November 29, at an intersection in the suburbs of northern Kaji City.
Hinata waved her hands to Eminem and others: "Here, here... I'm really sorry. It's obviously my responsibility, but I still need your help."
"No, we are going to the 'Lake of Anger', and I happened to hear something. If we have you as a ranger with us, we will feel more at ease." Eminem said politely.
When Hinata replied to the text message last night, Eminem guessed that she should be sent by the Rangers Association to investigate the anomalies in the "Lake of Anger"!
"Huh? These two... and this kid are..." Hinata looked at Sonoko, Xiaolan, and Conan at this time.
"This is the garden, Xiaolan...and the naughty Conan kids will go to the 'Lake of Anger' with us, but they will only go to the camping area." Eminem introduced.
"Miss Hinata is a ranger? So awesome..."
"This is the first time I've seen such a young ranger."
Sonoko and Xiaolan also exchanged a few words with Hinata.
"Sister Hinata, is the situation at the Lake of Wrath very tense recently?" Conan asked, pretending to be a child.
"Don't worry, the camping area is still very safe now, but... you can't run around alone!" Hinata reminded.
"It's safe... I hope." Eminem muttered in a low voice.
It might have been safe before, but that's not necessarily the case now that Conan has gone - I hope there will be a theft case or something like that, so that no one will die.
"Huh? What?" Hinata hadn't heard clearly yet.
"Nothing... what about outside the camping area?" Ammu changed the topic.
"It doesn't seem good. There have been many injuries to trainers. Although injuries are normal during wild training trips,... it is true that in recent months, the frequency of injuries caused by Gyarados in the Lake of Wrath has increased significantly.
." Hinata said at this time.
In fact, there was an abnormality in the "Lake of Anger". Looking back, there were signs a few months ago, but...
"Gyarados" is originally a relatively violent Pokémon!
At first, everyone didn’t pay much attention to this. Since they chose to travel in the “Lake of Anger”, they should be prepared for this.
However, after a few months, judging from the data, the number of injuries increased too much, and the trend was getting worse, so it attracted the attention of the Rangers Association, and specially assigned a nearby Hinata to investigate.
It's a coincidence, but... it's not that coincidental. After all, compared to trainers, the number of rangers is very rare!
Not to mention the young trainers who are traveling, there are probably hundreds of thousands of young trainers traveling in each region - most of them give up after just one year of trying.
Real "professional trainers" are relatively rare.
But even so, accumulated year by year, there are more than 10,000 registered professional trainers around the world, with as many as thousands in each region, and as few as several hundred - among which the "easier" ones are
The way to qualify is to reach the quarterfinals of the regional rookie competition.
Eminem can actually register, but Eminem hopes to debut as the winner of the Rookie Competition, so he did not register after the Kanto Rookie Competition.
Those registered are officially recognized "professional trainers". In addition, there are even more private unregistered trainers whose performance is not enough to be recorded, but who have been working quietly and "regarding training as a profession" on their own.
In contrast, the ranger...
There are only a few hundred people in the world!
The number of patrolmen who are currently in the northern part of the Johto area and are responsible for incidents of this level can be counted on one hand, so it is normal to see familiar faces.
"In your experience as a ranger...is this kind of thing common?"
On the way, Eminem asked Hinata for confirmation.
"It can't be said to be common, otherwise there would be no need to check specifically. It's just...generally, most of the abnormalities in the wild that I'm responsible for checking are related to wild Pokémon's unusual movements and violent tempers." Hinata explained.
Well, that's a "relatively common and rare situation" - Hinata is indeed not "asking for help" this time, but she heard that Eminem and others are coming, so she proposed to go with her.
However, Eminem discovered that although Xiao Ai pretended not to be particularly concerned at this time, she was actually paying attention to Hinata's words...
Eminem can also guess that Xiao Ai must be thinking about the "Dark Organization", and even suspects that the abnormality in the "Lake of Anger" may be related to the dark organization's secret research institute here!
"Based on your experience, the reason why Gyarados became violent this time may be..." Ammu asked tentatively.
"The specific reason is still unclear, but judging from the location of the accident, which is concentrated in the northwest of the Lake of Anger, it should not be a problem with the entire Gyarados group, but only a few, or a problem with a few specific Gyarados, that is,
It’s not caused by weather or other wide-area influences…
Considering that some people have frequently witnessed red Gyarados, many of those who were attacked claimed that they had seen red Gyarados before they were attacked. It is possible that the rampaging Gyarados was a heterochromatic one.
of individuals.
However, this is not certain yet. After all, the red Gyarados... there are some special theories among the people. It may be the person who was attacked. There may be something wrong with the memory of others.
I have visited and verified before. In all the witness records, there is no actual close witness. The trainer who was attacked was also attacked by a group of Gyarados at night. It was not a red Gyarados, but some
Even when I recalled it afterwards, I said I saw a red shadow..."
Hinata's statement was very strict.
"Indeed, the impression of the red Gyarados as a symbol of [disaster] is deeply ingrained, and it is possible to overthink it afterwards...especially when someone has said so before." Eminem also echoed Hinata's statement.
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Xiao Ai, who was silent on the side, suddenly said: "Due to some bad experiment, Gyarados mutated into a different color, and his personality became more violent... Is this possible?"
"Eh?" Hinata was stunned when he heard this.
"Excessive genetic mutation of Pokémon will cause changes in emotions, which is why many experiments are banned by the alliance." Xiao Ai added calmly.
"Xiao Ai..." Xiao Lan looked at Xiao Ai worriedly - did Eminem's sister grow up in a gloomy environment? Why do she always have terrible thoughts?
"It's true that it can't be said to be impossible, but... the current sightings of the 'Red Gyarados' are too vague. Some people even say... that they saw people riding red Gyarados in the land bridge forest in the lake.
The ghost of the dragon's red-clothed woman." Hinata specifically gave an example to prove that "it's not that scary."
"The ghost of the woman in red?" Xiaolan and Yuanzi exclaimed at the same time.
You can tell by looking at the expressions of the two of them...