Chapter 744: Separation in Life and Death
Ms. Lori is the investigator of the Pokémon League. The investigator looks very powerful and seems to be in charge of everything, but in fact, the investigator is the same as Miss Junsha. Both are very dangerous professions. Both Junsha and the investigator are ranked at the top of the occupational mortality rate announced by the Pokémon League every year. After all, not every villain is focused on doing big things, some are purely bad guys, and they have no bottom line in their actions.
These people are also the main targets of the Alliance, but even so, these people emerge in endlessly. Some of them are not very skilled and are easily dealt with, while some very smart and cunning criminals can design traps and so on. The Jun Shasi that Heath saw last time was in such a situation. When she encountered someone else, she directly blew up the base and ended up dying in the line of duty.
It can only be said that there are too few people like Boss Sakaki - although he is very smart and knows that if he kills someone, the alliance will kill him, and if he can control his own organization, then the alliance will turn a blind eye. Most people do not have this idea and they can't wait to make some big news every day.
"..." Heath came to the funeral home in Vermilion City in silence. There were many people standing here, all wearing black suits and with solemn expressions. They were obviously Ms. Lori's colleagues or something, but their relationship should not be very good. Then there was a group of people who were crying and about to die. Among them were middle-aged men, old couples with gray hair, and a few children who were gritting their teeth and clenching their fists, with red and swollen eyes. These should be Ms. Lori's family members. Heath even saw some people who were equally sad. Those should be Ms. Lori's friends.
Heath didn't know these people. He only knew Ms. Loli and Ms. Loli's Gengar. He saw that Gengar at the funeral, but Gengar didn't come to Heath to play its favorite game of rock-paper-scissors. Instead, it stood silently beside Ms. Loli's family. Not knowing what it was thinking, Heath sighed, then tried to widen his eyes and hold back the tears in his eyes.
What is a funeral like? Heath has experienced it three times. The first time was when Heath was in elementary school. His grandfather passed away. Heath followed his parents to the crematorium in a daze. Then, looking at his grandfather in the coffin, Heath had no tears. He was just curious about why his grandfather was lying there. He also wanted his grandfather to get up and make him a delicious braised pork. Later, Heath understood the meaning of death.
Death means disappearance, which means that everything about this person will disappear from your life, and the only evidence of his/her life is probably in your memory.
The second time was when Heath's relatives passed away. Heath's cousin cried so hard that she leaned limply in her husband's arms. Most people in the funeral came in solemnly, bowed, walked around the coffin, comforted the cousin, and then left. They went to the crematorium to do it again, but Heath was not invited to the crematorium at that time. He was ignored by his cousin. At that time, Heath knew that a funeral is actually a kind of social etiquette and a form of communication.
The third time was this time. Heath looked at Ms. Lori silently. He remembered how Ms. Lori looked when she came to his place for dinner, but at this moment Ms. Lori was just lying quietly in the coffin without any movement. She was covered with the flag of the Kanto Alliance, which meant that Ms. Lori died for the Kanto Alliance, so the funeral still had some specifications. But looking at Ms. Lori's family who were crying heartbreakingly and could not even shed tears and could only howl, Heath felt that for them, perhaps they hoped that their daughter could come back even more.
There was nothing Heath could do. He was just an ordinary man, an ordinary chef. Although Heath had some tricks, the problem was that those tricks could not work at this time. If he had been by Ms. Lori's side when she was seriously injured, he might have been able to think of a solution, but at this moment he really had no solution at all.
The nightmare flower still hasn't bloomed, and even if it bloomed, Heath didn't know whether he could save Ms. Lori's life. After all, no one knew how much time would have passed by then.
Life is always inseparable from the words birth, death and separation. Heath is very clear about this. Although some people in the Pokémon world can live forever, most people will die. Heath once thought about what he would be like if his parents were gone. Every time he thought of this, Heath felt infinite fear in his heart. He was afraid of death and afraid of losing his family. When his parents were alive, life still had a place to go. When his parents were gone, then life only had the journey home.
Heath bowed earnestly, walked around the coffin earnestly, comforted the sad family members earnestly, and then sat aside to watch Ms. Lori being cremated. Then an old man in uniform who looked like a high-ranking official appeared. He held a small urn seriously. Ms. Lori, who was so big, has become so small now...
Heath took a deep breath and widened his eyes a little more.
The old man was holding an urn covered with the flag of Kanto. He walked over silently, then held the urn in both hands and handed it to Ms. Lori's parents.
"Sorry, I walked out holding her hand. Now, I give her hand to you." The old man's tone was steady, with a feeling of shame, and his eyes were red.
Ms. Loli's parents cried even more miserably. Gengar stood aside, staring at the small urn without saying a word.
Heath silently participated in Ms. Lori's funeral, and finally Heath left with the people who left. From now on, Ms. Lori would not come to dinner, and she would never come again. Heath knew that Ms. Lori would become the memory of some people, but these memories would slowly fade, and only her relatives would remember more things.
"..." Just when Heath was about to enter the dining car, he was stopped. It was Gengar. It looked at Heath silently. Heath looked at Gengar. He wanted to comfort the other party, but he didn't know what to say.
After a while, Gengar took out a banknote from its body and handed it to Heath. The banknote was a hundred-dollar Alliance coin. Heath looked at it in a daze.
"...Want something to eat?" Heath looked at Gengar and seemed to see Ms. Lori. What did Ms. Lori like to eat? Heath knew.
