Pokémon: Start with a Dragon-type Gym Leader, and pick up Guroton.

Chapter 242 Dragon Ferry Phone Call, I'll Let You Answer It

Li Luochen never expected to become so famous with Ma Zhishi.

After scratching his head sheepishly, he said, "Um, has there been any recent incident around here where a Dragonite was issuing invitations? That's why I'm here."

"oh!"

Lt. Surge immediately understood: "You're here to pay the fine, right? I didn't expect that Dragonite's trainer to be you... But it makes sense, I've heard a bit about what happened in the Eastern Region. The fine totals 150,000. Should I send the fine slip to Giovanni or Lance?"

"what?"

Li Luochen was shocked.

What do you mean I'm facing a fine of 150,000 yen the moment I arrive in the Kanto region?!

"Wait, there must be some misunderstanding!"

Li Luochen quickly explained the situation: "Although I have a Dragonite, it always stays at home and I haven't used it for anything like delivering messages to earn extra money!"

"Then why are you looking for that Dragonite? That Dragonite is currently in the Vermilion Police Station for disturbing the peace. Young man, even though you have connections, meeting it rashly in this situation could get you into trouble."

Ma Zhishi spoke earnestly and patiently.

But Li Luochen lowered his head, his fingers typing on the whirlwind, as if he were sending a message to someone.

Suddenly, Li Luochen said abruptly, "The call to Yulong Ferry."

"I don't."

Ma Zhishi shook his head, but his expression changed when he saw the phone Li Luochen handed him.

*Universal profanity*, despicable nepotism!

Ma Zhishi dared not refuse the call. As he shakily held the phone to his ear, he heard Yulongdu's voice coming from the other end.

"Lt. Surge?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Zhishi quickly replied, "King Ferryman! It's me!"

"Oh right, your nephew is right next to me. Oh yes, we were talking about a Dragonite."

"What? You're leaving everything else to him? No doubt about it! I guarantee he'll be your nephew's strongest support!"

It's unclear what Yulongdu said to Ma Zhishi.

After hanging up the phone, Ma Zhishi respectfully handed over the phone with both hands and led Li Luochen to the nearby Kuye Police Station, saying, "Mr. Luochen, this is where that Dragonite is being held."

"it is good."

Upon entering the Kuroba Police Station, Lt. Surge led Li Luochen to finally see a Dragonite imprisoned in an iron cage.

The Dragonite, dressed in a mailman's uniform, was gripping the iron railing with both hands, its face filled with utter despair.

"Whoosh!" (Let me out! I'm a good dragon! You're illegally imprisoning a Dragonite! You know that's against the law?)

Upon seeing Lt. Surge's arrival, Dragonite remembered that it was this human who had captured it.

It was targeted ever since it gave an envelope to a seemingly silly boy carrying a Pikachu.

Later, he was staged for arrest near Kureha City.

Ultimately, he was imprisoned here.

If I don't go out now, I'm afraid I won't even be able to settle the final payment!

If you don't pay your debts, your descendants will have no credit!

Dragonite used very foul language, but he didn't say most of it out loud.

After all, no one knows whether the man in front of it can understand what it is saying.

If he were to be accused of talking back to Uncle Hat, he'd be finished.

"Um, calm down."

Li Luochen coughed lightly.

The Dragonite that had been making a ruckus suddenly fell silent.

hiss……

Why is this person so friendly?

At least visually, he's much better than that dark-skinned, blond-haired PE student next to him.

This dark-skinned, blond-haired PE student looks like the protagonist from an R18 manga/anime series; he's really not a good fit.

M. Surgeon: "..."

Dragonite stared at him with an almost disdainful look.

Ma Zhishi felt extremely uncomfortable.

What's wrong with you, you with dark skin and blond hair?

No!

I definitely need to whiten my skin in a while!

Mascherano has already made up his mind.

We can no longer be looked down upon because of our dark skin!

On the other hand, let's look at Li Luochen's side.

"Dragonite, I heard you've been delivering a letter to someone lately, is that right?"

"Whoosh." (Yeah, yeah, they say as long as we find a great trainer and expand the tournament's popularity, we can get lots of good stuff.)

Dragonite has a collecting habit.

And recently it has been craving something shiny and golden.

This is not.

A trainer dressed in a black robe, who didn't look human, found it.

He kept saying that as long as he could spread the word about the Strongest Trainer Tournament, he would get a huge amount of gold coins after it was done.

The man in black robes paid a deposit.

It is a golden pearl.

Dragonite even took a bite with its teeth and found that it was genuine.

Of course I agree!

So they started spreading the word about the event everywhere.

Then, ever since he was given to a silly new trainer, bad things have been happening one after another.

I don't know where all these trainers in the Kanto region came from. They're attacking it like Tauros is charging at you, trying to kill it.

It was finally arrested at the port of Kuye.

"Is that so..."

Li Luochen held out his hand to Dragonite and asked, "Is that letter still there? I want to see it."

"Whoosh..." (Yes, there is, but only skilled trainers can obtain such letters...)

Dragonite hesitated for a moment.

Although it had some affection for Li Luochen.

However, you can't just give out letters like this randomly.

Yes, we can definitely give it to you.

But you need to gain your own approval first.

"Simple."

Li Luochen took out a huge golden bead: "Do you think this can represent my strength?"

"Whoosh!" (No problem, absolutely no problem! Bro, I think you're a really skilled trainer!)

When Dragonite saw that Li Luochen could casually take out a huge golden bead, he felt that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.

After saying that, Dragonite took out a seemingly ordinary letter.

It's more like a small card than a letter.

After Li Luochen took the card, a holographic projection appeared on it.

She looks a bit like Miss Joey, but her eyes are lifeless.

But what he said was very helpful.

"No wonder Ash was so flattered. Not only did a pseudo-legendary Pokémon deliver a letter, but the letter was full of praise for his promising future. It's normal for him to be so flattered."

After putting the card in his pocket, Li Luochen rubbed his chin: "Master Lt. Surge, how far is it from here to the new island?"

"It's still a bit far."

Ma Zhishi led Li Luochen to the window, pointed in a direction and said, "It's over there, but judging from the looks of it, a storm is coming. For safety's sake, it's best not to sail."

"Don't panic, I have a plan."

Looking at the distant thunder, lightning, and dark clouds, Li Luochen grinned: "Isn't this what makes it challenging?"

Ma Zhishi remained silent, but asked with slight confusion, "Isn't this obviously a scam? Going there will be a thankless task."

"You don't understand, do you?"

Li Luochen waved his hand and replied, "If it really is a scam, we can get a pretty good reward by reporting it to the Alliance after we solve it."

"Mr. Luo Chen is right."

……

……

Shin-chan, Kanto region.

"Hey, are you really really comfortable letting Tomo go to a place like this that's obviously a scam?"

Green was sitting in a chair, looking at Red who seemed completely unfazed, and couldn't help but worry about Ash.

"Luo Chen went this time too. With him there, nothing should go wrong."

Red straightened up and continued, "Besides, it wouldn't hurt for Zhi to broaden his horizons. He can also see how strong the Charizard he raised, based on the advice of the four big shots, really is."