Pokemon: Rising From The Dark

Sitting on a sofa chair, Aoki began to explore the unknown area, heading north and walking slowly towards the volcano in the middle. The towering ancient trees had branches intertwined with each other and leaves stacked up one after another, allowing only some sunlight to penetrate through the tiny gaps and shine onto the ground, leaving behind scattered spots of light. Wild Pokemon of varying strength were also running back and forth in the woods. Pidgeot chased the Beedrill and Spearow chased the Caterpie, but there were invisible yet dense spider webs between the trees, waiting for these flying Pokemon who were not careful enough to crash into them. Ariados, hiding aside, did not move. A few small Rattata and Linoone ran along the path among the grass occasionally. Little did they know that in a bush, a pair of cold eyes were staring at them, with a snake's tongue moving in and out of its mouth, obviously looking for the one that looked fatter. It was a complete case of survival of the fittest, a normal phenomenon in the wild forest.

Aoki brought his Pokemon into the forest and destroyed many of the carefully prepared traps set by wild Pokemon, scaring away their prey. After seeing the mighty and domineering Tyranitar and Aggron, the wild Pokemon could only be angry but not say anything, leaving the place in shame. Of course, some Pokemon were timid and unwilling to take risks, but there were definitely some brave ones who were angry and embarrassed because Aoki disturbed their hunting plans, directly attacking Aoki and the others. For example, an Ariados was currently sliding down the tree along the spider silk, and an Arbok jumped out of the grass. The arrival of Aoki's group of uninvited guests ruined their hunt; as Pokemon with a rather violent and cruel nature, they could not let the culprit go so easily.

"Aggron, Blaziken!" Aoki had a smile on his face. As one of the ways to exercise the control of his psychic powers, he extended his senses and determined what he could perceive within his reach. After hearing Aoki's voice, Aggron and Blaziken also discovered the existence of these two wild Pokemon at the first moment. Two sounds followed—a shout and a scare. Blaziken bounced straight up and rushed towards the Ariados who was falling from the sky. Flames would occasionally burst out from his clenched fists but would quickly disappear. This was Blaziken's control over its own energy; the energy of the Fire Punch was completely concentrated on the fist, and the flames that shot out were carrying the power of this move. It was just that because the control had not reached its peak, the flames would still burst out from time to time. If it could be controlled to the extreme, every punch of Blaziken could be a flaming fist. He faced Ariados' attack directly and punched it in the face, launching it into the air at a speed even faster than when it fell; it then seemed to lose consciousness and fell to the ground, unable to move.

Aggron was even more decisive. He rushed towards the Arbok and bit at its arm with his teeth. When it seemed he was about to succeed, Aggron's body proved to be very flexible; he turned around and stepped on the Arbok's body, making it straighten instantly. The arm in front of him was only two centimeters away but seemed like an insurmountable chasm. Aggron grabbed the Arbok's head; although it was not as comfortable as grabbing the tail, it was not much different. He then proceeded to whip the ground and the nearby tree trunks with it. After a few swings, the Arbok lost its ability to fight. Aggron and Blaziken clapped their hands and stood beside Aoki again. During this period, they always encountered such Pokemon when passing through the forest. These wild Pokemon had no ability to resist in front of Blaziken and Aggron. It was not that these two wild Pokemon were weak; their unscrupulous attacks showed they were quite strong, having reached the quasi-Champion level. However, although they could dominate the forest, they were still not as powerful as Aggron and Blaziken.

Aoki had been leading his Pokemon towards the volcano for most of the day. They had long since left the twenty-kilometer radius that they had initially investigated and entered an unknown forest. Just as Aoki thought, the closer to the volcano, the stronger the wild Pokemon they encountered. In the area where they had stayed before, quasi-Champion Pokemon were relatively rare, and it often took some time to encounter one of that level again. However, after getting close to the volcano, the frequency of encountering quasi-Champion-level wild Pokemon suddenly increased. Aoki suspected that as they approached the volcano, the wild Pokemon they encountered might all be Champion-level Pokemon. If so, this space was a bit terrifying. However, encountering powerful Pokemon at such a high frequency was the best thing for Aggron and Blaziken. After seeing that Tyranitar's strength had broken through to the Champion level, the two of them were already impatient. Fortunately, Tyranitar did not compete with them along the way. At this time, Tyranitar had gradually shown the arrogance of a pseudo-legendary Pokemon; if not for Aoki's orders, it would have looked down on the Pokemon at the quasi-Champion level. There was no way around it—it was inflated. It thought these Pokemon could not be its opponents, so it might as well give them to its two good brothers, who were also about to complete a breakthrough.

After defeating these two seemingly insignificant Pokemon, Aoki led them further inside. According to the Team Rocket map, after passing through this forest, they would enter the grassland area. On the grassland, there were fewer Pokemon that liked to hide and attack, and most of them were strong wild Pokemon. Then, after crossing the grassland, they would enter a long forest area. After passing through the last forest, they would be close to the central volcano. However, the scope of this grassland and the last forest was quite large. At their current walking speed, it would be impossible to reach the destination in one or two days. In such a large space, if no trace of Mew could be found in the central volcano, Aoki would automatically assume that there were no Mew in this space. Otherwise, if they really wanted to investigate this entire space, it would take at least a year even if they did not rest for a single day. They had already been delayed for a month, although the strength of the Pokemon had improved greatly during this month. But if Aoki were to stay in this space for a year, the resources he brought would have been consumed long ago. To ensure the growth rate of the Pokemon, they must leave in two months at most. Moreover, in three months, no one knew what changes would occur in the League or Team Rocket, and Aoki did not want his information to be too outdated.