Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

0088 Morning Mist's Real Identity - The Temple of Hastur's Scheme!

Kai and Meg booked a room in a nearby hotel named The Slowpoke.

There was no Pokemon Center near the Azalea Town's Port, and Kai had already let Morning Mist know he had some business to take care of in the town. Meg wasn't happy about it. Though she didn't dare to object to Kai anymore.

"I don't understand," she finally said, sitting on a chair across from Kai. "The System has given us a Time Limit of 2 months. That means whatever your Mission is, it needs at least that much time of preparation. I agree you should go to Professor Elm to at least try to get your first Pokemon. But spending 3 to 5 days in Azalea Town makes little sense to me."

Kai looked at her. She talk like old people who have seen too much, he thought. Petyr was right about her. She lacks the thrill of an adventure. She'd rather spend her time walking around Alto Mare's laneways for weeks than using the opportunity to explore the world.

"Not to mention," Meg continued, unaware of Kai's thoughts, "we will have to face a team from the Order, too. Unlike us, they might spend their time reinforcing the defenses, if they have also got to see that movie, don't you think? I don't believe we will return to Alto Mare in time for the Water Chariot Race, either."

Now Kai doubted Meg wanted to take part in the race genuinely. But he had already made plans to return to Water City using Seaplane. Though, it would need a lot of Pokemon Dollars. He reached into the pocket of his jeans and took out the list of tasks he had prepared Meg to do. The moment he threw the list toward Meg, she got a notification of a Side Mission.

Meg raised her eyebrows. "How would I ever steal this much money?" she asked.

Kai didn't answer.

Leaving her in the room, Kai walked out of the hotel and took a deep breath.

The port was busy on this sunny morning, with people running about, doing their work. A part of the crowd belonged to the traveling Pokemon Trainers. He adjusted his blue cap and headed for the local bus stop.

Azalea Town is a major setting in the Pokemon World, Kai recalled. Not only does it have a Gym to which Pokemon Trainer must go to get the Hive Badge, but it is also the hometown of a major main-storyline character, Kurt. No wonder the 4th-floor Order's Contestants didn't go for him and rather kidnapped his granddaughter instead.

Kurt lived in the northwest portion of the town, which was accessible by buses.

He studied Pokeball mechanics and was known far and wide as the Pokeball expert. Kurt specialized in making custom Pokeballs designed to work more effectively against specific types of Pokemon.

"Slowpoke Well..."

"Apricorn Forest..."

"East edge of the Ilex Forest..."

Kai heard the shout of the bus conductors and went for the last one.

Everyone knew Kurt in the town. Kai had found out that many Pokemon Trainers visited the old man, requesting him to make custom Pokeballs using different apricorns. Kai didn't have the luxury to search for the apricorns and then request something like that.

But he did want the famous custom-made Pokeball.

Kai took a ticket to the east edge of the Ilex Forest and sat down in a window seat.

The bus was full of travelers, Pokemon Trainers, and locals. Kai looked at them and couldn't help but recall the thing that he had found quite odd. I didn't get any Title unlocking notification after killing the first Pokemon Trainer, he thought. I wonder if there are some strict conditions to unlock Titles related to the killing. Or is it to prevent massacres by the Contestants? Hmm...