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Chapter 140: Gathering Crowds and Nations' Reactions! (Seeking Customization)

“The snow outside seems to have intensified. It looks like we won’t be able to leave here today.”

Originally, Zhang Yu was planning to leave at this time. After all, if he continued to stay there, Espurr and Yamask might cause some trouble.

But just as he was about to leave, he unexpectedly found that the snow outside not only showed no signs of lessening but was getting heavier and heavier.

Furthermore, it wasn't early anymore.

Zhang Yu decided to stay there and planned to set off tomorrow.

Neither Froslass nor Yamask had any objections to this.

“From Anchor’s description, it seems this Yamask is quite extraordinary, as there are even legends circulating about it.”

“This should mainly be because it’s quite special, right? After all, it’s a Pokémon that likes to live in cemeteries and ancient ruins.”

“Indeed, from the situation just now, it’s clear that Yamask’s strength isn’t particularly strong.”

“If you encounter a Yamask in such a place, that would be truly terrifying!”

“Exactly, I think so too.”

“The farce between Espurr and Yamask seems quite interesting. I feel that if Yamask continues to scare it, Espurr will definitely make a move again.”

“Yes, the airplane ears have appeared.”

“It’s rare to see Espurr looking so lively.”

“Espurr is mostly expressionless. Such intense emotional changes like just now seem to be the first time, right?”

“It seems that way.”

“Too bad Froslass called Yamask back at the crucial moment.”

“Huh? When did the snow outside get so heavy?”

“Didn’t you notice? The snow outside has actually been getting heavier.”

“It seems Anchor won’t be able to leave today.”

“Yes, after all, the snow outside is so heavy; not only is it cold, but visibility is also affected.”

“Since Anchor has ended his stream, I should go queue up to buy Poké Balls too.”

“No way? Aren’t Poké Balls only going on sale tomorrow morning? Are you going to wait so early?”

“It’s not early now. Those who act fast have already acted.”

“That’s right! My neighbor ran to queue up the first time he got the news!”

“My roommate is the same.”

“No, I thought you guys were joking. I didn’t expect you to be serious?”

“Who told you we were joking? Of course, we’re serious.”

“Gotta go, I’m off to queue.”

“Take me with you, I’m going to queue too.”

“You guys are really competitive. It seems I can only act now too.”

The Water Friends were clearly quite interested in the legends of Yamask.

After all, it’s quite rare for a Pokémon like Yamask, which isn’t a Legendary creature, to have legends circulating about it.

However, they were quickly distracted by other things.

For example, the unforgettable story between Yamask and Espurr, and because of the heavy snow, Zhang Yu ended his stream early, which caused some Water Friends to start acting early and rush to queue.

But when they arrived at the Elf Center, they were somewhat dumbfounded.

Because at this time, there were already people in front of the Elf Center, and quite a few of them.

Especially at the Elf Centers in prosperous areas, there were already hundreds of people queuing at the entrance. If the officials hadn’t promptly dispatched staff to maintain order, there might have been some chaos.

The reason for this is not only that there were indeed many people here, but also because some of the people here already had Pokémon!

Even though most of them were Pokémon like Caterpie, Rattata, Weedle, and Metapod, they still attracted envious glances from others.

Although these Pokémon were indeed a bit ordinary, having them and not having them were two completely different concepts.

As time passed, more and more people came to the Elf Center to queue early.

And with the appearance of these people, the number of Pokémon on site also increased.

Pokémon like Caterpie were fine, but more active Pokémon like Rattata began to become restless.

Especially now without Poké Balls, if their Trainers weren't careful, Rattata could run off anywhere.

This also made the scene increasingly chaotic.

This also forced the Dragon Country’s officials to send more people to maintain order and, as much as possible, persuade some people to leave.

The situation at the Elf Center entrance was quickly photographed and spread, and now not only domestically, but even internationally, people knew what was happening there and that the Dragon Country would be selling a limited number of Poké Balls tomorrow.

People in other countries reacted differently after learning this news.

The Mao Xiong Country was the calmest in their reaction because they had always gotten along quite well with Pokémon. Coupled with their fierce folk customs, many Trainers had already emerged there, so there was no need to rush at all.

As for the Island Country… their emotions were more complex.

Undoubtedly, they also wanted to master the power of Pokémon, but after being thoroughly ravaged by Gyarados and others, they developed an lingering fear of Pokémon. It was almost impossible for them to become Trainers.

Besides, even if they were willing, the Pokémon wouldn't be willing either.

After all, the nuclear wastewater they discharged is still polluting the environment.

Recently, a Suicune had gone to purify it, and more than once, but because the polluted area was too vast, that Suicune, after several efforts, only managed to solve part of the pollution and almost completely depleted its energy.

And if we talk about which countries had the most intense reactions, it would be the Western countries led by the United States.

Undoubtedly, in these countries, there are many people who love Pokémon and want to become Trainers, but because their countries are at war with Pokémon, no matter how hard they try, they have little hope of success.

So, during this period, the people of these countries would occasionally hold demonstrations to express their dissatisfaction.

For example, now, some countries have people organizing protest activities again.

This has also given some high-ranking officials in these countries a major headache.

Chapter 141: The Impact of Legendary Pokémon! (Seeking Customization)

And it wasn’t just ordinary people; some of their own people had actually started to waver.

Because the war between them and the Pokémon had not achieved much success so far.

On the contrary, due to the increasing appearance of powerful Pokémon on the battlefield, their losses were growing, causing many people to start having second thoughts.

Coupled with the fact that the Dragon Country and the Mao Xiong Country had successively reached cooperation with some Pokémon, this made them even more eager to change their strategy.

It can be said that, following this trend, the war with Pokémon will stop sooner or later.

It was only temporarily deadlocked due to some conflicts of interest.

Regarding this large-scale protest, although they wanted to ignore the public as before and try to divert their attention.

But after using the same method multiple times, its effectiveness became increasingly poor when used again.

Furthermore, a large number of media outlets got involved, which caused the situation not to gradually subside, but rather to intensify.

Under such circumstances, time slowly advanced to the next day.

“Have you heard? The United States is protesting the Pokémon war again?”

“Tsk~ Haven’t they been protesting almost every day during this period? What’s so strange about that?”

“Yes, and didn’t those previous protests also have no effect? Didn’t their war with Pokémon still show no signs of stopping?”

“This time is different; they’ve made quite a big commotion.”

“Don’t let the United States’ fierce rhetoric fool you, saying they won’t let any Pokémon within their borders go. In reality, they haven’t really fought with Pokémon for several days already.”

“Really? How come I haven’t heard about this?”

“Yeah, I haven’t heard either, and didn’t they just make a fuss yesterday?”

“What he said might be true because there hasn’t been any new news for several days.”

“I’ve also heard about this. It’s said that they were attacked by some powerful Pokémon and suffered several heavy blows. They were so scared that they had to stop fighting.”

“No way? Aren’t those United States armies like, ‘God is number one, we’re number two’? How could they be so scared?”

“They weren’t scared at first, and even wanted to retaliate, but the result was… their losses became even greater.”

“That’s right, it’s said that later, to deal with Pokémon, they even deployed aircraft carriers, but several aircraft carriers were directly blown up. It can be said that the losses were truly heavy.”

“Hiss~ Are those Pokémon that powerful?”

“To this, I only want to say, well done!”

“Instead of things that don’t concern us, why don’t we care about things that do, like… when will the Elf Center open?”

“It should be soon, right? It’s already past seven, and they said Poké Balls go on sale at eight? They’ll definitely open early.”

“Sigh, even if it opens now, what’s the use? The line here is so long; we won’t be able to buy Poké Balls anytime soon.”