Aster has a message from his PM Dex, he takes it out and sees it was Luka, he was telling him that Tala, which is Aster's sister has just left the Starter Forest seven days ago; and he finally has a chance to get out of the place and starts his Pokemon Ranger journey.
Aster raised his eyebrow and typed" Thanks, Congratulations." then he put away the PM Dex, looking down to the list that he have to act like NPC.
"Three more to go..." Aster whispered. Then Aster feel something nuzzling his face, Aster reach out his hand and " What's wrong? Titi?" Aster's asked.
A serpentine Pokémon with a yellow body and a white underside is in Aster's lab, trying to attract his attention.
"Drati!!" Titi said, nuzzling his face once again, the warming on his face making Aster more relaxed.
Aster pull him on his shoulder"Well, is time to go now." the patter on the back of his left-hand glowed, then the little dragon Pokemon disappeared of a sudden, he patted the dust on his body, then got up and walked in the direction of road 27. His goal was the Zongzhi City, and there was a small NPC meeting he had to attend.
Despite Zongzhi City lacking a Pokémon Gym, it offers a wide range of attractions. The Dongyao region's Department store, the Zongzhi Department Store, is located at the top of the hills offering numerous amounts of supplies for visiting Trainers.
Zongzhi City has plenty of clocks, people love clocks, you can see clocks everywhere, the tawer, the school, the street, any place that you can think and see the first thing is the clock.
Aster or can say as Ace, standing at the hill's slope:" Gradon, use water split." the dragon Pokemon reach high her arms and wave it down quickly, the light blue moon shape both smashed towards the target, forcing the opponent to scream violently.
A few dog-like Pokemon hit back feet away, Aster put down some treatment- berry, "Oh, well, Gradon, let's fly to Zongzhi City." Aster said to his Pokemon, and climb to her back and fly to the sky.
Aster stops at the front of the city gate, and calls back his Pokemon, walks into the City, on the way, he meets Akari which is Mao and Pumi.
The light brown girl's blue eyes lit up " Mr. Aster, long time no see." she said with a small bow. Pumi, the girl that is part of the Pokemon Real Life Plans, didn't have the NPC mode.
When Akari is Mao, his dark brown hair will turn to black, same with a long braid on his chest, his green eyes turn to Aster when he hears Pumi call "Aster!" he said with a smile.
Aster runs alongside them " Mao, Pumi, how are you?" he asks, the smile on his face telling how happy he is when he saw his friends.
" Not bad," Mao said and shrugged.
"We're good," Pumi answered.
Three of them on their way to a building with a huge clock, the three each took out an invitation letter with a black background and a gold pattern to the waiter.
After the waiter confirmed it, he respectfully led them through the European-style hall, walked up the stairs to the third floor, and passed through the doors.
They came to a wooden door in the private room of No. 108, led them in, and closed the door gently.
This large court is semi-circular, with a total of ten chairs leaning against the wall. Except for Mao, Pumi, and Aster, three of them have already arrived at this meeting.
" Welcome to our first NPC meet in Pokemon Rl." a voice said, attracting the attention of the three.
" Minato!" Aster said with surprise walking toward the voice and giving him a big hug " I thought you wouldn't come!"
The elegant gentleman gave his best friend a hug, smiled, and said, "Isn't this a surprise?" Aster nodded with a smile, "Of course, it's a pleasure to meet you here."
Blonde with blue eyes, wearing a pair of white short sleeves and black suit pants, this is Minato, a mixed-race child of American and Japanese descent.
The one with a dark tie with a bun head, wearing a white and red skirt is Emrys, he is a boy.
And a sky blue hair color with gray eyes, wearing an off-white coat, black underwear, and off-white suit trousers, with a pale pink silk scarf around his neck, this is Celeste, British.
Small chat over, the six people went to their set, Pumi look around, she was surprised that someone didn't come yet " Where were Allegra, Lea, and Anders?" she asked.
"You forgot Tien, he not here either." Emrys looked left to right and said to Pumi.
Pumi looks sad "Oh, please do not talk about him!"The complex emotions in her tone strongly attracted the attention of others, and Aster smiled helplessly. "Pumi, what did Tien do to you? Make you hate to mention him?" He asked curiously.
Pumi didn't answer, her face full of ' Don't ask, Don't say, and Don't guess." Minato quickly changes the topic " So... How is the mission doing so far?"
"Good, five more left to go." said Emrys with a patently smile " These players have lots of questions that cause a lot of problems..."
Aster nodded and comforted Emrys"Well, In their eyes, Pokemon RL is just a game. In the game, it is no surprise that players will make trouble."
"Don't worry." said Celeste, "Everything well is finished soon."
Minato looks at him " Wait, do you mean..." Celeste nodded to him, Aster watched them play riddles, and he remembered Celeste's powerful intuition with hindsight. Thinking along this line, Aster can tell exactly what Minato and Celeste mean.
Aster frowned " Isn't it a bit too early? Can they hold on?" he asked.
When Aster asked, the rest of the three finally know what they mean, especially this " they" Which means the "Player"
"Even if they can't, they have to brace themselves to do it, which is what our belove "Mother" wishes," Minato said with a smile, but the close friend like Aster can tell the cold in his eyes.
Aster looked at him doesn't know what to say, in the meantime, the court door opened, and four people walk in.
Anders raises an eyebrow " Ummm... It seems we have come at the wrong time?＂ he asked.
Then Anders is pushed into the room, a figure walks forward to the others "hey-hey-hey, What's wrong everybody? Smile!" The owner of the voice made Pumi feel a dull ache in her stomach. Anders, who was pushed into the room, was helpless.
She tries to ignore someone who is messing around and says hello to the only girl in the coming group " Lea, you came!" She said with a happy voice.
Lea is a quiet girl with snow-white hair and dark purple eyes. If it weren't for her slight nod, you can not see any reaction on her expressionless face.
Pumi get used to her weak reaction, grab her hand went to her seat.
'' Don't worry, you were on the right time.'' said Minato '' We just get a piece of news from Celeste, that's all.''
''Oh? I wonder want kind of news will make you guys so serious?'' Tien asks casually.
''The time has close, the first level has started,'' Celeste replied.
The four of the people paused, and look at her ''THIS EARLY?'' Anders said unbelievable.
Then he reacted, ''Celeste's intuition? '' He said in a very positive tone, rubbing his temples with a headache after the others gave him a positive nod.' 'I see, I'll investigate later. '' He turned to someone whose existence was about to disappear and said ''Allegra, come help! ''
The nominated Allegra frowned and nodded reluctantly.
Aster shakes his head " Don't be so reluctantly, Allegra, you've been lazy for so long." he rolls his eyes " After all, I can tell that Anders will be the one who finishes all the investigate." he said.
Allegra's eyes move away, he does not understand what Aster means.
Ten people sit in their seats and the NPC meeting is starting:
"Let's begin," said Minato and looks to the three "Celeste, Pumi, and Allegra how is the Beize Region?"
" The Gym is great, the players love it." said Pumi as she take out the note from her pocket to look at it " Is just a bit too hot for me, that's all."
The Beize region is a 2/3 area covered with the hot sand region, not a lot of people can stand with it, so Beize region players are not more than the others.
Celeste join in "The Desert PokeRace is already in preparation and is expected to start next month. At the same time, the Desert Pokémon Duel is also being prepared...!" she put her finger on her lip to think, " I think that's all I know for now." she said.
Minato nodded " Okey... what about Allegra?" he ask and looks at the dark green hair boy.
Dark green hair boy lazily raised his sleepy eyelids, and said, "Apply for another area to do the mission."
"???" Everyone looks at him with a confusing face.
"Puff!" everyone follows the laughing sounds and sees it was Pumi, trying her best not to laugh loud "Sorry..." she said, " Those players always want to have a photo with Allegra, even though it helps his quest be done..."
Allegra is very handsome, with a clear contrast between his white skin and dark green hair, and his amorous eyes are always indifferent, which makes him have an indescribable mysterious temperament, and this temperament attracts the attention of many people.
This is a problem for Allegra, Allegra is very cold, he likes to be alone, and he knows Pumi only because their mother is a close friend. And if it wasn't for him being one of the people selected, he wouldn't even want to come to this NPC meeting.
" That's ......" Minato didn't know what to say, Allegra is so efficient that he's a little reluctant to move him.
" What about helping me at the Pokemon Starter?" Mao said suddenly, everyone look at him " Although there are still many people who come to collect Pokemon, it is estimated that it will decrease in a few months, right? You don't need to do any job of receiving people, just help me take care of those Pokemon." he explained.
He was lost in thought, it was a good idea, he preferred to face Pokémon over people, so he nodded in agreement.
Okay, Minato decided to respect the personal choice. "Okey, problem solved, let's go to the next question." he turns to the two of the corner "Tien, Emrys, how is Sairen Region," he asked.
" The Joy family applies to enter the Crystal Region." Emrys said, putting his hat on his leg "They are very curious about the Crystal Pokemon."
"The reaction of the crystal tower is...?" Minato asked.
"They rejected it," Emrys said. "Trainers can enter the Crystal Region, but they don't welcome the clan." he adds "We can't be too tough, but if the crystal area keeps rejecting it, it won't be able to become real..." He said with a troubled face.
" What about Enterprise Group? " Aster asks suddenly, "Are they also blocked out?" Aster reminds his friend that he can find another way to do the thing.
Emrys thought, "Indeed, there are no Pokewalnut Cookies in the Crystal Region, maybe we can negotiate from here." His eyes lit up, he thought it was a good idea.
Others have turned to Tien during Emrys' thinking period, awaiting his report.
Tien hummed a song while turning the pen in one hand, feeling the gazes of others, and said, "The Artes festival is being prepared. It is estimated that it will start next Wednesday, it will last for a week, and the location will be at Ed town." He went on" Oh yeah, almost forgot, Eleven gyms are ready for trainers to challenge. "
Tien's dependable appearance is surprising, but..."Oh! By the way, watching those trainers challenge my trials for missions is really interesting~"
The dependable appearance was instantly disillusioned, watching Tien with a wicked smile, Aster and the others have a moment of silence for those trainers from the bottom of their hearts.
Seeing Tien's smile, Pumi couldn't help but hide behind Allegra, shivering as she recalled the time when she was teased by Tien.
Minato didn't want to know what the so-called 'trial' was, he quickly changed the subject "It seems that the Sairen Region is no longer a problem, so what about the Nansei Region?" he asked and looks at Anders.
"You are also one of Sairen Region." Seeing his gaze Anders rolls his eyes " The Elite Four competition is going on tomorrow, welcome everyone to come and see. "Anders is not referring to the players, but the Elite Four of the NPC. After watching the Elite Four game, he believes that the players will be excited and serious about it.
"Elite Four..." Aster was thinking about whether to fight for a position or to directly challenge for the championship.
"That's good news." Minato blinked and said, "It's my turn, I found a historical site around Liuyun Mountain..."
"Historical Monuments!!?" Everyone exploded "You mean the surprise given to us by 'Mother'!?"
Historical monuments are for the purpose of smoothly integrating with the Pokémon world in the future and not to stand out, and are also a surprise gift for the children (NPC mode).
With this surprise, even Lea, who had been in a daze, couldn't help but look at Minato.
After receiving Minato's affirmation, everyone couldn't help but smile. Tien said gloatingly, "Poor Dylan and Silvia, will be the last to know such big news."
Dylan and Silvia are both members of this NPC meeting, but since the two are doctors and policemen in the reality, they rarely have time to go online, so today's Meeting cannot participate.
After agreeing on the time to go on an expedition together, Minato looked at the last three people, "How about you? How is the development of the Dongyao Region?"
Lea yawned "Tala just left and the trainer got lost." She rubbed her eyes "Everyone had a good time!" she said with a small smile.
Tala, Aster's older sister, had just left Nightwing Town, and the other trainers who were going to Nightwing Town got lost in the thick fog.
Others who are familiar with Lea's less talk can easily understand her meaning. As for the so-called everyone, it is probably a ghost-type Pokémon.
The dense fog surrounding Darkness iland is actually an illusion created by ghost-type Pokémon. They will play with the trainer when they arrive.
As for whether this part of the game will piss off the trainer, this is no longer Lea's consideration. For her, ghost-type Pokemon happy is a more important thing than the other.
Minato also knew Lea's fondness for Ghost-type Pokémon, and turned to look at Mao and Aster "What about you?" he asked.
Mao shrugged " As usual, those players appeared one after another to collect Pokémon. If it wasn't for the help of 'Mother', I'm afraid I would be paralyzed before seeing you again." he said "I've gotten quite a few complaints from other Region Pokemon Starters who complained that there were too many people and I totally agree."
Mao looks at Allegra " So I am really happy that you will come for help, lifesaver." Mao said with relief, that at least things like reporting and taking care of Pokémon can be done by Allegra.
Minato nodded in understanding, then turned to look at his close friend who was sitting next to him. "What about you?" he asked.
Aster touched the Dratini from the Dongyao Region that he had just released on his neck, and responded, "It's nothing special. After this meeting, I'll start walking in the direction of road 247. I'm very interested in the lost kingdom there."
Seeing his best friend Dratini happily rubbing his head against Aster's cheek, he smile softly and said to him, "Okay, then tell me something interesting when you come back." Minato stood up and walked to the middle, then turned around and face the others.
He smiled and announced, "This is the end of the first Meeting after Pokemon RL's launch, thank you for coming today. "Everyone clapped their hands in unison as the final curtain call.
Three girls, Pumi, Celeste, and Lea, were the first to open the door. They planned to go to the famous Gugu Cafe for afternoon tea.
Allegra and Mao hurriedly left and returned to the Pokemon Starter.
Tien was left alone, and don't know where he go before Aster could call him.
In the end, Aster, Emrys, Anders, and Minato decided to have a long-lost get-together. The straight time is up, the four talents say goodbye to each other and start their journey.
What about the next Meeting? Let's talk about it next time! Stay tuned!
