Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 208 The "Enthusiasm" of the Residents of Xuezha Town

"The ancient jade fish... has been turned into a piece of jewelry?"

Xiao Lan blinked, and said incredulously.

While it's not common for Pokémon to be used as objects and then attached to a person, there are some examples, such as the sword sheath from "Sword Pokémon" and the flower wreath Pokémon Flower Wreath.

But that's because they were originally objects!

The ancient jade fish was "transformed" into an object.

This truly shattered Xiaolan's understanding of Pokémon.

"The Ancient Jade Fish, or rather the Four Cursed Treasures, were goods transported from the East by merchants in ancient times. Originally, they were objects, but along the way, they were tainted by people's various negative emotions, which caused them to transform into calamities and become Pokémon."

"In fact, the appearance of these objects is their original form."

"Hmm, can your Ancient Sword Leopard also transform into a sword? When will you do that so I can have it?"

Ze Shu looked at Gu Jianbao.

Gu Jianbao shook his head like a rattle drum: "Aww!"

Transforming into a sword or jade, and then being unable to freely attach itself to others, this ancient jade fish likes this, but the majestic snow leopard certainly doesn't!

Seeing the ancient sword leopard's exaggerated appearance, Ze Shu chuckled and didn't force it.

He looked at the pendant that had suddenly appeared around his neck—it was shaped like two magatama (comma-shaped ornaments) encircling the head and tail, and the whole thing looked like it was burning. If you looked closely, you could also see a bright goldfish sleeping soundly inside the magatama.

It's a little warm, but not hot.

"So you've chosen me?" Ze Shu blinked and said, "So you're planning to cling to me?"

After these words, the ancient jade fish ornament began to heat up slightly, gradually becoming scalding hot.

Although it was scalding hot, Ze Shu still didn't feel anything. He thought for a moment, then stretched out his finger, and a ball of brilliant golden, frenzied flame suddenly emerged from his fingertip. He approached the ancient jade fish magatama, and the ancient jade fish didn't reject it. In fact, it curiously wanted to accept the flame.

But Ze Shu immediately stopped.

The ancient jade fish shook the jade ornament somewhat speechlessly.

"Oh."

Ze Shu shook his head helplessly.

His "flame" is hardly a good thing.

He can choose not to use it, so why do you want to accept this ancient jade fish? How can that be?

What strange thing might be produced when this calamity-like "Jade of Calamity" merges with his "Flame"? Ze Shu couldn't even imagine.

"Alright." Sensing that the ancient jade fish was feeling sluggish and sleepy, Ze Shu tossed the magatama into his collar to cover it up, and said, "You should rest first. I'll take you with me."

"Gurgle—"

The ancient jade fish's ethereal voice lingered, slowly fading into a deep sleep.

Ze Shu then looked around again.

At this moment, Higana's eyes widened, and she leaned closer, exclaiming incredulously, "Ze Shu, your fingers can actually 'whoosh' out flames! How...how did you do that! Teach me! So cool!"

"Handsome my foot." Ze Shu flicked her forehead speechlessly.

Immediately, Higana reflexively crouched down and covered her head, muttering, "If only my head could be so cool as to spew flames like that, it wouldn't be so bad."

Ze Shu: "...."

He turned to look at the Qiangang Treasure Master, who had been knocked unconscious by the Ancient Sword Leopard's "Holy Sword." Now it seemed to have woken up again and was trying to sneak away. Ze Shu laughed and said, "I have to say, this Treasure Master's recovery ability is really good."

After Ze Shu said those words.

The Steel Master froze, then tried to dash away!

"The Holy Sword".

"Awooo~~wooo~"

! !

Now, the Lord of Qiangang Treasure has no way to escape.

The steel worm-like body lay sprawled on the ground, with a steel tongue weakly protruding from its mouth, clearly indicating its impending doom and vulnerability to being bullied.

"You're still endangering the workers in the mine. Gu Yuyu beat you up but let it go, but I can't just let you go like that," Ze Shu said slowly.

Then he looked at the worm-like body of the treasure, which was inconvenient to carry, so he thought for a moment, then casually threw out a red and white ball, turning it into white light and putting it into the ball.

A loud "glare" was heard.

The Steel Treasure Master, Tuotuo Earthworm, was also subdued by Ze Shu.

Hmm, this should be the third treasure he has subdued—the iron tracks of the hot desert and the majestic tooth count as two.

Ze Shu glanced one last time at the cave-covered mountain, which had been riddled with holes by the Qian Gang Bao Zhu, and said.

"Sigh, let's go."

Padiya, the town of Xeza.

Because it is located near the mining area of ​​Padiya—the Eastern Third District—most of the town's residents are miners, and it is known as the "mining town." It is a small town in Padiya famous for its specialty minerals.

"You...you actually caught the underground culprit who's been wreaking havoc on the mining area lately?!"

"Yes, it was a coincidence."

At the Alliance office in Xueza Town, in response to the question from Xinli, the Ground King of Padia, Ze Shu nodded and said, "So the miners probably don't need to worry about this threat anymore."

"Really—" Xin Li shook her head in admiration. "I've been stationed here for three whole months. I was even driven to desperation, frequently using large-scale earthquakes to try and force the murderer out, but all to no avail. I haven't been able to catch the murderer!"

"And you, Mr. Ze Shu, whom I have long admired, actually told me this wonderful news as soon as you appeared in front of me."

"This is such a wonderful surprise!"

"No, everyone needs to know this immediately! Please wait a moment!"

Xin Li dialed the phone in front of her and excitedly announced the news.

Ze Shu and Xiao Lan exchanged a glance and shrugged helplessly.

"By the way! Can you let me know who the real culprit is?" After a while, Xin Li asked Ze Shu curiously after hanging up the phone.

Ze Shu: "Of course."

In the backyard of the Alliance's office, Ze Shu released the weakened Qiangang Treasure Master. The moment Xin Li saw the Qiangang Treasure Master, her expression froze: "Is that Tuotuo Yin?"

Ze Shu: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Xinli asked blankly, "Does this worm have a characteristic called 'eating soil'?"

Ze Shu paused for a moment before nodding, "Mm."

Xin Li grabbed her green hair, looking distressed. "Sigh!!"

Seeing Xinli's appearance, Xijiana looked completely bewildered: "What's wrong with you?"

Xinli lowered her head and said with distress, "I even used earthquakes frequently in an attempt to force this worm out! I even thought that even if I couldn't force it out, I should at least make it suffer serious damage underground so that it wouldn't keep harming the miners."

"But...but..."

"It has a 'soil-eating' characteristic. My earthquake not only failed to severely damage this worm, but it also helped it recover its strength, allowing it to move around the mining area with even more energy!"

Xin Li's voice sounded dejected.

Good intentions led to bad results. If Ze Shu hadn't brought this worm to her, she probably would have remained in the dark and never found out the truth.

But Ze Shu ignored her dejection and instead asked, "So, King Xin Li, what do you think we should do with this worm?"

Xin Li paused, then hesitated before asking, "Mr. Ze Shu, what are your thoughts?"

Ze Shu laughed, "How about letting this worm atone for its sins?"

"It's so huge and so good at digging; if it stopped harming the mining area and instead became an assistant to help maintain and support it..."

Xinli blurted out, "That would be a tremendous good thing! Whether it's opening up mine tunnels or helping suffering miners, these are things it excels at!"

Ze Shu smiled and said, "That's right."

But Xinli added, "But will this worm agree?"

Ze Shu said, "Yes, I will."

He then turned to look at the Steel Treasure Lord who was lying on the ground.

On the way here, Ze Shu had already learned more about the "purpose of the operation" of the Tuotuo Yin.

"The underlying logic behind this worm's actions is simply that it wants to 'eat'."

Xin Li: "Eat?"

Ze Shu: "Yes. These worms love to eat steel, ores, and all sorts of rare rocks. So when they surge underground in this mining area and collapse the mine tunnels, they're essentially just looking for precious rocks to eat."

And this is why the worm wanted to frame the ancient jade fish.

Its keen senses allowed it to perceive that the shrine of fire was filled with magma created by the ancient jade fish, and this magma was an extremely precious 'ingredient' in the eyes of the Tuotuo worm.

As we all know, when magma mixes with water, it produces volcanic glass, which is the rare 'mineral' obsidian, a delicacy for worms.

It will also produce other miscellaneous things such as volcanic ash and volcanic rock, which are "seasonings" for worms.

Therefore, the Lord of the Hidden Steel Treasure wanted to dig a large hole connecting to the seabed, intending to sink the ancient jade fish along with the Shrine of Fire into the deep sea.

They continuously create these "delicious" things for it.

"So one by one"

"This Steelix Trollworm is quite the glutton!"

Winning over a foodie's heart is incredibly easy.

"If it knows that helping the miners will earn it far more food than it would find on its own, why would it bother to go through all that trouble to search for ore to eat?"

"By then, even if you chase this worm away, it probably won't want to leave."

After a moment of relief, Xin Li exclaimed excitedly, "In this way, this worm that's been plaguing the mining area will become the 'guardian angel' of the workers! This is simply... simply a wonderful thing!"

Turn the very adversaries who cause them great distress into their own strengths, and make them their allies.

There couldn't be anything better than this.

"This...this..." Xin Li turned to Ze Shu, incredulously asking, "Mr. Ze Shu, are you really willing to use this powerful worm you've tamed to help our mining area?"

Ze Shu sighed: "Yeah."

Xinli earnestly assured Zeshu, "If this worm really wants to help us, then... then we definitely won't let it go hungry; we'll make sure it's well-fed!"

"After all, with this Dredgill's abilities, it'll probably become the most popular Pokémon in Dwarf Town and the mining area in less than half a month!"

"Despite being tempered by the harsh environment of this sandy land, the people of Xuezha Town still retain their warm and simple nature. They will not be stingy in feeding this worm, so it will be hard for the worm not to be full."

"And I will also apply to the League to give Totoro a Pokémon status so that it can enjoy the benefits of the League."

Ze Shu smiled and said, "That's good."

He felt he had gone to great lengths to find a place for his worm-like creature, and now it had become a "civil servant" of the League.

After all, these worms are so huge that if Ze Shu were to raise them himself, the little blacksmith's inventory would probably be in jeopardy.

Making this worm a League official doesn't mean it's not Sawa's Pokémon. After all, it was eventually caught by Sawa and bears his mark.

If Ze Shu wanted Tuotuo Yin to do something for him:

Well, the battle might not need these drag worms anymore.

But for things like building a new home or a new base, it's a very simple matter to have this worm, which is good at digging holes, build a foundation and dig a hole.

"In that case, I'll leave Totoro to you. I have urgent business to attend to and need to leave for a while. I'll come back to visit Totoro later." Ze Shu handed Totoro's Poké Ball to Xin Li.

He still has to get to Zone Zero.

Xinli carefully took the Poké Ball and nodded solemnly.

"goodbye."

As Ze Shu spoke, he opened the door to the Alliance Service Center.

But then, he became one.

Because a huge crowd had already gathered outside the door.

"It was him! It was him! He subdued that huge underground creature and saved us from danger! He's a true hero! We can't let our hero down!"

"Yes! Everyone, be gentle, don't hurt our hero! Hero, you need to be careful too!"

then.

While Ze Shu was in a daze, he was bombarded with "gifts" as if they were free, filling the sky with a dark mass and the sound of gifts hitting the ground was incessant.

Listen to that solid sound, it's really strong!

Considering this is a mining town, he didn't need to guess what the gifts inside were.

Ze Shu quickly took a step back and went back into the house.

Throwing it like that, no wonder those people told him to "be careful" before, it's really...

"This is the warmth and simplicity of the people of Xuezha Town!" Xinli's voice came from behind. "It's also a tradition of the people of Xuezha Town. I experienced it when I first arrived, but judging from the duration of this voice, Mr. Zeshu, you must have received far more gifts than I did!"

Ze Shu nodded helplessly.

After more than ten minutes, when the sound gradually subsided and disappeared, he finally went outside.

Surprisingly, all the people in Xuezha Town had left, leaving only the ground piled high with gifts.

"This...this..." Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth, finding it unusual that he couldn't find the right words.

He bent down and picked up a gift at random. As expected, it was a stone, a Pokémon item, a hard rock.

I picked up another one, a piece of steel feather, quite beautiful. It was probably the most beautiful feather from one of my own Steel-armored Ravens that I threw over.

There are also Tauros horns, both hot and cool.

even.

Zeki also saw two tattered suits of armor: "The Armor of Celebration, and this is called... the Armor of Spells? Hmm, I don't need this either..." It didn't have two Carbon Servant to evolve.

The enthusiasm of the residents of Xuezha Town is truly...:

Regardless of whether the gift is useful to the recipient, you just throw it into their hands, right?