Pokémon: Start with a Dragon-type Gym Leader, and pick up Guroton.

Chapter 544 Pione's Past

Half an hour later, Li Luochen had changed his clothes, and Katishia was also ready.

The two walked out of the cabin one after the other. The cold air hit them in the face, and Katishia shrank her neck and pulled her scarf up.

At the village square, Kamishiro and Pione were already waiting.

Kamishiro was still wearing his military green adventure suit, leaning on a trekking pole, looking down at a map.

Pioni, wearing his orange adventure suit with his helmet on, was stamping his feet to keep warm. When he saw Li Luochen and Katishia approaching, he grinned and greeted them.

Kamishiro looked up, folded the map, and stuffed it into his pocket, getting straight to the point: "This time we're going to the Ruins of Choice."

"Let me explain the route first. We need to pass through the Giant's Bed, enter the Sea Echo Cave, and after exiting the cave, follow the frozen sea to reach the Three-Forked Plain. The ruins are on that plain."

Pioni nodded in agreement and added, "The road isn't too difficult, it's just a bit long. Walking in the snow is strenuous, I reckon it'll take most of the day."

After listening to the route, Li Luochen remained silent for a moment before suddenly speaking, "I have a question."

Kamishiro glanced at him: "You speak."

"Why not just fly there using the battle pyramid?" Li Luochen pointed to the pyramid parked near the village. "With this thing here, why bother walking?"

Pioni spoke first, waving his hand with a laugh: "Hahaha, you think we didn't think of that?"

After laughing, Pione's smile faded, and his tone became more serious: "There are many Pokémon that can Dynamax on this snowfield."

"Normally there are no problems, but as soon as a flying object flies over their heads, those guys go berserk and instantly Dynamax."

"I don't know the principle behind it, but this kind of thing does exist."

Kamishiro nodded and continued, "We tried it before. As soon as the pyramid flew over the frozen sea, the wild Pokémon below started to Dynamax and almost overturned the pyramid."

The tone was calm, but the words "almost overturned" made Li Luochen realize that this matter was definitely not as trivial as the two of them made it out to be.

that's it.

The four people walked south in a single file.

Wangguan Snowfield is called a snowfield, but in reality, only half of it is covered in snow.

The further south you go, the thinner the snow becomes, and the exposed rocks and withered meadows gradually increase.

When we got near the Giant's Bed, there was almost no snow left on the ground. Instead, there were large areas of frozen soil and low bushes, and we could see Pokémon other than Ice-type Pokémon.

After walking for a while, the road conditions gradually became smoother, and Li Luochen quickened his pace to walk side by side with Pioni.

"Mr. Pioneer, may I ask what happened between you and Uncle Rose?"

Pione paused slightly.

He didn't turn his head, but simply placed his hand on his helmet, pulling the brim down so that his expression was obscured.

Li Luochen knew about Pioni's past.

She grew up in the shadow of her outstanding older brother.

He was constantly compared to others, eventually ran away from home, made a name for himself through his own abilities, became a gym owner and won a championship, but submitted his resignation on the day that Rose took office as chairman.

But he felt that there might be something he didn't know.

There is never just one reason why brothers turn against each other.

If we can find out the truth, we might be able to reconcile the two brothers.

After all, they are brothers.

Pione walked a dozen steps in silence, offering no response.

Li Luochen didn't urge him or ask any more questions. He simply slowed down and kept the same pace as Pioni.

"There's not much to say."

Seeing that Li Luochen was following her, Pioni finally spoke, but his voice lacked its usual carefree spirit.

"That's right, we took different paths."

"He's always been that kind of person since he was a child. He can do everything perfectly. People always say, 'Look at the eldest son of the Rose family.'"

"And me? Nothing I do is right."

Pione exhaled a puff of white breath, his gaze fixed on the distant horizon, and he forced a smile: "Later, I left, became the gym leader, and then defeated my older brother in the league tournament to become the champion."

"At that time, I thought to myself, 'Now I can finally stand up straight, right?'"

"As a result, just a few days after I became the champion, he announced that he would take office as the chairman of the board."

"It seems like no matter how hard I try, I can only follow behind him, so I might as well quit."

"But to be honest, I don't dislike him as a person."

"What I hate is that he likes to control everything about me."

Li Luochen glanced at him sideways.

Pioney didn't turn his head; his gaze remained fixed ahead, his lips moved as if he were carefully choosing his words.

"He always thought he was doing it for my own good, and that all the decisions he made for me were right, including how to choose a job and which path to take."

"He even thought about how we should live our lives in the future."

"But he never asked me if I wanted that."

"Ugh."

Pioneer sighed deeply.

After hearing so much.

Li Luochen roughly understood why Pioneer wanted to stay away from Loz.

As brothers with a similar age gap, Pioney definitely doesn't want to be restricted in every way.

Fortunately, it wasn't anything too serious or bitter.

If that's all there is to it, perhaps things can still turn around?

Thinking this way, Li Luochen felt that he could talk to Loz about this matter when he saw him later.

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After walking for nearly two hours, the group arrived at a cemetery.

"Let's rest here for now." Kamishiro stopped and poked his trekking pole into the ground.

"Rest in the cemetery...?"

Li Luochen scratched his face, his gaze sweeping over the crooked tombstones and the fleeting Ghost-type Pokémon, feeling that something was amiss.

Pioni, however, didn't seem to care at all. He had already found a flat rock to sit on, took out his water bottle from his backpack, and tilted his head back to take a big gulp.

Katishia stood beside Li Luochen and glanced at the dream monster staring at her from a distance.

The dream demon blinked, and Katishia's face remained expressionless as she simply took a half-step closer to Li Luochen.

Kamishiro had already sat down, took out an energy bar from his backpack, broke it in half, put one half in his mouth, and handed the other half to Pione.

Pioni took it, took a bite, and mumbled a thank you.

Looking at the two of them walking around the cemetery as if it were nothing, Li Luochen realized that he was probably just making a fuss over nothing.

"We've covered about half the distance. After a rest, we'll press on and head straight to the ruins."

Jindai raised his glass to Li Luochen.

"learn."

Li Luochen nodded slightly, then looked around.

It seems that the land here is very suitable for growing crops?

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