Pokémon: Rise of Evil

Chapter 144 Hanako's Past

Looking at the mark on the soil that had been loosened for the first time, Shota's face did not show much expression.

"Hey, time for dinner."

Shota took the dinner that Machado threw to him and ate it patiently as before.

"Are you going to that woman's house again tonight?"

Nodding, Shota continued to eat the sandwich in his hand and said casually:

"Today's dinner is a bit unpalatable. You should steal from the last store. The sandwiches they make are better."

Machado felt his fist harden, and he taunted, "Why don't you make it yourself? Haha, it's because the breakfast you made is shit. That woman poured out all the breakfast you made this morning..."

"no."

Facing Shota's eyes, Machado once again felt the piercing look in those eyes.

"Anyway, the woman didn't look very good after eating it."

"Then you still ate it."

"you!"

"Don't look at me so angrily. I'm doing my own thing and I don't need you to interfere. Just be a good tool."

As the super power barrier twisted, Machado was flung away. Machado looked at Shota deeply and said, "Your super power has become stronger again. It's because of the secret recipe given to you by the woman named Nazi."

Nodding, Shouta swallowed the last bite of his sandwich and continued with his work.

Turning around, Machado looked at the moon in the sky, as if he had thought of something. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but then quickly faded.

Late at night, the cicadas chirped continuously, making it impossible for those who heard them to fall asleep.

Hanako sat on her bed, quietly thinking about the future.

Suddenly, he felt that there was someone in front of him. It seemed that he was used to it. Hanako did not scream, but said: "Mr. Fox Mask, please don't be so sudden every time you appear. You can go through the main gate in the future. Here is your check and the key to the main gate."

After taking the key from Hanako, Shota did not take the check. Instead, he said, "Since you have to provide special services every night, you should take the check."

After hearing what Shota said, Hanako's face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

"Mr. Fox Mask, please be more respectful when you speak. What do you mean by special service? If you hadn't said you couldn't sleep, I wouldn't..."

Looking at Hanako who turned from angry to shy, well, I always felt that this girl was a good person. Maybe Xiaozhi was also partially influenced by her.

"How did the breakfast I made for you this morning taste?"

After hearing this, Hanako gradually began to laugh.

"Mr. Fox Mask, let me be frank. It tastes terrible."

"I'm really sorry."

Shota touched the back of his head, but then he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "The man you talked about this morning, could he be your husband?"

After hearing what Shota said, Hanako, who had been giggling quietly, gradually fell silent.

For a moment, the room fell into an awkward and silent atmosphere.

"Do you want to know? I can tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else."

Seeing the fox-masked man nodded and found a chair to sit down, Hanako gradually fell into memories.

"When I was very young, I loved Pokémon and liked to study all kinds of Pokémon-related knowledge and some unknown legends. So, when I was young, I came to Pallet Town with a friend named Xiu Li. After passing through layers of selection, Xiu Li and I entered Professor Oak's research institute and became apprentices."

Seeing the curiosity in the eyes of the fox masked man, Hanako continued, "During my time as an apprentice, I learned a lot from Professor Oak, but I was also deeply attracted by his personality..."

Looking at Hanako who had stopped, Shota encouraged her: "Tell me, maybe I can help you with something."

But after being hesitant for a while, as if no one had listened to her for a long time, Hanako continued, "Professor Oak seemed to have noticed my feelings for him. I don't know when, our relationship began to become ambiguous. Hideki seemed to have noticed it too, but he privately advised me not to fall in love with someone with such a big age gap, but I still had no hesitation in having an underground relationship with Professor Oak."

Letting out a long sigh, Hanako seemed to feel that the burden on her shoulders had been lifted a lot.

"Mr. Fox Mask, do you want to continue listening?"

Nodding, Shouta motioned for her to continue.

"Unfortunately, this relationship was broken by a man. I still don't know the man's name. It was a sunny morning, and I was about to hand over the love letter I had written to Professor Oak, but suddenly I bumped into a man. You know what? That man was very handsome and had a pair of sacred eyes. I don't know why, but looking into his eyes, I felt like I was looking up at a god."

"He helped me up, then picked up the letter from the ground and handed it to me politely."

"After hurriedly expressing my thanks, I left in a hurry."

At this time, Hanako took a deep breath and continued, "Later, I saw him again at the research institute. Professor Oak said that he was a rookie trainer. I didn't really care about it. However, after a few years, Shuriki also became a doctor, but I was stagnant. My relationship with Professor Oak became more and more intense."

At this point, a painful expression appeared on Hanako's face.

"I don't know why, but just when Professor Oak and I were about to settle the matter, that man came to me on a night like this, and he had evidence of my private dealings with Professor Oak."

At this point, Hanako's body began to tremble.

"So, he threatened me to become his wife and help him raise the children."

"I was in a panic and went to see Professor Oak. I explained the situation to him. He just reassured me that he would take care of it."

As she spoke, Hanako began to sob quietly.

After a pause, Hanako continued, "But later, Professor Oak told me that it was impossible for him and I to be together, even though his wife had been dead for many years."

"In the days that followed, for some reason, this man insisted on settling in Pallet Town. And, one day, he brought back a child. After handing the child to me, he left. For so many years, I have been lying to Xiaozhi that his father is a brave trainer, and I coaxed him by saying that he aspires to become a Pokémon master so that he would not appear inferior among those children..."

Looking at Hanako who was crying loudly, Shota hugged her in his arms and patted her back gently, as if to comfort her, but he was thinking about other things in his mind.