chapter 43 : Punishment

In the assembly,

" What Captain Bart is an eleven year old kid." Gold shouted shocked.

" You didn't even see the stats we got from the league, did you? " Jim asked Gold who just smiled sheepishly.

" But is it really true that he is only eleven." Gold asked once again to confirm.

All the soldiers at the assembly were shocked to find that their captain was so young and he is even allowed to lead us.

" Yes, he is eleven year old. And, although I don't know how strong he really is, it is specifically mentioned that he could beat all of us, meaning you, me, all the officer cadets and even warrant officers alone if he need to.

So, Gold do you think he is still not qualified to be our captain?" He asked him joking.

Gold glared at him for saying something like this now.

The officer cadets in front along with the doctor Armin and Daisy were among the ones who were most shocked among all of them.

They have experienced how strong he really was when he released his presence on them. They all nearly drowned under the extreme pressure he gave them and to know he was only half of their age, was truly astonishing.

The most shocked of them was Daisy. She and Jean were the ones who were curious about their young captain and wanted to know more about him and try to get to know him better.

If he was a teenager, then it won't be too awkward since the age gap of ten years even fifteen wasn't considered much in the Pokemon world but the two beautiful girls rooting for a kid was really awkward.

He wasn't even a teenager to begin with to notice girls and being socially awkward he was, there might be something of a difficult task to let him notice them.

Daisy thought,' I don't know what to do now. If he was at least fifteen then maybe I would try to get him but now trying to make an eleven year kid notice you is just ….. ewwww '

She made an ugly face at the thought of it.

Glynda and Nora who knew that Jean and Daisy wanted to pursue their young captain were laughing merrily at their misfortune.

Who knows what will happen when he becomes older and will he even remember them to notice their advances in the future.

The ugly face of Daisy increased their mirth and the thought of Jean's made their day.

Along with Daisy, many of the soldiers were shocked and yet another round of buzzing began.

" We have such a young captain and he can even beat down all the second lieutenant, officer cadets and warrant officers."

" Will second lieutenant Jim be joking about captain Bart?"

" No I don't think so. Otherwise second lieutenant Gold would object. Even officer cadets would object and now all of them are quiet.

The warrant officers are the once who are acting odd. I remember that only second lieutenant and officer cadets have met the captain before.

Yet they don't object about the fact that Captain Bart could beat them.

Is it really true that Captain Bart could beat 2 Second Lieutenants, 8 Officer Cadet and 40 Warrant Officers together.

How much of a monster he is? To beat so many strong trainers at such a young age?"

" This is just absurd"

" It is Impossible"

Most of the younger soldiers didn't accept this fact.

But the older ones just grumbled," Yet another monster arrived in Kanto. And he is even a bigger monster than those before him."

" The age of monsters just keep getting younger and younger."

" We met another monster. Our luck on this aspect is good. Don't you agree Dr. Armin. "

" Yeah. We are really lucky. We saw Red and Blue that time and now we see an even bigger monster. I really envy Professor Oak." Armin grumbled

" So he knows Professor oak too?"

" He is a member of the Oak laboratory. He is his student too." Armin explained.

Other doctors eyes shined and he exclaimed," Is that so? Only that monster could have such a monstrous student."

" Oak Laboratory? What is that, Doctor?" Daisy asked.

" You are too young to know about it. But remember never to underestimate them. No region out there could move it. It is even stronger than some regions in the world.

And it is also a holy ground for many trainers and pokemon researcher in the world. You should study hard, maybe someday you can join it too.

And when you do so, you will see the world in a completely different view." He answered her Mysteriously.

And Daisy don't ask anymore knowing she won't get an answer.

Jim looked down to see that all of them heard him and are talking about it. He looked down to see the green light on mic showing it was still on and all his words were broadcasted.

He was embarrassed with himself and then decided to cover it with a tough exterior and began.

" All of you listen careful. Captain has given an order. But before that catch all those who had cut on their neck and bring them in front within ten minutes or all of you will face their punishment along with you." Jim said sternly.

Most of them have followed or knew that he was very strict in regards to military orders and laws and anyone who violates it will be punished severely by him.

So when he orders all his subordinates started to act and did as he asked.

Within a few minutes nearly eight hundred people were caught and were placed in front of the platform who knelt in front of the platform.

"You should be disappointed with yourself. Angering your superior with that disdainful act. You should be relieved that Captain Bart didn't kill you. " And all of them shuddered thinking how close to death they really were.

"Even if he did kill you noone will blame him, but all of you. You should be happy that he only decided to punish you. But that's not all.

All of you will be strictly supervised and your actions in the raid will make sure whether you could go free of punishment or you will be given further punishment." Jim glared all the soldiers on their knees

" Now for your current punishment, Captain Bart has decided for some traps. You will be making them manually without any help from others or your pokemons.

If any of you do not reach your quota, you will not be given anything to eat. You will remain hungry until the raid becomes." He said

This brought outrage among the punished soldiers as well as their friends who were there.

They started shouting," Sir, We need all our energy to face the raid. If we don't eat we will probably die out there "

" You can't do that sir. We are fighting in the front lines. We will need all our energy to survive."

" Sir please be Lenient. We need all the help we could to survive through this ordeal. "

" Yes sir. This was an innocent mistake. Can you please show some mercy to them?" Another pleaded.

" This is the military. There is no mercy for rule breakers.

Officer Cadet Barthelomew Davis and terrain scout leader, Glynda Davis come forward"

The two did as they were asked.

Jim handed him a folded map along with some papers worth certain details. " Use the details mentioned on these papers and the map to start building traps. We are in short schedule.

You can use other people to help but most of the labour must be done by these troops. And it must be completed within the allowed time.

And you must make sure they are punished properly ." He said sternly and he walked past them along with Gold to discuss the details of attack worth Alex in his office.

In the next chapter, raid will begin. So stay tuned

To be continued….