Pokemon: This Trainer is Too Cautious!

After Nidoking's death, its body was naturally not wasted.

Ace and Cynthia, who didn't have much dry food, dragged Nidoking back to the cave they were temporarily staying in.

After cleaning it up, Ace and the others obtained a large amount of edible meat.

"This mountain has been damaged; it's best to leave here."

Cynthia glanced at their cave. Cracks had already appeared on the cave walls, indicating how powerful Nidoking's death-seeking attack had been.

"Then let's go now," Ace said, putting away the meat and looking at the sky outside. "There's no turbulence right now. Let Aerodactyl and Dragonair take us to another mountain."

Cynthia nodded. The entire Mt. Silver mountain range was vast. Although the damaged mountain might not necessarily be dangerous, for safety, Ace and Cynthia should find another place to avoid any unexpected incidents.

Packing their belongings, the two quickly released Aerodactyl and Dragonair.

With no turbulence, the two Pokémon swiftly carried Ace and Cynthia away from the mountain.

Flying in the air, Ace glanced at the highest peak of Mt. Silver and pointed towards it for Cynthia.

Cynthia also looked at the highest peak and nodded. The two Pokémon immediately carried them towards Mt. Silver's highest peak.

When Aerodactyl and Dragonair reached Mt. Silver's highest peak, Ace and Cynthia distinctly felt a chill.

"The mountain is too high; there's snow at the summit."

Cynthia shivered, then pulled out a thicker black windbreaker from her backpack and changed into it.

"I heard there's a hot spring here; it must be referring to that," Ace said, pointing upwards. As they flew over earlier, they had spotted a pool of water in a relatively dense forest.

"Want to check it out?" Cynthia was also drawn by the words "hot spring" and wanted to take a look.

"Yeah," Ace nodded. "This hot spring is said to be able to heal frostbite; we can try it out."

The two instantly agreed. They recalled Aerodactyl and Dragonair and walked up the mountain together.

Mt. Silver was a dormant volcano with snow at its peak.

From this, one could tell that Mt. Silver, when initially designed in his previous life, was based on Mt. Fuji.

Moreover, its area was significantly expanded, containing various environments that attracted all kinds of Pokémon to settle there. This was the fundamental reason why the Pokémon in Mt. Silver were so strong.

As Ace and Cynthia entered the forest area, Ace suddenly noticed that here, not only were there Kanto Pokémon, but many Pokémon from the Johto region also appeared in his sight.

"Ariados, Noctowl, Ledian, Murkrow... Tsk, tsk, there are a lot of species, aren't there?" Ace remarked, smiling as he looked at the Pokémon around them, who were warily watching their party.

These Pokémon were wary of them, which meant that Ace's strength had earned their recognition. Unless there were special circumstances, they generally wouldn't want to provoke Ace and his group.

Of course, some, relying on their superior strength, didn't pay Ace and the others any mind.

Like now.

A Ursaring emerged from beside a large tree. It paused when it saw Ace and Cynthia, then bared its fangs at them, a low growl rumbling in its throat.

"Victreebel."

Ace tossed out a Poké Ball, and Victreebel appeared before him. With a sharp cry, Victreebel showed no fear of Ursaring whatsoever.

Ace's action, in Ursaring's eyes, was undoubtedly a provocation.

With a roar, Ursaring charged towards Ace and the others, slamming a Hammer Arm fiercely towards Victreebel.

"Vine Whip."

As Ace spoke calmly, Victreebel's Vine Whip shot out rapidly, leaving an afterimage in the air, directly striking Ursaring's shoulder.

"Take a nap," Ace said to the agitated Ursaring. "You should be glad I have enough ingredients here, otherwise I wouldn't mind tasting what bear paw tastes like."

"Thud."

Ursaring collapsed onto the ground, falling into a deep sleep.

Victreebel didn't kill it; it merely injected some Sleep Powder into it, enough to make it sleep for half a day. For a while, this Ursaring wouldn't disturb Ace and the others.

Recalling Victreebel, the tactic of "killing a chicken to warn the monkeys" was highly effective. Ursaring, as the "chicken," successfully intimidated the wary Pokémon around them.

For the rest of their journey, no Pokémon disturbed Ace and Cynthia, and they successfully reached the pond they had seen earlier.

The pond wasn't large, only about twenty to thirty square meters.

But from the mist slowly rising from the water, it was indeed a hot spring.

"Hiss, the temperature's quite high."

Cynthia crouched down and touched it. The scorching heat made her gasp.

However, despite the high temperature, it was tolerable.

Heaven knew how she had survived these past five days without a bath. Cynthia now wished she could jump into the hot spring immediately and take a good wash.

"Don't rush to soak yet. I'll prepare the meat using the hot spring water. You can bathe after I'm done, and I'll prepare the meal."

Ace stopped Cynthia, who looked ready to jump straight in. He then took out some containers to collect the hot spring water, and prepared a campfire and a stove.

Once everything was ready, Ace set up a tent by the hot spring, blocking his view, and focused on preparing Nidoking's meat.

As for Cynthia, with the tent blocking Ace's view, she felt at ease.

Although she had been with Ace these past few days, almost sleeping together, their interactions were more like buddies than a boy and a girl.

But now, soaking in the hot spring, Cynthia realized that she was still a girl, and some privacy was necessary.

Taking off her shoes and socks, Cynthia jumped directly into the hot spring without even taking off her clothes.

She took the opportunity to wash her clothes while soaking in the hot spring.

After all, they were in the wild, so there weren't many formalities. Being able to take a bath was already a luxury.

Meanwhile, Ace, while preparing the meat, took out some hot spring water and sprinkled it directly into the stove.

"Whoosh!"

The hot spring water fell into the flames, but instead of extinguishing them, it was as if hot oil had been poured in, and the flames shot up high with a whoosh.

"It's similar in nature to the hot spring Ash and I will visit later, but the size is different, so it shouldn't be the same hot spring."

Confirming the water quality, Ace took some hot spring water, rubbed it between his fingers, and then brought it to his nose.

"The sulfur content is very high, but it's strange. Such high sulfur should be harmful to the human body, so how can it heal frostbite and be harmless to people?"

Ace couldn't quite figure it out, but he could only attribute it to the wonders of nature.

"Flame Hot Spring: Has excellent therapeutic effects on frostbite. Long-term immersion can enhance human immunity."

This was the information given by the system.