Chapter 182: The Joke of the Safari Zone
Huo La was sitting at the entrance of the tent, looking at the full moon in the sky, when Brock's voice suddenly broke the silence.
"Huo La, you said that Dratini Kaiser mentioned, what exactly is the situation?" Brock leaned against the tent pole, his face full of doubt, clearly still pondering this matter.
Huo La was stunned for a moment, withdrew his gaze toward the moon, shook his head and said truthfully: "I don't know either, I can't judge until I see it. Even if I see it, I can only 'infer'."
Kaiser's wooden house only had one guest room, so naturally it was given to Bilan, and he and Brock could only stay in a tent in the courtyard.
The night was getting deeper, and the chirping of insects outside the tent was one after another, which was not lonely.
"But I have a guess." Huo La paused and said casually, "Could it be some kind of atavism in the bloodline?"
"Atavism?" Brock frowned and thought carefully, "You say so, it seems to make sense."
"Otherwise what else could it be?" Huo La chuckled, his tone carrying a bit of teasing, "It can't be the offspring born by that Super Ancient Dragonite himself, right?"
Brock was amused by Huo La's teasing, nodded and echoed: "Also, having said that, the possibility of atavism is indeed the greatest. But according to what you said, you still have to see the cub in person tomorrow to draw a conclusion."
Huo La gave a light "um," and looked up at the full moon in the sky again.
The silver moonlight spilled on him, but it couldn't dispel the murmur in his heart.
In his memory, there was no such thing as a Dratini in the plot of Ash and the others in the Safari Zone back then.
Now that a cub with Super Ancient Dragonite patterns suddenly appeared, is it the normal situation that was originally there?
Or is it because of his arrival that this world has quietly deviated?
These things couldn't help but make him care.
Since embarking on Ash's standard travel route, he has had a deeper reflection on his transmigration.
He was just an ordinary person in his previous life who was mediocre and died suffocatingly, why did he get the opportunity to transmigrate?
Although transmigration novels were rampant in his previous life, when it really happened to him, he had also struggled and doubted.
It was just that as he came into contact with this world for a long time and adapted to life here more and more, those doubts were gradually suppressed.
But when he truly embarked on the path of a Trainer, and the things that should have happened in his memory began to deviate, and developed in a completely unknown direction, those suppressed doubts couldn't help but emerge again.
By now, he could be more certain—his transmigration was by no means accidental, but a kind of inevitability, a deliberate arrangement by some powerful existence.
Thinking about it now, the most likely ones are not Dialga and Palkia who control time and space, but the Creator God Arceus.
But these three are all existences standing at the top of the world, and they are not something he can come into contact with now.
His thoughts were like tangled threads, the more he thought, the messier it got.
The night wind blew with a hint of coolness, Huo La yawned, and before he knew it, he fell into a deep sleep, only the moonlight still quietly shrouded this wilderness, as if hiding countless secrets that had not been spoken.
"Take it, this is your Safari Ball quota, thirty each."
Early the next morning, in front of the counter of the wooden house, Mr. Kaiser put down three heavy boxes, making a "thud" sound.
"Originally in the Safari Zone, these Safari Balls had to be paid for." He said without raising his head while wiping the shiny pistol in his hand, "But you are invited by me specifically, so the cost was deducted from my account."
As soon as the words fell, he suddenly raised his head, shook the muzzle at the three of Huo La, his tone carrying an unquestionable warning: "But I'll say the ugly words first. When catching Pokémon here, you can only use this kind of Safari Ball. Once I find out you used other Poké Balls—the muzzle doesn't have eyes."
The three of Huo La felt a chill in their hearts looking at the pitch-black muzzle, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Huo La reached out and took the box that belonged to him, opened it, and saw thirty special Safari Balls neatly arranged inside, the shell was yellow-green camouflage.
"Let's go, I'll go to the backyard to drive." Kaiser put the gun into the holster at his waist and turned to walk toward the backyard, "If you see any Pokémon you want to catch on the way, remember to tell me, I will stop and give you a chance."
But just as he walked two steps, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and added a sentence to the three, his tone carrying a bit of teasing: "A reminder for you, when throwing Safari Balls, remember to pay attention to whether there are traces of Tauros around. Don't be like that kid Ash, throwing them around, and capturing thirty Tauros, becoming a joke in the Safari Zone."
Bilan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Thirty? That's too exaggerated! He wouldn't really want to ride a cow to travel, right."
"Bilan, actually you don't have to bother to catch Tauros." Huo La held the Safari Ball and teased deliberately, "Look back and ask Ash for one, he has thirty, enough to form a Tauros legion, he definitely won't feel bad about giving you one."
"Peh! You're the one riding a cow, your whole family is riding a cow!" Bilan glared at Huo La on the spot, retorted angrily, and then her eyes lit up again, clenching her fists and saying, "I want to catch a Ponyta! Must catch the most majestic one, riding it to travel in the future, cooler than anything!"
"Want a Ponyta..." Kaiser touched his chin, recalled the terrain of the Safari Zone, and said slowly, "I remember that near the wetland where Dragonair lives, there are often traces of Ponyta herds. But we still have to prioritize the main business."
"Really? That's too thank you Mr. Kaiser!" Bilan's eyes shone like stars, her tone full of joy, and the hand holding the Safari Ball tightened a bit.
Kaiser just nodded faintly, didn't say anything more, and turned to walk quickly toward the backyard.
Not long after, a crisp patrol car engine sound broke the tranquility of the wilderness, carrying a bit of rugged texture.
The three of Huo La hurriedly walked to the door of the wooden house, only to see an earthy yellow off-road patrol car driving from the backyard, with the Safari Zone logo printed on the body.
Kaiser sat in the driver's seat, poked his head out and shouted at them: "Get in the car! Go early and return early, it will be foggy over the wetland if it's late."
"Coming!" Bilan reacted first, excitedly pulled open the passenger door and sat in.
Huo La and Brock looked at each other, also followed and opened the back door, sitting in the back seat one after another.
The seats of the patrol car carried a bit of leather roughness, the grass and trees outside the window retreated rapidly, and the wind with a fresh breath poured in from the car window, blowing people refreshed. ===== CHAPTER 183 =====
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