"This is talent. You can't exactly be jealous of something like that."
Silas patted Prinplup's body consolingly.
He still couldn't understand why Prinplup insisted on fighting Ninetales for the position of leader among the two Pokémon.
Wasn't that just asking for trouble?
"Prinplup!"
Prinplup flapped its wings angrily and stomped over to a corner, where it began facing the wall in deep contemplation.
Silas helplessly shook his head and decided to let it be.
"By the way, little one, why did you suddenly evolve?"
He walked over to Ninetales and, while enjoying the refreshing coolness of his Pokémon air conditioner, asked the question.
Ninetales raised its head proudly and let out an aloof cry.
The meaning behind it was quite simple.
Compared with losing while deliberately holding something back, it preferred the feeling of giving everything it had and securing victory.
If it had the ability to win but chose not to use it, wouldn't that just be stupid?
"I see."
Silas nodded in agreement.
"You really are an arrogant little thing."
He smiled as he spoke to Ninetales.
"Grrr."
Ninetales opened its mouth unhappily and bit down on the hand Silas had extended toward it.
The force was so light that it felt more like a massage.
Nearby, Gible, who had taken on the role of one of the dragon-type Pokémon's lackeys, blinked.
"Grrr."
Silas, who had been pretending to be in pain to tease Ninetales, suddenly looked horrified.
"Don't you dare—AAAH!"
A scream that shook the heavens echoed through the room.
"Nine~!"
"Piplup!"
"Giga!"
"Blaze!"
The Pokémon all cried out in alarm and rushed toward Silas.
With the help of his other companions, Gible reluctantly opened its enormous jaws.
It stared at Silas with its watery eyes, looking completely innocent.
"Hiss."
Silas grimaced as Gallade treated him.
Gible had only been born a few days ago and had not even passed through its infancy yet, so it was nowhere near as skilled as Ninetales at controlling its strength.
Fortunately, Silas's excellent physical conditioning allowed him to endure Gible's bite. It had only left several fairly deep wounds on his arm.
Surrounded by Life Dew, the wounds quickly faded before disappearing completely.
"Gible~"
Gible timidly lowered its head and, looking somewhat dejected, reached out with its little hand and tugged on Silas's trouser leg.
After receiving some "education" from its seniors, it quickly realized its mistake.
Gible simply couldn't understand why, when both of them were biting him, there was such a huge difference between its bite and its boss's.
Silas reached out and lifted it onto his lap.
Half of the pain on his face just now had been real, while the other half had been an act.
If having a few wounds torn open was enough to make him cry out in agony, he probably would have disappeared from Viridian Forest along with his Pokémon long ago.
Wild Pokémon didn't care about peace and friendship. They only knew how to chase their targets relentlessly.
The main reason Silas had done this was to properly teach Gible a lesson.
Gible's greatest characteristic was its extraordinarily large mouth.
It could use that enormous mouth to launch devastating attacks and deal tremendous damage, but because it still couldn't fight very flexibly, it could easily injure others or even itself.
Silas didn't want one of his future main Pokémon to bite into a mouthful of dirt and choke itself unconscious before it even got the chance to enter battle.
Besides, Pokémon that had just hatched from Eggs also needed guidance from their Trainers.
In the wild, their parents usually took on that role.
Take Gible's seniors, Blaziken and Gigalith, for example.
When those two were still young, one of them had managed to burn down a house, while the other had turned an entire room into a desert.
If Silas hadn't discovered what was happening in time and taught them to correct their behavior, he seriously wondered whether he might have gone to sleep one day and never woken up.
Gible was the same.
It wasn't that biting people was inherently a bad habit. After all, it was an instinctive behavior of its current form.
It couldn't simply be forced to suppress that instinct, or Pokémon like Gible could easily lose their natural desire to attack.
The important thing was that Gible gradually had to learn how to control the strength of its bites.
That was an ability it needed to master at every stage of its life.
Pokémon training had to start from childhood.
And there was no need to even mention matters such as values and character.
The saying that Pokémon gradually became more like their Trainers wasn't a joke.
It was a fact.
Sometimes, you could see a Trainer's personality reflected very deeply in their Pokémon, and you could even roughly infer what kind of person their Trainer was.
Thinking back to the "Garchomp Breeding Manual" that a certain blonde beauty had sent him, Silas glanced at Gible, which had clearly become somewhat dazed after listening to his lecture.
Silas smacked his lips, still feeling unsatisfied.
Although Gible's situation was somewhat different from the descriptions in the manual, he supposed that perhaps, maybe, possibly, it had managed to understand at least some of what he had said.
Watching Gible scurry behind Ninetales and tremble there, Silas couldn't quite figure out which part of his teaching had gone wrong.
"Blaze."
The other Pokémon, which had also nearly fallen asleep listening to him, followed Blaziken's lead and collapsed onto the floor one after another.
Every one of them wore an expression of complete despair.
If they weren't doing this for the sake of their Trainer, they swore they would have stuffed the mouth of that endlessly rambling man.
Pidgeot lay sprawled across the floor.
Sure enough, there was still a lot it needed to learn from its Trainer.
"Ding~~~"
Whenever the room fell into an eerie silence, there always seemed to be some sudden sound that broke it.
Silas raised his left hand and looked at his wristwatch.
"Caller: Violet, Falkner."
"Hm?!"
He made a puzzled sound through his nose, then seemed to think of something and immediately answered the call.
"Hey, Falkner. Why are you calling me this late?"
"We found the ruins."
Falkner got straight to the point and immediately delivered the good news.
Silas's eyes lit up.
"Where? What's the situation? When are you starting the exploration?"
He had never expected the Violet Gym's search efficiency to be this high.
It had only been a few months, yet they had already found what might be a set of ruins.
Normally, searches like this were measured in years.
But such incredible speed also strongly suggested something else.
There was probably no Unown inside these ruins.
At least, not at present.
"Uh..."
Falkner was also startled by Silas's enthusiasm and helplessly explained.
"We found the ruins, but there seems to have been a slight deviation."
"What do you mean?"
Silas went out onto the balcony and frowned as the sea breeze blew against him.
"What I mean is that the ruins we've discovered now probably aren't the ones where the Ghost-type Pokémon originated. They're most likely another set of ruins."
Under Falkner's explanation, Silas gradually understood the general situation surrounding the newly discovered ruins.
Simply put, they had been found by accident.
Originally, a group from the exploration team had been searching in the area between the northeastern part of Goldenrod City and the southwestern part of Violet City.
For some unknown reason, however, the equipment specifically designed to detect ruins suddenly registered an unidentified fluctuation.
Although it lasted only a few seconds, the experienced exploration team immediately detected it.
Following the signal, the professionals managed to track it all the way from central Johto to northwestern Johto, near Route 38, which connects Olivine City and Ecruteak City.
When Falkner first received the news, he had honestly felt a strong urge to swear.
What kind of joke was this?
Violet City had hired the exploration team to search for ruins. It certainly hadn't sent them all the way over there to excavate.
Even though the relationships between the eight Gyms were generally pretty good, going all the way to that area to excavate ruins was still a little too brazen.
Fortunately, the Gym Leader of Olivine City was Jasmine.
She was gentle and easygoing most of the time.
After a brief discussion, the newly discovered ruins became a joint development project between the two Gyms.
As for Ecruteak?
According to Falkner, for some reason, they hadn't even sent anyone over to ask about the situation.
It was honestly rather strange.
But it wasn't a major issue.
Even Ecruteak City and its ancient Gym couldn't simply sit back without contributing anything and expect to receive a share of the benefits.
Even if they waited until the exploration was complete before coming over to cause trouble, neither Violet City nor Olivine City would be afraid of them.
However, that was precisely where the current problem lay.
"You mean all the equipment malfunctioned in that area?"
Silas's tone rose slightly.
Falkner's voice carried both solemnity and excitement. "It wasn't simply a matter of malfunctioning. More accurately, all of them were destroyed and rendered unusable."
The reason for his concern was that this indicated the ruins were far from ordinary.
The reason for his excitement was that the more unusual the ruins were, the greater the potential rewards would be in the end.
Investment, risk, and returns had always been proportional.
Besides, even if there was nothing valuable in these ruins, there was still another unfinished ruin that had yet to be discovered. They could simply continue searching for it.
"So roughly how long will it take? I'll make some preparations and head over as soon as possible."
Silas naturally understood why Falkner had called him and asked the question without hesitation.
Not only was Silas a business partner and the person who had provided the clues about the ruins, but the relationship between Jasmine's Olivine Gym and the Cianwood Gym behind Silas was more than enough reason for Falkner to invite him.
With Silas acting as a buffer between the two sides, negotiating the distribution of benefits would also become much easier.
Besides, Silas knew very well that Ecruteak Gym probably wasn't coming because of him.
It wasn't that he was flattering himself.
It was simply because those people devoted to the old traditions had an almost excessive faith in Ho-Oh.
Falkner pondered for a moment before giving a somewhat vague estimate.
"About ten days to two weeks."
"All right. I'll head to Cianwood Gym first. Once I've taken care of things there, I'll come straight over."
Silas immediately agreed.
Originally, he had planned to spend another week vacationing on the islands.
Since he had gone all the way to a place like this, he naturally wanted to have some fun.
But when it came to important matters, those plans could be put aside for the time being.
"All right. When you get there, just go directly to Gym Leader Jasmine."
Falkner didn't say much more. Before long, the call ended.
"Ah~"
Silas stretched toward the bright, spotless moon.
"Looks like I'm going to be busy again~"
But honestly, compared with ordinary travel, he preferred exploring ruins, or even the significance behind what those ruins represented.
It gave him an enormous sense of satisfaction.
He rolled his shoulders as he walked back into the room.
The next day.
Cacao City, Red Rock Harbor.
"Today's cruise tickets are already sold out? This early?"
Silas looked at the staff member in disbelief.
The staff member gave him a polite smile.
"I'm very sorry, but that's how things are.
"Because the Whirl Islands competition just ended, many of the tourists who came here to travel and watch the competition are preparing to leave.
"All four cruise ships heading toward Cianwood City are already fully booked. We're terribly sorry.
"If you're really in a hurry, I suggest checking the air station to see if there are any airships available. They're somewhat more expensive, but they'll definitely be faster."
"All right."
Silas didn't argue. Instead, he headed directly toward the air station located on the outskirts of the city.
After all, he was a Trainer.
At worst, he could simply have Pidgeot carry him there.
The main reason he had wanted to book a cruise ticket was because he wanted to experience traveling across the ocean.
If that wasn't possible, then so be it.
He had already experienced the S.S. Anne before, and that had been a top-class luxury cruise ship.
The moment he entered the air station, before he even had a chance to take out Pidgeot's Poké Ball, two female voices sounded behind him.
"Excuse me, are you Silas?"
"I'm your fan! Could I get your autograph?"
Silas instinctively turned around.
Two incredibly adorable twin girls stood before him.
Standing beside them was also a polite old man dressed in a tuxedo.
When he noticed Silas looking at him, the old man gave a slight bow.
"Please forgive me for disturbing you, Young Master Silas.
"Allow me to introduce the two young ladies on their behalf. They are members of the Yasuhara family, a family under the Sasaki family.
"Young Master James has mentioned you to them before. In addition, after seeing your performance in yesterday's competition, the two young ladies immediately ran over when they spotted you. I was unable to stop them."
"You appear to be planning to leave the Whirl Islands, correct?
"If you don't mind, would we be honored to invite you aboard the Yasuhara family's airship?"
The tuxedo-clad old man quickly explained everything.
"James?"
Silas was startled when he heard the name.
Come to think of it, he hadn't heard anything from that guy for about half a month.
Looking at the twins' expectant expressions, Silas smiled and nodded at the old man.
"Then I'll be troubling you."
Silas naturally wasn't going to refuse an offer of kindness, especially when it had been extended in James's name.
As for whether it could be a scam.
Silas still had some impression of the Yasuhara family.
More importantly, what kind of scammer would use the most luxurious version of a private airship to trick someone?
Did they think it cost nothing?
An airship like this wasn't something an ordinary person could simply buy even if they had the money.
"Silas, can we see Ninetales? It's so beautiful!"
"Yeah, yeah! I want to see Prinplup. It's so handsome!"
As they made their way toward the airship, the two twins chattered excitedly.
It wasn't difficult to tell that there was a clear difference in their personalities.
The older sister, accompanied by a green Kecleon, preferred beautiful Pokémon, while the younger sister, accompanied by a purple Kecleon, preferred cool and handsome Pokémon.
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