Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

Xia Chen clicked his tongue slightly, once again appreciating the power and status of Devon Corporation in Kanaz City, and even in the Hoenn League.

The civil servants in this alliance can be transferred at will, and the Devon Group is far more than just a single company.

With Kuroda's help, all of Higanbana's paperwork and documents have been completed. Even the strict requirement that one must be sixteen years old to register as a trainer has been bypassed. She is only one step away from officially becoming a trainer—registering to possess a Pokémon.

Higana followed the staff into a small room.

"Miss Higanbana, please release your starter Pokémon. We need to take photos of it, collect its DNA, and input other information."

After seeing the immense power behind this young girl, the receptionist's tone softened considerably.

"Ah, is it over here?"

Because this is a photo studio for new Pokémon trainers to register, it's not very big. Higanbana looked around at the somewhat cramped environment and hesitated.

The receptionist replied matter-of-factly, "Yes, is there anything wrong with you?"

"My starter Pokémon is a bit big."

Xiao Xi wasn't quite sure if her Salamence could fit inside.

The receptionist maintained her professional smile, saying, "Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

It's just a starter Pokémon, how big can it be? Little girls are just making a fuss over nothing.

Higana nodded obediently and readily took out an old red and white ball—the Meteor Village was isolated from the world, and this kind of thing, which only appeared in modern times, had been stored in the warehouse for a long time, and was probably older than Higana.

"Loki, be good when you come out."

Higana's soft words of advice brought a knowing smile to the receptionist's face. She had named her first Pokémon when she got her first one, and she really missed those days.

Rocky, what a cute name! What kind of elf could it be?

Charmander?

Hmm, if it's Meteor Village, maybe it's Baby Dragon?

Just as the receptionist was guessing which adorable Pokémon was Higanbana's starter Pokémon, a flash of white light appeared, and a huge shadow fell over the narrow photo studio.

Immediately, strong gusts of wind swept through, and violent air currents raged erratically in the small room, bringing with them an extremely oppressive aura.

"Violent—"

Salamence, which hadn't left its Poké Ball since entering the city, was freed and roared excitedly, instinctively flapping its Bloodwing wings to stretch its muscles.

Then the Salamence's wings turned the room upside down, scattering all the photography equipment inside.

"Loki, what are you doing! Didn't I tell you to behave?"

After disciplining Salamence, Higanbana turned to the young lady, gave an embarrassed smile, and said, "Um, you were the one who asked me to release my starter Pokémon."

The receptionist's smile had long since frozen.

What the heck is the starting Pokémon being a Salamence?!

…………

Ultimately, Flying Dragon went to the elite-level or higher room to take its "ID photo," while Xia Chen's money solved the terrible mess in the newbie-level room.

After many ups and downs, Higana finally escaped her undocumented status and gained a legal identity in modern society.

However, the girl seemed a little aggrieved. She followed Xia Chen closely and asked timidly, "Brother Xia Chen, did I cause trouble?"

Xia Chen listed a series of numbers with a serious expression, "Well, we lost about tens of thousands of yuan, enough for us to live on for several months."

This spending data doesn't include the elves; if you bring along those money-devouring beasts, the expenses would only be around a few days' worth.

Xia Chen was just exaggerating the situation to scare Xijiana.

The naive young girl was terrified and frantically shook her temporary guardian's hand, pleading, "Ah, Brother Xia Chen, I know I was wrong, please don't send me back, okay?"

They finally managed to get out of town, and hadn't even seen much of the scenery yet. If Xia Chen sent them back immediately, wouldn't they become the laughingstock of the whole village?

Seeing that Xijiana was almost in tears, Xia Chen stopped teasing her and said, "Okay, okay, it's not that serious. I can afford to pay for it."

After offering his words of comfort, he changed the subject and said seriously, "However, I hope you can understand from this incident that the outside world is not Meteor Village anymore. There are many rules, both overt and covert. Strength is not the key to integrating into society. Even league champions must dance within the shackles of these rules."

Verbal education is never as direct and memorable as a real event; Xia Chen deliberately exaggerated the problem in order to serve as a warning.

Xijiana nodded as if she understood, and remembered Xia Chen's first lesson in her heart.

After thanking Kuroda for his help and politely declining his further services, Xia Chen took Xijiana to browse the Elf Department Store.

Besides buying some daily necessities for this wild girl who just came from a primitive tribe, shopping itself is also very meaningful.

This is the easiest and quickest way to integrate into modern elven society. Once Higana can recognize most of the things in it, she will have a general understanding of this world.

Xia Chen knew that her journey with Xi Jiana was only temporary. In the future, she would have to travel alone. It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Helping her develop the ability to think and live independently is the only way to live up to the trust placed in her by her grandmother Alicia and the others.

The Elf Department Store in Kanaz City is very large, and by the time we finished shopping, it was almost nightfall.

However, the time and effort spent were worthwhile. When she came out, Higana's understanding of the world was basically the same as that of a normal thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.

After a busy day, the two returned to their hotel to check in and prepare for the start of their journey the next day.

Meanwhile, in Zhijiang City of the Donghuang region, a special farewell is taking place at Xia Chen's home.

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"call--"

Azure Flame Blade Demon stood up from the sticky medicinal bath, his consciousness suddenly becoming hazy.

It's not the physical effects caused by prolonged soaking and steaming, but rather the detachment of consciousness.

A true, permanent detachment.

The "medicine dust" consciousness dissipated much faster than he had originally imagined. In less than a month, nearly sixty years of memories had vanished.

The strange feeling of his life, which had been shrinking for over seventy years, left Azure Flame Blade Demon with an unusual emptiness in his heart.

He stood in the liquid of medicine, lost in thought, his mind churning, wanting to look back once more at the most precious memories of the last ten years or so of his life.

However, the person most inseparable from this memory is Han Feng, the one to whom he poured all his heart and soul into nurturing, but who ultimately brought him the greatest pain.

From initially rescuing him from the village where his clan was wiped out by the Soul Hall, to gradually raising him little by little, the beautiful moments gathered into a stream, but in the end, it became a flood that overwhelmed him.

It hurts, it hurts too much!

Azure Flame Blade Demon was forced to stop his thoughts; he would rather not have such memories.

So be it. From now on, I'll just live with the consciousness of this world. Fortunately, during the days Xia Chen was away, the most important things that "Yao Chen" learned during his rapid growth in that world—the pill formulas, the fighting techniques, and so on—had already been passed on to the consciousness of Cang Yan Ren Gui.

Through his attempts, he was able to utilize the energy of this world to unleash the fighting techniques of that world.

Although unique, combat techniques are not actually much more noble than moves. Many low-level combat techniques are even inferior to moves like [Spark] and [Flame Vortex] in this world.

But high-level combat techniques are different. Putting aside their power, many combat techniques can do things that no other technique in this world can.

For example, the ability to transform fighting spirit into wings.

…………

In his previous life, Yao Chen was a powerful Dou Zun and a legitimate member of the Yao Clan. Naturally, he possessed a flying Dou Technique that allowed him to fly: the Heavenly Net Technique.

This fighting technique is a unique movement technique of the Medicine Clan, with a total of twelve levels. Before the tenth level, its effect is equivalent to [High-Speed ​​Movement] in this world, which can increase movement speed after use. The higher the level, the greater the bonus.

However, when you reach the tenth level, the effect is completely different. The dense battle aura will transform into tangible wings, helping humans who cannot fly to soar through the blue sky.

This is extremely important for the Azure Flame Blade Demon, which lacks the ability to fly. There are countless practical applications of flight for attacking, dodging, and escaping.

However, while battle aura can transform into wings, it's unknown whether energy can do the same.

At least now that I've cultivated to the fifth level, there's no difference between using battle qi and energy in this combat technique.

Besides the Heavenly Net Technique, the other important skills are the powerful offensive combat skill [Flame Dividing Wave Ruler], the [Heavenly Fire Three Transformations] which can enhance all attributes, and the defensive combat skill [Eight Extremes Fire Control] which is equivalent to an enhanced version of protection.

These days, besides taking medicinal baths, researching prescriptions, and daily training, Azure Flame Blade Demon has been practicing these moves all the time.

Because once the consciousness of "Medicine Dust" completely dissipates, the journey ahead will depend entirely on Azure Flame Blade Demon himself.

Fortunately, as of today, his proficiency in these combat skills has reached a level of perfection.

The important legacy of the "Medicine Dust" consciousness from that world has been fully inherited by this body, so the soon-to-be-vanished "Medicine Dust" has no regrets.

No, there is still one regret: "Yao Chen" has some powerful fighting techniques in his consciousness that are not suitable for Azure Flame Blade Ghost to learn.

They will disappear into the long river of history before they even appear in this world.

It's still a bit of a regret that it didn't get to shine in this world.

If only someone could succeed me, but unfortunately, my time is running out.

Wait, successor?

Azure Flame Blade Ghost suddenly froze. He thought of a suitable candidate, or more accurately, an "elf candidate"—

Nianmei'er, who also stayed at home as a "left-behind child" with him.

…………

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Azure Flame Blade Ghost went to the bathroom to rinse off the residue from the medicinal bath, and then went to the small training room in the house. As expected, Nianmei was there conducting resistance training.

Her limp body protruded from the steel shell, enduring the scorching heat of the flames spewing from the machine directly in front of her.

This is a relatively rare training method. It is rare not because it is ineffective, but because the pain involved is too great.

Looking at the resolute gaze in Nianmei'er's charred and battered body, Cangyan Rengui vaguely saw his younger self.

Letting such a spirit inherit the skills wouldn't be an insult to those fighting techniques, would it?

Before long, the high-tech instrument from Silver Company detected that Noodles' physical condition had reached its limit and stopped spraying flames.

Despite the pain, Nian Meier rolled off the machine and plunged headfirst into the full-restoration medicine.

After a while, she realized that a figure had appeared beside her at some point, and it was Cangyan Blade Ghost, who had almost never been here before.

Nianmei asked in confusion, "Nian—(What's wrong? Are you going to use these devices for training too?)"

Azure Flame Blade Demon shook its head and replied, "Crack— (No, it has nothing to do with this.)"

Staring into Nianmei's increasingly puzzled eyes, he suddenly asked, "Karuru—(Nianmei, do you want to fly?)"

No, the voting for the female lead in the side story in the group was a bit outrageous.

I can understand Gardevoir, but what the heck is Sylveon?

How am I supposed to write this?