Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 267 The Stubborn Flower Leaf Stem

More than fifty years ago, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile was not yet the king of the Goin Jungle, and the Goin Forest was not called the Goin Jungle back then.

One day, a giant crocodile with bony markings was gathering fruit by the river when it suddenly saw something floating in the distance.

When the thing drifted closer, it realized that it was a human, a young boy, probably around ten years old.

Out of kindness, the giant crocodile pulled him out of the river and took him home.

Upon examination, the giant crocodile with bony markings discovered that the boy had suffered severe injuries and was running a high fever; his condition was very serious.

So the Bone-Patterned Krookodile sought out an elder of the jungle, an elderly Venusaur.

Venusaur is the longest-living Pokémon in the jungle and is an expert in herbs. With its help, the boy's injuries were relieved and his high fever gradually subsided.

The giant crocodile with bony markings cared for the boy for a day and a night before he slowly regained consciousness.

The boy was very surprised and even showed fear when he first saw the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile, but after learning that it was the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile that saved him, he gradually lowered his guard.

Because his injuries had not fully healed, the boy did not leave immediately after waking up, and the giant crocodile with bone patterns did not drive him away. Instead, it took good care of him.

Every day, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile would gather medicinal herbs for the boy to treat his injuries and bring him back delicious food.

The reason why the giant crocodile with bony markings was so kind to the boy was because it was pregnant with its baby and was in a period of maternal instinct.

As they spent more time together, the giant crocodile with bone markings and the boy developed a deep bond, and it even began to regard the boy as its own child.

And so, the boy stayed in the jungle for nearly half a year. His injuries had healed, but he seemed to have no intention of leaving.

He didn't leave, so the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile let him live with it.

Every day, the boy goes out with the giant crocodile to find food, eats, sleeps, and plays in the forest together, as if he has become a member of the jungle.

Through the introduction of the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile, he also met Venusaur. When he learned that it was Venusaur's herbal knowledge that saved him, he immediately expressed his gratitude to Venusaur.

In the days that followed, besides keeping Kyogre company, he often visited Venusaur, and each time he came, he would bring a small gift, sometimes a berry, sometimes a bouquet of flowers...

Gradually, Venusaur completely trusted the boy.

One day at lunchtime, the boy suddenly asked the bone-patterned giant crocodile if it would like to go to the human world with him.

The giant crocodile with bony markings was naturally unwilling, so it shook its head and refused. It liked the jungle where it lived and did not want to go anywhere else.

"Okay~ Okay~" Are you leaving here?

The giant, bone-patterned crocodile asked reluctantly.

Although the boy couldn't understand the roar of the giant bone-patterned crocodile, he guessed what it was asking, so he immediately shook his head with a smile.

"How could that be? Since you don't want to come to the human world with me, then I'll stay in the jungle with you forever!"

"Okay~ Okay~" The bone-patterned giant crocodile was very happy to hear this and did not doubt the boy's words at all.

Another month later, with the help of Venusaur, the Bone-Patterned Krookodile successfully laid a healthy Pokémon egg.

Having just given birth, the Bone-Patterned Kyogre fell asleep from exhaustion, while Venusaur stayed behind to take care of it.

The giant crocodile with bony markings does not have a husband. It and the father of the child have a relationship that ends after the child is born, so the father of the child has long since disappeared.

The giant crocodile with bone patterns didn't know how long it had been asleep. When it woke up and tried to look for the boy, it found that he was nowhere to be found.

Along with the boy, the baby crocodile that had just been born also disappeared.

The giant, bony-patterned crocodile, dragging its still-recovering body, anxiously searched for the boy and child, unaware of what had happened.

It wasn't until it found Venusaur's home that it saw Venusaur lying unconscious on the ground.

Venusaur's home was in a mess; all the herbs it had carefully cultivated were gone.

Venusaur is of a very high level and has a long lifespan, but it has lived for so long that it has long since reached the point of exhaustion and relies on absorbing the energy from herbs to sustain its life.

Now that all the herbs are gone, Venusaur has lost the energy to sustain its life.

At this moment, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile finally understood that it was all the boy's doing. He had stolen his child and also stolen the precious herbs from Venusaur.

The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile suddenly remembered that when the boy first saw the herbs of Venusaur, he said that these herbs would definitely fetch a good price in the human world.

and so……

Realizing the boy had betrayed him, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile went mad and began searching for the boy everywhere.

But how could it possibly find it? Heaven knows where that boy ran off to!

The bone-patterned giant crocodile, having returned empty-handed, was consumed by deep self-reproach and endless hatred.

None of this would have happened if it hadn't brought the boy back.

All that talk about staying in the jungle with me, all that talk about friends, partners, and family—it's all a lie, all a lie that guy told me to deceive myself!

Six months later, Venusaur died due to lack of energy.

Venusaur was a highly respected and beloved Pokémon in the jungle. Its death caused all the Pokémon in the jungle to resent the boy and humans!

This is why the Pokémon in Goin Jungle go berserk and attack as soon as they see Ange, and why very few people have been able to enter Goin Jungle in the last few decades.

After Venusaur's death, Krookodile, filled with hatred and self-blame, worked hard and persevered until it became powerful and became the king of this jungle!

After listening to the story of the giant crocodile with bone patterns, Anjie was deeply moved.

"That person is truly despicable!"

"Kele~ Kele~" After telling the story, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile was already furious, and even took his anger out on Anjie, who was also human.

Upon seeing this, Anjie said, "I know why you hate humans, but that doesn't mean all humans are bad! For example, I'm a handsome and kind-hearted person."

"Care~ Care~" Upon hearing this, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile roared angrily. You? A good person? Would a good person threaten me?

Anjie knew that given the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile's past experiences, it would be extremely difficult for it to immediately change its attitude towards humans, so he changed the subject:

"The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile, do you know that person's name?"

"Call him Xiao Chen!" the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile said through gritted teeth, as if he wanted to grind the name to dust with his teeth.

"Xiao Chen..." An Jie murmured the name, realizing that finding his target with such a common name wouldn't be easy. So he asked again, "What are his distinctive physical features?"

Upon hearing this, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile pondered for a moment, then began to describe Xiao Chen's physical characteristics, which gave An Jie a headache.

In the description of the Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile, Xiao Chen has a nose, a mouth, and two eyes... But... but the key question is, who doesn't look like that?

"Is that all? Can you be more specific?" Anjie asked.

The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile seemed to suddenly remember something, "Oh right, he has a long scar from his forehead to his eyebrow!"

This scar is from the injury he sustained years ago.

Only then did the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile realize that, even now, it still didn't know how Xiao Chen had been injured or how he had ended up in the Goin Jungle.

"That makes the features much clearer!" Anjie nodded. "I'll do my best to find it for you!"

"Alright~~" The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile nodded, but its gaze toward Anjie still held obvious distrust. If Anjie hadn't threatened it, it wouldn't have taken this opportunity to compromise.

Just then, Hua Yedi suddenly flew forward, pointed at Anjie, and said, "I want to go to the human world with him!"

Anjax and the other Pokémon were taken aback by what they heard.

The giant, bony-patterned crocodile asked, "What are you doing in the human world?"

Hua Yedi replied, "I need to monitor this human to prevent him from breaking the agreement. I also need to help the king find his child. Humans are unreliable; I need to go find him myself!"

Upon hearing this, the three Flower Beauties immediately flew to Flower Leaf's side and said to the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile:

"Rabe~ Rabe~" Let's go too, we want to help too!

The giant, bony-patterned crocodile roared angrily, "Shut up! Nobody's allowed to go! Do you know what the human world is like? Do you know how terrifying humans are?"

"Whoosh~" But...

Hua Yedi still wanted to try. She looked at Anjie and felt that humans were not as terrible as the king had said.

How handsome this human is!

Unfortunately, before it could finish speaking, it was stopped by the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile.

"Okay~ Okay~" I said no, and that means no!

Seeing that the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile was angry, Flower Leaf Pi immediately fell silent.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Anjie quickly said, "I've already agreed to the demands of the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile. Now, can you hand over the Red Butterfly Grass to me?"

The giant, bony-patterned crocodile glanced at Ange. "Come with me!"

As it spoke, the small fireball on its nose suddenly floated up and transformed into a giant firebird.

The giant bone-patterned crocodile jumped onto the firebird's back, and the firebird dragged it into the sky.

Seeing this, Ange quickly climbed onto Latios's back and rode after them.

He followed the giant crocodile with its bony markings, flying forward through half of the Goin Jungle, until they finally arrived at a cliff.

The giant bone-patterned crocodile rode the firebird to the ground, followed closely by Anjie, who saw that the cliff face was covered with lush green vines.

The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile parted a vine, revealing a cave hidden behind it, and then went inside.

Ange, along with Latias and Latios, followed them inside.

The cave was very dark, so Latios quickly released light to illuminate Angel.

After passing through the narrow cave, Anjie was greeted by a breathtaking view. Behind the cave lay a beautiful valley filled with swaying red butterfly grass.

The bright red butterfly grass is like a red carpet spread across the entire valley. Among the butterfly grass, colorful butterflies with different patterns flutter about, creating a beautiful scene, just like a flower roll.

"Okay~ Okay~" Hurry up and pick them! Leave as soon as you're done!

The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile urged.

Ange took out scissors and a basket, handed the basket to Latias to carry, and then began to pick the red butterflies from the top of the red butterfly grass.

The basket was quickly filled, and Anjie stopped when she saw that the quantity was about right.

Suddenly, he had a brilliant idea: why not dig up a few red butterfly grass plants and plant them at home?

Red butterfly grass is very rare, it's unusual to encounter so many.

The key point is that the red butterfly grass is really beautiful. Although it is not a flower, it has a beauty that far surpasses most flowers.

"Can I dig up a few Red Butterfly Grasses to take back with me?" Anjie asked the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile.

The Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile hesitated upon hearing this, but remembering that Anjie had saved Hua Beibei, Hua Yedi, and Lan Mantis Flower from being injured by itself, it finally nodded gently.

Just a few red butterfly grass plants.

"Great, thank you, Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile!"

Anjie happily took out his small shovel and started digging. He wasn't greedy and only dug up three trees before stopping.

Red butterfly grass reproduces through its rhizomes; once a single plant survives, it can quickly multiply into a patch.

If all three plants die from his own planting, An Jie will naturally accept his fate. That would mean he has no chance with the Red Butterfly Grass and there's no need to continue wasting this precious herb.

Although red butterfly grass is not widely used in medicine, according to Miss Joy, there are not many of these plants left.

After collecting the dug-up Red Butterfly Grass into his system inventory, Anjie bid farewell to the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile.

The giant, bony-patterned crocodile couldn't wait for Angie to leave, so it urged him on:

"Okay~ Okay~" Let's go! Let's go!

Ange emerged from the previous cave, mounted Latios, and flew towards the edge of the Goin Jungle.

It's unclear whether the Bone-Patterned Kroos gave him a heads-up beforehand, but this time no Pokémon attacked him. Even when Flying Pokémon flew past him, they simply ignored him.

Just as Anjie flew to the edge of the jungle, four figures blocked his way.

"You guys..." Anjie looked surprised when she saw them.

All four Pokémon were carrying small bundles made of leaves, looking at Ange with serious expressions. Who else could they be but Flareon and Flareon?!

Hua Yedi stepped forward and said, "We're going to go with you and keep an eye on you. Don't even think about deceiving the king!"

Anjie asked, "Does the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile know you're leaving?"

"Whoosh..." Of course I know!

"Rabe..." Yes, it was Wang... who sent us!

The flower petals and buds immediately began to stammer.

Anjie immediately guessed that they had run away from home, so without hesitation, he grabbed the back of the flower-leaf stem by the neck and said:

"Come on, I'll take you back!"

If he really does secretly take away Flower Leaf Stem and Flower Buds, the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile will probably resent humans even more. Let's hope it doesn't cause any trouble.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" Let me go, let me go! I won't go back, I won't go back!

Hua Beibei struggled violently, and when the other Hua Beibei saw this, they all flew over and kept patting An Jie with their little hands.

Unfortunately, in Anjie's view, not only did she not feel any pain, but it also highlighted the playfulness and cuteness of the flowers.

What adorable creatures!

So, amidst the protests of Fluttershy and the others, Angeli returned to Krookodile with four Pokémon!

When the Bone-Patterned Giant Crocodile learned that Flower Leaf and the others were still "scheming," it became furious and was about to scold them.

Hua Yedi stubbornly stuck out her neck: Curse me, curse me all you want, curse me however you want!

(End of this chapter)