55 CHAPTER - 5 { Return }

Halmat Port City, a very famous location in the Johto Region.

Its main attraction were the rich buildings, each one towering tens of meters in height.

Around a dock, a huge Gyarados with black marks on its body came swimming.

Everyone at the dock was scared and afraid that it was a wild and crazy Gyarados.

But soon as it came closer, they recognized the Gyarados to be actually someone's.

On the huge head of that Gyarados, two figures sat with their legs crossed.

"Look! That guy seems familiar!"

The crowd started talking about the two figures, from which, the one on the right was talked most.

"I know him! Isn't it The Monster!"

Someone exclaimed, creating a chain reaction in the crowd.

"Didn't the news say that he went missing? They even guessed that he might have died!"

Hearing the crowd, Kota had his mood immediately lowered.

'You don't have to say that so loud.'

With an expressionless face, Kota came down with the old man Birkang.

"Gaaa!"

Annoyed by the looks of the crowd, Gyarados roared, scaring them to step back.

"You seemed to be very famous."

Said Birkang in a low voice as he looked at Kota to see him show his true nature.

Calling back Gyarados inside his pokeball, Kota followed by Birkang, went towards the main road.

"Ahh, the signal is back."

Sighed Kota, he looked at the five small network towers in the top corner of his phone.

"My god! Everything changed!"

Birkang looked at the tall buildings, the modern vehicles, the people walking.

"I forgot you don't know about these."

Said Kota, he looked at Birkang with amusement while the latter was observing the people.

"I missed many things. Does the old keypad phone still work in this era?"

Asked Birkang, he pulled his glasses and looked at the cars waiting for the green light.

"Old man. Let's go book roams in a hotel to rest. After that, you can use the internet to search for whatever you want to know."

Kota thought for a moment if Brkang would understand what the internet was.

"Internet? What's that? A person?"

Kota didn't want to waste anymore time explaining the new things to Birkang.

He led him to a luxurious hotel, where he booked rooms. One for him and one Birkang.

* * *

"It's freaking good! Ahh! Ohh!"

Birkang' voice echoed in the room with yellow light, he laid down on the bed with his back facing upwards.

"Don't die old man. The pleasure might kill you."

On another side, Kota also laid down on a similar bed like Birkang with his back facing upwards.

Two women stood to each of them as they massaged their backs.

Currently, Kota and Birkang were enjoying the full body massage session.

Kota learned that it had been almost four months since he went missing.

Professor Oak had tears when he saw that Kota had come back.

They talked about how everyone in Pallet Town was arranging for an empty grave for him.

Kota had black lines on his face when he heard it, his mind almost collapsing.

Well, he also couldn't blame it on anyone.

Professor Oak immediately informed everyone in Pallet Town that Kota was safe and sound.

"You are an actor as well! This surprised me. How could someone as cold as you be an actor!"

Birkang closed his eyes and remembered the movie he watched yesterday night.

'I will rise: Pokemon Trainer' is the latest trending movie that has reached 1.9 billion earnings.

This shocked him to the core. He was even in the morning news today.

[Known as the rookie star in the entertainment industry. Having gone missing for a few months has returned back with his grandfather!]

'Nobody should recognize me right?'

As the massage session was over, Birkang came in front of the mirror and looked at himself.

He cut his beard clean as well as washing his hair in the beauty parlor which made him look completely different.

Before he looked extremely old like a dying man but now he looks like a healthy old man who can live for more than ten years.

"What do you wanna do next? Or do you wanna go somewhere?"

Asked Kota, who wore nice casual wear and stood next to the door.

"Yes. To find my pokemons."

Birkang smiled at Kota, his eyes filled with a little bit of sadness.

"I can help. But what can I get in return?"

Asked Kota, he crossed his arms over his chest and stared at Birkang.

"I checked your belongings once. I know you need someone for that little fluid. Someone who can create something out of it."

Hearing this, Kota shook his head and laughed lightly.

"As expected from a two hundred years old artifact."

Nodding his head, Kota went out of the room and headed inside his own.

"That's rude."

* * *

As the hotel entrance door opened, two figures walked out slowly.

One was Kota, the other was Birkang with his brand new cane.

The weather in Halmat Port City is rather pleasant compared to other cities in the entire Johto Region.

With the bright sun in the sky with few white clouds, and the sometimes cool wind, it is wonderful.

Walking along the road, Birkang looked at the surroundings.

It was truly a dream to see these deployments. He did imagine the future to look somewhat like this.

But thought that he wouldn't be able to see it with his own eyes.

"Like I said, old man. We first head to my hometown and set up a lap for you in my mansion. Then I will help you to search for your pokemons."

Old man Birkang nodded his head while he followed Kota towards the outskirts of the city.

"But will they still be alive? After so long?"

Asked Kota as he turned to his left to see Birkang showing a bitter smile.

"Who knows? All I want is to find them, whether alive or dead. I pray from the bottom of my heart. For them to be alive."

Said Birkang, his words made Kota stunned for a second before he returned back to his usual.

'I don't know if I can be like you.'

It was another 2:45 p.m., when they reached an abandoned factory with a cab.

Kota has already prepared to get many necessary items that Birkang will need.

Those were, ID card, PAN card, Passport, and many more.

But of course they will be fake. There was no way for Birkang to get them to be real.

And so, they decided that Birkang will now be identified as Kota' grandfather.

Birkang Zaiaku, no one should suspect it. As for the people of Pallet Town, no one has seen Kota' grandfather before.

Walking inside the factory, Kota looked at the huge empty space.

At the end, three men stood with one of the men carrying a suitcase with him.

"Here's the goods."

Kota opened the suitcase which was handed over by the man.

"And here's the cash."

Kota threw two bundles of cash to the man, who caught them and grinned.

"Hope we meet again."

The three men then left the factory while Kota and Birkang were all alone.

"It seems like a movie scene, us doing some kind of smuggling or illegal work."

Birkang shook his head lightly and laughed. Kota didn't refute as he also believed it.

"Let's go."

They went back to the city and booked the morning flight tickets to Viridian City.

From there, they will have to take a bus to reach Pallet Town.