Chen You's favorite Pokémon was Ghost-type. Since who knows when, Chen You had become obsessed with all sorts of strange and supernatural events, leading Su Wen to feel that Chen You had become rather eerie.
Su Wen left Yundu City in the morning, completed his trainer registration in Huofeng City in the afternoon, and returned home late at night. Having received the news beforehand, Wang Xuan had prepared dinner at home, waiting for Su Chuan and Su Wen.
Watching Su Wen devour his food, Wang Xuan couldn't help but smile, "Why didn't you have dinner in Huofeng City before coming back?"
Su Chuan looked helplessly at Su Wen, saying, "If we had dinner there, we would have had to stay overnight. Su Wen wanted to come back early to bond with Charmander."
Wang Xuan looked at Charmander, who was leisurely eating the special food Su Wen had prepared, and couldn't help but stroke its head.
"This little one, look how happily its tail is wagging." Wang Xuan didn't mind Charmander wanting to lick the plate clean; after all, who could resist such a cute thing?
The Pokémon food provided by the Zhu family's breeders for Charmander was top-notch, perfect in terms of energy content and nutritional balance.
However, to avoid disrupting the balance, the taste naturally wasn't perfect.
To quickly improve his bond with Charmander, Su Wen, after consulting the materials Zhu Tianxing had given him, sacrificed some ingredients that would have helped Charmander's energy growth, replacing them with a taste that Charmander had never experienced before.
Lured by the delicious food, Charmander even shook off the slight depression from leaving Charizard Valley, thoroughly enjoying its new home.
And with the blessing of abundant resources, Su Wen wasn't worried about Charmander's growth being hindered by the change in diet.
Just as Su Wen's family was enjoying themselves, Su Chuan's phone suddenly emitted an extremely sharp sound.
"Special Dispatch Order for Dojo-Level Trainer Su Chuan from Yundu City. Immediately report to the Yundu City Pokémon Center! Re-emphasizing: Special Dispatch Order for Dojo-Level Trainer Su Chuan from Yundu City. Immediately report to the Yundu City Pokémon League Center!"
Su Wen, Su Chuan, and Wang Xuan's expressions changed simultaneously. It was a Special Dispatch Order!
The Special Dispatch Order was a special request for all Summer Country trainers. When a Special Dispatch Order was issued, the requested trainer had to unconditionally follow the instructions immediately. If a trainer failed to comply without a valid reason, they would face severe consequences.
In Su Wen's memory, Su Chuan had only received two Special Dispatch Orders before. Once when Su Wen was five years old, when the Sakura Country, under the instigation of the White Eagle Federation, crossed the border, challenging the sovereignty of the Summer Country.
That time, all Master-level trainers in the eastern region received the Special Dispatch Order, eventually wiping out all the Sakura Country trainers who had crossed the border within the country.
Another time was when he was nine years old, when a wild Salamence of Champion-level suddenly appeared and showed signs of entering Yundu City. Su Chuan received the order to intercept it.
Both of these were major events that threatened the entire city and even the nation, and there had only been these two Special Dispatch Orders in all these years.
So what could this Special Dispatch Order be about?
Without time for Su Chuan to think, he rushed to the backyard the moment he heard the Special Dispatch Order, recalling his Slaking and other Pokémon that were resting into their Poké Balls. Wang Xuan grabbed Su Chuan's coat and waited for him at the door.
"Dad, be careful," Su Wen called out to Su Chuan's retreating figure.
Su Chuan only left a silhouette, waving his hand, and flew towards the Yundu City Pokémon Center on his Pidgeot.
Watching Su Chuan leave, Wang Xuan quickly returned inside to turn on the TV to see if there were any new broadcasts, while Su Wen opened the forum to check for any unusual situations near Yundu City.
"A suspected entrance to a Secret Realm has been discovered thirteen miles south of Yundu City."
"Some trainers and a small number of civilians have already been sucked in."
"My grandpa lives there! Please, if anyone has any updates, please DM me, thank you!"
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The forum, which should have been relatively quiet at this time, was flooded with messages, one after another. Su Wen instantly understood the reason for the Special Dispatch Order.
"Mom, it's a Secret Realm!" Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just a Secret Realm, his dad should be okay.
Wang Xuan, who was still waiting for news on TV, took Su Wen's phone and browsed through it, but her expression didn't lighten. "Your Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen died because of a Secret Realm. Your dad is definitely in the first unit. I hope there aren't any dangerous Pokémon in this Secret Realm."
Yundu City didn't have any Champion-level trainers; after all, there were fewer than 200 Champion-level trainers in the entire Summer Country. Su Chuan was already the strongest in Yundu City, so as the strongest fighter, he would inevitably be at the front lines.
"Don't worry, Mom. With Slaking's strength, even if he can't win, he can definitely retreat safely," Su Wen comforted her.
Secret Realms were like droplets of water clinging to cardboard, connected to but not entirely part of the main world.
The most famous Secret Realm in the Summer Country was the Spirit World, the holy land of Ghost-type Pokémon. It was said that any Ghost-type Pokémon could be found in the Spirit World, and trainers who could communicate with the Spirit World were all favorites of Ghost-type Pokémon.
Until now, Su Wen's knowledge of the Spirit World was limited to fragmented information on the internet, but the most reliable theory was that the Summer Country encountered resistance when developing the Spirit World, eventually abandoning the development.
Regarding this matter, Su Wen didn't believe that any Pokémon could withstand the full power of the Summer Country. He could only say that the Summer Country deemed the cost of developing the Spirit World to be not worth the effort.
As one of the few top-tier Secret Realms, only those few 'gods' could extinguish the Summer Country's desire to develop the Spirit World, in Su Wen's memory.
Giratina, the Marshadow, the Spectrier, or perhaps even Calyrex were there?
Which one, or... which few, were in the Spirit World?
Existing information couldn't find any trace of these 'gods', but Su Wen didn't believe that these Mythical Pokémon were truly nonexistent. In some ancient documents, Su Wen could vaguely see their figures.
As for the Secret Realm in Yundu City, Su Wen felt that it shouldn't exceed the intermediate level. After all, if it were a large Secret Realm, the Pokémon League Center would have blocked the news instead of allowing the forum to discuss it so freely.
Regaining his thoughts, Su Wen comforted Wang Xuan and took the Charmander, who was chasing its tail, into his room.
Whether it was Secret Realms or Mythical Pokémon, these things were far from him, a rookie trainer. All he could do now was quickly familiarize himself with Charmander's abilities and make a proper training plan.
"Charmander, be careful to control the temperature of your tail. Don't burn the furniture," Su Wen instructed, stroking Charmander's head.
The flame at the end of Charmander's tail symbolized its vitality. If the flame on Charmander's tail went out, it meant its life had come to an end. Conversely, the more intense the flame on Charmander's tail, the better its condition.
And Charmander could control the temperature of the flame, as the flame was more like a life flame.
Listening to Su Wen's instructions, Charmander brought its tail to Su Wen's face. Seeing that the once-red flame had turned to white-rainbow color, Su Wen placed his hand on the flame to feel it; hmm, about twenty or thirty degrees, very comfortable.
After taking out an Energy Cube from his pocket and feeding it to Charmander, Su Wen sat cross-legged on the carpet, placing his right hand against Charmander's head and probing his Aura.
Since successfully capturing Charmander, Su Wen had felt different, something he had never experienced in fifteen years, like a key meeting the correct lock.
That's why Su Wen couldn't wait to return home and quietly study his Aura.
Sure enough, when his Aura came into contact with Charmander, it no longer merely floated on the outer layer, contacting Charmander's Aura to sense its abilities.
Su Wen's Aura was already merging with Charmander's Aura, although the merging was still awkward, like sugar slowly dissolving in water.
But with just that little bit of merging, Su Wen felt as if a brand new world had opened up in his mind.
It felt as if Su Wen had become one with Charmander. What Su Wen could sense was not only his own body, but also Charmander's body.
As Su Wen's Aura became more integrated with Charmander's Aura, Su Wen even vaguely sensed the flow of energy within Charmander's body, even feeling as if he could use Charmander's six skills, and his Aura seemed to be able to guide these energies.
It was as if he had been born with these six skills, but for various reasons, he couldn't use them fluently.
But Su Wen quickly realized that this was just his illusion. What he sensed, what he understood, were all Charmander's abilities.
"Awu!" Charmander lightly cried out, immediately interrupting this state. Su Wen felt a strong repulsion, and his Aura could no longer merge with Charmander's Aura.
"Was I too clumsy?" Su Wen looked at Charmander, who was constantly nuzzling his palm with its head, and keenly sensed that Charmander was even more affectionate towards him.
Su Wen petted Charmander while pondering the changes in his Aura.
First, these Aura changes should only work on his own Pokémon. After all, his dad's Pokémon were also very close to him, but compared to Charmander, there was a lack of that special connection.
Second, if he could use his Aura to guide Charmander's energy, wouldn't that mean he could help Charmander grow in another way?
Of course, these were just guesses, but Su Wen believed that he would gradually understand the correctness of these guesses in the coming week.
On the other side, Su Chuan had already arrived at the Yundu City Pokémon Center.
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