“Victini…” Ogerpon was silent for a while.
She first looked in the direction of the Oni Mountain cave, then looked toward Mossui Town.
Finally, Ogerpon figured something out and nodded to Victini: “I want to go!” They traveled thousands of miles to find her.
Ogerpon felt that if she hid and didn’t see them, it would be too impolite.
Although she was very afraid and felt very uneasy inside, Pon-Pon must be a good child!
Go see Eric.
She wanted to respond to this human, the only one willing to believe she is not a bad child!
“Great!” Having successfully completed the mission, Victini happily did somersaults in the air.
“Eric will play with Victini and buy delicious food for Victini.” Along the way, flying beside Ogerpon as she trotted on her short legs, Victini kept talking about its encounter with Eric and all the little things that had happened between them over these past few days.
The more she listened, the more envious Ogerpon became, and she developed a great interest in this person named Eric.
She began to look forward to meeting Eric.
Meanwhile, Eric, unaware that Victini had already extraordinarily completed its mission, was strolling around the town, taking the opportunity to go door-to-door to find the location of Elder Yukito’s family.
Eric wasn’t clear about the surname of Elder Yukito’s family.
In the game, it only mentioned Elder Yukito, Carmine, and Kieran, but there were no specific details about their family.
Eric also didn’t stop anyone to ask about the whereabouts of this family.
‘It would be best to avoid direct contact with them.’ Eric came to Kitakami with the main goals of Ogerpon and Bloodmoon Ursaluna, as well as those three masks hidden by Kitakami.
Back then, the ancestor of Elder Yukito’s family, that mask craftsman, made four masks for Ogerpon: the teal mask, the hearthflame mask, the wellspring mask, and the cornerstone mask.
Among them, the teal mask was still in Ogerpon’s possession, though it was already damaged.
As for the remaining three masks, after Ogerpon took her revenge, they were left in the village and worshipped alongside those three Pokémon.
‘These three masks were originally Ogerpon’s belongings.’ ‘Taking them back is just returning them to their rightful owner.’ Regarding this, Eric had no psychological burden whatsoever.
As long as Ogerpon was willing to leave with him, Eric would retrieve these three masks immediately.
As for whether Eric had the ability to do so.
Not to mention that in the original plot, even a child like Kieran could do it, Eric had two great generals in his hands: Lilligant and Victini.
If he was lucky enough to capture Bloodmoon Ursaluna early, how could the mere Kitakami stop this kind of combat power?
“The only problem is, I can take the masks and just walk away, but Elder Yukito’s family cannot.” Eric still had some good feelings toward Elder Yukito’s family.
The grandfather who helped Ogerpon repair her mask, the grandmother who provided festival clothes for the game’s protagonist, and Kieran, who learned the truth and immediately went to steal the masks back.
This family had never done anything to wrong Ogerpon.
Their ancestor was even persecuted by the villagers for telling the truth.
If they couldn’t find Eric, the unruly people of Kitakami could go and cause trouble for Elder Yukito’s family.
This was the reason why Eric did not want to have direct contact with Elder Yukito’s family.
“Being able to secretly pass down the truth for so many years must have been very hard.” “They shouldn’t have to endure any more.” Currently, Eric did not have the ability to clear Ogerpon’s name, let alone protect Elder Yukito’s family.
You say tell the League?
It’s useless.
As mentioned before, the League in this world does not force local development.
The League does have influence.
But that influence is not as great as one might imagine.
Even in the era of the game, after the truth about Kitakami was revealed, the people here still intended to rebuild the Loyal Three Plaza.
Culture, ideology, customs.
The League has no ability, let alone the right, to change these.
“If it were those large cities with Gyms stationed,” Eric said, “one could use the prestige of the Gym Leader to establish the truth and overturn erroneous remarks and ideologies.” The League and Gyms are very much like the imperial court and local governments in ancient times.
Without a Gym, there is no way to restrain the local people.
Only by establishing a Gym can the League directly exert pressure and promote reform in a region.
“At the end of the day, Kitakami is just too remote.” Of course, these are only temporary.
Once Eric has the ability in the future, he will definitely let these unruly people of Kitakami know just how protective Pon-Pon’s Trainer can be!
“Huh?” Thinking this, Eric suddenly noticed two figures.
It was a pair of siblings, a girl about eight or nine years old, and a boy about six or seven.
“Isn’t that Carmine and Kieran?” Although they looked different from their character designs in the game, Eric recognized the siblings immediately.
Looking at the detached house with a courtyard that they ran into.
Without a doubt, this was exactly Eric’s target, the residence of Elder Yukito’s family.
“Found it!” Eric did not stay here for too long; he silently noted down the address of Elder Yukito’s family and then headed towards the Kitakami station.
The location had been determined.
Next, it depended on Victini’s side.
“I wonder if V-chan is doing well and if it has found Pon-Pon.” Eric didn’t have high hopes; searching for a Pokémon in such a large forest was certainly not something that could be done in a day.
Fortunately, he had brought enough supplies.
As a traveler, living in the forest for ten days or half a month is quite normal, right?
Having come to the Pokémon world for nearly two years, Eric had long since grown accustomed to sleeping in the wild near Eindoak Town.
His physical fitness and adaptability were not at all inferior to those traveling Trainers.
“Well, I should think about how to comfort V-chan.” Eric took his backpack off his back and sat down on a station bench: “Come out, Lilligant.” Being alone was too boring, so Eric let Lilligant out of her Poké Ball, and they started organizing the supplies in the backpack together.
This backpack was a special spatial item unique to the Pokémon world.
It looked about the same size as an ordinary school bag, but it actually contained a vast space inside.
Things like daily necessities, Pokémon food, and meals could be put inside, and even tables and chairs could be folded and stored away.
This wasn’t anything strange.
Poké Balls could contain such large Pokémon and even neutralize their weight, so a mere spatial backpack was really nothing.
“Victini~~” “Huh?” Eric, who was organizing ingredients, heard a sound from the air.
He immediately looked up and, sure enough, saw a petite figure looming in the air; it was his Victini.
“Let’s go, Lilligant!” Eric hurriedly packed up his things, then called out to Lilligant, and ran towards the direction where Victini was.