The helicopter was very fast, at least several times faster than a sports car.
Sports cars needed to consider road conditions, traffic jams, and so on.
But the sky was clear and unobstructed.
After the previous conversation between Ye Feng and Xiao Men, several more hours passed in silence.
Ye Feng's attention was entirely on the scenery below.
Suddenly, he saw an extremely luxurious house.
A Western-style mansion, externally opulent, with a vast estate, it was clearly the residence of someone wealthy.
And its luxuriousness was not slight.
Xiao Men seemed to have noticed what Ye Feng was looking at and looked down.
He then smiled and said,
"Ye Feng, look next to the house you're currently looking at."
"Look again?"
Due to previous obstructions, Ye Feng could only see this house.
But now Xiao Men raised the helicopter a bit higher.
This allowed him to see the full picture, and upon seeing it, even the formidable Ye Feng couldn't remain calm.
Because the previous house could no longer be described as merely luxurious.
But the one next to it...
Was even more exaggerated. First of all, setting aside the fact that the mansion's size was many times larger than the one seen before, Ye Feng had previously thought it would be heavenly bliss to live in that mansion.
But the one next to it, if one could live there, would be akin to thanking their ancestors for eighteen generations.
"Whose house is this?"
Ye Feng asked curiously.
"Oh, if I'm not mistaken, that should be Kojiro's house."
"Kojiro?"
Ye Feng suddenly remembered something and looked down again.
He recalled the plot he was familiar with. The previous luxurious mansion was actually the doghouse for Kojiro's Pokémon, Growlithe...
The larger one next to it was for humans, meaning Kojiro's parents...
Ye Feng thought of these things and then looked at the exceptionally luxurious doghouse, finding it truly ironic.
A dog lived better than a human.
"Heh, although I'm not familiar with Kojiro, I know he seems to have run away from home because he didn't want to get married. They're all pitiful people. But that guy is stronger than me."
"At least he has the courage to leave home and survive on his own. I don't even have that courage."
Kojiro joined Team Rocket because his parents forced him into marriage with Ruriko, who looked exactly like the strong-willed Musashi.
On top of that, he couldn't stand the rigid life of a wealthy family, so he fled.
It had to be said, Kojiro was quite a character.
He could clearly live off his family's wealth, yet he insisted on striving for himself!
So inspiring!!!
The helicopter moved away from the area and continued forward.
Night gradually descended.
Ye Feng looked at the pitch-black sky ahead and said,
"Should we go down to rest for a while? It's so dark at night, it seems difficult to fly."
Unexpectedly, Xiao Men scoffed, "Going to Cinnabar Gym is such a trivial matter that it requires a stop? How can I inherit Silph Co. in the future? Defeat Devon Corporation?"
"Devon?"
Silph Co. was the commercial overlord of Kanto.
Devon was the commercial overlord of Hoenn.
The two were fiercely competing in various products related to Pokémon, such as Poké Balls and medicines.
They had branches in multiple regions.
They were truly behemoths.
"Back then, Devon was just a small company. I never expected it to develop into what it is today. Heh."
Xiao Men seemed to have a strong disdain for Devon.
Ye Feng, however, said, "Speaking of Devon, I remember that the former Pokémon League Champion of Hoenn, Steven, is the son of the president of Devon Corporation, right?"
"I remember he was quite popular."
Steven was indeed very popular.
Pokémon League Champion, heir to Devon Corporation, and handsome.
Any one of these three points, especially the first two, could make one dominate the world.
The last point was like adding wings to a tiger.
"Yes."
Xiao Men sneered, seemingly looking down on Steven.
"He's a ridiculous person. Why would he not want to be a noble young master and instead become a Pokémon trainer and collect rocks? To put it bluntly, I'm just not interested in Pokémon. If I were to step in, he would always be my defeated opponent!!!"
Regardless of Xiao Men's boasting,
After sitting on the plane for so long, Ye Feng felt no drowsiness.
Pikachu had been in his arms, its eyes closed, likely asleep.
Ultimately, Ye Feng didn't know when he himself had fallen asleep.
When he woke up, the sky was already bright.
The cold wind at high altitude blew, feeling a bit chilly.
"Woof woof woof!"
"Woof woof woof!"
Dog barks could be heard from somewhere.
Ye Feng looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw below, an estimated thirty to forty Growlithe gathered.
Along with them were several Nurse Joys.
It turned out they were training these Growlithe.
"Hey, right, since you and Princess are supposed to be married, and Princess doesn't agree, why don't you consider looking for the Joy family or the Jenny family? Aren't their families also Pokémon League giants?"
With his arms crossed, Ye Feng looked down at the scene and joked.
Xiao Men looked at the identical Nurse Joys below and twitched his mouth severely.
"Forget it, I don't want my future daughter to have a bunch of half-siblings who are identical twins. Besides, between powerful families and between financial groups, there are always alliances and rivalries. It's not as simple as you think."
Xiao Men continued to pilot the helicopter.
The sunlight grew more intense.
Around noon, they had flown to an unknown location again. All Ye Feng could hear was a clamor of voices, incredibly noisy.
Ye Feng looked down again.
He discovered a large area of buildings below.
Tilting his head slightly, at the very front of this cluster of buildings, the words "Pokémon League Examination Center" were displayed.
The Pokémon Examination was specifically for those who didn't have the time to travel to various cities to challenge Gym Leaders but still wanted to participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
As long as one passed the written and practical examinations, they could directly enter the Indigo Plateau Conference without the arduous task of collecting badges.
It was a shortcut, and thus, from the helicopter, Ye Feng could see many people below, all preparing for the examination.
To put it bluntly, this was also a way to pad the Indigo Plateau Conference.
After all, those who passed this examination were generally weaker than those who collected badges from one Gym to another.
Of course, there were exceptions.
Xiao Men truly seemed uninterested in becoming a Pokémon Master, as he himself claimed.
He paid no attention and flew straight past.
After another night, as daylight began to emerge,
"Alright, from here on it's a straight path to Cinnabar Island. I need to get some sleep."
After piloting the helicopter for several days, Xiao Men finally couldn't take it anymore. After setting the helicopter to autopilot, he folded his arms and curled up on the seat, fast asleep.
Ye Feng had no concerns.
Because even if you threw him out of here, he wouldn't be afraid.
He could fly...
From this point, after an hour of autopilot.
They reached the airspace above a vast ocean.