Wind Abundant Forest of Almia (One and a Half Hour Revision)

Professor Nihara's story was very detailed.

So detailed that it felt as if he had experienced it in person.

No wonder Bill had found it strange.

"This." Professor Nihara pulled a yellowed notebook out from somewhere. "It's because the notes Changying Hall used to record these things were obtained by one of our Chief Rangers."

"Huh?"

Tetsuya and Bill exchanged glances, both finding it rather unbelievable. "Can something like that be lost?"

"Didn't I say so?" Professor Nihara said with a smile. "The Hall Family's company once fell into crisis.

The oil field they discovered on Line Drawing Plateau was nearly depleted.

During the latter half of Changying Hall's tenure as the second leader, the company's offices gradually moved elsewhere.

The building they had originally occupied was simply abandoned.

Under the influence of the Dark Crystal, Plaque Hall completely forgot that such a place even existed."

Of course.

The actual process had not been as easy as Professor Nihara made it sound.

The one responsible for that mission had been the first immensely powerful Ranger in the Ranger Union to achieve a Capture Count of ten thousand.

The so-called Capture Count.

Put simply, it could be seen as a reflection of a Ranger's strength.

The ability of someone who became the first to surpass ten thousand captures was obvious.

Even so.

He had paid a considerable price to obtain that notebook.

"May I ask what you need us to do?"

Tetsuya asked calmly.

Such information presumably counted as a high-level secret of the Ranger Union.

Although Bill and he held no low status, they certainly were not important enough to be told something like this casually.

Since Professor Nihara had revealed it so directly, he definitely wanted their help.

A powerful Elite Four Level Trainer.

To the Ranger Union, that