Chapter 204 Ice Cave
Chapter 204 Ice Cave
At a "friendly" request, Lu An followed the Mosquito Coil Warrior across three small lakes.
Thanks to this, Lu An even felt that he had already traveled all around the Silver Mountain area in the direction of the capital.
Finally, he arrived at a hot spring and saw the Swamp Monster enjoying a comfortable bath.
"Ratchet..."
??
Lu An slapped himself across the face.
Sure enough, he had been wondering if Swampert had changed its nature, as he hadn't found it near any of the lakes. It turned out it had simply chosen a more comfortable spot.
"Little monster!"
"Ratchet!"
The Swampert, having enjoyed a relaxing bath and removed all the sand from its body, suddenly stood up from the hot spring with a "plop."
The Trainer's voice!
The trainer did indeed come looking for it!
Its decision was indeed correct!
Lu An slapped the Swamp Monster on the head:
"I know you're usually too lazy to use your brain, but I never expected you'd be soaking in a hot spring while waiting for me to come crying to you!"
"I don't think you're stupid at all. You're not much worse than that little monster before he got his head caught in the door!"
While Lu An was searching for them, covered in dust and dirt, the Swamp Monster was peacefully enjoying the hot spring. Lu An was so angry he wanted to grind his steel teeth to powder.
Enraged, Lu An gave the Swamp Monster a good beating.
Of course, it doesn't bother the Swampert at all.
Xia Bo stood not far away, watching Lu An retrieve three Pokémon in succession.
He stroked the fiery horse and murmured:
"Was it really just luck that we were able to find three Pokémon so quickly after the avalanche?"
Xia Bo watched Lu An and the others playing around by the hot spring:
"If it weren't for their own Pokémon's habits, and if they didn't understand their own trainer's personality well enough, most people would probably just keep going in circles even if they wanted to find someone, right?"
Although Lu An seemed to have traveled to many places and put in a lot of effort in order to find the Swamp Monster, in Xia Bo's opinion, this was already quite an amazing efficiency.
After all, if an ordinary person were to go missing in an avalanche, it would be common for them to never be found in their lifetime.
After finding the Swampert, Lu An retrieved it, now completely clean, back into the ball:
“Let’s go, Uncle Chapman, let’s go down the mountain.”
Bob was taken aback:
"Don't you still have an Umbreon and a Magic Masked Meowth that you haven't found yet?"
Lu An picked his nose:
"Ah, those two? I never intended to find them on Mount Shirogane from the beginning."
Nonsense. Umbreon's protective attitude towards Espeon means that if it were still on Mt. Silver, it would have found Espeon before Luan and Espeon even met.
But the fact that we haven't seen it yet means it must have been swept down the mountain by an avalanche.
As for the Magical Masked Cat...
Lu An covered his forehead, suddenly feeling a little tired.
"Anyway, they're definitely not on the mountain now, let's hurry down."
After Lu An goes down the mountain, he still needs to go to the town or city to find a way to contact Ke Na and the others.
After making the decision, Lu An quickly followed the avalanche path down the mountain.
The descent was always exceptionally smooth, and soon they came to a small path.
The path was covered with snow mixed with mud, indicating that an avalanche had also affected this area.
At the end of this path is a deep cave, its interior filled with thick layers of ice.
Blaine stood outside the ice cave, peering inside:
"Judging from the appearance of this cave, it seems to have been formed by lava flows from a previous volcanic eruption at Mount Shirogane."
Lu An glanced at Uncle Xia and then remembered that this old man was the master of the martial arts school in Red Lotus Town back in the day.
Honglian Town has many volcanoes, so he should be very knowledgeable about volcanoes.
At the same time, the moment Lu An saw the cave, he knew why Umbreon hadn't appeared yet.
That guy must have been swept into this deep cave by an avalanche and couldn't get out.
"Uncle Xia, would you like to come in with me?"
Lu An's question was not unfounded.
His next step is to go to this cave to find Umbreon.
Given Moon Ibrahimovic's hatred for the Rockets, Lu An couldn't be sure how it would react upon seeing Blaine.
So if Bob were to leave now, it might not be a bad choice.
After all, he came to Mt. Silver only for the Moltres.
Since Moltres had already been captured by Team Rocket, there was no need for him to stay here any longer.
To this, Blaine shrugged:
“I am an old man, that’s true, but I’m not one to shy away from trouble. I have no intention of covering up the mistakes I made back then.”
Lu An glanced at Xia Bo, secretly admiring him.
In the original story, after realizing his mistake, Blaine voluntarily left Team Rocket and embarked on a journey to capture Mewtwo alone, carrying his Fire-type Pokémon and a Master Ball.
You should know that he was a first-level god.
Mewtwo's destructive power is beyond doubt.
Whether it's the giant spoon that Alakazam's "bent spoon" replaced, or the extremely powerful Nen that can turn into a tornado, both are unparalleled in offense and defense, and are unmatched at both close and long range.
However, Blaine wanted to gamble with his own life in an attempt to subdue the first-order god he had created.
No matter what crimes he has committed, a man who is willing to die for his country is always worthy of admiration.
Moreover, the Alliance will judge his sins.
So Lu An didn't stop Xia Bo, but instead released Espeon:
"Lightcloth, send us down. Mooncloth might have fallen into this ice cave."
“Buyi”.
......
With Espeon's psychic powers, Lu An and Blaine stood safely inside the cave.
Lu An released the fire moth:
"Little moth, bring some light."
"No~"
With the help of the fire moth, the cave, which was originally so dark that there was almost no light, suddenly became as bright as if it were daytime.
Lu An tapped on the cliff face of the cave:
"Bang bang".
Bangying.
The cave walls were all made of ice, so if Umbreon really was swept in by an avalanche, it's no wonder that Umbreon never appeared.
But the Ice Cave, ice...
Lu An stroked his chin. He didn't really know much about the towns below Silver Mountain in the direction of the capital.
But for some reason, after seeing the Ice Cave, Lu An subconsciously felt a chill.
There's always a feeling that something bad is going to happen.
"Young friend Lu?"
Xia Bo's voice interrupted Lu An's thoughts.
Never mind, no matter what bad thoughts I have, finding Umbreon and Meowth is the most urgent thing.
"Mooncloth!"
"Buyi!"
"Mooncloth!"
"Buyi!"
"and many more!"
As Lu An investigated, he suddenly reached out and stopped Espeon; he seemed to have heard something.
“Eebu…”
"It's Umbreon's voice!"
Lu An was overjoyed and quickly ran towards the direction of the sound.
He soon saw the Moon Eevee's figure, still emitting a soft blue light in the dark cave.
However, Umbreon did not run towards Luan and Espeon as expected.
It was lying on all fours, baring its teeth and looking forward.
Did Umbreon sense a threat?
Who could make Umbreon feel threatened in the Ice Cave?
An ominous premonition resurfaced in Lu An's heart once again.
"Gurgle."
A soft, rustling sound came from the shadows.
Upon hearing that strange sound, Lu An, who had been wondering why Umbreon had reacted so strongly, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
What is that?!
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