aunt Kona or anything, I didn't hear anything.
As Long Ze felt a chill run down his spine, he couldn't help but be even more impressed by Lu An's ferocity.
It's one thing to criticize the alliance and organization's leaders behind their backs, but to do so bluntly in front of one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto is another.
Lu Ante et al.
Brave warrior!
In fact, Kona is not much older than Natsume, so naturally she wouldn't be much older than him either.
As top-tier combatants in the league, Lu An and Kona had a lot of interactions, and even once carried out a mission side by side with Kona.
However, perhaps influenced by the original work, or perhaps wanting to tease Kna, Lu An always liked to call Kna "Auntie" when he saw her hysterical appearance.
Sure enough, Kona's beautiful, collagen-rich face froze on the spot:
"Ah, Auntie?"
"Aaaaaah, Lu Gou, I'm going to kill you!"
Faced with the menacing Korna, Lu An slipped away unnoticed, subtly distancing himself from Korna and moving closer to Xiao Gang.
"Lu Te et al."
Xiao Gang, known as the "rock of Northeast China," nodded to Lu An.
Xiao Gang was only wearing a sleeveless vest. Lu An patted Xiao Gang's arm and could hardly feel any muscle elasticity; instead, it was as hard as a rock.
Lu An couldn't help but sigh, "There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names."
"The league actually sent you and Kona here? It seems they're quite serious about this."
Brock is not only the gym leader of the Gray Rock Gym, but he also works as a bodyguard and is a well-known top bodyguard in the league.
The league sent him here, obviously to protect Allen's team on Silver Mountain.
As for that aunt who was so furious she was practically breathing fire...
In terms of status within the league, Kona is definitely the highest-ranking among them.
After all, he was one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto. With no champion in Kanto yet, this was already the ceiling of the league's honorary titles.
Sending a gym leader and an Elite Four member is enough to show how much the League values this mission.
This also eased Lu An's mood considerably.
With these two helping out, this trip should go much more smoothly.
After all, putting aside Xiao Gang, who was acting as a bodyguard, Kona's strength was certainly worthy of her title.
Her jellyfish has a special skill: she can turn any enemy she sees into a little ice man.
This little ice man can freeze the enemy's hands, feet, and even the entire body.
Lu An didn't understand the specific principle, but he could guess that it was a unique skill that the Mystic Lips used to condense water molecules in the air into ice, combined with her own characteristics.
That's an ability that even Lu An covets, and sometimes it's even more overpowered than Sabrina's superpowers.
In the Yellow Chapter of the original manga, Crimson, who had already won the Kanto Championship, was invited to Mount Tsukimi, where he fought a fierce battle with Shiba, one of the Elite Four.
Ultimately, because of Lorelei's "Ice Doll" attack, it became an ice sculpture on Mt. Tsukimi, with only Pikachu managing to escape.
That battle could be described as the closest he ever came to death in his glorious and fiery combat career.
Its level of danger even exceeds that of his two battles with Sakaki.
If Sakaki hadn't appeared at Mount Tsukimi and rescued Akane from the ice doll...
In that battle, Crimson died completely in Mt. Tsukimi.
Even so, Crimson still suffered severe aftereffects from Lorelei's Ice Doll, and even gave up his position as the Viridian City Gym Leader after Giovanni.
It wasn't until Professor Oak's granddaughter, Nanami, discovered that the hot springs of Mt. Silver could heal her reddened wrist injury...
Furthermore, with Natsumi's guidance, they ventured deeper into the Silver Mountain and used its unique hot springs to improve their injuries.
In addition, Lan, Sabrina, and Sachs, one of the Rockets' three beastmen, have all suffered at Kona's hands.
Therefore, although Lu An's strength was still above Kona's, he still highly regarded Kona's combat ability.
If he makes a mistake, he could also crash and burn.
With her joining the Silver Mountain operation, even if Professor Allen's research team, that burden, is brought along, Lu An wouldn't find it unacceptable.
......
After a brief preparation, the group traveled from the investigators' branch in Tokiwa City to Route 28.
They will travel from here to Silver Mountain.
Before entering Silver Mountain, Lu An glanced at the Silver Mountain expedition team.
The investigators include Lu An, Bai Ling, Ping Bu, Long Ze, and a first-class investigator named Guang Zhi who is said to have witnessed the firebird.
In addition to the investigators, there are Lorelei, one of the Elite Four, Brock, the Gym Leader, and a research team led by Professor Allen.
The number of people is huge.
This is completely different from Lu An's idea of going into battle with a light load and streamlined personnel.
"Ugh."
Anyway, even if Allen's team isn't taken deep into Silver Mountain this time, he'll probably be the one to lead the research next time, since he has experience with Silver Mountain.
Rather than doing that, it would be more efficient to resolve it once and for all.
But before that...
Lu An looked at everyone on the field with a serious expression and instructed them:
"Before we enter Baiyin Mountain, I want to remind everyone once again."
"Mount Silver is a mountain that the Kanto League still doesn't fully understand. It is home to many wild and powerful Pokémon from Kanto, Johto, and even other regions."
"Even gym leaders, Elite Four members, and even champions wouldn't dare say they could walk out of there unscathed."
"Therefore, if you want to conduct ecological research, you must do so under orderly organization and protection, and never wander around at will."
"It's a small matter if you lose your own lives because of your disorderly behavior, but the most serious thing is that it affects the safety of our entire group."
"When the time comes, even if it costs you your lives, don't say you weren't warned."
Even if Lu An was standing in front of a professor from Yuhong University, a King of the Kanto Alliance, and a gym leader,
But when he became serious, his imposing presence still overwhelmed everyone, and his advance warning of "death" silenced them for a moment.
Just then, Professor Allen stepped forward with a gentle smile:
"Lu Ante and others, thank you again for the cooperation of the investigators and for the protection of our team. The Alliance will always remember your contributions."
"At the same time, I would also like to assure you that our team is only here to record the Pokémon ecology of Mt. Silver and related environmental parameters, and will not cause any unnecessary trouble for the investigators."
"Please rest assured, Special Agent Lu and others."
Lu An gave the professor, a graduate of Yuhong University and with close ties to Professor Oak, the leading expert in Pokémon studies, a deep look before turning towards Mt. Silver:
"Set off."