Chapter 320: Emuritto's Hide and Seek_1

"When do you plan to leave here?"

"Probably in the next couple of days."

"Hasn't the Trio Magnet Monster evolved? Do you have other matters to attend to?"

"Sister Qianshang, why do I get the feeling that you're quite eager for me to go?"

Fang Yuan stared at the seemingly cold Sun Qianshang in front of him, feeling a wave of sorrow.

These past few days he'd been affectionately calling her "Sister Qianshang," not treating her as just a tool.

Yet the result was her urging him to hurry up and leave...

Ha, women, all big boar's feet—Pokemon are so much better.

Is there no true sentiment left in this world?

"You should leave as soon as you can," sighed Sun Qianshang.

She wasn't urging Fang Yuan to leave because she found protecting him bothersome.

In fact, as long as Fang Yuan didn't wander outside the city, she barely needed to put in any effort.

It was just that the situation in Champion Mountain might not remain peaceful for long, and instead of protecting the now-idle Fang Yuan, there were more important tasks she had to undertake.

"Sister Qianshang, has something happened?"

Fang Yuan used "Odor Detection Moves" and smelled a whiff of an incident.

"Could it be... I've been put up for a bounty?"

"Could a whole bunch of Pokemon Hunters have set their sights on me?!"

"...How much is the reward?"

"Stop!"

Sun Qianshang glared at Fang Yuan—why did she feel he was particularly excited about this topic?

Too sick.

"Although he's a genius university student and researcher, he's still an underage kid who hasn't experienced the wickedness of society. If he really met with bad people, he might even end up counting someone else's money."

While thinking, Sun Qianshang sighed, suddenly feeling that domestic education was worrying. She shook her head and said, "That's not it."

"Uh... then what is it..."

"It's because of a Pokemon."

"A Pokemon?"

Sun Qianshang nodded, the appearance of Emuritto was no longer a secret among the professional ranks of Hua Nation's Champion Mountain.

Now, the Dianyuan Mountain China Trainers' Association had already started an extensive investigation, eager to find out if any of the Hua Nation's trainers had seen Emuritto.

Emuritto seemed to speak a few words to the trainer who saw it.

That phrase is currently something that the Dianyuan Mountain China Trainers' Association is very eager to find out.

If there was a trainer who had seen Emuritto, then the information they provided might become an important clue in finding Emuritto.

Currently, Hua Nation's efforts to locate Emuritto have been surpassed by at least two other countries, and the Dianyuan Mountain China Trainers' Association is under urgent pressure.

In order to not fall further behind other countries, they can only collect intelligence with all their might. Letting other countries find the Legendary Pokémon first would not bode well.

"Have you seen any special Pokemon in these past few days?" Sun Qianshang asked Fang Yuan.

Then, Sun Qianshang shook her head, thinking her question might be somewhat superfluous.

In these few days, except for visiting the Silver Stone Area of Champion Mountain once, Fang Yuan hadn't left the Trainer Association, so how could he have seen Emuritto?

Normally speaking... Sun Qianshang wouldn't have made a mistake with her thoughts...

But.

"What kind of special Pokemon?" Fang Yuan's expression grew strange.

"?" Sun Qianshang.

"Have you heard of Emuritto?" she asked.

"...How coincidental," said Fang Yuan.

...

Soon after, Fang Yuan found himself being hastily dragged by Sun Qianshang to the Association Chairman's office.

"You're saying you've seen Emuritto?" Upon hearing this news, Vice President Xiang Enkun of the Association's eyes brightened, promptly standing up and looking earnestly at Fang Yuan.

"Is it true?"

"Mhm..." Fang Yuan nodded. Eevee saw it and then described it to him. After making the conversion, it was as if he had seen it himself.

There shouldn't be any problem with that conversion.

"Can you describe the scene at that time?" Chairman Xiang asked.

According to the information available, those who could see Emuritto were all young female Trainers.

Therefore, the Dianyuan Mountain China Trainer Association initially focused their search on young female Trainers.

If what Fang Yuan said was true, it seemed male Trainers could also see Emuritto.

At first, they even thought that Emuritto was discriminating based on gender.

A moment later, Fang Yuan described what he had witnessed at the lake on Champion Mountain.

After Fang Yuan emphasized that what he saw was just a soul's shadow, Chairman Xiang was sure Fang Yuan wasn't lying.

However, Sun Qianshang was utterly speechless about the fact that Fang Yuan was speaking out only now, while his younger brother had shown no reaction at all upon seeing the Legendary Pokémon.

A normal Trainer, seeing an unknown Legendary Pokémon and showing no reaction at all?

"Hahaha... I thought it was Luo Kuo and the others playing a trick on me with an Illusion Technique..." Fang Yuan wiped sweat from his forehead and casually brushed it off as if he was none the wiser.

He was troubled, too. Why didn't Eevee tell him right then and there?

If it had, he might have already captured Emuritto by now.

After returning, he definitely had to write a comprehensive guide to Legendary Pokémon for Eevee to memorize!

"Incredible."

Meanwhile,

Vice President Xiang Enkun of the Association suddenly felt relieved.

From Fang Yuan, he learned that the words Emuritto said to the people who could see it were, "Would you like to play hide and seek with me?"

Although he didn't know if the other Trainers who saw Emuritto had heard the same, from the actions of other Trainer Associations, it appeared they did not know Emuritto's exact location.

Could it be assumed, then, that Emuritto had invited more than one Trainer who could see it to play hide and seek?

It might be three people, or perhaps four, or five; these individuals might have another opportunity to see Emuritto.

Whomever could find Emuritto first...

As for the benefits, Chairman Xiang, being of a certain age, did not dare let his imagination run too wild, for fear it could be harmful to his health.

"Hmm..." Chairman Xiang turned his gaze to Fang Yuan.

"Are you leaving Champion Mountain in the next few days?"

If he remembered correctly, Fang Yuan's goal in coming here was just to evolve his Pokémon.

And now, that goal had been reached.

As the only Trainer in the Champion Mountain area who could see Emuritto, if he were to leave now... the search for the Legendary Pokémon would be hard to carry out.

"No..."

"I'm not in a hurry to go back," Fang Yuan said with a smile. What a joke, coming across a Legendary Pokémon and not looking for it—he must be a fool.

Any Trainer who lacked enthusiasm in searching for Legendary Pokémon surely had something wrong with their thinking.

"Oh? That's good to hear."

Chairman Xiang also showed delight, but the next crucial point was that Fang Yuan's identity had to remain a secret.

They couldn't let Trainer Associations from other countries know that Fang Yuan had also seen Emuritto.

Otherwise, to eliminate a competitor, Fang Yuan could potentially encounter danger.

So, in addition to Sun Qianshang, they would need to assign more bodyguards to Fang Yuan, but at the same time, they couldn't make him too conspicuous.

Chairman Xiang pondered, a complete plan taking shape in his mind.

"Qianshang!" Chairman Xiang looked at Sun Qianshang.

But at that moment, Sun Qianshang was holding her phone and frowning slightly at the screen.

"Chairman Xiang, I understand what you mean, and I will continue to follow Fang Yuan. However..."

"This is the news I have just received."

Sun Qianshang turned the phone screen around to show Fang Yuan and Chairman Xiang, her face expressionless.

"Fang Yuan's Self-detonating Magnet Monster has a bounty on it; it's very likely that he has already been targeted by Spirit Hunters."