Pokémon: The Sims.

Chapter 117 I Broke My Man's Promise
"you"

Wu Ge was about to get up and scold the lobster soldier for not knowing how to read the room.

But when he saw the usually carefree Lobster Soldier lying on the ground, sobbing, he momentarily forgot what he was going to say.

Wu Ge turned to look at the blue-haired man and his accomplices.

"How about we knock them all out?"

A man approached the blue-haired man and asked him a question.

The blue-haired man raised his chin, glanced at the lobster soldier, and then looked at the egg on the ground.

"never mind."

He curled his lip, gave a soft snort, and turned to leave with the others.

"call."

Wu Ge breathed a sigh of relief, watching the group of people gradually drift away on the pirate ship.

Self-regeneration.

Upon using the self-regeneration skill for the first time, Wu Ge's body emitted a faint green glow, making his already emerald green leaves even more dazzling under the sunlight.

At the same time, Wu Ge felt that his condition had improved a lot. At least the pain caused by the speed just now had been reduced by more than half.

Wu Ge then looked at the lobster soldier who was still lying on the ground groaning.

He shook his head, thinking it would be better to let the lobster soldiers calm down first.

He picked up the Pokémon egg, walked to the edge of the reef, scooped up some water with his long tail, and then splashed it on Tom's face.

"Well"

After making such a commotion, Tom was just one handful of water away from waking up.

He sat up in a daze, looked around, and seemed to remember what had happened.

"Oh dear, what bad luck!"

Tom, on the other hand, seemed unconcerned, scratching the back of his head as if it didn't bother him much.

"Uncle, look at him."

Wu Ge pointed to the lobster soldier who was still lying there dead.

"Lobster Soldier, what are you doing lying there?"

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Upon hearing Tom's call, the lobster soldier turned his back to them.

"What's wrong with him?"

Tom looked at Wu Ge blankly.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Wu Ge had an extra Pokémon egg in his arms, but he was still more concerned about Grunt.

"I still want to ask you."

Wu Ge shrugged.

Even Tom, a trainer, doesn't know, so how could a stranger he's only known for two or three days possibly know?

"By the way, where's my boat?"

"I thought you had already figured it out."

Wu Ge stretched out one hand and gestured.

He could only gesture as best he could to show that the ship was destroyed; whether Tom understood it was entirely up to him.

"Oh, I see. The boat is gone."

Tom understood what Wu Ge meant.

He reached up and wiped his eyes, remained silent for a long while, and then sighed.
"Perhaps this is fate."

After leaving behind a nonsensical remark, Tom got up and sat down next to the Lobster Soldier.

Wu Ge followed curiously, but stood at a distance to listen, not getting too close.

"Hey, what's there to be sad about?"

Tom reached out and patted the lobster soldier on the back.

"Hey (I broke my promise as a man.)"

"Haha, it's nothing! Take it easy!"

Tom put his hands on his hips and laughed heartily, almost to the point of tears.

"Hehe! (You said it yourself!)"

"What did I say?"

Tom was stunned.

"Hehe! (A man's promise is one he must keep!)"

The lobster soldier jumped up and looked angrily at Tom, seemingly blaming him for forgetting what he had said.

But the lobster soldier had no idea.

His words silenced both of them.

"You still remember that?"

Tom's smile faded. He braced himself against the rocks behind him and looked out at the distant sea. "Doesn't this scene look familiar?"

"Hey."

Lobster Soldier certainly knew what Tom was talking about.

After all, they became companions on a huge reef.

More than twenty years ago.

Pokémon leagues have been established in various regions, but a major league has not yet been formed.

The villains who had been wreaking havoc in various regions were driven to the brink of extinction by the local Pokémon Leagues and fled to the sea.

During that period, the oceans of this world were truly in chaos.

It was practically the Great Pirate Era.

At the time, Tom was a rich young man, and if it weren't for his past status, he wouldn't have known Sora, who was once a noblewoman.

At that time, Tom owned his own cruise ship, and his dream was to sail around the world on it and become the freest man in the world, going wherever he wanted.

but.

At that time, the Hoenn region was in chaos, with many people fleeing.

Batch after batch, how many are human and how many are ghosts, no one can tell clearly.

Tom is kind-hearted and generous, and wants to be a great hero. He repeatedly sails his own cruise ship between Hoenn and Johto.

Each time, a single move would bring thousands of refugees and a number of Pokémon, all of whom wanted to seek refuge in the now-peaceful Johto region.

However, what ordinary people can think of, bad guys can also think of.

Many pirates roamed the outskirts of the capital during that period, robbing these refugees to survive.

At that time, internal troubles had only recently been resolved. The Indigo League not only had to manage the two continents of Kanto and Johto, but also the Seven Islands, which had been annexed by the Kingdom of Dragons to Kanto hundreds of years earlier. They couldn't even lend a hand to the Sinnoh region in the north, let alone deal with the pirates in the southern seas.

Even though Tom was familiar with the sea route, there were still times when things would go wrong.

That time, they happened to run into a group of pirates.

How can this ship of refugees and a few dozen Pokémon fight against pirates who kill people at the drop of a hat?
To protect everyone, Tom wanted to rally the refugees and Pokémon to disembark and crowd together on a nearby large reef to await rescue.

To his surprise, the pirates kicked him overboard after hearing what he said.

They wanted to use these humans and Pokémon as slaves on the ship so they could enjoy a life like royalty.

The lobster soldier was a bit of a hothead back then, and he got really angry when he saw Tom being kicked off the ship.

Regardless of whether he could win or not, he charged forward wielding the pliers.

Then he was beaten half to death and thrown off the ship.

As a result of this incident, Soldier Lobster suffered some injuries that are incurable with current medical technology, and has thus completely lost its ability to evolve.

The cruise ship sailed away, leaving Tom and the barely breathing lobster soldier on the huge reef.

Tom had no idea how he managed to save the lobster soldier's life with the half-loaf he was carrying; perhaps the lobster soldier was just lucky to survive.

After going through thick and thin together, Tom and the Lobster Soldier chatted while waiting for rescue.

Tom can't understand what the Lobster Soldier is saying, but that doesn't matter.

The two of them chatted about everything under the sun.

It was around that time that the Lobster Soldier learned from Tom that the 'boat' was the most important thing to Tom.

That was Tom's dream.

The dream that has been taken away.

From that moment on, the lobster soldier made a vow to himself: he would protect Tom and his boat with his life, not wanting his savior and best friend Tom to lose anything more.

The two brothers were later rescued and went to the continent of City Capital.

They worked as fishermen in the capital for ten years, and it took them ten years to save enough money to buy a speedboat and return to Saiyu City.

That's their treasure.

Only they themselves know how precious these treasures are.

However, this treasure has been destroyed once again, ten years later.

This is why the Lobster Soldier lost his mind at that time.

"Hehe! (I broke my manly promise!)"

Looking back, the lobster soldier felt like crying again.

He felt utterly useless.

"Fool! A real man doesn't get stuck on trivialities! As long as you've given it your all, even if you fail to keep your promise, a brave sailor will still stand tall and proud on this sea, confident and determined!"

Snapped!
Tom slapped the lobster soldier on the shoulder, stood up, put his hands on his hips, and shouted towards the sea.

And ever since then, you've been the most important thing to me, you idiot.

".hey-hey."

"Of course I won't blame you. It's just a boat. With our fishing skills, we can easily buy another one. Are you doubting your skills?!"

"hey-hey!"

"Then let's challenge this ocean once again!"

“Hehehe!!”

Tom and the Lobster Soldier roared passionately at the ocean, and as they roared, they began to sing an unknown sea song.

"These two brothers don't look like they've encountered any trouble at all."

Wu Ge shook his head and fell silent, facing the sea breeze.

A man's promise must be kept without fail.
'I broke the promise I made as a man.'

He lowered his head and sighed, somewhat dejected.

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"Pfft! Holy crap! Have you two lost your minds?!"

A sudden slap and a pincer strike landed on Wu Ge's back, making him feel a burning sensation.

"Don't look so down here. You're just a forest lizard, nothing more than a shipwreck at sea! A real man should bravely face all hardships!"

"Hey hey hey!"

Tom and the Lobster Soldier pulled the Forest Lizard up and forced him to dance on the lonely reef.

at this time.

A head popped out of the sea next to us.

A ferocious Gyarados.

But the Gyarados's eyes were strange; it looked at the three people and the egg who were dancing as if it saw something odd.

"Stop! Are you crazy? Dancing here?!"

Wu Ge blushed when he noticed Gyarados's gaze.

He shoved the two idiots next to him aside, then sat on the rocks with the egg in his arms, looking aloof and feigning melancholy.

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Gyarados paused for a moment to consider before finally returning to the sea.

He had no intention of eating these guys; he just found them noisy and wanted to teach them a lesson.

However, he now thinks that just tasting the food makes his mouth water, let alone eating it, so moving is a safer option.

Wu Ge breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Gyarados disappear.

The noisy sounds and the sound of waves crashing against the rocks filled his ears, and his memories seemed to drift back a thousand years.

"A promise."

After a murmur, there was a long silence.

As evening approached, the night gradually fell.

The Pokémon egg in Wu Ge's arms was flashing faster and faster.

Is the baby about to be born?

"hey-hey?"

Tom and the Lobster Soldier leaned closer, their faces full of curiosity, completely devoid of the sadness they had shown during the day.

"What are we going to do? The baby is about to be born, but the outside world is so desolate. Lobster Soldier, as a man, can you let this happen?!"

"hey-hey!"

"Let's dance a dance that will shake the entire ocean to welcome our soon-to-be-born baby!"

"Hey hey hey!"

"You two go further away to jump, I'm afraid the child won't want to come out."

(End of this chapter)