Rope wasn't hiding the fact that the brat looked like a brat, but actually looked like he was pretty bad at fooling around.
This kind of badly fooled kid is still not called common in this day and age. People can grow up quickly and can be very mature at a very young age. Of course there are certain innate conditions, such as IQ and so on.
But it's more a matter of experience.
Children who have faced life and death head on always grow up fast. Innocence is good. Having something on your mind isn't necessarily a bad thing. The world itself is not a righteous place.
There is darkness in every world. Sometimes you can't see it just because it's covered up.
It's like when you were a kid and you saw a make out scene on TV your mom or dad would cover your eyes. Only, sadly not everyone has someone who cares about them that much.
Or, in some cases, couldn't even cover them.
Rope was a little helpless, he didn't know exactly what the kids here were going through, but what was certain was that the kids here, didn't have even the slightest bit of trust in him.
"I want to go into the village."
"You may enter the village, but you must be accompanied by an adult from our village."
Probably because he could see that Rope's temperament was quite good, so this little kid gradually hid his fear of Rope. Although his attitude was still respectful, his stance was firm.
Rope thought that at least if he didn't slap him the first time he said that he needed to be accompanied by an adult to enter the village, he was already giving the brat the courage to contradict himself.
It was all a temper tantrum.
But Rope was incapable of that kind of unreasonable violence.
Hitting this kid would not be of any benefit to him, but instead, he would still invite some trouble for himself. There is no benefit to himself.
So Rope didn't toss it. Just looked at this obstinate brat, shook his head, and then waited for the so-called adults in his mouth to come and give themselves an explanation.
Rope wasn't one to make things difficult for people. But as of right now, he really didn't have any good feelings towards this group of people from Kusunokura either.
Being able to understand doesn't mean having good feelings.
Celebi couldn't help but laugh out loud when she looked at Rope in this angry, but still doing her best to keep a smile on her face. It looked like Rope's temper might actually be the best ones inside Legendary Pokémon.
Even Mew, when encountering this kind of thing that can be said to be offensive, may not be honestly obedient, more will be mischievous, really pissed off Mew. directly send you to the sky.
Mew had also set off floods and sent down heavenly fire to punish those humans who had offended the gods.
If a human succeeds in stealing the power of the gods, then someone will sing his praises. But if he fails, then the history books will not record your lack of effort, but will only laugh at you and blame you... Often times, the heroes and the great ones are lost in the long river of history.
Rope didn't have to wait long, a little girl soon appeared with a tall and strong adult.
The middle-aged man was accompanied by a Torterra.
The Torterra looked stocky, and the trees behind it grew really thick. Of course, there was no comparison to that oddly large Pokémon. After all, some Torterra could literally grow as tall as a small mountain in the middle of a specific environment.
Rope hadn't specifically looked for this kind of Torterra, but there was no doubt that this kind of Torterra did exist.
Maybe some little village that lived on a hill somewhere was living on the back of a Torterra and didn't know it.
After all, that kind of Torterra might not move for a really long time.
The Pokémon world is amazing, and it's no surprise that there are a lot of things that still don't have a clear picture even now. Even in the original world, where there weren't any superpowers, human understanding of the world remained at a shallow level.
"Hello, I'm the village chief of Village of Grass." The village chief said and put his hand out.
As an adult, the village chief certainly wouldn't easily show hostility towards a person. Adults might look at someone in a bad light, but easily they wouldn't let that emotion show.
"Hello, my name is Rope, I'm a researcher who heard about some legends and then wanted to come here for a little expedition." Rope shook the village chief's outstretched hand. He wasn't here to fight or hurt anyone else, so of course he wasn't going to flip out on the villagers on the spot.
That Torterra gave Rope a wary look, then looked to the side at Celebi.
But after his eyes moved to Celebi's body, he shivered and a lot of leaves fell off his back.
Celebi gave Torterra a sidelong glance, releasing some of her own aura. Seriously, she wasn't one of her own kind. She didn't exactly have a temper.
It was that hint of aura that Torterra barely got down. From his throat, an uncontrollable wail escaped.
And so the still friendly atmosphere present instantly collapsed. The village chief gave Rope a wary look. And Rope, feeling the Village Chief's look, was quite helpless and gave Celebi a hard stare.
"Er, this is Celebi, now considered my traveling companion."
The village chief subconsciously felt that the name Celebi sounded a bit familiar, but for a moment he couldn't think of what kind of Pokémon it was.
After all, the other trainer didn't look like he was being unreasonable, so it wasn't impossible for the other trainer to scold this Pokémon for a moment or two.
But just as he was about to open his mouth, the little boy tugged on his sleeve in a flash.
The village chief looked down at the little boy.
The little boy had written the words 'Forest God' covertly on his back.
The village chief then instantly remembered the familiar name of Celebi.
Wasn't that the name of the legendary God of the Forest!!!?
So he carefully looked at the onion head in front of him. Matching it with the legend he remembered.
Rope knew what he was thinking when she looked at him with this expression.
So Rope smiled and said, "That's right, it's that legendary forest god, Celebi."
Celebi didn't show anything special, he just silently made a tree seed on the ground, instantly sprout and grow, quickly turning into a large tree that two people could hug.
Looking at this almost miraculous, no, just miraculous performance, the village chief finally stopped doubting Celebi's authenticity.
"Er, this... sir, what do you and Lord Celebi want by coming to our village?"
The village chief, after coming back to his senses only, opened his mouth to ask in a very puzzled manner.
After all, he didn't think that there was anything in this village of his that was worthy of a god's personal visit...
Rope waved his head and said, "Nothing, I just heard that there is a special idol in your village so I wanted to come over to take a look."
The village chief's body gave a start and asked with some confusion, "Idol?"
Rope smiled and asked, "What, there isn't one?"
That expression looked as if it was saying, 'If you dare say there isn't one, I'll just get my hands on you and kill you'.
So the village chief, who was originally thinking of playing dumb, could only push his little mind back into the bottom of his heart.
More or less helpless, right. After all, the person in front of them was very strong, so strong that they could make a lot of compromises for the safety of the entire village.
People without power were just sad. It was the kind of thing that Rope had all known for a long time. And these people who grew up in the wilderness had known it for a long time.
The village chief had carried out this Gym Leader-class Torterra just to deter the incoming people.
After all, a Gym Leader-class Pokémon could already be called strong. But even if you let the village chief think out of the box, he wouldn't be able to imagine that the guy in front of him would bring a god to this village!
So now, in the midst of a total debacle of a fistfight, in order to preserve the village, as long as it's a reasonable request, there's nothing that can't be agreed to.
The village chief was very clear. There was nothing, more important than staying alive.
"There there there! I suddenly remembered when you said that, in the corner of the village but there is a very strange idol. But we don't know who this one is, so it hasn't been enshrined for a long time."
The village headman tapped his head as if he suddenly remembered something, and with a smile on his face, he made a 'please' gesture towards Rope.
"If you are a researcher, go! I'll show you around, maybe you can clear up a puzzle for us as well We're also curious about this god we've been worshipping!"
With that, he made to lead Rope forward.
Rope of course smiled and followed. Not worrying if there was some kind of ambush or something in the village. Kidding aside, a battle scum like Celebi could make them look like enemies.
Then if Rope himself really let out his aura, then this village wouldn't have any thoughts of resisting.
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But Rope isn't some kind of demon. There was no need to do something so excessive to a group of ordinary villagers. Even if that little brat behind him was already displeased with himself to the point that he would definitely finish himself off if he had the chance.
The little boy looked at the village chief's posture that was bent over with a smile that meant flattery on his face, and then looked at Rope's back, his fists couldn't help but clench tightly and tightly.
But a little later, still took a deep breath and loosened his fists.
Anger, anger without power, was the saddest emotion.
Rope didn't care, the village chief didn't care. It was just a kid, he might be strong later, but so what? It wasn't the village he could save now, it wasn't the situation he could change. By the time he grows up and takes revenge, it will be too late for anything.
Rope followed the village chief into the village. As expected, as far as the eye could see, many villagers were gathered at the entrance of the village, and they were generally followed by various Pokémon of varying strengths.
Even small children and juvenile Pokémon appeared here.
Rope lost his smile and shook his head.
There was a hint of helplessness and sadness welling up inside the village chief, but it didn't show on his face.
"Why are you all gathered here! There's no work to do! Over there, have you finished picking the fruits? And over there, have you finished harvesting the grain! Hurry up and get to work!"
The village chief said with a rude face, "This is a Pokémon researcher from outside! He's here to investigate that weird idol in our village! All of you, don't crowd around! Don't delay his work!"
Hearing the village chief's words, the villagers also let out a sigh of relief. So after each of them took a deep look at Rope, they dispersed as if nothing had happened.
Rope was also quite helpless as he looked at their still tense muscles, as well as the wary and measuring eyes that looked over from time to time.
I don't know what the Village of Grass had gone through, but there was actually such a big difference between it and the Village of Water.
It clearly felt like the survival environment was a bit worse in Village of Water. After all, any random Pokémon from outside coming in could cause unacceptable losses to the villagers.
But they didn't wind up like the group of villagers in front of them when they saw outsiders.
Looks like this village has a lot of stories too!
Rope shook his head.
It didn't have much to do with him, he was just here to see where the Origin of Grass was. It wasn't clear whether it was in the idol or had been sealed onto a person.
It was reasonable to say that only Katsuhisa would do such a thing as sealing onto a person. However, the sealing technique on Diana body was a far cry from Katsuhisa's technique.
So Rope thought carefully and estimated that there was only one person who could do that kind of fine sealing.
As for who that person was?
Of course it was the owner of the power.
There were some things that could only really be done as well as they could be done if they were one's own.
That's why Rope doubted that it was that Arceus himself who sealed the Origin of Grass into Diana's body. But that made Rope unable to see it.
Why on earth would he give these powers of his to someone else? It wasn't logical at all!
With such a mood, Rope and Celebi were led by the village chief to a certain corner of the village.
It was a patch of flowers. In this season that was already close to early fall, the flowers and plants here were still growing incredibly lushly, blooming as if it was a warm spring.
Anyone could sense that something was wrong from here.
The village chief knew that the problem here would definitely draw people here as long as it was known. But in the end, he hadn't thought that these people would actually come so quickly.
And the people who came were also so strong.
Not to mention wanting to see the idol enshrined in their village. Even if they came to ask for the village head's daughter, it was expected that the village head would not be able to refuse...
After all, in this era, there is no decent law enforcement system, and Junsa's law enforcement has not been expanded throughout the Alliance. Furthermore, even if it was expanded, as long as everyone here was killed, there would be no place to investigate.
It's just a matter of pushing it to some Pokémon, and it's ok.
That's why in the wild, many people who nominally died at the hands of a Pokémon didn't necessarily really die at the hands of a Pokémon...
When the mayor turned back to the stone, he saw a calm Rope, and a shivering Celebi.
Celebi's current look at that statue was probably like Rope's look when he saw Cynthia wearing stockings. Hating the whole thing.
Just as Celebi was about to step forward, Rope gripped her onion head.
"Calm down."