chsdbacks Chapter 857 King and Queen
Chapter 857 King and Queen
A storm raged in Yang Ming's heart: the flute was now in his hands!
"What should I do... The Divine Flute is an important treasure of the Pearl Team. I must have accidentally lost it while I was hypnotized by the Demon-Horned Deer..."
While Zhu Bei was still worrying, Yang Ming had already stood up and walked out of the hot spring.
"Stay here and don't move. I have something to give you."
When Yang Ming handed the strange flute to Zhu Bei, she froze on the spot as if she had been frozen in place.
"This...how is this possible?!" Zhubei's eyes widened, tiny water droplets forming on her eyelashes from the hot spring mist. "Where did you find this? This is...wonderful...!"
Looking at Zhu Bei, who was almost crying with excitement, Yang Ming didn't know what to say for a moment.
The reason Yang Ming returned the flute to Zhu Bei so directly was that he had been studying the flute for several days but had not found anything.
"Perhaps this flute can only work in the hands of a specific person. Rather than letting it mold here, I'd better return it to Zhubei and see what's so special about it."
"I got this flute from a big-toothed raccoon when its mate was injured..." Yang Ming briefly introduced how he rescued the big-toothed raccoon family and obtained the flute.
"I never imagined that this flute would be found by a wild Pokémon," Zhu Bei said, deeply moved after hearing Yang Ming's story. "It seems the old man was right; if you help a Pokémon, it will repay you many times over."
"It is because of your good deeds that the Divine Flute has returned to my hands. Yang Ming, I don't know how to repay you..."
Zhu Bei clutched the flute she had lost and found tightly, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force. Warm spring water washed over her chest, and the rising steam blurred the tears welling in her eyes.
Standing on the edge of the hot spring, Yang Ming looked at Zhu Bei's appearance and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "No, no, I was just lucky to run into those two big-toothed raccoons..."
“No.” Zhu Bei raised her head, her gaze more serious than ever before. “Yang Ming, do you know? This flute is more than just a treasure to our Pearl Team.”
She stood up from the hot spring, water trickling down her wet team uniform, but she was oblivious, simply holding the flute carefully in her palm.
“Playing the Divine Flute can break the seal on the foot of Mount Tianguan and open the connection between the pure white permafrost and the outside world,” Zhubei explained. “Although our Pearl Settlement has always lived in the north, we also go to the Obsidian Plains and the Crimson Lotus Wetlands. After all, there are ‘kings’ and ‘queens’ there who need us to appease them.”
"King and Queen?" Yang Ming asked.
“The ancestors of the King and Queen are Pokémon blessed by the Sinnoh Mighty and possess immense power,” Zhubei explained. “To take care of them, we and Team Kongo will take care of them separately and prepare special ‘treasures’ for them to soothe their emotions.”
"However, for some reason recently, the kings and queens have become increasingly irritable, and the intervals between 'pacifying' them have become shorter and shorter..."
"When did they start becoming agitated? Is it related to that strange-horned deer?" Yang Ming hurriedly asked.
Zhu Bei shook her head: "This has nothing to do with the Strange Horned Deer, but it may be related to the spacetime rift."
"A spacetime rift?" Yang Ming thought of the black rift he saw when he traveled through time.
“Yes,” Zhubei nodded. “Actually, when Mr. Beishang came here, the ‘Island King’ Arcanine had already rioted once. Later, as those cracks appeared more and more frequently, the frequency of the kings and queens’ riots also increased.”
"To solve this problem, Dr. Spiben from Team Galactic invented the 'Treasure' and contacted us, asking us and Team Kong to temporarily put aside our differences and work together to address this issue."
"Dr. Raben believes that the King and Queen's loss of control is related to those spacetime rifts, but I don't know much about this. If you want to know, I can take you to Obsidian Plains to see Dr. Raben."
"No wonder I only saw two farm managers, Beshan and Guana, in the Pearl Settlement. It turns out the other farm managers were all out looking after the King and Queen," Yang Ming suddenly realized.
Zhubei nodded: "Yes, in the Pearl Team, besides the leader, the field manager has the highest status. Our Pearl Team has a total of five field managers, and the same is true for the King Kong Team."
"However, the farm managers have different opinions on the matter of 'pacification.' Some farm managers believe that Dr. Laben's theory is nonsense, while others believe that the King's rage stems from 'the protection of the Great Lord of Sinnoh' and firmly oppose pacification. We leaders are also having a headache..."
Through Zhu Bei's explanation, Yang Ming learned a lot of useful information. First, he could confirm that the Divine Harmony Flute was of no use to him, and returning Zhu Bei was the right choice.
Secondly, there's the issue of Pokémon riots. Yang Ming previously speculated that wild Pokémon would become violent, stemming from the hypnotic abilities of the Fiend. However, it now appears that his reasoning was flawed. While the Fiend's hypnotic abilities are strong, they couldn't possibly cause Pokémon to emanate dangerous black energy and attack others like zombies.
Unless the hypnotic spell of the stag is combined with other factors, it cannot control humans and Pokémon on a large scale.
"Of course, I still need to verify this myself," Yang Ming thought to himself.
Finally, there's the power structure of the Xicui region. Although Yang Ming had some prior knowledge of this, Zhu Bei's introduction gave him a deeper understanding of the Xicui region.
“Besides the Pearl Team, the Galaxy Team, and the King Kong Team, there is another organization you need to pay special attention to,” Zhubei instructed. “It is called the Ginkgo Merchant Guild. It is a group of wandering merchants who have no base and travel around Xicui, trading with other organizations.”
"If you encounter members of the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce outside, don't miss the opportunity; they do have quite a few rare items."
“I will keep that in mind,” Yang Ming nodded. “It’s getting late, we should go back to our rooms and get some sleep.”
Zhubei also stood up from the pool, but because she had been soaking in the hot spring for too long, she suddenly felt dizzy and her body swayed involuntarily.
Yang Ming reacted quickly and grabbed her arm: "Be careful!"
"Th-thank you..." Zhu Bei was about to say thank you when she realized that the bath towel wrapped around her had slipped down a bit. She panicked and hurriedly wrapped the towel around herself again, her cheeks turning bright red instantly.
Yang Ming reacted very quickly, turning his head away immediately to make sure he didn't see anything.