The train escort crew was already familiar with this work and had plenty of experience handling it.
But the appearance of those Pidgey seemed to have triggered something. The journey never went smoothly after that. Just as Lu Yangqiu had said, they had to get off the train every short stretch.
Forget a whole day—they had already stopped four or five times in a single afternoon. And they were following the route Bai Tingjiao and the others had taken on their way here. In other words, these Pokémon had all gathered over the past few days. It was frightening to imagine how difficult clearing the less frequently traveled stretches would be.
The constant stopping and starting left Xiao Ran and the others exhausted, yet there seemed to be no end to these days. Worse still, on the second day, they encountered a truly troublesome group of Pokémon.
The train would pass through a plain, but a herd of Tauros had moved onto it.
Tens of thousands of Tauros had migrated here. This was nothing like the flock of Pidgey from before. Tauros were large Pokémon, and if left alone, they would not leave for ten days or half a month. The train could not wait that long.
As for driving them away, where could they drive such a massive herd of Tauros? Where could they possibly send them? The escort captain was so worried his hair was about to turn white!
"Tauros never came here in previous years! What the hell is going on this year?" some of the veteran crew members complained, staring at the Tauros on the plain with aching heads.
They were all Pokémon Trainers with little talent. They could not pass the exams to join the Alliance's official ranks, and they did not dare venture out