Chapter 137

"Old Ghost, why don't you help me ask?" Huo La stirred the campfire in front of him, his voice very low. "Suicune staring at me like this, I'm really under a lot of pressure."

At this time, Ash and Brock had already fallen asleep leaning against the stone wall, breathing evenly. It was Huo La's turn to keep watch in the first half of the night.

Gengar's figure slowly stretched out from the shadow reflected by the campfire, and a face with a playful smile was revealed. It looked at Huo La, then glanced at Suicune in the corner, and then floated out of the shadow lightly, flying toward Suicune's direction.

The wild Pokémon behind Suicune had long since eaten their fill and fallen asleep beside the campfire.

For Gengar, who drilled out of Huo La's shadow, Suicune didn't show any surprise, just raised its eyelids slightly.

"I didn't expect my first official translation to be a conversation with Suicune, tsk tsk..." Gengar flew around Suicune, finally stopped in front of it, and asked while swaying its body, "Suicune, why do you keep staring at Huo La? He didn't get Ho-Oh's Rainbow Wing, nor does he have the qualifications of a 'Rainbow Hero.' Why are you picking on him?"

As it spoke, Gengar also glanced at the sleeping Ash—in Ash's shadow, a faint flame was jumping lightly; that was the trace left by Marshadow.

Suicune looked at the flickering Gengar, stood up slowly, shook its ribbon-tailed tail, and looked at Huo La deeply again, then turned and walked toward the cave entrance.

Gengar immediately transformed claws and beckoned to Huo La, signaling him to follow, while it floated behind Suicune and followed out of the cave.

The rain outside the cave had stopped, the night sky was clear with few stars, and the clear light spilled onto the wet grass. The air was mixed with the fishy smell of mud and the fragrance of grass and trees, which was exceptionally fresh.

Seeing Huo La walk out, Gengar immediately floated to his side: "It has something to say to you."

"Suicune—" Suicune let out a low roar, its huge head slowly approaching Huo La, its nose tip almost touching his arm, then retreated gently, its red eyes full of inquiry.

"Brat, it said the scent on you is very strange, a scent from 'a long, long time ago'." Gengar translated immediately, its tone also carrying a hint of curiosity. "As for what specific scent it is, it can't explain clearly either, just feeling it's very ancient."

"A long, long time ago scent?" Huo La instinctively raised his arm and smelled it. Except for the faint smell of sweat and the smell of dust in the wild, he didn't smell any special scent. "How come I didn't smell it? Old Ghost, you said before that I had the scent of death on me. Is this related to that?"

"I didn't lie to you!" Gengar shouted immediately. "The scent of death is still there now, just a bit lighter; but the 'ancient scent' Suicune mentioned is different, even harder to detect than the scent of death. Only they can smell this kind of thing."

Huo La didn't dwell on the scent anymore, turning to ask: "Old Ghost, help me ask again, does it know how Entei is doing now? Entei was hit by an anesthetic needle and injured during the day."

Gengar immediately floated in front of Suicune, "communicated" a few times chattering, and then turned to Huo La and said: "It said it didn't see Entei. As Ho-Oh's guard, the three of them have always acted independently. Unless Ho-Oh summons them, they won't easily contact each other, and they don't know the specific situation of the other party."

"No contact, no whereabouts..." Huo La pondered for a moment, then pursued: "Then Entei, Suicune, Raikou as Ho-Oh's guards, does it mean it's only the three of them, or are all Pokémon of these three groups?"

Gengar communicated with Suicune again and gave the answer: "It said it's only the three of them. Entei, Suicune, and Raikou were originally naturally born Pokémon, each with their own groups, but only the three of them were resurrected by Ho-Oh after death and were given the authority of guardianship, so they became Ho-Oh's guards and are called 'Gods'."

"So that's it!" Huo La secretly thought in his heart.

He had guessed before that Entei, Suicune, and Raikou were "group existences," just like the three legendary birds.

Ordinary group Pokémon are just rare Pokémon; only these three, resurrected by Ho-Oh and mastering authority, are true "legendary Pokémon."

Huo La instinctively opened the system panel, his gaze falling on Suicune's information—the panel only displayed Suicune's name and "Aptitude: SSS," while the rest of the attributes, skills, and background introductions were all question marks.

This was exactly the same as when he saw Entei's information during the day. It seems that without capturing them, one cannot see the complete details.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind: if he encounters Ho-Oh in the future, will the system also only be able to display "Aptitude: SSS"?

"Old Ghost, help me ask again." Huo La stared at Suicune, his voice carrying a hint of urgency. "It keeps staring at me, is it really just because of the scent on me? Or are there other reasons?"

Gengar immediately floated in front of Suicune, shook its body, and made a faint "Gengar~" sound.

After communicating for a while, it turned to Huo La and said: "Suicune said that it is indeed the scent on you that makes it particularly concerned. It also said that since you encountered Entei during the day, Entei must have felt it too."

"Entei also felt it..." Huo La repeated in a low voice, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the corner of his clothes. So the previous look Entei gave him wasn't his imagination. Now it seems it was also because of the scent on him.

But what special scent could he have?

To talk about transmigration, he only transmigrated his soul. This body was born in this world, no different from an ordinary child.

Gengar said he had the scent of death on him, which he could understand—after all, he had indeed experienced one "death," which could be considered death and rebirth.

But the "scent from a long, long time ago" in Suicune's mouth, he really couldn't figure out the source, and couldn't find any clues even after flipping through his memory.

Could it be... the system? This thought suddenly popped up, and Huo La's heart moved violently—could it be that he guessed wrong before, and the system is not some modern product, but an ancient thing that has existed for a long time?

Otherwise, how to explain the "ancient aura" that even Divine Beasts can smell?

Thinking of this, he instinctively focused his attention and looked at the system panel that only he could see.

The panel was still the familiar interface, displaying Suicune's simple information. Apart from that, there was no abnormality, neither showing traces of being "ancient" nor having extra prompts.

But the more this was the case, the more suspicious Huo La felt—if it really came from a long time ago, then the "ancient scent" on him was probably brought by the system.

Just at this moment, Suicune suddenly raised its head, let out a low "Jun~" toward the night sky, and its red eyes fell back on Huo La, carrying a hint of inquiry.

"It has more to say." Gengar translated immediately. "Suicune said that the scent on you is perhaps something Ho-Oh knows the origin of. And it's a bit puzzled—according to its understanding of Ho-Oh, you should have been more worthy of Ho-Oh's attention than Ash."

"More worthy of Ho-Oh's attention?!" Huo La looked up suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.

This sentence was like a thunderbolt, exploding in his heart.

As one of Ho-Oh's guards, Suicune's judgment would never be wrong—but he neither had the Rainbow Wing nor was the "Rainbow Hero." How could he be more worthy of Ho-Oh's attention than Ash?