Chapter 999: Excellence and stubbornness are often only one step away
"Sir, could you please sign an autograph to protect our hometown?" Just as Xiaoyao was eating parfait, she heard a very pleasant voice. She subconsciously looked up and saw a very handsome boy standing in front of his master with a sincere face, and then looking at his master with expectation, while the master's expression was a little strange.
"I'm sorry, I'm not a resident of Honglian Town." Heath scratched his head. He was quite happy to see someone coming in. After all, he was really getting bored. If Heath hadn't wanted to take a break, he might have considered going to other places to do business. Although this is said to be a busy Pokémon house in the future and there are people everywhere, it is obvious that this is not the busy adventure destination now. Heath even doubted whether the Pokémon house in the future could become what it was supposed to be after he took away so many treasures, or would the Pokémon house in the future become unknown, just like those houses abandoned in the wild?
In the world of Pokémon, there are some places that are uninhabited. There are empty houses everywhere, and even small towns where people used to live and gather have become ghost towns. Nature can easily make all traces of human existence disappear. Heath is a little confused. Has he inadvertently changed history?
However, because there was no one in the Pokémon House, Heath became very idle after choosing this place. He had nothing to do, so Heath was still looking forward to a guest coming in. However, he did not expect that there was a guest coming in, but it was the one in front of him.
Of course Heath knew the man in front of him. He had met him yesterday. He was a warrior who wanted to protect Cinnamon Town from being destroyed by a volcanic eruption. He also had a conflict with members of Team Rocket yesterday. If Team Rocket had not wanted to expose its relationship with Dr. Fuji, Heath felt that this warrior would have a hard time getting out alive. Thinking of this, Heath thought about the name of this warrior. He remembered that Heath had heard Gym Master Xia Bo mention the name of this warrior yesterday. He was a very talented trainer, but unfortunately he was now running around all day trying to protect his homeland.
"Then could you please sign your name? If a famous figure like Mr. Heath signs it, our Honglian Town will definitely survive!" Looking at the excited eyes of the man in front of him, Heath thought of his name. The other party's name was Naoki, a very common name in the Pokémon world, probably similar to a popular name like Zhang Wei. However, what Heath did not expect was that the other party actually knew him, and even wanted to use him to give his hometown a glimmer of hope. Heath admired him very much, but he was not optimistic about Naoki at all.
"I have no problem signing, but Mr. Naoki, even if I sign, Honglian Town still has to be relocated, right?" Heath looked at Naoki as if he saw Don Quixote heading towards his reunion with the Windmill Giant, a persistent and tragic warrior. After all, Heath had learned from Xia Bo that Honglian Town was destined to be destroyed. Even if the alliance found a way to suppress the eruption of the volcano, Honglian Town would be torn apart by the volcanic energy that had been accumulated for a long time. On the contrary, allowing the volcano to erupt smoothly might be another way of survival.
"... Could you please sign it? I'd like to try harder." Naoki was silent for a while, then he spoke. He looked at Heath stubbornly, which reminded Heath of the time when he planned to replace a broken toy for his nephew, but the stubborn nephew still insisted that he only wanted his old toy. At that time, the look in the nephew's eyes when he looked at him was similar to Naoki's, a kind of stubbornness and persistence.
It is difficult for Heath to face these stubborn people with a fair attitude. After all, these stubborn people have too many titles. Sometimes stubbornness is the inherent quality of stubborn donkeys. They are old-fashioned and old-fashioned. They are inflexible and insist on living in the new century by clinging to the old customs of the past. But sometimes stubbornness is also a good quality of geniuses, because those geniuses who persist have dug up gold, and they also begin to laugh at those who give up halfway. But is stubbornness useful? Is persistence useful?
Heath thought of the ancient Chinese mythological story of Yugong moving the mountain. According to the technological level of people at that time, it could be said that it would take an endless number of descendants to move the mountain. However, people admired Yugong's stubbornness and persistence. However, some people died under the butcher's knife because they were too stubborn and became the laughing stock of people.
Heath discovered a problem. Whether the so-called stubbornness and persistence are good qualities or bad "stubbornness" actually depends on whether the other party has achieved success, whether it has brought benefits to himself, and whether he has become a person that people envy. For example, during the gold rush, a stubborn person who dug a mine for a year successfully dug gold and became rich, then he was a genius, and stubbornness was a good quality that made him successful. But what if he failed? Then he was a stubborn donkey, wasting his efforts, and would be laughed at by others for a long time.
"Thank you so much!" Naoki bowed to Heath with gratitude. Heath modestly said you're welcome. However, looking at the excited Naoki, Heath knew that the other party's petition would not succeed, just like humans cannot stop the sun from rising from the west, at least it cannot be stopped at present, so the future of Honglian Town is destined to be destroyed. In this sense, Naoki may be a stubborn donkey.
But is it wrong to be unwilling to leave your homeland? It is true. People always have their own persistence. Naoki just wants to save the land that raised him. Although it is a waste of effort, his persistence is also worthy of respect. So Heath said nothing. No, he still said something.
"Would you like something to eat, Mr. Naoki?" Heath asked Naoki. He wanted to see what the guest would give him. Heath knew very well that his reward was often related to the identity of the guest. Heath was very curious about what reward a very persistent person like Naoki would give him.
Naoki was stunned for a moment when he heard Heath's question. He obviously didn't expect Heath to say that. However, after taking a look at the signature on his hand, he agreed to eat here.
