Yong had just finished a day of training and returned to the Pokémon Center when Nurse Joy hurriedly called out to him.
"Yong! You've got a phone call today!"
It's been ages since anyone treated me like a little kid...
Hearing her, Yong stopped and walked over to the counter to ask,
"Did they say who they were?"
"Hmm!"
Nurse Joy thought for a moment, then said with a smile,
"That's right! He said he was your dad!"
Does that mean there's news about the fossils?
"All right, I'll call him back now. Thank you, Nurse Joy!"
After thanking her, Yong went to the Video Phone Booth and called home. This time, his mother, Nakamura Aoi, appeared on the screen, her face full of worry.
"Yong! It's been so long since you called home! Have you been taking good care of yourself? I've been so worried!"
"I'm fine, Mom!"
Smiling at his mother, Yong patiently reassured her.
"I'm traveling, so of course I want to see different sights. Besides, look! I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
"Honestly, why did you have to go into that huge desert? It's dangerous there, you know! Don't go to places like that again, all right?"
"Yes, yes, yes! I know!"
He answered his mother's questions with a wry smile. Fortunately, his father appeared on the screen just in time.
"Oh, come on! Young people need a little drive! What's there to worry about?"
Ha, that's not what you said before!
Silently snarking to himself, Yong watched with gleeful amusement as his mother grabbed his father by the ear and shouted,
"Shiyan Toru! Yong is my son! If anything happens to him, you'll never hear the end of it!"
"Oh, honey... Have a little mercy~ I was wrong!!!"
Amid his father's screams, the two disappeared from