Pokémon Egg

In another hour, Wang Yan should have arrived here with people from the League.

The newly freed Pokémon were cowed by Entei's pressure. None of them dared run around, and they could only wait quietly where they were. Still, without the confinement of cages, they were in much better condition, and their emotions were relatively stable.

After all, being locked up truly felt awful.

Entei watched over them from the side, telling them that someone would come and take them home.

Meanwhile, Yan Yang planned to check the surroundings to see if there was anything useful. Taking things from bad guys was perfectly justified.

Some important items could not be taken, since they needed to be left for the staff to collect as evidence.

He should also try to avoid leaving fingerprints, though it probably did not matter much. He did not live among humans, so where would they even have his fingerprint records? No matter what he did, they would never find him.

These criminals' tents were rather shabby. This group probably had not planned to stay here for long, so they had not brought much with them. That made sense. Given their identities, they really were not suited to staying in one place for too long.

After searching around, Yan Yang only found a few unused Poké Balls, some common stones from the Pokémon world, and some medicine.

Just as Yan Yang was feeling disappointed, Hawlucha seemed to have found something.

Yan Yang went over to take a look. It was a backpack, and a brand-new one at that. It was probably something someone had just bought.

This was no ordinary backpack. It was a Space Backpack commonly found in the Pokémon world, the ideal choice for Trainers traveling abroad.

When watching the anime, you could never figure out where so many things came from, including relatively large items like barbecue grills. Only later did he learn that they had all been stored in backpacks.

This backpack was like Doraemon's dimensional pocket. You could never guess how much stuff it could hold.

The technology in this world was really advanced! If something like this had existed back then, traveling would have been so much more convenient.

When he opened the backpack, there was actually a Pokémon Egg inside, along with a sheet of paper. There was nothing else.

Yan Yang carefully examined the egg. It had pale red patterns on it and looked like the egg of a Fire-type Pokémon.

The note beside it read, "Sweetheart, this is a Pokémon Egg your uncle brought back from the Kalos Region. I went through a lot of trouble to find it. I didn't steal it, so don't refuse it, okay? I hope you like it..." There was some more scattered writing afterward.

After reading it, Yan Yang sighed. This was an egg a Pokémon Hunter had prepared for his younger relative. The tenderness toward the child could be seen between the lines. He clearly could have been a good parent, so why had he chosen this road of no return?

Saying it was not stolen probably meant it was stolen.

Yan Yang held the Pokémon Egg in his arms. It carried the distinctive warmth of a Fire-type Pokémon. As he stroked the shell, he seemed to sense a response from the life within.

This was the first time Yan Yang had seen and touched a Pokémon Egg. Wild Pokémon had strong instincts to protect their young and were extremely sensitive about guarding their eggs. Yan Yang did not dare provoke Pokémon at a time like that. They were truly fierce.

Yan Yang really liked this egg. He did not know why, but he always felt that he had some vague connection with the Pokémon inside. If he let it pass him by, it felt as though he would lose something.

He had decided. He would take care of this egg.

Yan Yang did not feel too guilty about it. The egg's origins were improper to begin with, and it was a Pokémon Egg from another region. The League might not necessarily send it back. More likely, they would keep it in the Johto Region. After all, it was a rare egg from another region, and raising it properly before giving it to an interested Trainer would not be a bad option.

Since that might happen, he might as well take the egg and raise it himself. He was a child now. What bad intentions could a child possibly have?

"Since you might not be able to go back, then come with me," Yan Yang said happily to the egg.

Entei silently watched Yan Yang's every move without doing anything.

Since Little Sun liked it, they could simply take the egg home. They had helped those people deal with a group of Pokémon Hunters, so naturally they should take some benefits for themselves.

Besides, since it was also a Fire-type Pokémon, Entei could lend it a hand as it grew.

No, since it would be Little Sun's Pokémon, he could invest more into it and make it stronger, so it could protect Little Sun. After all, he could not remain by Yan Yang's side at every moment. If Yan Yang had his own Pokémon accompanying him, Entei would be more at ease as well.

And so, the Pokémon inside this egg could be considered part of their family now.

"By the way, Hawlucha, do you want to become my Pokémon and live with us?" Yan Yang had a very favorable impression of this Hawlucha. It had a great personality, so he extended the invitation.

Hawlucha froze for a moment before falling into an internal struggle. After hesitating for quite some time, it finally made its decision. "Sorry, I can't agree. I have many things back home, and friends I can't leave behind. I can't just abandon them like this."

"It's okay. If you have things to do, then go back. We're still friends," Yan Yang said. Though he claimed it was fine, he still felt a little regretful inside. This Hawlucha was really interesting.

"But if you ever come to our Kalos, I'll welcome you with my friends," Hawlucha said in a somewhat comforting tone.

"Mm, okay. When that time comes, let me see how much you've improved," Yan Yang said happily.

Still, when would he be able to go there? Kalos was so far away from Johto. It would probably take a long time. He also hoped Hawlucha would not have forgotten him entirely by then.

"It's time to go, Yan Yang. Those people are almost here," Entei spoke up to remind him.

"Okay." Yan Yang stuffed everything he had just gathered into the backpack and prepared to leave. "Goodbye, Hawlucha."

"Goodbye."

Very soon, Wang Yan arrived with a group of uniformed personnel. They were fully armed and stern-faced, while their Pokémon stood beside them with their bodies tense, ready to fight enemies at any moment.

They did see the enemies, except they were all enemies blackened like charcoal, without any fighting strength left.

Wang Yan shuddered as he looked at the miserable state of these Pokémon Hunters. He felt no sympathy, but the sight was still startling. He had not expected Entei to be so ruthless. They had agreed that he only needed to bring people here at eight in the morning to handle the aftermath, yet these people had been beaten to the point where they had nearly lost their lives. They would have to trouble others to treat them, and the interrogation would have to be delayed as well.

Li Gang, the captain of this unit, checked them over and found that there were no major problems. He then began preparing to clean up the scene.

But as he worked, the question in his heart gradually grew stronger. "Who exactly did this?"

They would learn the answer when they interrogated the hunters later. Entei had not hidden himself, so everyone would eventually know what had happened.

For now, however, the still-confused Li Gang searched the area for quite some time and found nothing. It seemed that the person and Pokémon who had resolved this incident had already left.

"How did you know there was a hunter hideout here?" Li Gang looked at Wang Yan suspiciously. Although they knew each other, he could not shake the feeling that Wang Yan was connected to this incident.

Wang Yan made up an excuse and brushed him off.

Li Gang became even more suspicious, but without any evidence, suspicion was ultimately nothing more than a thought.

After loading all the Pokémon into the vehicles, the group left the area.

Before long, the Johto League would send these Pokémon from the Kalos Region back home.