Instance Clearing

"I think you should have used Thunderbolt or Hurricane, those wide-area moves would have been better," Chen Yue walked up to Dragonite, crouched down, and said softly.

Dragonite, with its shimmering lake-green eyes, paused for a moment when it heard this, then raised its head to look at Chen Yue.

Chen Yue smiled and extended his hand towards it, asking, "Come on, leave this place with us and explore other parts of this world?"

Dragonite remained silent for a moment, not reaching out its claw but instead stood up and pointed at Mimikyu, shaking its head.

Chen Yue was puzzled and turned to look at Mimikyu, hesitatingly asking, "Do you not want to go with it?"

Mimikyu immediately became nervous.

"Roar!"

Dragonite shook its head and then used its round paw to point at itself, making a motion like an Eruption.

Chen Yue finally understood this time, "You mean, your decision to use Flamethrower against Mimikyu was not wrong?"

Dragonite made a puzzled gesture, and two black lines appeared on its forehead, looking like it wanted to say something but hesitated.

At this moment, a cheerful voice came from behind, "What it means is that it hasn't lost to Mimikyu yet!"

Chen Yue turned around and saw Nurse Joy riding a motorcycle with Chansey and approaching.

"Is that what it means?" Chen Yue scratched his head.

Dragonite, seeing Nurse Joy helping to explain, relaxed slightly. It then extended its claw and gently patted Chen Yue's shoulder, pointing at the Poke Ball hanging from his waist.

Chen Yue finally understood this time. He happily took off the Poke Ball and held it up in front of Dragonite.

Dragonite extended its claw and lightly tapped the Poke Ball. Its massive body turned into a red light and disappeared into it.

The red and white Poke Ball gently shook twice and then settled down.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yue and Mimikyu both breathed a sigh of relief.

Ah! Finally, he had captured the chubby one!

And it was a green Shiny Dragonite!

Chen Yue was excited and wanted to shout like Ash Ketchum, but that would be too childish, and he couldn't bring himself to do it, especially with Nurse Joy here.

He felt immense joy inside but maintained a calm demeanor as he asked, "Nurse Joy, how did you end up here?"

Nurse Joy smiled and looked around, explaining, "Because all the Pokemon in the sanctuary suddenly started running in the same direction, I thought something bad had happened here!"

Chen Yue turned his head and only then noticed several massive black figures huddled in the distance, including the Druddigon he had recently defeated.

Those Pokemon didn't approach but instead watched the battle from a distance.

Chen Yue was puzzled and asked, "What are they doing?"

Nurse Joy couldn't help but chuckle and explained, "These guys get beaten up by Dragonite every day and have been hoping someone would take Dragonite away. Congratulations to you!"

"I see," Chen Yue found the Pokemon here quite cute.

However, the Pokemon here didn't find him cute. They thought both this human and the bully Dragonite were devils.

Nurse Joy gently patted Mimikyu's head, gave it a restorative nutrient potion, and then asked, "So, where do you plan to go next?"

Chen Yue replied, "I want to visit other regions with Dragonite and Mimikyu."

"That's great," Nurse Joy sincerely felt happy for him. "Are you leaving now, or do you plan to stay in the Dragon's Den for a few more days?"

Chen Yue thought for a moment. He still had over two months left before he had to leave the instance. Technically, he had enough time, but his recent experiences here hadn't been pleasant, and he also wanted to see what the "space" Bai Yunfei and Liu Hu mentioned was like.

So he said, "While it's still not dark, I should be able to catch the last flight out of Johto."

Nurse Joy understood his meaning and smiled, saying, "Well then... goodbye, and I wish you a pleasant journey ahead!"

***

After leaving the Dragon's Den, Chen Yue called Lance to say goodbye and let him know that he was planning to visit other parts of the world.

Lance didn't say much else, and he didn't bring up the matter of the previous letter. He simply said, "I wish you a great time, and remember that the Kanto region will always be your home."

Chen Yue smiled and hung up the phone.

[Do you want to exit the instance?]

"Yes!"

Chen Yue walked to an open area and pressed the button.

The next moment, everything around him disappeared, and he found himself in a white space.

A transparent, giant panel automatically appeared, displaying a series of scrolling text.

"Instance [The Abyss] settlement in progress..."

"Main Quest confirmed complete! Rewards [Experience Candy (Medium) x10] and [Experience Candy (Small) x20] have been sent to the player's backpack!"

"Hidden quest confirmed complete! Rewards [Twisted Spoon x1] and special reward [Mewtwo's Favorability +100!] have been sent to the player's backpack!"

"Instance exploration rate: 32%"

"Player personal rating: SS"

"Score settlement in progress..."

"Congratulations to player Chen Yue for earning 200 points!"

Before Chen Yue could react, the white space in front of him disappeared, replaced by a massive plaza.

The area was bustling with people, and in the center of the square stood a colossal Pikachu statue.

Just as Chen Yue appeared in the square, a pitch-black thundercloud suddenly formed in the sky above him.

"Wow, who's so lucky to trigger the achievement thundercloud!"

"I'm jealous!"

Seeing this commotion, a group of people quickly gathered in front of the Pikachu statue, looking up at Sky.

In the next moment, purple lightning struck, and an emotionless voice announced:

"Congratulations to player Chen Yue for unlocking achievements [Child Killer], [25th Street Kid], [Time Management Master]!"

At this moment, the entire infinite space was buzzing with excitement.

"Wow, wow, wow! Three achievements at once! Could it be that there's a bug in the space?"

"Newcomer here, can someone explain what achievements are for?"

"One achievement equals one achievement point, and with two hundred achievement points, you can customize your own Pokemon in the Achievement Shop! Achieving them is extremely difficult, and it's said that the player with the highest number of achievements has only collected 132 achievement points."

"25th Street Kid... Time Management Master... Child Killer. I wonder what this guy named Chen Yue did in the instance... It doesn't sound like anything good..."

Hearing these comments, Chen Yue's face turned dark, and he quickly fled the scene while nobody was paying attention.

As he left the square, a panel prompt appeared.

"Do you want to teleport back to your room?"

"Yes!"

Without hesitation, Chen Yue chose to agree.

In the next moment, he found himself in a white room that was over 70 square meters in size.